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Kosmic Tonic

Jasmine Richardson, Eliza Robertson, Kestrel Neathawk

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An elixir of esoteric banter, astrology, real life & joking around. Hosted by astrologers Jasmine Richardson, Eliza Robertson and Kestrel Neathawk.
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Tchicaya Ellis Robertson, Ph.D., is a self-proclaimed quant geek with a focus on eXperience measurement. On All Things X, Dr. T explores the study, practice, and measurement of eXperience with academics, practitioners, and insights professionals. Listeners can expect to learn best practices, hear exciting new insights, and/or pick up a few new nuggets about eXperience that they can get really excited about! #AllThingsX
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The Cosmic Codex podcast is a deep dive into the meaning of existence and the fabric of the universe. Brought to you by philosopher and Ph.D. candidate, Arabella Thaïs, the Cosmic Codex podcast explores the very edge of human consciousness. The intention is to inform, inspire, awaken and remind, and ultimately help instigate a new scientific paradigm that is both holistic and multi-dimensional. Arabella interviews world-leading experts and visionaries from a range of disciplines -- physics, ...
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] If you are interested in astrology, then this episode is for you. After studying archetypal astrology with Rick Tarnas last semester for my PhD, I have become fascinated with planetary archetypes, and wish to convey the scientific substance of astrology to as many people as possible. Astrology isn't somet…
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In this episode, Jasmine, Kestrel, and Eliza dive into the magic behind our pre-natal Venus cazimi's (that is: conjunctions with the Sun). Together, we explore this season’s Venus retrograde and cazimi in Leo, Venus’ synodic cycle, and what the Venus cazimi that predates your birth says about you. To do so, we unpack Arielle Guttman’s theory of Ven…
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In this episode, we dig into the theory and technique of antiscia — a concept in traditional astrology that is all about reflections of light. Our guest Kate Petty is an artist, astrologer, mentor, and all-round antiscia virtuoso. In this episode, Kate guides us through 1. What Antiscia is, 2. Why it’s something to watch for, and 3. How to track it…
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] Hello. This is my first episode in a LONG time. I started a PhD in August 2022 and it has been pretty intense. But here we are - I'm back in the game. This is a badass episode to get the ball rolling again. One of my favourite topics - dissolving the patriarchy and creating a new reality where the Great C…
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That’s a wrap on 2022. Happy New Year! In this episode, Jasmine, Kestrel, and Eliza unpack the astrology of 2023. With Mercury and Mars both retrograde at the top of the year, we begin on a slow note. But this year has a few huge changes in store. Like, generationally huge. In March, Saturn enters Pisces for the first time in 30 years. (That means …
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In this episode, we invite Vanessa Montgomery on the show to talk about astrology and creativity. Vanessa is author of Star Power, Cosmic Power, and Astro Power, as well as the resident astrologer for Glamour Magazine. Together, we explore how different houses and planets relate to creativity. We also talk about gendering (or not) the planets and "…
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We are thrilled to welcome astrologer, artist, and teacher Kelsey Rose Tortorice to the podcast to discuss human design. Human design draws from several distinct traditions of knowledge, including astrology, the Qabalah, the chakra system, and the I’Ching. The result? A system that offers eerily concrete information on your natural tendencies, patt…
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] Academic, astrologer and creative writer, Dr Eliza Robertson, limns the relationship between the mysterious, mythic figure of Lilith with her astrological counterpart, 'Black Moon Lilith'. Lilith is oft-understood to be the first wife of Adam - a defiant rebel who refuses to submit, Lilith has long been a…
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It is with serious delight and honour that we welcome renowned astrologer and NYT best-selling author Chani Nicholas to the show. In this episode, we ask Chani about her first pathway to this work, as well as why she focuses on traditional astrology. We talk about the creative process, writing as ritual (and service), birth charts as witnesses, and…
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] Cosmologist, Futurist and Planetary Healer Dr Jude Currivan joins me today to discuss the intrinsic quality of this universe that we call home. Newsflash: it isn't a 'thing', as such. It's a thought. Yes - this reality that you and I inhabit is but a thought of the Cosmic Mind. And we are part of it. As D…
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In this episode, we welcome Renee Sills to the show to map astrology onto our bodies — and vice versa. Renee is a 2nd generation astrologer, somatic movement educator, yoga teacher, and artist. In this episode, we explore postural patterns in the body, somatic awareness, and astrology as a community art project and deconstruction practice. Renee sh…
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] What does it mean to be in a liminal space? How does that relate to the epic transformation of human consciousness that we are currently experiencing? These are the sorts of big ideas explored on today's show, with guest Jeremy Johnson. This is a deep dive into philosophy, integral ecology, poetics and so…
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] This episode is unlike any other I have recorded. It is, quite simply, a narrated excerpt from my book, Being and Becoming. This is one of the post deeply personal and vulnerable things I have shared, insofar as, it is my writing - it is my expression of the literary art. Any artist will know that to put …
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] This is a solo episode in which I explain some key concepts around my academic research, and why I believe that consciousness is the most pressing issue of our times. I delineate scientific materialism, and outline its deficiencies, as well as present the preface for my counter-argument. I am making. case…
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Loli Moon is a diviner, healer, conjurer, astrologer, and 3rd generation medium. We met Loli on the Missing Witches panel for Imbolc (link below!). We appreciated Loli's wisdom so much we invited her on the show. In this episode, we talk about astrology and the revolution. Together, we explore: Pluto in Capricorn (entering Aquarius next year), as w…
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] Tim Freke is an English philosopher who has devoted extensive scholarship to the Christian Gnostics. He argues that Jesus Christ was not a historical figure but a mythic archetype belonging to earlier Pagan cults. We explore this in the podcast, and we also discuss Tim's concept of 'Unividualism', a term …
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] This is a conversation about Patriarchy and Capitalism with Alnoor Ladha, board member of Greenpeace International USA, and a visiting lecturer at New York University (NYU) and Columbia University. Alnoor is a writer and speaker on new forms of activism, the structural causes of inequality, the link betwe…
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] Ervin László is one of my greatest influences and inspirations, and it is such a great privilege to have interviewed him. He is a genius thinker and a true visionary who has offered humanity a. tremendous contribution to the advancement of knowledge. Originally a classical pianist, who gave his first pian…
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Thea Anderson joins us back on the show! In this episode, we discuss how to modernize grimoire magic (need a lunar mansion to help braid your hair, anyone?), as well as how astrology can help us unearth the past. Together, we explore: the different ways to conceptualize (and work with) the lunar mansions, as well as Thea’s research on convict leasi…
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In this episode, we explore how to use your birth chart to reflect on your erotic relationships, as well as your sexual wants, tendencies, & needs. From timing your hook up texts to sex toys to self-worth to the ways sex can be sacred: we go there. Kirah Tabourn is an astrologer, educator, host of The Strology Show and co-founder of the app CUSP. F…
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In this episode, we speak with Australian astrologer, Alicia Yusuf. The subject: Uranus, that boundary defying planet of disruption and chaos. One of the many cool things about Uranus is that it fits neatly into a human lifespan — Uranus takes 84 years to orbit that Sun. Uranus’ cycle provides a helpful frame to understand our own lives as we pass …
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In this episode, we are thrilled to welcome Thea Anderson on the show for an episode on the lunar mansions. What are the lunar mansions, you ask? You can think of them as a sort of lunar zodiac. While the Sun passes through 12 signs in a year, the Moon passes through 28 lunar mansions every month. Medieval astrologers and mages used the lunar mansi…
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As Neptune stations direct in Pisces, it feels timely that we drop an episode on this planet of dream, delusion, murk, poetry, music, inspiration, intoxication, and escape (among other themes — Neptune is notoriously hard to "pin down.”) Joining us is our friend and colleague, Stephanie Warner, a poet, astrologer, scholar, and Astrology Writer for …
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In this episode, we are thrilled to welcome Holly Truhlar to the show: grief therapist, writer, facilitator, threshold tender, and guardian of a dachshund, mule, and donkey… among many other roles and talents! Together, we discuss grief, animals, Hecate, initiation, the moon, and so much more. For more on Holly: https://www.hollytruhlar.com/ For mo…
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In this episode, we speak to writer, educator and dream coach Steven Kampmann. This chat was a wild and wending ride… we cover such topics as Carl Jung, healing through dreams, Steven’s journey with Parkinson’s (and how it’s impacted his dreams), the anima vs. the animus, archetypes and shadow. (And so much more, honestly!) For more on Steven, his …
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Happy Libra Season! We started these chats on the signs last Scorpio season, which means this is our last episode of the series. (Haven’t checked out the others? Go back and give a listen!) In this episode, we explore the archetype of Libra (with our own resident Libra Sun, Jasmine.) Yes, it gets the reputation for being the “nice” sign, but Lady J…
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] I am joined today by Dr Bruce Greyson, to discuss the phenomenon of the Near-Death-Experience, and what this may tell us about consciousness. Dr. Bruce Greyson is the Chester Carlson Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia. He was previously on the medic…
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We are so thrilled to release this episode with traditional astrologer and astro mage, Nina Gryphon! Together, we explore the ancient branch of horary astrology, in which a chart is drawn for the moment a question is asked. This is astrology at its most divinatory, if not downright magical in its logic (while at the same time complex and rigorous.)…
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Happy Virgo Season! We are delighted to welcome onto the show Whitney Will (aka Starhearth Astrology) to discuss the sign and archetype of VIRGO. Themes include: excellence (and that pressure Virgo people tend to apply to themselves); dedication to ideals; worthiness; the beauty of form; witchcraft; practical magic; and that double-bodied merging b…
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In this episode, we explore the archetype and astrology of the asteroid Vesta. Vesta is named after the Roman Goddess of the hearth, whose Greek counterpart is known as Hestia. Vesta is the first born and the last born child of Saturn, the Goddess who refused to marry or couple with other Gods, despite the pursuit of suitors like Apollo or Poseidon…
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Happy Leo season! The usual pool party begins with a bit of rain, as the Sun approaches an opposition to Saturn for the first ten days. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t show up with all the glitz and glam you can forage from your diva-auntie’s closet. In this episode, we explore questions of pride and self-worth, ego strength, playfulness, what…
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Mars and Venus joined together on July 13th — a conjunction that occurs every two years or so (retrogrades depending). These planets represent the archetypes of the lovers, the chemical attraction between opposites, the alchemy of merging two distinct elements into a third. To honour this holy and sexy union, we recorded an episode on this conjunct…
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Episode #4 [WHO MOVED MY RESEARCH?] with Eliza Jacobs, Director, Consumer Insights & Analysis at Public Broadcasting Service shares how she bounced back after needing to take a hard pivot to her research strategy as a result of changes brought on by the pandemic - and how she emerged better and wiser as a research professional.…
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In this episode, we explore the archetype and astrology of the cardinal water sign Cancer. We discuss the traits of Cancer as an archetype — from its emotional weather systems to its lunar (even umbilical) intuition, to that flinty shell that can be raised as a protective shield. As always with our episodes on the signs, we also talk about the gene…
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In this episode, we discuss the tradition of evolutionary astrology with Sabrina Monarch. We explore a great many juicy questions, such as: what the lunar nodes reveal about your soul's journey; how Pluto can be used in shadow work; and what astrology can hint about past lives. For more on Sabrina Monarch: https://monarchastrology.com/ For more on …
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Happy Gemini Season! In this episode, we explore the tropes and tendencies of the sign of the Twins — our chatty, flirty, brainy, shapeshifting, trickster alchemists of the zodiac. We also discuss the upcoming lunations (read: ECLIPSE SEASON) and astro weather (read: MERCURY RETROGRADE). For more on Jasmine, Kestrel and Eliza: www.kosmictonic.com F…
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] I am thrilled to present my guest on today's show: Professor Allan Combs, PhD. Professor Combs is a consciousness researcher, neuropsychologist, and systems theorist at California Institute of Integral Studies where he is the Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies. He is the author of over 200 a…
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It is our extreme pleasure to release this conversation with T. Susan Chang and Mel Meleen of the Fortune's Wheelhouse Podcast! In this episode, we dig into all manner of esoterica — from the tarot to the Hermetic Qabalah, to ritual and creation and magic and ensoulment and psychology and MORE. All three of us are mega fans of Susie and Mel, and we…
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Happy Taurus season! In this episode, we explore the sign Taurus with our resident Taurus rising friend, Ursula Duffy. Ursula is an astrologer, aromatherapist, and medium. Together, we talk sensuality and sexuality; we talk natural healing; we talk scents and food and beer. And of course, we talk astro weather, and the upcoming lunations. We are so…
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] Carter Phipps is an author, speaker, and thought leader who works at the intersection of business, personal development, and culture.His recent book Conscious Leadership – which he co-wrote with Wholefoods founder John Mackey and Steve McIntosh– was selected as a Financial Times Fall Book Pick 2020 and ha…
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In this episode, we meet with Reema Ghannoum, the founder of the Jupiter Method of interior design. TheJupiter method involves arranging and adorning your living space to facilitate better flow and harmony. Reema draws inspiration from the birth charts (and astrocartography lines!) of her clients, and applies these details to wider principles of Fe…
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] Debashish Banerji is the Haridas Chaudhuri Professor of Indian Philosophies and Cultures and the Doshi Professor of Asian Art at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is also the Program Chair for the East-West Psychology department. Prior to CIIS, he served as Professor of Indian Studies and D…
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] I am thrilled to welcome Stef Sifandos as the guest on today's show. Stef is a trained educator and relationships expert with a background in behavioral science. He is passionate about leading people to closer to their highest potential and to each other. Stefanos’ philosophy merges the best of Eastern an…
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Next up in our Goddess series: the asteroid, Juno. In this episode, we explore the myth and astrological archetype that surrounds the "Sacred Consort" (who was a badass deity in her own right before defined as the wife of Jupiter / Zeus.) Themes include: connection, commitment, partnership, collaboration, attachment and MORE. For more on Jasmine, E…
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] The Irish Poet and mystic William Butler Yeats is the central topic of today’s show. For any of you interested in poetry, mysticism and the occult, then you are in for treat. I discuss Yeats with Danny Rhodes, a Yeatsian academic who completed his PhD at Queen Mary University – titled ‘Radiant Matter: Alc…
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In this episode, we discuss the cardinal fire sign of Aries with one of our fave Aries risings: Anya Kaats. Some questions we ponder: how do Aries folk experience fear? How does Mars leave its imprint? What's the difference between being self-sustaining, or self-sovereign, and selfish? We also touch on the coming lunations, including the Libra full…
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In this episode, we walk alongside those sky beings known as the Centaurs. David Leskowitz offers centauric healing and attunement sessions, which introduce participants to the energy of four healing centaurs through sound, visualization and active imagination techniques. We discuss how Chariklo informed the year-if-not-decade-defining stellium in …
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[Podcast previously entitled Sacred Wisdom] This episode is a solo riff on Power and Empowerment. This subject is of endless fascination to me - the true meaning of what it is to be powerful. Unfortunately our society has conflated power with material wealth and exertion of control over others - which is a corrupted vision of power. What we need, m…
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