The ladies of Kosmic Tonic join the podcast once again, this time to discuss sun signs, moon signs and rising signs. We speak about how each is significant in its own way, how they differ from one another and how they show up in our personal natal charts. We talk about how to find the planetary ruler of a chart, why reading horoscopes from your rising sign is more accurate than your sun sign and how tracking lunar cycles can help you learn about yourself in new ways each month. We also talk about tonight’s Cancer full moon and how Cancer shows up differently in each of our lives.

Find Eliza, Kestrel and Jasmine at KosmicTonic.com

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Songs featured: “Petrichor” by Keaton Henson & “Crying Woman” by Holly Arrowsmith

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Back by popular demand, everyone’s favorite gay dad returns to the podcast. We picked up right where we left off – diving deeper into the topic of identity. We discuss my Dad’s childhood, how being raised by psychotherapists/sex therapists lead to overstimulation and anxiety, but also emotional fluency at a young age. We talk about identity as a construct and how my dad navigated his identity throughout the 70s, 80s & beyond, and we discuss my Dad’s lifelong passion for theatre & how seeing our identity as a story can lead to a more honest and embodied understanding of ourselves and others.

Songs featured: “When You Come Back Down” by Nickel Creek & “Star People” by George Michael

Saucy Rod’s book recommendations: The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter, Scandinavian Design by Charlotte and Peter Fiell and The Trouble with Normal by Michael Warner

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Maren is a writer, podcaster & curious free-thinker, currently working with her partner Jake on a multimedia project called Death in the Garden, which explores the complex intersection of the cycle of life and death, holism, climate change, civilization, ecology, and psychology from the perspective of two millennials on a journey to make sense of our very nuanced world. I invited Maren on the podcast to speak about our society’s proclivity to seek out easy solutions to complex problems, how our focus on symptoms rather than systems prevents meaningful change and how embracing responsibility and rejecting blame in our personal lives is the only way to think critically, be honest with ourselves and work to construct meaningful community, empowered activism & a rejection of the status quo.

Find Maren on Instagram @onyxmoonlight & @deathinthegarden, at DeathInTheGarden.org & on Medium

Maren’s Book Recommendation: Belonging by Toko-pa Turner, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer and The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Songs featured: “Dying to Live” by Jonny Lang & “Home” by Caribou

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Lina Dune (@askasub) is a bisexual submissive in a 24/7 Dom/Sub relationship. She is a writer, a millennial and a proponent of sane and healing BDSM. She is also a masterful creatress of kink-centered memes. Lina and I discuss BDSM as a tool for addressing and healing trauma, specifically from the submissive perspective. We speak about the transition from “bad girl” to “good girl”, how equality can co-exist alongside power dynamics in a relationship and the nuanced experience of “pain”. We also discuss the complexities of female friendships and of navigating various personas and identities, on and offline.

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Lina’s Book Recommendation: Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

Songs featured: “Frequency” by Sylvan Esso & “The Animal I Am” by Carsie Blanton

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