Centered with Angie Yingst

In this episode, we step into one of the great turning points of the Wheel of the Year—the threshold between spring and summer, where life is no longer waking up… it’s fully alive.

Beltane is a fire festival rooted in ancient Celtic tradition, a time of fertility, creativity, sensuality, and sacred connection. Historically marked by bonfires, blessing rites, and the release of cattle into summer pastures, this season carries both practical and mystical significance: protection, abundance, and the continuation of life itself.

But Beltane isn’t just about what grows in the fields—it’s about what’s growing in you.

We explore:

• the deeper meaning of Beltane as a threshold moment
• fire as a force of transformation, creation, and renewal
• the energy of connection, desire, and creative life force
• the balance between tradition, myth, and modern practice

April is where the fire gets real.

We’ve already crossed into Aries season—but this is the moment where the dreaming gives way to doing. A powerful Aries build pushes us into action, while the Full Moon in Libra brings truth to our relationships and the New Moon in Aries opens the door to begin again—boldly, imperfectly, and on your own terms.

This month’s medicine reminds us: starting is only part of the work.
The Three of Pentacles calls us into sacred craft and collaboration—building something meaningful with devotion and support.

With Carnelian (creative fire), Date Palm (resilience and growth), and Camel (endurance and pacing), April becomes a practice in moving forward without burning out.

So, let's start the thing. Build it with intention. And then pace yourself so it lasts.

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If you’re feeling this month’s energy and want support in integrating it into your life:

• Tarot Readings
• Earth Medicine, Energy Healing, & Reiki
• Workshops & Circles
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In this episode, Angelica dives into the history, symbolism, and spiritual meaning of the Vernal Equinox—what modern pagans call Ostara. This seasonal threshold marks the moment of equal day and night, a powerful point of balance as we shift fully into the light half of the year.

Together, we explore how this time of year has been honored across cultures—from the Germanic goddess Eostre to Christian Easter, Jewish Passover, and Hindu Holi—all reflecting a shared theme of rebirth, renewal, and the return of life.

Angelica also shares why she personally works with the Wheel of the Year (even outside of strict religious structure), and how aligning with Earth’s cycles can reconnect us to something ancient, embodied, and real.

This is a season of emergence. Of beginning again. Of planting seeds—both literal and energetic.

Whether you celebrate Ostara, Easter, or simply feel the shift in the air—this episode is an invitation to honor what is awakening within you.

Angie mentions the books on working with your menstrual cycle:

Wild Power: Discover the Magic of Your Menstrual Cycle and Awaken the Feminine Path to Power by Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer & Alexandra Pope

Yoni Shakti: A woman's guide to power and freedom through yoga and tantra by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli & Nirlipta Tuli

March walks in like a lion and leaves like a lamb… but first? A sacred edit. Angie lays out the Astrology for March, the Tarot Archetype, and the three sacred earth medicine for the month. What she talks about:

• Total Lunar Eclipse in Virgo
• Tarot: Temperance
• Iris, Larimar & Great Blue Heron medicine
• Aries Equinox ignition

This month is about releasing perfectionism, adjusting the ratio between effort and surrender, and learning to tolerate peace without sabotaging it.

Moderation is not boring. It’s mastery.

Why do so many religions fast?

Fasting is one of those practices that refuses to stay in a single box. It’s biological. It’s psychological. It’s political. It’s mystical. It’s communal. It’s deeply personal. It is both ancient and suddenly trendy with the biohack bros who have a podcast mic and hype protein shakes.

What happens when we choose hunger on purpose?

Across deserts and monasteries, temples and kitchens before dawn, human beings have stepped into emptiness — not because suffering is holy, but because hunger tells the truth.

In this episode, I wander through Lent and Easter, Ramadan and Eid, Yom Kippur and teshuvah, Hindu vrata, Jain purification, Buddhist simplicity, and even the Stoics who practiced voluntary discomfort. The theologies are different. The claims are not interchangeable. But the pattern hums beneath them all.

Fasting humbles the body. It clarifies desire. It strips away distraction. It reminds us we are not self-sustaining.

In ancient agricultural worlds where famine was never far away, fasting ritualized dependence. In our modern world of constant availability, it interrupts excess. Either way, hunger becomes a teacher.

This is not a diet episode. This is not detox culture.

This is about repentance and return, about submission and surrender, about resurrection and repair, and about learning what truly sustains us.

Because every fast eventually ends the same way:

With a table. In community. Steeped in gratitude.

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Imbolc marks the sacred midpoint between Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox — a quiet threshold where life begins to stir beneath the frozen surface of the earth. Though the landscape may still look dormant, something is waking.

In this episode, we explore the ancient roots of Imbolc as a cross-quarter fire festival, its agrarian origins connected to ewe’s milk and early lambing, and the layered meaning of Imbolc as “in the belly of the Mother” — the womb-space where seeds of spring begin their slow, holy quickening.

We journey into the mythology of Brigid, goddess of fire, healing, poetry, and transformation, including her association with keening — the sacred wailing of grief — and how grief itself can be understood as part of the creative cycle.

This episode also includes:

• The symbolism of seeds stirring beneath the soil
• Imbolc as a season of preparation, cleansing, and gentle intention-setting
• Folk traditions and hearth-based ritual
• Journal prompts for working with the energy of Imbolc

Imbolc reminds us that growth does not announce itself loudly. It begins quietly. It begins in the dark. It begins with a stir.

Blessed Imbolc.

You can sign up for my guided shamanic journey and healing circles in person and online at http://themoonandstone.com/events

I have a class talking about all the points on the agrarian calendar and how to work with them for magickal workings, including moon cycles called Cycles. You can find more information about that class and all my classes at themoonandstone.com.

In this episode, Angelica explores the larger collective themes shaping February 2026, including Neptune and Saturn’s activation of Aries, eclipse season, and the Year of the Fire Horse, alongside the Tarot archetype of The Moon and the Earth Medicine of Moonflower, Selenite, and Wolf.

This month’s conversation weaves astrology, depth psychology, myth, plant lore, and animal medicine to support conscious participation in our own becoming.

Referenced & Inspired By:

Astrology & Collective Cycles

Chani Nicholas — chani.com

Ongoing analysis of Pluto in Aquarius, Neptune in Aries, Saturn–Neptune cycles, and historical planetary returns. https://www.chani.com/blogs/revolution-repetition-and-planetary-returns

Depth Psychology & Tarot

Carl Jung — Shadow Theory

John Elder — writings on Jung’s concept of the Shadow

Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot symbolism

Wolf Myth & Feminine Archetype

Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD — Women Who Run With the Wolves

Plant Lore & Ethnobotany

Leonora Curtin — Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grande

General ethnobotanical and folkloric traditions surrounding Datura / Moonflower

Crystal & Mineral References

General mineralogy of the Gypsum family (Selenite, Satin Spar, Desert Rose, Alabaster)

Animal Medicine Traditions

Ted Andrews — Animal Speak

Lori Morrison—The Shaman’s Guide to Power Animals

Cross-cultural Indigenous traditions referencing Wolf as clan animal and spiritual ally

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Important Note:

All plant, crystal, and energetic information shared in this episode is for educational and spiritual reflection only. Nothing in this episode is intended as medical advice or instruction. Always use discernment and consult appropriate professionals when working with health or safety-related matters.

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January shows up like that friend who loves you enough to say, “Okay… holidays are over. What are we actually doing here?” Capricorn has entered the chat, the Hermit is standing at the threshold with his lantern, and Raven is perched nearby whispering, “Pay attention.”

In this episode, we walk right into the grown-up end of the pool: astrology, tarot archetypes, earth medicine, and humor — because otherwise the existential dread gets bossy.

We explore Capricorn season as devotion, not punishment — the slow climb, the long game — while Cancer’s Full Moon asks whether your heart is fed, not just your to-do list. We track big transits like Venus shifting into Aquarius, the New Moon in Capricorn, Mercury and Mars electrifying Aquarius, and the cosmic mic-drop: Neptune stepping into Aries and putting boots on our dreams.

Then we turn the lantern toward the deeper mythology of the Hermit — not isolation, but initiation. Not running away, but stepping back far enough to hear yourself again. From there, earth medicine arrives as the council:

• Quaking Aspen teaching the truth of interconnectedness.
• Lapis Lazuli calling us into honesty, vision, and ethical awareness.
• Raven carrying voice, mystery, and threshold magic.

Together, they remind us how to carry our own light without abandoning ourselves — and how to return from solitude with something real to offer.

This month is refinement, integration, and holy practicality. Less confetti cannon, more “find the boots you can actually walk in.”

If you’ve been craving structure with soul, truth without cruelty, and spiritual work that survives contact with real life, this episode is your winter lantern.

In this episode, we explore 2026 through three symbolic lenses:

• Tarot’s Cards of the Year — Wheel of Fortune + Magician
• The Chinese zodiac archetype of the Fire Horse (as symbolic weather)
• Horse in the South — Fire energy in the shamanic framework I work with
• We talk about creativity, sovereignty, cycles, pacing, and how to carry power without burning ourselves out.

No predictions. No doom. Just myth, metaphor, and grounded reflection.

Topics include:

• What the Wheel of Fortune actually asks of us
• The Magician as co-creator (not control freak)
• Reframing Fire Horse from “bad omen” to fierce life-force
• Horse as carrier of prayers and power in the South
• Practical ways to ride the fire instead of getting dragged by it

In this episode, we explore the ancient roots of the Winter Solstice, Yule, and Christmas, tracing how humans across time have honored the longest night of the year and the return of the light.

We look at Yule traditions in Norse and Germanic cultures, including the symbolism of the Yule log, evergreens, fire, and winter mythologies like the Wild Hunt. We also explore how early Christianity layered the celebration of Christ’s birth onto existing Solstice festivals, weaving older solar traditions into new spiritual stories.

This episode reflects on darkness as a sacred teacher, winter as a threshold, and the universal human instinct to mark time with ritual, story, and hope. Whether you celebrate Yule, Christmas, the Solstice, or simply the turning of the season, this is an invitation to slow down and honor the quiet miracle of return.