Cosmic Cousins

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
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.

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.

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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This Leo Full Moon episode of the Cosmic Cousins: Soul Centered Astrology Podcast weaves ritual, astrology, and embodied reflection into a heart-centered invitation to be seen. Jeff Hinshaw guides listeners through Leo Full Moon affirmations, creative practices, and somatic awareness while celebrating the global launch of the Lonely Planet Travel Tarot and sharing details about upcoming ceremonial gatherings in Joshua Tree and Brooklyn. ***See links below for more information
Also, on this week’s podcast episode of Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw is joined by Leo astrologer Jason Dilts for a rich, embodied conversation under the glow of the Leo Full Moon. Together they explore the Leo–Aquarius polarity as a living practice, where personal radiance becomes a sacred responsibility in service of community. Through astrology, Kundalini yoga, ritual, music, and myth, this episode weaves Jason’s Leo Sun–Capricorn Moon–Libra Rising into themes of leadership, discipline, and joyful devotion. Touching on planetary nodes, Neptune’s long arc through Aries, and the coming winds of Uranus in Gemini, the Jeff and Jason encourage courage, presence, and participation.While listening to songs, ‘Sad & Beautiful’ by Leo Rising Lindsey Mills and ‘The Me in Your Mind’ by Leo Rising Hannah Ramone, Jeff and Jason also explore how music can act as a muse to better understand astrology through a creative and embodied lens.  This is then followed by a guided Leo embodiment journey and a closing tarot pull (Knight of Swords). This conversation invites you to move cosmic insight from the mind into the body, as a soulful meditation on creative expression, collective ritual, and loving your life so fully that it animates others. We hope you enjoy!
I am beyond excited to share that the Lonely Planet Travel Tarot is officially making its way into the world — and this launch is global.
 Australia — launching Tuesday, February 3 United Kingdom — launching Tuesday, February 10 United States — launching Tuesday, February 17This deck has been a long-held dream, and watching it step into the world feels both surreal and deeply meaningful.
Joshua Tree Tarot Launch Gathering – Tuesday, February 17
If you’re in the Southern California area, I’m hosting an epic, intimate tarot launch gathering in the Joshua Tree region to celebrate the US release. This night will be ceremonial, connective, and infused with desert magic.
Special guests include:
Lindsay Mack
Mary Evans
Heidi Rose Robbins
…and more beloved collaborators and friends
This is a private gathering, so if you feel the call to join us, please reach out to me personally. And truly — if you are reading this, you are invited. You are welcome.
East Coast Launch at Maha Rose — Brooklyn, NY – Friday, February 20
I’m also thrilled to share that there will be a second launch celebration on the East Coast at Maha Rose in Brooklyn, New York — a place that holds profound personal meaning for me. This is where my journey with tarot truly took root, and where I hosted the Brooklyn Fools Tarot Journey for two years here in the early days of my journey.
Lindsay Mack and I will be together in NYC for a ceremony-style book signing gathering, honoring tarot as a living, relational practice. 
This event is open to the public, and pre-registration is available.
The price of the gathering includes a Lonely Planet Travel Tarot deck.
I can’t wait to celebrate with you, on the Saturn-Neptune conjunction, as this deck finds its way into loving hands around the world.
 
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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Intro & Outro Music by:  Felix III

This Capricorn New Moon episode marks the first lunation of 2026, inviting a collective pause for reflection, steadiness, and intentional rebuilding. Recorded in the early morning hours of January 18, the episode opens as a ritual space, slowing the breath, honoring embodied resilience, and contemplating the “bones” of our lives: the structures, commitments, and practices that have sustained us over the past decade. Through Capricorn’s themes of devotion, endurance, and legacy, the conversation weaves together astrology and tarot, including the Devil card’s sober invitation to examine where fear, survival strategies, or inherited systems still hold authority over us, and where greater spiritual authorship is being called forth.
The episode also offers a deep astrological lens on the rare and powerful Saturn–Neptune transition, as both planets prepare to leave Pisces and enter Aries, culminating in their once-every-36-years conjunction at 0° Aries on February 21, 2026. This threshold signals a profound reset of personal and collective structures, asking us to integrate spirituality with responsibility, vision with action. The New Moon reflection is grounded by an exploration of Capricorn’s sea-goat archetype, blending Saturnian discipline with Neptunian mysticism, and illustrated through the legacy of Alvin Ailey as an example of devotion turned into cultural architecture.
The episode concludes in an intimate, ritual-lit space devoted to the Capricorn New Moon and its invitation into devotion, discipline, and long-term vision. Jeff Hinshaw is joined by composer, musician, and dancer Evan Hart Marsh for a wide-ranging conversation at the crossroads of astrology, artistry, and collaboration. Evan shares his unconventional creative path, beginning in music and movement, coming to formal dance training later than most, and ultimately weaving composition, choreography, and collaboration into a singular artistic language rooted in deep listening and care.
The conversation expands into embodied listening, ritual, and mythic reflection, including a guided Mystic Meanderings journey with tarot, ancestry, and somatic imagination. Listeners are invited into Evan’s recent works: 
a collaborative piece, ‘If You Wanna Come Closer’, that channels industrial transcendence with devotional intensity;
the expansive, world-building score for ‘The Ocean World, Act I’ from The Little Mermaid ballet; 
and “A Job Well Done” from the short film Yuri; 
Alongside reflections on Capricorns Sade and Alvin Ailey, yoga, Ayurveda, and nature as sustaining forces, this episode closes with an invitation to honor one’s foundations, tend to creative and ancestral lineages, and practice embodied listening as a ritual of self-nurturance, especially under the quiet, powerful architecture of a Capricorn New Moon.
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Jeff Hinshaw welcomes astrologer and author Lars Stars (Lars Mellis) into an intimate, at-home conversation recorded at Jeff’s home in Palm Springs while Lars’ visits from Los Angeles. The episode opens with a cozy, personal tone (dog underfoot, signed copies of Your Personal Horoscope 2026 freshly picked up from Barnes & Noble( and situates the discussion around reflection and nourishment. Lars shares his background as a certified professional astrologer deeply embedded in the LA astrology community, his Sagittarian-heavy chart, and the vision behind his new book: a month-by-month guide for 2026, complete with a unique totem archetype for each zodiac sign.
The conversation moves into a lively rapid-fire round (Lars is the new reigning champion of Cosmic Slip N Slide, answering 13 questions in 60 seconds) and then deepens into the major astrological themes of 2026, which Lars names in our conversation as “the year of confronting reality.” Key transits include the Saturn–Neptune conjunction in Aries, Jupiter’s opposition to Pluto as it enters Leo, Uranus moving into Gemini, and a strong Aquarius–Leo axis emphasizing voice, power, and collective change. Jeff and Lars outline each sign’s 2026 totem—from Aquarius as the Spokesperson to Virgo as the Exorcist—framing the year as revolutionary, catalytic, and demanding honest self-reckoning. The episode closes with invitations to engage the book, reflect on personal totems, and stay connected through community, activism, and shared astrology as the new year unfolds.
 
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In this Year Ahead episode, Lindsay Mack and Jeff Hinshaw explore the following:
2025 Reflections: 2025’s deeply Piscean tone—shaped by Neptune in Pisces since 2011, the Hermit archetype, and themes of grief, waiting, and dissolution.
A year of initiation: 2026 is a universal 1 year, aligned with the Magician, Wheel of Fortune, and Sun in the Tarot, pointing to beginnings, clarity, momentum, and reclaimed spiritual authority.
Major astrological shift: Saturn and Neptune move from Pisces into Aries, ushering in a fire-driven era focused on action, identity, and leadership.
Key February activation: Saturn enters Aries, an Aquarius New Moon solar eclipse coincides with the Chinese New Year // Year of the Fire Horse, and Saturn conjuncts Neptune at 0° Aries—marking the birth of a new cycle of imaginative, embodied leadership.
Fire expands through the year: Jupiter’s entry into Leo later in 2026 amplifies creativity, joy, and heart-led visibility.
Tarot themes: 2025’s patience and preparation (Hermit, Knight of Pentacles) give way to 2026’s initiators—the Knight of Wands, Magician, Wheel, and Sun—emphasizing bold action and authorship.
Long-cycle beginnings: Reflections on 2017 highlight how Magician/Sun years often launch projects and identities that shape an entire nine-year cycle.
Working with grief: The episode emphasizes transforming grief into tools, talismans, and creative practices rather than bypassing it.
Reclaiming agency: 2026 invites a redefinition of relationship to spirit, community, and collaboration, guided by the mantra “allow your mind to be the wand.”
Choose your own adventure: Listeners are encouraged to clear unhelpful patterns, choose aligned collaborations, and ask: What is your tool? What is your name? Who are you ready to become?
 
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Join Jeff Hinshaw as we explore the rare and powerful alignment of the Sagittarius New Moon with the Galactic Center at 28° Sagittarius. This final New Moon of 2025 invites us to plant intentions that reach beyond the personal, tapping into collective consciousness, cosmic vision, and universal belonging. Through astrology, somatic practices, music, and storytelling, we dive into ways to embody this expansive energy in both personal growth and relational connection.
Overall Episode Themes:Universality, cosmic belonging, expansive vision, relational transmission, integration of astrology, tarot, art, music, science, and ritual. Emphasizes releasing limiting beliefs and tapping into a field larger than personal will.
 
Main Topics Discussed:
1. Sagittarius New Moon & Galactic Center
Sagittarius New Moon: Marks the close of Sagittarius season and approaches the Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere).
Galactic Center: Rotational and gravitational center of the Milky Way, astrologically at 27° Sagittarius. Known as a cosmic amplifier, transmitting universal truth, insight, and awakening.
Current Alignment: New Moon at 28° Sagittarius (~1° from the Galactic Center) amplifies themes of collective vision, meaning-making, and cosmic orientation.
Ritual & Reflection Practices:
Embodiment/Somatic Connection: Breathwork, lengthening spine, and stretching inner horizons during meditation.
Seed Planting & Intention Setting: Use mantras like “I expand. I envision. I arise.” and pull a tarot card for each intention.
Personal Reflection: Jeff shares how his own chart (Uranus, Ceres, Saturn near the Galactic Center in 11th house) connects his work to cosmic and collective themes.
2. Steven Spielberg’s Chart: Galactic Center in Action
Birthdate: December 18, 1946
Key Placements:
Sun in Sagittarius conjunct Galactic Center
Scorpio Moon conjunct Chiron (5th House)
Cancer Rising
Black Moon Lilith conjunct Sun
Interpretations:
Sun GC: Cosmic storytelling, transpersonal vision.
Black Moon Lilith: Outsider energy, queer/wild archetypes; E.T.’s themes of otherness, drag/closet motifs.
Moon-Chiron: Healing through creative expression, inner child sensitivity, “ouch” moments in storytelling.
Cancer Rising: Nurturance, belonging, emotional rootedness.
Summary: Spielberg’s chart embodies the archetype of the “cosmic archer in the darkness, finding their way back home”.
3. Venus & Juno at the Galactic Center: Relational Transmission
Positions at New Moon:
Venus: 24° Sagittarius (~3° from GC)
Juno: 26° Sagittarius (~1° from GC)
Sun & Moon: 28° Sagittarius
Interpretation:
Venus: Cosmic values, worthiness, devotion beyond the personal.
Juno: Commitment to soul-level partnerships and universal collaboration.
Intentions: Set intentions for relationships and collaborations that support higher collective vision.
4. Music, Science, & the Cosmos: Carl Sagan Tribute
Featured Music: “A Glorious Dawn” by John D. Boswell (Symphony of Science) featuring Carl Sagan.
Purpose: Meditate on the cosmic nervous system, foster awe and wonder, connect science with spiritual reflection.
Carl Sagan’s Chart: Scorpio Sun, Sagittarius Moon conjunct Galactic Center—an example of cosmic storytelling bridging art, science, and spirituality.
5. Upcoming Offerings & Announcements
Fool’s Tarot Journey (6-Month Online Program): Begins Jan 13, 2026. Ritual immersion into the Major Arcana, co-facilitated by Lindsay Mack & Mary Evans. Registration open for two more weeks.
1:1 Mentorship & Astrology/Tarot Sessions: Deep-dive sessions available via cosmiccousins.com.
Lonely Planet Travel Tarot Deck: Releasing Feb 17, 2026. Pre-orders now available.
6. Interview with Hannah Ramone
On this week’s episode of Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw is joined by Seattle-based queer pop singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music teacher, and astrologer Hannah Ramone. We listen to four of Hannah's songs, “Had It Lost It,” “Clarity,” “Fight Your Devil,” and “Taught Me to Love”.  These songs serve as touchstones for depth, healing, collaboration, and truth-telling, all while exploring Sagittarian themes of meaning-making, collective vision, and creative fire. The conversation moves fluidly between Hannah’s musical journey and astrological practice, tracing early beginnings in a deeply musical family, a lifelong relationship with songwriting as vision and ritual, and the Virgoan devotion required to bring inspired Sagittarian ideas into form. We hope you enjoy!!
 
 
 
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On this weeks' episode of Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw first guides you through a deep dive exploration of the current transits connected to this Gemini Full Moon. 
Then, Jeff is joined by one of his cosmic siblings, the incredibly talented Gemini, Mary Evans of Spirit Speak. Together, they flutter into the mutable magic of Gemini through storytelling, curiosity, and duality. Mary and Jeff explore Gemini archetypes across astrology, popular culture, and personal experience, including butterfly symbolism inspired by Dolly Parton’s “Love Is Like a Butterfly.” The conversation also delves into personal and spiritual experiences, from Mary’s childhood encounters with death and spirit guides to reflections on how these formative experiences shape creativity, art-making, deck creation, and teaching.
Mary is the founder of Spirit Speak Tarot, and the creator of six tarot and oracle decks, so naturally the conversation also explores tarot and divination.  This includes Temperance and the Lovers, reflecting Gemini’s adaptability, duality, and relational dynamics. She also discusses her work with children and adults through school programs, art workshops, and community-based “Witch Craft" arts and crafts nights, highlighting the spiritual and creative development fostered through art.
And towards the end of their conversation, we listen to the song "Oh My God" by Gemini Ryan Allen Gray’s, providing a lens on Gemini themes of queerness, religious trauma and integration of self. Listener questions spark final discussions on fashion as archetypal expression, navigating 2025 as a Hermit Year, and twin/soul-sibling dynamics. Recorded for the Gemini Full Moon, this episode is a playful and illuminating journey through mutable skies, offering insight, inspiration, and guidance for creating in a world of multiplicity.
__________________________________________________The Online Fools Tarot Journey6-Month Ritual Immersion through the Major Arcana
The next evolution of the Online Fools Tarot Journey — a six-month ritual immersion into the living wisdom of the Major Arcana — has arrived!For years, this pilgrimage has unfolded as an intimate passage through the 22 archetypes, guiding seekers into embodied relationship with the tarot’s deepest teachings. This year marks a powerful turning point: for the first time ever, participants are invited to step not only into the role of seeker, but also into the role of facilitator and practitioner. This expansion represents a widening of our circle, a passing of the flame, and an opportunity to carry this sacred storytelling lineage into your own communities. Whether you’ve walked the Fool’s path before or you’re stepping into it for the very first time, you are warmly invited to apprentice yourself to mystery in a whole new way.
I’m honored to be joined by two extraordinary guest co-facilitators — Lindsay Mack of Tarot for the Wild Soul and Mary Evans of Spirit Speak Tarot — who will support and enrich this year’s journey with their unique perspectives and magic.The journey begins in January of 2026!
 
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