I bring you this episode in honor of Venus Retrograde in Leo from July 22 to September 3, 2023.

The first part of the episode is a conversation with my boyfriend Matt Bull. The last Venus Retrograde literally broke us, and then Venus walked with us through a radical repair process that has been nurturing our love since. We talk about the ways mystical "bullshit" has supported us as individuals and as a couple.

The most bullshit framework of all helped us the most: Twin Flames. It's deeply embarrassing to admit, but it's true. By fully committing to exploring the responsibility of being twin flames, we nurtured repair and healed in ways I don't know we would have experienced if we hadn't been willing to play with the possibility.

Matt has come on Moon to Moon before, and I encourage everyone to check out our first conversation "Coincidence as a Practice," which we reference often. In that episode, we talk about religious trauma, UFOs, and how embracing coincidence yields more magical, mystical living. It's my 3rd most popular episode ever. I trust you'll enjoy it.

The second part of today's episode (the last 25 minutes or so) is a solo segment where I talk about Venus retrogrades in general and about this one in Leo specifically. I share dates and suggestions for walking through this experience to receive the loving updates Venus wants to offer you.

Links to share:

- The Murmuring Deep: Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious by Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg

- "The Charlatan & the Magus" by Lionel Snell (pen name Ramsey Duke) - see also this podcast episode of Weird Studies

- Healers and mystics mentioned: Rebecca Padgett, Ali Hunger, Natasha Levinger, Jonathan Koe

- my workbooks

Book at reading with me to explore Venus, relationship, and intimacy in your chart.

Register for Unshaming the Signs: Leo.

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Podcast art Angela George. Podcast music Jonathan Koe.