CombustAstrology

Episode 35, close to home since I’m in North Carolina.

I’m joined by three people from the Greensboro Holistic Collective: Emily Ward, owner of The Pear Tree Wellness Collective and founder of The Sally Jane Kindness Foundation, Madison Daniels, a spiritual reader and Reiki master behind A Holistic Awakening, and Shane Jarriel, a Reiki master, sound healer, and the fair coordinator for the collective.

We talk about what the collective actually is, why community matters more than competition, and why I wish Winston had something like this. Madison shares her take on soul contracts, Emily tells the story behind her kindness foundation and her mom’s pear tree, and Shane runs through the events they put on. We also get into Pluto in Aquarius, why referring people to the right practitioner is the move!

If you’re in the Triad or you’ve been searching for your people in the holistic space, this one’s for you.

Guest Info:

Greensboro Holistic Collective Instagram Account

Emily Ward (She/Her)
Owner of The Pear Tree Wellness Collective | Founder of The Sally Jane Kindness Foundation | Founder of The Greensboro Holistic Collective
[email protected]
The Pear Tree Wellness Collective Instagram Account

Madison Daniels (She/Her)
Spiritual Reader | Reiki Master | Holistic Retail
[email protected]
A Holistic Awakening Account

Shane Jarriel (He/Him)
Greensboro Holistic Collective’s Fair Coordinator & Marketer | Reiki Master | Sound Healing Practitioner
[email protected]
Kinetic Roots Wellness Instagram Account

 Episode 30 with Charlie, @charlieeconomos back on the show for round two!

We get into her stepping back from mediumship bookings, the difference between constant personal communication with her team versus professionally doing readings for others, the discernment lesson I went through this Saturn return with my own relationships to others, and why copying someone else's blueprint for spirituality just doesn't work.

We talk about Venus retrograde in Scorpio, air moon emotional maturity versus water moon volatility, collaborative magic and spell work with trusted people, and so much more.

Were usually just talking & it becomes a reading. Have a seat with us chatting!

You can find Charlie here
https://www.instagram.com/charlieeconomos/

https://www.tiktok.com/@charlieeconomos?_r=1&_t=ZP-9AGoM28WjZn

https://charlieeconomos.start.page

Episode 29 with Nikki Lastella, a Psychic Medium and musician based in Pittsburgh who also plays in a band called The Elastics.

We get into the different layers of mediumship communication, what it actually feels like to embody a spirit's energy during a reading, how spirits can show up at different stages of their life depending on the message they're trying to give, and the ethics around connecting with someone in public without permission.

We talk a lot about boundaries, burnout, and the fear of taking advantage of people in grief, religious trauma and how it complicates connecting with guides, OCD and exposure therapy, near death experiences, and grounding practices like oils, rosemary, music, and learning to just sit in silence.

Really vulnerable conversation on both ends, and we even planned a part two by the end of it. Theres so much more I want to speak on but alas time.

She's been ever so kind to share a discount code just for our podcast session 
Discount Code: Combust

Heres where to find her!
https://www.instagram.com/nikkilastella/
www.nikkilastella.com

Episode 28 with Bee from @TheBeeFlows, such a beautiful, grounding conversation for Hoodoo Heritage Month.

Bee shares about her Divinity Prayer Line  that goes on every Sunday morning and how she has been doing mediumship and spiritual readings for nine years. We get into her Hoodoo lineage from the Mississippi Delta, how she blends Christianity and Ancestor Veneration without one canceling out the other. We talked about the difference between Ancestors, Spirit guides, Orisha's & your personal Ori. We brushed on why connecting with your ancestors always comes first before stepping into any deeper practice.

We talk about the history and heaviness behind Hoodoo, root work, conjuring, sleeping in true darkness versus light for dream work, and how soul food itself is a spiritual practice.

I look forward to having her on again to dive more into her practice, but for now this was such an amazing episode!

You can find her here
https://www.instagram.com/thebeeflows/
https://linktr.ee/Thebeeflows

Yearly episode,, where I review my 2025 to 2026 solar return year now that it's come full circle. I go through the Placidus and whole sign charts side by side, Capricorn rising energy, the brutal Pluto square the sun, the grand water trine that gave me superpowers but wrecked me emotionally, moving and dealing with realtors, and so much of what me and my wife went through together this year as we separated to go on our own soul journeys.

 I also look ahead at what's coming with Saturn, Neptune, and Chiron all moving into Aries. If you're into solar return work or just want a really raw look at how this year actually played out for me have a listen.

Thank ya!

https://linktr.ee/combustastrology

Episode 27 with Charlie(she/her) from CelestiaTerra, an Astrocartographer and Asteroid enthusiast. We talk about her approach to Astrocartography rooted in reciprocal relationship with the  land, growing up in a high demand religion she left, Chariklo as an asteroid tied to boundaries and energy healing, and how she sees Saturn as a crone figure instead of just the strict parent archetype. 
We get into her intake process for readings, sidereal versus tropical astrology, remote activation of your lines without having to move, local space directions, and her past work as a doula and what that taught her about holding other people's energy. I also get into my own experience with mediumship, spiritual bypassing, and trying (and mostly failing so far) to communicate with trees. 

Such a rich, wandering conversation, highly recommend sitting with the whole thing.

More info + booking: https://www.celestiaterra.com 

IG: https://www.instagram.com/celestia.terra/
Tt: https://www.tiktok.com/@celestia.terra

Episode 25 with Sara(h), I've never really connected with numerology until I got a reading from her, and this whole conversation shows exactly why.

We get into how she remembers people by their birthdays, why names carry so much energetic weight, the difference between your life path and destiny number, master numbers like 11, 22 and 33, and how she picks up on transits through the letters in your name. 

We also go deep into generational differences, especially kids born after 2000, master numbers coming back around with the universal 11 year in 2027, and how numerology and astrology are really just two different languages describing the same thing. 

Sara(h) looks at numerology in a very unique way, of which I firmly believe is 1:1. For this reason I highly encourage you get in contact with her!

https://www.instagram.com/thenumberwitchsarah/
https://www.thenumberwitch.com/

Agape

Episode 24 with Mike Holiday. Mike is the real deal, he's not just someone who talks about Jyotish, he's lived it, doing pilgrimages across India, studying with his teacher in Varanasi, and running his own Nakshatra Project.

We get into remedial astrology and gemstones, how mantras and deities tie into the vibration of light, the murkiness and doubt every astrologer deals with, letting go of needing to be right, imposter syndrome, and where Saturn and Rahu are taking us collectively over the next few years.

Mike also talks about his mentorships and retreats and what it's actually like to build a life this the pinnacle of what I would say is Sagittarius




https://mikessleepingdog.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@mikessleepingdog
https://www.instagram.com/mikessleepingdog/

 Turns out I didn't need the three months I thought I did, just two weeks of actually resting. I get into starting tarot, how different it feels compared to mediumship (tarot's the bike, mediumship's the motorcycle, astrology was always the safe oversized sedan), and why I've pulled back from doing relationship readings. 

I also talk a lot about pet mediumship, some really wild experiences connecting with clients' animals during readings, my own history with my past cats and having to let them go, and what Pluto in the seventh house has taught me about saying goodbye without trying to hold onto things that aren't meant to stay.