Veil & Signal grew from decades of work in social justice, community organizing, and trauma-informed practice, shaped by a lifelong engagement with interpretive art and meaning-making. After many years working within systems, it became clear that my deepest work was not building solutions for others, but facilitating the conditions under which people can recognize their own authority.

My professional background spans advocacy, education, mentorship, and formal coaching. Over two decades as an attorney, professor, and consultant refined my ability to work at the intersection of systems and lived experience — to recognize patterns, name constraints, and support agency without imposing direction. This work trained me to think structurally, ethically, and relationally, and to hold complexity without rushing toward resolution.

Astrology has long been part of my personal practice. Not as a belief system or predictive tool, but as a language for tracking rhythm, transition, and coherence over time. As my coaching practice deepened, I recognized that astrology offered a parallel structure: a way of articulating questions of purpose, value, and timing with precision and care. Veil & Signal emerged at that intersection — where reflective practice, ethical inquiry, and symbolic language meet.

The work I offer is non-directive and non-prescriptive. I am less interested in telling people what to do than in helping them recognize what is already asking for attention. My role is to support discernment: to surface patterns, clarify tension, and create space for decisions that are internally grounded rather than externally driven.

I work with clients at moments of transition — when a role no longer fits, a direction is changing, or an old way of moving through the world has reached its limit. Whether the question is professional, relational, or existential, the work is the same: to slow the moment enough that meaning can emerge, and to restore trust in one’s own capacity to choose.

Veil & Signal is built for people who value reflection as a form of intelligence and coherence as a form of authority. My work does not promise answers. It offers orientation — a way to meet change with clarity, integrity, and intention.

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Barrett Marshall - Principal