Nik McRae knew from a young age that he had intuitive gifts: For one, it runs in his family. His mom, who works as an intuitive and healer introduced him to Reiki and energetic re-patterning when he was eight, though it took him a decade of rebellion before he acknowledged the call—and he practiced on himself for a long time first. “In my teen years, I had really deep shadows to work with and challenges to integrate,” he explains. He was drawn to Human Design and Astrology, learning to read both types of charts and integrate them into a more holistic understanding of the people around him. “When I started out, I didn't really want to use these for anything more than my own personal experience, but as I started to see the value in the tools and how successful these perspectives were with helping people change their lives, it began to be more evident that this was something I was going to be doing.” Though he gets a lot of joy out of his work, he explained that the universe forced his hand: “Every time I tried to walk away from astrology, my life would fall apart.”

I met Nik through Carissa Schumacher. Nik is highly intuitive, it’s true, but the combination of Human Design and astrology—and his adeptness with both—is remarkable, considering his age. He’s also very, very smart. A session is a delight, and he offered deeply revelatory insights into my design and personality that I hadn’t heard before. I highly recommend an introductory reading, though Nik has also started providing people ongoing guidance, offering tools and other paths of integration for those who want to go beyond the basics of their charts. After the fold, Nik also explains what’s coming up for us with Pluto transitioning into Aquarius at the end of March.