Episodes

  • New Moon in Libra: The Ties that Bind

    New Moon in Libra: The Ties that Bind
    Oct 9 2026

    What happens when keeping the peace starts costing you more than you realized? The New Moon in Libra arrives October 10th in the Saturn-ruled second decan which is associated with the Three of Swords and the sometimes uncomfortable realities of relationships, commitments & agreements. With Saturn in Aries opposing the lunation, Venus retrograde in Scorpio squaring Mars in Leo, and Jupiter offering some support, we're examining the balance between our individual needs and the responsibilities we've taken on with others. The Sun moves through Human Design Gate 57, the Gate of Intuitive Clarity, whose Gene Key travels from Unease to Intuition to Clarity. Drawing from Chapters 3 and 12 of Clarissa Pinkola Estés' Women Who Run With the Wolves, we explore Vasalisa's journey into the forest, the Crescent Moon Bear, and what intuition, anger & forgiveness can teach us about boundaries and discernment. This episode digs into resentment disguised as responsibility, the difference between compassion and managing someone else's emotions, and three things to watch for as Venus continues her retrograde journey. Maybe it's time to examine which ties are worth strengthening, which agreements need renegotiating, and what you've been agreeing to simply because you've always done it.

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    39 mins
  • October's Cosmic Energy Mix: What You Find In the Depths

    October's Cosmic Energy Mix: What You Find In the Depths
    Sep 30 2026

    What can you see at depth that you can't see from the surface? October takes us into the trench as Venus stations retrograde in Scorpio, beginning a deeper examination of relationships, money, desire, attachment, intimacy, power & what we actually value. We open the month with Mars opposing Pluto and Mercury squaring Mars, move through a Libra New Moon and Taurus Full Moon both ruled by Venus, while Mercury travels alongside Venus before beginning a retrograde of its own. The Human Design transits tell an equally interesting story, moving from Gate 18's Judgment into Depth, Intuitive Clarity, Continuity and Values before ending the month in Alertness. This episode explores what happens when the easy explanation stops working, why pressure can reveal what actually has staying power, how the cost of something can change even when its value hasn't, & what Venus may uncover when she takes us far enough below the surface to see what has been there all along. You don't go into the trench to live there. You go down because there are things you simply cannot see from the surface.

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    32 mins
  • Full Moon in Aries: Crossroads & Decision Point

    Full Moon in Aries: Crossroads & Decision Point
    Sep 25 2026
    What if you don't need another sign, you need to make the decision? The Full Moon at 3° Aries lands in the Mars-ruled first decan, associated with the Two of Wands and the crossroads between possibility and actually choosing a direction. Mars rules this lunation from the final degree of Cancer while making its final square to Chiron during Chiron's final pass through Aries, adding to the feeling that something has reached a culmination point. The Sun moves through Human Design Gate 46, Determination of the Self, while the Moon moves through Gate 25, Spirit of the Self, putting questions of identity, relationships, reciprocity, self-expression & self-respect front and center. This episode explores why clarity and certainty aren't the same thing, what happens when you already know but don't particularly like what the decision requires, & three things to watch for as Mars prepares to move into Leo. The crossroads isn't coming. You're standing in it.

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    20 mins
  • Hyper-Independence: When Self-Reliance Becomes a Spiritual Block

    Hyper-Independence: When Self-Reliance Becomes a Spiritual Block
    Sep 22 2026

    What happens when the part of you that wants a relationship with mystery runs into the part of you that doesn’t trust anything it can’t control? The Sun moves through Human Design Gate 46, the Gate of Determination of the Self, whose Gene Key travels from Seriousness to Delight to Ecstasy, while the Autumn Equinox brings us into Libra season & an upcoming Full Moon in Aries activates the axis of independence, relationship & interdependence. This episode looks at hyper-independence through the lens of mysticism, going beyond the usual advice to “just ask for help” to explore how competence can become identity, why receiving requires discernment, the connection between hyper-independence & codependency, & what happens when self-trust quietly becomes believing you’re the only person you can trust. We’ll also get practical with Human Design, astrology & shamanic work as tools for recognizing where you over-manage, uncovering the old agreements underneath the pattern & experimenting with a different relationship to uncertainty. Because if mysticism asks us to enter into relationship with intuition, synchronicity, Spirit & the unknown, at some point we have to leave enough room for something we didn’t personally arrange to happen.

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    37 mins
  • Breaking Free From the Traps We’ve Learned to Live With

    Breaking Free From the Traps We’ve Learned to Live With
    Sep 15 2026
    What if some of the things keeping you trapped don’t actually feel like traps anymore because you’ve gotten really good at living with them? Venus in Scorpio squares Pluto in Aquarius this week, bringing desire, attachment, power & the bargains we make with ourselves to the surface, while the Sun moves through Human Design Gate 6, the Gate of Friction, whose Gene Key travels from Conflict to Diplomacy to Peace. And with Venus giving us a preview of themes we’ll revisit during her upcoming retrograde, it’s worth paying attention to what starts rubbing now. This episode revisits Chapter 8 of Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ Women Who Run With the Wolves and the eight traps she explores through The Red Shoes, from the gilded cages we willingly step into and the soul famine that follows, to the ways we override instinct, normalize what isn’t working & eventually become participants in maintaining our own cages. We’ll look at why the bait matters, how friction can help us recognize an adaptation that has outlived its usefulness, & three things to contemplate as Venus and Pluto show us some of the fine print. Maybe breaking free starts with a harder question: what are you still getting from the thing you say you want to escape?

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    53 mins
  • New Moon in Virgo: Reset & Recalibrate

    New Moon in Virgo: Reset & Recalibrate
    Sep 9 2026
    What if the thing that needs improving isn't you, but how much effort you're putting into maintaining something that no longer deserves it? The New Moon in Virgo lands in the Venus-ruled second decan, associated with the Nine of Pentacles and what we're actually cultivating with all this tending, fixing, and refining. The Sun moves through Human Design Gate 47, the Gate of Realization, whose Gene Key travels from Oppression to Transmutation to Transfiguration, while Uranus stationing retrograde may bring the unexpected piece that changes how we understand something from the past. With Mars separating from its square to Saturn, some of the recent resistance begins to loosen, while Venus entering Scorpio offers a preview of themes we'll revisit during her upcoming retrograde. This episode digs into cultivation versus constant correction, whether the life you're working so hard to maintain is one you actually get to enjoy, & three things to watch for as we recalibrate after eclipse season. Maybe the question isn't what you need to improve next, but whether you actually want more of what you're already growing.

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    26 mins
  • September's Cosmic Energy Mix: Stop Making Things Harder For Yourself

    September's Cosmic Energy Mix: Stop Making Things Harder For Yourself
    Sep 1 2026

    What if it doesn't have to be this hard? September picks up in the aftermath of eclipse season, when some things may have shifted but we're still figuring out what any of it actually means. We open the month with Mars square Saturn, move through a Virgo New Moon, Venus entering Scorpio, Uranus stationing retrograde, the Fall Equinox, and an Aries Full Moon, all while Venus begins setting the stage for her October retrograde. The Human Design transits tell an equally interesting story, moving from Gate 40's Exhaustion through Confusion, Realization and Friction before eventually arriving at Delight and Integrity. I've also been revisiting Women Who Run With the Wolves, particularly the psychological traps in The Red Shoes, which has me thinking about how easily effort can turn into struggle and struggle into suffering without us realizing we're participating in the pattern. This episode explores the difference between doing something genuinely hard and making it harder than it needs to be, why we sometimes keep pushing long after reality has started giving us an answer, and what September might teach us about where our effort is actually useful and where we're just wearing ourselves out fighting with what is.

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    37 mins
  • Lunar Eclipse in Pisces: When You Can’t Pretend It Still Works

    Lunar Eclipse in Pisces: When You Can’t Pretend It Still Works
    Aug 25 2026

    What if exhaustion isn't telling you to rest, but telling you the agreement itself isn't working anymore? The partial Lunar Eclipse at 4° Pisces closes out eclipse season with the Moon conjunct Fomalhaut, square Uranus in Gemini, & opposing Mercury in Virgo just hours after a Mercury cazimi. The Sun moves through Human Design Gate 40, the Gate of Aloneness, whose Gene Key travels from Exhaustion to Resolve to Divine Will, while the Moon moves through Gate 22, the Gate of Openness, moving from Dishonor to Graciousness to Grace. Together they raise some uncomfortable questions about where we're continuing to give, participate, or remain available simply because that's the role we've always played. Fomalhaut adds another layer around the original vision versus the structure we've built around it, while Uranus may introduce the information that makes an old explanation harder to keep believing. This episode digs into the difference between devotion and depletion, why clarity doesn't necessarily mean knowing what comes next, & three things to watch for as we move through the final eclipse of August. Maybe the dream isn't over. Maybe you're just exhausted from the version of it you've been trying to keep alive.

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    30 mins