Meet The ODD Witch (Hi, It's Me, Tara)
I'm Tara Schafer, and I'm The ODD Witch. I help women 40 and up build businesses in their second season using business strategy, systems, and a business astrology lens, without the hustle-culture nonsense that dominates most of the entrepreneurship space. No cauldron required, unless you count my coffee cup.
I've spent 25-plus years in business, long enough to have watched every hot new tactic come and go at least twice. Somewhere in there I noticed the advice that actually worked long-term rarely came from the loudest voice in the room. It came from paying attention to the specific person implementing it.
What I Actually Do
Help clients clarify what kind of business genuinely fits their life stage and strengths
Design offers that feel natural to run, not just profitable on paper
Use business astrology as a strategic lens, grounded and practical, never overly mystical
Build simple, sustainable systems instead of stacking more tools on a shaky foundation
Why I Built This Around Astrology
Because it works, and because I got tired of watching smart, capable women blame themselves for strategies that were never built for their wiring in the first place. The chart gave me a faster, more specific way to find what was actually wrong, instead of another six months of generic trial and error.
Who I Actually Serve
Women (and a few brave Men) in their second season, rebuilding after decades of raising kids, supporting partners, or building someone else's version of a career. Intelligent, intuitive, capable women who want clarity and strategy without losing their soul in the process.
Meet The ODD Witch, Answered
Do I need to be spiritual to work with you?
Not at all. Most of my clients describe themselves as grounded and skeptical first.
What makes you different from a typical business coach?
The astrology lens adds a layer most coaching skips entirely: why a strategy fits you specifically, not just whether it works in general.
Where should I start?
The Cosmic Compass, my free community, is the easiest first step. From there we figure out what actually fits.
Twenty-five years in, I still love this work the way I loved it on day one. Just with considerably better boundaries now, and a much shorter list of trends I'm willing to chase.
If you want more of this in your inbox, come hang out inside The Cosmic Compass. It's free, and it's where I go deeper on this stuff every week.
About the author
Tara Schafer is the founder of The ODD Witch (that's Over 40 and Done with Default), a business astrology and coaching brand for women in their second season of entrepreneurship. Before astrology, she ran a coffee shop in Ohio, worked as a commercial fisherman out of Sitka and Astoria (yes, really), and started an online retail business of her own. She lives on the Pacific Northwest coast with her two dogs, Angus and Hamish. You can read more about Tara here: theoddwitch.com/about
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