Star Party

Episode 018: Curious about the cosmic connections between the archetypal arcanum and the astral realm? In this episode, Bess and Sandy explore the first eight cards of the Tarot’s Major Arcana, tapping their astrological resonance all the way from The Fool’s Uranian groundlessness to The Chariot’s Cancerian births and departures. Texturize your understanding of the signs, planets, and divination darlings by inviting them all to the party!

The Fool (00:12:00): Uranus-ruled zero ground for the boundless soul.

The Magician (00:17:25): Mercury-ruled breathy availability.

The High Priestess (00:25:03): Moon-ruled hollowing out to listen in.

The Empress (00:30:40): Venus-ruled saturated pleasure presence.

The Emperor (00:38:00): Aries-ruled fierce shape and form.

The Hierophant (00:43:40): Taurus-ruled consideration of context.

The Lovers (00:53:36): Gemini-ruled traces and trails.

The Chariot (01:02:40): Cancer-ruled readiness for change.

Star Party Podcast Website: https://starpartypodcast.com

Episode 017: Longing to let it loose and fill your loving cup? In this episode, Bess and Sandy slip into the wet and wildness of this flowing element—exploring how astrological Water allows us to come together and come undone, no matter our sign. The convo covers allowing, forgiveness, intuition, cycles, fierceness, patience, porousness, and cracking our hearts open no matter the risk. Flex your feeling flippers and get carried away on the current!

Cancer (00:15:50): The zodiac’s gestator and incubator of all things beloved, we can use this archetype to both shelter and shed, divining what needs more nurturance and what’s ripe for birthing.

The Moon (00:28:00): An intuitive ebb-and-flow-er that helps us flower to our feeling nature, coming home to this planet asks us to feed our needs to the fullest.

Scorpio (00:48:00): A carnivorous composter who reckons with what’s released and what reigns eternal, we can use this archetype to penetrate to the essence, and liberate our heartbeats to love again and again.

Pluto (00:58:10): A mover and shaker who indoctrinates us into an evolutionary dance that’s far beyond our own “doing,” opening to this planet’s power rock tumbles us towards transformation.

Pisces (01:08:42): The zodiac’s far-and-away end point of psychic soul development, we can use this archetype to immerse ourselves in whatever arises, exercising an ultimate faith in allowing.

Neptune (01:25:00): A melter and dissolver of all linear agendas, this planet’s energy invites us to let it all be illuminated of its own mysterious accord, leaving something to the imagination.

Star Party Podcast Website: https://starpartypodcast.com

Episode 016: Looking to lighten up and fly right? In this episode, Bess and Sandy breathe into the boundlessness of the element that’s all around us—exploring how astrological Air aerates, aspires, and elevates our creative consciousness, no matter our sign. The convo covers storylines, spaciousness, alignment, in betweenness, ideals, and our shape shifty shimmies with change. Spread your wings and head for the heavens!

Gemini (00:11:05): The mood ring magic maker who diaphanously descends into the fray, we can use this archetype to rub up against life, leaving a trace and taking the treats we need.

Mercury (00:25:00): A curious creative channel that picks up intel from each and every surface, attuning to this planet’s frequency helps us regulate our star-studded system.

Libra (00:35:30): A cloud cutting curator of aligned experience, we can use this archetype to reach out across the divides, and to shine a light on the soul truths that are surfacing.

Venus (00:51:05): Harnessing both the rustic magnetics of this planet’s earthy incarnation, and the elevated airy ideals that connect us to our inner vault of core values.

Aquarius (00:57:10): A mysterious mastermind here to widen the possibilities, we can use this archetype to create capaciousness and get dazzled by life’s biodiversity.

Saturn + Uranus (01:12:28): Using this duet of planetary partners to step into our ultimate authority so we can then step away, getting “moved” by megawatt change.

Star Party Podcast Website: https://starpartypodcast.com

Episode 015: Wanna build it beautiful from the bones on up? In this episode, Bess and Sandy taste into the most tangible of the elements—exploring Earth in the birth chart to bring us back home to our innate worthiness, no matter our sign. The convo covers receiving, gravitas, alignment, time and timelessness, decadent deliciousness, deservedness, and our endlessly refillable natural resources. Dig in and serve it up!

Taurus (00:10:30): The ample aperture that feeds the endless feast, we can use this archetype to open wide and settle in beyond scarcity.

Venus (00:22:40): Both what we lust after and the loveliness we already contain, we can channel this planet to choose our pleasures and cultivate breezy beauty in body and soul.

Virgo (00:36:00): A coiled creatrix that peruses and parses, we can use this archetype to explore our integral inner circuitry and show up ready to meet the world as is.

Mercury (00:46:30): Our magic metabolizer of life experiences, working with this planet helps us support our organic learning process and decide exactly what best serves our system.

Capricorn (00:57:01): Regal protector of the rugged realms, we can use this archetype to feel into our weight and consider the legacy we want to leave behind.

Saturn (01:06:06): Veggies for the spirit and a gym for the soul, this planet asks for our attention and maturation so we can stake our claims from a place of unshakeable inner authority.

Star Party Podcast Website: https://starpartypodcast.com

Episode 014: Ready to rev your elemental engine and get glowy? In this episode, Bess and Sandy explore Fire in the birth chart—looking at the astrological archetypes we can use to harness our heat and build trust in our singular spark, no matter our sign. The convo covers the right to exist, starting over, making it happen, fueling creative acts, luck, romance, personal flair, meaning making, wildness, and mucho more. Hot, hot, hot!

Aries: The baby bud beginning that emboldens our very aliveness, we can channel this archetype whenever we’re looking to start again.

Mars: Both ignition switch and cause célèbre, how to tap this planet to turn it on and take up space.

Leo: The zodiac’s solar-lit sparkler, we call upon this archetype to help us slip back into our the skin of our specialness and risk being seen.

The Sun: Letting this luminary light up our life lines, granting us full permission to be who we already are and accept our heroic mission to show even more of this essence.

Sagittarius: The open plain and the outstretched limb, we invoke this archetype to get wider and wilder, letting the adventure unfold of its own accord.

Jupiter: Finding faith in this fat and full planet of footloose fancy-free-ness, using its expansive heat to roll the dice and bet high on the belief that life is on our side.

Star Party Podcast Website: https://starpartypodcast.com

Episode 013: Seeking to uncover the lush layers of possibility that are always pulsating in the present? In this episode, Bess and Sandy feel into the permeable promise of cultivating curiosity and daring to let ourselves get dazzled—using astro and tarot to release hard-edged expectations and open wide for more ecstasy. The convo covers navigating uncertainty, dealing with overwhelm, and priming our systems for surprise, as we learn to let life pass through us with a lighter touch. Awe yeah!

The Mutable Signs: How to work with these astro movers and shakers to listen in and lighten up, hollowing out creative space for life to work its wonders.

Mercury: Letting this mood ring micro transformer help you identify where you might be getting stuck instead of awestruck, and how to uncover your signature style of surprise.

The Knights: Using these four Tarot archetypes as energetic escorts, opening up to get led and moving with the majesty that wants to move you.

Hypnosis for Astonishing Yourself: Learn to look upon the already-here with brand new baby eyes, living in the questions and sieving more wowed imagination to the surface.

Star Party Podcast Website: https://starpartypodcast.com

Craving a capacious cavern where you can move and groove with the greatest of ease? In this episode, Bess and Sandy investigate both finding ground and giving it up to groundlessness—using astro and tarot to help us carve out a room where we can roam free. The convo covers taking up space, taking space, and making peace with the void, as we clean it out, clear it out, and revel in the sensation of getting swept away while remaining right-sized. Prepare for lift-off and live it larger!

Mercury + Uranus (00:13:15): Using this pair of processors to co-create with emptiness, leaving more space at our table with our Mercury sign and touching in with the glory of groundlessness through our current Uranus cycle.

The 6th + 12th House (00:29:30): How to pattern break, uncover hidden pockets, and pave new pathways in our chart’s 6th house, so we can enter the 12th house void with verve and uncover infinite frontiers.

The Tarot’s 4s (00:46:45): How to use these archetypes to get good with standing our ground, choosing to check out of the fray so we can check in for an internal getaway that provides sweet sustenance.

Hypnosis for Spaciousness (00:57:00): Connecting to the fathomless capacities of the four elements and finding all available freedom in this very moment.

Star Party Podcast Website: https://starpartypodcast.com

Episode 011: Pining for a sweet singing voice on the other end of your psychic hotline? In this episode, Bess and Sandy tap the tools that teach us that we’re never ever alone—using astro and tarot tips to take us from separation isolation to synched sensation. The convo covers the power of longing, fears of exile, touching in with our internal bonds, and relaxing to reach out, as we yearn and burn to have and to hold this beloved world for life. Duet with the Universe and dance cheek-to-cheek!

Chiron (00:09:05): How its placement in your chart reveals a bone deep desire that’s ripe for tenderizing, inviting us to develop more intimacy with our lovable longings.

The Air Houses (00:27:30): How to use these chart zones as scales of proximity, coming closer to our consciousness, one other, and our precious place in the grander scheme.

The Pages (00:45:30): Ecstatic emissaries from a world beyond cynicism, how we can use these little cosmic cuties to release into our hopes and travel hand-in-hand.

Hypnosis for Touching In (00:55:15): A journey in from the cold and back home to your own hot hearth of hooked in at-oneness.

Additional Resources

Star Party Podcast Website: https://starpartypodcast.com

Episode 010: How do we build tangible trust in the treats and treasures our caverns contain? In this episode, Bess + Sandy unearth the good stuff—using astro and tarot to tap the wellsprings within us and lean back into our personal powers and storehouses of specialness. The convo covers laying foundations, fulfilling potentials, receiving and expanding, recontextualizing sticky bits as hidden gifts, and recovering what’s most essential. Unwrap the already-present presents and beef up your natural born bounty!

The Earth Houses (00:12:13): Using these three territories in the chart to balance between savoring our raw materials, tending these gifts, and wielding them out in the wild world.

Venus + Jupiter (00:26:15): Feeling into these bright and shiny pleasure centers of the chart, so we can receive and enjoy more parts of ourselves and open wider to what surrounds us.

The Tarot’s Queens (00:38:18): Connecting to these essential archetypes as four elemental currents that are always available to support us in any given moment.

Hypnosis for Seeding the Bounty (00:47:00): A dip into your garden of delight, designed to help you seed more sweetness and organically plump up what’s longing to grow.

Star Party Podcast Website: https://starpartypodcast.com

Episode 009: From internal bodices to external moats, how do we handle the hard lines of constriction, contraction, and containment? In this episode, Bess and Sandy get friendly with the finite—using astro and tarot to fine-tune our foundations as we face borders and boundaries, and uncover our boundlessness therein. The convo covers fears of lack, inner critics, self-imposed blocks, acceptance and allowing, and making friends with mortality. Shimmy under the limbo sticks and build your magic muscle!

Capricorn, Aquarius, + Pisces (00:15:50): In this final arc of the zodiac, we come up against our highest capacity and learn to let loose into ultimate limitlessness. Use these sign energies in your chart to identify your contraction/expansion invitation in this lifetime.

Saturn (00:38:10): The bedrock for building a beingness that’s both boundaried and buoyant, harness this planet to uncover where your lines lie, and how to get the hell out of your own way.

The Tarot’s 5s (47:50): Using these four cards as gateways to our humanness—having fun with friction and getting tumbled into diamonds through experiential knowledge.

Hypnosis for Healing Your Inner Critic (00:55:00): A journey towards adjusting the knobs on the voices of unnecessary constriction and uncovering greater safety in your selfhood.

Hypnosis inspiration is "The Auditory Swish" originally developed by Richard Bandler.

Star Party Podcast Website: https://starpartypodcast.com