Healing The Spirit: Astrology, Archetypes & Artmaking

Where might I benefit from doing or having less?

What do I need to release to actually enjoy a slower pace?

These are the radical questions October asks us to contemplate.

After the rebuilding of this past September, it’s tempting to try to move at a million miles per hour.

Instead, October is about being with tension and building strength necessary to be with that tension.

In this episode, I share three themes to return to, to be with, and to contemplate throughout October.

Share your thoughts in the comments section! I’d love to hear how it goes.

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Ask Jonathan is back!

Today, we answer a juicy question asked by a Substack listener:

“A question that’s coming through for me right now is about change. Big changes. The question is two fold:

1. I’d love to hear how you know when the change you’re being invited to make is in alignment for the best

2. And then, when doubt creeps in, what do you do?”

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Apply to work with me on-on-one. This container is for those who’d like to refine their self-leadership skills, move through important life thresholds gracefully, and expand their capacity for creative expressions in all areas of life.

Sign up for Creative Exorcism, 9 weeks of daily guided ritual to unleash your inner creative beast here.

Support the podcast on Substack here

Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link.

This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and listen to my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

How might returning to our spiritual foundations help us navigate the aftermath of eclipse season?

How do we allow forgiveness to emerge, rather than treat it as yet another thing to achieve on our list?

How do we consciously, intentionally leave the past behind?

September asks us to consider these questions. After the cosmic re-arrangement of the eclipse, we’re invited to continue returning to our foundational practices to clear the debris and finally appreciate the space that’s emerging for the new.

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Resources & Links

Apply for private ongoing guidance. This work refines your self-leadership skills, moves you through important life thresholds gracefully, and expands your capacity for creative expressions in career, relationships, and life.

Sign up for Creative Exorcism, 9 weeks of daily guided ritual to unleash your inner creative beast here.

Support the podcast on Substack here

Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link.

This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and listen to my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

This week feels different than the rest of the month. We’re building towards a Partial Lunar Eclipse in Pisces. And this one’s kind of a f****r.

We’re humans with egos, so letting go isn’t always going to go down easy.

In this episode, I shared some perspectives to make it suck a little less. I also make sure you have some practices you can return to when things get challenging.

The end of the month brings fireworks with Jupiter in Leo trining Saturn in Aries. This transit asks you to try things out and follow your instincts, even if it feels scary.

Astrologically, we’re now solidly exploring terrains with no map. The only compass you have is your own gut instinct. The past is not here anymore. Let’s wake up and birth the new.

Let me know how this episode lands. I read every single comment.

Resources & Links

Book an Astrology Reading here.

Sign up for Creative Exorcism, 9 weeks of daily guided ritual to unleash your inner creative beast here.

Apply for private ongoing guidance. This work refines your self-leadership skills, moves you through important life thresholds gracefully, and expands your capacity for creative expressions in career, relationships, and life.

Support the podcast on Substack here

Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link.

This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and listen to my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

When it comes to heart, we’ve been fucked by Disney.

The heart is a ferocious organ of perception. It’s the center of wisdom, intelligence, and the repository of the person’s life. Not some mushy, diluted, spiritualized branding to slap on.

As old ways of relying on the mind as ruler of everything is clearly breaking down, we’re craving new ways of being.

The heart is the answer. But its intelligence may completely baffle you.

In this episode, I share some signs that your heart is activating. These signs may be surprising because our minds aren’t accustomed to associating them with the heart.

Let me know how this lands. I’m curious to hear your thoughts.

Resources & Links

Book an Astrology Reading here.

Sign up for Creative Exorcism, 9 weeks of daily guided ritual to unleash your inner creative beast here.

Apply for private ongoing guidance. This work refines your self-leadership skills, moves you through important life thresholds gracefully, and expands your capacity for creative expressions in career, relationships, and life.

Support the podcast on Substack here

Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link.

This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and listen to my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

On the surface, Venus and Mercury are flirting, playing, and cajoling with the outer planets. But underneath, there’s a more profound lesson at play.

Interdependence is a tricky concept. We’re so immersed in our resistance to skillful relationality, so we instead toggle back and forth between codependency and hyper-independence.

How do we behave in ways that reflect the interconnected nature of our wellness, liberation, love, and truth?

How do we collaborate without holding ourselves back?

How do we truly and intentionally bring out the best in one another?

I offer some practices here. Have a listen and let me know your thoughts.

Resources & Links

Book an Astrology Reading here.

Sign up for Creative Exorcism, 9 weeks of daily guided ritual to unleash your inner creative beast here.

Apply for private ongoing guidance. This work refines your self-leadership skills, moves you through important life thresholds gracefully, and expands your capacity for creative expressions in career, relationships, and life.

Support the podcast on Substack here

Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link.

This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and listen to my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

Welcome to August!

We discussed three themes for August 2026:

* Power is relational.

* Prioritize your heart.

* Surrender into the mystery.

This month, we’re being asked to listen deeply. To pay attention to what truly wants to be communicated and expressed beyond the words.

We’re also asked to understand and experience our heart expansion more deeply. The journey is ecstatic, euphoric, and sometimes excruciating, and the reward of choosing the heart is that new doors will open for you.

Finally, we’re walking into eclipse season in August, and there’s major shedding that would like to occur in our lives. This is not failure. This is a graduation point. Stay close to your spiritual practice, trust the Inner Sage, and let the big emotions move through, so you can make space for the new.

Resources & Links

Book an Astrology Reading here.

Sign up for Creative Exorcism, 9 weeks of daily guided ritual to unleash your inner creative beast here.

Apply for private ongoing guidance. This work refines your self-leadership skills, moves you through important life thresholds gracefully, and expands your capacity for creative expressions in career, relationships, and life.

Support the podcast on Substack here

Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link.

This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and listen to my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

Somehow, you’ve found yourself in the thick of the drama of life.

Feelings getting hurt.

Misunderstandings abound.

The stakes feel high.

You can choose to fight the experience. Find someone to blame. Work hard to find the ‘right’ solutions.

Or you can choose to allow it in. To see everything as part of what you’re building. Even if you can’t fully understand how the pieces are fitting in right now.

This is your invitation to trust in the soft, supple strength of focusing on your own paper.

If this message resonates, book a Cards Reading here.

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Resources & Links

Sign up for Creative Exorcism, 9 weeks of daily guided ritual to unleash your inner creative beast here.

Book a Cards Reading here.

Apply for private ongoing guidance. This work refines your self-leadership skills, moves you through important life thresholds gracefully, and expands your capacity for creative expressions in career, relationships, and life.

Support the podcast on Substack here

Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link.

This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and listen to my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

Have you noticed how hard it is to walk around with the belief that nobody likes you?

Or how tough conversations get when you already decided that everyone’s out to get you?

Or how complicated it gets to move forward when you choose to believe that you’re going to fail anyway?

If this is where you’re at, and you’re ready to begin shifting the pattern, this reading is for you.

I pulled from the gorgeous Woodland Wardens deck.

If this episode resonates, book a Cards Reading with me here.

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Resources & Links

Sign up for Creative Exorcism, 9 weeks of daily guided ritual to unleash your inner creative beast here.

Book a Cards Reading here.

Apply for private ongoing guidance. This work refines your self-leadership skills, moves you through important life thresholds gracefully, and expands your capacity for creative expressions in career, relationships, and life.

Support the podcast on Substack here

Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link.

This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and listen to my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

Reality check: Are you holding your breath right now, as you’re reading these words?

When you hold back your breath, you’re also constricting your inherent power. Exhale. Let the body loosen. Let the belly soften.

You’re experiencing feelings that seem to contradict each other. Pain and affection. Loneliness and closeness. Allow them to lead you into a new way of seeing.

What if you move at the pace of your body? How is your awareness showing you the right next move?

What are you truly here to see?

Sit with your power. Not power over. Power as agency. Power as choice. Power as creativity, beauty, participation, wisdom. Return to your own knowing. Keep your attention on what’s actually here, and let that be enough.

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Resources & Links

Sign up for Creative Exorcism, 9 weeks of daily guided ritual to unleash your inner creative beast here.

Book a Cards Reading here.

Apply for private ongoing guidance. This work refines your self-leadership skills, moves you through important life thresholds gracefully, and expands your capacity for creative expressions in career, relationships, and life.

Support the podcast on Substack here

Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link.

This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and listen to my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].