<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RETURN TO SELF: The Liminal Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[Notes from the in-between. Fragments, reflections, questions, and observations that don’t need immediate answers. Seasonal musings and moments worth lingering with.

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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot Girl Math: Time Traveling to 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's recap what the Universe was trying to tell us...]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2024</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:56:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/ZmJl2tsc42A" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-ZmJl2tsc42A" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;ZmJl2tsc42A&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/ZmJl2tsc42A?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>It&#8217;s Hot Girl Math time!</p><p>On this week&#8217;s episode, we time travel back to 2024, a year that showed us how to spot false power and the karma that follows.</p><p>From astrology and numerology to news headlines and pop culture, we begin to dissect the subtle messaging that was weaved between everything we were experiencing that year&#8212;which was all about change, upheaval, liberation, and restlessness.</p><p>The year 2024 asked us: If you knew that the structures protecting the status quo &#8212; in the world and in your own life &#8212; were more fragile than they appear, what would you stop waiting for permission to do?</p><p>The purpose of Hot Girl Math is to show you how to decode the throughline of the clues from the Universe, so that you can tap into this knowledge yourself, while also build your self-trust. The signs are everywhere, you just need to learn how to pay attention.</p><p>At the end of the video, we come back to you&#8212;the star of the show.</p><p>What you experience on a massive scale is usually somehow connected to your personal journey, specifically, your shadow work journey.</p><p>I present you with three prompts to help you understand how your 2024 connects to the general themes we collectively experienced in 2024, so that we can get the full picture.</p><p>For those who want to dive deeper into the mystery, I&#8217;ve included additional prompts and reflection questions below.</p><p>Check out the latest episode on YouTube, and don&#8217;t forget to like, subscribe and share your intuitive hits as you watch!</p><p><strong>The time is 2024, let&#8217;s see if your own shadow journey was aligning with the collective unfolding&#8230;</strong></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Collective Unconscious Was Colonized]]></title><description><![CDATA[How a Thread about Chris Brown led to this channeled message...]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/the-collective-unconscious-was-colonized</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/the-collective-unconscious-was-colonized</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:08:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jUn1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6cdbcdc8-495b-4e38-8b0e-7889b3b59038_1024x640.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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The <em>&#8220;can you separate the art from the artist&#8221;</em> debate has been an ongoing discussion&#8212;although I would note that the leniency prompted in that discussion tends to skew in favor of abusive men, but that&#8217;s another conversation for another day&#8230;</p><p>There was a comment on the post that talked about how the abusive behavior of Taurus men (Chris Brown is a Taurus) isn&#8217;t talked about enough.</p><p>Now, I want to make it incredibly clear that any astrological hot take that only focuses on one placement when making a grand generalization (especially one like that) is inherently flawed, because that&#8217;s just not real. It&#8217;s also incredibly harmful.</p><p>However, was my interest piqued? Absolutely. But it was more so around the question of whether Chris&#8217; Taurus placements were close to the <strong><a href="https://www.returntoself.me/p/the-mars-uranus-conjunction-in-taurus?utm_source=publication-search">fixed star, Algol</a></strong> (which sits at 26 degrees Taurus).</p><p>When I pulled up his chart, what drew me in was the story that was being revealed, which is what tends to happen in my sessions. I don&#8217;t necessarily focus on one placement or the traditional definition of what it means in your chart. I see the symbols dance in a way that uncovers a story, like a scroll being unfurled.</p><p>(That&#8217;s also why I sometimes hesitate to call myself an astrologer, because it is a science, and my approach is a little unconventional. Such is my life.)</p><p>I was seeing root wounds correlating to perhaps why he has this seeming disdain for women that shows up through physical abuse, and so I initially went back to Threads to post something along the lines of&#8230;</p><p><em>I told myself I would no longer read celebrity charts publicly unless they were sitting down across from me to receive it, because otherwise it felt invasive.</em></p><p><em>But posts I&#8217;ve been seeing about Chris Brown and his history of abuse led me to his birth chart, and I just want to let you know, the story that feeds this behavior is there. This is why shadow work is so important&#8230;</em></p><p>Blah, blah, blah. Something like that.</p><p>And it would&#8217;ve been totally sincere and true, because you know I believe in this work deeply, but that&#8217;s not what happened.</p><p>Because as I started to type what I initially wanted to say, another message was coming through that became a priority&#8212;and it was how our collective unconscious has been colonized.</p><p>I know. Quite the jump, right? I wish I could explain it in a way that makes sense, but when the light goes off, and I start to pull the thread (no pun intended), I end up in very interesting places.</p><p>So we come to the first sharp left of our journey.</p><p>Here&#8217;s what I actually ended up writing&#8230;</p><div><hr></div><p><em>I told myself I would no longer read celebrity charts publicly unless they were sitting down across from me to receive it, because otherwise it felt invasive.</em></p><p><em>As someone who went to school for journalism, you get trained to perceive that type of behavior as part of the gig. You&#8217;re investigating a public figure, so it&#8217;s free game. Research and report.</em></p><p><em>You lose the humanity of it.</em></p><p><em>This energy signature is similar to soldiers preparing for war. They get perception training. It&#8217;s not called that, but that&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening, and it&#8217;s done in so many different spaces.</em></p><p><em>Perception training is necessary to carry out the objective.</em></p><p><em>In this case, dehumanization is planted within the lens of reality in order to manipulate a person&#8217;s morality, values, code of ethics. Otherwise they won&#8217;t embody the energy necessary to fulfill the job.</em></p><p><em>It&#8217;s interesting because my father is a former commander. We&#8217;ve had a very bumpy road together, but he&#8217;s also been one of my greatest teachers.</em></p><p><em>We&#8217;re completely opposite and yet the same. And this is an example of that.</em></p><p><em>We both fight for the truth, but our truths may be different.</em></p><p><em>We are both fiercely loyal, but sometimes to our detriment.</em></p><p><em>We questioned everything, except the systems we&#8217;d been indoctrinated into&#8230;</em></p><p><em>&#8230;which on its own, negates everything else we claim to value&#8212;but it makes sense.</em></p><p><em>When you place loyalty as a core value, questioning anything seems like betrayal. And if you are no longer &#8220;loyal,&#8221; you are a threat.</em></p><p><em>Again, another red flag on the play that gets dismissed.</em></p><p><em>If your loyalty is contingent on your blind obedience and compliance, you may wanna double check what you&#8217;re actually loyal to. Because now there&#8217;s a power imbalance.</em></p><p><em>You are no longer being of service to a cause (truth). You are serving an agenda (illusion).</em></p><p><em>I would always wonder what kind of perception training my father had to endure in order to do what was being asked of him. I think about that with a lot of people. And I realized that we are all constantly in perception training.</em></p><p><em>It&#8217;s called propaganda. And everything is propaganda.</em></p><p><em>So much of your identity was unconsciously shaped for you without your conscious awareness. From the moment you were born, there was already a story attached to you based on the system in place.</em></p><p><em>That&#8217;s crazy.</em></p><p><em>The truth is you are a limitless being whose energy signature can be expressed in an infinite number of ways. You are not confined to the story that you&#8217;ve always been handed, but when everything you&#8217;re told, taught, and shown is restricted to the same story&#8230;</em></p><p><em>It&#8217;s hard to truly believe otherwise. That&#8217;s the paradox.</em></p><p><em>You have to believe it to see it.</em></p><p><em>The perception training keeps the same narrative on loop so that nothing changes. Who gets to benefit from nothing changing? Those in power.</em></p><p><em>This is what I mean when I say we&#8217;ve been unconscious slaves to a system we don&#8217;t even notice running anymore. It&#8217;s become so integrated into our daily life, we don&#8217;t question it. We don&#8217;t check in to see if it actually aligns. We don&#8217;t check ourselves to see where we&#8217;ve contributed to the harm it upholds.</em></p><p><em>You have been fed a sense of &#8220;normalcy&#8221; that is anything but normal. You&#8217;ve become so loyal to the system that you&#8217;d rather rationalize it than question it.</em></p><p><em>My friend, you are not free.</em></p><p><em>Your consciousness was colonized. Your way of thinking, your values, your beliefs, your identity, your perception of the world that keeps it running on the same operating system. </em></p><p><em>Do you know why it&#8217;s always imperative to get to the root of the matter? Because that&#8217;s where you change the environment.</em></p><p><em>Y&#8217;all want the landscape to change without going underground to see where the rot needs to be pulled, and what seeds need to be planted.</em></p><p><em>This is the descension journey. Welcome.</em></p><p><em>You don&#8217;t build above ground until you have a firm foundation to build on, and our foundation as a collective entity is not solid. It has no stable roots.</em></p><p><em>So we need to tend to that first, and we&#8217;re already doing it.</em></p><p><em>Do not underestimate the ripple effect of your personal healing. You think choosing healthier habits, working through your limiting beliefs, and breaking free from generational trauma is just about you?</em></p><p><em>Babe, you&#8217;re one piece of a much bigger puzzle. You are the variable that changes everything.</em></p><p><em>You are the drop of the ocean that makes waves crash. You are the raindrop in a storm. You are the spark that creates light.</em></p><p><em>Shadow work is going to be of the utmost importance moving forward, because if you can&#8217;t integrate your shadow, you will continue to project it.</em></p><p><em>And those projections will keep feeding the karmic loops that run the system.</em></p><p><em>Just as a plant needs light and water to grow, you need light (awareness) and water (emotional alchemy) to grow, too.</em></p><p><em>If you&#8217;re curious about shadow work, I have plenty of resources through my link. If you wanna dive deeper, schedule a session with me and we&#8217;ll look at your birth chart together.</em></p><p><em>Not so I can tell you who you are (that&#8217;s up to you), but so we can see where you keep feeding who you&#8217;re not. </em></p><p><em>I&#8217;ll snatch that mask off you so quick, but only if you&#8217;re ready to be seen.</em></p><div><hr></div><p>As you can see, definitely not what I had originally planned, but that happens sometimes. You think you&#8217;re going to write about Chris Brown, and suddenly, you&#8217;re deconstructing the colonization of the unconscious.</p><p>And just like I mentioned, this is also a piece to a much bigger puzzle, because if our collective unconscious has been colonized, then what does that look like? What does decolonizing it require? And how do we begin that process?</p><p>Stay tuned.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot Girl Math: Time Traveling to 2023]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's recap what the Universe was trying to tell us...]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2023</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2023</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:04:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/XE3n4nlesxw" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-XE3n4nlesxw" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;XE3n4nlesxw&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/XE3n4nlesxw?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>It&#8217;s Hot Girl Math time!</p><p>On this week&#8217;s episode, we time travel back to 2023, a year that showed us the importance of going inward, while still maintaining a sense of belonging.</p><p>From astrology and numerology to news headlines and pop culture, we begin to dissect the subtle messaging that was weaved between everything we were experiencing that year&#8212;which was all about change, upheaval, liberation, and restlessness.</p><p>The year 2023 was asking us if we&#8217;re capable of knowing what&#8217;s <em>real</em>. What did you know to be true about yourself that no algorithm, no authority, no inherited story, and no catastrophe could take from you?</p><p>The purpose of Hot Girl Math is to show you how to decode the throughline of the clues from the Universe, so that you can tap into this knowledge yourself, while also build your self-trust. The signs are everywhere, you just need to learn how to pay attention.</p><p>At the end of the video, we come back to you&#8212;the star of the show.</p><p>What you experience on a massive scale is usually somehow connected to your personal journey, specifically, your shadow work journey.</p><p>I present you with three prompts to help you understand how your 2023 connects to the general themes we collectively experienced in 2023, so that we can get the full picture.</p><p>For those who want to dive deeper into the mystery, I&#8217;ve included additional prompts and reflection questions below.</p><p>Check out the latest episode on YouTube, and don&#8217;t forget to like, subscribe and share your intuitive hits as you watch!</p><p><strong>The time is 2023, let&#8217;s see if your own shadow journey was aligning with the collective unfolding&#8230;</strong></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot Girl Math: Time Traveling to 2022]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's recap what the Universe was trying to tell us...]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2022</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2022</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:41:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/YPROfC5MVrA" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-YPROfC5MVrA" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;YPROfC5MVrA&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/YPROfC5MVrA?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>It&#8217;s Hot Girl Math time!</p><p>On this week&#8217;s episode, we time travel back to 2022, a year that showed us pain and beauty, seeming contradictions, the difference between power and substance, and how powerful joy as a weapon for revolution can be.</p><p>From astrology and numerology to news headlines and pop culture, we begin to dissect the subtle messaging that was weaved between everything we were experiencing that year&#8212;which was all about change, upheaval, liberation, and restlessness.</p><p>The year 2022 was asking us if we&#8217;re capable of remembering the stories we carry in our bodies, if we&#8217;re ready to stand our ground for what we deserve, and where we overgive to the point of depletion.</p><p>The purpose of Hot Girl Math is to show you how to decode the throughline of the clues from the Universe, so that you can tap into this knowledge yourself, while also build your self-trust. The signs are everywhere, you just need to learn how to pay attention.</p><p>At the end of the video, we come back to you&#8212;the star of the show.</p><p>What you experience on a massive scale is usually somehow connected to your personal journey, specifically, your shadow work journey.</p><p>I present you with three prompts to help you understand how your 2022 connects to the general themes we collectively experienced in 2022, so that we can get the full picture.</p><p>For those who want to dive deeper into the mystery, I&#8217;ve included additional prompts and reflection questions below.</p><p>Check out the latest episode on YouTube, and don&#8217;t forget to like, subscribe and share your intuitive hits as you watch!</p><p><strong>The time is 2022, let&#8217;s see if your own shadow journey was aligning with the collective unfolding&#8230;</strong></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot Girl Math: Time Traveling to 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's recap what the Universe was trying to tell us...]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2021</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2021</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:29:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/RQj7ss2Fscg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-RQj7ss2Fscg" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;RQj7ss2Fscg&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/RQj7ss2Fscg?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>It&#8217;s Hot Girl Math time!</p><p>On this week&#8217;s episode, we time travel back to 2021, a year that <em>for the life of me</em> I can hardly remember. Not sure that&#8217;s a good sign, but it&#8217;s the truth.</p><p>As I mention in this week&#8217;s video, 2021 was like the year-long hangover, and judging by how difficult it is to recollect memories from that year, it tracks.</p><p>From astrology and numerology to news headlines and pop culture, we begin to dissect the subtle messaging that was weaved between everything we were experiencing that year&#8212;which was all about change, upheaval, liberation, and restlessness.</p><p>The year 2021 was a bit of a paradox. There was a lot of contradicting energy that we didn&#8217;t quite know what to do with. We&#8217;re finally back outside, but outside was different now. We were different. And although there were a lot of discrepancies being exposed, we weren&#8217;t quite sure what to do with them.</p><p>However, the activation I pulled for 2021 was quite surprising.</p><p>It was also incredibly hard for me to talk the day I recorded this video. Don&#8217;t ask me why, who knows. But I decided to add a little blooper reel at the end for your amusement. Enjoy!</p><p>The purpose of Hot Girl Math is to show you how to decode the throughline of the clues from the Universe, so that you can tap into this knowledge yourself, while also build your self-trust. The signs are everywhere, you just need to learn how to pay attention.</p><p>At the end of the video, we come back to you&#8212;the star of the show.</p><p>What you experience on a massive scale is usually somehow connected to your personal journey, specifically, your shadow work journey.</p><p>I present you with three prompts to help you understand how your 2021 connects to the general themes we collectively experienced in 2021, so that we can get the full picture.</p><p>For those who want to dive deeper into the mystery, I&#8217;ve included additional prompts and reflection questions below.</p><p>Check out the latest episode on YouTube, and don&#8217;t forget to like, subscribe and share your intuitive hits as you watch!</p><p><strong>The time is 2021, let&#8217;s see if your own shadow journey was aligning with the collective unfolding&#8230;</strong></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot Girl Math: Time Traveling to 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's recap what the Universe was trying to tell us...]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2020</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:26:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/VU1jIjsmezY" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-VU1jIjsmezY" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;VU1jIjsmezY&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/VU1jIjsmezY?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>It&#8217;s Hot Girl Math time!</p><p>On this week&#8217;s episode, we time travel back to 2020 (cue <em>Law &amp; Order</em>&#8217;s famous <em>dun dun&#8230;</em>) to look at all of the cosmic clues that point us to the general energetic theme unfolding.</p><p>From astrology and numerology to news headlines and pop culture, we begin to dissect the subtle messaging that was weaved between everything we were experiencing that year&#8212;which was all about balance, partnership, and taking inventory on where and who you&#8217;re investing your energy in.</p><p>Now, obviously, you recall what a whirlwind and mindfuck 2020 was. There&#8217;s really no other way to put it (according to me). </p><p>I&#8217;ve always seen 2020 as the descent. A (forced) experience into our collective and individual underworlds, where distraction and convenient coping mechanisms were nowhere to be found.</p><p>What happens when we <em>have</em> to sit with ourselves? The shadows start to speak.</p><p>And 2020 was a huge moment for that, whether you were ready for it or not.</p><p>The purpose of Hot Girl Math is to show you how to decode the throughline of the clues from the Universe, so that you can tap into this knowledge yourself, while also build your self-trust. The signs are everywhere, you just need to learn how to pay attention.</p><p>At the end of the video, we come back to you&#8212;the star of the show.</p><p>What you experience on a massive scale is usually somehow connected to your personal journey, specifically, your shadow work journey.</p><p>I present you with three prompts to help you understand how your 2020 connects to the general themes we collectively experienced in 2020, so that we can get the full picture.</p><p>For those who want to dive deeper into the mystery, I&#8217;ve included additional prompts and reflection questions below.</p><p>Check out the latest episode on YouTube, and don&#8217;t forget to like, subscribe and share your intuitive hits as you watch!</p><p><strong>The time is 2020, let&#8217;s see if your own shadow journey was aligning with the collective unfolding&#8230;</strong></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot Girl Math: Time Traveling to 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's recap what the Universe was trying to tell us...]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2019</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2019</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:33:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/kZd028zdeJ4" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-kZd028zdeJ4" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;kZd028zdeJ4&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/kZd028zdeJ4?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>It&#8217;s Hot Girl Math time!</p><p>On this week&#8217;s episode, we time travel back to 2019 to look at all of the cosmic clues that point us to the general energetic theme unfolding.</p><p>From astrology and numerology to news headlines and pop culture, we begin to dissect the subtle messaging that was weaved between everything we were experiencing that year&#8212;which was all about balance, partnership, and taking inventory on where and who you&#8217;re investing your energy in.</p><p>I have to admit, while editing this video, I was getting<em> a lot</em> of downloads (which I&#8217;ll share below), and I&#8217;m curious what comes up for you.</p><p>Two things that stood out to me as I was re-watching and editing:</p><ol><li><p>I mention that 2019 saw the rise of Billie Eilish with her album <em>When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?</em> That title felt oddly specific. Why didn&#8217;t she just call it <em>Where Do We Go When We Fall Asleep?</em> Considering this was released right before 2020, when the world collectively shut down (or fell asleep?) in order to travel to the Underworld (my opinion), it felt like a foreshadow of what was to come. Pair that with the fact that her hit single off the album was &#8220;Bad Guy,&#8221; a song all about power dynamics, manipulation and the shadow, and we&#8217;re now walking into interesting territory about how this particular instance may have been a huge clue into what we were stepping into. Remember, everything is hidden in plain sight.</p></li><li><p>The other stark realization is remembering just how many protests were occurring in 2019. Chile, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Bolivia, India, Nicaragua, and Russia were all exhibiting acts of resistance that year alone. And then 2020 happens. The download I got (which is going to sound conspiracy-adjacent) was that CERN was used to timeline jump into an alternate reality as an attempt to avoid what was already bubbling up. The people were fighting back. They didn&#8217;t want that. And yet here we are. What I heard was, &#8220;They can&#8217;t escape karma.&#8221;</p></li></ol><p>Do with that what you will.</p><p>The purpose of Hot Girl Math is to show you how to decode the throughline of the clues from the Universe, so that you can tap into this knowledge yourself, while also build your self-trust. The signs are everywhere, you just need to learn how to pay attention.</p><p>At the end of the video, we come back to you&#8212;the star of the show.</p><p>What you experience on a massive scale is usually somehow connected to your personal journey, specifically, your shadow work journey.</p><p>I present you with three prompts to help you understand how your 2019 connects to the general themes we collectively experienced in 2019, so that we can get the full picture.</p><p>For those who want to dive deeper into the mystery, I&#8217;ve included additional prompts and reflection questions below.</p><p>Check out the latest episode on YouTube, and don&#8217;t forget to like, subscribe and share your intuitive hits as you watch!</p><p><strong>The time is 2019, let&#8217;s see if your own shadow journey was aligning with the collective unfolding&#8230;</strong></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot Girl Math: Time Traveling to 2018]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can you spot the themes and patterns of the year?]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2018</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2018</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:18:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/lXDe-TiYEs0" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-lXDe-TiYEs0" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;lXDe-TiYEs0&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/lXDe-TiYEs0?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>It&#8217;s Hot Girl Math time!</p><p>On this week&#8217;s episode, we time travel back to 2018 to look at all of the cosmic clues that point us to the general energetic theme unfolding.</p><p>From astrology and numerology to news headlines and pop culture, we begin to dissect the subtle messaging that was weaved between everything we were experiencing that year&#8212;which was all about balance, partnership, and taking inventory on where and who you&#8217;re investing your energy in.</p><p>And because alignment is always happening, 2018 was the year that I shared my book <em><strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1723392987">Let That Shit Go</a></strong></em>, which was all about partnership, with the world.</p><p>The purpose of Hot Girl Math is to show you how to decode the throughline of the clues from the Universe, so that you can tap into this knowledge yourself, while also build your self-trust. The signs are everywhere, you just need to learn how to pay attention.</p><p>At the end of the video, we come back to you&#8212;the star of the show.</p><p>What you experience on a massive scale is usually somehow connected to your personal journey, specifically, your shadow work journey.</p><p>I present you with three prompts to help you understand how your 2018 connects to the general themes we collectively experienced in 2018, so that we can get the full picture.</p><p>For those who want to dive deeper into the mystery, I&#8217;ve included additional prompts and reflection questions below.</p><p>Check out the latest episode on YouTube, and don&#8217;t forget to like, subscribe and share your intuitive hits as you watch!</p><p><strong>The time is 2018, let&#8217;s see if your own shadow journey was aligning with the collective unfolding&#8230;</strong></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot Girl Math: Time Traveling to 2017]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can you spot the themes and patterns of the year?]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2017</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:12:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/sxaqRwa2le8" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-sxaqRwa2le8" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;sxaqRwa2le8&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/sxaqRwa2le8?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>It&#8217;s Hot Girl Math time!</p><p>On this week&#8217;s episode, we time travel back to 2017 to look at all of the cosmic clues that point us to the general energetic theme unfolding.</p><p>From astrology and numerology to news headlines and pop culture, we begin to dissect the subtle messaging that was weaved between everything we were experiencing that year&#8212;which was all about new beginnings and starting even before you feel &#8220;ready.&#8221;</p><p>The year of 2017 was pivotal in my journey. I quit my corporate, safe job at E! (which I thought was my dream job) to pursue the very erratic and unstable life of being a freelance writer, and although it was terrifying, I was shown the reward of taking initiative.</p><p>Less than two months after I quit, a personal essay I pitched to Cosmo went viral, creating massive exposure and leading me to my first brand trip to Jamaica. I was able to invest more time and energy into The Problem With Dating, hosting events, creating merch, and even leading panels.</p><p>That year, I also entered a relationship that became a catalyst for my shadow work journey, and as you can imagine, that was a doozy (to say the least).</p><p>In 2017, I was shown what happens when I bet on myself, and learned how to take the first step forward even when I don&#8217;t know where I&#8217;m going, and even when I&#8217;m not sure which direction to take.</p><p>Interestingly enough, I feel the same this year. Maybe you resonate with some of that.</p><p>The purpose of Hot Girl Math is to show you how to decode the throughline of the clues from the Universe, so that you can tap into this knowledge yourself, while also build your self-trust. The signs are everywhere, you just need to learn how to pay attention.</p><p>At the end of the video, we come back to you&#8212;the star of the show.</p><p>What you experience on a massive scale is usually somehow connected to your personal journey, specifically, your shadow work journey.</p><p>I present you with three prompts to help you understand how your 2017 connects to the general themes we collectively experienced in 2017, so that we can get the full picture.</p><p>For those who want to dive deeper into the mystery, I&#8217;ve included additional prompts and reflection questions below.</p><p>Check out the latest episode on YouTube, and don&#8217;t forget to like, subscribe and share your intuitive hits as you watch!</p><p><strong>Shadow Work Reflections:</strong></p>
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The lines were blurred across the board, and this is when we began to wonder whether or not we&#8217;re still living in the same reality we always knew.</p><p>Something I forgot to mention in the video that is worth pointing out are the major TV shows of the time&#8230; <em>drum roll please.</em></p><p>Two of the top shows of 2016 that just <em>screamed</em> alignment with the energy we unfolded together are: <em>Stranger Things</em> and <em>Black Mirror</em>.</p><p>And this is what the show is all about.</p><p>The purpose of Hot Girl Math is to show you how to decode the throughline of the clues from the Universe, so that you can tap into this knowledge yourself, while also build your self-trust. The signs are everywhere, you just need to learn how to pay attention.</p><p>At the end of the video, we come back to you&#8212;the star of the show.</p><p>What you experience on a massive scale is usually somehow connected to your personal journey, specifically, your shadow work journey.</p><p>I present you with three prompts to help you understand how your 2016 connects to the general themes we collectively experienced in 2016, so that we can get the full picture.</p><p>For those who want to dive deeper into the mystery, I&#8217;ve included additional prompts and reflection questions below.</p><p>Check out the latest episode on YouTube, and don&#8217;t forget to like, subscribe and share your intuitive hits as you watch!</p><p><strong>Shadow Work Reflections:</strong></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Society Doesn't Hate Witchcraft...]]></title><description><![CDATA[It hates being seen beneath the mask.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/this-society-doesnt-hate-witchcraft</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/this-society-doesnt-hate-witchcraft</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:08:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XgB-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F09683201-89ed-4c4b-a68b-324223b77bee_1024x640.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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None of that matters.</p><p>None of the identities that separate us actually matter, but we&#8217;re not ready to have that conversation.</p><p>You are fighting a number of energetic signatures that have merged into an entity that is attached to this experience. It is embedded in the very foundation of the world you&#8217;re living in.</p><p>You&#8217;re not fighting someone&#8217;s skin color, religious beliefs, political party or sexual preference.</p><p>You&#8217;re fighting someone&#8217;s spirit. The dark passengers that take control of their hosts and use them to their advantage&#8212;and that energy doesn&#8217;t discriminate.</p><p>We&#8217;ve always heard about &#8220;divide and conquer,&#8221; a tactic that has proven to be quite successful throughout time.</p><p>By utilizing physical descriptors as forms of &#8220;othering,&#8221; and feeding us narratives that support these mistruths, you become conditioned to see the world through a very particular lens.</p><p>And that lens will create your truths of yourself, your identity in this place, and of the world around you.</p><p>If you continue to believe that this is all you are, you will hold these labels on a pedestal, because you have convinced yourself that this is <em>you</em>. It&#8217;s all you got.</p><p>While your identity is absolutely important in this Universe and has value, it is not the totality of who you are.</p><p>It is a speck in the story of U.</p><p>A beautiful, magnificent speck, but still a speck.</p><p>You are here to give U a story. What does this character do? Who are they in the world? What&#8217;s the mark that they leave?</p><p>We are parts of a bigger whole, but when those parts remain fragmented, there&#8217;s no movement. No change. No forward progress.</p><p>We&#8217;re too busy fighting each other to see the real threat&#8230;</p><p>Just scattered energy. Everywhere and nowhere at once.</p><p>The entity that we have been fighting attaches to numerous people, regardless of identity, background or creed.</p><p>You can see it in the people around you, and if you&#8217;re brave enough, you can see it within yourself, too.</p><p>This world was created in order to experience ourselves outside of ourselves, but that has evolved into dangerous disconnection&#8212;one that will need to harmonize and balance out in order to alchemize the energy that perpetuates the harm we claim we want to heal.</p><p>This is how you fight back energetically.</p><p>Everyone tending to their own energy.</p><p>That&#8217;s how healing yourself heals the world. You&#8217;re part of it all, but are you doing your part?</p><p>We project and make our problems other people&#8217;s problems. We keep a safe distance between our awareness and the parts of ourselves we don&#8217;t want to see.</p><p>We keep the story alive so we can spiral through time, revolving around the same loops that are unwelcome yet familiar. Apathy.</p><p>This is why history keeps repeating itself. It&#8217;s one big loop that we continue to play into, because we don&#8217;t even realize we&#8217;re on the same ride.</p><p>But it&#8217;s a loop we must break.</p><p>Too many of us have forgotten, and we are at a time where it&#8217;s crucial to remember.</p><p>The way to break the loop is both complex and simple&#8212;look at yourself honestly for once in your life, and stop running.</p><p>Who have you become? What do you contribute to this world? What do you stand for?</p><p>Take inventory of your life and then take aligned action on what&#8217;s within your control.</p><p>You want closeness? Be vulnerable.<br>You want partnership? Practice forgiveness.<br>You want peace? Be honest.</p><p>What are your loops? Write them down.<br>What behaviors activate during those loops? Write them down.<br>What would the opposite energy look like? Write that down.</p><p>Then put it into action.</p><p>What we are experiencing historically right now requires unity more than ever, and unity is not everyone being the same or doing the same thing. It&#8217;s a harmonic dance between our unique differences. It&#8217;s compassion when judgement is easier. It&#8217;s seeking to understand more than you seek to be understood.</p><p>We are in the midst of a major change, and everyone&#8217;s role is different.</p><p>We can&#8217;t experience real change if it&#8217;s not rooted, which means you&#8217;ll need to navigate your own shadows to see where you feed the beast of illusion within your own life.</p><p>When you can heal that, you create a profound ripple within the world.</p><p>You matter in ways you never allowed yourself to believe.</p><p>This society doesn&#8217;t hate witchcraft. It hates wise women who know what to do with the gifts they&#8217;ve been given.</p><p>It hates being seen beneath the mask.</p><p>And yet, the unmasking has already begun.</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decode Your Love With These Asteroids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Get ready to do some hot girl math!]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/decode-your-love-with-these-asteroids</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/decode-your-love-with-these-asteroids</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:08:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6uIE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F876a7891-62a0-48d7-9218-a4261ebab9f1_1024x640.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 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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>This Valentine&#8217;s Day, let&#8217;s go beyond Venus and Mars to uncover the hidden love stories within your birth chart. </p><p>While planets and luminaries are strong markers of archetypes within your story, asteroids are also a great tool that often go unnoticed (until you realize they&#8217;re there, and now you&#8217;re going down a rabbit hole on Saturday night).</p><p>There are <em>so</em> many asteroids you can look up in your chart, and I do in fact spend a lot of my time interpreting their placements in my chart, so prepare to learn more about them.</p><p>Given the theme of today, I figured we can start with a few love asteroids.</p><p>These markers provide deeper insights into your romantic dynamics, soulmate connections, and karmic relationships (in synastry readings).</p><p>They&#8217;ll be especially potent in your chart if they make a tight orb (1-2 degrees) with a personal planet.</p><p>In order to do this, you&#8217;ll first need to pull up your birth chart. I recommend <strong><a href="http://www.astro.com">astro.com</a></strong> (astro.com &gt; Charts &amp; Calculations &gt; Extended Chart Selection).</p><p>From there, you&#8217;ll input your birth information (and yes, birth time matters if you know it!), and scroll to the bottom where it says &#8220;Additional Objects.&#8221;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MmmS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F197bbc27-5322-4c30-9c90-1fdc6c7c30ae_1802x806.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MmmS!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F197bbc27-5322-4c30-9c90-1fdc6c7c30ae_1802x806.png 424w, 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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>From there, you can either look up each asteroid under &#8220;Asteroid name/number list&#8221; or input the number associated with the asteroid in the Manual Entry box, separated by commas.</p><p>Here are some key ones to explore:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Eros (433)</strong>: Passion, erotic desire, and the magnetic pull between lovers. Where Eros lands in your chart reveals what ignites your deepest passions.</p></li><li><p><strong>Psyche (16)</strong>: The soul&#8217;s longing for love and deep emotional connection. This asteroid sheds light on spiritual bonds and soulmate themes.</p></li><li><p><strong>Juno (3)</strong>: Commitment, marriage, and the kind of partner you seek for long-term union. Juno&#8217;s placement can reveal your ideal partnership style.</p></li><li><p><strong>Amor (1221)</strong>: Unconditional love and the ways you express affection beyond physical attraction.</p></li><li><p><strong>Vesta (4)</strong>: Devotion, sacred love, and where you focus your inner fire in relationships.</p></li><li><p><strong>Sappho (80)</strong>: Artistic expression, sensuality, and relationships, particularly those involving the same sex. It can indicate how one expresses creativity and experiences love and desire.</p></li><li><p><strong>Aphrodite (1388):</strong> How one expresses love, experiences beauty, and connects with others on an emotional and sensual level.</p></li></ul><p>When you&#8217;re looking these up in your chart, there are a few things you&#8217;ll want to consider:</p><ul><li><p>What sign is it in?</p></li><li><p>What house is it in?</p></li><li><p>Is it touching anything in my chart?</p></li></ul><p>That&#8217;s when you start doing your hot girl math (energy math) and learn more about its expression by taking the energy of the sign with the area of life (house placement) and any conjunctions (touching anything within 1 to 2 degrees) into consideration.</p><p>This may seem overwhelming at first, but if you&#8217;re a nerd like me, it can quickly become your next hyperfixation.</p><p>You can always Google to help you with interpretations, but if you&#8217;d like to get more into astrology and learn the basics, you can grab my <strong><a href="https://stan.store/mysticbru/p/astro-basics-ebook">Astros Basics e-book</a></strong> to help you with the foundational information!</p><p>Xo</p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Year Ahead Insight Reading...]]></title><description><![CDATA[A glimpse into what's in store for this next cycle of your solar return.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/your-year-ahead-insight-reading</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/your-year-ahead-insight-reading</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:08:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Wj8i!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9b578fd9-9ff5-423f-b96a-c54a14041056_1024x640.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div 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Not in a dramatic way. More like a quiet, friendly nudge.</p><p>A question forming underneath everything else&#8230;<em>what is this next cycle really about for me?</em></p><p>Every year, when my birthday nears, I begin to incorporate all of my studies and resources to better equip me for the next journey around the sun: numerology insights, tarot insights, astrology insights.</p><p>That&#8217;s what inspired my <strong><a href="https://www.mysticbru.com/your-year-ahead-insight-reading">Your Year Ahead Insight Reading</a></strong>.</p><p>It&#8217;s not a prediction for the year ahead, but a soul-level conversation with the year that&#8217;s waiting for you.</p><p>One of the main changes I&#8217;ve felt compelled to do with my offerings is to no longer fragment the tools that I utilize. They&#8217;re puzzle pieces to the bigger picture, and you&#8217;ll need to experience them alongside each other to truly grasp the magick.</p><p>With that said, these email readings look at:</p><ul><li><p>Some key astrological transits</p></li><li><p>Major archetypal themes and initiations</p></li><li><p>Emotional and relational patterns ready to shift</p></li><li><p>Where expansion is asking for courage</p></li><li><p>Where closure is quietly unfolding</p></li></ul><p>We look at meaning by exploring what this year wants to teach you, what chapter is closing, and what version of you is trying to arrive.</p><p>These readings are not meant to direct your life, but anchor it. Something that you can return to all year long as a sort of energetic compass.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.mysticbru.com/your-year-ahead-insight-reading&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Learn More&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.mysticbru.com/your-year-ahead-insight-reading"><span>Learn More</span></a></p><p><strong>&#10024;When you book during your zodiac season, you&#8217;ll also receive a special treat&#10024;</strong></p><p><strong>In addition to what&#8217;s included within the reading, you&#8217;ll also get a personalized major arcana pull to reveal the shadow archetype that is of importance during this solar return.</strong></p><p><strong>And since we&#8217;re in Aquarius season right now, this addition is available to all Aquarius suns who book by February 19.</strong></p><p>This feels especially fitting as Aquarius energy governs the future, timelines, and the courage to become who you haven&#8217;t been yet.</p><p>If you&#8217;ve been feeling a cycle closing, sensing that something new is forming but can&#8217;t quite name it&#8230;</p><p>This reading may bring the clarity you&#8217;ve been waiting for.</p><p>You have options with this offering: the PDF report or the PDF report with an integration call for those who would like to reflect on what&#8217;s in the report together.</p><p>I have limited availability for these readings each month, so if you attempt to book but don&#8217;t see the option, then they&#8217;re sold out for the time being.</p><p>If you&#8217;re ready to prepare for your year ahead, click <a href="https://www.mysticbru.com/your-year-ahead-insight-reading">here</a>.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Emotional Loop: A Guide for People Who’ve Done the Work and Still Feel Stuck]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's what you're being asked to do next...]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/the-emotional-loop-a-guide-for-people</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/the-emotional-loop-a-guide-for-people</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:08:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rf6W!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6aed2acc-71ac-4ebd-92f3-a82a85dd5a11_1024x640.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rf6W!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6aed2acc-71ac-4ebd-92f3-a82a85dd5a11_1024x640.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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You&#8217;ve analyzed your patterns. You&#8217;ve probably had moments of deep clarity about why you feel the way you feel and why certain relationships or situations keep pulling at you the same way.</p><p>And yet&#8230; something still hasn&#8217;t shifted.</p><p>I know this place intimately.</p><p>Before I was a mystic, a coach, or someone who holds space for others, I was a woman trying to understand why I kept repeating the same emotional and relational patterns despite having all the language, insight, and self-awareness to explain them. </p><p>My book, <em><strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1723392987">Let That Shit Go: A Journey to Forgiveness, Healing &amp; Understanding Love</a></strong></em>, was born out of that season of my life&#8212;a reckoning with the stories, attachments, and survival strategies that once kept me safe, but were quietly keeping me stuck.</p><p>What I discovered&#8212;first in myself, and later in my work with others&#8212;is something most personal growth spaces don&#8217;t name clearly&#8230;</p><p>Insight alone does not dissolve emotional loops.</p><p>I thought that if I could just understand my patterns deeply enough, and analyze them until they nearly disintegrated, that would be enough. Things would magically change, and I&#8217;d be smooth sailing into calmer territory.</p><p>Life has humbled me more times than I&#8217;d like to admit.</p><p>What happened instead was a stark realization: understanding your trauma does not automatically rewire how your nervous system responds. And awareness, while powerful, has a ceiling.</p><p>An emotional loop is not a failure of healing. It&#8217;s a sign that something in you is still organized around an old version of safety.</p><p>The shame of feeling stuck when you think you&#8217;re supposed to be &#8220;further along&#8221; can feel quite defeating, so I created this free audio teaching and worksheet to help you.</p><p><strong>The Emotional Loop: A Guide for People Who&#8217;ve Done the Work and Still Feel Stuck</strong> is a short, grounded orientation to what&#8217;s actually happening when you keep circling the same feelings, reactions, or relationship dynamics&#8212;even after years of self-work. </p><p>In the audio, I explain what emotional loops really are, why awareness often stops working here, and what needs to be present for real, embodied change to begin.</p><p><strong>You can listen to the audio right here:</strong></p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;ff1a62df-db8d-462a-99c7-c5d461b06451&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:994.2204,&quot;downloadable&quot;:true,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p><strong>For those who like a little extra credit, you can download the accompanying worksheet here:</strong></p><div class="file-embed-wrapper" data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail-default" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0Cy0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Fimg%2Fattachment_icon.svg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">The Emotional Loop Worksheet</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">25.9KB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://www.returntoself.me/api/v1/file/1ecdfa91-9226-4e72-ac26-52f9a6eb1aba.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a class="file-embed-button narrow" href="https://www.returntoself.me/api/v1/file/1ecdfa91-9226-4e72-ac26-52f9a6eb1aba.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div></div><p>This work sits at the intersection of what I&#8217;ve spent years studying and living: shadow integration, psychological astrology, and deep, trauma-informed coaching. </p><p>I don&#8217;t believe your psyche and your spirit are separate. I believe healing happens when they&#8217;re finally allowed to speak to each other&#8212;and when insight is given the time, support, and relational safety it needs to become something you can feel, not just understand.</p><p>If this resonates, you&#8217;ll likely feel at home here.</p><p>This Substack is a space for depth, integration, and honest inquiry&#8212;for people who are ready to stop circling the same internal stories and begin meeting themselves in a more truthful way.</p><p>Start with the audio. Take your time with the worksheet. And please know that feeling stuck doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;re broken.</p><p>It usually means you&#8217;re ready for what&#8217;s next.</p><p>If you feel called to work with me personally, feel free to <strong><a href="http://www.mysticbru.com/appointments">explore my services here</a></strong>.</p><p>Xo</p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're Invited: Shadow Work Through Tarot & Poetry!]]></title><description><![CDATA[A workshop to uncover the shadows being illuminated with the Cancer Full Moon]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/youre-invited-shadow-work-through-705</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/youre-invited-shadow-work-through-705</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:08:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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write a reflective (perhaps poetic!) response, allowing intuition and imagination to become the bridges between insight and expression.</p><p>No writing experience is necessary. Bring your curiosity, your deck (or pull from one of ours), and a willingness to be surprised by what rises from within.</p><p>The suggested donation to attend this event is $10, which can be paid via Venmo (@returntoself).</p><p>If you&#8217;d like to experience the magick of community and dive into the shadows, make sure to <strong><a href="https://partiful.com/e/eZlPU3X8K7UD50Chd4PW">RSVP here</a></strong>! </p><p>This will be a monthly workshop corresponding with the theme of the full moon, so if you can&#8217;t make it this time, there will more opportunities! But be sure to keep an eye out for upcoming events.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Closing Out a Collective 9-Year & Preparing for a New Cycle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's break down the numerology of 2025 and 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/closing-out-a-collective-9-year-and</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/closing-out-a-collective-9-year-and</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:08:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5TcJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d8b4dd5-939b-4a85-b3a1-d6239f246a66_1024x640.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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What outlived its purpose? What are we ready to bring with us into what&#8217;s next, and what needs to stay behind?</em></p><p>In numerology, 2025 is the final chapter of a <strong><a href="https://www.returntoself.me/p/2025-is-a-9-year-in-numerology-heres?utm_source=publication-search">nine-year cycle.</a></strong><a href="https://www.returntoself.me/p/2025-is-a-9-year-in-numerology-heres?utm_source=publication-search"> </a></p><p>Nine is about completion, reckoning, healing, and harvesting&#8212;the summation of what you started nearly a decade ago. And whether you felt that thread consciously or unconsciously, this last cycle has had a powerful throughline.</p><p>When I look back at the pathway we&#8217;ve walked since 2016, the theme that echoes most clearly for me is self-love.</p><p>In 2016, we were faced with a fork in the road: will we choose ourselves or continue down a path unconsciously chosen through expectation and an identity that we may have outgrown?</p><p>Somewhere between 2017&#8211;2019, many of us embarked on a path that required us to face our hidden wounds, our innermost fears, and the humbling reminder that perhaps we still have work to do before embodying the version of ourselves that can sustain the life we claim we want.</p><p>The years after that called us into the Underworld&#8212;an initiation into the deepest shadows of our psyche in order to uncover our unconscious habits, patterns and behaviors that keep us stuck in an unconscious loop of familiar yet disappointing dynamics.</p><p>And now, we&#8217;re harvesting the fruits of that work: clarity, self-trust, inner sovereignty, and deeper alignment.</p><p>This cycle wasn&#8217;t about chasing illusionary ideals&#8212;it was about coming home to ourselves. And if you&#8217;ve survived, learned, expanded, healed&#8212;you&#8217;ve done sacred work.</p><p>So as this &#8220;9-year&#8221; closes, let&#8217;s honor how far we&#8217;ve come, and gently thank the parts of us that felt broken, the parts that got bruised, the parts that finally learned what safety feels like&#8212;and let them rest.</p><div><hr></div><p>I love weaving in the Chinese zodiac as another lens for this transition.</p><p>Right now (through February 16, 2026) we are in the Wood Snake year. The Wood Snake brings quiet wisdom, introspection, transformation, and the ability to shed old skins<strong>.</strong> It doesn&#8217;t demand loud action&#8212;it invites subtle inner work, resourcefulness, and deep alignment.</p><p>A time to survey your inner landscape, clear what no longer belongs, and trust the quiet unfolding inside.</p><p>And then&#8230; just around the corner lies the Fire Horse. </p><p>As 2026 begins, this energy promises momentum, outward movement, passion, bold action, and blazing new trails. </p><p>We were positioned to let go of whatever is no longer aligned, so that we can run freely without being held back by weight that was never ours to carry.</p><p>It feels like the Universe is handing us a clean slate, and once we do the clearing work, we&#8217;ll be able to charge forward into the path of the unknown with adventure and deep surrender.</p><div><hr></div><p>Here are some ways you can honor this shift:</p><p><strong>Reflect &amp; Release</strong><br>Take time (journals, quiet walks, meditation) to look back at the last 9 years.<br>Which patterns, beliefs, identities or relationships served growth? Which ones kept you small?</p><p><strong>Honor Your Evolution</strong><br>You&#8217;ve changed. You&#8217;re not the same person you were in 2016. Celebrate your growth. Even small wisdoms, subtle shifts, deep healing&#8212;they matter.</p><p><strong>Prepare for Forward Motion</strong><br>Use these last months of Wood Snake energy to rest, align, and center. When Fire Horse kicks in, you&#8217;ll be ready to move with intention, grounded in self-love and clarity.</p><p><strong>Hold Space for Mystery + Intuition</strong><br>Cycles don&#8217;t always follow linear time. Sometimes healing shows up when a wound finally dissolves, or when a decision becomes clear only after everything slows down. Trust that time and reflection&#8212;not force&#8212;will reveal what&#8217;s next.</p><p>Xo</p><div><hr></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Quantum Integration & Divine Mission]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grab some popcorn.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/your-quantum-integration-and-divine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/your-quantum-integration-and-divine</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:08:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/iOpB4OxeDr4" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-iOpB4OxeDr4" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;iOpB4OxeDr4&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/iOpB4OxeDr4?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>If this is for you, life may not make much logical sense.</p><p>You may have been experiencing multiple moments throughout the last few years that caused you to question your reality&#8212;and yourself.</p><p>In fact, since 2016, you&#8217;ve been unraveling&#8230;slowly but surely untangling all of the energetic knots, karmic debts and lessons that have allowed you to become folded inside out and back again.</p><p>Perhaps you&#8217;ve even considered&#8212;for just a moment&#8212;that you were moving between timelines, walking between worlds and jumping from one reality to another.</p><p>If that sounds like you, check out my video above where I break down your quantum integration and divine mission.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shadows of the Heart: "It's Hard to Let My Walls Down With Love"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can astrology help heal Liz's love life?]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/shadows-of-the-heart-its-hard-to</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/shadows-of-the-heart-its-hard-to</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 22:01:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/K3UotDTHPbM" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-K3UotDTHPbM" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;K3UotDTHPbM&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/K3UotDTHPbM?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>And just like that, we&#8217;re at the final episode of the first season.</p><p>Welcome to the finale of Shadows of the Heart&#8212;a raw and revealing astrology-based series that uses shadow work and birth chart analysis to uncover the hidden patterns that block us from love. </p><p>Each week, I sit down with a new participant to explore the unconscious forces driving their dating choices and relational cycles. </p><p>This week, meet Liz, a 32-year-old communications specialist who's often had to shrink in relationships and found it difficult to be vulnerable with a partner. If you identify with being a parentified child or always having to be &#8220;strong,&#8221; then this one&#8217;s for you.</p><p>Together, we look through her birth chart to uncover how these patterns are written in the stars. </p><p>Through an intuitive chart reading, we discuss the patterns, wounds, and planetary activations shaping their romantic life and how healing begins by bringing shadow into light. </p><p><em>Disclaimer: Each participant's full birth chart is not shown on screen to respect their privacy. These sessions are intended for educational and spiritual growth purposes and should not replace professional therapy or medical advice.</em></p><p>Thank you so much for supporting the first season of this labor of love, and thank you to all of the participants who were brave enough to bare their cosmic souls with the Internet in order to prove the power of astrology, healing and vulnerability.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shadows of the Heart: "I Invest Too Much Too Quickly"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can astrology help heal Lindsay's love life?]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/shadows-of-the-heart-i-invest-too</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/shadows-of-the-heart-i-invest-too</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 22:00:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/OaTk2_VlKFk" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-OaTk2_VlKFk" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;OaTk2_VlKFk&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/OaTk2_VlKFk?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>Welcome back to Shadows of the Heart&#8212;a raw and revealing astrology-based series that uses shadow work and birth chart analysis to uncover the hidden patterns that block us from love. </p><p>Each week, I sit down with a new participant to explore the unconscious forces driving their dating choices and relational cycles. </p><p>This week, meet Lindsay, a 44-year-old educator who kept finding herself investing too deeply in relationships before finding out if it was actually aligned. If you tend to rush (Aries, I&#8217;m looking at you), this is a must watch.</p><p>Together, we look through her birth chart to uncover how these patterns are written in the stars. </p><p>Through an intuitive chart reading, we discuss the patterns, wounds, and planetary activations shaping their romantic life and how healing begins by bringing shadow into light. </p><p><em>Disclaimer: Each participant's full birth chart is not shown on screen to respect their privacy. These sessions are intended for educational and spiritual growth purposes and should not replace professional therapy or medical advice.</em></p><p>Catch this episode of Shadows of the Heart and make sure to stay tuned for new episodes dropping every Friday at 3 pm PST!</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>