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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
 
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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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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.

A New Weekly Rhythm Begins: Aries Season – Astrology of March 23 – March 29, 2026

A New Weekly Rhythm Begins: Aries Season – Astrology of March 23 – March 29, 2026
This episode of Cosmic Cousins marks the beginning of a new rhythm—weekly Monday morning podcast episodes to align with the astrology of the week ahead.As we enter Aries season and the astrological new year, this episode explores themes of renewal, individuality, and courageous self-definition. With an extraordinary concentration of planets in Aries, you’re invited to reconnect with your identity, desires, and the path that is uniquely yours. The episode weaves together reflections on rare planetary alignments, intuitive guidance, and somatic awareness, offering both inspiration and grounded tools to help you move forward with clarity, intention, and trust in the vision that is unfolding.
 
Transits of the Week:
Sun in Aries (Astrological New Year begins; themes of identity, initiation, and selfhood)
Sun conjunct Neptune in Aries (Neptune Cazimi, March 21) – vision, spirituality, imagination infused with purpose
Sun conjunct Saturn in Aries (Saturn Cazimi, March 24) – commitment, discipline, and structuring long-term goals
Neptune in Aries (since January 26) – dreaming a new identity into being
Saturn in Aries (since February 13) – redefining responsibility around the self
Mars in Pisces – intuitive action, surrender, and non-linear movement forward
Chiron conjunct Eris in Aries (exact March 18) – healing identity wounds, reclaiming the outsider, collective awakening
Venus in Aries (final week) – bold expression of desire, honesty in love and creativity
Venus conjunct Chiron + Eris in Aries (March 26) – vulnerability, relational healing, courageous self-worth
Mercury stationed direct in Pisces (March 20) – intuitive clarity, forward movement after reflection
Moon Journeys:
Monday–Tuesday: Moon in Gemini – curiosity, communication, mental flow
Wednesday–Thursday: Moon in Cancer (First Quarter Moon) – emotional processing, home, nourishment
Friday–Saturday: Moon in Leo – creativity, expression, heart-centered leadership
Sunday: Moon in Virgo – integration, organization, healing practices
This episode also introduces new offerings from Cosmic Cousins, including the Cosmic Mix Tape—a personalized 60–90 minute audio astrology reading woven together with a curated soundtrack that reflects your birth chart and soul journey. These immersive readings can be created for your natal chart, solar return, or current transits, blending music and astrology into a deeply felt experience.
Alongside this, the podcast’s new weekly format offers a consistent space to stay in rhythm with the cosmos, supported by reflections, affirmations, and invitations to embody the astrology in your everyday life.

Pisces New Moon: Unreliable Narrators w/ special guest Rochelle Voyles

On this Pisces New Moon episode of Cosmic Cousins, we begin by arriving in the liminal space this lunation creates—a threshold between the dream that has carried us for over a decade and the new reality beginning to emerge. This is a moment to feel deeply, to notice the currents beneath the surface, and to honor both the surrender and the subtle stirrings of action that this closing cycle invites.
Then, Jeff Hinshaw  is joined by Pisces Moon artist Rochelle Voyles. Returning to the podcast for the first time since 2017,  we dive into Rochelle’s solo exhibition Unreliable Narrators that just opened at 81 Leonard Gallery in Tribeca. Through pieces like “Slithering Ruin” and “Defense and Entrapment,” we contemplate nonlinear time, archetypal storytelling, and the duality of distance, and how beauty invites us closer to truths that may otherwise feel unbearable. 
Music becomes a co-conspirator in this process, with two songs from Pisces Moon artists Anna Olivia Eve and Lindsey Mills guiding emotional resonance and collective reflection. We reimagine collage as a spiritual technology (one that mirrors astrology, tarot, and memory itself) where meaning is not prescribed but discovered through feeling.  In a closing “Mystical Meandering,” Rochelle journeys through a surreal Pisces Dreamscape, and receives a visit from a crab on the seashores, looks up through a telescope to cloudy skies, and receives ancestral guidance from the Six of Cups and an invocation of healing from past trauma.
We seal the episode with reflections on water as conduit, reminding us that to trust the dream, to honor the unseen, and to create from the depths is itself an act of healing, connection, and quiet revolution.

Virgo Full Moon Lunar Eclipse – Neurodivergent Feminism w/ special guest Bee 'The Zine Witch'

On this episode, Jeff Hinshaw guides you through a somatic meditation and energy update connected to the Virgo Full Moon Lunar Eclipse of 2026—a fated turning point unfolding over months, not just a single night. With the North Node in Pisces and the South Node in Virgo, a story that’s been developing for over the past decade begins to crest, inviting release, discernment, and a return to embodied, practical wisdom.
Then, Jeff is joined by Double Aquarius, Virgo Rising  Bee—The Zine Witch. Recorded amid a rare eclipse sequence linking Aquarius and Virgo by quincunx rather than polarity, they explore what it means to be cycle-enders. They reflect on collective PTSD, grief surfacing through clients and communities, and Virgo’s sacred task of digestion. Together tracing larger cycles—the 18.5-year eclipse rhythm and the 35-year Saturn–Neptune arc—as thresholds of generational review, asking how we tend the details of our healing while history turns.
We also dive into Internal Family Systems with Virgo's esoteric phrase “I am the mother and the child” as a guide. We re-frame astrology as a tool for re-parenting, especially for neurodivergent folks who learned to self-manage and mask in order to survive. In a playful Virgo improv, Virgo stays home to tend to the mundane, receives a protective ward at a threshold, and invokes ancestral courage through shufflemancy with Amy Winehouse—opening a dialogue on feminism, the meaning of the word “Virago,” and embodied service. We close our time pulling the “Fearless” card from the Wild Kuan Yin oracle, Bee offers a candle ritual for courage and protection, sealing the episode with a direct blessing to those stepping into autonomy, reminding us that devotion to healing, detail, and love is itself a revolutionary act.
Mentorship & Sessions
Cosmic Cousins!  I have openings for one-on-one mentorships for those seeking ongoing guidance and support on their personal or astrological journey. As well as openings for Deep Dive Astrology Readings and Tarot Soul Journey sessions. These are available online, so you can join from anywhere in the world.
 
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