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Aries Full Moon – The Courage to Be Seen: Convo with Galen Boone Sep 25, 2026

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For this Aries Full Moon, we first explore all of the Aries energy in the sky right now, including: Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, Pallas, Vesta and Eris. Then, we welcome the incredible artist, jeweler, and "star witch” Galen Boone to Cosmic Cousins for a wide-ranging conversation about Aries, embodiment, queer lineage, talismanic jewelry, grief, justice, addiction, self-devotion, and pleasure.
With Aries Rising and Mars-Eris exactly conjunct their Ascendant, Galen offers a deeply embodied perspective on Aries as an impulse toward life, courage, and self-definition, while also questioning the ways traditional Aries symbolism can privilege patriarchal ideas of “rule.”
We talked about their silverwork as “reverential armor,” reclaiming queer words through art, their relationship to queer ancestors and persecuted healers, and the ways jewelry can become a wearable vessel for memory, protection, devotion, and transformation.
We also explored the Devil and Star cards, the relationship between impulse and addiction, the sacredness of self-pleasure, th eyear of the Fire Horse, and Galen’s practice of marrying themself as a radical commitment to self-devotion.
At the heart of our conversation was a question that feels particularly alive under this Aries Full Moon with Mars in Cancer: What would it mean to stop abandoning ourselves in order to be loved, and instead learn to drink from our own cup?

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Cosmic Cousins Soul-Centered Astrology Certification:
A Yearlong Immersion in Living Astrology with Jeff Hinshaw

Are you looking for community support and guidance on your journey of astrology? Join me in a year-long journey into Soul-Centered Astrology where you’ll explore birth charts, planetary cycles, Tarot, embodiment, ritual, and the deeper myths woven through the cosmos. Whether you’re beginning your astrology path or deepening your practice, this immersive program is designed to help you build a lifelong relationship with astrology. Apply Now!!

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Cosmic Mix Tape – A Soundtrack for Your Soul. The Cosmic Mix Tape . is a personalized astrology experience that transforms your birth chart into a soulful soundtrack through an in-depth recorded reading and a carefully curated playlist.

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Virgo New Moon – The Labradorite Priestess and Merlin as the Hermit – Special Guest Ariel Lask + Premiere of her new single "Get To Love You" Sep 09, 2026

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On this week’s episode of Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw explores the Virgo New Moon, the 9-year anniversary of Cosmic Cousins, and the Hermit as Merlin, guide through mystery and devotion.

We also explore the Virgo/Pisces polarity, the Labradorite Priestess, labradorite as a stone of magic and grounding, and the sacredness of embodiment, service, and the mundane.

Plus, Jeff welcomes Virgo musician and astrologer Ariel Lask. In our conversation we explore Degree Theory, the esoteric phrase for Virgo, White Moon Selena and listen to the premiere of her new single, “Get To Love You”.

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Over the last two weeks, I’ve published five new pieces on the Cosmic Cousins Substack, exploring tarot, astrology, creativity and synchronicity:

Virgo New Moon Magic – The Labradorite Priestess, the Virgo/Pisces Polarity, Understanding the Hermit as Merlin & Nine Years of the Cosmic Cousins Podcast
Temperance as Alchemy & Art: A Temperance Ritual for the New Cosmic Cousins Students
Angel Number 777: A Nudge From the Universe to Keep Going – The Virgo New Moon, the Seven of Pentacles, and a Brilliant Idea on the Horizon
Before I Knew I Was Going to Be an Astrologer: Life as a Millenial Growing Up in a Very Aquarian Age
An Evening with Mary K. Greer: Tarot: The North Node is Definitely in Aquarius

If you’d like to enjoy more writing, reflections, and cosmic storytelling from me lately, join me on the Cosmic Cousins Substack.

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Cosmic Cousins Soul-Centered Astrology Certification:
A Yearlong Immersion in Living Astrology with Jeff Hinshaw

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Pisces Full Moon Lunar Eclipse – Hekate + North Node in Aquarius – Special Guest Dr. Branwen Schaub Aug 27, 2026

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On this week’s episode of Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw explores Virgo Season, the 7 days of the week and their associated planet, anxiety and overwhelm, the Pisces Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, the North Node of Fate in Aquarius conjunct Hekate, goddess of crossroads and liminal spaces. We also explore Astraea, asteroid of cosmic justice, also close to the Full Moon.

In addition, we are joined by Dr. Branwen Schaub of True Will Studio. A Pisces Sun astrologer, Branwen shares her wide-ranging relationship with astrology, mathematics, dance, and Tarot, exploring the surprising connections between infinity, imagination, pattern recognition, creativity, grief, surrender, lineage, and release. We discuss the death of her father and the complicated legacy of astrology and occultism within her family, reflecting on the Pisces esoteric phrase, “I leave my father’s home and turning back I save,” and what it can mean to turn toward our histories through forgiveness, reclamation, integration, and self-ownership.

Along the way, we read two poems from Heidi Rose Robbins’ Ask Me, listen to “Surrender” by Branwen’s teacher Sri Kala, sing a song together, pull the Six of Swords from the Lonely Planet Travel Tarot, and close with Hekate, goddess of the crossroads, exploring what it means to have a light beside us without someone else choosing the path.

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Leo New Moon Solar Eclipse – Jupiter + South Node of Fate in Leo – Music by Leo Rising Artists Hannah Ramone & Lindsey Mills Aug 12, 2026

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On this week’s podcast episode of Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw leads you through a heart-centered Leo meditation on the astrology of the moment. We then dive deep into the energy of eclipses, discuss Jupiter in Leo and the South Node of Fate in Leo. We also spend time listening to two songs "Secret War" by Leo Rising Hannah Ramone and "Arms Akimbo" by Leo Rising Lindsey Mills.

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A Queer Arcana
Full Moon Party at the Palm Springs Art Musuem

I’m so excited to announce that I’m teaming up with the Palm Springs Art Museum for their exhibition, A Queer Arcana, which celebrates queer artists from the last century who have used esoteric practices, including tarot, as sources of inspiration, healing, creativity, and resistance.

To celebrate the exhibition, I’ve brought together a team of dear friends and fellow queer tarot readers who will be offering mini tarot readings during the opening event on the Pisces Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, August 28th, at the Palm Springs Art Museum.

Joining us will be Corinna Rosella of Milk Thistle, husbands Brandon Alter and Angel Lopez of The Spiritual Gayz, and Mr. Starry Skies Alan, also known as Mantis Tarot, a tarot author. All five of us will be there offering mini readings throughout the evening, and we cannot wait to celebrate with you!

There’s also something especially meaningful to me about this exhibition. My beloved teacher, Rachel Pollack, who passed away a few years ago, is represented in the exhibit through the original artwork from her tarot deck, displayed in a glass case alongside other feminist tarot decks and works of esoteric art. Rachel was the author of 78 Degrees of Wisdom and Tarot Wisdom, and their work profoundly shaped my own relationship with tarot.

It feels incredibly special to be part of an exhibition that honors the ways queer people have turned to tarot and other esoteric practices not only for divination, but as tools for healing, self-discovery, imagination, and resistance.

So please come join us for Queer Arcana on August 28th at the Palm Springs Art Museum. Come see the exhibition, celebrate queer history and creativity, and let one of us pull cards for you under the Pisces Full Moon Eclipse.

We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

Cosmic Mix Tape
A Soundtrack for Your Soul

The Cosmic Mix Tape . is a personalized astrology experience that transforms your birth chart into a soulful soundtrack through an in-depth recorded reading and a carefully curated playlist.

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Cancer New Moon: The Sacred Pause Before the Next Chapter + Special Convo w/ Seymour Fox Jul 13, 2026

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Special Announcement: Cosmic Cousins Soul-Centered Astrology Certification. A Yearlong Immersion in Living Astrology with Jeff Hinshaw

Learn to speak the language of the stars. Join a year-long journey into Soul-Centered Astrology where you’ll explore birth charts, planetary cycles, Tarot, embodiment, ritual, and the deeper myths woven through the cosmos. Whether you’re beginning your astrology path or deepening your practice, this immersive program will help you build a lifelong relationship with the sky. Early bird rates available now.

Now, on to this week’s episode of Cosmic Cousins as we journey into the depths of the Cancer New Moon — a sacred invitation to slow down, return home, and reconnect with the wisdom of the body, heart, and emotional landscape.

We explore the powerful astrology surrounding this lunation, including Jupiter’s entrance into Leo, the Mercury Cazimi, Neptune retrograde in Aries, and the rare planetary basket formation weaving together Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, and Jupiter.

Rather than rushing toward the next chapter, this New Moon reminds us that true transformation begins with rest, reflection, and nourishment. Together, we explore what it means to pause in the in-between spaces, honor the emotions we’ve carried, and prepare the soil for the creative expansion and collective evolution ahead.

Then, we are joined by Seymour Fox, a Cancer Sun tarot reader, professor, and participant in this year’s 22-week online Fool’s Journey. Seymour shares their lifelong relationship with Tarot, beginning in their teenage years in California and evolving from a study of archetypes into a deeply intuitive and relational practice. Together, we explore the intersection of Tarot, queerness, academia, and spirituality, as Seymour reflects on creating space for all parts of themselves and integrating their professional and magical identities.
Together we explore Cancerian themes of home, memory, devotion, grief, and emotional belonging, including how Tarot became a source of spiritual care during their late wife’s illness and how loss transformed their relationship with the cards. Seymour shares their devotional Fool’s Journey practice of creating altars for each Major Arcana card and how ritual immersion revealed that the archetypes are not just symbols to study, but living relationships that meet us through unexpected moments of transformation. We then close with a Cancer New Moon Whimsical Wanderings journey through childhood memories, the ocean, books, and the wisdom of the I Ching’s image of “The Well”, a reminder that our inner waters are a source of nourishment, connection, and infinite renewal.

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Capricorn Full Moon: Hope is a Seed, Reflections on Ecological Grief w/ Corinna Rosella Jun 29, 2026

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Summer Special – There are 10 discount codes available now through the end of Cancer Season, each offering $50 off a personalized Cosmic Mix Tape . Use coupon code: CANCER

The Cosmic Mix Tape is a personalized astrology experience that transforms your birth chart into a soulful soundtrack through an in-depth recorded reading and a carefully curated playlist.

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In this episode, we explore the Capricorn Full Moon and its call to ground into structure, clarity, and long-term vision around career, legacy, and commitment, while Cancer season highlights emotional awareness and care.

This lunation arrives alongside Jupiter’s shift into Leo, beginning a year-long cycle of creativity, courage, and heart-led expression, even as Mercury stations retrograde in Cancer, inviting reflection on family, memory, and emotional patterns.

With Jupiter completing its final degree in Cancer and Saturn in Aries emphasizing self-leadership and responsibility, this Full Moon asks us to balance forward momentum with reflection, ambition with emotional honesty, and vision with patience.

Then, we are joined by Corinna Rosella, a Capricorn herbalist, artist, and community organizer whose work weaves together astrology, tarot, plant medicine, analog photography, and ecological care. Grounded in years of tending both people and place through their beloved Yucca Valley apothecary, Milk Thistle, Corinna shares how the recent closure of the space became an invitation to honor grief, reclaim their identity as an artist, and imagine new forms of community rooted in reciprocity rather than burnout. Together, we explore the Cancer–Capricorn axis as a landscape of ancestry, legacy, accountability, and collective care, as Jupiter completes its yearlong journey through Cancer and prepares to enter Leo.

Together we reflect on ecological grief, herbalism as a practice of resilience, and the role of creativity in times of personal and collective uncertainty. We discuss what Capricorn truly teaches beyond its stereotypes: devotion through practical care, sustainable systems, and the courage to face difficult realities without losing hope. We then close with a Whimsical Wanderings channeled message for the collective for the Capricorn Full Moon, where we prepare dandelion root coffee, sew together two tanned hides at sunset, receive guidance from Eartha Kitt, and end with an oracle pull reminding us that healing our future begins with the small acts of care we choose today.

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A Gemini to Cancer Threshold Week: Uranus in Gemini and Chiron in Taurus Jun 15, 2026

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This episode is presented as a text-to-talk voice-over using Substack's narration feature while Jeff recovers and rests his voice.

In this week's Cosmic Weekly Weather (June 15–21, 2026), we explore the energy unfolding after the Gemini New Moon, the ongoing influence of Uranus in Gemini, and the significant shift of Chiron entering Taurus. Jeff reflects on finding feathers as messages from the natural world, shares thoughts on emerging technologies and new forms of communication, and discusses the healing themes of Cancer Season and the Summer Solstice. The episode concludes with reflections on The Star tarot card, offering guidance around hope, renewal, and trusting the path ahead.

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Venus + Jupiter Align in Cancer, Chiron at 29º of Aries, Venus enters Leo, Gemini New Moon Jun 09, 2026

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In this week’s episode, recorded under the influence of a rare Venus–Jupiter conjunction in Cancer at 25°, we explore a powerful “wish point” for emotional fulfillment, abundance, and nourishment.

We reflect on themes of love, belonging, home, and memory, weaving in the tarot imagery of the Nine of Cups and the larger year-long arc of Jupiter in Cancer as it magnifies both joy and emotional complexity within family systems and chosen kinship.

The episode also moves through Chiron’s final days in Aries, highlighting closure and healing around identity themes that have been unfolding since 2018, alongside the shifting landscape of Gemini season, Mercury’s entrance into Cancer, and the emotional rhythms of the waning Moon.

Looking ahead, we cover Venus entering Leo, Mercury’s upcoming retrograde shadow, Jupiter’s shift into Leo, and the Gemini New Moon on June 14th.

This episode invites you to notice what is completing, what is beginning, and where life is quietly offering you abundance to receive.

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Sagittarius Full Moon: Neo-Catholic Mysticism, Tarot, and Ancestral Fire – Conversation with Sagittarius Cesar Gutierrez May 30, 2026

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In this episode, Jeff Hinshaw explores the Sagittarius Full Moon , a luminous culmination in Gemini season that illuminates the dynamic polarity between Gemini’s curiosity and Sagittarius’ quest for truth and expansion.

In this episode we weave through the embodied astrology of Sagittarius (connected to the legs, hips) and Gemini’s (hands, lungs), highlighting how this axis teaches us to integrate thought with lived experience.

With Black Moon Lilith in Sagittarius and Uranus beginning its seven-year cycle in Gemini, we are collectively awakening to deeper truths, breaking ancestral patterns of shame, and reorienting toward more liberated ways of thinking and being.

Through personal reflection, teaching stories, and somatic practices like drishti and body awareness, this episode offers a grounded yet expansive invitation to integrate, reorient, and illuminate what is emerging in your life.

Then, we are joined by Cesar Gutierrez, also known as Soul Centaur, a Sagittarius astrologer, tarot reader, and devotional spiritual practitioner whose work bridges astrology, tarot and energy healing. Rooted in both Catholic upbringing and spiritual practice, Cesar now identifies as a Neo-Catholic, weaves together devotion to Santa Muerte, intuitive tarot, and lived experience of transformation through loss, identity, and awakening. Together, we explore ancestral reverence, queer spiritual reclamation, what it means to move through Gemini Season and the approaching Sagittarius Full Moon, with Uranus newly in Gemini illuminating themes of duality, perception, and spiritual expansion.

Cesar shares their journey into astrology and tarot beginning in 2018 during a Uranus transit, and how their practice deepened through COVID, personal loss, and the alchemy of becoming “Soul Centaur.” We explore the origin of this name as a fusion of Sagittarius symbolism and lived transformation, and how Sagittarius teaches the art of blending modalities while still staying grounded in discernment. We then close with a Mystical Meanderings journey into the realm of Sagittarius, where we meet a twin reflection in the forest, receive a symbolic toy airplane as expanded vision, are visited by an ancestor musician with a message of resilience, and end with the a tarot pull and a reminder that everything is cyclical.

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

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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.

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“Flesh to Flower” by Heirloom

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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.

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