Aquarian Spirals: Astrology + Soul Work

Join Amanda and Tony as they bounce through a litany of ponderings about Aries, exploring the sign by element and modality, its association with severance and separation, the urge to belong and to have freedom but be in relationship, the ways it shows up in martial arts, the continuum of will-desire-and-longing and so much more.

About our Guest: Anthony Rella is a witch, therapist, and author of the new book Slow Magic: Cultivate Lasting Transformation through Spellwork and Self-Growth. He is an Internal Family Systems therapist in private practice in Seattle. He is a lead teacher in Morningstar Mystery School and co-founder of the Seattle chapter of the Fellowship of the Phoenix. More on his writing and therapy work is available at anthonyrella.com. 

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/anthonyrellapllc/.

Tony's newest book, Slow Magic: Cultivate Lasting Transformation Through Spellwork + Self-growth is available on bookshop.org and llewelyn.com.

Mentioned in this Episode

Amanda's upcoming ⁠⁠Virgo/Pisces: Returning to the Garden ⁠⁠lecture

Amanda's lecture ⁠Pluto in Aquarius + the Apocalyptic Imagination⁠

Amanda's Links

Amanda's website + newsletter opt-in: ⁠⁠⁠aquarianspirals.com⁠⁠⁠

Amanda's Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/aquarianspirals⁠⁠⁠

Amanda's substack:

⁠⁠⁠theastrophile.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

Join Amanda and Zacc as they create a mind-map for all things Aquarius, exploring the sign by element and modality, associations with history, collective movements and truth-telling, wielding stubbornness, the emergent need to banish Saturn, what it means to be an ice princess, Avatar :the Last Airbender, fixed stars and so much more.

About our Guest: Zacchary is a Black Queer Astrologer, Priest, and Mage currently living in the Seattle area. He graduated from university in 2013 with a degree in Political Science & Sociology, focused on the intersection of race, politics, and constitutional law. With the Sun, Mercury, Saturn, and Midheaven in Aquarius, he lives a life steeped in themes of austerity, justice, and an eagle-eyed view of problem solving that centers on getting one’s systems in order to ensure continued success. Having studied and worked in the field of astrology for almost a decade, he works with clients to not merely predict the year ahead, but to engage intentionally with the narrative of life they are currently in. This often includes suggested deity work and magical practices to ease those moments of difficulty and help one create flow in eras of beauty.

Linktree: linktr.ee/zaccpowell

Instagram:instagram.com/zaccpowell

Threads: threads.net/zaccpowell

Mentioned in this Episode

Amanda's upcoming ⁠Virgo/Pisces: Returning to the Garden ⁠lecture

Amanda's lecture Pluto in Aquarius + the Apocalyptic Imagination

Amanda's Links

Amanda's website + newsletter opt-in: ⁠⁠aquarianspirals.com⁠⁠

Amanda's Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/aquarianspirals⁠⁠

Amanda's substack:

⁠⁠theastrophile.substack.com⁠⁠⁠

Join Amanda and Jana as they drift through the agony and the ecstasy of the sign of the fish, from traditional and seasonal correspondences to mythology and more.

About our Guest: Jana Barrett is an astrologer, diviner, writer, and witch based in the so-called Pacific Northwest. They offer 1:1 and group services to support people through courageous transformations. As a keen depth explorer and a child of Venus, Jana helps folks move from shame to power and rediscover their magic. Their work centers on compassion and reconnection, weaving together mysticism, parts work, and modern psychology to help people reclaim the parts of themselves they’ve forgotten or denied. They see this work as a personal pathway to pleasure and fulfillment, and a stepping stone to collective liberation and healing.

You can learn more about their background and offerings at feelingloudly.com, and find them on social @feelingloudly. Jana also offers low-cost monthly events, group readings, and exclusive content through their Patreon.

Mentioned in this Episode

Pisces in Myth + Psyche by Jason Holley

Amanda's upcoming Virgo/Pisces: Returning to the Garden lecture

Dan Savage Tries to Get Esther Perel High and they Talk About Infidelity

Amanda's website + newsletter opt-in: ⁠aquarianspirals.com⁠

Amanda's Patreon: ⁠patreon.com/aquarianspirals⁠

Amanda's + Jana's substack: ⁠⁠⁠

⁠theastrophile.substack.com⁠⁠

Amanda explores the highly complex, confusing and potentially overwhelming astrology of March and April with an eye toward potential, possibilities and strategies for working with what might come up. This episode tries to keep the astrologese to a minimum but covers Venus and Mercury Retrogrades, eclipse season, Neptune in Aries and lots of Pisces and Aries ponderings. But really it's about how to live life during times of overwhelm and uncertainty.

Show Notes:

Fierce Hearts | Open Hearts: a 7 week devotional experience for Venus Retrograde

Amanda's Patreon

Special Edition Venus Retrograde Recorded Readings

Your Spiritual Imagination has Been a Threat since 1517 by Amaya Rourke

Resist Despair with the Knight of Swords (episode of Feeling Loudly with Jana Barrett)

Venus Retrograde + Relational Rewinds by Jana Barrett

The Economy of Prayer with Perdita Finn (episode of The Nature of Invisible Things with Erin Kelley)

Join Amanda and Samar as they dive into the multidimensionality of the sign of the Sea Goat, featuring explorations of sustainability vs regeneration, the tender work of connecting with ancestors and legacy, ancient ruins, cultural conditioning and carrying the burden, time, the interconnectedness of joy and suffering and the traditional significations associated with Cap.

About our Guest: Samar Jade(they/them) is a Black, queer, and gender-expansive human whose work is rooted in helping others to deepen their capacity to hold space for their complexities. As the Ensoulment Doula, they use astrology, archetypes, and somatic experiencing,to support others in their underworld journeys. In addition, Samar is also a writer. Their first full-length publication, Blue Violet: Haint Spaces, will debut in Fall of 2025.

You can find Samar at ensoulmentdoula.com or on Insta or Threads under ensoulment.doula.

Links:

Amanda's website + newsletter opt-in: aquarianspirals.com

Amanda's Patreon: patreon.com/aquarianspirals

Amanda's substack: ⁠

⁠⁠theastrophile.substack.com⁠

Invoking the Beings of the Three Times

Living Astrologies Conference

Amanda continues the All Things Zodiac series with this solo episode about Scorpio. It includes all of the content you'd expect (traditional correspondences, mythology and relationality) but also: grief and life-death-life cycles, the folly and violence of considering Venus and the Moon to be debilitated in Scorpio, the evolution of the soul and more.

About Amanda: Amanda Moreno is an astrologer, soul worker, writer and educator who has been helping folks feel more connected to their place in the universe since 2010. Amanda’s astro-roots are in the evolutionary, archetypal and depth psychological branches of the craft with specializations in soul spelunking and experiential astrology. She obtained a master’s degree in depth psychology where she focused on ways astrology can help us navigate personal and collective rites of passage. She uses what she learned all the time. 

Amanda's astrological approach centers the relationships not just between practitioner and client but between humans and the lands, waters, spirits, ancestors and other beings @aquarianspirals or join her Patreon to get access to astrology workshops, community QA sessions, Full Moon circles and more.. 

You can find Amanda at ⁠aquarianspirals.com⁠, ⁠@aquarianspirals⁠ on Instagram, and ⁠The Astrophile on Substack. 

Links:

The Living Astrologies Conference

⁠Astrology's 12 Great Myths: Twisted Archetypes of a Dominator Culture⁠

Amanda's links:

⁠aquarianspirals.com⁠

⁠patreon.com/aquarianspirals⁠

⁠theastrophile.substack.com⁠

Erin Kelley joins the podcast to talk about all things Libra, including the content you'd expect (traditional correspondences, mythology and relationality) but also: the value of context (and values as context), mindfulness as embedded practice, the beauty and depth of offerings and gratitude, projection, monsters in the mirror, midlife transits, that pesky/glorious balance thing and so much more.

About Erin: Erin Kelley (she/her) is a writer, devotional astrologer, and esoteric strategist with a feral heart. Her intuitive gift of right timing is the essence behind her work, affectionately called Slow Magick. 

Erin believes desire is holy, change happens when it is time, and Eros is the driving impulse connecting this moment to the next. With an 8th house stellium, Erin is known for helping others find and effectively utilize their resources. She especially loves using astrology and rituals to assist cycle breakers in building new beliefs, experiencing more satisfaction, and creating space to thrive.

Before leaping into her second act, Erin spent more than a decade creating award-winning go-to-market strategies for some of the world’s biggest names. She now uses her intuitive and results-oriented analytical skills to develop practical and effective recommendations for working with the subtle realm in everyday life. 

You can find Erin at slowmagick.com, @slow.magick on Instagram, and The Nature of Invisible Things on Substack. 

Instagram Image stack for this episode

Links:

WNC Hurricane Helene Resources Living Doc

Many of the World's Billionaires Share a Zodiac Sign

The Emerald Podcast

Amanda's Pluto in Libra lecture/workshop (recorded)

Astrology's 12 Great Myths: Twisted Archetypes of a Dominator Culture

Amanda's links:

aquarianspirals.com

patreon.com/aquarianspirals

theastrophile.substack.com

At long last, Meagan Angus rejoins the podcast to talk about all things Virgo. We include traditional significations and then spiral off into a conversation about initiations and ordeals, Virgo mythology, fossils, sacrifice, clear seeing and so much more!

Mentioned in this episode: Postcolonial Astrology by Alice Sparkly Kat

About Meagan: Meagan Angus (she/her) has been a card slinger for over 30 years and a practicing Witch for almost 40 years. Some of her magickal background includes Paganism, Animism, Witchcraft, Hedgewitch-craft, Greco-Egyptian Hermeticism, and Enochian studies. Her practice is informed by her lived experiences as a queer, fat, and

WEBSITE:⁠⁠⁠⁠www.meaganangus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

Podcast “Spinning The Wheel": ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spinning-the-wheel/id1562727668⁠⁠⁠⁠

Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/MeaganAngus⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/meaganangus/⁠⁠⁠⁠

Amanda's links

aquarianspirals.com

patreon.com/aquarianspirals

⁠⁠⁠⁠How Past Life Patterns Show Up in the Present⁠⁠⁠⁠ (lecture and workshop September 28)

The second half of August is packed with dynamic astrology. As without, so within -- this is a particularly potent portal for acknowledging what needs adjustment and transmutation in your life for the sake of paradigm shift participation. Amanda takes you on a tour of the astro while providing insights as to what it might mean at the personal and collective levels, as well as suggestions for engaging and questions for reflection.

Learn more about Amanda at aquarianspirals.com |

Join the mailing list to stay up to date about offerings at aquarianspirals.com/contact |

Join her patreon at patreon.com/aquarianspirals to support the work and get access to incentives that will support yours |

Check out upcoming classes and offerings at aquarianspirals.com/classes

Join Amanda in celebrating 50 episodes of the pod in a totally apropos conversation about Leo with fellow Leonian astrologer Jana Barrett. From traditional significations, keywords and archetypal correlates to psychological and spiritual dynamics as well as seasonal manifestations, achilles heels and superpowers, this duo covers their favorite aspects of Leo and even makes time for some chats about the coming Leo New Moon lunar cycle.

About Jana: Jana is a humanistic & evolutionary astrologer, diviner, writer, activist, and witch based in the so-called Pacific Northwest. They offer 1:1 and group services to support people through courageous transformations. A keen depth explorer, Jana acts as a steady guide through Plutonian times, helping folks alchemize shame into power to rediscover their magic and joy. As a certified Somatic Parts Work practitioner, much of their work centers on reconnection — bringing people into compassionate relationship with the parts of themselves they've forgotten or denied. They see this work as a personal pathway to pleasure and fulfillment, and a stepping stone to collective liberation and healing. You can find Jana at ⁠feelingloudly.com⁠ or on social @feelingloudly.

You can join Jana + Amanda's astrology substack for free at theastrophile.substack.com

Amanda's links:

⁠aquarianspirals.com⁠ |

limited edition recorded divinations can be purchased at: aquarianspirals.com/store |

⁠you can join in on Epiphany (a year of zodiacacl living) and get other amazing incentives, or just support the work through: patreon.com/aquarianspirals⁠ |

or just buy me a coffee