Quick Thoughts On our Soul’s Plans for Incarnation

Our soul comes into life on this planet with a layered, nuanced intention or plan of what it desires to experience while here. We come into the world to gather as many points of view as possible, to express our soul’s love for life, our compassion and generative ability, to innovate, and to triumph over attempts and circumstances that hurt us or defeated us in the past — and more. For some, soul purpose might show up in a traditional sense of a “mission” or “calling”:…

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April 27, 2024

Why Intuition Matters (So Much More Than Our Culture Teaches Us)

You probably know much of this already in your gut, in your bones. But I felt it was important to give words to it, because our Western, colonial and patriarchal culture still makes intuition out to be "nebulous" and "flaky". Here goes... I believe that we exist simultaneously in a body—in a material dimension— and in a spiritual, or consciousness-based dimension. We can call the latter metaphysical, or subtle-energy, or soul-field; etheric planes or 5D (and beyond). I think of both these distinct planes, Matter and…

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April 23, 2024

Astrology / Intuitive Guidance

Jupiter/Uranus Conjunction in Taurus – April 2024

We are in the portal of another long-anticipated sky event: the Jupiter/Uranus conjuction at 21 degrees of the sign Taurus. (I feel particularly lucky as this conjuction is happening on the degree of my natal moon!). This meeting of two future- and forward- facing planets indicates a new start, the beginning of a new 14-year cycle of growth, surprising new developments and innovation. All astrological events can go “either way” in terms of how we play them out, or respond to their underlying energetic currents. Collectively, we will…

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April 21, 2024

Astrology / Intuitive Guidance / Soul Work

Inner Fire at the Winter Solstice

Solstice blessings everyone! Even though most of us who track these things celebrate the Solstice on the 21st, in my time zone the astrological Solstice is today, as our life-giving central star crosses over to the first degree of Capricorn. I don’t share this to be pedantic, even though I am a huge nerd about these things, but to highlight that there’s a real energetic threshold we’re crossing — something’s clicking over, it’s not just another day. The sign of Capricorn (if you’re not familiar or…

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December 22, 2023

Animism / Intuitive Guidance

Boar, Panther, Turtle: Mid-year Animist Guidance

This post comes to you in two parts: the first part was born of an animal card reading I did for myself, which felt deeply resonant for some of the current collective energies. The second is a meta-exploration of the more fraught aspects of working with animal symbolism as part of our animist toolkit. The other day I pulled out my ancient deck of Medicine cards*. This is the oldest divination deck I own: my mother got it for me as a gift when I was…

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June 17, 2023