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I hope you had a good weekend, and surrendered to the flow you were being asked to experience.</p><p>Just like that&#8230; July is about to come to an end. But not before some pivotal astrological transits.</p><p>Make sure to come by to my <strong>Shadow Work Through Tarot &amp; Poetry THIS Wednesday, July 29</strong>. We&#8217;ll be diving into the shadows of Aquarius for the full moon, which will be occurring that evening. <strong><a href="https://partiful.com/e/vjZohVMkfgLxi8eWdr1C?">RSVP here!</a></strong></p><p><strong>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening in the sky this week&#8212;</strong></p>
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I hope you had a good weekend, and were able to receive the guidance, insights and revelations that you needed in order to move forward with alignment.</p><p>Don&#8217;t forget that my next Shadow Work Through Tarot &amp; Poetry is NEXT Wednesday, June 29. We&#8217;ll be diving into the shadows of Aquarius for the full moon, which will be occurring that evening. <strong><a href="https://partiful.com/e/vjZohVMkfgLxi8eWdr1C?">RSVP here!</a></strong></p><p><strong>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening in the sky this week&#8212;</strong></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[What If This Chapter Is Complete?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's talk about The World.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/what-if-this-chapter-is-complete</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/what-if-this-chapter-is-complete</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:13:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/Hss_c-DY8mE" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-Hss_c-DY8mE" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;Hss_c-DY8mE&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Hss_c-DY8mE?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about endings.</p><p>Not the dramatic kind. The quiet ones that creep up on you. I&#8217;ve been feeling it in the air.</p><p>There&#8217;s been a palpable shift of realizing that you&#8217;ve outgrown a version of yourself, a relationship, a dream, or a way of seeing the world&#8212;and there&#8217;s no dramatic event to mark it. Just a quiet knowing that something has come full circle.</p><p>In this week&#8217;s episode of <em>Hot Girl Math</em>, I&#8217;m reflecting on The World card in tarot, one of the most beautiful and misunderstood archetypes in the deck.</p><p>People often assume The World represents reaching the finish line, but I think it represents something far more meaningful.</p><p>Completion.</p><p>The moment when the lessons you&#8217;ve been trying so hard to learn stop feeling like lessons and simply become who you are.</p><p>This episode gets a bit emotional, so if you feel like you&#8217;re shedding a part of yourself that you&#8217;ve held on to for a long time&#8230; grab the tissues.</p><p>We&#8217;re often so focused on what&#8217;s next that we forget to honor what we&#8217;ve already lived through. What we&#8217;ve survived. What we&#8217;ve become.</p><p>And what we no longer are.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[a long karmic chapter finally comes to a close.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your weekly oracle reading and astro transits (07.13.2026)]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/a-long-karmic-chapter-finally-comes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/a-long-karmic-chapter-finally-comes</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:08:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!20Qp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6631b469-78da-4e0b-92f8-e8d6bb7a2db3_1280x720.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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I hope you had a good weekend, and enjoyed yourselves in whatever ways you needed most.</p><p>Just wanna let you know that my next Shadow Work Through Tarot &amp; Poetry is on Wednesday, June 29. <strong><a href="https://partiful.com/e/vjZohVMkfgLxi8eWdr1C?">RSVP here!</a></strong></p><p>The energy has felt quite intense the last week or so. There&#8217;s a feeling of completion in the air, and an anticipation of what&#8217;s on the other side of this ending. You may have felt quite reflective.</p><p>Remember, Mercury is retrograde in Cancer, so a lot of emotions may have come up in recent days. There&#8217;s processing that needed to happen. Things that needed to be felt, and let go.</p><p>There&#8217;s new energy on the way.</p><p><strong>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening in the sky this week&#8212;</strong></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're Not Being Punished. You're Being Shown the Truth.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's talk about judgement.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/youre-not-being-punished-youre-being</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/youre-not-being-punished-youre-being</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:02:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/bPqSP7hGDU0" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-bPqSP7hGDU0" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;bPqSP7hGDU0&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/bPqSP7hGDU0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>What if the most uncomfortable seasons of your life aren&#8217;t punishment... but revelation?</p><p>In this week&#8217;s episode of <em>Hot Girl Math</em>, we&#8217;re exploring one of the most misunderstood cards in the tarot: Judgement.</p><p>Despite its name, this card isn&#8217;t about condemnation or divine punishment. It&#8217;s about awakening. It&#8217;s the moment the truth becomes impossible to ignore. The moment you can no longer negotiate with what you already know.</p><p>Personally, the Judgement card often arrives when we&#8217;re being asked to take an honest inventory of our lives. To recognize the patterns we&#8217;ve outgrown, the stories we&#8217;ve been telling ourselves, and the consequences&#8212;both beautiful and painful&#8212;of the choices we&#8217;ve made.</p><p>But archetypes don&#8217;t only play out within us. They also unfold collectively.</p><p>In this episode, we explore how the symbolism of Judgement mirrors the cultural moment we&#8217;re living through, why so many institutions and long-held beliefs seem to be under scrutiny, and how this intersects with America&#8217;s Pluto return&#8212;a once-in-centuries astrological transit associated with confronting power, shadow, and transformation.</p><p>Whether or not you read tarot or follow astrology, my hope is that this conversation invites you to ask a simple question:</p><p><em>What truth have I already seen, but haven&#8217;t fully answered?</em></p><p>Because sometimes awakening doesn&#8217;t begin with finding new answers. It begins when we&#8217;re finally willing to stop looking away.</p><p>New episodes of <em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0y4a0aEUhHb_4E-s5f0cO2s34qwCGhw">Hot Girl Math</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0y4a0aEUhHb_4E-s5f0cO2s34qwCGhw"> drop every Wednesday</a></strong>.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[things are about to change in a big way...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your weekly oracle reading and astro transits (07.06.2026)]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/things-are-about-to-change-in-a-big</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/things-are-about-to-change-in-a-big</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:09:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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I hope you had a good weekend, and were able to rest, rejuvenate and reflect in whatever ways you needed most.</p><p>We&#8217;ve officially entered July, the most cosmically active month of the entire year, and if these readings have been resonating, then you&#8217;re on the precipice of closing out a huge karmic cycle this week&#8230;</p><p><strong>So, let&#8217;s get into it&#8212;</strong></p>
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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>We recently experienced the Capricorn Full Moon, which is a moon that asks us to examine the structures we have built our lives upon.</p><p>Capricorn is often misunderstood (I know this personally). People hear about Capricorn energy and immediately think of ambition, success, discipline, and achievement.</p><p>And let&#8217;s be real, this is all true.</p><p>But beneath all of that, Capricorn speaks to something far more intimate. It speaks to the ways we learn to survive.</p><p>Capricorn energy highlights the quiet understanding many of us inherited very early in life &#8212; that in order to be loved, respected, safe, or valued, we must become capable, useful, perform well and hold ourselves together.</p><p>Capricorn also teaches us responsibility, and at its highest expression, it is a great teacher of devotion and integrity. The ability to build something meaningful through patience and perseverance.</p><p>However, the shadow is often a voice that dismisses your needs and instead tells you to <em>keep going. Do more. Don&#8217;t fall apart now. Rest later.</em></p><p>And somewhere along the way, we stop asking ourselves a very important question: <em>Who taught me that my worth is tied to what I can endure?</em></p><p>Below you&#8217;ll find the three shadow work prompts we used in our Shadow Work Through Tarot &amp; Poetry circle for the Capricorn Full Moon, which are designed to help you work with this energy through tarot and generative writing.</p><p>Hold each prompt in your mind&#8217;s eye as you pull a card, and allow the symbolism to guide your reflection. Let the card be your compass, and the page be your sanctuary.</p><p>If you don&#8217;t work with cards, that&#8217;s OK. Use these prompts to help you spark a dialogue with your subconscious.</p><p>There&#8217;s no right or wrong way to do this. All it asks of you is to be honest.</p><p><strong>Where have I learned to measure my worth by what I produce rather than who I am?</strong></p><p>Capricorn often internalizes the belief that value must be earned through performance, so explore where achievement has become your identity.</p><p><strong>Where has discipline stopped serving me and started becoming a form of suffering?</strong></p><p>Capricorn&#8217;s shadow can turn structure into rigidity and resilience into quiet self-denial. Explore where you have mistaken struggle for virtue.</p><p><strong>What part of me learned that asking for help was unsafe?</strong></p><p>Capricorn often carries the burden of hyper-independence, believing strength means needing no one. Explore where you struggle to receive support and what emotional needs you suppress.</p><p><strong><a href="https://partiful.com/e/vjZohVMkfgLxi8eWdr1C?">If you&#8217;re in the Los Angeles area, the next Shadow Work Through Tarot &amp; Poetry will be on Wednesday, July 29!</a></strong></p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Some Women Keep Chasing Unavailable Men]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's talk about father wounds and dating.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/why-some-women-keep-chasing-unavailable</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/why-some-women-keep-chasing-unavailable</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:21:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/Ky24mBJ8qd0" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-Ky24mBJ8qd0" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;Ky24mBJ8qd0&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Ky24mBJ8qd0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Why do emotionally unavailable men feel magnetic? Why can being chosen feel more intoxicating than being genuinely loved?</p><p>In this week&#8217;s episode of <em>Hot Girl Math</em>, we&#8217;re exploring the father wound &#8212; and how our earliest experiences with masculine energy can quietly shape the way women experience intimacy, self-worth, and relationships long into adulthood.</p><p>Because when a young girl grows up with a father who is absent, emotionally unavailable, hypercritical, inconsistent, controlling, or unable to offer stable love&#8230;</p><p>She often learns something dangerous very early&#8230;</p><p><em>Love is something I have to earn.</em></p><p>We talk about why some women become attracted to men who make them work for affection, why healthy love can feel unfamiliar when inconsistency was the blueprint, and how over-giving, people pleasing, hyper independence, and chasing emotionally unavailable partners can all stem from deeper attachment wounds.</p><p>If you feel read right now, join the club.</p><p>This conversation isn&#8217;t about blaming fathers.</p><p>It&#8217;s about understanding how childhood experiences shape adult patterns and recognizing that sometimes the deepest healing doesn&#8217;t begin with learning how to choose better partners.</p><p>It begins by questioning the story.</p><p>New episodes of <em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0y4a0aEUhHb_4E-s5f0cO2s34qwCGhw">Hot Girl Math</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0y4a0aEUhHb_4E-s5f0cO2s34qwCGhw"> drop every Wednesday</a></strong>.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[this is the only thing standing in your way...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your weekly oracle reading and astro transits (06.29.2026)]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/this-is-the-only-thing-standing-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/this-is-the-only-thing-standing-in</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:08:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!20Qp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6631b469-78da-4e0b-92f8-e8d6bb7a2db3_1280x720.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!20Qp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6631b469-78da-4e0b-92f8-e8d6bb7a2db3_1280x720.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!20Qp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6631b469-78da-4e0b-92f8-e8d6bb7a2db3_1280x720.png 424w, 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I hope you had a good weekend, although I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if it kind of threw you for a loop a little. The energy felt a bit turbulent in moments, and a little overwhelming or heavy, but maybe it&#8217;s just my luteal phase.</p><p>Guess we&#8217;ll find out soon.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BBfX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52df3eee-b922-46e0-93f3-ac230713cadd_640x512.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BBfX!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52df3eee-b922-46e0-93f3-ac230713cadd_640x512.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BBfX!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52df3eee-b922-46e0-93f3-ac230713cadd_640x512.gif 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BBfX!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52df3eee-b922-46e0-93f3-ac230713cadd_640x512.gif 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BBfX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52df3eee-b922-46e0-93f3-ac230713cadd_640x512.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BBfX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52df3eee-b922-46e0-93f3-ac230713cadd_640x512.gif" width="640" height="512" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/52df3eee-b922-46e0-93f3-ac230713cadd_640x512.gif&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:512,&quot;width&quot;:640,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Awkward Smile GIFs | Tenor&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Awkward Smile GIFs | Tenor" title="Awkward Smile GIFs | Tenor" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BBfX!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52df3eee-b922-46e0-93f3-ac230713cadd_640x512.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BBfX!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52df3eee-b922-46e0-93f3-ac230713cadd_640x512.gif 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BBfX!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52df3eee-b922-46e0-93f3-ac230713cadd_640x512.gif 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BBfX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52df3eee-b922-46e0-93f3-ac230713cadd_640x512.gif 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>A reminder that the next <strong><a href="https://partiful.com/e/kXYnDLcH7r7x8eipMjaj?">Shadow Work Through Tarot &amp; Poetry event</a> </strong>will be THIS Wednesday, July 1, at 8pm PST and centered on the Capricorn Full Moon. I hope you&#8217;ll join us!</p><p>Something about this week feels like a reckoning. A truth you&#8217;ve been avoiding around your happiness, your capacity to receive, and the ways fear has quietly convinced you to keep playing smaller than the life you say you want. </p><p>The reading for this week explores the self-sabotaging patterns, wounded beliefs, and inner dialogue standing between you and the abundance, love, and fulfillment you keep searching for.</p><p>But first, there&#8217;s a lot of cosmic shakeups happening right now in the sky, so if you are part of the wave who has been feeling a bit out of sorts, emotional, or like old triggers are coming back up&#8230;</p><p><strong>This might be why&#8212;</strong></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Some Men Keep Choosing Toxic Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's talk about mother wounds and dating.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/why-some-men-keep-choosing-toxic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/why-some-men-keep-choosing-toxic</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:22:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/DiNW_hf-2dU" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-DiNW_hf-2dU" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;DiNW_hf-2dU&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DiNW_hf-2dU?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>I came across a post recently that read: <em>&#8220;Of course men love toxic women. They grew up with a mother who beat them then said &#8216;I love you.&#8217;&#8221;</em></p><p>And while provocative, I couldn&#8217;t stop thinking about the psychology underneath it.</p><p>Because what happens when a young boy learns that the very person meant to make him feel safe is also the source of fear, criticism, unpredictability, or emotional pain?</p><p>In this week&#8217;s episode of <em>Hot Girl Math</em>, we unpack the mother wound in men &#8212; specifically how early relationships with emotionally volatile, neglectful, or abusive mothers can unconsciously shape a man&#8217;s sense of self, the women he gravitates toward, and the kind of love his nervous system learns to recognize as familiar.</p><p>We talk about why some men confuse chaos with chemistry. Why healthy love can feel boring when dysfunction was the blueprint. How emotional repression develops when vulnerability feels unsafe.</p><p>And why so many people aren&#8217;t choosing what they <em>deserve</em> in relationships&#8230;</p><p>They&#8217;re choosing what their nervous system has been conditioned to call love.</p><p>This conversation isn&#8217;t about blaming mothers.</p><p>It&#8217;s about understanding how childhood wounds quietly shape adult relationships, and why healing often begins when we stop asking <em>&#8220;Why do I keep choosing this?&#8221;</em> and start asking <em>&#8220;Where did I first learn that love was supposed to feel this way?&#8221;</em></p><p>Come solve the energetic equations with me.</p><p>New episodes of <em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0y4a0aEUhHb_4E-s5f0cO2s34qwCGhw">Hot Girl Math</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0y4a0aEUhHb_4E-s5f0cO2s34qwCGhw"> drop every Wednesday</a></strong>.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[this separation isn't what you think.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your weekly oracle reading and astro transits (06.22.2026)]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/this-separation-isnt-what-you-think</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/this-separation-isnt-what-you-think</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:08:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!20Qp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6631b469-78da-4e0b-92f8-e8d6bb7a2db3_1280x720.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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I hope you had a wonderful weekend and a beautiful Summer Solstice! This is my favorite time of year.</p><p>A reminder that the next <strong><a href="https://partiful.com/e/kXYnDLcH7r7x8eipMjaj?">Shadow Work Through Tarot &amp; Poetry event</a> </strong>will be next Wednesday, July 1, and centered on the Capricorn Full Moon. I hope you&#8217;ll join us!</p><p>Lastly, happy birthday to all the Cancers! It&#8217;s your season, so let&#8217;s see what the energy is giving.</p><p><strong>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s up in the cosmos this week&#8212;</strong></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[30 Spiritual Truths I’ve Learned Along the Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here are some things I've gathered from my guides thus far...]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/30-spiritual-truths-ive-learned-along</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/30-spiritual-truths-ive-learned-along</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:37:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/P8FldyKdjZA" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-P8FldyKdjZA" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;P8FldyKdjZA&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/P8FldyKdjZA?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot lately about truth.</p><p>Not <em>Truth</em> in the absolute sense &#8212; the kind people cling to as universal, fixed, and unquestionable.</p><p>But little-<em>t</em> truths.</p><p>The insights we gather through lived experience. The understandings that arrive through intuition, observation, suffering, healing, surrender, and the strange unfolding of being human.</p><p>In this week&#8217;s episode of <em>Hot Girl Math</em>, I&#8217;m sharing <strong>30 spiritual truth bombs</strong> I&#8217;ve accumulated over the years &#8212; not as doctrine, not as something you need to adopt, but as reflections that have helped me make sense of this reality and my place within it.</p><p>We explore why ascension often requires a descent first. Why many of us may have chosen to incarnate during this particular moment in history. What it means to live through the merging of two realities happening simultaneously.</p><p>And how sometimes the deepest wisdom comes not from certainty&#8230; but from allowing yourself to sit in the mystery.</p><p>None of these are what I call <em>big-T Truths. </em>They are simply truths that continue to reveal themselves to me.</p><p>And maybe in hearing them, something within you remembers what has always been quietly unfolding inside of you, too.</p><p>New episodes of <em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0y4a0aEUhHb_4E-s5f0cO2s34qwCGhw">Hot Girl Math</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0y4a0aEUhHb_4E-s5f0cO2s34qwCGhw"> drop every Wednesday</a></strong>. Come join the conversation.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[don't become lazy with love.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your weekly oracle reading and astro transits (06.14.2026)]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/dont-become-lazy-with-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/dont-become-lazy-with-love</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:08:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!20Qp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6631b469-78da-4e0b-92f8-e8d6bb7a2db3_1280x720.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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I hope you had a wonderful weekend and were able to replenish your energy in whatever way you needed most.</p><p>KNICKS IN 5! What a great NBA Final game, and for those wondering, no&#8230; I&#8217;m not a Knicks fan, per se, but I kept telling people that if they won, it was a good omen, so it was beautiful to witness.</p><p>A reminder that the next <strong><a href="https://partiful.com/e/kXYnDLcH7r7x8eipMjaj?">Shadow Work Through Tarot &amp; Poetry event</a> </strong>will be Wednesday, July 1, and centered on the Capricorn Full Moon. I hope you&#8217;ll join us!</p><p>We just had the Gemini New Moon yesterday, and Mercury is about to go retrograde, so if things feel <em>glitchy, </em>it might be because there&#8217;s a lot going on energetically.</p><p><strong>Let&#8217;s talk about what&#8217;s up in the cosmos this week&#8212;</strong></p>
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Come join the conversation.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[what are you so afraid of?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your weekly oracle reading and astro transits (06.08.2026)]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/what-are-you-so-afraid-of</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/what-are-you-so-afraid-of</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:08:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!20Qp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6631b469-78da-4e0b-92f8-e8d6bb7a2db3_1280x720.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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I hope you had a wonderful weekend and were able to replenish your energy in whatever way you needed most.</p><p>A reminder that the next <strong><a href="https://partiful.com/e/kXYnDLcH7r7x8eipMjaj?">Shadow Work Through Tarot &amp; Poetry event</a> </strong>will be Wednesday, July 1, and centered on the Capricorn Full Moon. I hope you&#8217;ll join us!</p><p>Change is in the air, can you feel it? There&#8217;s quantum leap energy coming through, which will require some major transitions, and it feels like some of you are being resistant to this.</p><p><strong>Let&#8217;s talk about what&#8217;s up in the cosmos this week&#8212;</strong></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Connection Broke a Generational Karmic Cycle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Worthiness wounds came straight to the surface.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/this-connection-broke-a-generational</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/this-connection-broke-a-generational</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:09:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/RWU5P7n9IJ0" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-RWU5P7n9IJ0" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;RWU5P7n9IJ0&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/RWU5P7n9IJ0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>We went back to basics for this one.</p><p>In this week&#8217;s episode of <em>Hot Girl Math</em>, I let the cards reveal the message that needed to be shared. Normally, I&#8217;d have an idea of what needs to be discussed for the episode, but this week was different.</p><p>All I kept hearing was, &#8220;Channel.&#8221;</p><p>So, I went back to basics and got the tarot deck out, and sure enough, there was quite a profound message that came through that had to do with breaking generational cycles around worthiness that have been getting in the way of your love and finances.</p><p>As always, use your discernment to know if this message is for you.</p><p>If you&#8217;d like to dive deeper with a personal reading, book an <strong><a href="https://stan.store/mysticbru/p/insight--integration-session">Insight &amp; Integration session with me here</a></strong>.</p><p>New episodes of <em>Hot Girl Math</em> drop every Wednesday. Subscribe on YouTube so you don&#8217;t miss this one.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[your mind keeps playing tricks on you.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your weekly oracle reading and astro transits (06.01.2026)]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/your-mind-keeps-playing-tricks-on</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/your-mind-keeps-playing-tricks-on</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:08:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!20Qp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6631b469-78da-4e0b-92f8-e8d6bb7a2db3_1280x720.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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I hope you had a wonderful weekend full of rest, play, and rejuvenation in whatever ways you needed most. Are you feeling a little cosmic hangover from this Sagittarius Blue Moon yesterday?</p><p>As always, you can see what area of your life (and parts of yourself) are being illuminated by this transit by looking at what house Sagittarius rules for you, and if you have any placements. </p><p>If you want to dive into it with some guidance and assistance, book an Insight &amp; Integration session with me here.</p><p>A couple of quick announcements before we get into the energy of this week&#8230;</p><p>This Sunday, June 7, I&#8217;ll be doing 10-minute Reiki healing sessions in a Self-Lab pop-up event in Burbank, Calif. The event is completely free, but your donations go towards all of the practitioners, so it&#8217;s appreciated. <strong><a href="https://partiful.com/e/VtdUR6FykhLoDhMldrey?">You can learn more here</a></strong>.</p><p>The next <strong><a href="https://partiful.com/e/kXYnDLcH7r7x8eipMjaj?">Shadow Work Through Tarot &amp; Poetry event</a> </strong>will be Wednesday, July 1, and centered on the Capricorn Full Moon. I hope you&#8217;ll join us!</p><p><strong>Now, let&#8217;s talk about what&#8217;s up in the cosmos this week&#8212;</strong></p>
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But it&#8217;s not just any full moon, it&#8217;s a <em>blue moon</em>. A rare event that happens every few years when we experience two full moons in one calendar month. This is potent energy that is meant to reveal truths within our higher knowledge. </p><p>This is a moon that asks us to look closely at the stories we live inside of. After all, Sagittarius is the seeker, the traveler, the philosopher, and the teacher. The part of us that longs to understand life, to find meaning, to reach toward something larger than ourselves.</p><p>At its highest expression, Sagittarius expands us. It invites wonder, curiosity, honesty, and the courage to venture beyond what is familiar.</p><p>But as you know, every sign carries a shadow, and Sagittarius&#8217; shadow often emerges through certainty. The need to know, to define, to turn life into a conclusion before we&#8217;ve fully lived the question.</p><p>Sometimes we cling to beliefs because they genuinely guide us, and sometimes we cling to them because uncertainty terrifies us.</p><p>This moon is asking us to notice where meaning has hardened into defense, where belief has become identity, where freedom has become avoidance, and where optimism has become a way of outrunning grief, discomfort, or complexity.</p><p>Staying true to its fire element, Sagittarius energy can move quickly toward the next idea, horizon or truth. It is always seeking and striving and looking beyond to see what could possible be the next thing to explore.</p><p>But shadow work asks us to pause long enough to ask:</p><p><em>What am I trying not to feel?</em></p><p><em>What do I need certainty to protect me from?</em></p><p><em>Where have I mistaken spiritual insight for emotional avoidance?</em></p><p>Sagittarius reminds us that growth is not found in rigid knowing, but in openness. And in the willingness to let life surprise us, let another person remain mysterious, and let ourselves evolve beyond yesterday&#8217;s conclusions.</p><p>Below you&#8217;ll find the three shadow work prompts we used in our Shadow Work Through Tarot &amp; Poetry circle at Feybl last night, which are designed to help you work with this energy through tarot and generative writing.</p><p>Hold each prompt in your mind&#8217;s eye as you pull a card, and allow the symbolism to guide your reflection. Let the card be your compass, and the page be your sanctuary.</p><p>If you don&#8217;t work with cards, that&#8217;s OK. Use these prompts to help you spark a dialogue with your subconscious.</p><p>There&#8217;s no right or wrong way to do this. All it asks of you is to be honest.</p><p><strong><a href="https://partiful.com/e/kXYnDLcH7r7x8eipMjaj?">If you&#8217;re local to Los Angeles, join us for the next workshop, which will focus on the shadows of Capricorn on July 1. </a></strong></p><p><strong>What belief or narrative do I cling to in order to avoid uncertainty?</strong></p><p>This is meant to dig into certainty as protection. Allow yourself to explore what feels unsafe about not knowing, where certainty has become emotional protection, and what curiosity might open instead.</p><p><strong>Where do I call something &#8220;freedom&#8221; when I am actually avoiding intimacy, discomfort, or responsibility?</strong></p><p>Can you tell the difference between freedom and avoidance? Explore what you keep outrunning, where movement has replaced presence, and what commitment or stillness asks of you.</p><p><strong>Where have I used spirituality, philosophy, or optimism to bypass my humanity?</strong></p><p>Spiritual bypassing and meaning-making is really slick, especially in the spiritual community. Allow this prompt to reveal what emotions you struggle to sit with, where &#8220;higher perspective&#8221; has distanced you from truth, and what it would mean to remain fully human.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[That Time I Saw An Alien Watch Me Sleep...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yeah, really.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/that-time-i-saw-an-alien-watch-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/that-time-i-saw-an-alien-watch-me</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 15:54:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/LC3hwoGaVu0" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-LC3hwoGaVu0" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;LC3hwoGaVu0&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LC3hwoGaVu0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>I wasn&#8217;t planning on talking about this publicly.</p><p>But after years of trying to rationalize, intellectualize, dismiss, and compartmentalize certain experiences&#8230; I&#8217;ve realized that the unknown doesn&#8217;t disappear just because we&#8217;re uncomfortable with it.</p><p>In this week&#8217;s episode of <em>Hot Girl Math</em>, we&#8217;re going down the rabbit hole.</p><p>I open by discussing the <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-z0k5xu1hM">four alien species reportedly disclosed by former CIA and intelligence figures</a></strong>, the rise of AI during a time of disclosure, and why humanity seems simultaneously obsessed with and terrified of what exists beyond our current understanding.</p><p>But then things get personal.</p><p>I share my own experience with a supernatural presence that appeared while I was sleeping&#8212;an encounter that fundamentally shifted the way I think about intuition, fear, consciousness, and the unseen.</p><p>And naturally&#8230; there are side quests.</p><p>We get into signs from the Universe, the strange language of synchronicity, why the unknown tends to reveal itself in fragments instead of certainty, and how to navigate experiences that don&#8217;t fit neatly into logic without completely losing discernment.</p><p>This episode isn&#8217;t about convincing you of anything.</p><p>It&#8217;s about exploring the edges of reality with curiosity instead of denial.</p><p>New episodes of <em>Hot Girl Math</em> drop every Wednesday. Subscribe on YouTube so you don&#8217;t miss this one.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[what will you create this week, magi?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your weekly oracle reading and astro transits (05.25.2026)]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/what-will-you-create-this-week-magi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/what-will-you-create-this-week-magi</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 15:08:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!20Qp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6631b469-78da-4e0b-92f8-e8d6bb7a2db3_1280x720.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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You know the saying&#8230; <em>once in a blue moon</em>. Well, that time is now.</p><p><strong><a href="https://partiful.com/e/e5jzkk6z6zjoiWxj04SC?">RSVP here</a></strong>.</p><p><strong>Now, let&#8217;s talk about what&#8217;s up in the cosmos this week&#8212;</strong></p>
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