Star Party

Episode 008: Whether doused in glow-getting glitter or camouflaged in quieter confetti, what does it mean to mark the magical moments of this one-and-only life? In this episode, Bess and Sandy unwrap the surprise packages of presence—using astro and tarot to support both big old banner blowouts and daily acts of self-honoring. The convo covers paying attention, giving thanks, worthiness, thresholds and turning points, and the intertwined dances of time and timelessness, and grief and joy. Don your star party finery and behold the beauty of your being!

Moon Signs (00:17:30): How to use this ready-made habitat to gift yourself a party room that’s fashioned from pure essence and shiny stability.

Sun Signs (00:28:44): Finding delight in this self-centric avenue of astral expression and learning to love up on the largeness of life.

The Fool, The King of Pentacles, + The 5 of Cups (00:40:20): Using these archetypes to throw your hands in the air, host whatever’s here, and honor both the ephemeral and the eternal.

Hypnosis for Wonderment (00:48:43): Journey to the cloud castle of your consciousness and bolster your ability to “wow” yourself in the presence of your very own life.

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With hearts aflame and hope alive, how do we rise to meet the moments that call for our verve and valor? In this episode, Bess and Sandy explore furry fears, fearlessness, and the faith that keeps us coming back for more—using astro and tarot to connect us to our personal flavor of holistic action and customized courage. The convo covers themes of everyday heroics, rallying to face reality, and building an integral form of bravery that best befits our beautiful selves. Brandish your magic wand and charge into the unknown!

Libra (00:17:25): Awakening this warrior of astral alignment, no matter your sign.

The Ascendent (00:22:24): How to say “yes” to the adventure of your Rising sign, growing towards the life challenges that it asks you to meet.

Mars (00:41:00): Finding fuel and faith in your Mars sign placement, powering forward in the style that serves your rocketship.

The 2 of Swords (00:50:59): Using this archetype to still the external noise and drop back into your channel, summoning the self-possessed courage to make the “right” move.

Hypnosis for Building Courage (00:56:40): Excavating the underpinnings of your bravery “settings” and turning the unconscious dials to make conscious change.

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Episode 006: A full-bodied invitation to flex your faith muscle, cultivating trust asks us to strengthen our self-assured reserves and adopt the radical credo that our own life is on our side. In this episode, Bess and Sandy explore this sometimes seemingly elusive emotional state that we all crave more of, looking at how its development requires our complete presence and capacity to remember what can never be taken from us. The convo covers self-confidence building, how to handle moments of perceived groundlessness, and intimacy with the unknowable as an act of self-love. Love up on the invisible and let the road rise to meet you! 

The Fixed Signs (00:12:30): The plush seasonal saturation points of the zodiac, leaning into Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius energy allows us to get “wide,” marinating in what’s here and building the bold belief that we won’t disappear. 

The Outer Planets (00:25:00): Our initiation points into life’s evolutionary wildness, working with Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, lets us get good with getting “moved” no matter what. 

Mercury (00:35:28): Using this shapeshifting storyteller to treat trust work as a daily ritual, rewiring our stories about self-confidence and working our faith muscle in every moment. 

The Tarot’s 8s (00:46:46): Using these swirling infinity loops of energy to get closer to what feels scary, putting our hands on life rather than stealing ourselves against it. 

Episode 005: An electrically charged prickly pear of emotional threads, dismantling our anxious spins requires sweet attention and embodied focus. In this episode, Bess and Sandy excavate the underpinnings of this supercharged feeling state, examining the mental machinery of our nervous systems and how to get comfy with our complexity. The convo covers the differences between evolutionary discomfort and fear-based anxiety, reclaiming an internal sense of ownership over our lives, and soothing worried future tripping with powerful presence. Loosen the controls and drop deeper into your body’s natural state of belonging! 

Saturn (00:12:45): The key to embracing the gorgeousness of gravity, our Saturn placement is here to help us reclaim a sense of organic ownership over our lives when fear leads us to believe that something outside of us is calling the shots.  

Mercury (00:27:40): Our finely-tuned nervous system regulator of thought processes and experiential metabolism, becoming conscious of our Mercurial energy helps us calibrate our speed and soothe our system’s outmoded stories. 

The World, The Devil, + The Empress (00:40:37): How to use these tarot guides to bolster our belief that we have every right to be here in the first place, deepening our trust in life’s embrace and the vividness of our rainbowed emotional range. 

A touchy feely flashlight for illuminating the path you’ve traveled and your way forward into the future, this episode is an exploration of what we “carry” and how we can wield it with more consciousness and clarity. Bess and Sandy deep dive into personal pasts and memory, ancestral inheritance and patterning, and our collective responsibility for examining shared histories. The conversation covers how to handle and hold the emotional intensity of memories as they arise, dealing with regret, and reframing our stories in the service of communal healing. Get ready to shimmy with your ghosties and make good with all that’s gone down!

The Elements (00:07:55): Each of the four elements has a temporal orientation towards the past, present, or future, and understanding your own elemental balance can help you unlock how you process experiences.

Pluto (00:11:50): The higher octave of the planet Mars’ personal power, our Pluto chart placement uncovers how we can give up some of the controls and let ourselves get “moved” by big feelings, learning to tell the difference between the memories that are ours to integrate and what is no longer ours to carry.

The 4th House (00:23:50): The sign on the 4th house cusp is your gateway into the personal past, and this key can help you grapple with the stories you’ve inherited from your family of origin and how to reframe them in service of your most integrated self.

Sun/Moon Aspects (00:30:00): Using the relationship between your Sun and Moon placement to better understand how your self expression and emotional reactions synch up, and how you relate to the concept of regret.

The 5 of Cups, Death, and the Queen of Cups (00:38:00): Using these tarot guides to help let the past do its work on us, integrating our stories with conscious ownership, trusting in what’s not yet here, and asking ourselves what is truly “eternal.”

Hypnosis for Summoning Our Past Selves (00:48:00): A guided self-hypnosis for tenderly touching in with past selves we have been, in service of personal and collective healing.

Episode 003: An invitation into your own cosmic circadian rhythm, this episode is here to help you connect with the intuitive ebbs and flows that exist within you. Is it your moment to hunker down and sink in? A pedal to the metal point of initiation? Or a confetti-toss-to-the-winds time of soul surrender? How do we handle the seasons of our lives? Bess and Sandy explore the planetary placements, tarot cards, and subconscious pathways that can lead us to the heart of our personal beat, divining a sense of divine timing that’s truly self-governed.

The Virgo-Pisces Axis (00:16:30): These signs and their corresponding houses ask us to cultivate deep listening and calibrate how we metabolize experience, getting us closer to our proprietary rhythmic blend.

The Moon (00:26:40): Your personal astrological “mood ring”— harnessing your natal Moon sign, the current transit of the Moon through your chart, and your Progressed Moon, can help you make magic that’s right on time.

The Tarot’s Moon Card (00:43:20): An initiation into instinctive lunar navigation when the path forward isn’t clear, this card indoctrinates us into a dance with our mysterious tidal shifts.

Hypnosis for Intuitive Timing (00:52:15): A guided self-hypnosis for meeting and greeting what’s ready to enter through the doorways of your Body, Mind, and Spirit.

Episode 002: Far beyond the anxious scramble of bottomed-out burnout, there is a cosmic country of fertile creativity that never needs forcing. In this episode, Bess and Sandy explore how to refine and relax the energy we use to bring things out into the world. How can we shift from grippy input-output mode and cultivate that much-coveted state of creative “channeling”? We’ll look to the planets, the cards, and our own subconscious for tangible tips on how to let our soul-centered projects pulsate and emerge without having to push so hard, learning to “work it” with mystical mojo.

Saturn (00:4:00): How this cosmic taskmaster can become an ally for self-sovereign boundary fortification and soul-shaped essentialism, helping us to cut through the BS and get closer to the core of why we came to earth.

Mercury (00:21:24): More than just the planet of mental machinations, we’ll look at how to use Mercury’s subtle sensitivities to attune yourself to what wants to come through your creative channel.

Venus (00:29:40): Harnessing this planet to ensure that you’re fully embodied while you’re working, and that the end product feels like a generous act of natural fullness rather than forced output.

Vesta (00:36:05): Letting this asteroid placement in your chart lead you back to your “eternal flame,” finding delicious devotion and focus as you bow down to your own brand of “making it.”

Hypnosis for Productivity (00:41:27): A guided self-hypnosis for excavating the emotional climate around your projects, and initiating yourself into a more lubricated workflow.

The Tarot’s Aces (00:50:38): Uncovering which elemental “package” awaits you on your doorstep, and how to use its gifts to set energetic intentions at the start of an effort.

Episode 001: Poised on the threshold between fate and freewill, we are vivid beings in search of our “why.” In this episode, Bess and Sandy grapple with the biggest question of them all, using astro and tarot to help us divine our life’s fundamental direction and magical meaning. We’ll look at questions of destiny, personal essence and “nature,” alignment, and wholeness. It’s a wild ride straight to the source of your primary pulsation, complete with tools to soothe the edges of endless “doing” in service of more “being.” 

The Elements: The four astrological elements as powerful shapers of how we come to understand and connect with our “why.” 00:23:17

The Chart Angles (ASC/DSC, MC/IC): Exploring your soul’s carnal crossroads in this lifetime and working intentionally with these polarity points, calling upon your four zodiac superheroes to help you come into wholeness. 00:32:44

The Sun: Tapping into your gravitational center and core energy source, and using the solar glow to come ever closer to your dynamic mission here on earth. 00:51:40

The Tarot’s Major Arcana; The Lovers, Strength, and Justice: Navigating the 22 life “seasons” of the Tarot, and using both divination and your numerological birth card to get cozy with your nature and understand where you are on your ever-unfolding journey. 01:06:08