Heidi and Ellen welcome the sign of Virgo.  It is a time to refine your routines, clean up your environment, and devote yourself to service or meaningful work. The energy shifts toward focus, organization, and the return to school or work after the broad and restorative expanse of summer.   They celebrate the Virgo birthday of author Cheryl Strayed, Heidi reads the Dear Sugar letter Tiny Beautiful Things from the book of the same name.   Movies mentioned: Jane Austen Ruined My Life, The Social Network, Almost Famous , Billy Joel: And So It Goes, Pee-Wee As Himself   Books mentioned: Margo’s Got Money Problems by Ruti Thorpe, The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Podcasts mentioned: Ezra Klein interviewing Barbara Kingsolver about her book Demon Copperhead and the divide between rural and urban America; Cannonball with Wesley Morris - Where the hell is Steven Spielberg: Top 100 movies of the last 25 years

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To connect with the hosts, visit:

Heidi Rose Robbins, Astrologer & Poet: heidirose.com, IG: @heidiroserobbins

Ellen Fondiler, Career & Business Strategist: ellenfondiler.com, IG: @elfondiler

Heidi and Ellen welcome the sign of Leo. It is a time to let your heart lead. To be inventive and courageous. To experiment with new ways to share your message. 

Books discussed: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans; Educated by Tara Westover; and Unbound by Kasia Urbaniak.

Television: The Gilded Age, Movies: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Frye.

They celebrate the life and death of the great Leo poet Andrea Gibson, whose poetry focused on gender norms, politics, social justice, LGBTQ topics, life, and mortality. They died of ovarian cancer on July 14, 2025 at age 49.

Heidi read one of their last poems: Love Letter From the Afterlife.

Heidi and Ellen welcome the summer solstice and the nourishing sign of Cancer. This is a season of light. It is time to gestate a beautiful project. It is time to allow a new depth of receiving.  As you weave through this month remember to seed something new and work to bring it to life. 

They talk about the Cancer luminaries, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and the Dalai Lama. Heidi read the poem Happiness by Mary Ruefle.

Movies and series mentioned: Materialists, The Accountant 2, Department Q, Sirens, NBA Finals

Books mentioned: Unbound by Kaisa Urbaniak

Podcasts mentioned: The West Wing Weekly

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Heidi Rose Robbins, Astrologer & Poet: heidirose.com, IG: @heidiroserobbins

Ellen Fondiler, Career & Business Strategist: ellenfondiler.com, IG: @elfondiler

 

Heidi welcomes the the sign of Gemini. The sun moved into Gemini on May 20th. It is a time to connect, converse, circulate and exchange. Collect facts. Tell your stories. Gemini rules how we think, write, and speak. Its a potent time to become the messenger for what you most value or love. 

Heidi talked about attending Suleika Jouard's book tour (for The Book of Alchemy) hosted by Jon Batiste. She also read an Inuit song shared with her 30 years ago by her mother.

Ellen is back with the wonderful Jeff Hinshaw (@cosmiccousins). They talk about the astrology of the moment. Then they take a question from Cindy. Cindy lives in Los Angeles where most of her family also resides. She is an actress/writer/dancer/stand-up comedian and while she loves her work- it is hard to make it all work financially. She wonders if she is living in the right place and if, instead, she should move to the Pacific Northwest and do something totally different career-wise.

Jeff explains the concept of Astrocartography- a system that maps your birth chart against a world map to identify locations on Earth that might resonate with specific aspects of your life and personality. He looks at Cindy’s chart and talks about the pros and cons of a potential move.

Books mentioned:

The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice For An Inspired Life by Suleika Jouard

Sand In My Shoe by Helen Bagley

Also mentioned: 

Lonely Planet Travel Tarot Deck

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Ellen Fondiler, Career & Business Strategist: ellenfondiler.com, IG: @elfondiler

Jeff Hinshaw, Astrologer: cosmiccousins.com, IG: @cosmic.cousins

 

Heidi and Ellen are excited to share their wonderful conversation with Rachael Field. Rachael is a renaissance woman who continues to reinvent herself in many exciting ways. She is a television and film producer whose credits include Modern Family, Life In Pieces, LA To Vegas, Outmatched, and the Disney+ Feature Prom Pact. She runs Julie Bowen’s, Bowen and Sons production company which encompasses TV, film, podcasts and a pre-teen CPG skincare line JB Skrub. She also recently launched a reiki healing practice. 

We talk about all the chapters in Rachael’s life as well as the astrological transits that were taking place during the many turning points in her career.

Websites: 

Rachael Field Reiki: https://www.reikibyrachael.com/

JB Skrub: https://jbskrub.com/

Podcast: 

Girls Unscripted https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/girls-unscripted/id1729038270

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Ellen Fondiler, Career & Business Strategist: ellenfondiler.com, IG: @elfondiler

 

Heidi and Ellen welcome the beautiful sign of Taurus. The sun moves into Taurus on April 19 at 12:56 pm PT.  It is a time to move slowly within and without; to spend more time in nature; to align with the power of the will to good; and to make something beautiful. Spend time in your garden, take walks with friends; cook something yummy; enjoy the quiet spaces of your life.   They talked about the biography of Taurus Lee Miller; a trailblazing surrealist photographer who was the only woman to go to the front in WWII. Heidi read the poem Sifter by Naomi Shihab Nye.  

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Ellen Fondiler, Career & Business Strategist: ellenfondiler.com, IG: @elfondiler

 

Heidi and Ellen (belatedly) welcome the Aries season. After a month where we all swam in lots of water, we entered a time of fire, birth, renewal and second chances. We are brave and bold. We dare ourselves into the new, next horizon. We act in the name of innovation.

Heidi read the poem: Morning By Billy Collins

They talk about the chart of Mackenzie Scott, the former wife of Jeff Bezos, who is using her substantial wealth in extraordinary ways. They mention the play FEAST. by Megan Gogerty playing in Los Angeles through April 6, 2025. Get tickets here.

Do you have a question you'd like featured on the podcast? Send a 1-minute audio and your birth information (date of birth, time, and place) to [email protected].

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Ellen Fondiler, Career & Business Strategist: ellenfondiler.com, IG: @elfondiler

In these tumultuous times, Heidi and Ellen welcome the sign of Pisces.  It is a moment of vastness, imagination, and love. Pisces dissolves borders, feels the pain of another, and welcomes all. The last sign of the zodiac, Pisces offers synthesis and the power to end a cycle. 

Books mentioned: Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks, Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, The Flesh and L.A. by Eve Babitz

Movies mentioned: On the Basis of Sex, We Live in Time, Molly’s Game   

Television mentioned: Paradise - Hulu, Prime Target - Apple, The West Wing - Max

They talk about Pisces writer Anais Nin, Heidi reads a poem by Tom Hirons.

They discuss the upcoming west coast premiere of the play FEAST. by Megan Gogerty performed by Erin Schlabach and directed by Laura Covelli in Los Angeles from March 8 - April 6. More information and tickets available at leonixtheatre.org.

Ellen is back with her 3rd interview of The Next Chapter series.  Today’s interview is with the amazing Vera Santamaria. Vera  is an Emmy-nominated television and feature writer whose career spans multiple genres and two countries. She is Executive Producer and Co-Showrunner of How to Die Alone, a series for ABC Signature / Hulu / Onyx Collective starring Co-Showrunner and EP Natasha Rothwell (The White Lotus, Insecure).

She was Executive Producer and Co-Showrunner on Hulu's much-lauded second season of PEN15, garnering a 2021 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy and WGA Award nomination for Best Comedy.  Her other television credits include the critically acclaimed Ms. Marvel, Orange is the New Black, Schitts Creek, Bojack Horseman, Playing House and Community. Vera signed an overall deal with ABC Signature in 2022. How To be Alone is her first project under her new banner, Welcome Stranger.

Born and raised in Toronto, Vera began her career writing for landmark Canadian shows such as Degrassi: The Next Generation, Little Mosque on the Prairie in addition to Co-Creating and Executive Producing the first North American television series to be centered on a South Asian family, How To Be Indie.  

Our interview talks about the many next chapters she has courageously steppin into from changing countries to being in male-dominated writer’s rooms. I know you will be as inspired by her as I am.

For more about Vera, visit: verasantamaria.com