Healing The Spirit: Astrology, Archetypes & Artmaking

Resources and Links* Join Galactic Warrior: From Imaginary Fear to Embodied Courage, a guided journey & embodiment workshop for the New Moon in Aries here* Book a 20-minute recorded tarot reading here* Support the podcast on Substack here* Book a reading with Jonathan here* Apply for ongoing guidance container here* Try the breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free here_______What intervention is present in my current reality? What isn’t going according to plan? And how might that be good for me?April asks us to step into Deep Faith.The current of the river is strong and it looks intimidating. What normally feels second-nature to us suddenly seems out of our control.In the quickening chaos of Aries energy, we’re reminded that wisdom doesn’t move at the pace of logic. Some of the most challenging transits of April are also the most generative – even if it doesn’t seem like it when it’s unfolding.The work is to recognize that wisdom is cultivated over time. And it requires you to fully immerse in the experiences that life presents.As the old saying goes, “You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day. Unless you’re too busy, then you should sit for an hour.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jonathankoeofficial.substack.com/subscribe

Resources and Links* Support the podcast on Substack here* Work with Jonathan 1:1* book a reading here* apply for ongoing guidance container here* Try the breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free here“I’m most interested in writing a love letter to humanity. Even more so than travel.”For many in the astrology and tarot world, Jeff Hinshaw is no stranger. You may know him through his deeply beloved podcast Cosmic Cousins or the Brooklyn Fools Tarot Journey.Recently, Jeff and I caught up to discuss the process of creating Travel Tarot, in which Jeff collaborated with Lonely Planet and Studio Muti. Specifically, we discussed how the deck deepened his embodied understanding of the Mercury retrograde phases and sharpened his awareness of creative synchronicities.It’s an expansive deck that’s also gentle to the nervous system – an energetic signature I always feel whenever I interact with both Jeff as a person and his work. I know that this deck will expand many people’s relationship with the tarot, and the world at large.Jeff also generously shared his current process as a practitioner and a human walking his path. We touched on the Saturn-Neptune in Aries conjunction (a big astro signature this year), as well as some early data on the magic of this deck.Order your copy of Lonely Planet Travel Tarot here.Visit Jeff’s website for current offerings here.Subscribe to Jeff’s Substack here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jonathankoeofficial.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit jonathankoeofficial.substack.comAlright dear ones… In this episode, we get REAL.Let’s start with the baseline premise that everyone who’s listening is doing The Work™️: practicing being honest with themselves and others, acknowledging our humanity and fallibility, and committing to being a kind human being who’s not intentionally trying to hurt people for no reason.And yet, even when you do all the things, the inevitable will still happen.You rub people off the wrong way. Often when you least expected it.You were simply living your life. Being you. Responding as you. Then out of left field, something you said set them off. Your perspective, your phrasing, your tone, something in the way you showed up activated them in ways that are unpleasant to everyone involved.I must admit, I’m dissatisfied by the easier explanation of: “Oh, they’re just projecting onto you. Don’t worry about it.” Because while that’s usually true, I know that this experience, like everything in life, is a fantastic opportunity for me to also look at my own stuff.So, what’s going on here? Is there more than what meets the eye? How might we take this painful experience and tend to what is ours to process, while releasing that which aren’t?

Resources and Links* Join Venus & Mars, a 3-month alchemical immersion to rekindle your inner flame and fall back in love with your life, starting on March 2, 2026 here* Support the podcast on Substack here* Book a reading with Jonathan here* Apply for a mentorship with Jonathan here* Join the waitlist for Venus & Mars, a 3-month alchemical immersion to rekindle your inner flame and fall back in love with your life here* Try the breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free here_______Have you ever felt like your muse is working you overtime? That ideas continue streaming even when you’re well past your ability to execute them?My guest today is the brilliant guide Verena Borell. She’s no stranger to the experience of burnout, which she experienced at multiple junctures in her journey.I initially invited Verena to contemplate her natal Venus in Aries with me. And our conversation led to Verena beautifully sharing her experience as an entrepreneur and practitioner.Her Venus in Aries placement wouldn’t let her resign to these patterns, though. Through continued reflection and experimentation, Verena created her unique blend of evolutionary astrology, somatic experiencing, and other modalities to heal herself and teach her clients to soften and slow down.This conversation is fresh and brilliant. I hope Verena’s generous share of her journey inspires you and reminds you that you’re not alone if these patterns are present for you, too.Connect with Verena:Website: https://www.verenaborell.com/enWeekly Newsletter: https://verenaborell.myflodesk.com/newsletter-htsSoul & Soma Podcast: https://www.verenaborell.com/podcastSubstack Creating My Full-Body-Yes-Life: https://myfullbodyyeslife.substack.com/  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jonathankoeofficial.substack.com/subscribe

Resources and Links* Join Venus & Mars, a 3-month alchemical immersion to rekindle your inner flame and fall back in love with your life, starting on March 2, 2026 here* Support the podcast on Substack here* Book a reading with Jonathan here* Apply for a mentorship container with Jonathan here* Try the breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free here_______Where in my life am I still trying to squeeze my mermaid self into a box that was never designed for my essence?March calls us to simultaneously explore our mythical selves and take aligned actions.March begins with an intensely Piscean sky, with all the personal planets, along with Sun and Rahu in Pisces.We then shift into the fiery Venus in Aries, teaching us how to be with difficult emotions and potential ruptures. Meanwhile, Mars in Pisces is an invitation to channel big emotions into art, collective dreaming, and courageous action.Along the way, this month encourages you to treat your life as an alchemical laboratory, to work skillfully with misunderstandings and unclear structures, and to remember that you are not here to wait for miracles.You’re here to become one. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jonathankoeofficial.substack.com/subscribe

Resources and Links* Join Venus & Mars, a 3-month alchemical immersion to rekindle your inner flame and fall back in love with your life, starting on March 2, 2026 here* Support the podcast on Substack here* Book a reading with Jonathan here* Apply for a mentorship container with Jonathan here* Try the breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free here_______Wow. This was the most fun I had recording a podcast episode in a while!We had a range questions – from how to show up authentically in dating, finding mutual satisfaction with the audience of one’s creative project, the feeling of always wanting more, the fear of sharing our art, and how to balance alone time with quality time with loved ones + how to work with not feeling like there’s enough time to develop our ideas.If you find yourself thinking, “I have a question and I want to ask too!” join the Substack here. All subscribers will be able to ask me questions for the pod!Special thanks for those who courageously shared their questions! 🤍 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jonathankoeofficial.substack.com/subscribe

Resources and Links* Join Venus & Mars, a 3-month alchemical immersion to rekindle your inner flame and fall back in love with your life, starting on March 2, 2026 here* Support the podcast on Substack here* Work with Jonathan 1:1* book a reading here* apply for a mentorship container here* Try the breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free hereWhat benefits might we begin experiencing when we work with Venus & Mars? Are there any precautions we might want to take as we intentionally attune to their influence? How might this work impact our greater communities?In this episode, I introduce Venus & Mars, a 3-month alchemical immersion to rekindle your inner flame and fall back in love with your life.In this immersion, we approach archetypal studies from a holistic, embodied, and creative lens. We also bring in contemplative practices, somatic explorations, and energy medicine tools. Listen in & join us for this unique, nourishing experience if you feel the call! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jonathankoeofficial.substack.com/subscribe

Resources and Links* Support the podcast on Substack here* Book a reading with Jonathan here* Apply for a mentorship container with Jonathan here* Try the breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free here_______In this episode, multi-modality oracular artist and the human behind The Glitch Witch, Lisa Quigley, joined me for an expansive conversation about the process of maturing as a spiritual practitioner, nurturing the Aquarian consciousness, and what it actually takes to build a business that can hold your depth.This is the first episode in a series I’m doing throughout 2026, Inside The 10th House, where we’ll explore the unique journeys of practitioners who are committed to growing and sharing their spiritual gifts with their communities and the world-at-large.We also explored:* Lisa’s journey of Aquarian evolution from being a rebel without a cause into remembering her innocent, visionary self.* Making a conscious transition from a period of voracious acquisition of certifications in healing modalities into embodied integration of skills and perspectives.* How engaging in energy work and setting up a clear ‘hello’ to her people helped clear the projector bitterness.* Communicating and articulating what we do as multi-modality practitioners without flattening it into a neat box or alienating your audience.* Extraterrestrial contact work as a portal to more fully embodying being human.Lisa Quigley is a multi-modality oracular artist, soul archaeologist, and energy architect of The Glitch Witch Otherworld. She helps imaginative baddies, sensitive dreamers, and homebody bookworms get their vision off the secret pages of their journals — and into the physical world.As an award-nominated author and long-time mystic, Lisa bridges galactic remembrance with grounded leadership so you can turn your “glitches” into your greatest magic.The Glitch Witch Otherworld is a mythic parallel realm where your archives of lost magic are recovered, and where artists, mystics, and multidimensional humans restore their destiny timeline.Connect with Lisa: https://theglitchwitch.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jonathankoeofficial.substack.com/subscribe

Resources and Links* Support the podcast on Substack here* Join the waitlist for the upcoming Venus & Mars immersion here* Work with Jonathan 1:1* book a reading here* apply for a mentorship container here* Try the breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free hereWe’re excited to introduce a new interview series on the podcast: Inside The 10th House!Inside The 10th House dives into the internal work and the process that practitioners, artists, writers, creatives, and visionaries move through, as they birth their work into the world.Over the years, I’ve had private conversations with colleagues, peers, and mentors about the joys, challenges, and transformations they undergo as they become the vessel for the work that wants to come through them. My intention with this series is to convey: * How each person’s journey is unique and how it’s influenced by their backgrounds, their practices, and the path that emerges.* How the creative process is almost universally non-linear and unpredictable. I hope you enjoy this exploration, and that you find solace, inspiration, and a sense of kinship through these conversations. We’ll start our series tomorrow with Lisa Quigley (aka. The Glitch Witch)! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jonathankoeofficial.substack.com/subscribe

Resources and Links* Support the podcast on Substack here* Join the waitlist for the upcoming Venus & Mars immersion here* Book a reading with Jonathan here* Apply for a mentorship with Jonathan here* Try the breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free here_______This conversation was so much fun. I invited two of my favorite diviners, Erin Kelley and Mallory Dowd – both of whom are brilliant tarot readers and intuitives in their own rights.We discussed their relationship with The Wheel of Fortune card: what they think of when this card comes up in personal and client readings, their favorite ways to be with the inevitable changes and surprises in life, and how this archetype might color 2026 energetically.We also invoked some of our favorite Tarot thinkers by reading passages from their writings:* Jessica Dore’s Tarot for Change* Amanda Yates Garcia’s article 2026 is our year to break the Wheel of Fortune* Christine Payne-Towler’s Tarot of The Holy Light* Sallie Nichols’s Tarot and the Archetypal Journey: The Jungian Path from Darkness to LightMallory Dowd (she/they) is an intuitive tarot reader, therapist, and artist in love with the world. Her work draws on her clinical training, lived experience, studies in tarot and astrology, and earth-based spiritual practices. Mallory is interested in grief, imagination, and play and is devoted to the honest, slow work of healing through relationship. Mallory offers intuitive tarot readings, therapeutic support, and spiritual and creative mentorship. They share their writing on Instagram and Substack and are currently working on two podcasts: Seeding Spells (daily divinations and love notes from the tarot) and an upcoming conversational podcast about love and grief.Mallory’s website: https://www.mallorydowd.com/Erin Kelley is a writer, devotional astrologer, and esoteric strategist with a feral heart. Her intuitive gift of right timing is the essence behind her work, affectionately called Slow Magick. Erin believes desire is holy, change happens when it is time, and that Eros is the driving impulse connecting this moment to the next. Before leaping into her second act, Erin spent over a decade creating award-winning go-to-market strategies. She now uses her instinctual abilities with her well-honed analytical skills to craft practical, effective recommendations for engaging with the subtle realm in everyday life. Erin offers astrological consultations and mentorship, is the steward and facilitator of several charmed offerings, and is the producer, editor, and host of The Nature of Invisible Things podcast. She finds much joy and satisfaction in sharing her love of the divinatory arts, helping others reconnect with the magick within and re-enchant their lives.Erin’s website: https://slowmagick.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jonathankoeofficial.substack.com/subscribe