Cosmic Cousins

On this week’s episode of Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw is joined by Rebecca Scolnick, writer, witch, numerologist, and author of The Witch’s Book of Numbers. Together, we dive into the Libra New Moon at 28°, exploring the healing intersection of astrology, numerology, and personal myth.
Rebecca shares how her relationship with numbers began as a form of reclamation, transforming math anxiety into a practice of meaning-making, and how her recent healing journey through cancer has unfolded in rhythm with Jupiter’s transit through Cancer. We explore the Sabian symbol for this New Moon, “Handing down wisdom from generation to generation,” as an invitation to bridge knowledge and lived experience, weaving ancient insight into modern healing.
If you’ve been feeling the call to restore balance, listen deeply, and find beauty in transition, this Libra New Moon conversation offers emotional medicine and actionable ritual for the weeks ahead. Tune in for reflections on synchronicity, name magic, and New Moon wishes for inspiration to honor your own cycles of renewal. Big love!
 
📣 Special Invitation: Enrollment is open for a brand new 6-month container until the end of October. Over the next half-year we’ll gather on every New and Full Moon (12 gatherings total). Together we’ll explore each of the 12 zodiac signs through astrology, tarot, and somatic practices, creating a container of community and ritual.We meet every other Monday at 5pm PST / 8pm EST — I’d love for you to join us.
 
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Venus has just entered Libra, inviting us to cultivate beauty, harmony, and relational awareness, while Mercury, Mars, and Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio add deep emotional currents beneath the surface. This season is a blend of light, airy connection and transformative inner work.
In this episode, astrologer Anthony Perrotta joins the podcast to explore how astrology can helping in shaping our relationships, aesthetics, and daily embodiment. Anthony bridges astrology with fashion, interiors, ritual, and lifestyle, offering insights on how to align with cosmic energy in practical and soulful ways.
Upcoming Scorpio Season Workshops: Two-part series guiding you through shadow work, somatics, and Tarot to reclaim power and insight.
📣 Special Invitation: Enrollment is open for my brand new 6-month container. Over the next half-year we’ll gather on every New and Full Moon (12 gatherings total), beginning on the Aries Full Moon, October 6. Together we’ll explore each of the 12 zodiac signs through astrology, tarot, and somatic practices, creating a container of community and ritual.We meet every other Monday at 5pm PST / 8pm EST — I’d love for you to join us.
 
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On this episode we explore the Aries Full Moon, and the following astrological significations:
Neptune in Aries
Mars in Scorpio
Aries-Libra Axis
Ceres, Chiron and Eris in Aries
In addition, we are joined by the brilliant Adriene Jenik, artist, educator, and visionary behind the Eco Tarot. 
When discussing Mars in Scorpio, I refer to the book “Healing the Liminal” by Marcella Kroll.
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📣 Special Invitation: Enrollment is open for my brand new 6-month container. Over the next half-year we’ll gather on every New and Full Moon (12 gatherings total), beginning on the Aries Full Moon, October 6. Together we’ll explore each of the 12 zodiac signs through astrology, tarot, and somatic practices, creating a container of community and ritual. We meet every other Monday at 5pm PST / 8pm EST — I’d love for you to join us.
 
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October 2025 🌗
Libra–Scorpio Season & Major Transits
Welcome to October, Cosmic Cousins.  On this episode, Jeff Hinshaw of 'Cosmic Cousins'  joins forces with Taylor Ursula of 'That's So Pisces'  to explore the transits of October 2025. We arrive at the balance time of year, the Equinox, when day and night are in equal measure. This month invites us to recalibrate, reflect on what we’ve harvested, and prepare for the descent into the darker half of the year.
In this episode, we explore the astrological climate of October 2025, beginning with Libra season’s call to balance and moving into Scorpio’s depth and transformation. Together we track the month’s major planetary movements and ingresses:
Oct 1: Juno enters Sagittarius — expanding partnerships, seeking truth in relationships
Oct 6: Mercury enters Scorpio + Aries Full Moon at 14° Aries — deep thought, ancestral work, raw emotional intensity
Oct 13: Venus enters Libra (homecoming) + Pluto stations direct in Aquarius — harmony, renewal of motivation, collective rebalancing
Oct 21: Libra New Moon at 28° Libra — intentions for beauty, peace, and partnership
Oct 22: Neptune retrograde re-enters Pisces (for the last time in our lifetimes) + Sun enters Scorpio — karmic release, deeper truths revealed
Oct 26: Mars conjunct Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio — shadow, desire, power, transformation
Oct 29: Mercury enters Sagittarius — shift toward vision, expansion, and honesty
Throughout, we touch on themes of:✨ Recalibration and relational harmony (Libra)✨ Shadow work, endings, and rebirth (Scorpio)✨ Special message from Marcella Kroll's book Healing the Liminal✨ The final dissolutions of Neptune in Pisces✨ Anticipation of Sagittarius’ forward-looking momentum✨ Tarot + music as portals into these energies
This episode features music from artists:
Nick Laughlin with Retrograde the Musical
Stones with Setting Fires
Taylor Ursula with 'Ignite'
📣 Special Invitation: Enrollment is open for my brand new 6-month container. Over the next half-year we’ll gather on every New and Full Moon (12 gatherings total), beginning on the Aries Full Moon, October 6. Together we’ll explore each of the 12 zodiac signs through astrology, tarot, and somatic practices, creating a container of community and ritual. We meet every other Monday at 5pm PST / 8pm EST — I’d love for you to join us.
 
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Virgo New Moon Solar Eclipse Themes
Eclipse as a fated turning point, clearing clutter, and creating space.
Virgo’s invitation: refinement of daily practices, devotion to detail as spiritual foundation.
Yearly cycle context: closing out a “9 year” to prepare for a “1 year” of new beginnings.
Planetary Movements & Aspects
Venus in Virgo + Mercury in Libra in mutual reception → collaboration, beauty, balance, and reciprocity.
Saturn in Pisces opposition → introspection, emotional closure, ceremony for endings.
South Node in Virgo & North Node in Pisces → practical lineage vs. surrender and transcendence.
Esoteric & Somatic Practices
Virgo’s esoteric phrase: “I am the Mother and the Child. I, God, I, Matter, am.”
Somatic focus on digestion: food, emotions, and experiences of eclipse season.
Guided prompts: mindful eating, journaling, asking for support.
Tarot & Practical Encouragement
Tarot pulls (Page of Swords, Ace of Wands, 6 of Pentacles) → curiosity, new ideas, reciprocity.
Believe in your value, trust opportunities, and align finances/relationships with reciprocity.
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Conversation with Dra. Rocío Rosales Meza
Introduction: Mexicana Seer, medicine woman (Q’ero Inca lineage), PhD in Counseling Psychology.
Key themes of conversation:
Virgo archetype as Mother and service as devotion.
Q’ero lineage and ancestral reciprocity.
Her astrology: Virgo Sun, Aquarius Moon, Aries Rising.
Pluto in Aquarius + collective shadow work.
Survivors’ guilt, systemic injustice, decolonial psychology.
Personal story of health collapse during academia → grief, anger, alchemy, reclamation.
Importance of prayer, presence, and relationship to Mother Earth.
Closing prayer offered:“Great mother show me.Great mother speak with me.Great mother show up with me.”
Closing Blessing & Reflection
Reminder: you are both the nurturer and the one in need of nourishment.
Reflection question: How might you create a container strong enough to hold the depth of your spiritual transformation?
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On this podcast episode, it’s with so much honor and excitement that Jeff Hinshaw finally gets to share with you that he is the author of the Lonely Planet Travel Tarot. This project weaves together a deep study of the Tarot with reverence for the beauty of our planet. Each of the 78 cards is paired with a different location in the world. It’s been over a year of research, writing and teamwork. The deck is illustrated in collaboration with the brilliant Studio Muti.
 
The Travel Tarot is now officially open for pre-order and will be released in the U.S. on February 17, 2026, which makes this deck an Aquarius Sun with a Pisces Moon (quite fitting for such an expansive deck celebrating humanity).
Also, on this podcast episode, Jeff Hinshaw is joined by cosmic sibling Joél Andres Collier of Doll Muscle. Formed in New Orleans in 2017 with composer/producer Bodhi Landa, Doll Muscle creates cathartic dream-pop anthems lush with synths, post-punk grit, and shimmering soundscapes. Their work explores queer love at the boundaries of gender and consciousness, offering listeners a warm, visionary sound that feels both intimate and otherworldly.
Together they listen to Five Songs: Here We Are, Wizard, Steeplechase, XO, Allways, and Our Mother. We invite you to bring out your tarot deck and meditate with the cards that came up in our discussion: Judgement, Justice, Queen of Pentacles, Queen of Swords, and the 7 of Cups.  We also explore planetary archetypes and Zodiac signs that weave throughout Doll Muscle’s songs, including: Chiron, Neptune, Pluto, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius. You may glean insights by revisiting these signs and planets in your own birth chart.
💙 Jeff Hinshaw
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This episode explores the Virgo–Pisces polarity and the invitations of this Pisces Lunar Eclipse. The episode is started out with Jeff Hinshaw inviting you to balance grounded devotion with dreamy surrender: tending to daily routines, health, and service (Virgo) while opening to flow, intuition, and spiritual expansion (Pisces).
Then, Jeff is joined by the painter and sculptor Susan Carr, whose work embodies this very polarity. A Pisces Sun, Virgo Moon, and Leo Rising, Susan channels both meticulous craft and ethereal vision in her art. Together, we explore five of her transformative paintings.  To see the visual of these painting, there is a Cosmic Cousins Substack article that includes these 5 paintings:
The Fool as a self-portrait carrying ancestral karma
Ace of Wands, erupting with fiery new beginnings
The Moon, a meditation on body, pain, and primal transformation
Self-Portrait with Mask, invoking octopus medicine and paired with Mary Oliver’s poetry
Picking Up the Pieces, a political and grief-centered reflection echoing the Marseille Death card
Susan’s journey with grief, creativity, and healing is both moving and inspiring. From discovering Cosmic Cousins in 2017 during a period of profound loss, to now sharing her art as a channel for transformation, her story reminds us that devotion, flow, and intuitive expression can turn pain into beauty and service into love.
Settle in, breathe, and join us as we explore art, astrology, and the sacred dance of Virgo and Pisces with Susan Carr.
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On this episode, Jeff Hinshaw of 'Cosmic Cousins'  joins forces with Taylor Ursula of 'That's So Pisces'  to explore the transits of September 2025. 
The episode starts out with a horseshoe meditation, led by Jeff, that connects you to plant medicine, ancestral healing, and the nodes of fate.Then, Jeff and Taylor explore the following transits:
– Sept 1: Saturn Rx back into Pisces– Sept 2: Mercury enters Virgo– Sept 6: Uranus Stations Retrorgrade– Sept 7: Pisces Full Moon Lunar Eclipse– Sept 18: Mercury enters Libra– Sept 19: Venus enters Virgo– Sept 22: Mars enters Scorpio– Sept 22: Sun enters Libra
We also listen to a song by Doll Muscle, "Here We Are".
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This week on Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw shares a Virgo Season reflection sparked by an unexpected find, a pencil discovered on a morning walk, connecting us to Virgo’s archetypal themes of learning, detail, and devotion.
In this episode, Jeff is also joined by interdisciplinary artist, educator, and healer Edgar Fabián Frías for a rich conversation on the invitations of Virgo: grounding amidst upheaval, listening to the wisdom of the body, and honoring the sacred in our daily work. Together they explore how Uranus in Gemini is shaping this Virgo season, bringing surprise, disruption, and possibility, and they anchor the conversation with the Page of Pentacles, Virgo’s reminder to begin again with curiosity and care.
 
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Welcome to a brand-new series here on the Cosmic Cousins Podcast: Astro Somatix, a practice that bridges astrology and embodiment, bringing the wisdom of the stars down into the body through mindful, accessible movement.
Each Somatic Movement episode, I’ll guide you through a famous person’s birth chart or the current astrological weather, not just with words, but through movement, breath, energy work, and somatic imagery, so astrology becomes more than an idea you think about. It becomes something you feel in your bones, your breath, and your heart.
In this episode, we honor the iconic and otherworldly Kate Bush. You’ll journey through the entirety of her birth chart, exploring her planetary placements while being gently guided into movement. This is intended as a movement meditation, an invitation to bring this cosmic practice into your body through love, presence, and joyful motion.
If you’d like your own personalizedAstro Somatix Birth Chart Recording — a 20–30 minute somatic movement video crafted specifically for your unique birth chart, you can order one through my website at cosmiccousins.com/astrosomatixIf you'd like to watch the video of this, you can tune in on YouTube.
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