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On this week’s podcast episode, we explore the Taurus Full Moon and its polarity with Scorpio as we begin Scorpio season. From Taurus’ esoteric phrase, “I see, and when the eye is opened, all is illumined,” to Venus retrograde at the final degree of Libra and Mercury retrograde in Scorpio, we reflect on beauty, aging, intimacy, and the values that shape our relationships. We explore how to balance security with surrender, reconsider inherited standards of beauty, and recognize what becomes visible when we slow down enough to truly receive. Then, we are joined in conversation with Seattle musician and songwriter Hannah Ramone. We reflect on their Taurus Midheaven, and the ways music can give sound to experiences that might otherwise remain underwater. We tune into Hannah’s new single, “The Sweetness,” and also enjoy an early preview of Hannah's forthcoming song “In the Garden,” featuring Darla Rae. Also, on this episode, we celebrate the living creative lineage of Seattle’s music community by honoring the late Gary Mula, a gifted musician, recording engineer, and producer whose work helped generations of artists bring their music into the world. We listen to two of Gary’s songs, “Purple Crush” and “Listen”, reflecting on his birth chart: Jupiter + Neptune in Scorpio 12th House. Together, these musical offerings invite us to consider how art carries memory, how creative communities sustain one another across generations, and how the sweetness of being alive can emerge through connection. If you’d like to enjoy more writing, reflections, and cosmic storytelling from me lately, join me on the Cosmic Cousins Substack. ___________________________________________________________________ Journey Through the Underworld: Dark Goddess Astrology Reading is a 30-minute recorded astrology reading exploring Venus retrograde’s relationship to your birth chart and the deeper layers of your inner world. Together, we’ll explore what this cycle is bringing into focus around love, desire, relationships, values, intimacy, and self-worth, while turning to the mythology of the Dark Goddesses as guides through the underworld of buried emotions, ancestral patterns, complicated relationships, and parts of yourself waiting to be reclaimed. ___________________________________________________________________ Cosmic Mix Tape – A Soundtrack for Your Soul. The Cosmic Mix Tape. is a personalized astrology experience that transforms your birth chart into a soulful soundtrack through an in-depth recorded reading and a carefully curated playlist. _____________________________________________________________________ Cosmic Cousins Links Sedna Workshop Cosmic Mix Tape Newsletter Mentorship Deep Dive Astrology Readings Tarot Soul Journey  Cosmic Mix Tape Dark Goddess Astrology Recording Cosmic Cousins Substack Instagram Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

This week, we explore the Libra New Moon and Venus retrograde in Scorpio. From my journey up the Northern California coast toward Vancouver Island, I reflect on how Venus retrograde connects us with past chapters of love, identity, creativity, and belonging, and how revisiting old stories can reveal what has changed and what is ready to take a new form.  Also, on this epsiode, we have a Libra Panel, and are joined by three Libra's: Panda Landa, Mary Evans, and Dana Balicki for a conversation inspired by the Justice card from the Wild Unknown Tarot, featuring two cats whose tails meet around the world while each occupies its own space. Together, we explore what these wise cats can teach us about consent, accountability, belonging, and maintaining connection without abandoning ourselves. We also look at Panda Landa's art, and pair one piece of art with each of the 12 Zodiac signs!  Tune in to learn your message. f you’d like to enjoy more writing, reflections, and cosmic storytelling from me lately, join me on the Cosmic Cousins Substack. ___________________________________________________________________ Journey Through the Underworld: Dark Goddess Astrology Reading is a 30-minute recorded astrology reading exploring Venus retrograde’s relationship to your birth chart and the deeper layers of your inner world. Together, we’ll explore what this cycle is bringing into focus around love, desire, relationships, values, intimacy, and self-worth, while turning to the mythology of the Dark Goddesses as guides through the underworld of buried emotions, ancestral patterns, complicated relationships, and parts of yourself waiting to be reclaimed. ___________________________________________________________________ Cosmic Mix Tape – A Soundtrack for Your Soul. The Cosmic Mix Tape. is a personalized astrology experience that transforms your birth chart into a soulful soundtrack through an in-depth recorded reading and a carefully curated playlist. _____________________________________________________________________ Cosmic Cousins Links Sedna Workshop Cosmic Mix Tape Newsletter Mentorship Deep Dive Astrology Readings Tarot Soul Journey  Cosmic Mix Tape Dark Goddess Astrology Recording Cosmic Cousins Substack Instagram Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

For this Aries Full Moon, we first explore all of the Aries energy in the sky right now, including: Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, Pallas, Vesta and Eris.  Then, we welcome the incredible artist, jeweler, and "star witch” Galen Boone to Cosmic Cousins for a wide-ranging conversation about Aries, embodiment, queer lineage, talismanic jewelry, grief, justice, addiction, self-devotion, and pleasure. With Aries Rising and Mars-Eris exactly conjunct their Ascendant, Galen offers a deeply embodied perspective on Aries as an impulse toward life, courage, and self-definition, while also questioning the ways traditional Aries symbolism can privilege patriarchal ideas of “rule.” We talked about their silverwork as “reverential armor,” reclaiming queer words through art, their relationship to queer ancestors and persecuted healers, and the ways jewelry can become a wearable vessel for memory, protection, devotion, and transformation. We also explored the Devil and Star cards, the relationship between impulse and addiction, the sacredness of self-pleasure, th eyear of the Fire Horse, and Galen’s practice of marrying themself as a radical commitment to self-devotion. At the heart of our conversation was a question that feels particularly alive under this Aries Full Moon with Mars in Cancer: What would it mean to stop abandoning ourselves in order to be loved, and instead learn to drink from our own cup?   Galen's Instagram   If you’d like to enjoy more writing, reflections, and cosmic storytelling from me lately, join me on the Cosmic Cousins Substack. _____________________________________________________________________ Cosmic Cousins Soul-Centered Astrology Certification:   A Yearlong Immersion in Living Astrology with Jeff Hinshaw Are you looking for community support and guidance on your journey of astrology?  Join me in a year-long journey into Soul-Centered Astrology where you’ll explore birth charts, planetary cycles, Tarot, embodiment, ritual, and the deeper myths woven through the cosmos. Whether you’re beginning your astrology path or deepening your practice, this immersive program is designed to help you build a lifelong relationship with astrology. Apply Now!! _____________________________________________________________________ Cosmic Mix Tape – A Soundtrack for Your Soul. The Cosmic Mix Tape. is a personalized astrology experience that transforms your birth chart into a soulful soundtrack through an in-depth recorded reading and a carefully curated playlist. _____________________________________________________________________ Cosmic Cousins Links Sedna Workshop Cosmic Mix Tape Newsletter Mentorship Deep Dive Astrology Readings Tarot Soul Journey  Cosmic Mix Tape Cosmic Cousins Substack Instagram Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

On this week’s episode of Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw explores the Virgo New Moon, the 9-year anniversary of Cosmic Cousins, and the Hermit as Merlin, guide through mystery and devotion. We also explore the Virgo/Pisces polarity, the Labradorite Priestess, labradorite as a stone of magic and grounding, and the sacredness of embodiment, service, and the mundane. Plus, Jeff welcomes Virgo musician and astrologer Ariel Lask. In our conversation we explore Degree Theory, the esoteric phrase for Virgo, White Moon Selena and listen to the premiere of her new single, “Get To Love You”. _____________________________________________________________________ If this podcast episode offered you something you needed today, you can book a deep-dive Astrology reading with me, send a little love through Venmo, or become a regular subscriber on Substack to support the continuation of this work. Thank you for being part of the magic, and for trusting your own inner knowing along the way. _____________________________________________________________________ Over the last two weeks, I’ve published five new pieces on the Cosmic Cousins Substack, exploring tarot, astrology, creativity and synchronicity: Virgo New Moon Magic – The Labradorite Priestess, the Virgo/Pisces Polarity, Understanding the Hermit as Merlin & Nine Years of the Cosmic Cousins Podcast Temperance as Alchemy & Art: A Temperance Ritual for the New Cosmic Cousins Students Angel Number 777: A Nudge From the Universe to Keep Going – The Virgo New Moon, the Seven of Pentacles, and a Brilliant Idea on the Horizon Before I Knew I Was Going to Be an Astrologer: Life as a Millenial Growing Up in a Very Aquarian Age An Evening with Mary K. Greer: Tarot: The North Node is Definitely in Aquarius If you’d like to enjoy more writing, reflections, and cosmic storytelling from me lately, join me on the Cosmic Cousins Substack. _____________________________________________________________________ Cosmic Cousins Soul-Centered Astrology Certification:   A Yearlong Immersion in Living Astrology with Jeff Hinshaw Are you looking for community support and guidance on your journey of astrology?  Join me in a year-long journey into Soul-Centered Astrology where you’ll explore birth charts, planetary cycles, Tarot, embodiment, ritual, and the deeper myths woven through the cosmos. Whether you’re beginning your astrology path or deepening your practice, this immersive program is designed to help you build a lifelong relationship with astrology. Apply Now!! _____________________________________________________________________ Cosmic Mix Tape – A Soundtrack for Your Soul. The Cosmic Mix Tape. is a personalized astrology experience that transforms your birth chart into a soulful soundtrack through an in-depth recorded reading and a carefully curated playlist. _____________________________________________________________________ Cosmic Cousins Links Sedna Workshop Cosmic Mix Tape Newsletter Mentorship Deep Dive Astrology Readings Tarot Soul Journey  Cosmic Mix Tape Cosmic Cousins Substack Instagram Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

On this week’s episode of Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw explores Virgo Season, the 7 days of the week and their associated planet, anxiety and overwhelm, the Pisces Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, the North Node of Fate in Aquarius conjunct Hekate, goddess of crossroads and liminal spaces. We also explore Astraea, asteroid of cosmic justice, also close to the Full Moon. In addition, we are joined by Dr. Branwen Schaub of True Will Studio.   A Pisces Sun astrologer, Branwen shares her wide-ranging relationship with astrology, mathematics, dance, and Tarot, exploring the surprising connections between infinity, imagination, pattern recognition, creativity, grief, surrender, lineage, and release. We discuss the death of her father and the complicated legacy of astrology and occultism within her family, reflecting on the Pisces esoteric phrase, “I leave my father’s home and turning back I save,” and what it can mean to turn toward our histories through forgiveness, reclamation, integration, and self-ownership. Along the way, we read two poems from Heidi Rose Robbins’ Ask Me, listen to “Surrender” by Branwen’s teacher Sri Kala, sing a song together, pull the Six of Swords from the Lonely Planet Travel Tarot, and close with Hekate, goddess of the crossroads, exploring what it means to have a light beside us without someone else choosing the path. If this podcast episode offered you something you needed today, you can book a deep-dive Astrology reading with me, send a little love through Venmo, or become a regular subscriber on Substack to support the continuation of this work. Thank you for being part of the magic, and for trusting your own inner knowing along the way.   Cosmic Cousins Soul-Centered Astrology Certification:   A Yearlong Immersion in Living Astrology with Jeff Hinshaw Are you looking for community support and guidance on your journey of astrology?  Join me in a year-long journey into Soul-Centered Astrology where you’ll explore birth charts, planetary cycles, Tarot, embodiment, ritual, and the deeper myths woven through the cosmos. Whether you’re beginning your astrology path or deepening your practice, this immersive program is designed to help you build a lifelong relationship with astrology. Apply Now!! Cosmic Mix Tape – A Soundtrack for Your Soul. The Cosmic Mix Tape. is a personalized astrology experience that transforms your birth chart into a soulful soundtrack through an in-depth recorded reading and a carefully curated playlist.   Cosmic Cousins Links Sedna Workshop Cosmic Mix Tape Newsletter Mentorship Deep Dive Astrology Readings Tarot Soul Journey  Cosmic Mix Tape Cosmic Cousins Substack Instagram Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

On this week’s podcast episode of Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw leads you through a heart-centered Leo meditation on the astrology of the moment. We then dive deep into the energy of eclipses, discuss Jupiter in Leo and the South Node of Fate in Leo. We also spend time listening to two songs "Secret War" by Leo Rising Hannah Ramone and "Arms Akimbo" by Leo Rising Lindsey Mills.   Cosmic Cousins Soul-Centered Astrology Certification:   A Yearlong Immersion in Living Astrology with Jeff Hinshaw Are you looking for community support and guidance on your journey of astrology?  Join me in a year-long journey into Soul-Centered Astrology where you’ll explore birth charts, planetary cycles, Tarot, embodiment, ritual, and the deeper myths woven through the cosmos. Whether you’re beginning your astrology path or deepening your practice, this immersive program is designed to help you build a lifelong relationship with astrology. Apply Now!!   A Queer Arcana Full Moon Party at the Palm Springs Art Musuem I’m so excited to announce that I’m teaming up with the Palm Springs Art Museum for their exhibition, A Queer Arcana, which celebrates queer artists from the last century who have used esoteric practices, including tarot, as sources of inspiration, healing, creativity, and resistance. To celebrate the exhibition, I’ve brought together a team of dear friends and fellow queer tarot readers who will be offering mini tarot readings during the opening event on the Pisces Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, August 28th, at the Palm Springs Art Museum. Joining us will be Corinna Rosella of Milk Thistle, husbands Brandon Alter and Angel Lopez of The Spiritual Gayz, and Mr. Starry Skies Alan, also known as Mantis Tarot, a tarot author. All five of us will be there offering mini readings throughout the evening, and we cannot wait to celebrate with you! There’s also something especially meaningful to me about this exhibition. My beloved teacher, Rachel Pollack, who passed away a few years ago, is represented in the exhibit through the original artwork from her tarot deck, displayed in a glass case alongside other feminist tarot decks and works of esoteric art. Rachel was the author of 78 Degrees of Wisdom and Tarot Wisdom, and their work profoundly shaped my own relationship with tarot. It feels incredibly special to be part of an exhibition that honors the ways queer people have turned to tarot and other esoteric practices not only for divination, but as tools for healing, self-discovery, imagination, and resistance. So please come join us for Queer Arcana on August 28th at the Palm Springs Art Museum. Come see the exhibition, celebrate queer history and creativity, and let one of us pull cards for you under the Pisces Full Moon Eclipse. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!    Cosmic Mix Tape A Soundtrack for Your Soul The Cosmic Mix Tape. is a personalized astrology experience that transforms your birth chart into a soulful soundtrack through an in-depth recorded reading and a carefully curated playlist.   Cosmic Cousins Links Sedna Workshop Cosmic Mix Tape Newsletter Mentorship Deep Dive Astrology Readings Tarot Soul Journey  Cosmic Mix Tape Cosmic Cousins Substack Instagram Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

Special Announcement:  Cosmic Cousins Soul-Centered Astrology Certification. A Yearlong Immersion in Living Astrology with Jeff Hinshaw Learn to speak the language of the stars.  Join a year-long journey into Soul-Centered Astrology where you’ll explore birth charts, planetary cycles, Tarot, embodiment, ritual, and the deeper myths woven through the cosmos. Whether you’re beginning your astrology path or deepening your practice, this immersive program will help you build a lifelong relationship with the sky. Early bird rates available now. Now, on to this week’s episode of Cosmic Cousins as we journey into the depths of the Cancer New Moon — a sacred invitation to slow down, return home, and reconnect with the wisdom of the body, heart, and emotional landscape. We explore the powerful astrology surrounding this lunation, including Jupiter’s entrance into Leo, the Mercury Cazimi, Neptune retrograde in Aries, and the rare planetary basket formation weaving together Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, and Jupiter. Rather than rushing toward the next chapter, this New Moon reminds us that true transformation begins with rest, reflection, and nourishment. Together, we explore what it means to pause in the in-between spaces, honor the emotions we’ve carried, and prepare the soil for the creative expansion and collective evolution ahead. Then, we are joined by Seymour Fox, a Cancer Sun tarot reader, professor, and participant in this year’s 22-week online Fool’s Journey. Seymour shares their lifelong relationship with Tarot, beginning in their teenage years in California and evolving from a study of archetypes into a deeply intuitive and relational practice. Together, we explore the intersection of Tarot, queerness, academia, and spirituality, as Seymour reflects on creating space for all parts of themselves and integrating their professional and magical identities. Together we explore Cancerian themes of home, memory, devotion, grief, and emotional belonging, including how Tarot became a source of spiritual care during their late wife’s illness and how loss transformed their relationship with the cards. Seymour shares their devotional Fool’s Journey practice of creating altars for each Major Arcana card and how ritual immersion revealed that the archetypes are not just symbols to study, but living relationships that meet us through unexpected moments of transformation. We then close with a Cancer New Moon Whimsical Wanderings journey through childhood memories, the ocean, books, and the wisdom of the I Ching’s image of “The Well”, a reminder that our inner waters are a source of nourishment, connection, and infinite renewal.   Cosmic Cousins Links Sedna Workshop Cosmic Mix Tape Newsletter Mentorship Deep Dive Astrology Readings Tarot Soul Journey  Cosmic Mix Tape Cosmic Cousins Substack Instagram Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

Summer Special – There are 10 discount codes available now through the end of Cancer Season, each offering $50 off a personalized Cosmic Mix Tape. Use coupon code: CANCER The Cosmic Mix Tape is a personalized astrology experience that transforms your birth chart into a soulful soundtrack through an in-depth recorded reading and a carefully curated playlist. __________________________________ In this episode, we explore the Capricorn Full Moon and its call to ground into structure, clarity, and long-term vision around career, legacy, and commitment, while Cancer season highlights emotional awareness and care. This lunation arrives alongside Jupiter’s shift into Leo, beginning a year-long cycle of creativity, courage, and heart-led expression, even as Mercury stations retrograde in Cancer, inviting reflection on family, memory, and emotional patterns. With Jupiter completing its final degree in Cancer and Saturn in Aries emphasizing self-leadership and responsibility, this Full Moon asks us to balance forward momentum with reflection, ambition with emotional honesty, and vision with patience. Then, we are joined by Corinna Rosella, a Capricorn herbalist, artist, and community organizer whose work weaves together astrology, tarot, plant medicine, analog photography, and ecological care. Grounded in years of tending both people and place through their beloved Yucca Valley apothecary, Milk Thistle, Corinna shares how the recent closure of the space became an invitation to honor grief, reclaim their identity as an artist, and imagine new forms of community rooted in reciprocity rather than burnout. Together, we explore the Cancer–Capricorn axis as a landscape of ancestry, legacy, accountability, and collective care, as Jupiter completes its yearlong journey through Cancer and prepares to enter Leo. Together we reflect on ecological grief, herbalism as a practice of resilience, and the role of creativity in times of personal and collective uncertainty. We discuss what Capricorn truly teaches beyond its stereotypes: devotion through practical care, sustainable systems, and the courage to face difficult realities without losing hope. We then close with a Whimsical Wanderings channeled message for the collective for the Capricorn Full Moon, where we prepare dandelion root coffee, sew together two tanned hides at sunset, receive guidance from Eartha Kitt, and end with an oracle pull reminding us that healing our future begins with the small acts of care we choose today.   Cosmic Cousins Links Sedna Workshop Cosmic Mix Tape Newsletter Mentorship Deep Dive Astrology Readings Tarot Soul Journey  Cosmic Mix Tape Cosmic Cousins Substack Instagram Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

This episode is presented as a text-to-talk voice-over using Substack's narration feature while Jeff recovers and rests his voice. In this week's Cosmic Weekly Weather (June 15–21, 2026), we explore the energy unfolding after the Gemini New Moon, the ongoing influence of Uranus in Gemini, and the significant shift of Chiron entering Taurus. Jeff reflects on finding feathers as messages from the natural world, shares thoughts on emerging technologies and new forms of communication, and discusses the healing themes of Cancer Season and the Summer Solstice. The episode concludes with reflections on The Star tarot card, offering guidance around hope, renewal, and trusting the path ahead.   Cosmic Cousins Links Sedna Workshop Cosmic Mix Tape Newsletter Mentorship Deep Dive Astrology Readings Tarot Soul Journey  Cosmic Mix Tape Cosmic Cousins Substack Instagram Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

In this week’s episode, recorded under the influence of a rare Venus–Jupiter conjunction in Cancer at 25°, we explore a powerful “wish point” for emotional fulfillment, abundance, and nourishment. We reflect on themes of love, belonging, home, and memory, weaving in the tarot imagery of the Nine of Cups and the larger year-long arc of Jupiter in Cancer as it magnifies both joy and emotional complexity within family systems and chosen kinship. The episode also moves through Chiron’s final days in Aries, highlighting closure and healing around identity themes that have been unfolding since 2018, alongside the shifting landscape of Gemini season, Mercury’s entrance into Cancer, and the emotional rhythms of the waning Moon. Looking ahead, we cover Venus entering Leo, Mercury’s upcoming retrograde shadow, Jupiter’s shift into Leo, and the Gemini New Moon on June 14th. This episode invites you to notice what is completing, what is beginning, and where life is quietly offering you abundance to receive. Cosmic Cousins Links Sedna Workshop Cosmic Mix Tape Newsletter Mentorship Deep Dive Astrology Readings Tarot Soul Journey  Cosmic Mix Tape Cosmic Cousins Substack Instagram Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

In this episode, Jeff Hinshaw explores the Sagittarius Full Moon , a luminous culmination in Gemini season that illuminates the dynamic polarity between Gemini’s curiosity and Sagittarius’ quest for truth and expansion. In this episode we weave through the embodied astrology of Sagittarius (connected to the legs, hips) and Gemini’s (hands, lungs), highlighting how this axis teaches us to integrate thought with lived experience. With Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius and Uranus beginning its seven-year cycle in Gemini, we are collectively awakening to deeper truths, breaking ancestral patterns of shame, and reorienting toward more liberated ways of thinking and being. Through personal reflection, teaching stories, and somatic practices like drishti and body awareness, this episode offers a grounded yet expansive invitation to integrate, reorient, and illuminate what is emerging in your life. Then, we are joined by Cesar Gutierrez, also known as Soul Centaur, a Sagittarius astrologer, tarot reader, and devotional spiritual practitioner whose work bridges astrology, tarot and energy healing. Rooted in both Catholic upbringing and spiritual practice, Cesar now identifies as a Neo-Catholic, weaves together devotion to Santa Muerte, intuitive tarot, and lived experience of transformation through loss, identity, and awakening. Together, we explore ancestral reverence, queer spiritual reclamation, what it means to move through Gemini Season and the approaching Sagittarius Full Moon, with Uranus newly in Gemini illuminating themes of duality, perception, and spiritual expansion.   Cesar shares their journey into astrology and tarot beginning in 2018 during a Uranus transit, and how their practice deepened through COVID, personal loss, and the alchemy of becoming “Soul Centaur.” We explore the origin of this name as a fusion of Sagittarius symbolism and lived transformation, and how Sagittarius teaches the art of blending modalities while still staying grounded in discernment. We then close with a Mystical Meanderings journey into the realm of Sagittarius, where we meet a twin reflection in the forest, receive a symbolic toy airplane as expanded vision, are visited by an ancestor musician with a message of resilience, and end with the a tarot pull and a reminder that everything is cyclical. Cosmic Cousins Links Sedna Workshop Cosmic Mix Tape Newsletter Mentorship Deep Dive Astrology Readings Tarot Soul Journey  Cosmic Mix Tape Cosmic Cousins Substack Instagram Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

In this week’s episode of Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw explores the astrology of May 25–31 through a soul-centered and embodied lens. We move through the airy social currents of Gemini season, the flirtatious elegance of the Libra Moon, emotional depth of the Scorpio Moon, and toward a hopeful Sagittarius Full Moon centered on meaning, storytelling, and personal myth-making.   This episode includes reflections on: Gemini season as nervous system medicine Somatic practices for the hands, arms, shoulders, and lungs Venus and Jupiter in Cancer as evening stars Sun trine Pluto in Aquarius and transformative conversations Mars in Taurus and sustainable, embodied action Ceres entering Gemini and nourishment through language and ritual Gemini as inner child healing in the underworld The symbolism of the Death card and ritual grief work The Sagittarius Full Moon and Dorothy from "Wizard of Oz” as an archetype Jeff also shares upcoming offerings including yoga classes, astrology readings, and future podcast conversations. Mentioned in This Episode Articles & Resources Podcast: Gemini as the Psychopomp Article:  Gemini as Inner Child Healing in the Underworld Article:  Gemini as a Psychopomp Article:  Venus in Cancer for Each Rising Sign Article:  Mars in Taurus Embodiments for All Signs Music Featured “Flesh to Flower” by Heirloom Cosmic Cousins Links Sedna Workshop Cosmic Mix Tape Newsletter Mentorship Deep Dive Astrology Readings Tarot Soul Journey  Cosmic Mix Tape Cosmic Cousins Substack Instagram Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III   Upcoming Offerings Sunday, May 31, 2026 – Restorative yoga with handpan music alongside Nina. Sunday, June 14, 2026 – Wallflower Venice – in-person readings   Ritual for the Week Take a moment this week to reconnect with your breath. Stretch your arms. Shake out your hands. Watch Venus and Jupiter set in the western sky after sunset. Notice what stories you are carrying, and which ones you are ready to release.

Gemini Season Begins: Mars in Taurus, Venus in Cancer, Uranus & Sedna Cazimi This week on Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw explores the energetic transition from grounded Taurus Season into the lively currents of Gemini Season. With Mars entering Taurus, Venus entering Cancer, and the Sun moving into Gemini, this moment invites a balance between curiosity and rootedness, mental stimulation and emotional sincerity. The episode also dives into one of the most important astrological signatures of the year: the Uranus–Sedna conjunction in Gemini, amplified through a powerful Uranus Cazimi. Themes of collective awakening, technological evolution, ancestral healing, discernment, ecological consciousness, and the future of communication are highlighted throughout the conversation. Alongside the astrology, Jeff shares reflections from recent community gatherings in Venice and Palm Springs, upcoming offerings, and ways to stay grounded and connected during a rapidly shifting collective atmosphere. Workshop Announcement Sedna Workshop: Enrollment opens on Friday, May 1st (Scorpio Full Moon) for a three-hour deep-dive workshop: Topics: Sedna’s myth, altar building, tarot associations (notably, The Hanged One/The Tethered One), astrological significance, personal and collective healing. Workshop materials will be delivered on the Taurus New Moon (May 16) as the Sun prepares to align with Sedna. Listeners interested in astrology, tarot, and deepening their connection with Sedna are invited to sign up. New Offering – Cosmic Mix Tape The Cosmic Mix Tape is officially here. A personalized astro birth chart reading woven with music, where your chart becomes a living soundtrack you can feel, return to, and embody.   Cosmic Cousins Links Newsletter Mentorship Deep Dive Astrology Readings Tarot Soul Journey  Cosmic Mix Tape Cosmic Cousins Substack Instagram Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

This episode is just me, Jeff Hinshaw, offering a reflection on the Taurus New Moon and the larger collective shifts we are moving through. I explore how this lunation marks the first Taurus New Moon without Uranus in Taurus since 2019, and what it means to begin integrating years of disruption and innovation around money, the body, stability, technology, and the Earth itself, while Uranus now in Gemini shifts the revolution into language, communication, and perception. I share observations from the collective field around simplification, mobility, and changing life structures, alongside increasing relational and mental intensity as different worldviews meet. From there, I move into Taurus embodiment practices, including a somatic grounding meditation through the body and third eye “bull’s eye” center as a way of reconnecting intuition with physical presence and nature. We also touch on the archetypal image of “The Lightning” from the Marseille tradition of the Tower card and how it reframes disruption as revelation. I also explore how Sedna and the Pleiades are part of this wider collective shift into Gemini, highlighting how mythic and celestial bodies are participating in this reorientation of voice, memory, and perception. Then, we close with grounding reflections for this new cycle.   Workshop Announcement Sedna Workshop: Enrollment opens on Friday, May 1st (Scorpio Full Moon) for a three-hour deep-dive workshop: Topics: Sedna’s myth, altar building, tarot associations (notably, The Hanged One/The Tethered One), astrological significance, personal and collective healing. Workshop materials will be delivered on the Taurus New Moon (May 16) as the Sun prepares to align with Sedna. Listeners interested in astrology, tarot, and deepening their connection with Sedna are invited to sign up. New Offering – Cosmic Mix Tape The Cosmic Mix Tape is officially here. A personalized astro birth chart reading woven with music, where your chart becomes a living soundtrack you can feel, return to, and embody.   Cosmic Cousins Links Newsletter Mentorship Deep Dive Astrology Readings Tarot Soul Journey  Cosmic Mix Tape Cosmic Cousins Substack Instagram Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

Mutual Reception: Mercury in Taurus + Venus in Gemini Hey cosmic cousins! On this week of Cosmic Weekly Weather, for the week of May 4–10, 2026, Mary Evans joins us unexpectedly. We light a candle she gifted, and drop into the living ritual of the moment together. Notable Transits of the Week Mutual Reception: Mercury in Taurus + Venus in Gemini Mutual reception is an astrological condition where two planets are in each other’s ruling signs, creating a reciprocal exchange of energy. It’s as if each planet is hosted by the other, so even if they’re not in their most natural placement, they gain support, access, and understanding through that relationship. This often creates a feedback loop where the planets can “help” one another express more fluidly. This week, we are experiencing a mutual reception between Mercury and Venus—meaning they are in each other’s signs, creating a supportive, reciprocal relationship. Mercury (the mind, communication) is in Taurus (ruled by Venus), while Venus (love, beauty, pleasure) is in Gemini (ruled by Mercury). This creates an energetic “infinity loop” or feedback system, each planet strengthening and softening the other. We were likening this specific combo of Mutual Reception to the ‘2 of Pentacles’ in the tarot. Themes of the week include balance, harmony, and learning how to integrate thinking with feeling, and value with curiosity. Mercury in Taurus invites us to slow down, speak from embodied truth, and tend to practical, sensory realities (like finances, food, touch). Venus in Gemini encourages play, connection, curiosity, and finding joy in conversation, collaboration, and “fun in pairs.” Together: where Taurus may feel fixed, Gemini brings movement; where Gemini may feel scattered, Taurus offers grounding. Reflection Questions for the Week: How can I speak what I value? How can I stay curious about what I love without rushing to define it? Song of the week: “Goddess Code” by Lizzie Jeff This track is a mantra for the current astrology and mutual reception of Mercury in Taurus + Venus in Gemini —calling in abundance, friendship, greater alignment, purpose and joy. Lyrics about manifesting finer things, embodying what you preach and traveling with friends. Let this be a soundtrack for pleasure, self-worth, and intentional creation. Cosmic Summer Bundle Special! Purchase my upcoming workshop on Sedna + Iris Oracle deck by Mary Evans and receive two free Mary Evans original beach towels. If you’ve been wanting to deepen into myth, astrology, and intuitive practice, this is a beautiful entry point. Workshop Announcement Sedna Workshop: Enrollment opens on Friday, May 1st (Scorpio Full Moon) for a three-hour deep-dive workshop: Topics: Sedna’s myth, altar building, tarot associations (notably, The Hanged One/The Tethered One), astrological significance, personal and collective healing. Workshop materials will be delivered on the Taurus New Moon (May 16) as the Sun prepares to align with Sedna. Listeners interested in astrology, tarot, and deepening their connection with Sedna are invited to sign up. New Offering – Cosmic Mix Tape The Cosmic Mix Tape is officially here. A personalized astro birth chart reading woven with music, where your chart becomes a living soundtrack you can feel, return to, and embody.   Cosmic Cousins Links Newsletter Mentorship Deep Dive Astrology Readings Tarot Soul Journey  Cosmic Mix Tape Cosmic Cousins Substack Instagram Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III