[Just a heads-up, the video for this episode was corrupt, but I was able to edit together something that I was happy with from back up audio files.]

Episode 19: The Astrologer Who Turned Down Double Her Salary to Trust Herself

What does it actually mean to trust yourself?

Not conceptually, but as a lived, embodied practice?

In this episode, we dive into the messy, beautiful process of reclaiming your authority: the moment you realise you’ve been outsourcing your decisions, the terror of saying no when everything in your conditioning screams yes, and what happens when you finally stop performing and start listening to your body. We explore the Leo-Aquarius axis, the myth of the isolated family unit, why we’re all drowning trying to save each other, and how your core wound might just be your greatest gift.

In this episode we explore:

• The Leo-Aquarius axis and what it means for the collective as we move into the Aquarian age

• Why “belonging” doesn’t mean conforming; it means being yourself within community

• The myth of the nuclear family and why we’re all “drowning trying to save each other”

• How motherhood became Jessie’s gateway to trusting her intuition unconditionally

• Gate 29 and the journey from saying yes to everything to honouring when cycles are complete

• The difference between the gift of commitment and the shadow of half-heartedness (and knowing when it’s time to let go)

• Why your core wound is your greatest gift

This conversation is for you if:

- You’re navigating your Saturn return or a major life transition

- You struggle with saying no (or saying yes to the wrong things)

- You’re questioning the traditional paths you were told to follow

- You want to understand the Leo-Aquarius energy shaping our collective future

- You’re a parent trying to find your village in a world of isolated family units

- You’re learning to trust your body and intuition over external authority

- You are a Sag rising, or have strong Sag, Leo, or Aquarius placements, are a 6/2 or 5/2 Profile.

- You have ever struggled with commitment / or bi passing emotions

Meet Jessie Eccles:

Jessie Eccles is an astrologer, Human Design reader, and teacher who helps people understand their personal timing, patterns, and decision-making so they can live and work in a way that actually fits their life.After leaving a corporate career during early motherhood, she built an business centered around self-trust, cyclical living, and redefining success outside of productivity culture. Her work blends practical guidance with psychological and symbolic insight, helping clients move from external validation toward internal authority.She teaches astrology and Human Design, offers personal readings, and mentors women, especially mothers, in building lives and businesses aligned with their values, energy, and real capacity.

Connect with Jessie:

Website: https://jessie-eccles.mykajabi.com

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

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Timestamps:

3:50 – The Leo-Aquarius axis in family dynamics

7:20 – What “belonging” really means in the Aquarian age

19:30 – Ebonie’s midlife unraveling and radical honesty about what she wants

24:30 – Facing your greatest fears and living through them

28:00 – Jessie on the moment she couldn’t override her intuition

32:30 – The 6/2 Profile journey: staying in the body when things get tough

38:00 – Embodying Gate 29: commitment, half-heartedness, and knowing when cycles end

45:00 – Leaving corporate life and the moment no amount of money could keep her

49:00 – Becoming full of yourself means saying no more than you ever imagined

Next steps:

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