Cosmic Cousins

Gemini as Inner-Child Healing in the Underworld: Astrology for May 25–31, 2026

In this week’s episode of Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw explores the astrology of May 25–31 through a soul-centered and embodied lens. We move through the airy social currents of Gemini season, the flirtatious elegance of the Libra Moon, emotional depth of the Scorpio Moon, and toward a hopeful Sagittarius Full Moon centered on meaning, storytelling, and personal myth-making.
 
This episode includes reflections on:
Gemini season as nervous system medicine
Somatic practices for the hands, arms, shoulders, and lungs
Venus and Jupiter in Cancer as evening stars
Sun trine Pluto in Aquarius and transformative conversations
Mars in Taurus and sustainable, embodied action
Ceres entering Gemini and nourishment through language and ritual
Gemini as inner child healing in the underworld
The symbolism of the Death card and ritual grief work
The Sagittarius Full Moon and Dorothy from "Wizard of Oz” as an archetype
Jeff also shares upcoming offerings including yoga classes, astrology readings, and future podcast conversations.
Mentioned in This Episode
Articles & Resources
Podcast: Gemini as the Psychopomp
Article:  Gemini as Inner Child Healing in the Underworld
Article:  Gemini as a Psychopomp
Article:  Venus in Cancer for Each Rising Sign
Article:  Mars in Taurus Embodiments for All Signs
Music Featured
“Flesh to Flower” by Heirloom
Cosmic Cousins Links
Sedna Workshop
Cosmic Mix Tape
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Mentorship
Deep Dive Astrology Readings
Tarot Soul Journey 
Cosmic Mix Tape
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Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III
 
Upcoming Offerings
Sunday, May 31, 2026 – Restorative yoga with handpan music alongside Nina.
Sunday, June 14, 2026 – Wallflower Venice – in-person readings
 
Ritual for the Week
Take a moment this week to reconnect with your breath. Stretch your arms. Shake out your hands. Watch Venus and Jupiter set in the western sky after sunset. Notice what stories you are carrying, and which ones you are ready to release.
 

Gemini Season Begins: Mars in Taurus, Venus in Cancer, Uranus & Sedna Cazimi

Gemini Season Begins: Mars in Taurus, Venus in Cancer, Uranus & Sedna Cazimi
This week on Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw explores the energetic transition from grounded Taurus Season into the lively currents of Gemini Season. With Mars entering Taurus, Venus entering Cancer, and the Sun moving into Gemini, this moment invites a balance between curiosity and rootedness, mental stimulation and emotional sincerity.
The episode also dives into one of the most important astrological signatures of the year: the Uranus–Sedna conjunction in Gemini, amplified through a powerful Uranus Cazimi. Themes of collective awakening, technological evolution, ancestral healing, discernment, ecological consciousness, and the future of communication are highlighted throughout the conversation.
Alongside the astrology, Jeff shares reflections from recent community gatherings in Venice and Palm Springs, upcoming offerings, and ways to stay grounded and connected during a rapidly shifting collective atmosphere.
Workshop Announcement
Sedna Workshop: Enrollment opens on Friday, May 1st (Scorpio Full Moon) for a three-hour deep-dive workshop:
Topics: Sedna’s myth, altar building, tarot associations (notably, The Hanged One/The Tethered One), astrological significance, personal and collective healing.
Workshop materials will be delivered on the Taurus New Moon (May 16) as the Sun prepares to align with Sedna.
Listeners interested in astrology, tarot, and deepening their connection with Sedna are invited to sign up.
New Offering – Cosmic Mix Tape
The Cosmic Mix Tape is officially here. A personalized astro birth chart reading woven with music, where your chart becomes a living soundtrack you can feel, return to, and embody.
 
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Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

Taurus New Moon: Grounding in the Midst of Change

This episode is just me, Jeff Hinshaw, offering a reflection on the Taurus New Moon and the larger collective shifts we are moving through. I explore how this lunation marks the first Taurus New Moon without Uranus in Taurus since 2019, and what it means to begin integrating years of disruption and innovation around money, the body, stability, technology, and the Earth itself, while Uranus now in Gemini shifts the revolution into language, communication, and perception.I share observations from the collective field around simplification, mobility, and changing life structures, alongside increasing relational and mental intensity as different worldviews meet. From there, I move into Taurus embodiment practices, including a somatic grounding meditation through the body and third eye “bull’s eye” center as a way of reconnecting intuition with physical presence and nature.We also touch on the archetypal image of “The Lightning” from the Marseille tradition of the Tower card and how it reframes disruption as revelation. I also explore how Sedna and the Pleiades are part of this wider collective shift into Gemini, highlighting how mythic and celestial bodies are participating in this reorientation of voice, memory, and perception. Then, we close with grounding reflections for this new cycle.
 
Workshop Announcement
Sedna Workshop: Enrollment opens on Friday, May 1st (Scorpio Full Moon) for a three-hour deep-dive workshop:
Topics: Sedna’s myth, altar building, tarot associations (notably, The Hanged One/The Tethered One), astrological significance, personal and collective healing.
Workshop materials will be delivered on the Taurus New Moon (May 16) as the Sun prepares to align with Sedna.
Listeners interested in astrology, tarot, and deepening their connection with Sedna are invited to sign up.
New Offering – Cosmic Mix Tape
The Cosmic Mix Tape is officially here. A personalized astro birth chart reading woven with music, where your chart becomes a living soundtrack you can feel, return to, and embody.
 
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Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

Mutual Reception: Mercury in Taurus + Venus in Gemini – Special Guest Mary Evans

Mutual Reception: Mercury in Taurus + Venus in Gemini
Hey cosmic cousins! On this week of Cosmic Weekly Weather, for the week of May 4–10, 2026, Mary Evans joins us unexpectedly. We light a candle she gifted, and drop into the living ritual of the moment together.
Notable Transits of the Week
Mutual Reception: Mercury in Taurus + Venus in Gemini
Mutual reception is an astrological condition where two planets are in each other’s ruling signs, creating a reciprocal exchange of energy. It’s as if each planet is hosted by the other, so even if they’re not in their most natural placement, they gain support, access, and understanding through that relationship. This often creates a feedback loop where the planets can “help” one another express more fluidly.
This week, we are experiencing a mutual reception between Mercury and Venus—meaning they are in each other’s signs, creating a supportive, reciprocal relationship.
Mercury (the mind, communication) is in Taurus (ruled by Venus), while Venus (love, beauty, pleasure) is in Gemini (ruled by Mercury).
This creates an energetic “infinity loop” or feedback system, each planet strengthening and softening the other. We were likening this specific combo of Mutual Reception to the ‘2 of Pentacles’ in the tarot.
Themes of the week include balance, harmony, and learning how to integrate thinking with feeling, and value with curiosity.
Mercury in Taurus invites us to slow down, speak from embodied truth, and tend to practical, sensory realities (like finances, food, touch).
Venus in Gemini encourages play, connection, curiosity, and finding joy in conversation, collaboration, and “fun in pairs.”
Together: where Taurus may feel fixed, Gemini brings movement; where Gemini may feel scattered, Taurus offers grounding.
Reflection Questions for the Week:
How can I speak what I value?
How can I stay curious about what I love without rushing to define it?
Song of the week: “Goddess Code” by Lizzie Jeff
This track is a mantra for the current astrology and mutual reception of Mercury in Taurus + Venus in Gemini —calling in abundance, friendship, greater alignment, purpose and joy.
Lyrics about manifesting finer things, embodying what you preach and traveling with friends. Let this be a soundtrack for pleasure, self-worth, and intentional creation.
Cosmic Summer Bundle Special!
Purchase my upcoming workshop on Sedna + Iris Oracle deck by Mary Evans and receive two free Mary Evans original beach towels.
If you’ve been wanting to deepen into myth, astrology, and intuitive practice, this is a beautiful entry point.
Workshop Announcement
Sedna Workshop: Enrollment opens on Friday, May 1st (Scorpio Full Moon) for a three-hour deep-dive workshop:
Topics: Sedna’s myth, altar building, tarot associations (notably, The Hanged One/The Tethered One), astrological significance, personal and collective healing.
Workshop materials will be delivered on the Taurus New Moon (May 16) as the Sun prepares to align with Sedna.
Listeners interested in astrology, tarot, and deepening their connection with Sedna are invited to sign up.
New Offering – Cosmic Mix Tape
The Cosmic Mix Tape is officially here. A personalized astro birth chart reading woven with music, where your chart becomes a living soundtrack you can feel, return to, and embody.
 
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Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III
 

Scorpio Full Moon: On the Verge of Tears or Rage – Conversation w/ Embodied Astrology Martial Artist Kendra Smith

"Scorpio Full Moon: On the Verge of Tears or Rage"conversation with Embodied Astrology Martial Artist Kendra Smith
 
You don't want to miss this convo!  On this Scorpio Full Moon episode of Cosmic Cousins, we are joined in conversation with Kendra Smith, a Scorpio kickboxer, stuntwoman, celebrity trainer, former WWE pro-wrestler, and founder of Forge Studio in Los Angeles. With over 16 years of training under 8-time World Champion Peter “Sugarfoot” Cunningham, her work bridges performance, athleticism, and empowerment. Kendra and I first met through Heidi Rose Robbins’ astrology retreats, where we’ve both shown up as participants and co-facilitators—sharing a devotion and love of embodied, heart-centered practice. 
 
Kendra shares her groundbreaking new offering, Lunar League—a fusion of astrology and martial arts that invites participants to embody their astrology through movement. Pairing each zodiac sign with a martial art (Kendra's Big 3:  Scorpio (Ninjutsu), Leo (Muay Thai), and Libra (Wing Chun), Kendra’s work transforms astrology into a somatic, lived experience. Together, we explore how movement becomes a portal for emotional release, resilience, and personal myth-making, especially in times of intensity and change. Then we close our conversation, with me guiding Kendra through a intuitive stream-of-consciousness journey into the realm of Scorpio.  We receive a visit from a dolphin, Scorpio Bob Ross, and the Page of Cups from Lindsay Mack's new tarot deck, Soul Tarot.
 
New Offering – Sedna Workshop Download
Sedna Workshop Download — The Ocean Beyond Betrayal is a deep, immersive offering exploring Sedna as both a distant trans-Neptunian body and a sea goddess whose mythology speaks to betrayal, survival, and profound transformation.This workshop invites you to work with Sedna as an archetype of exile becoming power—guiding you into psychic depth, intuitive awakening, and the reclamation of voice.You’ll receive a 90-minute audio transmission, a rich PDF with tarot spreads, reflection prompts, and chart examples, along with somatic practices, ritual guidance, altar creation, and a curated mixtape to embody Sedna’s emotional landscape.Timed with Sedna’s recent movement into Gemini—alongside Uranus and the Pleiades—this offering explores a collective moment where silenced stories rise and communication becomes a site of healing.With care and awareness, we also honor Sedna’s Indigenous origins, reflecting on what it means to engage her story respectfully within modern astrology, and how her archetype speaks to themes of colonozation.Now open for enrollment on the Scorpio Full Moon (May 1, 2026) and delivered on the Taurus New Moon (May 16, 2026), this is a body of work designed to support you in navigating transformation, truth, and embodied wisdom for years to come.
New Offering – Cosmic Mix Tape
The Cosmic Mix Tape is officially here. A personalized astro birth chart reading woven with music, where your chart becomes a living soundtrack you can feel, return to, and embody.
 
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Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

Uranus and Sedna in Gemini: Astrology for the week of April 27 – May 3, 2026. Re-upload

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Notable Transits of the Week
Uranus in Gemini:
Uranus is now officially in Gemini, marking a significant astrological shift.
Uranus will remain in Gemini for about seven years, until approximately 2033.
The transit is associated with themes of innovation, communication, technological advancement, and unexpected changes, particularly affecting Gemini-related topics (communication, friendships, siblings, early education).
Historical perspective: Uranus in Gemini historically corresponds to periods of revolution and war (e.g., Civil War, Revolutionary War, World War II).
This transit also speaks to the rise and evolution of AI and new technologies.
In the tarot, meditate on The Fool (Uranus) and The Lovers (Gemini) to offer you deeper insights. 
Other Notable Transits:
Venus in Gemini: Enhancing the sweetness, relational dynamics, and communication within communication.
Scorpio Full Moon on Friday, May 1st, 2026 at 11°20’ Taurus/Scorpio axis—coincides with Beltane, a traditional festival celebrating fertility and renewal.
Pallas in Aries: Adds to the concentration of Aries energy; there are currently seven placements in Aries (Neptune, Saturn, Mars, Mercury, Pallas, Eris, and Chiron). Pallas brings discernment, pattern recognition and strategy to Aries.
Mercury shifts into Taurus late Saturday, May 2nd, bringing our mind toward the more practical themes of life: finance, the body, material well-being.
Lunar Movements:
Taurus Sun – Virgo Moon to start the week (productive earth-based energy).
Same combo as Lizzo, listen to ‘Coconut Oil’ for some Taurus/Virgo self-care.
Taurus Sun – Libra Moon: Tuesday through Thursday afternoon
Same combo as Grace Jones. Listen to La Vie en Rose for that double Venus vibe.
Taurus Sun – Scorpio Moon: Thursday afternoon, leading up to the Scorpio Full Moon Friday (Beltane, May 1), and into Saturday.
Same combo as Maggie Rogers. Listen to Alaska (SOHN Remix) for the embodied emotional shedding and slow sensual intuitive depth of Taurus/Scorpio.
Sedna in Gemini
Sedna is a Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO), with an extremely long orbit (approx. 11,400 years).
Astrological themes: exiled feminine, survival, autonomy, deep transformation after betrayal or abandonment, issues around bodily autonomy, environmental pollution, and shadowy patriarchal structures.
Sedna entered Gemini:
June 15, 2023 (first entry).
April 28, 2024 (second and current entry).
Sedna had been in Taurus since 1965, reflecting long generational shifts.
Workshop Announcement
Sedna Workshop: Enrollment opens on Friday, May 1st (Scorpio Full Moon) for a three-hour deep-dive workshop:
Topics: Sedna’s myth, altar building, tarot associations (notably, The Hanged One/The Tethered One), astrological significance, personal and collective healing.
Workshop materials will be delivered on the Taurus New Moon (May 16) as the Sun prepares to align with Sedna.
Listeners interested in astrology, tarot, and deepening their connection with Sedna are invited to sign up.
 
New Offering – Cosmic Mix Tape
The Cosmic Mix Tape is officially here. A personalized astro birth chart reading woven with music, where your chart becomes a living soundtrack you can feel, return to, and embody.
 
Cosmic Cousins Links
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Deep Dive Astrology Readings
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Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

Taurus Season, Uranus enters Gemini: Astrology of April 20 – April 26, 2026:

With Taurus season now underway and a strong current of Aries fire still alive in the sky, we are asked to embody our growth, not rush it, feeling our way into what is worth building, sustaining, and tending over time.
Transits of the Week:
Sun in Taurus – grounding, embodiment, sustainability, devotion to what is real and lasting
Mercury, Mars, and Saturn conjunct in Aries – focused fire; courageous conversations, disciplined action, taking responsibility for desires
Juno conjunct Pluto in Aquarius – transformation in relationships and community; commitment, truth-telling, evolving contracts
Venus conjunct Uranus in Taurus (April 23) – disruption in love, values, and finances; awakening, liberation, unexpected shifts
Venus enters Gemini (April 24) – curiosity in love, playful connection, communication in relationships
Sedna in Gemini (ongoing) – storytelling as healing; giving language to past wounds, reclaiming voice
Uranus enters Gemini (April 25) – a major shift; innovation in communication, technology, and thought; awakening the mind, nervous system activation
 
Journey with the Moon
Moon in Cancer (April 22–23) – emotional sensitivity, inner child healing, nourishment, tending to safety and home
Moon in Leo (April 24–25) – creative expression, heart-centered courage, visibility, play
Moon in Virgo (April 26–27) – integration, refinement, ritual, tending to daily life and well-being

Astrology of April 13 – April 19, 2026: Final Week of Aries Season

This week opens in deep, emotional waters and gradually ignites into bold, initiatory fire. With a powerful blend of Pisces sensitivity and Aries activation, we are asked to surrender, listen, and then courageously act on what we feel.
Grief, intuition, and spiritual attunement weave through the early days, while the Aries New Moon later in the week brings a potent threshold moment, one that invites you to reclaim your voice, your identity, and your path forward.
 
 
Transits of the Week:
Moon in Pisces conjunct North Node of Fate in Pisces (April 13) – emotional sensitivity, karmic currents, intuitive alignment, surrendering to the flow of feeling
Mars conjunct Neptune in Aries (April 13) – action meets illusion; inspired movement, spiritual activation, but also potential confusion or energetic diffusion
Moon in Pisces trine Jupiter in Cancer (April 14) – emotional nourishment, support, compassion, heart-opening connections
Mercury at 29° Pisces → enters Aries (April 14, 8:30pm PST) – threshold in communication; shifting from dreaming and processing to speaking and initiating
Sun conjunct Eris in Aries (Eris cazimi) (April 14) – disruption, truth-telling, outsider voice activated, courage to challenge the norm
Moon enters Aries (April 15, ~7:00am PST) – emotional ignition, instinctual movement, desire to begin
Moon conjunct Mercury, Neptune, Mars, and Saturn in Aries (April 15) – a sequence of activation; inspiration, confusion, action, and commitment all intertwined
Sun conjunct Chiron in Aries (Chiron cazimi) (April 16) – wounds illuminated for healing; vulnerability becomes strength, identity meets healing
Mercury conjunct Neptune in Aries (April 16) – intuitive communication, poetic insight, blurred lines between thought and feeling
New Moon in Aries at 27°28’ (April 17, 4:50am PST) – a fiery rebirth; reclaiming identity, courage, and personal truth; initiation through healing and disruption
Moon enters Taurus (April 17, ~9:00am PST) – grounding, stabilization, returning to the body after intensity
Moon conjunct Ceres in Taurus (April 18) – nourishment, care, reconnecting to what sustains
Moon conjunct Venus in Taurus (April 18) – pleasure, sensuality, embodiment, softening into self-worth
Moon conjunct Uranus in Taurus (April 19) – emotional breakthroughs, shifts in values, closing a chapter a long term chapter around stability that we've been in since 2018
Sun enters Taurus (April 19, 6:30pm PST) – beginning of a new solar cycle focused on grounding, embodiment, and material presence
 
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Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

Astrology of April 6 – April 12: A Threshold Week of Fire & Release

Astrology of April 6 – April 12, 2026:  A Threshold Week of Fire & Release
This week Uranus shifts to the anoretic degree of Taurus, while Mars completes its time in Pisces. We are in a space of culmination, new insights and release.
This episode explores the tension between expansion and nourishment, individuality and collective transformation. Through intuitive reflection, somatic awareness, and planetary storytelling, you’re invited to move at your own pace while trusting that what is building now carries real momentum for what comes next.
Transits of the Week:
Sun in Aries – identity, courage, self-definition, and embodied action
Sun square Jupiter in Cancer (April 6) – expansion vs. emotional capacity; growth that requires care and boundaries
Venus conjunct Ceres in Taurus (April 6) – nourishment, self-worth, body care, sensual grounding
Uranus at 29° Taurus – sudden shifts in values, finances, and stability; cosmic breakthroughs at a threshold point
Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius – untamed truth, liberation from suppression, radical honesty
Mars at 29° Pisces (early week) – emotional culmination, spiritual fatigue, surrender before renewal
Mars enters Aries (April 9) – renewed energy, instinctual action, forward momentum
Moon, Juno and Pluto conjunct in Aquarius (April 10) – transformation of relationships, contracts, and power dynamics
Mercury conjunct Pallas in Pisces (April 11) – intuitive intelligence, symbolic thinking, pattern recognition
Mars conjunct Neptune in Aries (April 12) – vision meets action; inspiration, but also potential confusion or projection
 
Moon Journeys:
Monday–Tuesday: Moon in Sagittarius – truth-seeking, belief systems, expansion, fire of vision
Wednesday–Thursday: Moon in Capricorn – structure, grounding, embodiment, responsibility
Friday–Sunday: Moon in Aquarius – collective awareness, innovation, relational shifts, nervous system sensitivity

Libra Full Moon, Weekly Astrology: March 30 – April 5; Special Guest Celeste Brooks

The first part of this episode is a reflection on March 30 through April 5, 2026—a sacred window of time where the cosmos invites us into deep embodiment, relational awareness, and soulful recalibration. As we move through Aries season and toward the Libra Full Moon, this opening segment is meant to help you attune to the energetic landscape of the week ahead, grounding you in the planetary movements so you can consciously walk with them—rather than feel swept up by them. Think of it as a threshold moment: a chance to arrive, to listen, and to align your body, heart, and spirit with the rhythm of the sky. We cover:
Venus in Taurus
Juno in Aquarius
White Moon Selena in Virgo
Mars in Pisces
Then, in honor of the Libra Full Moon, Jeff Hinshaw is joined by magical astrologer Celeste Brooks for a rich and multidimensional conversation that begins with personal myth-making and unfolds into a deep exploration of her chart. Through the lens of Celeste's Taurus Sun, Aries Moon, and Cancer Rising, we trace a story of embodiment, courage, and homecoming, woven with pivotal life transitions, including her shift from a 25-year corporate career into full-time astrology. Together, we explore timing techniques like progressions, the awakening influence of Uranus in Taurus, and the importance of structure in astrological practice, grounding intuitive insight with disciplined study.
From there, the conversation opens into the wider astrological landscape of 2026, reflecting on the collective impact of Neptune’s ingress into Aries, the Saturn–Neptune conjunction, and the North Node’s passage through Pisces. Jeff and Celeste weave together advanced techniques, discuss asteroids like Juno, Ceres, and White Moon Selena, and share intuitive practices like Libra Full Moon channeling and tarot symbolism. The episode moves between the cosmic and the personal, inviting you into themes of truth-telling, spiritual compassion, and collective healing, while emphasizing the importance of grounding rituals and tending to the body as we navigate a rapidly shifting world.