This Scorpio Full Moon is exposing whatever has been buried beneath the surface.

Scorpio governs depth—our emotional undercurrents, our desires, our fears, and the unseen forces that shape how we relate to power and intimacy. At its highest expression, it is the courage to feel fully, to be honest about what lives within us, and to allow transformation to take place.

But under a Full Moon, depth can reveal its shadow.

This is the moon that illuminates the ways we protect ourselves from being seen. The places where we grip for control to avoid vulnerability. The attachments we hold onto long after they’ve begun to transform.

A Full Moon brings what has been hidden into view. It reveals the emotional patterns operating beneath our awareness—the places where fear, power, and desire quietly influence the way we connect, withdraw, and hold on.

Below you’ll find the three shadow work prompts we used in our Shadow Work Through Tarot & Poetry circle at Feybl last night, which are designed to help you work with this energy through tarot and generative writing.

Hold each prompt in your mind’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.

If you don’t work with cards, that’s OK. Use these prompts to help you spark a dialogue with your subconscious.

There’s no right or wrong way to do this. All it asks of you is to be honest.

If you’re local to Los Angeles, join us for the next workshop, which will focus on the shadows of Sagittarius on May 27.

Where do I override my truth in order to maintain connection?

Where do I feel compelled to burn something down rather than sit with what it’s asking of me? Scorpio’s shadow can seek release through rupture—ending, cutting off, sabotaging—as a way to regain control or avoid vulnerability.

Pull a card to explore:

• What feels intolerable to sit with

• Where destruction feels easier than transformation

• What this impulse is trying to protect

Where am I trying to hold power, even if it costs me my softness or truth?

This asks us to examine control, manipulation, emotional guarding—the places where power replaces intimacy.

Pull a card to reveal:

• Where you grip, withhold, or control

• What you fear losing if you let go

• The difference between power and protection

What part of me is ready to die—so that something new can be born?

Scorpio governs cycles of death and transformation. Not surface change— identity-level release.

Pull a card to illuminate:

• What is complete, even if you resist it

• What identity, story, or attachment is dissolving

• What unknown self is waiting on the other side

Xo

During one of our reflection prompts, I asked, “What emotion was least safe for you growing up?”

And some of the answers weren’t necessarily clear. In fact, one attendee asked about her experience trying to answer that question later in the program, sharing that the only word that came up for her was, “Confusion.”

Not anger. Not sadness. Not fear.

Confusion.

And as she spoke, it became clear why (and not only because she was an Aquarius moon in the 3H).

Any time she expressed something emotional—something that didn’t immediately “make sense” to the people around her—her experience was dismissed. Questioned. Reframed. Sometimes outright denied.

Her feelings weren’t met. They were analyzed, corrected, or disqualified. So instead of learning to trust what she felt, she learned to doubt it.

This is something many of us may have experienced, regardless of our moon sign or placement, because many of us are here to break through the ceilings of the generations before us—and sometimes that ceiling looks like having the capacity to feel in a way that surpasses your caregivers.

This is how emotional patterns form.

Not through dramatic moments alone, but through subtle, repeated experiences where the body learns:

This isn’t safe to feel.
This won’t be received.
I need to adjust in order to stay connected.

For her, confusion became the alarm bell that something was being invalidated, that there was contradiction, and that the little girl was yet again not being seen, heard, or held.

And so the deep desire to avoid confusion creates its only survival strategy and coping mechanism.

In adulthood, this can look like:

• Second-guessing your emotional reality

• Over-explaining or intellectualizing your feelings

• Struggling to trust your perception in conversations

• Feeling unclear, even when something is actually very clear

• Staying in situations longer than you should because you’re “not sure” what you feel

And this is where astrology becomes powerful. Because an Aquarius moon in the 3rd house doesn’t just describe personality.

It describes how the emotional body learned to process, communicate, and make sense of experience.

When you understand that, you’re no longer asking, “Why am I like this?”

You’re seeing, “Oh. This is what I adapted to. This is what made sense at the time.”

And from there—something can actually change.

I was given permission to share the clip above, so give it a watch and see how we connect the dots between the astrology, the emotional pattern, and how it continues to show up in real life.

This is the kind of work we explored throughout the Dark Side of the Moon webinar.

Not surface-level interpretations. Not just “your moon means this.”

But understanding what became emotionally safe, the role your mother played in that, how it shaped your patterns, and how to begin relating to it differently.

The full webinar is now available if you’d like to go deeper and learn more about your dark side of the moon.

Xo

I’ve often said that true power is not rooted in fear, it’s rooted in respect. And yet, I spent many years utilizing fear to feel powerful—especially in relationships.

When you grow up in a world that makes you feel like your words don’t matter, that you don’t even have a say in what happens to you or your own life, you can begin to feel quite helpless.

And then there’s the rage.

I feel like I was born with thousands of years of rage enclosed in my bones, and truth be told, there was an unconscious part of me that was just waiting for something or someone to activate it.

As much as I claimed to hate conflict, there was a part of me that loved to unleash my sharp tongue on people. It felt like I was finally able to say the words that were suppressed for generations.

And given that I’m a seer, I had a weapon at my disposal. It took a lot for me to use it, but when I would, there was no holding back.

In the clip above, which is from my Dark Side of the Moon workshop over the weekend, I share a realization that came to me a couple of years ago…

There were moments when I felt like I would rather people fear me than love me, because then at least they won’t take advantage of me.

There’s a shadow confession within that statement—one that reveals a limiting belief around vulnerability becoming a liability. It justifies power dynamics as a form of protection while confessing that once upon a time, I loved someone who weaponized that love against me.

And I vowed, never again.

As I mention in the video, this isn’t to shame or judge our shadow. It’s just to recognize that sometimes, the shadow is unleashed in environments and situations that don’t require its wrath.

And if we’re not careful, if we refuse to do the inner work of maintaining control over our impulses, we can perpetuate the same harm we claim to be fighting against.

Our moon holds so much of why we move in the world the way that we do, which is why I wanted to hold a workshop solely focused on the shadows, gifts, and emotional survival strategies that are birthed through our moon sign.

If you missed it, you can still experience the playback here.

In Dark Side of the Moon, I show you how to pull up your birth chart, what each sign holds as its shadow and gift, the unintegrated qualities of the sister sign, the mother wound and emotional strategies born through these energies, and practical tools to help you begin pattern breaking in the moment.

You’ll also receive a PDF guide as a resource for your journey, which includes an overview of the signs and their shadow traits, the houses at a glance, the planetary archetypes and a fill-in-the-blank section to do some hot girl math.

Shadow work is liberation work, and your moon holds the key to some of your deepest unconscious beliefs.

If you’re ready to take back control of your narrative, here’s one way to start.

Xo

Most of us carry our mother with us everywhere—in the way we comfort ourselves, in what we reach for when we’re overwhelmed, in the voice that narrates our inner world.

Astrology has a name for that… the moon.

Your moon sign doesn’t just describe your emotions. It maps the emotional environment you were born into and the wounds that formed there.

In traditional astrology, the moon has always been linked to the mother—or more precisely, to the experience of being mothered.

It governs Cancer, the sign associated with nurturing, home, and emotional roots. The moon moves faster than any other planet, cycling through all 12 signs in just under a month, much like the ever-shifting, responsive nature of early caregiving.

In a birth chart, the moon reflects how we were held (or not held) as children—our earliest emotional imprinting. It speaks to the quality of attunement we received, how our needs were met or misread, and the emotional atmosphere of our home.

Because our mother or primary caregiver is usually our first emotional mirror, the moon becomes a map of that relationship—and of the inner world we built around it.

What does this look like? Well, let’s quickly run down all 12 signs, and you let me know if it resonates with your moon sign…

Aries Moon: The wound of having to be strong. Somewhere along the way, needing felt dangerous. You learned to act before you could feel.

Taurus Moon: The wound of instability. When comfort wasn’t reliable, you built your own walls. Letting them down is the work.

Gemini Moon: The wound of not being truly heard. You learned to talk around feelings rather than through them.

Cancer Moon: The wound of emotional enmeshment. The line between her feelings and yours was always blurry. Finding your own emotional edges takes time.

Leo Moon: The wound of conditional love. Approval felt earned, not given. The fear of being unseen runs deep.

Virgo Moon: The wound of criticism. You internalized the idea that love comes with an audit. You’re still learning that enough is enough.

Libra Moon: The wound of keeping the peace. Your needs were often set aside to manage the emotional atmosphere around you.

Scorpio Moon: The wound of emotional secrecy. What was unspoken in your home became the loudest thing in your inner life.

Sagittarius Moon: The wound of emotional unavailability. You were given freedom in place of closeness—and you’re still sorting out the difference.

Capricorn Moon: The wound of emotional stoicism. Feelings were a luxury or a liability. You’re learning they’re actually information.

Aquarius Moon: The wound of feeling like the odd one out, even at home. You detached to survive. Connection still feels a little foreign.

Pisces Moon: The wound of emotional dissolution. The boundaries were thin, the moods unpredictable. You absorbed everything.

This is the power of astrology when observed through a psychological and shadow lens…

And also what has been one of the most profound aspects of my personal healing journey.

In my upcoming workshop, Dark Side of the Moon on Saturday, April 11, we’re going to begin looking honestly at what your moon sign reveals about your mother wound, and how it continues to shape your emotional patterns, relationships, and sense of safety today.

This is a deep-dive workshop for anyone who wants to understand how their moon sign shaped the emotional patterns they're still living with today.

We'll go beyond the surface into what your Moon sign reveals about how your mothering contributed to the way you learned to survive, so you can gently begin to release the inherited shadows that keep leaving you in the dark.

sign me up!

Xo

This Libra Full Moon is exposing whatever is out of balance.

Libra governs relationship—to others, to beauty, to harmony, and to the delicate art of balance. At its highest expression, it is the practice of meeting another with grace, fairness, and an open heart.

But under a full moon, harmony can reveal its shadow.

This is the moon that illuminates the quiet compromises we’ve made to keep the peace. The ways we soften our truth to remain lovable. The subtle negotiations between authenticity and approval.

A full moon brings what has been hidden into view. It reveals the relational patterns operating just beneath the surface—the places where connection has slowly begun to cost us ourselves.

Below you’ll find the three shadow work prompts we used in our Shadow Work Through Tarot & Poetry circle at Feybl last night, which are designed to help you work with this energy through tarot and generative writing.

Hold each prompt in your mind’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.

If you don’t work with cards, that’s OK. Use these prompts to help you spark a dialogue with your subconscious.

There’s no right or wrong way to do this. All it asks of you is to be honest.

If you’re local to Los Angeles, join us for the next workshop, which will focus on the shadows of Scorpio on April 29.

Where do I override my truth in order to maintain connection?

Pull a card to explore:

• Where you say yes when you mean no

• What you fear would happen if you were fully honest

• What part of you feels safer being agreeable than authentic

What am I seeing in others that I have not yet claimed in myself?

Pull a card to reveal:

• What you project onto others

• What you disown or idealize

• What is asking to be integrated

What does it cost me to keep the peace?

Pull a card to illuminate:

• Where you avoid tension

• What goes unspoken

• The emotional residue of unexpressed truth

Xo

The Virgo Full Moon Lunar Eclipse was not subtle.

Virgo governs devotion to our craft, our healing, our bodies, our service. At its highest expression, it is sacred attention. The willingness to tend to what matters with care and precision.

But under an eclipse, precision can reveal its dark side.

This is the moon that exposes the quiet contracts we’ve made with perfectionism. The standards we’ve normalized. The discipline that slowly became self-denial. The responsibility that hardened into control.

An eclipse interrupts the light. It reveals what has been operating in the background.

Below you’ll find the three shadow work prompts we used in our Shadow Work Through Tarot & Poetry circle at Feybl last night, which are designed to help you work with this energy through tarot and generative writing.

Hold each prompt in your mind’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. There’s no right or wrong way to do this. All it asks of you is to be honest.

Take your time, make it your own ritual, and remember that Virgo energy rewards honesty over intensity.

If you’re local to Los Angeles, join us for the next workshop, which will focus on the shadows of Libra, on April 1.

Where have I confused being useful with being worthy?
Virgo’s shadow often ties value to productivity, so pull a card to reveal:

• Where you over-identify with service

• Where rest feels unsafe

• Who you believe you must be in order to deserve love

What part of me is exhausted from trying to be perfect?
An eclipse brings endings. What is ready to be released? Pull a card to explore:

• The standard you cannot seem to meet

• The voice that keeps moving the finish line

• What surrender might look like

Where has discipline become self-punishment?
Virgo energy values structure, but shadow Virgo can weaponize it. Pull a card to illuminate:

• Where restriction feels virtuous

• Where pleasure feels undeserved

• What softness is asking to return

Xo

She was the woman who knew.

She knew which herbs healed and which ones harmed. She knew how to read the sky, listen to her body, hold space for grief, and speak truth even when the room went cold.

She was the midwife, the herbalist, the elder, the dreamer.

She was the widow who owned land and refused to be moved. The healer whose garden was a pharmacy and whose hands were a sanctuary. The woman who sat at the center of her community’s knowing and was trusted more than any priest.

And for hundreds of years, she was hunted.

The witch trials were not just a historical atrocity. They were a systematic erasure of women’s wisdom, sovereignty, and power. The stories told about witches were designed to make power look like danger, and knowing look like deviance. To make the woman who trusted herself look like a threat to God himself.

What’s remarkable is how many of those stories still live inside us—not as history, but as shame. As playing small. As the voice that says who do you think you are?

Before we look at the seven misconceptions, let’s start at the root.

what “witch” actually means.

Language is never neutral. The words we use to name things carry centuries of meaning and intention. So it matters, deeply, to understand what the word witch originally meant before it was weaponized.

The English word witch comes from the Old English wicce (feminine) and wicca (masculine)—both pronounced with a hard ‘tch’ sound, closer to ‘witch-eh’ and ‘witch-ah.’

In Anglo-Saxon England, these terms described a specific kind of person… a soothsayer, a diviner, a worker of magic.

In early Old English glossaries, wicca was used to translate the Latin word augur—meaning one who interprets signs and omens—and wicce was used for pythonissa, meaning a prophetess or seer.

The root verb was wiccian: to practice witchcraft, to divine, to know.

And witchcraft itself, was a compound of wicce and cræft, meaning skill or power. Craft. As in, a practiced, honed, embodied skill.

When we do our hot girl math and put it all together, witch once meant “one who practices the craft of knowing.”

None of the original etymological roots carry the meaning of evil. The evil was added later—carefully and deliberately as a political and ecclesiastical project.

By the 15th century, the publication of the Malleus Maleficarum (1487) had officially fused “witch” with Satan, heresy, and female corruption. In two centuries, a word that had meant knowing became a word that meant damned.

That transformation is important, because words are spells, and intention is everything.

they demonized sovereign women.

Here is what the history books rarely lead with…

The majority of women executed during the witch trials were not accused because they were practicing witchcraft. They were accused because they were sovereign. Because they took up space that powerful men wanted.

Roughly 80% of those convicted across Europe were women, and the largest demographic was women over the age of 40—widows, elder women, women who had outlived husbands and no longer had a male guardian to protect them or speak for them.

These were women who had accumulated knowledge, relationships, and sometimes property. Their very autonomy made them vulnerable.

The social profile of the accused was remarkably consistent across centuries and continents: older women, widows, immigrants, those without male protectors, those with unusual knowledge or unusual independence.

Midwives and herbalists were more vulnerable than most—not because they were more likely to be witches, but because their intimate knowledge of the body, of birth and death and plant medicine, fell outside the jurisdiction of the church and the emerging male-dominated medical establishment.

As an immigrant woman tip-toeing to 40, who’s never been married, has no children, and is known to have unusual knowledge… this hits home.

These were women who knew things. Who did things with their lives that was beyond the conventional expectation. Who held power over life’s most sacred initiations— birth, illness, death, grief—without the church’s blessing or a husband’s permission.

They didn’t burn witches. They burned women.

And perhaps they didn’t anticipate that we’d be back to do it all again.

Understanding this changes everything about how we hold the word, and how we hold ourselves when it comes to our innate wisdom. The witch was not a fantasy or a fairy tale. She was a real woman. She was sovereign. And her sovereignty was the thing that sentenced her.

So let’s look at seven of the most persistent misconceptions about witches, and ask ourselves, where have I been taught to disown my own magick?

the seven misconceptions.

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I was recently sitting down to calculate my personal year number for 2026 — something I’ve done for years — when I felt a nudge to try something a little different...

What if I let tarot show me the energetic theme of the year?

So instead of doing the usual numerology simplification between 1-9 (not counting the master numbers), I added together my birth month, birth date, and the year 2026, reduced it to a number between 1–22, and matched it to a Major Arcana card (with 22 corresponding to The Fool).

What came through stopped me in my tracks.

Not only did the card resonate deeply for what I feel is unfolding — when I went back and calculated this same formula for some of the most pivotal years of my life, the cards aligned uncannily with what I was actually living at the time.

The year I experienced my shadow initiation relationship? The Moon.
The year I had to let go and surrender? The Hanged Man.
The year everything unraveled before it rebuilt? The Tower.

So I wanted to share this practice with you.

Here’s how to calculate your card:

1. Add each digit of your birth month

2. With each digit of your birth date

3. And 2 + 0 + 2 + 6

4. Reduce the number until you land between 1–22

   • If you get 22, that corresponds to The Fool

Example:
Birthdate: May 14
5 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 0 = 11, which corresponds to the Justice card.

This card represents the archetypal energy you’ll be working with throughout this next cycle for you—not the calendar year, but from one birthday to the next.

Whatever major arcana card arises, approach it not as fate—but as a theme, invitation, and mirror.

Below is a guide to help you interpret how your card’s energy may express itself.

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As we begin to tip-toe into winter, we’ll be experiencing heightened connectivity with our inner Self — and sometimes those journeys reveal some shadows along the way.

Today we’re going to talk about something most people avoid until life forces their hand — your personal underworld cycles.

In astrology, Pluto is the ruler of the shadow, the death-rebirth process, and the parts of your psyche that don’t respond to polite spiritual bypassing (trust me, I’ve tried).

But Pluto isn’t here to destroy you for shits and giggles. Pluto is the medicine to help you remember what’s real.

You’ve already experienced it so many times, but you probably didn’t even realize it was happening.

It’s the energy behind the moment you realize a relationship is draining your soul, the job you’ve outgrown but keep holding onto, the version of you that’s still operating from old wounds, and the truth you know in your bones but are terrified to admit.

That is Pluto medicine.

It’s those moments when something in you whispers, “This can’t continue.” And the underworld responds, “Then come deeper.”

And by deeper, it means deeper into honesty, clarity, and self-ownership. It’s the courage to release the binds that you thought kept you safe, and to traverse the unseen roads that pave the path of the Unknown.

So let’s go there together.

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We’ve arrived at a potent cosmic doorway.

As you’re well aware, the last few weeks have been intense, in its own celestial way.

That’s partially due to the Pisces-Virgo eclipse portal that we’ve been navigating, which has also been entangled with other major players in the sky.

And this Sunday, we have the next pivotal shift—the Virgo New Moon + Partial Solar Eclipse happening at the very last degree of Virgo (29°).

This is no ordinary New Moon—not only is it happening at a critical degree, but it's the fourth eclipse in the Virgo–Pisces series (Sept 2024–Feb 2027), and the only Solar Eclipse of this set (the rest are Lunar).

This moment bookends two powerful themes…

Just two weeks ago, we experienced a Pisces Lunar Eclipse that stirred the waters of release, surrender, and endings.

Now, this Solar Eclipse in Virgo asks us to plant a seed of discernment, clarity, and intention—right at a critical degree, signaling both culmination and transition.

If this feels familiar, or if certain experiences from years ago keep popping into your memory, it’s because we’ve been here before.

Virgo–Pisces eclipse cycles have unfolded during:

• 2015–2017

• 2006–2008

• 1997–1998

• 1987–1989

Think back to those years—what themes were active in your life? Health? Service? Spiritual practice? Boundaries vs. devotion?

Those threads may be resurfacing now, offering you a new chance to work with them.

There’s also a planetary dance happening during this new moon and partial solar eclipse, with the moon opposing Saturn and Neptune, causing tension between structure and surrender, as well as clarity and fog.

Where have you been asked to discern what’s real and what’s illusion?

It will be making a harmonious trine to both Uranus in Gemini and Pluto in Aquarius, creating opportunities for breakthroughs in perception, new ways of thinking, fresh approaches to old problems, and deep transformation around collective patterns, technology, and power dynamics, respectively.

This eclipse feels like a bridge between dissolving old patterns and anchoring new structures. Virgo reminds us that healing often starts with simple, grounded practices.

Here’s how this Virgo New Moon and partial Solar Eclipse may affect you, based on your rising sign:

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You’re not crazy, babe. It’s eclipse season.

This Sunday, we step into the mystical waters of a Lunar Eclipse in Pisces—the final boss of the zodiac and a realm where endings, release, and transcendence reign supreme.

Lunar eclipses bring revelations, culminations, and closures.

In Pisces, this energy invites us to dissolve illusions, let go of old emotional patterns, and embrace surrender to a higher current of life.

It’s not about controlling the tide, but about trusting where it carries us.

(As always, look to see which house Pisces rules in your birth chart to know what area of life this is impacting for you. If you need help with that, book an intuitive birth chart analysis with me and we’ll look at your chart together).

At the same time, this eclipse isn’t unfolding in isolation.

The South Node’s transit through Virgo reminds us that we’re collectively clearing outdated habits of over-analysis, perfectionism, control and self-sacrifice.

Meanwhile, this eclipse squares Uranus in Gemini (which goes retrograde tomorrow), sparking sudden awakenings, disruptions, and liberation from whatever you’re ready to let go.

Expect truths to surface quickly—and maybe chaotically—to ultimately to set you free.

This eclipse also opens a portal when fated shifts are in motion, urging us to release what’s keeping us stuck so that we may align with our destiny.

Here’s how this Pisces Lunar Eclipse may affect you based on your rising sign:

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Virgo season kicks off with a bang!

The New Moon graces Virgo tomorrow, bringing a moment of reset and intention-setting within the realm of routines, wellness, and the art of refinement.

But this isn’t your regular new moon—it opens a month-long eclipse portal, setting the stage for karmic awakenings that will continue to ripple through the rest of the year.

Adding to this intensity, the new moon forms a tense square to Uranus in Gemini, creating an atmosphere of restlessness, sudden change, and breakthroughs. If you’ve been feeling a little anxious, this might be why.

While Virgo energy typically craves order and control, Uranus stirs the pot with surprise shifts, forcing us to adapt, innovate, and release what is rigid.

Oh, but that’s not all…

Hovering in the background, the South Node’s transit through Virgo calls us to shed habits of perfectionism, analysis paralysis, and being a control freak. Collectively, we’re being asked to trust more deeply, to let flow replace fixation, and to align our daily lives with our larger spiritual growth.

Collectively, this new moon will usher us into a liminal window where fate, destiny, and karmic cycles weave more loudly into our lives. What you plant now—seeds of routine, health, and service—will be activated and transformed in the months to come.

With the south node’s influence, this cycle asks us to confront outdated ways of seeking safety through control, rigid schedules, and self-criticism. The lesson? Release the need to be perfect so you can embrace the messiness of growth and the mystery of becoming.

Uranus in Gemini shocks the system, delivering flashes of insight, disruptions to our “normal,” and breakthroughs in how we think, communicate, and connect. This is the time to expect the unexpected.

If Virgo represents the carefully crafted plan, Uranus is the sudden change that forces us to pivot—and in the pivot, we often discover something more aligned.

Here’s how this new moon and eclipse portal may unfold for each rising sign:

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The Scorpio Full Moon arrived like a truth serum, illuminating what’s been hidden beneath the surface.

Scorpio energy doesn’t tiptoe around—it pierces. Under last night’s lunation, shadows rose not to torment us, but to be acknowledged, integrated, and ultimately alchemized.

This particular Full Moon is supercharged by the ongoing square between Pluto in Aquarius and the Pluto in Scorpio generation (1983–1995).

For those of us born with Pluto in Scorpio, this is a once-in-a-lifetime evolutionary checkpoint.

Pluto square Pluto is a generational underworld rite of passage—a confrontation with the very themes Scorpio governs: power, control, death, rebirth, emotional truth, and transformation.

The pressure is real, but so is the opportunity. This is when you achieve freedom through facing your shadows.

If you've felt like old wounds, patterns, or compulsions are bubbling up, you're not losing it. You're being called to look directly at what you've been avoiding.

For the Pluto in Scorpio generation, this square from Pluto in Aquarius is pressing you into maturity—from being trauma-aware to trauma-integrated. What does that mean?

This is when we move from knowing our shadows to working with them. It’s not about fixing yourself—it’s about meeting yourself fully, especially in the dark.

That’s why I created the Shadows of the Self audio journey. It’s an immersive, self-paced shadow work course designed for times like this—when the unconscious rises and integration becomes non-negotiable.

(And for the month of May, it’s only $25!).

Last night’s full moon was a foreshadow of where you’ll be focusing a lot of your shadow work for the next decade and some change (I know). Don’t let this overwhelm you, let it prepare you.

You’re ready to face whatever is coming up, and if you need additional help or guidance, you know where to find me.

What This Full Moon Brings for Each Rising Sign:

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Pluto begins its annual retrograde this Sunday, and this time it will be moving through the revolutionary sign of Aquarius, where it will backtrack until early October.

Pluto retrogrades aren’t rare, but they are powerful.

As the planet of transformation, death and rebirth, power, and the unconscious, Pluto’s retrograde phase signals a time to turn inward and examine how we’re relating to control, evolution, and truth—especially in areas of life where change is long overdue.

This is prime time to dive into that shadow work. Let my new Shadows of the Self audio course help you (only $25 for the month of May!).

What Does Pluto Retrograde in Aquarius Mean?

Aquarius is the sign of the future—innovation, technology, systems, and collective progress. With Pluto here, we’re being asked to transform the way we engage with society at large, including:

• How we hold and wield power as a collective

• The impact of digital systems, AI, and surveillance

• Decolonization, liberation, and systemic reform

• Community-building outside traditional structures

• Radical shifts in identity, individuality, and belonging

When Pluto goes retrograde, it’s like an excavation. Secrets surface. Shadows are revealed. What was ignored or suppressed demands attention.

Expect to see cracks in systems that no longer serve you or the collective.

Individually, this is a chance to confront deep patterns around control, fear, isolation, and even technophobia or over-reliance on digital validation. Collectively, it’s a preview of the long-term shifts Pluto in Aquarius will demand until 2044.

Themes to Reflect On During This Transit:

• Where are you resisting the changes your soul has been asking for?

• What is your relationship to power—personal, social, or systemic?

• What role does technology play in your emotional well-being or spiritual path?

• How do you show up in community? Are you seeking connection or control?

• What outdated structures in your life are ready to be dismantled?

Pluto’s retrograde is not a punishment. It’s an invitation to dig deep and reclaim your power in a more aligned, soul-rooted way.

Things may leave. Truths may sting. But everything Pluto takes, it replaces with something more authentic, more evolved, and more you.

Use this retrograde to reflect, journal, detox, and create distance from disempowering cycles — especially those tied to groupthink, old belief systems, or social conditioning.

If you’re craving guidance during this time, this is a powerful window to book a:

• An Intuitive Birth Chart Analysis (for long-term transformation themes)

• Birthday Reading (if you're a Taurus or have one coming up)

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Here’s how this retrograde may highlight specific areas for each rising sign:

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This week on Threads, I shared various case examples of how the shadow can create karmic loops for people.

As I’ve mentioned in the past, it’s hard to recognize our own shadow without conscious awareness. Just like in your physical reality, the second you turn around to face your shadow, it runs and hides behind you.

This is also true when it comes to the…

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It’s time we discuss spiritual psychosis.

In the last six years, I have experienced things that have caused me to feel like I was losing my mind—and perhaps I was.

There were certain points of my spiritual journey where I felt incredibly isolated and afraid, both over what I was experiencing and over the fear that I may be completely crazy and lost all se…

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We’ve come to the end of our Shadow Work series, but that doesn’t mean the work is done.

As I’ve explained in prior posts, shadow work is not just a course you can complete and then be done with. It’s a committed long-term relationship with someone you may not always see eye-to-eye with.

It’s a crash course on understanding, empathy, compassion and discipline.

For better or worse, your shadow will never leave your side, making this is a lifelong experience that (hopefully) gets easier over time. And if you’re lucky, you may even become buddies with your shadow to create win-win scenarios.

Regardless, life is a dance. Sometimes you’re taking two leaps forward just to take three steps back, but that doesn’t mean you’re not making movement in the right direction.

When old patterns or habits come back around, there’s no need to judge or shame yourself. Just make a mental note on what took you to that place and cha-cha your way back.

You don’t know what the MapQuest directions to your soul purpose is in this lifetime. You’re not going to understand the sharp lefts and detours you may have had to take.

All you can do is learn to sharpen your discernment along the way, so that you don’t mistake a pit stop as the destination and get in your own way.

Now, let’s get into some techniques you can utilize to help with your shadow work journey…

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Hey y’all,

Hopefully last week’s newsletter on shadow archetypes helped give you some more insight on how various shadow patterns can arise and what to do about them.

As I’ve mentioned, a lot of people can confuse the shadow or your inner darkness as a thing you need to eliminate—and that couldn’t be further from the truth.

In fact, the more you try to run, the stronger it’ll come at you, because you would be perpetuating the same wounds that created it in the first place.

Remember, your shadow is comprised of the repressed parts of yourself, so denying or dismissing it will only add fuel to the fire. Does that mean you let it run wild? Also no. Unless you’re on a one-way train to destruction.

The goal is integration.

I’ve always looked at my shadow as my inner child, my inner teen and me in my early 20s (remember, the shadow has many faces). Frankly, they’re all pissed at me about something, and my job now is to reparent those wounds because she never had that type of support.

You may even notice yourself meeting people who remind you of yourself during those different stages, and you’ll show up for them in ways you wished someone would’ve shown up for you.

In those moments, I hope you know that you actually are showing up for that part of yourself by showing up for them. We’re all reflections of each other, after all.

A helpful tip I like to share with others (and one that I practice myself) is to keep a photo of yourself from when you were around 7 or 8 years old. I specifically say that age because that is usually when our first major trauma occurs, which coincides with the formation of our ego identity and our subconscious programming (which all come together to form our shadow).

When you’re going through a tough time and you feel like hurting yourself (whether that’s through addictions, abusive self-dialogue and habits, or enabling shadow behaviors), take a look at that photo.

That child’s well-being is your responsibility now. Would those behaviors help or hurt them? What would they need from you to feel safe and protected? Taken care of and loved?

So many people go through life losing their inner child. The real win in this experience is managing to keep your inner child with you throughout the journey.

With that said, let’s get into integrating the shadow…

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At this point, you might be realizing that your shadow can have a whole personality of its own, and while it’s important to integrate the shadow (not shoo it away as if it’s not a part of you), sometimes it can also help to differentiate its many faces.

The shadow more often than not shows up when there’s a perceived threat. It can become a fierce protector, but again, sometimes causing more harm than good—especially if there’s no actual threat present.

(Cue self-sabotage.)

Depending on the situation, your shadow can show up in different ways, ranging from the loud and proud to the subtle and discreet.

For example: If you’re harboring wounds around low self-esteem, your shadow may show up as defensive and arrogant in order to overcompensate for the lack of confidence underneath the surface (a wounded masculine representation of the shadow), whereas in more subtle circumstances, your shadow may engage in emotionally manipulative tactics—like love bombing, victim mentality or people pleasing (a wounded feminine representation).

It’s usually a dance between many different faces, or archetypes, of the shadow, and it’s not to shame or judge these behaviors, but to help you understand where these shadow traits are coming from so that you can make a conscious decision on how you show up.

There are many different shadow archetypes that can manifest in individuals, but some of the most common include:

• The Victim: This archetype often feels powerless and helpless, and tends to blame others for their problems.

• The Saboteur: This archetype tends to undermine their own success or happiness, often out of fear of failure or success.

• The Prostitute: This archetype can manifest as a willingness to compromise one's values or integrity in order to please others or achieve personal gain.

• The Addict: This archetype can manifest as a tendency to seek pleasure or escape from pain through addictive behaviors, such as substance abuse or compulsive behaviors.

• The Warrior: This archetype can manifest as a tendency to be overly aggressive or confrontational, often in an attempt to protect oneself or others.

Working with Specific Shadows: Working with specific shadows involves identifying the shadow archetype that is most prominent in oneself, and then exploring the underlying emotions, beliefs, and behaviors that are associated with that archetype.

Here are some steps that can be helpful in this process:

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OK, now let’s get back to the shadow…

Last week, we did a deep dive into identifying our shadow by learning about some of the signs that may indicate its presence, how the shadow can show up for you, some of the shadow’s common defense mechanisms, and how those defense mechanisms can manifest.

What can often become overlooked in this work is the physical ailments that can arise due to the unhealthy energetic systems in place.

While this holistic connection is nothing new to Eastern medicine, Western medicine tends to separate the mind, body and spirit, which is why a lot of our approach to healing in the West is surface-level relief and not actually treating the root of the problem.

(A great book that goes into this holistic view into more detail is Eastern Body, Western Mind by Anodea Judith. She’s a thique read, but incredibly insightful and a go-to for anyone deepening their chakra healing work. I highly recommend.)

When it comes to internal energetic blocks creating external obstacles, shadow work is no exception.

The shadow can affect our nervous system in a number of ways, as it often involves unconscious patterns and behaviors that can trigger stress, anxiety, and other nervous system responses.

Here are a few examples:

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