Welcome to the season two finale of Soil and Stars and the conclusion of our 12-week journey with Venus. 

This week, Emily reflects on the gifts of Venus, and how we can embody and experience these blessings in our lives. 

The seven gifts of Venus include…

• Kinship 
• Values 
• Desire 
• Enchantment 
• Beauty 
• Pleasure 
• Justice 

Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

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From October 3rd - November 13th, 2026 Venus retrogrades through Scorpio and Libra, and a living story unfolds. 

None of our retrograde stories will be the same, and they all hold the potential for healing and renewal. 

This week, Emily invites you to spiral back in time to October 2018 to explore the ghosts of retrograde’s past. 

Tune in for… 

• The mystical nature of Venus’ 8 year cycle 
• Healing our relationship with time by wading into the cyclical waters of the cosmos
• Prompts and reflections for uncovering your 2018 Venus retrograde story 
• Emily’s story of a liberatory breakup during the October 2018 Venus retrograde in Scorpio and Libra 

Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

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This week, Emily dives deep into the myth of Inanna’s descent into the underworld. 

Tune in for… 

• Connections between Inanna, Ishtar, and Venus 
• The Ancient Mesopotamian roots of this myth
• Major archetypes and themes of Inanna’s descent and the story’s relationship with Venus retrograde 

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Descent & Rising by Carly Mountain
• Descent of Inanna into the Underworld Wiki
• Side Quest to the Underworld by Aryn the Alchemist 

Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

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This week, Emily is thrilled to welcome relational astrologer, writer, and mage Pallas K. Augustine. 

Pallas has created an incredible Venusian body of work, including Venus retrograde workbooks, blog posts, and a new Venus Cycles 101 course. These accessible teachings are for anyone wanting to deepen their relationship with Venus and her cycles. 

Tune in for a soulful conversation about… 

• The love, loss, magic, and mystery of relating to Venus’ cycles   
• The specific, personal, and private nature of our relationships with Venus and the influence of our locations, identities, histories, and lineages 
• Undoing supremacy and moving toward connection, compassion, and empathy without abandoning ourselves 
• There are many paths and no one right way to devote ourselves to Venus

If you want to go deeper with Venus’ cycles, check out Pallas’ Venus Cycles 101 and Venus Cycle & Venus Calculator Guide. 

To learn more about Pallas and their offerings, visit www.nineofwands.com, become a patron, and connect on Instagram. 

Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

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This week, Emily is joined by her first astrology teacher, Rowan Oliver! 

Emily and Rowan discuss how astrology transforms our relationship with time, Venus’ affinity with feminine rage, and Venus’ solidarity with the queer and trans community. 

Tune in to hear Emily and Rowan yap about… 

• Rowan’s incredible talk at the 2025 Astrologer’s Co-Op conference titled Blood and Chocolate: Venus’ Violent Delights 
• Venus as a constellation of cosmology, culture, myth, and story 
• Venus’ role as stewardess of authentic expression including gender and queer euphoria 
• Righteous feminine rage as an aspect of Venus the war goddess and arbiter of justice

To learn more about Rowan and their offerings, visit rowastrology.com and connect with them on Instagram. 

Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

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This episode is for the green witches, the lovers of myth and folk magic, and the Venus devotees. 

This week’s guest is herbalist, flower essence practitioner, and storyteller Liz Migliorelli who you may know as Sister Spinster. 

Emily and Liz discuss the joy of crafting flower essences, what it’s like to live in devotion to Venus, and the otherworldly magic of Apple. 

Tune in for an enchanting conversation about… 

• Flower essences as vibrational remedies that catalyze personal transformation and awaken shifts in consciousness  
• Devotion to Venus as reverence for the connection of all things and the pleasure of embodiment, the sensuous, and wholeness
• Venus’ kinship with plants, including Rosemary, Lemon Balm, and Birch 
• Apple magic as a practice of ancestral reverence and re-enchantment

To learn more about Liz and her offerings, visit her website www.sisterspinster.net. 

Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

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This episode is for the Matriarchs, young and old, the ancestors and future ones, and those building a life-sustaining, regenerative world for all. 

This week, Emily is joined by the luminous Nergiz, a mother, writer, artist, and composer of Matriarchal dreamscapes. 

Tune in for a world changing conversation about... 

• The misconception that Matriarchy is women rule when it means mother beginning and how that differs from patriarchy  
• Allowing Matriarchy to transform us by living, practicing, and recreating it in our daily lives 
• The political, economic, social, and cultural cornerstones of Matriarchy 
• Nergiz’s forthcoming community-funded book, Matriarchy: An Ancient Vision to Redefine Power and Restore the Earth  

To connect with Nergiz, subscribe to her newsletter, support her community-funded book, and follow her on Instagram. 

Mentioned in this episode: 

• The Great Cosmic Mother by Monica Sjoo and Barbara Mor 
• Nergiz’s reading list for a Matriarchal world  
• Matriarchy Now coalition 

Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

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This week, Emily is joined by doula and storyteller Madison Murphy Barney to discuss her new book Our Ancestors Want Us to Be Mushrooms. 

Tune in to hear Emily and Madison discuss…

• Being guided by our ancestors and connecting with them through ceremony, community, creativity, and humor
• How the mystery, diversity, and magic of mushrooms make them potent guides and doulas for creating a liveable, vibrant future 
• Remembering our interconnectivity and how to become villagers even when it’s inconvenient and hard 
• Uncovering our original instructions and sharing our unique creative gifts 

To connect with Madison, follow her on Instagram, visit her website madisonmurphybarney.com, and get a copy of Our Ancestors Want Us to Be Mushrooms.

Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

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This episode is for the seasonal artists, contemplative writers, and sensitive souls. 

In this gentle conversation, Emily speaks with artist and writer Carolyn Yoo about living a devoted creative life, weaving the spiritual into our artmaking, and attuning to natural cycles and rhythms. 

Tune in to hear Emily and Carolyn discuss…

• Reflections on devotion, discipline, and the tarot 
• The Ouroboros and whole integration of the creative process
• What it means to be quietly public as an artist on the internet 
• Seasonal living, writing, and zine making 

To learn more about Carolyn, her offerings, and creations visit www.carolynyoo.com and subscribe to her newsletter.

Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

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In this moving conversation, Emily sits down with death doula and grief coach, Abby Goelzer of Garnet and the Moon. 

Emily and Abby discuss the complexities of grief and joy, estrangement, intergenerational healing, communal grief, and creative expression.  

Tune in for… 

• Abby’s stories of loss and why she became a death doula and grief guide
• Meeting our grief to expand our capacity for joy 
• The nuances of estrangement and how choosing ourselves can lead to intergenerational healing 
• The power of community and creative expression to metabolize grief and connect with others 

To learn more about Abby and her offerings, visit her website www.garnetandthemoon.com, follow her on Instagram, and subscribe to her newsletter.  

Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

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