Healing The Spirit: Astrology, Archetypes & Artmaking

What is the essence of Cancer? How might ferocious protection intersect with tender care in the cardinal waters? What does it mean to wait a lunar cycle? In this episode, I invited esoteric scientist and poet Kodie Smiley to explore the archetype of Cancer, her rising sign. We discussed themes of protection, nurturing, and provocation through the lens of Cancer, filtered through Kodie's deep knowl...

What skills and wisdom from my past can we bring into situations unfolding right in front of us? Which human & non-human connections are we asked to update & fortify? Which ones are we asked to sever or put aside for now? July 2025 is a juicy month astrologically. With Uranus finally moving into Gemini, we are, for the first time, experiencing the highly anticipated new cosmic backdrop in the fles...

What is the role of the creative mystics in times of great change, confusion, and upheaval?  How might deeply studying impermanence resource our hearts and spirit? Awakening of The Heart by Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh has been a guiding text for me. It's provided an endless stream of inspiration, encouragement, and illumination.  Most notably, I'm finding strength from the lucid,...

How might music assist in our healing journeys? How do we bring intentionality in tending and caring using sound and frequency?   In this potent, dynamic conversation, my guest TanyaMarck Oviedo and I explored the thread that connects music, the immigrant experience, and queerness.  We shared about the healing power of music through the lens of our personal stories. We also discussed how music fit...

The theme for June 2025 is Joy is The Journey. How might we orient to questions in times of uncertainty? What qualities do we choose to embody when answers don't come readily? What artificial conditions do we place on our innate joy and happiness? Join the waitlist for Mystics of The Wandering Stars , a 9-month immersion for rebirthing your inner mystic through the lens of the planets. Sign up for...

What becomes available when we open up to the medicine of disappointment? What happens when we recognize other people's responses as potentially distorted reflections of our essence? How do we embrace playfulness as our guide to humility? In this episode, In this episode, I digest and deepen into some of the transmissions that came through the monthly contemplative guidance for May 2025 ( Episode...

How does astrology help us inhabit and experience our aliveness more deeply? How might embodiment practices help us awaken to our intuitive nature? In this enlightening conversation, astrologer Sabrina Monarch and I discussed the integration of astrological practice and embodiment work. On the surface, it's easy to misunderstand astrology as a strictly intellectual, imaginal, and abstract practice...

The theme for May 2025 is Cultivating Self-Honesty. What makes accessing honesty so challenging? How does self-honesty serve as the foundation to authentic creative expressions? How might connecting with the wisdom of the body and the heart assist in remembering our interdependent nature? Sign up for my newsletter to read my essays and be the first to hear about new offerings here . If you've enjo...

What's so alluring about proving our worth?  Why do we continue to get tangled in its futile knot?  How might we imagine a different relationship to the question of worth? These are questions I periodically find myself drawn to exploring at various points of my creative journey. On the one hand, we intellectually know our worth is inherent. And yet, we still seek to fill the void.  Recorded under...

What is the wisdom path Neptune in Aries leading us into? How do we alchemize the challenges we inherited from our ancestors to build the future? How do we hold our tender hearts when nothing seems certain? In this episode, I connected with Neptune in Aries as a teacher for collective liberation, healing, and encouragement.  Along with upheavals and disruptions, Neptune in Aries is a guide for rem...

The theme for April 2025 is Rebirthing The Inner Artist. What messages does our Creative Spirit have for us as we approach the dawn of a new era? How do we step into our creative leadership even when we don't feel ready? How do we alchemize persistent self-doubt and pessimism? Sign up for my newsletter to read my essays and be the first to hear about new offerings here . If you've enjoyed and bene...

How do we lovingly tend to ourselves when we feel unappreciated, disrespected, and invalidated for who we are at our core? How do re-source ourselves and re-member who we are? Feeling unloved is a universal experience. We know every human has experienced it, and yet it can be so challenging to move through.  As we approach this year's Venus Cazimi, in the middle of the Venus Retrograde, I shared m...

How do we honor The Hermit card as our anchor for 2025? How do we ground through devotion and reverence for our practices? How do we simplify to the essence of our path? Rebecca Padgett was the first person that came to mind when I dreamed of recording a conversation on The Hermit card. Rebecca's work and presence as an artist and a diviner embody The Hermit at its core: wise, gentle, and powerful...

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What does it mean to understand Venus as the Intimate Benefic? What might Venus in Aries teach us about confronting and advocating for our desires?  Our guest today, Suprasensory Shahir, is one of my favorite emissaries of Venus. Naturally, Shahir offers deep insights and generous, expansive perspectives on the current Venus Retrograde in Aries and Pisces we're experiencing. We discussed Shahir's...

How might we attune to the oceanic spirit of Pisces within our bodies? In this episode, I'm sharing a guided meditation and breathwork practice for Pisces season. As I described during this month's transmission 195. March 2025: Rooting Into The Cycles of Life , consciously connecting with our breath is one of the oldest, most potent portal into the heart of earth. Return to this practice throughou...

The theme for March 2025 is Rooting Into The Cycles of Life. How do we ground into our connection to the heart of earth amidst cyclical change? What does contrast teach us about reality?  How do we honor the process of life? Sign up for my newsletter to read my essays and be the first to hear about new offerings here . If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast, I invite you to apply for pri...

What explorations are most relevant to us in 2025, given the astrology and energetic signatures? Who might we become in the face of upheaval and change? Over the course of two episodes, Kelsey Rose Tortorice and I are joining forces to discuss the astrology of 2025. On this episode, Part 1, we cover the undertones: Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, and Chiron. Meanwhile, Part 2, on Kelsey's podcast The Maia...

How would our spiritual path look if we trust our direct experiences? What might we discover when we question the voices that claim authority over The Divine? Rio Larmand is a printmaker, philosopher, and constellational astrologist who follows her curiosity where it takes her. She is devoted to magic and believes that life on Earth is an exciting challenge that we all agreed to engage in. She use...

What does a regenerative relationship with death, decay, and transformation look like?  How do we stay rooted during moments of collective upheaval and activation? For the Full Moon in Leo, I'm sharing a tarot reading.  Here are the prompts for the cards I pulled: A card to anchor us during the Full Moon What we're here to illuminate for ourselves What we're here to illuminate for the collective G...

What is the difference between Not Knowing and Unknowing?  How might the practice of Unknowing deepen the Mystic's Path?  In this episode, we contemplate the wisdom of the North Node and Neptune conjunction in Pisces.  Read more about Gene Key 36 here . Sign up for my newsletter to read my essays and be the first to hear about new offerings here . If you've enjoyed and benefited from the podcast,...

The theme for February 2025 is Answering The Call of The Cave. What awaits in the caves of our own depths? What do we need to heal so we can heed the call? How might we resource our alchemical descent? Time Stamps 00:00 Intro, Offerings, Announcements 19:48 Contemplative Guidance for February 2025 Sign up for my newsletter to read my essays and be the first to hear about new offerings here . If yo...

What are the differences between our wants and our desires? How might cultivating discernment between the two help us plan for the coming year? We're exploring some pitfalls I've made in the past when planning my upcoming year. In this episode, I discussed profound differences between the things we want and our true desires. I also discussed how that understanding has shifted my relationship with...

What are some subtle, unconscious ways that we resist change? How might we embrace our moment-by-moment truths?  We're exploring some pitfalls I've made in the past when planning my upcoming year. In this episode, I discussed sneaky ways that we solidify temporary experiences out of fear and need for survival – and how we can unravel and liberate ourselves. Follow along with the journey!  Here's t...

How might we honor and make space for our humanity as we plan for the coming year?  We're exploring some pitfalls I've made in the past when planning my upcoming year. In this episode, I discussed how accounting for the unexpected, for boredom, for distractions, and other features of our humanity may enhance our planning.  Follow along with the journey!  Here's the complete mini-series:  Part 1: D...