Blessed Midsummer! In this episode, Angelica Yingst does a tarot reading with history and insights around Summer Solstice, particularly the community and individual spiritual work and insights for this time. And she does a nine-card Litha pull from her book The Complete Tarot Layouts.

Check out the Moon + Stone Blog for a picture of the layout, readings and more.

Angie pulls a card for June, talks about the astrology of the month and the Earth Medicine allies (Hawk, Bloodstone, Rose Quartz + Ruby and Rosemary) that might help you do your thang!

Also, if you are interested in more with Angie, please check out her website at themoonandstone.com. If you have a question or comment about this episode, please send us an email at [email protected]

I mentioned this Pema Chodron video called The Troublemakers: https://youtu.be/m7qFi52FX1Q

Buckle up, Buttercup!

Angie spent a few months dotting her Is and crossing her Ts with this mega-questions from Natalie:

My question is: would you be willing to talk a little bit about astrology?

My questions kind of fall into 3 buckets:

1. Maybe you could give a high-level overview of how you think about and approach astrology, including sun sign versus moon sign versus rising sign.

2. And/or maybe a quick description of each sign. Along with how you characterize them. I suppose this could be a full podcast in its own right. Or maybe even 12 of them lol.

3. And/or how do you incorporate astrology into your readings and your life?

Sure, we could have broke all these questions up and not given you a 1.5 hour podcast, but then you'd have to wait, and Angie spent so much time connecting the dots, telling you the Ancient Greek myths associated with the constellations and zodiac, breaking down each sign, house, placement, etc....so, you don't have to! Take your time and listen. Angie worked hard to make it manageable and understandable for someone who knows nothing about astrology. It is a lot. Angie is a lot. But that is what happens when you ask a Capricorn Sun, Taurus Moon and Gemini Rising to do a little research. Enjoy it!

UPDATE: I was just existing in my home and I was like, "I can't believe I couldn't remember what happens to Ouranos/Uranus' castrated penis!" It gets thrown into the sea and from the sea foam, Aphrodite emerges. (Venus on a half shell, y'all know that one!) So, it didn't become something in the universe. It became the Goddess of Love and Lust. Oooo lala

Angelica talks about mothers and not mothers, mothering, grief, death, the history of Mother's Day and why this fraught day is supposed to be woven with difficult and happy emotions.

TW: Angie lost a child at 38 weeks of pregnancy, so she mentions this and stillbirth.

Blessed Beltane! In this episode, Angelica Yingst does a tarot reading with history and insights around Beltane, particularly the community and individual spiritual work and insights for this time. And she does a seven-card Beltane pull from her book The Complete Tarot Layouts.

The Seasons of the Witch-Beltane Oracle Deck by Lorraine Anderson and Juliet Diaz

The We-Moon overview of Beltane

Check out the Moon + Stone Blog for a picture of the layout, readings and more.

Angie pulls a card for May, talks about the astrology of the month (Pluto Rx, Solar Eclipse in the South Node Scorpio, and New Moon in Taurus energy) and the Earth Medicine allies (Condor, Smoky Quartz, Carnelian, Green Aventurine + Arnica) that might help you do your thang!

Also, if you are interested in more with Angie, please check out her website at themoonandstone.com. If you have a question or comment about this episode, please send us an email at [email protected]

https://chocolateclass.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/the-bitter-truth-about-chocolate-a-long-history-of-forced-labor/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/business/hershey-nestle-mars-chocolate-child-labor-west-africa/?nid=top_pb_signin

https://www.organicauthority.com/buzz-news/5-chocolate-brands-child-labor

Angie pulls a card for April, talks about the astrology of the month and the Earth Medicine allies that might help you do your thang!

Also, if you are interested in more with Angie, please check out her website at themoonandstone.com. If you have a question or comment about this episode, please send us an email at [email protected]

Blessed Vernal Equinox! In this episode, Angelica Yingst does a tarot reading with history and insights around Vernal Equinox or what modern pagans and Wiccans call Ostara. Disclaimer for this episode is that Angie totally nerds out on some religious and cultural history of this time of the year, particularly around Christianity and rebirth ideas. And she does a five-card Vernal Equinox pull from her book The Complete Tarot Layouts.

Angelica is answering questions about the Tarot including, but not limited to, Significators, how to create your own layouts, When to do Tarot Pulls, and then the big questions--are you ever NOT doing this stuff? 

Angie pulls a card for March, talks about the astrology of the month and the Earth Medicine allies that might help you do your thang!

Also, if you are interested in more with Angie, please check out her website at themoonandstone.com. If you have a question or comment about this episode, please send us an email at [email protected]