Cosmic Cousins

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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 ho...

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...

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 libera...

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 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, ec...

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...

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.

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 i...

"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...

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Notable Transits of the Week

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:

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 Pi...

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:

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...

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...

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 exhibi...

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 pola...

On this episode, Jeff Hinshaw guides you through a somatic meditation and energy update connectd to the Aquarius New Moon Solar Eclipse (February 17, 2026), a powerful threshold moment inviting radical freedom, collective liberation, and visionary action.

As we stand between major shift, Neptune newly in Aries (since January 26), Saturn entering Aries on February 13, and their historic conjunction at 0° Aries on February 20, we’re asked to merge dream with discipline and take courageous steps toward a new 29-year cycle. With the North Node set to enter Aquarius in July and the Year of the Fire Horse igniting bold momentum, thi...

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.
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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...

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 gr...

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.

If there is one full moon to stay at home and rest, it's likely the Cancer Full Moon. And lucky for us, 2026 starts out with this nurturing and caregiving energy, that is here to wrap us in a blanket of deep remembering. In the introduction of this episode we explore: Jupiter in Cancer, Chiron in Aries, the Capricorn Stellium, the Venus + Mars Capricorn Cazimi's, and Neptune at the final degree of Pisces.

Then, astrologer Jeff Hinshaw and movement educator, death midwife, and ritualist Anastasia Baratta explore Cancer as the keeper of memory, ancestry, care, and em...

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 Aquar...

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 f...

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 enc...

As we step into the final chapter of 2025, Jeff Hinshaw of 'Cosmic Cousins'  joins forces with Taylor Ursula of 'That's So Pisces'  to explore the enchanted, liminal, and deeply introspective energies shaping December.

This episode includes:

Jeff also shares the excitem...

On this week’s episode of Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw is joined by the radiant co-hosts of The Universe Called podcast — Courtney Sauls and Natalie Burtney. Together, we drop into the deep waters of the Scorpio New Moon, exploring its themes of emotional alchemy, intuition, and rebirth — especially poignant as this is the first Scorpio New Moon since Pluto’s definitive arrival into Aquarius.

In our conversations we explore  the intersection of astrology, identity, yoga, creativity, and collective change. Courtney shares about her work in I Am an American via Los Angeles and how acting, embodiment, and shadow work we...

On this week’s episode of Cosmic Cousins, Jeff Hinshaw is joined by Taurus Sun Feng Shui Master and energy healer Gui Hayashi of Healing Home with Gui for a grounded, soulful conversation exploring the Taurus Full Moon and the alchemy of embodiment.

Together, we explore the intersection of Taurus and Feng Shui, discussing how activating the five senses opens the sixth — intuition. Gui shares stories from his multicultural roots in Brazil, Japan, and Lebanon, his transition from corporate life into sacred space design, and how rearranging energy in our homes mirrors transformation within ourselves.

We a...

Welcome to November, 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 November 2025.

We enter November deep in Scorpio Season, a time of release, renewal, and emotional truth-telling. The veil is thin, the energy is potent, and transformation is inevitable. As the month unfolds, we move from Scorpio’s waters into Sagittarius’ fire, from introspection into expansion, from death into renewal, from mystery into meaning.

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 generatio...

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.

On this episode we explore the Aries Full Moon, and the following astrological significations:

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 Ful...

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 de...

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.

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.

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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 b...

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...

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 L...

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 poss...

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...

On this episode, Jeff Hinshaw of 'Cosmic Cousins'  explores many different Aquarius themes, including: Uranus in Gemini, Pallas, and Pluto in Aquarius. 

Then, they are joined in conversation with Lily of Planetary Dancer, where things get super cosmic and out there.  We hope you enjoy. 🛸🛸🛸

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Hey Cosmic Cousins, join Jeff for a free Aquarius Full Moon Gathering, August 9, 2025 at 9:30am PST on Zoom.  To RSVP and receive a Zoom link, click here.

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For the Aquarius Full Moon, Jeff has a Special Podcast Appereance on three different podcasts...

On this episode, Jeff Hinshaw of 'Cosmic Cousins'  joins forces with Taylor Ursula of 'That's So Pisces'  to explore the transits of August 2025. 

Together, we dive into:

Leo Season

Venus in Cancer

A featured song from artist Lindsey Mills 

Mars in Libra – with a Cosmic Slip N Slide 

The Grand Air Trine: Mars in Libra, Uranus in Gemini, Pluto in Aquarius 

A potent Aquarius Full Moon

The Venus–Jupiter conjunction in Cancer 

The practical magic of the Virgo New Moon

The dramatic clo...