The Touchstone Path: 2023
Making Unshakable Meaning of What Happened in 2022 to Support Your Dreams for 2023
Over the next few months, I’m offering “The Touchstone Path: 2023.” They take the form of two one-on-one sessions with personalized guidance in between.
In the first session, we meet to take a look at what happened in 2022 and see what astrology might be able to tell us about how to work with it.
After our session, I personalize a Pathway for you, questions and exercises based on what we talked about. I send this to you to support you in making your own meaning from whatever you’re ready to integrate.
After you finish the Pathway, you send me a message about the fresh meaning you’ve made.
Then we schedule our second session, which focuses on the dreams you’re ready to build in 2023 and how best you can move towards them as we cross the threshold into the new year.
During that session, based on the meaning you’ve made and the information we’ve gathered from the stars, we craft a path that walks you towards your dreams.
“Transformative. I'm more at peace now than I have been for many months.
”It has given me a greater understanding of myself. Not only my creative outlets but who I am deep down and how I express my deepest self.”
—Anne W.
“Totally wonderful! Shelby’s unique vibe gave the reading a depth I hadn’t experience before. Her understanding of astrology merges with how that applies directly to your life and how you are creative.
“I really felt like it was a safe space so to be in, get vulnerable and understood. Shelby’s feedback was always spot on and gave me great light in the way ahead.”
—Virginie N.
Testimonials
A little more on Shelby Bach.
You can read the full bio here, but here are some quick highlights:
25+ years of writing experience.
5 years of studying astrology (I’m not yet “fluent,” but I do consider it one of the ways I make meaning).
Author of the Ever Afters, a complete four-book series, published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Founder of the JourneyPen Project, which discusses creativity as a path to emotional and creative wholeness.
The Process
To help you know what to expect, here’s what happens with this offering:
a) You book your first appointment through this website. To be clear, you will pay up front for both sessions, but we’ll start by scheduling the first one. The aim is to book all of the first ones by January 31, 2023.
b) I’ll send you a questionnaire.
c) You fill it out at least 24 hours in advance of our appointment, which gives me time to look it over and to review your astrological natal chart.
d) We meet together over Zoom.
You bring yourself and your willingness to go deep. I bring your natal chart and my initial thoughts based on your questionnaire, which we use as a jumping off point.
Unless you would really prefer that we didn’t, I record the session so that you can review + rewatch later. That way, you don’t feel like you need to take notes.
e) I send you follow-up materials: your chart and a brief Pathway with questions and exercises aimed to help you integrate the events of 2022.
f) After our session, I personalize a Pathway for you, questions and exercises based on what we talked about in the first session, and I send this to you to support you in making your own meaning from whatever you’re ready to integrate.
g) If you have any questions in the interim, you can purchase a voice letter, which is like a personal podcast or pep talk to cheer you on even while I’m helping other clients and/or working on my own creative projects.
h) After you finish the Pathway, you send me a message about the fresh meaning you’ve made. It can be an email or a voice memo, but I want to hear how it’s gone!
i) Then we schedule our second session, which focuses on the dreams you’re ready to build in 2023 and how best you can move towards them as we cross the threshold into the new year.
j) During that session, based on the meaning you’ve made and the information we’ve gathered from the stars, we craft a path that walks you towards your dreams.
k) If you’ve chosen to buy a bracelet or necklace as an add-on, I make one based on what we’ve discussed in our last session, and I send it to you so that it can anchor in the unshakable meaning that you’ve made.
FAQs
Are there any requirements to book the Touchstone Path Sessions?
Yes. It’s best if you know your birth date and birth time. It also helps if you have an open mind about astrology, though you don’t need to have any actual experience with it. Because the Pathway between sessions is central to the experience, you must also be willing to do a little emotional homework in order to make meaning of what has already transpired for you.
If you’re missing any of these ingredients, then this offering isn’t yet the best fit for you. You might explore other offerings at the JourneyPen Project.
What are you looking for when you read my chart?
This isn’t a formal astrology reading, and I don’t specialize in predictive astrology.
Instead, I am very focused identifying any transits which may be impacting your current situation and on finding an aligned creative process based on the ages and angles of your planets.
Is there an age limit for the one-on-one Sessions?
Yes, you definitely need to be eighteen or older.
If you’ve gotten to know Shelby Bach through The Ever Afters, and/or if you’re still a student, that’s fabulous—this offering probably won’t serve you as much as others will.
What if I can’t afford the full price of a Session?
Since this is a two-session offering, it is more expensive than a single session. So, if you’re more interested in the astrology part, you might check out Creativity, Clarity, and the Cosmos. If you’re more generally excited about getting support as we step into 2023, you might consider the Touchstone Sessions.