Clear Light Creative Chiara Luce

Edward Varnie is the Writer and Director of independent films such as Release, Fathers, and The Weight. In this episode, he and Chiara Luce discuss what it takes to make your vision a movie and how he’s done it again and again

RESOURCES
- Like Brothers, by Jay & Mark Duplass
- The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron
- A Love Supreme, by John Coltrane
- Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
- Steal Like an Artist, by Austin Kleon
- Chiara’s Jazz to Work by Playlist

EDWARD’S PROJECTS
- Fathers: Learn more about and support his latest feature film
- @FathersTheMovie: Instagram
- The Weight: Instagram - Latest award-winning short
- Release: Watch his premiere feature-length film on Amazon Prime.
- Portfolio - Instagram - Twitter

“Life’s what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”
John Lennon

“To live in the meantime means to live an artful happy life.”
Rev. Dr. Dwight D. Andrews

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On Halloween night, October 31st, 2020, there will be a full moon in the sign of Taurus, known as The Hunter’s Moon. The last time this happened was in 1944, and the last time it was a Blue Moon… well, what even is a Blue Moon?

Michelle and Chiara discuss this and so much more. In this episode, they define the energy of this potent magical night. They share what to watch out for, both good and bad, and why this moon is a supercharged rarity and how to make the most of it. They also share traditional pagan Samhain and Halloween Rituals.



RESOURCES

- Michelle’s Transit Support Group

- Samhain - Halloween Rituals

- Follow us on Instagram @clearlightcreative

- How to look up your birth chart:


Go to Astro.com > Free Horoscopes > Drawings & Calculations > Extended Chart Selection

 Once there


Enter your information
Then scroll down to Display & Calculation Options
Click True Node and Descending Node
Then scroll to Additional Objects and click

Pars Fortunae
Lilith
Chiron
Ceres
Pallas
Juno
Vesta


Then click “Click here to show the chart”



SHOW NOTES

(1:30) Episode Intro

(2:07) Where to find the Samhain - Halloween rituals 

(3:11) What’s making Chiara happy

(3:36) Episode Corrections



(5:19) Astrology Interview Starts

(5:50) About Michelle’s Transit Support Group

(7:48) How Chiara got Libra New Mooned + Mercury Retrograde woes

(10:24) What happens when Venus is on your Ascendant

(13:53) The definition of a Blue Moon

(15:17) The astronomy of Full Moons

(15:50) The zodiac signs that will be most affected by this Full Moon

(16:28) Strange things that happen during the Full Moon

(17:35) What happens when the Moon is conjunct Uranus

(19:46) The Psychology of Opposites - Moon vs Sun - Taurus vs Scorpio

(23:01) The origins of Halloween + Practicing Samhain Rituals + Full Moon Rituals and their importance

(25:25) Aha moments to watch out for this Saturday

(28:34) Comparing the energy of this Full Moon and the Taurus eclipse cycles in 1994-95, 2003, 04, 05, and 2012, 13, 14

(33:25) Where to find a real Pagan Samhain Ritual + A Ritual to honor and communicate with your ancestors
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You may have heard of the "dreaded" Saturn Return. Well, right now, it's about to happen to THE INTERNET, which turned 29 in August. HBD World Wide Web, we love you!

Astrologer Michelle Gregg and Host Chiara Luce discuss what dramatic changes this might bring, including privacy infringements and governmental regulation. What, if anything, will change as our favorite entity undergoes this dramatic transit? The discussion then turns to what the Saturn Return might be like for anyone with Saturn in Aquarius. Listen to learn about the energies, that any 28 to 29-year-olds or 58 to 59-year-olds will work with as they reach 30 and 60. Keep listening to learn how to make the very best of this life-affirming event.


Follow Clear Light Creative on Instagram

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Look up your own astrological birth chart here.



SHOW NOTES

(2:50) Chiara talks about what’s making her happy.

(3:54) Women go through a 2nd puberty in their late 20’s and early 30’s.

(7:42) Dream journaling and how to do it.

(11:47) Next week’s guest - Indie writer and movie director + SUPPORT BLACK ARTISTS

(18:50) What the Saturn Return signifies.

(22:30) Potential governmental interference with the internet.

(23:00) Privacy and boundaries with the internet and Neptunian energy.

(26:17) The timeframe of Saturn in Aquarius.

(27:30) What to keep in mind if you have Saturn in Aquarius.

(30:10) Even if the energy is fearful, don’t let the fear drive you.

(31:20) Defining Pluto’s signature fear-based energy.

(32:42) The two kinds of energies that make up Aquarians.

(34:10) The higher vibration of your Saturn return.

(35:07) What the Saturn return signifies for EVERYONE.

(35:55) Saturn Return babies

(37:44) New ways we’ll be doing the internet.
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On this Clear Light episode, Chiara Luce interviews yoga teacher and breathwork maven, Cheryl Crawford ERYT- 500, RCYT, BS in Education about Kundalini yoga. Learn about this mystical yoga and how and why it sparks magical changes throughout the body and mind.

Within the episode, we address the controversy surrounding Yogi Bhajan. We also discuss Cheryl’s life-long work as a school teacher and how she now teaches Kundalini and breathwork in schools.


Learn more about Cheryl here: https://ladyinhale.com/

Click HERE to learn more about, or donate to Cheryl’s Non-Profit, On the Same Breath, which teaches yoga and breathwork in schools.



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RESOURCES

Chiara’s book recommendation: Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl

Listen to Chiara’s Interview as a guest on the On-Call Empath Podcast

Where to find Cheryl’s Book - Best Practices for Yoga In Schools

Kiss the Ground: A Nonprofit supporting sustainable agriculture



Cheryl’s Wellness Recommendations


Shaman Durek - Ancient Wisdom Today Podcast 
Luke Storey - The Life Stylist Podcast 
Rob Bell - The Robcast 
Guru Singh - The Guru Singh Podcast



SHOW NOTES

(0:00) Chiara starts with what’s making her happy.

(5:40) The back story on Yogi Bhajan and the controversy around Kundalini yoga.

(8:20) Chiara’s experience as a guest on The On-Call Empath

(13:00) Next week’s podcast episode preview: The internet’s Saturn return and Saturn return in Aquarius



(15:00) Interview Starts

(16:05) Cheryl defines Kundalini Yoga.

(18:20) Why Chiara started taking Kundalini classes.

(20:33) What is the science supporting Kundalini?

(22:50) Why do Kundalini practitioners wear white?

(23:30) How Cheryl came to Kundalini and became a yoga teacher.

(30:55) Learning to meditate because of Kundalini mantras.

(33:55) The focus on breathwork as a classical singer and trained actor.

(36:25) Our purpose in life as humans.

(36:42) Working with children as a teacher and yogi.

(40:15) The ancient origins of Kundalini.

(40:50) Addressing the controversy around Yogi Bhajan.

(45:50) Where you can find Cheryl.

(46:05) About Cheryl’s Nonprofit, On the Same Breath.

(50:25) Chiara’s round of closing questions.

(54:31) Yoga is not evil.


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If you think Mercury Retrogrades are a doozy, get ready for Mars, y’all.

Mars Retrograde is upon us and lasts until mid-November. In this episode, Chiara Luce talks with astrologer Michelle Gregg about using those energies to our advantage. Also, the pandemic planets, (yes there is a whole group of planets throwing their weight around and creating all kinds of creepy COVID coincidences) are on the move again. I ask Michelle what this means for us, for the Fall, and for the pandemic, and it’s BIG.




RESOURCES

Chiara's book mentions:

- Swing Time, by Zadie Smith

- Fledgling, by Octavia E. Butler

- Attached, by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller

Chiara Luce's Mars Retrograde Tarot Pull - Episode Webpage

Clear Light Creative's Instagram - to see more Tarot with Chiara Luce


SHOW NOTES

(2:05) The new episode format.

(4:04) How to see Chiara’s tarot pull about things to keep in mind for Mars Retrograde.

(5:35) What’s Making Chiara Happy this week - Novels by black female authors, and being a guest on other people’s podcasts.

(10:35) About the next episode - Kundalini Yoga

(13:19) Doing inner work during a retrograde. A sense of control in overwhelmingly uncontrollable times.

(14:23) How to book a tarot reading with Chiara Luce.

(15:07) Astrology interview begins.

(18:28) What happens when Jupiter goes direct.

(20:09) All about Mars Retrograde.

(23:22) How to see how Mars Retrograde will affect you.

(24:49) Listen up if you’ve got personal planets in cardinal signs.

(25:48) What to do during Mars Retrograde.

(30:41) How Mars interacts with the COVID clump/conjunction planets.

(34:39) More things to do in order to have a successful Mars Rx.

(36:10) What the transits of the fall mean for the pandemic.

(37:08) Jupiter+Pluto conjunction - Nov 12th a spike in fatalities? Soooo SOCIALLY DISTANCED HALLOWEEN PEOPLE.

(48:00) Oxygen mask on first. Practice personal development during this time.


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Loryn Pretorius is a Wig & Makeup artist. She teaches and works in film, on Broadway, and as the personal makeup artist for Kate Pierson of the B52’s.

She is also a master manifestor and in this episode, shares the story of how she went from starting at a MAC counter in Florida and growing up in a low-income, single-parent household, to working at the Metropolitan Opera and making a home in New York City with her husband and cat babies.

Please excuse your host as she potentially sets a world record for the most amount of "ums" in an intro. Please and Thank you!




RESOURCES

Like Brothers by the Duplass Brothers - Amazing book for artistic collaborators, especially filmmakers. 

The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer - For artistic imposter syndrome.

The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris - Loryn's book recommendation.

The Wig and Makeup School where Loryn Teaches



QUOTES

"If you dig it, do it. If you really dig it, do it twice."   - -  Jim Croce

"Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind"  - -  Theodor Seuss Geisel aka Dr. Seuss



SHOW NOTES

(04:57) The new episode format.

(05:23) What’s making Chiara happy.

(15:45) The interview starts

(27:00) Hope what feels like a very long and unbearable in-between period after leaving school and landing a job.

(29:46) Imposter syndrome as an artist.

(33:00) Saying yes and giving people a chance when you’re in a position of power.

(41:35) The markers of a good teacher.

(53:00) Losing a parent while finishing a degree.

(53:45) Getting a grant.

(55:30) Loryn’s favorite kind of makeup to do + different professional makeup categories.

(57:56) Loryn’s manifestation process.

(1:00:00) How Loryn booked the Broadway World Tour of Shrek the Musical

(1:00:53) Dealing with a period of time where there are no job offers after a period of big professional success.

(1:03:30) Getting your dream job overnight and packing your bags and moving within days.

(1:05:10) Leaving a job or field you used to love to preserve your love of the art form.

(1:09:22) How to manifest. You have to know what you want.

(1:14:00) Asking the Universe what is in your highest and best interest when you’re at a fork in the road.

(1:16:20) Chiara starts the final round of questions.


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