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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. Resources & Links 🌱✨ Subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter 🌔🌀 Receive the free Lunar Living guide and attune to the gentle, nourishing cycle of the Moon

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 cosmosPrompts 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. Resources & Links 🌹𖠿 Join Gates of Venus 🌱✨ Subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter 🌔🌀 Receive the free Lunar Living guide and attune to the gentle, nourishing cycle of the Moon

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 mythMajor archetypes and themes of Inanna’s descent and the story’s relationship with Venus retrograde Mentioned in this episode:  Descent & Rising by Carly MountainDescent of Inanna into the Underworld WikiSide Quest to the Underworld by Aryn the Alchemist Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music. Resources & Links 🌹𖠿 Join the Gates of Venus waitlist 🌱✨ Subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter 🌔🌀 Receive the free Lunar Living guide and attune to the gentle, nourishing cycle of the Moon

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 VenusIf 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. Resources & Links 🌹𖠿 Join the Gates of Venus waitlist 🌱✨ Subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter 🌔🌀 Receive the free Lunar Living guide and attune to the gentle, nourishing cycle of the Moon

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 justiceTo 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. Resources & Links 🌹𖠿 Join the Gates of Venus waitlist 🌱✨ Subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter 🌔🌀 Receive the free Lunar Living guide and attune to the gentle, nourishing cycle of the Moon

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 wholenessVenus’ kinship with plants, including Rosemary, Lemon Balm, and Birch Apple magic as a practice of ancestral reverence and re-enchantmentTo 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. Resources & Links 🌹𖠿 Join the Gates of Venus waitlist 🌱✨ Subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter 🌔🌀 Receive the free Lunar Living guide and attune to the gentle, nourishing cycle of the Moon

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. Resources & Links 🌹𖠿 Join the Gates of Venus waitlist 🌱✨ Subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter 🌔🌀 Receive the free Lunar Living guide and attune to the gentle, nourishing cycle of the Moon

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 humorHow 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. Resources & Links 🌹𖠿 Join the Gates of Venus waitlist 🌱✨ Subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter 🌔🌀 Receive the free Lunar Living guide and attune to the gentle, nourishing cycle of the Moon

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 processWhat 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. Resources & Links 🌹𖠿 Join the Gates of Venus waitlist 🌱✨ Subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter 🌔🌀 Receive the free Lunar Living guide and attune to the gentle, nourishing cycle of the Moon

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 guideMeeting 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. Resources & Links 🌹𖠿 Join the Gates of Venus waitlist 🌱✨ Subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter 🌔🌀 Receive the free Lunar Living guide and attune to the gentle, nourishing cycle of the Moon

This episode is for the wild hearted artists, the nature-loving creatives, and anyone questioning their relationship with AI.  This week’s guest is Mel Mitchell-Jackson, an adventure artist and writer whose art and work seduces others into the pleasure of loving nature. Tune in to hear Emily and Mel discuss… AI sobriety and discerning whether the tech we utilize is a partner or a thief Why AI is a kill switch for our intuition and severs us from the beauty and intelligence of the Earth Growing our capacity for uncertainty and mystery and strengthening our discernment, inner knowing, and self-trust Presence in nature and creative craft as wellness practices and rebellion against the status quo Receiving wisdom from the Redwoods and practicing community care Connect with Mel on Substack and YouTube, listen to the Persistent Bloom podcast, and check out their conversation on Off the Grid. Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music. Resources & Links 🌹𖠿 Join the Gates of Venus waitlist 🌱✨ Subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter 🌔🌀 Receive the free Lunar Living guide and attune to the gentle, nourishing cycle of the Moon

Welcome to season two of Soil and Stars!  We are back for the next 12 weeks with Venus as our guiding light and muse. Each week, Emily and special guests will reveal the multidimensionality of the Venusian.  To kickoff this season, Emily waxes poetic about her love of our brilliant Evening and Morning Star.  Tune in to this Venusian sermon illuminating...   The ancient relationship between Venus, Earth, and the Sun Venus’ many faces as Ishtar, Inanna, and Aphrodite The tapestry of human-star relations and following in the footsteps of our ancestors Why centering the Venusian supports our personal and collective flourishing in times of collapse If you want to go deeper with Venus and be held in like-hearted community, join the Gates of Venus waitlist.  Mentioned in this episode: Farmer Rox Writes on Substack Pallas K. Augustine, guide and teacher of Venus’ cycles Polish Folk Witch on Patreon  Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music. Resources & Links 🌹𖠿 Join the Gates of Venus waitlist 🌱✨ Subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter 🌔🌀 Receive the free Lunar Living guide and attune to the gentle, nourishing cycle of the Moon

Welcome to the season one finale of Soil and Stars. This week, Emily has a soulful conversation with artist and writer Cody Cook-Parrott about their new book, The Practice of Attention. This episode is an invitation to notice where our attention goes and energy flows. Attention is the gateway to presence, and in a world full of distractions, presence is the greatest gift we can give ourselves. Tune in to hear Emily and Cody discuss:  Their complicated relationships with social media and how they began noticing the negative impacts of apps like Instagram How our creative and spiritual practices can help us live meaningful lives  The power of writing as a contemplative practice to help us make sense of our inner worlds   Connect with Cody by subscribing to their newsletter, reading their books, and listening to Common Shapes.  Thank you for tuning into season one of Soil and Stars! Please share this episode with the people you love. Stay tuned later this year for season two.  If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon. Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year.  Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

In this episode, Emily sits down with the story doula, Dajé Alōh, for an expansive conversation about soul initiation, becoming a dream of the Earth, and navigating the thresholds of the creative process.  Emily & Dajé discuss: Practicing simple, grounded rituals to make contact with the Earth, elements, and our inner wildsMeeting the Mother and offering Her our whole being and heartOur unique soul calling as the Earth imagining herself back into wholeness The Creative Rites as a living framework of visionary archetypes to guide us through the initiations, seasons, and thresholds of the creative processDescending to soul, retrieving vision, awakening our power, and rising again  Learn more about Storywork Studio and connect with Dajé on Instagram @thestorydoula, Substack, and tune into the soft, earthen futures podcast.  If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon. Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year.  Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.

In this episode, Emily connects with politicized somatic practitioner and popular educator Eris Johnson for a profound conversation about eco-somatic practices, interspecies relations, and eco-social collective liberation. Emily & Eris discuss:  Listening deeply and coming back into collaborative, reciprocal relationship with land  Expanding our movements for liberation to include the freedom and sovereignty of beyond human beings Widening our sense of self to include community, ecology, and cosmosOrienting to somatics as a practice of awakening aliveness for the sake of healing, transformation, pleasure, and freedom Popular education as a model that removes institutional barriers to knowledge while honoring our role as both student and teacher Connect with Eris on Instagram and learn more about their politicized somatic offerings, including Somatic Enchantment.  If you’re struggling with burnout, Lunar Living: Rituals For Recovering From Burnout is a free guide to help you slow down and attune to the gentle cycle of the Moon. Tune in, share this episode with someone you love, and subscribe to the Soil and Stars newsletter for free or become a patron for $5/month or $50/year.  Thank you Bre Legan for our artwork and Paul Krasnoshchok for our music.