My name is Jupiter Moon. I am nonbinary, my pronouns are they/them and he/him. I am studying to become a Certified Transpersonal Crystal Healer, Reiki Practitioner, and Energy Healer. I am an herbalist, an artist, a sound healer. I have been blessed with many gifts and I have been learning how to use them for over a year now. I have been attempting to study and practice in the background of my life, while working other less-than-fulfilling jobs in order to survive. I can no longer do this. 


Recently I was fired from my barista job. They said my new availability didn’t work for them, but I have suspicions that was mostly just an excuse to fire me because I made comments about not wanting to serve c*ps (the manager was a white woman, so). The other job I recently started turned out to be a major trigger for my anxiety and panic attacks and I had to remove myself from that situation.


I also recently had a huge fight with my family and I realized they can not be part of my life right now. They don’t understand who I am or what I stand for. They actively bring me down, cast doubt on me, and shame me for being myself. While I understand they have never been healthy for my growth, it hurts like hell to have lost my mom and older sister, two of my only family members I’ve ever felt close to. 


The lack of stability in my life is deafening. I feel frozen, unable to commit to the life I want for myself. Being unemployed, with a very small support network, in a new city. I know I want to take this time to focus on my studies and make real progress in mastering my skills. But without income, I don’t feel supported or safe.


I am asking for support, be it money, purchasing my products/art, passing along resources, emotional support, etc. I really struggle with asking for exactly what I need so please don’t feel offended if I can’t respond to messages. I set my goal at $12,000 because I believe that’s how much I would need to be supported while I finish my certification, purchase everything I need to create a home studio, and keep me on my feet for the next year. $9,600 for a year of rent and the rest for supplies and class fees.


This is my dream. When I moved to chicago in the middle of the pandemic, I started going to Cristina Puzio’s sound healings at El Paseo Community Garden. It was one of her meditation prompts that got me to answer, “I stand in my power. I accept and believe that I am a healer”. Since then, I’ve been plotting and clearing the way for this dream to become a reality. I’ve been doing a LOT of shifting lately. Being fired ultimately felt like a chance to take my journey as a healer seriously. It feels so scary though, and that’s why I’m making this GFM. I hope you all will believe in me and feel compelled to support me so that I may offer my healing services to my community as soon as possible. We all need more healing in our lives. I’m going to make sure there is accessible healing in Chicago.


Thank you for reading. Thank you for believing in me.

Jupiter