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Healing The Spirit: Astrology, Archetypes & Artmaking158. Mary Schuch: Your Experiment is Your PracticeHow might we approach friendship, art, and spirituality as creative experiments? How do we practice presence in grief? How might we increase our capacity to change our minds and shift our practices?Halfway through this conversation, Mary Schuch casually said something that stopped my heart in its track, "Just because it's not fun, doesn't mean it's not a gift." That's something I've always admired about artist, creative, and astrologer Mary Schuch – her ability to hold wisdom with humor and to serve truth with irreverence.Mary and I recorded this conversation at the tail end of Ju...2024-06-231h 19
My Life Is Better With You In ItDana Balicki & Leah Garza: Tits OutRecording this episode with Dana Balicki and Leah Garza brought us from heartfelt depths to silly joy. We're so grateful to call these two terrestrial angels our friends!We got to know them through Leah's amazing courses, which we wholeheartedly recommend that you check out: Living Systems: https://crystalsofaltamira.com/living-systems Akashic Mentorship: https://crystalsofaltamira.com/akashic-mentorship Dana Balicki is a transformational coach, changemaker, modern mystic, and wildly passionate lady boss devoted to helping you remember and become who you really are, not just who you were taught to...2024-02-201h 19My Life Is Better With You In ItWe're Back, BabyAfter an unplanned hiatus, what's next for us?A little bit about us:Jonathan Koe is a queer mystic, artist, and diviner. They're joyfully devoted to exploring body-rooted energy practices and poetic inquiries as living portals into remembering our cosmic kinship. You can find Jonathan on their website, IG, and their other podcast Healing The Spirit.Mary Schuch (she/her) is committed to showing up for the experience of belonging in a human body. In this lifetime, Mary is steadily walking a resonant path and striving to remember the inherent...2023-12-1538 minMy Life Is Better With You In ItA Season of Learning To Trust (Cancer Season Retrospective)Mary and Jonathan got together for a riveting exploration of all that Cancer season was bringing up in their lives. Life got busy and they never got to publish the conversation until Leo season. But it wouldn't be true to the Cancer archetype without nostalgia and retrospection, wouldn't it?If you’re drawn to receive a reading from one of us, please reach out!A little bit about us:Jonathan Koe (they/he) is a queer mystic who’s fluent in the languages of music, astrology, tarot, energy work, statistics, and...2023-07-251h 23My Life Is Better With You In ItMultifaceted MavensMary and Jonathan gets together for a meaty conversation on one of our favorite topics - our devotion to the learning path and to sharing what we're learning. Within our society (at least in the US where we both reside), we often need to declare our expertise in one specific field. In this conversation, we explore how we navigate weaving our multiple interests, holding multiple identities, and belonging to multiple communities.PS - We started using this term 'maven' after doing Jonathan Fields's assessment Sparketype.If you’re drawn to receive a reading fr...2023-05-201h 37My Life Is Better With You In ItReadings and FeelingsMary and Jonathan are meaningfully meandering together again.As regular givers and receivers of readings, we wonder if perhaps our friendship and this podcast are an extension of our shared tendency to enjoy intense one-on-one connections. If you’re drawn to receive a reading from one of us, please reach out!A little bit about us:Jonathan Koe (they/he) is a queer mystic who’s fluent in the languages of music, astrology, tarot, energy work, statistics, and the Akashic perspective. Their work aims to empower others throu...2023-04-031h 12
Moon to Moon81. The Power of Community Witnessing in Magical WorkThis is a topic that continues to teach and humble me. It's so potent, juicy, and rich. It's also very healing. The truth of it comes down to vulnerability. Being witnessed and being a witness are both deeply vulnerable experiences. As I share, the root of vulnerable come from "to wound," such that vulnerability means our capacity to be wounded. What does it mean to be openly seen as capable of being wounded and to still show up anyway with your magical gifts in service to others? This is what I most care about. My gu...2023-02-131h 56My Life Is Better With You In ItRebecca Padgett: Embodying The Psychic EmpressWe’re not shy about our admiration for our guest, Rebecca Padgett. She is someone who has become very dear to us over the last few years and we simply adore her. During this episode, Rebecca graciously offered us an oracle reading for the spirit of the podcast and our collaboration. The space she holds is powerful and we were honored to receive her psychic insights. We hope this gives our listeners a sense of how supportive and expansive it is to be witnessed by Rebecca. We are thrilled for Rebecca as she assu...2023-02-091h 26
Moon to Moon79. Living the F**k Out of Your Chart with Comedic Mystic Mary SchuchThis was such a joy. Mary Schuch is one of the most emotional honest, hilarious, and wise people I know. It was so fun to hang out with Mary for this edition of the ongoing M2M series "Living the F**k Out of Your Chart."
LTFOOYC is for chart nerds and future chart nerds. It's where astrology and personal stories come together to give us insights on, jokes for, and connection to the fullness of the human experience.
Mary's key chart features include: Taurus Rising, Taurus Moon, Aquarius Sun, major Capricorn stellium in the 9t...2023-02-031h 46
Healing The Spirit: Astrology, Archetypes & Artmaking51. You're Exactly Where You Need To Be - Contemplating The Week of 01.16.2023How do we work with the disorientation that can come with a change of pace or direction in our lives? How do trust our bodies and our hearts and affirm our experiences? How do we stay with the present when the energetic current to move forward feels overwhelming?In this offering, I'm sharing my personal notes and contemplations about the week ahead. Combining astrology, tarot, the Akashic & Cosmic Body perspectives, and guidance from my sacred ancestors, healing guides and my own spirit, I hope these messages will serve you as you walk your path.This w...2023-01-1645 minMy Life Is Better With You In It2 Become 1What (or who) is the third being that arises when we are in collaboration? As two astrologers, we knew it would be fun to investigate this energetic phenomenon through our composite chart.Together we meet in the middle as a Cancer Rising, Aquarius Sun and Gemini Moon.Here is a link to our chart.A little bit about us:Jonathan Koe (they/he) is a queer mystic who’s fluent in the languages of music, astrology, tarot, energy work, statistics, and the Akashic perspective. The...2023-01-111h 10My Life Is Better With You In ItLeah Garza: Radical ResonanceIn this episode, Mary and Jonathan hang out with their friend and teacher, Leah Garza.We had so much fun getting into topics we explored with our Living Systems cohort– decoloniality, resonance, relationality, ontology, presuppositions and more. Leah referenced thinkers who have influenced her work and clarified the distinction between “colonization,” “colonialism,” and “coloniality.” We touched on how a near death experience became a pivot point, the significance of a Scorpio seventh house, and how we’re definitely not in a cult together.Living Systems is a public scholarship course offering theory, praxis, and community ba...2022-11-181h 31My Life Is Better With You In ItA Murmuration of Two Friends (Trailer)In our first episode, we discuss our easeful connection and how we sense our combined spirit to be teaching us about trust. We feel this podcast is a space to practice showing up wholeheartedly in the present moment.Together, we help one another remember our inherent goodness and anticipate the energetics of this collaboration will inform how we approach whatever comes next. Thank you for listening!A little bit about us:Jonathan Koe (they/he) is a queer mystic who’s fluent in the languages of music, astrology, tarot, energy wo...2022-10-2248 min
Moon to Moon64. Astrology as a Community Constellator with Jonathan, Jaclyn, Amy, John, Bridget, and MaryAstrology is a medium for connecting with others. It's a community practice. It constellates us together while we remember who we are. The root of constellation means "together with the stars" - of course astrology brings us together with the stars! Tears! In this special episode, my collaborator Jonathan Koe and I host a conversation with five beautiful humans who participated in our 2021-22 astrological learning space Charting Your Course. We discussed: What they've learned about themselves, others, and the world around them from learning How applying and questioning ‘knowledge’ is as powerful as accruin...2022-08-121h 43Healing The Spirit: Astrology, Archetypes & Artmaking21. Astrology as Communal Practice with Charting Your Course 2021 ClassHow can we build new worlds by learning astrology together as a community? How can astrology assist us imagining new ways of being with each other in community?In this very special episode, my collaborator Britten LaRue and I are joined by our astrology students from the Charting Your Course 2021 Cohort! This was such a fun episode to record and I hope you enjoy it as much we enjoyed recording it. We discussed:What they've learned about themselves, others, and the world around them from learningHow applying and questioning ‘knowledge’ is as powerful as accruing it, and...2022-08-121h 23
Moon to Moon52. Water, Earth, & the Rainbow Connection to Our MagicThis episode is a special treat for Moon to Moon. I am joined by 5 glorious guests to discuss the elements of Water & Earth: how to define them, how to recognize them moving through your life, how to cultivate intimacy with them, how to work with them if you feel low in one or another. Mallory Dowd is a tarot reader, artist, teacher, theatre-maker, storyteller, and mystic. She has been holding space for over 15 years in varying roles as a clinical case manager, domestic violence advocate, support group facilitator, teacher, and tarot reader. As an artist, Mallory aims t...2022-02-232h 03
Healing The Spirit: Astrology, Archetypes & Artmaking7. Mary Schuch: Why Are We Obsessed with Cults?In today’s episode, my guest in conversation and my partner in crime is Mary Schuch. As two survivors of religious trauma who are still #1 Fan of Spirit (TM), we explored Hierophant themes: cultish behaviors, why we engage in them, and how developing an awareness of power dynamics can lead us to new ways of being in teacher-student relationships. We also discussed Mary’s relationship to her inner teacher and how it’s shifted through being in voluntary learning spaces and committing to her own personal practices.Our conversation was fun, funny, wild, irreverent, and completely non-linear. Listen...2022-02-211h 21