WELL AWARE 42: Succurro Founder Owyn Ruck on Being A Sensitive Person, Self-Inquiry, Astrology, and Integrity

Articulate, headstrong, deft, hard working, self-aware, sensitive, nurturing, and collectively-oriented are all words that describe Owyn Ruck, the founder of Succurro. Succurro is a space that helps individuals as well as the collective regenerate humanity and reclaim a right to their own health. It’s located in East Meredith, New York — upstate, but away from all of the recent Brooklyn-transplant activity, claiming a space of its own.

Late last year I took an astrology class with Owyn through Succurro, and it changed my life. It was October, and I was in the beginnings of my healing crisis without even fully understanding what was going on. She opened up my eyes to a new way of thinking about astrology. Instead of rooting it in personality traits, she looks at a natal chart and sees potential and a clear healing journey, taking energetic cues rather than literal ones.  

I’ve known about Succurro for a year or so, and I truly cannot remember how I came across it, but I’m glad I did. I was sucked into the mystery — the presentation on the website was so beautiful, their offerings were esoteric, and I wasn’t sure what to make of it. Which lead me to reach out to Owyn, and I’m so glad I did! In our conversation we discuss: 

• What exactly Succurro is, who it serves, and why she created it
• Owyn’s sensitive nature and how it manifests
• How she navigated a relationship to Spirit in an atheist household growing up
• Her best advice to someone looking at Succurro and wanting to create something similar 
• How to listen to your body, and Owyn’s story of a life-long struggle with hers
• Her inquiry technique for clarity
• How she came around to calling herself an artist 
• Whether she believes in ghosts (!)
• The interplay of climate change and self-awareness

This episode will especially serve sensitive or highly sensitive people, anybody looking to open up their own healing center, and people interested in astrology and/or self-inquiry. Forward it to your friends, share widely, tag us on Instagram and let us know how this episode affected you. 

SHOW NOTES

• Saipua, where Owyn apprenticed (listen to Sarah, Saipua’s founder, Well Aware episode from 2015!)
• Marlee Grace (listen to her Well Aware episode, too)
• Textile Arts Center in New York City’s Brooklyn and West Village 
• The Astrology Podcast: Fate, Free Will, and Astrology 
• Mark Jones, Owyn’s astrology teacher 
• SourcePoint therapy, via Succurro and the