Our dear friend A.P. Looze is a fellow alum of Living Systems and the Akashic Mentorship with Leah Garza. They are a 4/6 Generator who was born with Virgo Rising, an Aquarius Sun, and a Capricorn Moon (including that juicy early 1990 Cap stellium!).

A.P. shared their moving story of their “mystical meltdown”--a confrontation with and surrender to profound pain and grief. As a result of this intense shedding process, A.P. has been able access an increased capacity for love and accept their role as the seer of the family. Through their varied artmaking and “imperativeness of connectedness,” A.P. continues to rise to the occasion of being alive with infectious gusto.

Check out Elisabeth Workman’s response to A.P.’s performance I Can See The Sky (and listen to a couple recordings from the show!)

Wild Iris by Louise Glück

A.P. Looze is a transgender multi-disciplinary artist and Akashic Record practitioner based in Minneapolis. They are a 2023-2025 Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, a 2025 Cedar Commission Fellow, 2019 Artist on The Verge Fellow, 2018 Naked Stages Fellow, among other awards. They make music, flags and performance art among other mediums—following both their whims and heart. They believe in art as a spiritual practice—to make meaning of life’s greatest griefs and joys, to make sense of mystery—a place to ask life’s most existential questions in an embodied way. Their Akashic practice is a means of channeling messages of love’s infinite story and are called to spread its word, magic, gospel, wisdom, and embodiment in as many ways as possible in this lifetime.

Contact A.P. through Instagram: @wahoolooze

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In this incarnation, Jonathan and Mary joyously met Bridget Lally through the first cohort of Living Systems which began in autumn of 2021.

She’s a 4/1 Manifesting Generator who was born with Libra Rising under an Aquarius Sun and Scorpio Moon.

We discussed how Bridget’s chart is ruled by Venus in Pisces in the sixth house, a placement that has taught her “life makes way more sense when you move in a Venusian, flowy way.”

Bridget shared about allowing the body and intuition to take the lead through chronic illness, how connecting with her [dead] grandfather taught her to not fear the doorway to the spirit world, and finding sacredness in care.

Kathleen Bowman's recommendation for designating “grief hour”

Bridget has been enjoying KAOS | Official Trailer | Netflix

https://bridgetlally.xyz/

Follow Bridget on Instagram

Follow Bridget's Substack

About Bridget’s work:

“I support people through deep listening in order to connect them to source, spirit, purpose, and internal wisdom. We all have our life paths and sometimes there are situations in life that throw us off that path. I’m here to help you deeply listen to what your soul needs.”

Bridget offers holistic healing sessions and readings including ancestor channeling, limpias and platicas, holistic health coaching, fire cupping, human design, astrocartography, tarot and oracle, and more.

And hey, if you’re in the Seattle area, she’s looking for bodies to practice massage!

A little bit about us:

Mary Schuch (she/her) is committed to showing up for the experience of belonging in a human body. In this lifetime, Mary is steadily walking a resonant path and striving to remember the inherent relationality of all beings. Informed by her upbringing as a homeschooled pastor's kid and the eighth of eleven siblings, Mary is reclaiming her right to exploration and education through meditative multidisciplinary living. She is devoted to practices incorporating writing, music, art, breadmaking, astrology, movement, and being outdoors. A beneficial byproduct of years of manual labor, Mary’s reverence for contemplative time has grown through work in gardens, kitchens, on a commercial lobster boat, and an oyster farm. She is originally from the Chicago area and currently lives on an island in Maine. Connect with Mary on Instagram @maryschuch and book a reading with her.

Jonathan Koe is a lunar thinker, a spirit healer, and a creative exorcist. Jonathan guides visionaries, artists, and seekers to re-imagine reality without losing their shit. You can find Jonathan on their website, IG, and their other podcast Healing The Spirit.

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Jonathan and Mary connect for an impromptu check-in about accessing creative impulses, updating storylines, and transformation over time.

A few references from this episode:

The work of Nisha Mody

David Lynch’s book, Catching the Big Fish

Monthly online Tara practice led by Rachael Wooten, PhD

Rick Rubin’s Tetragrammaton podcast episode with Esther Perel

Our exciting upcoming guest, Bridget Lally

A little bit about us:

Mary Schuch (she/her) is committed to showing up for the experience of belonging in a human body. In this lifetime, Mary is steadily walking a resonant path and striving to remember the inherent relationality of all beings. Informed by her upbringing as a homeschooled pastor's kid and the eighth of eleven siblings, Mary is reclaiming her right to exploration and education through meditative multidisciplinary living. She is devoted to practices incorporating writing, music, art, breadmaking, astrology, movement, and being outdoors. A beneficial byproduct of years of manual labor, Mary’s reverence for contemplative time has grown through work in gardens, kitchens, on a commercial lobster boat, and an oyster farm. She is originally from the Chicago area and currently lives on an island in Maine. Connect with Mary on Instagram @maryschuch and book a reading with her.

Jonathan Koe is an artist, a guide, and a thinker. Jonathan guides fellow shapeshifters and visionaries in creating joyful union between practical implementations and mystical revelations. You can find Jonathan on their website, IG, and their other podcast Healing The Spirit.

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Mulling over mutability and Jonathan’s upcoming course, Shapeshifting Academy.

Mary also mentioned an astro retreat she's attending in Egypt, organized by The League of Stars.

A little bit about us:

Jonathan Koe is a queer mystic, artist, and diviner. They're joyfully devoted to exploring body-rooted energy practices and poetic inquiries as living portals into remembering our cosmic kinship. You can find Jonathan on their website, IG, and their other podcast Healing The Spirit.

Mary Schuch (she/her) is committed to showing up for the experience of belonging in a human body. In this lifetime, Mary is steadily walking a resonant path and striving to remember the inherent relationality of all beings. Informed by her upbringing as a homeschooled pastor's kid and the eighth of eleven siblings, Mary is reclaiming her right to exploration and education through meditative multidisciplinary living. She is devoted to practices incorporating writing, music, art, breadmaking, astrology, movement, and being outdoors. A beneficial byproduct of years of manual labor, Mary’s reverence for contemplative time has grown through work in gardens, kitchens, on a commercial lobster boat, and an oyster farm. She is originally from the Chicago area and currently lives on an island in Maine. Connect with Mary on Instagram @maryschuch and book a reading with her.

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Jonathan and Mary convene under the charged influence of the Aquarius Full Moon to practice spontaneous relational trust.

We realize mid-episode this particular full moon is conjunct with our composite Aquarius Sun! For more about our composite chart, listen to "2 Become 1."

A little bit about us:

Jonathan Koe is a queer mystic, artist, and diviner. They're joyfully devoted to exploring body-rooted energy practices and poetic inquiries as living portals into remembering our cosmic kinship. You can find Jonathan on their website, IG, and their other podcast Healing The Spirit.

Mary Schuch (she/her) is committed to showing up for the experience of belonging in a human body. In this lifetime, Mary is steadily walking a resonant path and striving to remember the inherent relationality of all beings. Informed by her upbringing as a homeschooled pastor's kid and the eighth of eleven siblings, Mary is reclaiming her right to exploration and education through meditative multidisciplinary living. She is devoted to practices incorporating writing, music, art, breadmaking, astrology, movement, and being outdoors. A beneficial byproduct of years of manual labor, Mary’s reverence for contemplative time has grown through work in gardens, kitchens, on a commercial lobster boat, and an oyster farm. She is originally from the Chicago area and currently lives on an island in Maine. Connect with Mary on Instagram @maryschuch and book a reading with her.

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Recording this episode with Dana Balicki and Leah Garza brought us from heartfelt depths to silly joy. We're so grateful to call these two terrestrial angels our friends!

We got to know them through Leah's amazing courses, which we wholeheartedly recommend that you check out:

Living Systems: https://crystalsofaltamira.com/living-systems

Akashic Mentorship: https://crystalsofaltamira.com/akashic-mentorship

Dana Balicki is a transformational coach, changemaker, modern mystic, and wildly passionate lady boss devoted to helping you remember and become who you really are, not just who you were taught to be. https://danabalicki.com/

Leah Garza is a veteran teacher and education organizer. She has spent nearly two decades in social justice movement spaces, working toward equitable change in public education. She earned her masters degrees in education and depth psychology and is currently working on a Phd in community, liberation, indigenous, and eco psychologies. https://crystalsofaltamira.com/

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After an unplanned hiatus, what's next for us?

A little bit about us:

Jonathan Koe is a queer mystic, artist, and diviner. They're joyfully devoted to exploring body-rooted energy practices and poetic inquiries as living portals into remembering our cosmic kinship. You can find Jonathan on their website, IG, and their other podcast Healing The Spirit.

Mary Schuch (she/her) is committed to showing up for the experience of belonging in a human body. In this lifetime, Mary is steadily walking a resonant path and striving to remember the inherent relationality of all beings. Informed by her upbringing as a homeschooled pastor's kid and the eighth of eleven siblings, Mary is reclaiming her right to exploration and education through meditative multidisciplinary living. She is devoted to practices incorporating writing, music, art, breadmaking, astrology, movement, and being outdoors. A beneficial byproduct of years of manual labor, Mary’s reverence for contemplative time has grown through work in gardens, kitchens, on a commercial lobster boat, and an oyster farm. She is originally from the Chicago area and currently lives on an island in Maine. Connect with Mary on Instagram @maryschuch and book a reading with her.

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Mary and Jonathan got together for a riveting exploration of all that Cancer season was bringing up in their lives. Life got busy and they never got to publish the conversation until Leo season. But it wouldn't be true to the Cancer archetype without nostalgia and retrospection, wouldn't it?

If you’re drawn to receive a reading from one of us, please reach out!

A little bit about us:

Jonathan Koe (they/he) is a queer mystic who’s fluent in the languages of music, astrology, tarot, energy work, statistics, and the Akashic perspective. Their work aims to empower others through compassionate discernment, to nurture communities of passionate seekers, and to expand our sense of interconnectedness beyond the collective myths of binary-thinking and not-enoughness. At the heart of Jonathan’s work as a healing artist is the desire to continually develop, transform, and question the ways we describe and enchant our internal and relational realities. You can find Jonathan on their website, IG, and their other podcast Healing The Spirit.

Mary Schuch (she/her) is committed to showing up for the experience of belonging in a human body. In this lifetime, Mary is steadily walking a resonant path and striving to remember the inherent relationality of all beings. Informed by her upbringing as a homeschooled pastor's kid and the eighth of eleven siblings, Mary is reclaiming her right to exploration and education through meditative multidisciplinary living. She is devoted to practices incorporating writing, music, art, breadmaking, astrology, movement, and being outdoors. A beneficial byproduct of years of manual labor, Mary’s reverence for contemplative time has grown through work in gardens, kitchens, on a commercial lobster boat, and an oyster farm. She is originally from the Chicago area and currently lives on an island in Maine. Connect with Mary on Instagram @maryschuch and book a reading with her.

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