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Today, we welcome folk witch, astrologer + spirit worker Amaya Rourke to share her knowledge about how lunar cycles, fixed stars and the force of water shape our lives.
Amaya begins the episode with stories of ancient civilizations’ connection to the night sky and cosmic ocean. Then we reflect on the power of fluidity and surrender, and consider how moon cycles can guide and transform our lives. We close with a discussion of fixed stars and their capacity to change our relationship with astrology.


“The longer I'm in astrology, the more I realize I don't have control. I can make my choices, and I can make the best choices available to me in that moment, and astrology can give me a really good window to understand what those choices are, but that doesn't guarantee specific results.” — Amaya Rourke
Amaya Rourke is an animist folk witch, astrologer, tarot reader, spirit worker, and folk herbalist. Her work guides others called to a wild witchcraft that straddles the seen and unseen worlds, traveling the moonlit and star studded crooked path of the bramble hedge. Rooted in historic folkways and updated for contemporary life, Amaya's praxis seeks to return to the interwoven cycles of the Moon, fixed stars, and living Earth. She has been a featured guest on many podcasts, a writer for limited edition grimoires, Moon planners, and astrology magazines; and is a seasoned workshop writer and facilitator.
we discuss —
Contextualizing ancient understandings of astrologyHow myth is informed by placeWater as a symbol of void and fluidityBalancing control with surrenderThe role of the moon as mediatorAstrological gardeningRelating to fixed stars
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Sound Magic, Creative Listening + Connecting to Intuition w — Zaneta SykesResponsibility + Possibility for Mystical Crafts w— Diana Rose HarperMentioned in the episode—
Learn more about the Water Medicine courseSecrets of the Ancient SkiesMore about our guest —
Amaya’s website and InstagramFree Resources —
Discover your wild water archetype + upgrade your self care with our free Water Medicine Quiz
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In this episode, Perdita Finn shares her knowledge of empowering individuals to activate their own magic with the help of their ancestors.
Together, we talk about connecting with the dead, the battle against matriarchal wisdom, and reclaiming both the power of the rosary and the significance of our relationship with the unknown.


"Don't think of a soul as an object, as a pearl. Think of a soul as a long, long red thread creating the very fabric of existence woven together with other threads.” — Perdita FinnPerdita Finn is the co-founder, with her husband Clark Strand, of the non-denominational international fellowship The Way of the Rose, which inspired their book The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary. In addition to extensive study with Zen masters, priests,  and healers, she apprenticed with the psychic Susan Saxman, with whom she wrote The Reluctant Psychic. Finn now teaches popular workshops on Getting to Know the Dead, in which participants are empowered to activate the magic in their own lives with the help of their ancestors. She is the author of Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World and lives with her family in the moss-filled shadows of the Catskill Mountains.

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Patriarchal frameworks in religious expressionsThe misunderstandings of the “Dark Ages”The origins and prevalence of the witch crazeThe interconnectedness of our past and present livesNature’s glorification of diversityThe connection between creativity, spirituality and creation
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Ancestral Medicine, Cultural Repair + the Magic of Where you Are w— Daniel Foor, Ph.DYou Deserve Enchantment w—Natalie EslickMentioned in the episode—
Learn more about the Water Medicine courseMore about our guest —
Perdita’s Facebook & InstagramTake Back the MagicThe Way of the RoseTake Back the Magic, bookWay of the Rose, bookWatch the episode on YouTubeFree Resources —
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In this episode, we explore Mercury's influence in water signs with the astrologer, writer and ritual strategist Erin Tack Shipley.
Erin begins the discussion with the origin story of Mercury, the mischievous son of Maia and Zeus, who sneaks out of his cradle on the day of his birth and steals his brother’s oxen. Then we reflect on the complexity of morality and explore the adaptability and fluidity of Mercury. And we close by examining Mercury’s character in each of the water signs, Cancer, Scorpio & Pisces.


“I think Mercury gets a bad rap because there's so much focus on Mercury's conniving nature. And we never stopped to think about why Mercury's conniving. What for?” –Erin Tack Shipley
Erin Tack Shipley is a consulting professional astrologer, creative writer and ritual strategist supporting folx in staying with the challenge of being in right relationship, embracing death and co-creating culture within and beyond systems of oppression. Weaving astrology with other tools, Erin helps people reconcile the gap between how they are in the reality of their present conditions and who they perceive themselves to be in their ideal world.  Erin lives, works and tends community on the traditional lands of the Awaswas, Cotoni, Uypi, Sayanta and Aptos speaking peoples.
we discuss —
Mercury's charm and trickery in mythologyMoral gray areasMercury moving like a chthonic messengerHidden communication through various meansMercury in Cancer: shapeshifting, crossroadsMercury in Scorpio: shifting personalities, skillfulMercury in Pisces: spirit communication, untranslatable experiences
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Water Medicine + The House of the GoddessYou Are An Interstellar BeingMentioned in the episode—
Learn more about the Water Medicine courseErin’s talk “3rd & 6th Houses // Care Work & Disability Justice”Undrowned, book by Alexis Pauline GumbsKristin MathisWatch the episode on YouTubeMore about our guest —
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In this episode, writer, yoga teacher & spiritual practitioner Tracee Stanley joins us to shares her wisdom for reintegrating with the true Self.
Together, we explore the concept of self-remembrance, the importance of restorative rest, and the transformative power of embracing impermanence.
Tracee also shares her personal breakthrough moment, when she realized that suffering and discomfort can be seen as grace and valuable opportunities for growth.


“The deeper self is not afraid of losing anything because it is everything.”
Tracee Stanley is the author of the bestselling book Radiant Rest and The Luminous Self. She is also the founder of Empowered Life Circle, a sacred community and portal of practices, rituals, and Tantric teachings inspired by more than 25 years of studentship in Sri Vidya Tantra and the teachings of the Himalayan Masters. As a post-lineage teacher, Tracee is devoted to sharing the wisdom of yoga nidra, rest, meditation, self-inquiry, nature as a teacher, and ancestor reverence. Tracee is gifted in illuminating the magic and power found in liminal space and weaving devotion and practice into daily life.
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Softening the idea of disciplineGetting past the labels that cover the true selfDiscomfort as graceHow forgetting self is forgetting connectionIntegrating the small self with the deeper SelfLINKS
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Episode 92 w —Tracee StanleyFinding the Courage to Prioritize Rest w— Octavia RaheemMore about our guest —
Visit Tracee’s WebsiteRead Tracee’s New Book The Luminous SelfJoin One of Tracee’s Book ClubsJoin Tracee’s Empowered Life Circle
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In this episode, Gabriela Gutierrez takes us on a captivating journey through the world of imagery, religious symbolism, and the goddess in ancient Europe.
From the first religious scriptures etched on Paleolithic cave walls to the transformation of icons into idols, Gabriela unpacks the layers of meaning behind these ancient artifacts while challenging us to view ancient cultures through their own lens, free from the limitations of a colonial perspective.


“What does it mean to live a life in devotional, intimate, direct relationship with it, not through somebody else's interpretation?” — Gabriela Gutierrez
Gabriela is a writer, scholar and teacher of the mythic imagination, mysticism and ancient history. Her work stems from her decade-long studies with shamans and renunciants around the world, and is focused on the revival of the spiritual traditions in pre-patriarchal Europe. She teaches and offers distance healing in-person and online, and her writing and independent research can be found on her Substack ‘Under a Fig Tree’.

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The multilayered nature of religious symbolismAn ancient formula for living a life of peaceMeeting the ancient mind on its own termsWhere wisdom beginsExperiencing the divine on your own termsBeing close with death in order to fully live
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Episode 177 — Water Medicine + the House of the GoddessEpisode 84 — Ancestral Medicine, Cultural Repair + the Magic of Where you Are w— Daniel Foor, Ph.D
Mentioned in the episode—
Learn more about the Water Medicine courseHenry CorbinThe LabrysThe Kurgan Hypothesis
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Welcome to a new season of home—body podcast. Our themes for this season are Water and the Third House.

In this episode, I’m sharing what these themes mean to me and why I’m bringing them to the center of the podcast right now.

If you’re thirsty for more aliveness, more wildness, more soulfulness, more life, this season is for you. Join me in this episode + subscribe to find more flow, more receptivity + more magic.


At the core, Water Medicine is about creating the space, rhythms and openings to receive the fullness of the soul back inside of our bodies — receiving that disruptive, wild, poetic force of life and allowing the soul to fully inhabit our bodies in the here and now.
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water medicine + the way of waterthe importance of flowthe third house aka the House of the Goddesshow to make heaven on earth
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Burn Out + Water Medicine w— graceOf Selkies + Cycles w— graceMentioned in the episode—
Learn more about the Water Medicine courseFree Resources —
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