The Designed Life

My conversation with Giana explores the deeply personal nature of systems change – revealing how true transformation begins within.

Giana shares her journey from navigating unsafe early environments to working across education, government, and corporate systems, ultimately arriving at a powerful truth: we each hold agency within the systems we inhabit.

Together, we unpack co-ownership, inner liberation, and the courage required to face ourselves fully. This episode reframes “doing the work” as an unglamorous but profound process of self-awareness, compassion, and choice—where even the smallest acts of rebellion can become catalysts for meaningful change.

Connect with Giana:• ⁠Her website⁠• ⁠Her Instagram⁠• ⁠Her Free Monthly Women’s Circle• ⁠Her Podcast‍

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Astrology is a phenomenal tool for helping a person piece together and define who they are. It’s a system that can explain what shape of the universe we’re embodying while in this lifetime – and I love it for that.

But astrology is also a timing tool, one that helps us understand when certain events are going to occur, and where in our lives they will unfold – and that part of astrology is a part I find exceptionally valuable.

In a world in which time is our most precious resource, wouldn’t it be helpful to have a system that tells us how we’re going to be activated ahead of time? Where our attention will be focused? What things we’ll be called to do, and learn about, and respond to? So that we could better plan and choose how we show up – with less guilt, less questioning, less confusion?

In this episode I to share with you the ways I utilize the planetary movements to help me plan my time – in alignment with my moods, my energy, my interests, and to support my larger goals and visions, and from a yearly, seasonal, monthly, week and daily viewpoint.

Mentioned:

• How I plan my time using astrology substack
• Trusted Timing waitlist
• Eps 42: How to work with all the phases of the moon
• Spacious (empty houses) workshop

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Taurus season begins in the body.

After the fire and initiation of Aries, this is where we slow down and ask: how do we make this real? How do we take what’s been sparked and build it into something sustainable?

Taurus is fixed earth – steady, grounded, and devoted to what feels nourishing and true. Like the middle of spring, growth is already underway. So now it’s about tending it – deepening roots while allowing for steady, embodied expansion.

But this Taurus season is going to look and feel a little different.

After eight years, Uranus completes its journey through the sign, closing out a long chapter of disruption and value redefinition. As it moves into Gemini, a new era begins – one that reshapes how we think, communicate, and connect.

The season opens with intensity, and continues with two very tender lunations – the Scorpio Full Moon and Taurus New Moon. By the end of the season, there’s a sense of mental expansion and creative breakthrough – a shift into a new way of thinking and being. And some of the best days of the year are found on May 18th and 19th

In this episode, we explore:

• Taurus as grounded, embodied growth
• The shift from Aries initiation to Taurus integration
• Uranus ending it’s 8 year stay in Taurus and entering Gemini
• Navigating early-season intensity and burnout
• The Scorpio Full Moon and deep emotional reckoning
• Mercury in Taurus and intentional expression
• Aligning action with values and collective change
• The Taurus New Moon and working with tenderness
• Creative breakthroughs with Mercury–Uranus
• Returning to softness, connection, and stability

This is a season of rooting into what’s true while allowing it to evolve.

YOU’RE INVITED to SPACIOUS: Empty Houses & How to Work With Them

In this workshop we'll explore what your empty houses mean for you personally – the areas of life they represent, why these areas of life show up in a certain style, and how you can simply and practically integrate these parts of yourself.

Time Stamps:

00:10:13 Week 1 (April 19-25) – Running hot, cold, and erratic

00:27:21 Week 2 (April 26-May 2) – Sensitive expressions & connections

00:32:19 May 1 – Scorpio Full Moon

00:45:03 Week 3 (May 3-9) – Protection through change

00:55:37 Week 4 (May 10-16) – Sweetness & Tenderness

00:59:00 May 16 – Taurus New Moon

01:08:22 Week 5 (May 17-20) – Utmost nourishment

Mentioned:

• ⁠Uranus in Gemini article

• Somatic & Creative Practices for April

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I’m so happy to have my new online friend turned IRL friend Sarah Kleist on the podcast today! Sarah is an actor, designer, web designer, and multi-passionate creative, and in our convo we explore what it really means to be a multi-hyphenate in today’s online entrepreneurial world.

From holding multiple identities with confidence to using creativity as both a coping mechanism and a form of expression during uncertain times, Sarah shares how her career evolved from theater to web design during the pandemic, and how storytelling connects everything she creates.

Together, we unpack visibility as a practice – not just for business growth, but as a way to expand self-expression, confidence, and presence in everyday life. We also dive into the relationship between creativity and joy, the power of showing up authentically, and why having fun might be the most underrated strategy for success.

This episode is a reminder that your path doesn’t have to fit into one box—and that your art, in whatever form it takes, is enough.

Connect with Sarah:

• Her website
• Her Instagram
• Her Threads
• Her Brand Photoshoot workshop

Mentioned:

• Alyssa Lui
• Xanthe Appleyard

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Q2 of 2026 feels like the season where what we’ve been planting begins to show us what’s actually growing.

In this episode, I walk through the astrology of April, May, and June – moving through Aries, Taurus, and Gemini –and explore what this quarter asks of us collectively: clearer action, deeper discernment, and a stronger relationship to what truly nourishes us.

We begin with the heat and activation of Aries season, where momentum returns and emotions can become important information, move into the grounding and restorative qualities of Taurus, and then enter the accelerating, idea-rich energy of Gemini as Uranus in Gemini opens an entirely new collective storyline.

This quarter starts with some intensity, but by June there is real sweetness—more connection, more clarity, and moments that remind us what is worth caring for, building, and protecting.

Somatic & Creative Practices for each month:

April:

• Somatic practice: Do something that allows you to experience and dispel heat
• Creative practice: Spring cleaning

May:

• Somatic practice: Dance
• Creative practice: Do the hard stretchy thing

June:

• Somatic practice: Rest deeply + water-based nourishment

• Creative practice: Write and send love notes

Mentioned:

• Orienting to Spring workshop
• Uranus in Gemini Substack
• Year of the Horse Substack
• Cultivating Safety episode
• Social Change Ecosystem Map⁠

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After weeks of intense astrological build-up, the Spring Equinox opens the door to a new astrological year, and this one feels unmistakably different. With the Sun entering Aries and immediately activating Saturn and Neptune in Aries for the first time, we’re stepping into the seeding of an entirely new collective storyline around identity, leadership, and selfhood.

If the last few weeks have felt intense or destabilizing, this season says: claim the new narrative. The spark has been lit, and now it’s time to consciously work with it.

The final weeks of Aries season turn up the heat.

What begins as a tender desire to protect something new within us quickly intensifies into a season of combustion, courage, confrontation, and recalibration. With Mars entering Aries, a powerful Aries New Moon, and multiple Mars–Saturn–Neptune activations, we’re navigating fire in its rawest form: motivation, anger, inspiration, frustration, and identity reckoning.

This episode explores:

• The deeper meaning of Aries as initiatory fire
• The Sun’s activation of the new Saturn–Neptune cycle in Aries
• Mercury stationing direct on the North Node (a fated forward shift)
• A relationally rich Libra Full Moon at 12º
• Venus entering Taurus and restoring sweetness, pleasure, and stability
• The volatility of Mars–Uranus and Mars–Neptune
• A highly charged Aries New Moon at 27°
• Mars conjunct Saturn: hitting the wall
• How to work consciously with rage, inflammation, and blocked momentum

This is a season about learning how to handle heat – in your body, your relationships, and the collective – without letting it burn everything down.

Time Stamps:

00:07:59 Week 1 (March 20-21) – Fated Forward Shifts

00:12:52 Week 2 (March-28) – New Storylines

00:24:25 April 1 – Libra Full Moon

00:39:56 Week 3 (March 29-April 4) – Navigating Fire

00:53:00 Week 4 (April 5-11) – War of Ideals

01:08:04 April 17 – Aries New Moon

01:20:50 Week 5 (April 12-19) – Direct Your Motivation Wisely

Mentioned:

• Book a reading with me to make sense of this Aries season for yourself
• Social Change Ecosystem Map
• Cultivating Safety Episode
• Karla McLaren

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I’m so excited to share this conversation with cultural philosopher, strategist, and fascinating human, Chelsea Riffe ✨

This episode is a deep dive into curiosity, original thinking, and what it means to develop your own philosophy in a world that constantly tells us what and how to think.

We talk about why curiosity is being quietly trained out of us, how endless inputs (social media, AI, media cycles) can cloud our ability to think clearly, and why cultivating a distinct worldview might be one of the most valuable currencies of the next decade.

Chelsea also shares the thinking behind her new program, Supernova – a modern philosophical salon for creative entrepreneurs who want to build ideas, frameworks, and schools of thought rather than just more “content.”

This conversation is a statement for how and why allowing yourself to think a little more deeply (and a little more weirdly) might actually be the thing the world needs most right now.

If you’ve been craving more depth, more nuance, and more meaningful conversations, this one is for you.

Tune in today!

Find Chelsea:

• Her podcast
• Supernova
• Pitch Perfect
• Her Instagram
• Her Threads

Mentioned:

• Social Life

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The meaning of what's come to be known as your "Big Three" is a bit illusive, so in tihs episode, I break down how to synthesize your Rising, Sun, and Moon in your natal chart as an entry point to deeper self-understanding.

Rather than reducing astrology to personality stereotypes, I reframes these major placements as an energetic blueprint:

• Rising sign → your motivating life force and trajectory

• Sun sign → your conscious identity and purpose

• Moon sign → how you nourish yourself so you can sustain it all

This episode is not about prescribing a career path or telling you who you “should” be. Instead, it offers a framework for energetic alignment – helping you understand what propels you, what you identify with, and what truly feeds you so your life feels less chaotic and more whole.

I also include a few extra layers for nuance, so you'll learn how to mix in:

• The ruling planet of each placement

• The house it lives in

• Where Leo and Cancer fall in the chart (for the Sun and Moon)

The companion Substack with visuals and breakdowns can be found here for further integration.

Join the Orienting to Spring workshop!

Mentioned:

• Book a reading with me
• Know your Moon, know your comfort zone
• How to work with every moon
• Eps 042: How to work with all phases of the moon

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March is a powerful month, and much of that power comes from the lunations.

This month activates the Pisces–Virgo axis, illuminating the ongoing eclipse dialogue between intuition, belief, imagination, and surrender (Pisces) and discernment, embodiment, systems, and practical care (Virgo). This axis teaches us how to zoom all the way out and all the way in — and how to let those perspectives inform one another.

We open the month on March 3 with a Full Moon Eclipse at the South Node in Virgo at 12º. This eclipse is asking:

• Where are perfectionism, over-optimization, or self-criticism ready to be released?
• How have control, routine, or logic been used as substitutes for trust?
• What information is available through your body, intuition, and felt experience when clarity is unavailable?

Later in the month, on March 18, we arrive at a New Moon in Pisces at 28º, closing eclipse season and opening a new chapter. This New Moon is seeding:

• A new belief system about what is possible for you and the collective
• A vision rooted in intuition, values, and compassion
• The courage to act on a dream before you have all the proof

This lunation invites you to break old mental molds, flip limiting narratives, and root your future actions in what truly nourishes and matters.

March reminds us: intuition is a resource, belief is a catalyst, and we are stepping into a new era of consciousness — one thought, one choice, one leap at a time.

Reminder that my astrology consultations are $111 until March 21st! Be sure to book a session and not miss the lower rate.

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Welcome Pisces season!

Pisces season of 2026 is a PACKED season, friends! As a continuation of Aquarius season, we also have the continuation of eclipses, the official culmination of the Saturn-Neptune conjunction, a Mercury retrograde in Pisces, and Jupiter stationing direct. This season is messy, confusion, and ultimately asks us – what can you rely on when you don’t have all the information? What intuitive resources can you deepen into?

This season will be pulling us in a lot of different directions, and we might end up very different on the other side.

Themes of the weeks

• Week 1 (2.18-2.21) – courageously dissolving boundaries and barriers to our identity
• Week 2 (2.22-2.28) – destined confusion
• Week 3 (3.1-3.7) – stretchy creative and intuitive
• Week 4 (3.8-3.14) – deeply needed nourishment
• Week 5 (3.15-3.20 – messy emotions and a new generative cycle begins

Tune in to hear more about how each of these weeks will unfold, and the energy you can tap into to help direct your own creative cycles.

Read more about this season via the corresponding Substack article.

Key Dates:

• 2.20 Saturn conjoins Neptune, first time since
• 2.22 Venus trine Jupiter Rx
• 2.26 Mercury stations Rx in Pisces
• 2.27 Sun conjunct N Node, Mars square Uranus
• 3.2 Mars enters Pisces
• 3.3 Full Moon Eclipse Virgo 12º
• 3.5 Sun trine Jupiter Rx
• 3.6 Venus enters Aries
• 3.7 Mercury Rx cazimi, Venus conjunct Neptune
• 3.8 Venus conjunct Saturn
• 3.10 Jupiter stations direct on exaltation degree in Cancer
• 3.15 Mars conjunct Mercury Rx
• 3.18 New Moon Pisces 28º sextile Uranus, Venus square Jupiter
• 3.20 Sun enters Aries, Mercury stations direct in Pisces, Spring Equinox

Mentioned:

• Book a reading with me
• Non-violent communication practice
• Eps 050 with Kayleigh Martin

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