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Values are tools in your toolbox to help you move through the random situations life throws at you. What are the most important things in your life?

When we say “you can’t pour from an empty cup” it’s so simple to understand just how true that is. And yet, pouring into our own cup can be a deeply complex healing journey. One of the common beliefs I hear from others, and have had to untangle within myself, is that “Self-Care is selfish”.… Read more: Is Self-Care Selfish?

The concept of “hell yes” energy is a simple one. When you feel “hell yes” energy you don’t have to think about your answer, or your next move, it just happens. Easily and like a no-brainer. The answer is an Emphatic HELL YES! And if you’re not getting a “hell yes”, it means it’s a… Read more: I Followed My “Hell Yes” & It Changed My Life

I usually reserve Fridays as my “weekend day,” where I get to just hang out in my energy and have no plans – but I practice self care every day. Daily self care had been my practice for nearly two years when I opened my first business, my grocery store in February 2018, when, for… Read more: Invest in Yourself Daily: Why Self Care is Non-Negotiable (Especially as a Recovering Workaholic)

When we feel that someone is hurting us, it’s really a reflection of our own inner world. That’s a tough pill to swallow. But as difficult as it is to accept, I’m learning to embrace it by standing in this empowered place where I am fully responsible for my reality. So when somebody says something… Read more: Three Rules for Shadow Work to Reclaim Your Power

I woke up Saturday morning, July 9, 2016, and it became Day 1 of the rest of my life. The literal start to the day came as I popped awake with a Very Clear thought in my mind that fell out of my mouth as I let the awareness wash over me that I was Done with living a depressed life. Either I was going to figure out how to have a happy life, or I was done. That weekend I maxed out my self-care. My mantra was “I’m going to do self-care until I feel better.” I used every tool I’d come across. Gratitude, journaling, exercise, water, sunshine, meditation, and the crown jewel, the Deservability Treatment.

As we live, we learn, and we grow to understand ourselves more and more and more. This 15 minute self-assessment is meant to help you reflect on where you’ve grown to today. What is your current capacity? And what are you still practicing? I really enjoyed seeing which of these I felt really strong on… Read more: Spiritual Journey Check-In With Yourself

Overview of the Aquarius Archetype Aquarius is the second-to-last sign of the Zodiac and is a fixed air sign. Fixed signs indicate the middle of their season and are characterized by staying-power and stability. Ruled by: Uranus (modern), Saturn (ancient) Modality: Fixed (Winter) Element: Air If you have heavy Aquarius energy in your natal chart,… Read more: AQUARIUS: An Energetic Overview & Guide to Embracing the Water-Bearer

Essential Dignities Domicile: Libra, Taurus Detriment: Aries, Scorpio Exaltation: Pisces Fall: Virgo Joy: 5th House Overview of Venus Energy Venus is the goddess of love, peace, and the arts, representing the finest things life has to offer. Venus spends about one month in each sign and rules both Taurus and Libra. Taurus is the feminine… Read more: VENUS: Energetic Archetype & Qualities of the Lesser Benefic

Overview of Uranus Energy Essential Dignities Domicile: Aquarius Detriment: Leo Exaltation: N/A Fall: Taurus Known as the Great Awakener, Uranus is electrifying, inventive, original. It has an 84-year orbit. It is said to be the higher octave of Mercury, representing the higher mind. Uranus is flashes of genius, or brilliant ideas. When that Uranian opening… Read more: URANUS: Energetic Archetype & Qualities of the Great Awakener

A great way to understand Jupiter is that it either brings Excellence or Excess. It’s one or the other, with excellence being the highest frequency of Jupiter and excess being the lowest. Jupiter itself is pretty neutral, although it is the “greater benefic,” the bringer of good things. What it really brings though is opportunity, and with opportunity, it’s up to you to show up and put your skills, energy, and intention into it to maximize the potential.

Overview of Chiron Energy The first discovered of the Centaurs, Chiron is a comet/minor planet. Because it’s not actually a planet, it doesn’t have any official essential dignities (domicile, detriment, exaltation, or fall.) Discovered in 1977, Chiron is known as “the wounded healer.” Part of the point with the wounded healer is that even if… Read more: CHIRON: The Mythology and Meaning of The Wounded Healer

Key Points Doubting of the self at a deep level. Feeling like, “unless I’ve already slayed the dragon, I don’t know if I can,” and learning how to believe you can do things you’ve never done before. Having the courage to be authentic. It takes guts to stop trying to be what everyone wants you… Read more: Chiron in Aries: The Wounded Masculine

Pluto embodies the idea of “the only way out is through.” The ruler of death and rebirth, Pluto reminds us that endings and beginnings are all wrapped up into one – they’re inseparable. Like the phoenix rising from the ashes, it is only through our own demise that we may be reborn, released into a newer, higher reality than we left behind because we have become a newer and higher version of ourself.

Overview of the Gemini Archetype Gemini is the 3rd sign of the Zodiac and is a mutable air sign. Mutable signs mark the end of their season and are characterized by fluidity and flexibility, making Gemini the flexible thinker of the Zodiac. Ruled by: Mercury Modality: Mutable (Spring) Element: Air Gemini, symbolized by the Twins,… Read more: GEMINI: An Energetic Overview & Guide to Embracing the Twins

Overview of Sun Energy Essential Dignities The Sun is exalted in Aries, which means that it is in its “home away from home.” It feels most at home in Leo, but Aries is second-best. Domicile: Leo Detriment: Aquarius Exaltation: Aries Fall: Libra Joy: 9th House The Sun is the center of our solar system, around… Read more: SUN: Energetic Archetype & Qualities

Overview of Moon Energy Essential Dignities Domicile: Cancer Detriment: Capricorn Exaltation: Taurus Fall: Scorpio Joy: 3rd House The Moon is the ruler of the 4th House and the 4th sign of Cancer.  It represents our emotions, sensitivities, intuition, and dominant mood or attitude. It’s an emotional filter, kind of like Mercury is our mental or… Read more: MOON: Energetic Archetype & Qualities

Mercury itself represents a mirror, showing you exactly what is. No bias. No agenda. Just what is. No person is a perfect mirror containing no biases – we can’t help it! That’s because our natal planets are each in signs, and our natal Mercury placement tells us how we pay attention.

Libra is ruled by Venus and is considered its masculine face. It rules the seventh house of partnership and is a cardinal air sign. Key aspects of Libra are serenity, relaxation, equilibrium, paradox, equity between opposites, art, aesthetic intelligence, beauty, releasing tension, seeing multiple sides to every situation, harmony, and cooperation. 

Taurus is symbolized by the Bull, an animal which gains a more “aggressive” reputation due to its association with bullfighting, but truthfully is just a cow, which at its core is a very peaceful creature.

Pisces is known for being the artistic, generous, self-sacrificial healers of the Zodiac. It’s a very ethereal energy, setting aside ego and identity and merging with source or higher power. It is the embodiment of true humility, not feeling superior to anyone or anything. 

Overview of the Aries Archetype Aries is the 1st sign of the Zodiac Ruled by: Mars (our warrior style) Modality: Cardinal (Spring) Element: Fire Aries is the primal fire sign, the very first in the Zodiac. It is where we learn to claim what’s rightfully ours. Its sister sign, Libra, deals with compromise – but… Read more: ARIES: An Energetic Overview & Guide to Embracing the Ram

The Big Picture We are all twelve zodiac energies, not just one or two. Pop culture generally focuses on the sun sign – this is the one most people know and leads them to believe “I’m a Gemini” or “I’m a Taurus” and that’s that. But it’s not so! In truth – we are ALL,… Read more: Navigate Your Natal Chart: An Introduction to Astrology (Part 1)

As a long-time chronic overeater, I’ve basically stamped out my body’s ability to tell me when I’m full. I don’t have a full – I can eat until I’m so top heavy that I just sort of topple over and go to sleep. And honestly, I have a lot of shame about this behavior. I’m… Read more: Awakening to a Holistic Perspective of Physical Health: How I Got Here

I’m what the industry (or society or whatever) would call a “skinny fat person.” I have a decent metabolism and my build mostly stays put – so I can eat a lot of junk before I start seeing it reflected in my body’s physical appearance. I used to assume I was in the clear, that… Read more: The Eye-Opening Impact of Food on Emotions

A while back, I lost about forty pounds. I gained those forty pounds during my first year living in Dallas working at a software company (which you can read more about here) but eventually I ended up losing the amount I had gained and then some. I was feeling really good but by the time… Read more: Learning to Listen to Your Body

Hello, my name is Carly, I’m a Gemini, and I feel empty inside sometimes. But, I don’t let that be the end of the world, and when I wake up the next morning, I still deliberately put an intentional interruption of happiness in my path. It has been a journey getting to this point, let… Read more: Confessions of a Gemini: Replacing Emptiness with Worthiness

Not too long ago I hosted my first-ever series of online events, a spotlight series on the Moon sign. The idea for this series was born in a moment of panic, when I was hosting an event and was asked a question that caught me off guard, that I didn’t have an answer for. In… Read more: The Art of Allowing: Let the Path Unfold Beneath Your Feet

I had plans the other night – and I cancelled them. Last minute. I’d scheduled an event for the evening even though I know I’m a morning person. I don’t do evening-time things. I’ve recorded basically every episode of my podcast in the morning, and all of my best events are done during the day.… Read more: Give In To Your Energy Flow: What My Angels Taught Me About Honoring My Authentic Self

I used to worry a lot about explaining myself so that people would understand me, and for a long time I felt so misunderstood – so complex and in-my-head, and multi-faceted beyond most people’s understanding. It was a really painful way to feel. Eventually I realized that it’s nobody else’s job to get me, only my own.

Starting my podcast led me to unearth some deeply rooted pieces of my shadow. It gave me a better look at my full spectrum – the lightest of my light and darkest of my dark. On the one hand I was able to see a greater expression of the beauty I’m capable of creating, an… Read more: Give Fewer F*cks: Learning to Find Validation From Within

I absolutely adore the wild adventure of creating my podcast and watching it all unfold – including the shadow work that comes along with it. Bearing my soul, episode by episode has definitely dredged up a lot of different things that I had no idea I was carrying around with me. I thought I was… Read more: What is My Fear Saying? Head to the Observation Deck to Find Out

I first learned about the “vulnerability hangover” from Brené Brown. She gave her first TEDx Talk: The Power of Vulnerability and woke up the next morning with the worst vulnerability hangover of her life as she tells in her 2nd TED Talk: Listening to Shame. She describes a vulnerability hangover as the feelings of regret… Read more: Vulnerability Hangover: What It Is & Why It’s Actually a Good Sign

To go for it is to let yourself be seen, be vulnerable, be authentic. To let other people witness your authentic self, not knowing what they’re going to think about it. To coexist with the self-talk of the neverending list of ways you could “optimize your starting point” (is how I’ll say it kindly, to… Read more: Go For It: Four Steps to Doing the Thing

By Carly Whorton Written June 14, 2021 Spiritual Growth is often something we reach for as a goal and something to work towards but how do you know if your spirit is actually growing??? What does that even mean? Today I got a random craving to drive an hour round trip to treat myself to… Read more: A Plate of Drunken Noodles as a Spiritual Experience

Life is an endless celebration of milestones, steppingstones, that lead us to the destination we seek and So Much More! By breathing in the present moment, and breathing out expectation, we allow the path to unfold beneath our feet. As we extend ourself to take the next step, full of readiness and willingness, Source answers by meeting our foot with the steppingstone it needs. Each step brings a new perspective, a new vantage point where we can rendezvous with opportunity for inspiration.