Welcome to a magical and deeply reflective episode as we celebrate the most spiritually charged Full Moon of the year—the Guru Purnima Full Moon, rising in Capricorn (Western) and Purva Ashadha, Sagittarius (Vedic).

This is the moon that illuminates truth, honors the teacher within, and opens a rare portal for transformation on both a personal and global level.

In this episode, Sydney pulls the High Priestess from the tarot—an archetype of deep intuition, feminine wisdom, and inner knowing—and it couldn’t be more aligned. We also draw Uranus from the Astrology Oracle Deck, foreshadowing its monumental shift into Gemini, kicking off a brand-new 7-year cycle of awakening, innovation, and paradigm shifts in communication and consciousness.

As always, we weave insights, personal stories, and grounded spiritual wisdom to help you navigate this potent time. From honoring the lineage of teachers to anchoring your wildest visions into form, we invite you to use this Full Moon to reset your path and recommit to what truly matters.

In this episode:

• The meaning and power of Guru Purnima in Vedic astrology

• The grounded clarity of the Capricorn Full Moon

• Uranus entering Gemini: What this 7-year shift may awaken

• Tapping into High Priestess energy: intuition, inner guidance & sacred pause

• Rituals, reflections & personal stories to support your journey

• Blending the mystical and the practical during this rare alignment

  
  

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• Sydney: www.17tarot.com

• Mandee: @moondancewellnessco | www.moondancewellnessco.com

  
  

May this Full Moon light your path and reconnect you to your highest self.

Ever find yourself having the best conversations with your steering wheel? Same. In this solo episode, I share some personal car reflections—those raw, honest moments when it feels like your vehicle knows everything about you.

We’re deep in the heart of Pitta season—fiery, driven, and intense. That’s why now, more than ever, it's essential to slow down, to breathe, to digest more than just your food but also your life experiences. Think of this as a gentle, Cancerian reminder to nurture yourself and restore balance amidst the summer heat.

This episode is a short, soulful dive into life’s pace, inner dialogue, and honoring the sacred pauses.

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🌕 Moon Dance is more than a podcast—it's a community walking each other home.

The Sacred Reset: Emotional Alchemy, New Moon Magic & Bold Expression

Hosted by Mandee Peterson & Sydney Schaefer

This week’s episode is a heart-centered invitation to pause, reset, and reconnect. Mandee and Sydney guide you through the cosmic landscape of June 22–29, tapping into the deep emotional healing of the New Moon in Cancer and the bold, expressive energy that follows.

A deep, soul-level reset—guided by the New Moon in Cancer, the powerful call of the Judgement card, and the mystical pull of Neptune from the Black Moon Astrology Oracle.

Mandee and Sydney explore what it means to release emotional baggage, answer your higher calling, and trust your intuitive vision—all while staying grounded in real life. This episode is a sacred invitation to tune into your emotional body, honor what’s ready to be let go, and move forward with clarity and compassion.

Explore how to:

• Transform emotional heaviness into personal power

• Use New Moon rituals to reset your inner world

• Weave intuitive insight into your daily life

• Navigate real-world challenges with grace, creativity, and soul

This conversation is your sacred space for tuning in, letting go, and rising into a more aligned version of yourself. Whether you're feeling emotionally raw, creatively blocked, or ready for a shift—this one’s for you.

✨If this episode speaks to you, be sure to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a soul sister who’s on the journey too. Your support helps us keep sharing the magic.

🌙 Explore more:
Visit www.moondancewellnessco.com and www.17tarot.com for celestial guides, wellness offerings, and rituals to support your path.
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Instagram: @moondancewellnessco

Youtube: @moondancewellnessco & @soularcanaco

The Sacred Reset: Emotional Alchemy, New Moon Magic & Bold Expression

Hosted by Mandee Peterson & Sydney Schaefer

This week’s episode is a heart-centered invitation to pause, reset, and reconnect. Mandee and Sydney guide you through the cosmic landscape of June 22–29, tapping into the deep emotional healing of the New Moon in Cancer and the bold, expressive energy that follows.

Explore how to:

• Transform emotional heaviness into personal power

• Use New Moon rituals to reset your inner world

• Weave intuitive insight into your daily life

• Navigate real-world challenges with grace, creativity, and soul

This conversation is your sacred space for tuning in, letting go, and rising into a more aligned version of yourself. Whether you're feeling emotionally raw, creatively blocked, or ready for a shift—this one’s for you.

✨If this episode speaks to you, be sure to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a soul sister who’s on the journey too. Your support helps us keep sharing the magic.

🌙 Explore more:
Visit www.moondancewellnessco.com and www.17tarot.com for celestial guides, wellness offerings, and rituals to support your path.
✨ Connect on:

Instagram: @moondancewellnessco

Youtube: @moondancewellnessco & @soularcanaco

The sun is at its peak, and nature is in full bloom. In this powerful episode, we explore the meaning and magic of the Summer Solstice—the longest, brightest day of the year and a sacred portal in the wheel of time.

This is not just a seasonal shift—it’s a moment to realign your life with nature’s rhythm, to clarify your path, and to step boldly into the light of your own becoming.

Join me for an immersive journey that blends science, spirituality, and soul, including a guided meditation to help you tune into the energy of this potent time. Whether you're seeking clarity, celebration, or renewal, this episode will meet you at the threshold and help you cross into summer with intention.

In This Episode, We Explore

• What the Summer Solstice is and why it matters

• Ancient traditions and global solstice rituals

• The deeper spiritual meaning of this solar high point

• How to align with the energy of growth, radiance, and momentum

• Personal reflection questions to harness your mid-year clarity

• Simple, powerful ways to celebrate the Solstice in daily life

• A soulful guided meditation for light, expansion, and inner alignment

• Connect on Instagram

• Join the mailing list for seasonal rituals & updates

  
  

Reflection Prompts

Journaling or meditating can deepen your Solstice experience:

• What part of me is ready to rise into the light?

• Where am I being invited to expand or step forward with more courage?

• What am I ready to release so that I can grow more fully?

• How can I align my summer with joy, rhythm, and clarity?

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Wishing you a luminous, intentional Summer Solstice.
Let this be the season you step into your radiance.

Welcome back to this epidsode of Soul Arcana Full Moon edition — your sacred space for soul nourishment, cosmic insight, and intuitive guidance. In this powerful episode, we’re joined by the luminous Sydney Schaefer, tarot reader, astrologer, and intuitive guide, for a deeply aligned conversation under the light of the Full Moon.

🌕 This Episode Unfolds With:

✨ A breakdown of this current Full Moon and what it’s asking us to release and embody
✨ Insight into Jupiter’s transit into Cancer — what this means for emotional growth, family dynamics, and expanding from a heart-centered place
✨ The challenge and sacred tension of Saturn squaring both the Moon and Jupiter — the work, the boundaries, the deeper maturation happening behind the scenes
✨ A tarot reading moment — Sydney pulls The Sun card and we explore its full spiritual and symbolic meaning:

• Illumination after darkness

• Radical joy as a spiritual practice

• Inner child healing and expression

• Aligning your external world with your inner truth

  
  

🌕 We also share our own desires, goals, and soul intentions for this year — for ourselves and for this podcast. Expect an honest, heart-led dialogue about expansion, creative dreams, spiritual service, and staying grounded while walking a mystical path.

💫 Whether you're riding high or navigating challenge, remember:
You are not alone in this wild world.
We are here to help guide the way — with love, magic, and soul alignment.

📞 Want to work with us?
If you’re ready to dive deeper into your own spiritual path, we’d love to support you.

🔗 Connect with Sydney Schaefer: [email protected]
🔗 Explore my current offerings: www.moondancewellnessco.com

🌀 Follow, subscribe, and share if this episode resonates with you. Let’s grow this soul-led community together.

In this episode, I dive into the mystical and transformative practices of Kundalini, pranayama, tantra, and Ayurveda. These ancient tools offer us powerful ways to ground into our body and elevate our spirit, bringing us back to who we’ve always been.

I also share my personal journey of practicing the Kriya to Conquer Limiting Beliefs for over 50 days. If you’ve ever felt hesitant to try something new and different, this is your invitation to begin to move through those limiting beliefs and step into a new way of being.

✨ Want to practice with me?
Explore the OnDemand Kriya to Conquer Limiting Beliefs and experience the power of these practices for yourself.

🎧 Listen in and share your thoughts in the comments.
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Resources & Links:

• OnDemand Kriya to Conquer Limiting Beliefs

• Complimentary Classes+Workshops

  
  

Let’s rise together. Enjoy the episode!

If you’ve ever felt creatively blocked, silenced your voice, or questioned the worth of your art — this meditation is for you.

This is more than rest.
More than stillness.
This is a sacred return — to yourself, your truth, your fire.

In this guided Yoga Nidra, we journey into the deep waters of energy, emotion, and presence.
It’s an invocation of your inner artist.
A reminder that your creativity matters — not because of how it's received, but because of how deeply it’s yours.

💫 Inside this practice:
— Grounding in the body & breath
— Heart-led intention setting (Sankalpa)
— Energetic awakening & emotional release
— A soulful invitation to reclaim your creative voice
— Words to remember when you forget your power

Let this be your gentle nudge from the universe:
You are not blocked — you are becoming.
Your art is not late — it’s ripening.
Your voice is not lost — it’s waiting for you to listen.

Whether you're a writer, painter, singer, dreamer — or someone just trying to remember who they are…
come lie down. come back home. come create again.

✨ Suggested Use:
Listen lying down or seated, in stillness. Let yourself be held. Let the meditation do the work.

🌿 Connect & Reflect:
After the meditation, journal what arose.
What truths did your heart speak? What did your creative self whisper?

🔗 Share this episode with someone who’s forgotten their magic. Remind them: their creativity is sacred.

In this soul-nourishing episode, I sit down with the incredible Allie Bernasek—a true renaissance woman and one of my soul sisters. Allie’s journey is anything but ordinary: she’s a former Army soldier and tank operator, a licensed esthetician, a bodyworker, a personal trainer, a yoga teacher, and she holds a Master’s in Sports Medicine. Her story is rich with transformation, resilience, and deep wisdom.

We dive into how wellness has evolved for her over the years—from a life defined by discipline and hustle to one centered around balance, presence, and joy. Allie brings a unique and refreshing perspective on body image, the shift away from grind culture, and embracing a mindset that defies aging norms.

✨ We talk about:

• ​Allie’s powerful journey from the military to the wellness space
• ​Letting go of hustle culture and tuning into intuition
• ​Body image and honoring your body through every phase of life
• ​The mindset shift from pushing to receiving
• ​Our shared passion for helping others reconnect with joy, movement, and inner balance

Allie specializes in working with active bodies and helps people return to strength and vitality through movement, mindfulness, and heart-led coaching.

I could have talked to her for hours—and honestly, this is just the beginning of the conversation.

✨ Connect with Allie Bernasek: www.alphamassagetherapy.org

[email protected]

✨ Work with me: www.moondancewellnessco.com

✨ Join my tribe and get 3 transformational classes + a 5-part workshop series totally free: Join here!

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Let’s keep the conversation going—your joy matters.

In this Soul Arcana episode, we're celebrating the magic of the New Moon with our radiant resident Tarot Reader, Sydney Schaefer! 🌑
Together, we honor this lunation by pulling a collective card — the Four of Wands — and diving deep into the energies supporting us this month.

The Four of Wands brings a powerful message of celebration, harmony, and rooted joy. It's a card of coming home to yourself — of pausing to savor life's pleasures, honoring milestones big and small, and recognizing the beauty of stability and community. It invites us to celebrate without guilt, rest without apology, and create sacred spaces of joy and belonging in our everyday lives. We explore how this card is encouraging us to ground our dreams and enjoy the fruits of our labor — a perfect mirror for this New Moon energy.

🌙 New Moon Energies:

• Western Astrology:
  This New Moon lands in Taurus, an earth sign ruled by Venus. Taurus invites us to slow down, nourish our senses, cultivate beauty, and establish grounded, sustainable practices. We talk about planting seeds rooted in self-worth, pleasure, and lasting abundance. It’s a lunation for finding joy in the tangible — food, art, love, touch — and setting intentions around security, pleasure, and embodiment.

• Vedic Astrology (Jyotish):
  In the sidereal system, this New Moon falls in Aries, a fire sign ruled by Mars. Aries brings a spark of new beginnings, courage, and bold action. It's an invitation to start fresh, take inspired leaps, and follow the passions of the heart. We reflect on balancing the fierce drive of Aries with the soft, steady pleasures of Taurus — moving forward without burning out, and taking action with mindful presence.

  
  

✨ Our Personal Commitments This Month:
We share our personal reflections, goals, and intentions for this lunation, including:

• Mindfully removing doomscrolling from our daily routines

• Celebrating the simple pleasures of everyday life

• Creating rituals of rest and guilt-free joy

• Staying balanced between ambition and pleasure

• Deepening our connections to Kundalini practices, Ayurveda, and Tarot as spiritual tools for presence and joy.

This is the ultimate monthly girl chat for your soul — real, vulnerable, and inspiring. 💗

If this episode resonated with you, don't forget to like, subscribe, and share the podcast! 🌟
We would love to hear what spoke to your heart — leave us a comment or review to share your reflections.

Connect with us:
🔮 Find Sydney Schaefer [email protected]
🌙 Find Mandee and Moon Dance Wellness Co www.moondancewellnessco.com

Thank you for dancing with us under this New Moon energy. May you celebrate yourself, find pleasure in the present, and move forward with heart and purpose.