Montreal Mystique Astrology & Tarot
with Duncan de la Montagne
There are many astrology enthusiasts on the Internet and out in the world but few knowledgeable and experienced practitioners. Duncan de la Montagne is one of a select group of authentic astrologers working in Canada. Duncan provides a pure and inclusive astrology experience, one free of socio-political rhetoric or New Age prose. Astrology is of course all about the natal chart and Duncan began studying natal charts and how they work many many years ago when he was in his teens. He has been utilizing the ancient mystic arts of astrology and tarot to guide an eclectic mix of clients in Mile End and the Greater Montreal region for well over a decade now. His unique blend of free-will western astrology and intuitive interpretations of the tarot speaks to a wide range of individuals no matter where they may be in their journey. Duncan was born in Ottawa Canada but spent much of his early life in Toronto and at his maternal grandfather's summer waterfront home in the Ontario countryside. Duncan first became interested in astrology at age 12 when he was introduced to a female astrologer from Great Britain who accompanied her reporter friend to meet with him after he had been hospitalized due to an explosion. Duncan went on to spend a year in hospital recovering from the trauma of his various injuries. During their visit the astrologer asked Duncan if she could work up his chart and naturally curious in nature he agreed. When she returned with his Natal Chart she spent a good deal of time enlightening Duncan on the inner workings of an astrology chart. Despite the pain he was in Duncan, a bright young boy and a keen reader from a very young age, was fascinated with her explanations. During their lengthy discussion the astrologer went on to forecast that the second part of Duncan's life would be far better than the first and indeed this prognostication did come to pass, though not in the time-frame and manner Duncan initially imagined it would.
On his 16th birthday Duncan went out gift shopping for himself and bought his first guitar (an Ibanez lefty acoustic) and his first Rider Waite Smith tarot deck. Music, theater and writing held much of his focus during his late teens right through his university years but he maintained a strong interest in studying the mystic arts of astrology and tarot whenever and wherever he could find such teaching and knowledge. At age 19 Duncan found his first real astrology and tarot teacher, a 36 year-old initiated witch from France named Genevieve with whom he was appearing in a play who was both gifted and well-schooled in the elemental, mystic and arcane arts. After the year they spent together Duncan continued his study of astrology and the Tarot through his twenties, thirties and forties, and he continues to expand his knowledge to this day. As Duncan says, "when we stop learning, we stop living."
Since the turn of the century Duncan has been focused on crafting a spiritually healthy mode of living based in personal evolution, the manifestation of gifts and talents, meditation, the making of healthy loving choices each day, choosing to flow with life rather than to struggle against it, the overcoming of defects of character and the implementation of the spiritual principles of patience, compassion, empathy and tolerance into one's daily life. This healthy mode of living designed to nourish and nurture body, mind and spirit is the underlying philosophy in his sessions with the seekers who come to see him and in his lessons with his select students. These days Duncan can be found in his Parc Avenue locale guiding the seekers who come to see him there, teaching tarot and astrology to the students he chooses to take on, and pursuing various creative interests and projects.
On his 16th birthday Duncan went out gift shopping for himself and bought his first guitar (an Ibanez lefty acoustic) and his first Rider Waite Smith tarot deck. Music, theater and writing held much of his focus during his late teens right through his university years but he maintained a strong interest in studying the mystic arts of astrology and tarot whenever and wherever he could find such teaching and knowledge. At age 19 Duncan found his first real astrology and tarot teacher, a 36 year-old initiated witch from France named Genevieve with whom he was appearing in a play who was both gifted and well-schooled in the elemental, mystic and arcane arts. After the year they spent together Duncan continued his study of astrology and the Tarot through his twenties, thirties and forties, and he continues to expand his knowledge to this day. As Duncan says, "when we stop learning, we stop living."
Since the turn of the century Duncan has been focused on crafting a spiritually healthy mode of living based in personal evolution, the manifestation of gifts and talents, meditation, the making of healthy loving choices each day, choosing to flow with life rather than to struggle against it, the overcoming of defects of character and the implementation of the spiritual principles of patience, compassion, empathy and tolerance into one's daily life. This healthy mode of living designed to nourish and nurture body, mind and spirit is the underlying philosophy in his sessions with the seekers who come to see him and in his lessons with his select students. These days Duncan can be found in his Parc Avenue locale guiding the seekers who come to see him there, teaching tarot and astrology to the students he chooses to take on, and pursuing various creative interests and projects.