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The Sky Is Meaningful

Astrology is a way to listen more deeply to life and a framework for understanding motivation, temperament, timing, vocation, relationships, and the mysterious patterns of a life unfolding beneath the heavens. Gain clarity about who you are, where you are, and what this season of life is asking of you.



What Could Astrology Do for You?

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Expand your self-understanding

Understand your temperament, strengths, challenges and how you appear to others.


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Provide perspective in hard times

Bring greater patience, resilience and hope to life’s challenges and difficulties.


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Deepen your sense of meaning

See your life reflected within a richer and more creative framework.


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Make your relationships better

Get insights into yourself and your interactions with your significant others.


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Optimize your personal timing in life

Learn strategies for harvesting the best fruit from all of life’s seasons.


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Illuminate your unique purpose and calling

Approach life’s opportunities and challenges with confidence and discernment.



Welcome to Magus Bear!

Magus Bear is a place for people who suspect that life is more meaningful than the modern world often allows — and that the heavens may still have something to say, not by force, but by sign, symbol, cycle, and invitation.

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My name is Michael Barwick. I am an astrologer, writer, and speaker who helps people approach astrology as a symbolic language of meaning, timing, orientation, and self-understanding. I have been a professional astrologer for the better part of 40 years.

My work begins with the belief that people are not problems to be solved or charts to be decoded. They are souls in motion, living through seasons of growth, grief, desire, vocation, love, uncertainty, and change.

Astrology, at its best, gives language to those seasons. It helps us ask better questions. It helps us notice what is ripening, what is asking for care, and what may be calling us forward.



Thoughtful Guidance for Real Life

A birth chart does not replace your freedom, your judgment, or your responsibility. But it can help you see your life with greater clarity: your gifts, your tensions, your timing, your relationships, and the questions that keep returning for attention.

Sessions are designed for people who want astrology to be useful, humane, and grounded in the actual shape of their lives.


Ask the Astrologer

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For a question, immediate concern, and practical astrological guidance: a 15 minute session


Your Life in Time

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An in-depth journey into your horoscope, incoming influences and the larger arc of your becoming


Get Your Birthtime

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For those who do not know their birth time and need careful astrological investigation to determine it



What Clients Have Experienced

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A few reflections from clients who have used astrology not as prediction, but as a language for clarity, timing, discernment, and self-understanding are below.


Grounding insight, transformative care

Working with Michael Barwick has been one of the most grounding and transformative experiences of my life. If you’re looking for someone who blends profound astrological knowledge with true intuition and genuine care, look no further. I’m endlessly grateful for the insight and light he’s brought into my path. – Cynthia *

Clarity, confidence & deeper self-knowledge

I’ve been going to Michael for over 10 years, and his insight still amazes me. His readings give language to things I’ve always felt about myself but never knew how to express. Thanks to his guidance, I’ve gained clarity, confidence, and a deeper understanding of who I am. – Mary *

Compassionate counsel, healing alignment

My consultation with Michael was remarkable for its compassion and wise counsel . By the time we got to the end, I felt aligned–as if everything had been been pushed back into its proper place, like some form of spiritual Shiatsu. – Jason *

If you are carrying a question of your own, I would be glad to hear from you.



* At Magus Bear, client confidentiality is integral to our hospitality.
For more, see the Privacy Policy.


Reclaiming a Meaningful Cosmos

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Through essays, reflections, and media, I explore astrology, symbolism, spirituality, creativity, and my ongoing journey toward a cosmos that still speaks.



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Contact Me

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Send a note, ask a question, or begin a conversation — I usually reply within two business days.



The sky has always been above us.

The question is:
Do we still know how to listen?