Kosmic Tonic

This episode is devoted to the sign of Sagittarius: the roaming, seeking, unquenchable sign of the zodiac. We also look at the upcoming lunations (read: eclipses) for Sag Season 2020.

We hope you enjoy! Remember to share this episode with your favourite centaur ;)

For more on Jasmine and Eliza, or to book a reading, head to http://www.kosmictonic.com.

For more on Kestrel: http://www.kestrelneathawk.com

To watch this episode or another on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUkeiGLa_ZG9h8gqSvE1eAg

In this episode we sit down with our cherished friend and scholar of witchcraft, Sandra Huber, to explore the astrology of a witch. What defines a "witchy" chart signature? The answer is probably as diverse as the number of witches, but in this conversation, we highlight a few common themes.

Sandra Huber is a writer and PhD candidate in Interdisciplinary Humanities at Concordia University. She combines media studies, anthropology, and fine arts to look at communication with the dead within contemporary witchcraft. Her mind is a fathomless pond of richness, and we are honoured to share contemplative space with her -- we hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did!

For more on on Sandra: https://sandrahuber.com

For more on Jasmine and Eliza, or to book a reading, head to http://www.kosmictonic.com.

For more on Kestrel: http://www.kestrelneathawk.com

To watch this episode or another on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk2BYaa4Efo 


For further reading:

Sandra's own Assembling the Morrow: a Poetics of Sleep

Peter Grey's Apocalyptic Witchcraft 

Austin Coppock's 36 Faces: The History, Astrology and Magic of the Decans 

In this episode, we explore the archetype of Persephone (née Kore, or maiden), who transforms from ingenue to Queen of the Underworld. There are layers to this story: onion skins of complexity and different takes, depending on the teller. Persephone is also an asteroid you can find in your natal chart, perhaps pointing to a place of vulnerability and curiosity for what lies beyond.

At the end of this episode, we answer an audience question on how our personal Pluto placements interact with the US Pluto placement, as America enters its Pluto return. Our thoughts on this question  lead into a conversation about race and racism.

We hope you enjoy! Thanks for tuning in, and remember to rate us with some stars and "subscribe" so you don't miss an episode.


For more on Jasmine and Eliza, or to book a reading, head to http://www.kosmictonic.com.

For more on Kestrel: http://www.kestrelneathawk.com

To watch this episode or another on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUkeiGLa_ZG9h8gqSvE1eAg

For further information:

Carmen Spagnola's Numinous Podcast 64: "Learning to See in the Dark"

Charlene Spretnak's Lost Goddesses of Early Greece

Jean Shinoda Bolen's Goddesses in Everywoman

The Long Journey Home: Re-visioning the Myth of Demeter and Persephone for Our Time, edited by Christine Downing

(We would post link to these books, but we encourage you to find them instead at your local independent bookstore.) 

In a bow to the spooky season, we dedicated our inaugural episode on the astrological signs to: SCORPIO.

Here, we delve into the juice, the murk, the secrets of the Scorpio archetype and what it means to have planets here. We hope you enjoy! Remember to share this episode with your favourite Scorpio ;)

For more on Jasmine and Eliza, or to book a reading, head to http://www.kosmictonic.com.

For more on Kestrel: http://www.kestrelneathawk.com

To watch this episode or another on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUkeiGLa_ZG9h8gqSvE1eAg

For further information:

Fortune's Wheelhouse 

In this episode, we clear the spiderwebs from one of the four "hidden" houses in astrology: the 8th. Traditionally the house of death and other people's money (the 7th house from the 2nd), the 8th house has come to connote all that unfolds behind closed doors, including sex and the occult. We explore its many meanings, new and old, and what it means to have placements here. 

For more on Jasmine and Eliza, or to book a reading, head to http://www.kosmictonic.com.

For more on Kestrel: http://www.kestrelneathawk.com

To watch this episode or another on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUkeiGLa_ZG9h8gqSvE1eAg

For further information:

Psylogia Institute 

The Astrological Houses by Dane Rudhyar

The Houses - Temples of the Sky by Deborah Houlding 

Bernadette Brady 

As an astrologer, diviner, hypnotherapist, journalist, Iyengar yoga teacher, professional dancer (and then some), Mychal is a polymath to end all polymaths. His astrological background includes both classical and Uranian astrology, as well as in-depth studies into the tarot, Hermetic Qabalah, geomancy, rune lore, and Jikiden Reiki. So obviously it was such a pleasure and honour to Mychal about astrology, divination, and the central question: what makes a good astrologer?

For more on Mychal, including his online astrology school: https://oraculosastrology.com/

For Mychal's True Divination Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0lnkvRGfHihAUF8LVvS4kQ

For more on Jasmine and Eliza, or to book a reading, head to http://www.kosmictonic.com.

For our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUkeiGLa_ZG9h8gqSvE1eAg

In this episode, we talk to our friend and colleague Jenny Kellogg: an astrologer, translator, poet, Hellenist, and yogi, who's also trained in Compassionate Inquiry and combing the Akashic records.

She's one of the few astrologers whose linguistic training in ancient Latin and Greek did NOT coincide with her astrology practice. To the contrary, her astrological studies began some years later, in Jyotish. In this conversation, we discuss the value of reviving ancient astrological theory and technique, as well as the dangers. We also talk centaur asteroids and the special channels of healing they may open in your natal chart.

For more on Jenny: https://www.amaltheaastrology.com/

For more on Jasmine and Eliza, or to book a reading, head to http://www.kosmictonic.com.

For more on Kestrel: http://www.kestrelneathawk.com

For our YouTube channel, which has different content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUkeiGLa_ZG9h8gqSvE1eAg

For further information:

Centaur Space with David Leskowitz

Dr. Gabor Maté's Compassionate Inquiry

Demetra George on the Thema Mundi

George Seferis

In this episode, we speak with Pluto in Sagittarius native Vivika Sweiven Crawford to discuss the Pluto generations — and especially how the older gens might step up as allies.

We focused our conversation on the three Pluto generations present on the call: Libra (represented by Jasmine and Kestrel), Scorpio (Eliza) and of course Pluto in Sagittarius, the generation grown on Internet and sass. They're the TikTok teens who tanked Trump's Tulsa rally, the young folk who are generally more progressive, uncompromising, and demanding we do better.

We gathered to understand what we might learn from each other, and crucially — how the older generations might help.

For more on Vivika: https://linktr.ee/vivika.sweiven

For more on Jasmine and Eliza, or to book a reading, head to http://www.kosmictonic.com.

For more on Kestrel: http://www.kestrelneathawk.com

For our YouTube channel, which has different content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUkeiGLa_ZG9h8gqSvE1eAg

For further reading*

Pluto: the Evolutionary Journey of the Soul by Jeff Green
Predictive Astrology: The Eagle and the Lark by Bernadette Brady

*we encourage you to request these books at your local independent bookstore!

For further information:

The Magic of the Spheres Podcast with Sabrina Monarch (especially her conversations with Kirah Tabourn and Jaliessa Sipress 

In this episode, we spelunk into that most ethereal and cobwebbed of corners: the 12th house. Here, we find grief, loss, dark nights, incarceration, retreat in all senses — but also dream, soul journeys, deep and radical healing.

Jasmine, Eliza and Kestrel share their own experiences with the 12th house and discuss how they integrate (or not) this shadow realm. From Kestrel's 12th house Sun (in Leo!), to Jasmine's Jupiter, and Eliza's empty fridge (Cancer), we explore the ramifications of this "place of bad spirit," which has the worst rap in traditional astrology.

For more on Jasmine and Eliza, or to book a reading, head to http://www.kosmictonic.com.

For more on Kestrel: http://www.kestrelneathawk.com

For our YouTube channel, which has different content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUkeiGLa_ZG9h8gqSvE1eAg

For further reading*

Hellenistic Astrology: the Study of Fate and Fortune by Chris Brennan
Predictive Astrology: The Eagle and the Lark by Bernadette Brady

*we encourage you to request these books at your local independent bookstore!

For further information:

Psylogia Institute (on trauma release)
Climbing Grief Fund
"Diving into the Darkness" with Kelley Surtees and Astrology University
"Blinded by the Light," a talk by Jason Holley, presented at NORWAC 2020

In this episode, we talk with fellow astrologer and podcaster Anya Kaats about the "sacred prostitute" archetype.

Who were sacred prostitutes?
What can we draw from this archetype today?
How does the sacred prostitute show up in a natal chart?
What does it mean to reclaim and identify with the word "whore"?
How can we conceive sex as holy? As service? As healing?

Anya hosts two podcasts: A Millennial's Guide to Saving the World  and Whore Rapport (which she co-hosts with Erin Ginder-Shaw.)

For more on Anya: http://anyakaats.com/

For more on Jasmine and Eliza, or to book a reading, head to http://www.kosmictonic.com.

For more on Kestrel: http://www.kestrelneathawk.com

For our YouTube channel, which has different content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUkeiGLa_ZG9h8gqSvE1eAg

For further reading:

The Sacred Prostitute: Eternal Aspect of the Feminine by Nancy Qualls-Corbett

Diary of Anais Nin by Anais Nin

Little Birds by Anais Nin

Sex at Dawn by Chris Ryan 

The Asteroid Goddesses by Demetra George 

Goddesses in Everywoman by Jean Shinoda Bolen