The SkyPath: ikigai, written in the sky
Find your calling in your own birth chart, and write it yourself in about an hour. Ikigai asks four questions; your chart answers each one in a sentence, and the fifth, your calling, is where they meet. With worksheets, questions to reflect on, and guidance for turning your calling into work.
By Solen Sivad, astrologer and creator of the SkyPath method
Works with your birth date alone: three sentences and your calling. Your birth time adds the houses and the fourth sentence, what you can be known for.
What you'll write
Five sentences, each from a different part of your chart, one thought each, in the order of ikigai. You read the entries that are yours, pick the phrase that sounds like you, and change any word that isn't.
- I’m… and I light up when I…What lights you up · your Sun, and the house it sits in
- What comes naturally to me is…What comes naturally · your South Node
- I’m learning to…What you’re growing into · your North Node
- I can be known for…What you can be known for · your Midheaven and its ruler
- I’m here to…Your calling, where they meet · led by your North Node
What you'll reflect on
The sentences are where you start, not where you stop. The rest of the book is a guided reflection, with questions at the end of every chapter and four worksheets to fill in.
- The evidenceChapter 6 · moments you have already lived your calling, and the words that keep coming back
- One calling, many formsChapter 6 · eight kinds of work your calling could become, with a hint from your North Node’s house
- Your first offerChapter 6 · who it’s for and what changes for them, then five tests, with a worksheet and guidance notes
- Where you are nowChapter 7 · your place in the Nodes’ 18.6-year cycle, and what this stretch asks of you
A SkyPath, written with the method
I’m a born initiator, and I light up when I lead in public life.
What comes naturally to me is being useful and doing things well, as a seeker of meaning.
I’m learning to ask, listen and put things into simple words, through compassion and imagination.
I can be known for art that moves people, in work across borders.
I’m here to put what others only sense into simple words, with bold, useful art that moves people.
Vincent van Gogh, born 30 March 1853, written from the book’s own phrases: exactly what a reader can build with his chart. The book also writes Frida Kahlo’s and Albert Einstein’s.What’s inside
Start
- ·Getting started: your chart and your points
The four circles
- 1What lights you up: “I’m… and I light up when I…”, your Sun
- 2What comes naturally: “What comes naturally to me…”, your South Node
- 3What you’re growing into: “I’m learning to…”, your North Node
- 4What you can be known for: “I can be known for…”, your MC
Where they meet
- 5Your calling, and your SkyPath: “I’m here to…”, put together
- 6From calling to work: a brainstorm in eight forms, and your first offer
Beyond your SkyPath
- 7Where you are now: your nodal cycle by age
- 8Examples of SkyPaths: Van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Einstein
- ·Your SkyPath Reading
With four worksheets to fill in as you go (your chart points, your phrases, your SkyPath, and your calling at work), guidance notes for each step, a table to find your Nodes from your birth date, and a quick reference at the back.
Who it’s for
and can’t yet name it. The book gives you the words, in your own voice.
and want to read your own chart, not just be told what it says. Every line shows where it comes from.
Your Node signs and your Sun depend only on your birth date: enough for your core SkyPath.
The book and the reading
The book teaches you to write your SkyPath yourself, with worksheets and questions to reflect on. The SkyPath Reading reads it for you, for your exact chart. Start with whichever suits you; they lead to each other.
| Free SkyPath | The SkyPath Book | The SkyPath Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gives you | Your SkyPath card, and five sentences with your email | All five sentences, written yourself, with worksheets and questions to reflect on, then your calling at work, worked out with a worksheet and guidance notes | The specifics of your calling: five sentences unfolded, ten parts, a seven-step plan |
| Needs | Your birth date (a time helps) | Your birth date | Your birth time |
| Price | Free | $5.99 ($3.99 at launch) | $19.99 · for readers of the book, $14.99 |
Readers of the book get the SkyPath Reading for $14.99 instead of $19.99, with their SkyPath Map free, so the book pays for itself. The readers’ page, linked inside the book, works out your chart points for Worksheet 1, takes the SkyPath you wrote into your reading, or lets the reading do it all for you.
About the author
Questions
Do I need my birth time?
No. Your birth date is enough for your core SkyPath: your Sun and your Node signs. Your birth time adds the houses and your Midheaven, which make each line more specific.
Do I need to know astrology?
No. The book explains every point as you meet it, and the companion page works out your chart points for you.
Is it the same as the reading?
No. The book is the method, so you write your SkyPath yourself. The SkyPath Reading is written for your exact chart and adds what the book leaves out: what your Sun works for, your guide (how you get there), your chart ruler and rising sign, your calling at work with eight kinds of work that fit you, how it pays, what holds you back, and your timing to the month.
Isn’t there a free calculator?
Yes, and they go well together. The calculator writes a SkyPath card for you in a minute. The book is for reading your chart yourself, choosing your own words and working it through on paper. Write yours first, then compare.
Where can I read it?
On Kindle, or in the free Kindle app on a phone, tablet or computer.