<?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.

Not everything is meant to be resolved. Some things are just meant to be witnessed.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/s/the-liminal-space</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mz7X!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F62b230ac-0d2e-42b9-9ffc-6be22e279c4f_500x500.png</url><title>RETURN TO SELF: The Liminal Space</title><link>https://www.returntoself.me/s/the-liminal-space</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 23:34:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.returntoself.me/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[info@returntoself.me]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[info@returntoself.me]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[info@returntoself.me]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[info@returntoself.me]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Why Some Men Keep Choosing Toxic Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's talk about mother wounds and dating.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/why-some-men-keep-choosing-toxic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/why-some-men-keep-choosing-toxic</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:22:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/DiNW_hf-2dU" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-DiNW_hf-2dU" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;DiNW_hf-2dU&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DiNW_hf-2dU?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>I came across a post recently that read: <em>&#8220;Of course men love toxic women. They grew up with a mother who beat them then said &#8216;I love you.&#8217;&#8221;</em></p><p>And while provocative, I couldn&#8217;t stop thinking about the psychology underneath it.</p><p>Because what happens when a young boy learns that the very person meant to make him feel safe is also the source of fear, criticism, unpredictability, or emotional pain?</p><p>In this week&#8217;s episode of <em>Hot Girl Math</em>, we unpack the mother wound in men &#8212; specifically how early relationships with emotionally volatile, neglectful, or abusive mothers can unconsciously shape a man&#8217;s sense of self, the women he gravitates toward, and the kind of love his nervous system learns to recognize as familiar.</p><p>We talk about why some men confuse chaos with chemistry. Why healthy love can feel boring when dysfunction was the blueprint. How emotional repression develops when vulnerability feels unsafe.</p><p>And why so many people aren&#8217;t choosing what they <em>deserve</em> in relationships&#8230;</p><p>They&#8217;re choosing what their nervous system has been conditioned to call love.</p><p>This conversation isn&#8217;t about blaming mothers.</p><p>It&#8217;s about understanding how childhood wounds quietly shape adult relationships, and why healing often begins when we stop asking <em>&#8220;Why do I keep choosing this?&#8221;</em> and start asking <em>&#8220;Where did I first learn that love was supposed to feel this way?&#8221;</em></p><p>Come solve the energetic equations with me.</p><p>New episodes of <em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0y4a0aEUhHb_4E-s5f0cO2s34qwCGhw">Hot Girl Math</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0y4a0aEUhHb_4E-s5f0cO2s34qwCGhw"> drop every Wednesday</a></strong>.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[30 Spiritual Truths I’ve Learned Along the Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here are some things I've gathered from my guides thus far...]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/30-spiritual-truths-ive-learned-along</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/30-spiritual-truths-ive-learned-along</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:37:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/P8FldyKdjZA" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-P8FldyKdjZA" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;P8FldyKdjZA&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/P8FldyKdjZA?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot lately about truth.</p><p>Not <em>Truth</em> in the absolute sense &#8212; the kind people cling to as universal, fixed, and unquestionable.</p><p>But little-<em>t</em> truths.</p><p>The insights we gather through lived experience. The understandings that arrive through intuition, observation, suffering, healing, surrender, and the strange unfolding of being human.</p><p>In this week&#8217;s episode of <em>Hot Girl Math</em>, I&#8217;m sharing <strong>30 spiritual truth bombs</strong> I&#8217;ve accumulated over the years &#8212; not as doctrine, not as something you need to adopt, but as reflections that have helped me make sense of this reality and my place within it.</p><p>We explore why ascension often requires a descent first. Why many of us may have chosen to incarnate during this particular moment in history. What it means to live through the merging of two realities happening simultaneously.</p><p>And how sometimes the deepest wisdom comes not from certainty&#8230; but from allowing yourself to sit in the mystery.</p><p>None of these are what I call <em>big-T Truths. </em>They are simply truths that continue to reveal themselves to me.</p><p>And maybe in hearing them, something within you remembers what has always been quietly unfolding inside of you, too.</p><p>New episodes of <em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0y4a0aEUhHb_4E-s5f0cO2s34qwCGhw">Hot Girl Math</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0y4a0aEUhHb_4E-s5f0cO2s34qwCGhw"> drop every Wednesday</a></strong>. Come join the conversation.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Need to Talk About the "Demonic" Accusations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's get straight to the point.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/i-need-to-talk-about-the-demonic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/i-need-to-talk-about-the-demonic</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:38:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/1gxV5-cFb4A" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-1gxV5-cFb4A" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;1gxV5-cFb4A&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/1gxV5-cFb4A?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>What if the thing you&#8217;ve been taught to fear isn&#8217;t actually the danger?</p><p>In this week&#8217;s episode of <em>Hot Girl Math</em>, I&#8217;m responding to the growing rhetoric that astrology, tarot, intuition, and other spiritual practices are inherently &#8220;demonic.&#8221;</p><p>But this conversation goes far beyond astrology.</p><p>We explore the difference between discernment and fear, the ways shame and control can masquerade as spiritual truth, and how verbal and digital abuse often silence people from sharing their authentic experiences and gifts.</p><p>I also talk about throat chakra wounds, the courage it takes to speak when your voice has been challenged, and share a recent intuitive download that came through during my own reflection on this topic.</p><p>Whether you agree with me or not, my hope is that this episode invites you to think critically, stay curious, and examine where your beliefs come from.</p><p>Because fear is not the same thing as wisdom, and certainty is not the same thing as truth.</p><p>New episodes of <em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0y4a0aEUhHb_4E-s5f0cO2s34qwCGhw">Hot Girl Math</a></strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0y4a0aEUhHb_4E-s5f0cO2s34qwCGhw"> drop every Wednesday</a></strong>. Come join the conversation.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Connection Broke a Generational Karmic Cycle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Worthiness wounds came straight to the surface.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/this-connection-broke-a-generational</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/this-connection-broke-a-generational</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:09:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/RWU5P7n9IJ0" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-RWU5P7n9IJ0" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;RWU5P7n9IJ0&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/RWU5P7n9IJ0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>We went back to basics for this one.</p><p>In this week&#8217;s episode of <em>Hot Girl Math</em>, I let the cards reveal the message that needed to be shared. Normally, I&#8217;d have an idea of what needs to be discussed for the episode, but this week was different.</p><p>All I kept hearing was, &#8220;Channel.&#8221;</p><p>So, I went back to basics and got the tarot deck out, and sure enough, there was quite a profound message that came through that had to do with breaking generational cycles around worthiness that have been getting in the way of your love and finances.</p><p>As always, use your discernment to know if this message is for you.</p><p>If you&#8217;d like to dive deeper with a personal reading, book an <strong><a href="https://stan.store/mysticbru/p/insight--integration-session">Insight &amp; Integration session with me here</a></strong>.</p><p>New episodes of <em>Hot Girl Math</em> drop every Wednesday. Subscribe on YouTube so you don&#8217;t miss this one.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[That Time I Saw An Alien Watch Me Sleep...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yeah, really.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/that-time-i-saw-an-alien-watch-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/that-time-i-saw-an-alien-watch-me</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 15:54:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/LC3hwoGaVu0" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-LC3hwoGaVu0" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;LC3hwoGaVu0&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LC3hwoGaVu0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>I wasn&#8217;t planning on talking about this publicly.</p><p>But after years of trying to rationalize, intellectualize, dismiss, and compartmentalize certain experiences&#8230; I&#8217;ve realized that the unknown doesn&#8217;t disappear just because we&#8217;re uncomfortable with it.</p><p>In this week&#8217;s episode of <em>Hot Girl Math</em>, we&#8217;re going down the rabbit hole.</p><p>I open by discussing the <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-z0k5xu1hM">four alien species reportedly disclosed by former CIA and intelligence figures</a></strong>, the rise of AI during a time of disclosure, and why humanity seems simultaneously obsessed with and terrified of what exists beyond our current understanding.</p><p>But then things get personal.</p><p>I share my own experience with a supernatural presence that appeared while I was sleeping&#8212;an encounter that fundamentally shifted the way I think about intuition, fear, consciousness, and the unseen.</p><p>And naturally&#8230; there are side quests.</p><p>We get into signs from the Universe, the strange language of synchronicity, why the unknown tends to reveal itself in fragments instead of certainty, and how to navigate experiences that don&#8217;t fit neatly into logic without completely losing discernment.</p><p>This episode isn&#8217;t about convincing you of anything.</p><p>It&#8217;s about exploring the edges of reality with curiosity instead of denial.</p><p>New episodes of <em>Hot Girl Math</em> drop every Wednesday. Subscribe on YouTube so you don&#8217;t miss this one.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani Is Proving Competence Is Revolutionary]]></title><description><![CDATA[Time to raise the bar and stand on it.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/new-york-mayor-zohran-mamdani-is</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/new-york-mayor-zohran-mamdani-is</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:41:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/n87o1yI3g4w" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-n87o1yI3g4w" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;n87o1yI3g4w&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/n87o1yI3g4w?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>There&#8217;s a reason competence feels almost shocking right now.</p><p>We&#8217;ve collectively normalized dysfunction for so long&#8212;in politics, dating, leadership, institutions, and even our personal lives&#8212;that when someone shows up with clarity, structure, and actual service, it disrupts the nervous system.</p><p>In this week&#8217;s episode of <em>Hot Girl Math</em>, I break down the energy surrounding Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s rise in New York and why so many people are resonating with his leadership style.</p><p>But this conversation isn&#8217;t really just about politics.</p><p>It&#8217;s about standards.</p><p>What happens when we stop expecting chaos?<br>What happens when we stop romanticizing instability?<br>What happens when we remember that power can be organized, grounded, and in service to people&#8212;not just ego?</p><p>I also connect this dynamic to dating, self-worth, and the unconscious ways we acclimate to less than we actually desire.</p><p>Because whether it&#8217;s leadership, relationships, or community&#8212;the standards you normalize become the reality you live inside of.</p><p>And many people are beginning to realize they want more.</p><p>New episodes of <em>Hot Girl Math</em> drop every Wednesday. Subscribe on YouTube so you don&#8217;t miss this one.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pluto Retrograde Is Exposing Cult Dynamics]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you can't question it, that's a red flag.]]></description><link>https://www.returntoself.me/p/pluto-retrograde-is-exposing-cult</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/pluto-retrograde-is-exposing-cult</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 16:33:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/fRlfT0ZRwE4" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-fRlfT0ZRwE4" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;fRlfT0ZRwE4&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/fRlfT0ZRwE4?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>There&#8217;s a difference between discernment and paranoia.</p><p>And right now, as Pluto stations retrograde in Aquarius, many of us are being asked to reexamine where we&#8217;ve unknowingly handed our power away&#8212;whether to a teacher, ideology, relationship, community, or even our own projections.</p><p>This week&#8217;s episode of <em>Hot Girl Math</em> dives into five major red flags that you may be caught in cult dynamics&#8230; and what to do if you realize manipulation, coercion, or energetic control has been present beneath the surface.</p><p>This conversation isn&#8217;t about targeting specific groups or individuals. It&#8217;s about learning to recognize patterns of imbalance before they consume your intuition, autonomy, or sense of self.</p><p>If you read my <strong><a href="https://www.returntoself.me/p/5-red-flags-that-youre-in-a-cult">Substack post</a></strong> on this topic last year, this episode continues the conversation&#8212;with practical examples, energetic insight, and tools for reclaiming your discernment without collapsing into fear or cynicism.</p><p>Because the goal isn&#8217;t to become distrustful.</p><p>It&#8217;s to become so in tune with your energetic system that any form of deception rings the alarm.</p><p>New episodes of <em>Hot Girl Math</em> drop every Wednesday. Subscribe on YouTube so you don&#8217;t miss a thing.</p><p>Xo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hot Girl Math: Time Traveling to 2025]]></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-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.returntoself.me/p/hot-girl-math-time-traveling-to-2025</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mystic Bru]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 21:11:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/WbLqLVZAWYk" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="youtube2-WbLqLVZAWYk" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;WbLqLVZAWYk&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/WbLqLVZAWYk?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 close out our time traveling by going back to 2025, a year that required us to face the truths that have been revealed, and release what is no longer aligned.</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>When faced with a 9-year, the question isn&#8217;t what you are releasing&#8212;it is who you are becoming now that there is finally room. </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 2025 connects to the general themes we collectively experienced in 2025, 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 2025, 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 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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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 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 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/$s_!6uIE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F876a7891-62a0-48d7-9218-a4261ebab9f1_1024x640.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 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asteroids.</p><p>These markers provide deeper insights into your romantic dynamics, soulmate connections, and karmic relationships (in synastry readings).</p><p>They&#8217;ll be especially potent in your chart if they make a tight orb (1-2 degrees) with a personal planet.</p><p>In order to do this, you&#8217;ll first need to pull up your birth chart. I recommend <strong><a href="http://www.astro.com">astro.com</a></strong> (astro.com &gt; Charts &amp; Calculations &gt; Extended Chart Selection).</p><p>From there, you&#8217;ll input your birth information (and yes, birth time matters if you know it!), and scroll to the bottom where it says &#8220;Additional Objects.&#8221;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$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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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></channel></rss>