True Self

If you want to show up for your community and loved ones without getting burnt out...if you want to show up for big changes and shifts you want in your life...and if you just want life to feel good...Learning to nurture yourself is KEY. Today's episode is about what your Moon sign has to to teach you about the specific kind of emotional nutrition you need to charge your batteries and stay  nourished.(11:49) Three Things We Need To Self-NurtureNervous System RegulationPersonal Emotional Nutrition - getting the things you need out of life to feel “filled.” This is where your Moon sign gives you information!Being kind to yourself and loving yourself as a whole person (15:22) What the Moon has to tell us about taking care of ourselves (23:49) Moon in Aries(25:02) Moon in Taurus(26:47) Moon in Gemini(28:09) Moon in Cancer(31:38) Moon in Leo(33:29) Moon in Virgo(35:18) Moon in Libra(37:58) Moon in Scorpio(40:02) Moon in Sagittarius(42:15) Moon in Capricorn(44:36) Moon in Aquarius(46:49) Moon in Pisces Resources:I recommend the app Time Passages for figuring out your chart placements!Get the Chart Journaling Masterclass and download at https://trueselfastrology.com

If you've been walking a spiritual path for a while now, you might have noticed this very annoying phenomenon.  You can use the tools you've accessed to get very clear, find your guides, be able to read the signs from your higher self, experience wild magic and outrageous synchronicities-- and still, at those really critical moments where you have to make a very important choice or break yourself out of a stuck condition, you ask this beautiful magical ecosystem you've built around yourself, “Hey, what should I do? What's the RIGHT choice?” And reality sort of blinks back at you, like, oh yeah wow, man, I don't know! What ARE you going to do? This episode is about learning to trust your own highest wisdom, your own inner light…even when you really, really want someone to just tell you what to do. —Part 1: Hello I am leaving an internet pseudo-cult. (3:49)A story about some recent personal fall-out of wanting to believe someone else has the answers I need about my own path. Part 2: Astrology for sovereignty! (9:49)We can use astrology to look for answers outside of ourselves. Or we can use it to signal and tap in to our own highest wisdom. Part 3: Four ingredients for trusting your own highest wisdom (14:15)1. Learn how to trust your body2. Learn what truth feels like in your body3. Develop a system for communicating with your unconscious wisdom (tarot, astrology, dreamwork, etc)4. Locate the courage to trust yourself to make your own choices.

I think of a birth chart (as a reflection of a soul) like a perfect piece of music. Some parts are easy to play, and some parts are hard to play. We might hate the hard parts, because we keep stumbling over them.  But when we love and respect those complex and difficult aspects of our character, we can start to master them--and then the genius of the piece really starts to emerge. ✨

Have you worked very hard to recover from trauma, addiction, anxiety, or depression, only to find that you still feel pretty lost and uncertain of where you're trying to go and what exactly the point is?Charting a path to a meaningful and fulfilling life is something everyone wants, and it's something modern western culture is particularly bad at teaching us how to do.In today's episode I'll tell you my three steps to becoming a happy human being, and why I've found therapy is a great way to practice the first two and tends to be pretty ineffective for the third.I'll tell you why I believe we actually NEED tools like astrology to move beyond functioning and begin traveling toward self-actualization.And I'll also tell you about something really exciting that's happening Friday!This episode is brought to you by my very activated Sagittarius stellium and the free chart journaling masterclass I'm hosting on April 9. You can sign up here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/vg4bii6j(And hey-- thanks for your patience if you've been waiting for this one!) https://trueselfastrology.com

All kinds of great stuff starts happening when you learn how to show up as your authentic self. Confidence. Seeing your deepest talents. Finding the people who will appreciate you the most.  But how are you supposed to get to this totally authentic state?I spent so long being really confused by the advice to “just be myself,” and if you're the same, this is the episode for you.Because today I'm going to be telling you the secret to figuring out how to show up as the “real you” --and I'll show you the connection that secret has with each of the 7 traditional planets in your birth chart.Sign up for my newsletter for all your great season 2 bonus content at https://trueself.ck.page/c44aa776b8 

This new season of True Self is about how to understand your birth chart and use that information to know AND love yourself better and better and better--thus making your life more and more and more of what you want.If you're confused about where you want your life to take you, or how to get on board with what you KNOW you want, and you'd love to solve those problems in a way that's fun and engaging and kind of magical, this is the place for you.The first episode of the new season is coming Friday, March 26, so subscribe on your platform of choice, tell a friend, and I'll see you then!

This week we're answering letters from two people who wondering what astrology has to say about their careers and whether they're on the right path.  As we answer our two letter-writers, we're talking about the deep soul-level work of self-actualization we see intersecting with our careers in our birth chart, the challenges of trying to share the best of who you are in this world of ours, and where to look in your own chart for indications of your own greatest gifts and talents.  Shownotes with timestamps (and the exercise from the end of the show!) at https://8th.house.

In this episode, we're talking about the psychic, spiritual, tuned in, capital-L Love of the sign of Pisces--the final sign of the Zodiac. We'll ask how we can work with the sign of Pisces to keep opening to what the universe has to teach us--how we can stand in our sensitivity and vulnerability without hiding from it, and become truly strong in that way. And we'll talk about how the sign of Pisces impacts your own life, using your birth chart as a guide. Show notes with time stamps at https://8th.house 

Virgo is a servant who can't be bossed, a student who can't be taught, and a mystic who works from what they feel deep inside their body. On this episode, we're asking what qualities of Virgo make it particularly adept at helping others, and how this intelligent and anxious part of our chart can serve us, especially if it shows up prominently in our personalities. And we'll talk about what the sign of Virgo affects in your own life, using your birth chart as a guide. Show notes with timestamps for each sign are at https://8th.house

Aquarius is driven by a humanitarian instinct: a need to see our species thrive, or at least survive. On this episode, we're investigating what that means about the Age of Aquarius (which we may or may not be experiencing!). Plus, we're asking how your own life is shaped by the profoundly humane and individualistic water-bearer sign, using your birth chart as a guide. Show notes with timestamps for each sign are at https://8th.house

On today's episode, we're basking in the solar glow of Leo as the key to self-actualizing and sharing the gifts of who we are with the world. We'll ask what it would look like to take perfect creative joy in who we are, without seeking admiration or approval from others. Plus, we'll talk about how Leo characterizes your own life, using your birth chart as a guide. Show notes with timestamps for each sign are at https://8th.house

On today's episode, we're excavating the flat depiction of Capricorn as a money-oriented achiever, and dipping our toe into the deep mysteries that underlie that depiction. We'll cover the many transits in Capricorn over the last several years, and talk about how those have affected us collectively and personally. Plus, we'll talk about how Capricorn characterizes your own life, using your birth chart as a guide. Show notes with timestamps for each sign at https://8th.house

This week, we're thinking about Cancer--the mama of all the signs. We'll start with with the ancient Egyptian story of the birth of the world, which is tied to the sign of Cancer, and we'll use that story to explore what Cancer has to teach us about bringing something new into the world. Then, we'll talk about the last several years of Cancer-Capricorn eclipses--what we've been learning about nurturing and taking care of ourselves, and how we've been letting go of rigid old patterns, habits, and ideas around work and discipline. And finally, as usual, we'll talk about how this Cancer care-taking energy emerges in our own lives and personalities, using our birth charts as a guide. Show notes for this episode (with time stamps), timing for the next eclipse  and a worksheet to download are at https://8th.house/blog/2020/5/7/cancer-just-wants-to-love-you  CREDITS: Intro clip music is “Pure Water,” by Meydän. Excerpt from THE EGYPTIAN MYTHS, by Garry J. Shaw.

On today's episode, we're thinking about the creative and energetic sign of Sagittarius in astrology, its personal traits of restless searching and honesty-to-a-fault, and its larger representation of the human search for meaning and truth. As we consider the upcoming eclipse cycle that will be highlighting Sagittarius in our charts, we'll consider the pros and pitfalls of looking for something to believe in,  and how these traits touch our own lives, using our birth charts as a guide. Show notes for this episode (with time stamps), timing for the next eclipse  and a worksheet to download are at https://8th.house/blog/2020/4/30/street-preaching-with-sagittarius

This week, we're talking about how the sign of Gemini shows us how to make meaning out of the information we find in the world, and how to convey that meaning to others in a way that they'll respond to--which is a kind of magical power that can be used for good or ill.Now more than ever, we need to understand the gifts Gemini brings and the wisdom we can find in it.  I'll help you understand how the sign of Gemini characterizes your own life, and how the Gemini astrological events coming up are going to affect you. Timing of the Venus retrograde in Gemini, show notes for this episode (with time stamps) and a worksheet to download are at https://8th.house/blog/2020/4/23/the-magic-of-gemini

In this episode, we're thinking about the intensity, the secrets, and the power of the sign of Scorpio. We'll reach deep into the emotional life of Scorpio with a story, and we'll consider what happens when the traits of Scorpio touch different parts of our lives, using our birth charts as a guide. Plus, we'll consider how this powerful, concealed, survival-oriented sign represents the strength of the element of water. Show notes for this episode (with time stamps) and a worksheet to download are at https://8th.house/blog/2020/4/16/scorpio-in-the-deep

This week, we're thinking about the delicious sign of Taurus, and its representation of abundance and the fulfillment of desire. We'll ask what wisdom traditions have to teach us about desire and its fulfillment, and how those qualities touch our own lives, using our birth charts as a guide. And we'll explore what happens to us--and the world!--when we get numb to pleasure and fulfillment.  Show notes for this episode (with time stamps) and a worksheet to download are at https://8th.house/blog/2020/4/9/taurus-in-the-garden

Where do you find beauty in this world, and how do you create your own beauty? How do you bring separate pieces together into a new form? And how might our capacity to find beauty relate to our ability to…survive? In Episode 2, we dig into how beauty/art/love might be the most powerful force in the world next to death--and how the sign of Libra helps us understand our own connection to that force. Show notes for this episode (with time stamps) and a worksheet to download are at https://8th.house/blog/2020/4/2/libra-art-survival

Aries holds the pure joy of life and the will to protect it--salient topics at the moment. We'll talk about how Aries finds its perfect complement and opposite in the sign of Libra, and I'll tell you what part of your own life the traits of Aries characterize, based on your birth chart. Show notes for this episode (with time stamps) and a worksheet to download are at https://8th.house/blog/2020/4/2/aries-in-the-time-of-covid-19

Are you feeling lost and confused about your purpose in life? Having trouble figuring out what you really want? Digging on the idea of finding practices that will lead you to more peace and sanity, but a little weirded out by religion, generally? True Self is a new podcast that uses the language of astrology to guide you through understanding who you really are, based on the ancient concept that "knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." (-Aristotle). The goal: to heal disconnection in your life, learn to love yourself better, and find a deeper sense of purpose and meaning.True Self is fun because it helps you learn more about yourself, and it's nourishing because it soothes your existential angst. It's like a buzzfeed quiz and a guided meditation had a baby.New episodes on Thursdays, starting April 2, 2020!