Healing The Spirit: Astrology, Archetypes & Artmaking

Should I work with a mental health professional or a spiritual practitioner? What considerations should I take into account? How do they provide different kinds of support?

These are some questions I find myself asking at various points of my journey – both as a mystical practitioner and as someone who also seeks out support. In conversations with clients and students, I find that others are asking them, too. And so, I invited my dear friend, Martha Alter Hines to share her insights and her experiences. 

For twenty years, Martha worked as a clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and body worker prior to answering her soul's calling to offer spiritual guidance using energy work and astrology.

We discussed both what to expect when receiving spiritual vs. mental health support, the intersections and the distinctions between the two, and how to take responsibility for your own spiritual and mental health journeys.

If you'd like to go deeper, check out these offerings from Martha: 

• Workshop: Trauma Informed Basics for Astrologers & Healers
• Workshop: Virgo & Your Personal Temple
• Conversation with Heather Ensworth & Kristina Lea on YouTube
• The Wholeness Way Series on YouTube

I also encourage you to check out Martha's sessions, courses, and subscribe to Martha's amazing YouTube channel!

Here's Martha's bio: 

Martha Alter Hines, MSW, is a mom, an author, a healer, and an astrologer. Martha has twenty years of experience as a clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and body worker. She has primarily studied Evolutionary Astrology with Ari Moshe Wolfe and Heather Ensworth as well.

Martha bridges her trauma informed clinical background with her astrological knowledge, as well as a deep understanding of ourselves as beings of the cosmos, Earth, divine, heart, mind, and so much more.

Martha was born in Thailand and grew up in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kenya, and the United States. Therefore, she has a deep passion for alleviating the suffering of our world.

Martha is dedicated to serving our world, to helping us each to thrive, and to supporting us to come back into the infinite wisdom and healing that is our natural state of being.

If you enjoyed this podcast, consider booking a reading with me. I offer astrology, divination, and subtle alchemy sessions.

I also offer a 6-month mentorship container Night Vision. 

Listen to & purchase my new song Friends on Bandcamp. You can also listen to it on your favorite streaming platforms.

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 my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

Where are we committed to fundamental misunderstandings about the nature of suffering? In what areas of life are we finally ready to embrace that different outcomes might be possible? How do we create the space to honor & cultivate the emergence of new realities? 

The theme for November is Replenishing The Well of Hope.

In this episode, I share some contemplations for us to return to throughout the month. 

November 2024 starts with a gnarly New Moon in Scorpio, ruled by a grouchy Mars in Cancer. By the end of the month, we'll be gearing up for another New Moon in Sagittarius, which starts December off. Mercury will be moving into Sagittarius before going retrograde, Mars will move into Leo, Venus will move into Capricorn, and Pluto will move into Aquarius.

I also pulled 9 of Cups, 8 of Cups, and Ace of Swords from the Tabula Mundi tarot.

If you enjoyed this podcast, consider booking a reading with me. I offer astrology, divination, and subtle alchemy sessions.

I also offer a 6-month mentorship container Night Vision. 

Listen to & purchase my new song Friends on Bandcamp. You can also listen to it on your favorite streaming platforms.

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 my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

What might shift when we orient to the unfinished process of life as nourishment, rather than obstacles? What perspectives become available to us when we treat iterations as gifts? 

In this episode, I digest and deepen into some of the transmissions that came through the monthly astrological contemplation for October 2024 (Episode 174. Embodying The Resource: Astrology of October 2024).

We discussed: 

• Venus in Sagittarius & meeting the meandering nature of desire
• Confronting the fear of releasing pressures & expectations from our Work
• Creating space for deeper alchemy

If you enjoyed this podcast, consider booking a reading with me. I offer astrology, divination, and subtle alchemy sessions.

I also offer a 6-month mentorship container Night Vision. 

Listen to & purchase my new song Friends on Bandcamp. You can also listen to it on your favorite streaming platforms.

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 my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

How do we express aliveness and honesty through our voices? How do our relationships with moving, interruptions, and presence help in the journey of finding authenticity through the sounds our voices make?

I feel blessed to record this conversation with Marisa Michelson. Marisa has been building a body of work that examines singing through the multidimensionality of the human being / becoming. When I first found Marisa's work, I was stunned that someone has not only asked the questions I grapple with at various points in my journey, but has sincerely explored them with the devotion, love, and skill they deserve. 

In this conversation, we discussed Marisa's process with composing music, teaching, and exploring the voice in service of freer singing, healing, self-growth, sexuality, and spiritual inquiry. We explored non-verbal expressions, feeling saturated with life, the connections between limitation and liberation, and the practice of presence.

To connect with Marisa:

• Marisa's website
• Listen to Marisa's music Sappho Fragments and Tamar of The River.
• Vocal De-Armoring Community Weekend on Oct. 25-27th, 2024 in Ancram, NY
• The Vocal De-Armoring Channel on Mighty Networks
• Join Marisa's newsletter at the bottom of this page to hear more about her upcoming workshop on Primal Screaming

Here's Marisa's bio: 

Marisa is a multiple award-winning composer of music-theatre, musicals, oratorio and choral works, and was the founding director of the psychedelic vocal performance ensemble Constellation Chor | an immersion in voice, movement, and spirit which performed throughout New York City and international for seven years, debuting a new music composition with the NY Philharmonic at Lincoln Center in 2018. Her musicals have been produced off-Broadway, her oratorio was performed many times in NYC and in Salt Lake City, and you may hear some of her music wherever music streams. 

Marisa has been obsessed with all the magic that is the singing, voice-giving, expressive human for over two decades, exploring the uniqueness of solo, ensemble and multiply interweaving voices as a composer, a performer and a sought after somatic singing teacher. Somehow, voice-giving and its relation to the body, spirit and psyche has continued to call her forward - no matter the musical genre, and beyond any binary between performance and healing, composition and improvisation, process and product. 

After almost two decades of devotion to the Libero Canto School of Singing (a primary lineage of hers), she created the School of Vocal De-Armoring, a somatic and holistic approach to working with singing and voice-giving in a way that connects us more intimately with the layered dimensions of Self. Vocal De-Armoring is not focused on particular aesthetic sound outcomes, though aesthetic improvement - which is subjective - is an important byproduct, but, instead, on self-connection and on learning to sing from a place of honesty. At the same time, Vocal De-Armoring practices help a person develop musical and vocal mastery. Vocal De-Armoring is also about de-conditioning, and Human-ing from a place of Truth. 

Marisa lives, works, plays and teaches in Ancram on Mohican land in upstate New York.

If you enjoyed this podcast, consider booking a reading with me. I offer astrology, divination, and subtle alchemy sessions.

I also offer a 6-month mentorship container Night Vision. 

Listen to & purchase my new song Friends on Bandcamp. You can also listen to it on your favorite streaming platforms.

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 my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

Who is Mars, the warrior, in the primordial waters of Cancer? What are their challenges and opportunities? What wisdom might they have for us?

For those of you paying attention, Mars is spending a very long time in Cancer between Fall 2024 - Spring 2025. 

In anticipation of the upcoming Mars Retrograde, I've been noticing subtle messages and telltale signs from Mars in Cancer. 

In this episode, I'm sharing a transmission I received on Mars in Cancer when I facilitated my Mars container, EYES ON THE EDGE. 

While I'm unlikely to run EYES ON THE EDGE again until another dignified Mars transit (Fall 2025), I encourage you to join our waitlist if you'd like to be the first to hear about it. Also...who knows! Maybe you'll get some secret surprises in your inbox too :) 

If you enjoyed this podcast, consider booking a reading with me. I offer astrology, divination, and subtle alchemy sessions.

I also offer a 6-month mentorship container Night Vision. 

Listen to & purchase my new song Friends on Bandcamp. You can also listen to it on your favorite streaming platforms.

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 my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

How do we expand our perspectives on resourcing? How might we become an embodiment of the resources we wish to see in the world? How do maintain active, grounded hope in a burning world?

The theme for October is Embodying The Resource.

In the midst of unexpected losses and unprecedented pain, how do we maintain connection to our spirit as a resource? 

In this episode, I share some contemplations for us to return to throughout the month. 

October 2024 starts with an annular solar eclipse in Libra. By the end of the month, we'll be gearing up for another non-eclipse New Moon in Scorpio, which starts November off. Venus's move from Scorpio to Sagittarius plays an important role in shifting the energy mid-month.

If you enjoyed this podcast, consider booking a reading with me. I offer astrology, divination, and subtle alchemy sessions.

I also offer a 6-month mentorship container Night Vision. 

Listen to & purchase my new song Friends on Bandcamp. You can also listen to it on your favorite streaming platforms.

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 my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

What is the never-ending healing loop? How do we know we're stuck in one? How might we break & transform the cycle?

This is a small snippet of my thoughts on a large, complex, nuanced topic that's often talked about, but often not fully understood. 

Recently, I've had an energetic shift around this concept that's had a massive impact on my relationship to my inner & outer work. I'm excited to share about it.

I'm curious to hear what you think! Leave a comment, a review, or reach out to me. I'm curious.

If you enjoyed this podcast, consider booking a reading with me. I offer astrology, divination, and subtle alchemy sessions.

I also offer a 6-month mentorship container Night Vision. 

Listen to & purchase my new song Friends on Bandcamp. You can also listen to it on your favorite streaming platforms.

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 my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

Hey friends, 

This Partial Lunar Eclipse in Pisces feels so alive and rich. I kept getting messages from the planets and try as I might, they wouldn't let me not share this with you. 

If you'd like to go even deeper on the astrology of this eclipse season, check out my conversation with Martha Alter Hines.

If you enjoyed this podcast, consider booking a reading with me. I offer astrology, divination, and subtle alchemy sessions.

I also offer a 6-month mentorship container Night Vision. 

Listen to & purchase my new song Friends on Bandcamp. You can also listen to it on your favorite streaming platforms.

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 my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

What is shapeshifting? What might the mutable signs teach us to become better shapeshifters in our creative work, our relationships, and our relationship with self? What are the benefits of consciously cultivating our shapeshifting skills?

What is shapeshifting? What might the mutable signs teach us to become better shapeshifters in our creative work, our relationships, and our relationship with self? What are the benefits of consciously cultivating our shapeshifting skills?

Last week, I announced SHAPESHIFTING ACADEMY, a 6-week container starting on Thursday October 3rd, 2024. 

The academy aims to explore the wisdom of mutable signs in astrology in embracing our multidimensional selves. 

In this episode, we'll delve into:

• What mutability is
• The wisdom of mutable signs in astrology & how they invite us into deeper relationships with shapeshifting
• The importance of conscious shapeshifting in personal, relational, and creative growth.
• What I mean when I talk about shapeshifting

Sign up for SHAPESHIFTING ACADEMY here.

I also mentioned my conversation about the upcoming eclipses with Martha Alter Hines on her YouTube channel. Watch the video here.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Welcome

01:41 Introducing Shapeshifting Academy

02:31 Exploring the Mutable Signs in Astrology

07:31 The Essence of Shapeshifting Academy

07:46 Understanding Mutability in Astrology

11:29 Deep Dive into Gemini and Virgo

15:52 Sagittarius and Pisces: Mutable Fire and Water

19:44 The Wisdom of Shapeshifting

21:14 Personal Reflections on Multidimensionality

23:56 Practical Applications of Shapeshifting

29:54 Navigating Tensions and Embracing Multidimensionality

33:44 Shapeshifiting Definition #1: Code Switching

53:53 Shapeshifiting Definition #2: Walking Multiple Realms and Bridging Worlds

01:01:19 Conclusion and Invitation to Shapeshifting Academy

If you enjoyed this podcast, consider booking a reading with me. I offer astrology, divination, and subtle alchemy sessions.

I also offer a 6-month mentorship container Night Vision. 

Listen to & purchase my new song Friends on Bandcamp. You can also listen to it on your favorite streaming platforms.

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 my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].

What is a cosmology? How do we cultivate relationships with the cultures we exist within grounded in awareness? How do we honor, respect, and love those who hold different values and ideas about reality?

What a joy to have Xenia Viray back on the podcast. Xenia is someone I deeply admire for her ability to weave seemingly disparate concepts into nourishing fertilizer for the imagination. 

In this conversation, we discussed Xenia's upcoming offering Create Your Cosmology through the lens of the 'cult' in culture, Human Design circuits, the experience of being misunderstood as we claim our roles as visionaries, and co-existing with those who hold differing, even discordant, cosmologies to our own. 

I also invite you to check out Create Your Cosmology, Xenia's 9-week hybrid experience for original creatives, nuanced thinkers, and sensitive Imagineers who want to be the creative director of their belief systems and express their truth with confidence and compassion. It begins on September 24, 2024.

I'll be sharing a workshop in Create Your Cosmology called "The Art of Cosmic Conversations" centered around creating a practice of conversing with planets that honor sovereignty, interdependence, and our inherent kinship with the cosmos. 

Here's Xenia's bio:
Xenia Marie Ross Viray (she/they) is an imagination healer, frequency artist, and creativity catalyst with a focus on experiential learning containers and writing. She is the eldest of three sisters, and her name means kindness to strangers. Born as a brick-and-mortar fashion business, Myths of Creation (the name of Xenia's collective body of work) is a container for experiments, art, writing, and gatherings at the intersection of creativity, spirituality, and meaning-making. Xenia's work reconnects communities, ideas, and art forms that are traditionally siloed to enrich the pool of imaginal possibility. Her offerings are designed to help spirited innovators anchor their natural genius into form and include Imaginal Temple, a creative mystical mentorship, the Garden of the Imaginal Substack, and an evolving cornucopia of courses, workshops, and 1:1 sessions which you can find at MythsofCreation.com and @mythsofcreation on IG.

I also invite you to check out my new offering, Shapeshifting Academy, which offers a deep dive into the magic of mutable signs for recovering flow, flexibility, and adaptability in moments when we feel stuck in life.

If you enjoyed this podcast, consider booking a reading with me. I offer astrology, divination, and subtle alchemy sessions.

I also offer a 6-month mentorship container Night Vision. 

Listen to & purchase my new song Friends on Bandcamp. You can also listen to it on your favorite streaming platforms.

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 my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at [email protected].