January 2026 invites us to create space for our dreams as our best plans.

Through the month’s astrology, the personal planets move in a tight Capricorn stellium into a tight Aquarius stellium, while making aspects to Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus before they leave water and earth signs.

We explored:

• Balancing softness, structure, rest, and devotion in your life.
• New Year guidance on planning from what you do know instead of spiraling on what you don’t
• Working with the Cancer Full Moon and the Capricorn stellium to practice intentional gratitude for areas of relative ease
• Reflection questions for the final chapters of Saturn and Neptune in Pisces and Uranus in Taurus, including grief, disillusionment, maturing your dreams, and choosing which realities you’re willing to participate in.​
• How the late-month Aquarius stellium and conjunctions to Pluto can shift the tone from “getting your life in order” to radically reimagining your role in community, culture, and collective dreaming.​

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This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

For our last episode in 2025, I decided against my better judgment to go into confessional mode.

2025 was a rude teacher. One who slapped me across the face and then threw the paper I just submitted into the furnace.

2025 resisted my efforts for linear planning and thwarted my plans for maintaining status quo.

Instead, She taught me to find my own standards...and then to pour gasoline on the little matches I lit along the way.

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This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

Joining me today are TanyaMarck Oviedo and Nick Venegoni of The Queer Spirit podcast. They're beloved kin to me, who are living, breathing testaments to the power of building skillful connections.

We recently got together for a Care Chat, short mindful conversations where we discussed transitions in our lives, the importance of community, and the power of intentional living.

I shared my personal journey of losing a job while finding relief and growth through the process. TanyaMarck discussed the experience of navigating deep grief as they lost family members and the healing power of creative practices. Nick reflected on the importance of boundaries and how he recently re-committed to an art practice. They also shared their journey building a care-centric nonprofit that grew out of their podcast.

We explored themes of breaking old patterns, birthing new ideas, and the magic of connection even when living in different places.

Find their podcast, Queer Spirit, here.

Nick's bio and links

Nick Venegoni, MA (he>they), is a holistic psychotherapist based on unceded Ohlone territory (San Francisco, CA), where he supports queer folks to heal from trauma and anxiety, to create more joyful lives and fulfilling relationships. He is the creator and co-host of The Queer Spirit podcast and co-facilitator in The Queer Spirit Community. Nick’s primary spiritual practices these days include Earth based wisdom, Buddhist Psychology, Mindfulness meditation, and sound healing.

Connect with Nick at www.queerhealingjourneys.com as well as on Instagram @holisticqueerhealing

TanyaMarck's bio and links

Residing on Tongva Land, TanyaMarck Oviedo (they/them) is a two spirit, nonbinary, queer, native indigenous person of color and has been a person in recovery since 1989. As an embodied practitioner, medicine person, witch, educator and mentor, they share over 3 decades of care-centric wisdom and channeling via space holding, circle facilitation, mentoring, and community service work. TanyaMarck and Pluto (very magical medicine dog) are the founders of Vamonos Wellness, a healing arts and care practice that’s deeply rooted in curanderismo and community service.

Connect with TanyaMarck at www.tanyamarck.com as well as on Instagram @tanyamarck

Support the creation of this podcast by becoming a paid subscriber. You’ll receive access to 1-2 bonus episodes a month, subscriber-only essays, and exclusive first-look at drafts of new essays.

If you’d like to work with me 1:1, I offer single guidance sessions as well as private mentorship containers (3 months+). We co-create a supportive field for you to move through important life thresholds with grace and deepen your capacity for creative expansions using astrology, human design, and energy work.

Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link.

This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

December asks us to trust in the power of possibilities amidst unexpected transitions and confusions.

The mutable grand cross is back in action and we're invited to question our attachments.

This is a month that can bring a lot of fun if we're not rigid about outcomes.

In this episode, we dive into:

• Connecting to our power when we know less than we'd like.
• Prioritizing sincerity and honesty.
• The line between hope and wistful thinking.
• Committing to learning as the point of being alive.

Support the creation of this podcast by becoming a paid subscriber. You’ll receive access to 1-2 bonus episodes a month, subscriber-only essays, and exclusive first-look at drafts of new essays.

If you’d like to work with me 1:1, I offer single guidance sessions as well as private mentorship containers (3 months+). We co-create a supportive field for you to move through important life thresholds with grace and deepen your capacity for creative expansions using astrology, human design, and energy work.

Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link.

This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

A riff on some topics that are currently alive in my reality:

• Why external confirmation is an unreliable predictor of 'success' when you're in the process of building new realities – and what you should look for instead
• How to interpret shocking disruptions on the path of consistently choosing to respond to Life as your True Self
• Why going beyond mental formulas of what's worked in the past and stepping into rogue mode might ultimately yield more interesting and maybe even satisfying results
• How training your system to befriend The Mystery might be the smartest investment

(Unrelated note on the cover art: I found this toy while running near my house. He seems like the cutest duck superhero who's been through a lot and is somehow even more hope-filled than ever. Could he be the new mascot for the podcast?)

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If you’d like to work with me 1:1, I offer single guidance sessions as well as private mentorship containers (3 months+). We co-create a supportive field for you to move through important life thresholds with grace and deepen your capacity for creative expansions using astrology, human design, and energy work.

Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link.

This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

This conversation is a masterclass in the art of embracing and claiming personal power.

Over the past 6 years, I've witnessed Britten LaRue grow her capacity as a teacher, an astrologer, and a community leader. We got together to discuss the concept and experience of Living Emergence, which is also the name of Britten's new membership space offering, and we quickly jumped into the deep end of the pool.

Some topics we covered:

• Uncovering our power.
• Coming home to ourselves.
• Anchoring through change.
• Embracing the paradox of messiness while finding one's fixed point of integrity.
• Authentic change vs. people-pleasing.

Britten's bio:

Britten LaRue, M.A., spends much of her time speaking and writing as a teacher, author, and public astrologer. Britten’s deepest calling is to be a midwife for those in the process of birthing their own inner knowing, healing from shame, and learning to trust themselves again with the reckless freedom they deserve. Creator of Emergence Astrology, she has served thousands of students through the transformational programs and courses at The Emergence Astrology School, and is most proud of how she connects the folks in her community to one another. Britten is the author of Living Astrology: How to Weave the Wisdom of All 12 Signs into Your Everyday Life. You can explore with Britten at her podcast Moon to Moon.

Join Britten's membership space: https://brittenlarue.com/living-emergence

Support the creation of this podcast by becoming a paid subscriber. You’ll receive access to 1-2 bonus episodes a month, subscriber-only essays, and exclusive first-look at drafts of new essays.

If you’d like to work with me 1:1, I offer single guidance sessions as well as private mentorship containers (3 months+). We co-create a supportive field for you to move through important life thresholds with grace and deepen your capacity for creative expansions using astrology, human design, and energy work.

Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link.

This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

November asks us to move more slowly, more deliberately, and often in directions we didn't expect to.

This is a month that comes with a looming, menacing sense of dread.

But not all hopes are lost. In fact, it'll present the perfect opportunities for practice. Over and over again.

In this episode, we dive into:

• How to heal a heart that's broken (again).
• What to do when you can't do it all.
• Healing as noticing the mismatch between perception and reality.
• How small moves are the biggest.

Support the creation of this podcast by becoming a paid subscriber. You’ll receive access to 1-2 bonus episodes a month, subscriber-only essays, and exclusive first-look at drafts of new essays.

If you’d like to work with me 1:1, I offer single guidance sessions as well as private mentorship containers (3 months+). We co-create a supportive field for you to move through important life thresholds with grace and deepen your capacity for creative expansions using astrology, human design, and energy work.

Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link.

This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

I'm so thrilled to have Kelsey Rose Tortorice back on the pod!

Kelsey is a student teacher of the maia, translator of the languages of consciousness & talisman for upheaval. This conversation is all of that and more. The second we got on the call, we started riding the wave of the frequency, so this is an unedited, Kelsey-and-Jonathan-meeting-the-moment transmission.

Some topics we covered:

• The disintegration of tribal agreements.
• The awakening of individual frequencies.
• Personal authenticity, meeting the present moment, and parking metaphors.
• The role of emotional alchemy.
• Ancestral healing.

We also discussed the Pisces-Virgo nodes, the Cross of Sleeping Phoenix, and the role of consciousness systems to map frequencies.

Kelsey's offerings:

• Kelsey's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kelseyrosetort
• InOur Authority: https://www.kelseyrosetort.com/authority
• 2027 The Breakdown w/ Jessa Reed: https://www.jessareed.com/2027
• Lab Partners: https://www.kelseyrosetort.com/labpartners
• Kelsey's Podcasts: https://www.kelseyrosetort.com/podcasts
• Website: https://www.kelseyrosetort.com/

Support the creation of this podcast by becoming a paid subscriber. You’ll receive access to 1-2 bonus episodes a month, subscriber-only essays, and exclusive first-look at drafts of new essays.

If you’d like to work with me 1:1, I offer single guidance sessions as well as private mentorship containers (3 months+). We co-create a supportive field for you to move through important life thresholds with grace and deepen your capacity for creative expansions using astrology, human design, and energy work.

Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link.

This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @jonathankoeofficial, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.