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Moonbeaming

Moonbeaming

Sarah Faith Gottesdiener

Moonbeaming helps creatives, intuitives, mystics, visionaries, practitioners, and small business owners navigate change and cycles. We explore spiritual concepts, consciousness and energy, archetypes, visual culture, psychology, and effective practices that will help you expand, learn, and grow. Your host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener, is an artist, author, small business owner and practitioner with over 20 years of experience. Visit the [moon-studio.co](http://moon-studio.co) for more of her education and products.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Moonbeaming episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Moonbeaming for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Moonbeaming episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Moonbeaming - Moonday Minisode - Brighter Perspectives
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07/19/21 • 13 min

Sarah speaks on spiritual transformation through grief and pulls the card of the week! Moonbeamers, if you are enjoying these episodes so far, please share with friends or leave a 5 star review.

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Moonbeaming - 34. Ethics in Spirituality
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07/22/21 • 37 min

In today's show Sarah begins to address the rampant unethical behaviors she has seen in her 10 plus years as a reader. She talks about power dynamics, expectations of your reader, and outlines some best practices. If you are a reader, considering becoming one, or get readings, you need to listen to this episode.

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Do you feel like you’re different and don’t belong? Have you had different kinds of jobs or businesses or side hustles and still can’t find a good fit? Do you tend to seek external validation to see if you’re on the “right” path?

In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener invites Xenia Marie Ross Viray, an imagination healer and frequency artist, and they talk about what to do when you don’t feel like you belong, how to create your own language and opportunities, and simply, how to listen to your heart.

This week, you’ll learn:

  • The use of imagination as a healing tool for psychological wounds
  • Saturn’s supporting role in activating your dreams and creative processes
  • Differences between visions and fantasies
  • How self-acceptance unlocks all creativity

If you are insecure about not fitting in and want to create your own vision... this episode is for you.

Moonbeaming listeners, save 40% this fall at www.quarto.com/campaign/witchcraft.

About Our Guest

Xenia Marie Ross Viray (she/they) is an imagination healer, frequency artist, and creativity catalyst with a focus on experiential learning containers and writing. She is the eldest of three sisters, and her name means kindness to strangers. Born as a brick-and-mortar fashion business, Myths of Creation is a container for experiments, art, writing, and gatherings at the intersection of creativity, spirituality, and meaning-making. Xenia's offerings are designed to support spirited innovators bring their natural genius into form and include Create Your Cosmology, a course in authentic belief systems, Imaginal Temple, a creative mystical mentorship, the Garden of the Imaginal Substack, and an evolving cornucopia of courses, workshops, and 1:1 sessions which you can find at MythsofCreation.com and @mythsofcreation on IG.

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Are you stuck in the sometimes confusing path of spirituality? Do you ask yourself, ‘Is this really for me?’ or ‘Am I required to share my spiritual gifts for a happier life?’

Hint: You don’t have to.

If you haven’t listened to part 1 and part 2 of this mini series, Thoughts on a Future Spirituality, go back and take a listen before jumping into this final part.

In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener gets personal and talks about her early reluctance to mysticism, tarot as a portal to her psychic abilities, and the path to understanding which of her spiritual gifts to keep close and which gifts thrive in broader community. This episode is packed with business tips for mystics, psychics, modern witches, and artists.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • The concept and practice of timeline weaving
  • Energetic hygiene for highly sensitive and psychic people
  • Consent for the utilization of spiritual gifts
  • Advice for service-based businesses
  • The value of lunar practices and archetypes in spiritual and healing work

If you’ve been on the fence about your spiritual path, want to utilize your gifts effectively, or need guidance and preparation on your mystical and creative profession, this episode is for you.

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Moonbeaming - Our Hermit Year

Our Hermit Year

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01/01/25 • 78 min

Are you ready for 2025? After this episode, you'll be!

In this episode, Sarah discusses the energetic signature of our archetype of the year: The Hermit.

In this episode, you’ll learn

  • The key meanings of the Hermit
  • Why we are in a "Hermit Year"
  • Ways to make the most of 2025

For the very best outcome for 2025, use this episode as a primer, and then join us for the Hermit Workshop!

MOON STUDIO WORKSHOP LINKS

Our Hermit Year

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Future Self Workshop

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Moonbeaming - The Shadows of the Hermit with Maria Minnis
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01/08/25 • 66 min

What are we discussing when we talk about the shadow? What are the shadows of the Hermit? What do you do when you get the Hermit reversed? We are joined to today by tarot scholar, author, and all-around genius Maria Minnis to discuss all things shadow Hermit. By the end of this episode, your mind will be blown, your practice will be enhanced, and you'll never think of the Hermit the same way again.

In this episode, you’ll learn

  • What the shadow is
  • What the Hermit reversed means, and what to do about it
  • What the Hermit's shadow can help us with

This is a masterclass in the Tarot, and a don't miss episode.
About Maria: Maria Minnis is an unapologetically Black and queer tarot reader of 20+ years who teaches people about blending their spirituality with magic, liberation work, and eroticism in their everyday lives. She believes that the end result of all magic should be to cultivate a more equitable and empathetic planet. She lives in Los Angeles with her partner and their naked kitty. She is the author of Tarot for the Hard Work. Find Maria here and on Instagram here.

MOON STUDIO WORKSHOP LINKS

Our Hermit Year

Mystic Vision

Future Self Workshop

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What is biomimicry and how does it apply to healing?

Today we continue our mini series speaking with mental health professionals such as therapists, somatic educators, social workers, and other professional caregivers. Our guest today is Gabes Torres— a psychotherapist, organizer, and artist! In this episode of the Moonbeaming Podcast, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener and guest Gabe Torres talk about time as a living thing, practicing sustainability in therapy work, and shifting from ANTI-isms to building and creating change. In this special episode, you’ll hear about:

  • The concept and realization of home and how to create it
  • Biomimicry and how we can apply it
  • Learnings from relationship
  • Healing abandonment wounds

If you’re curious about how to apply biomimicry in your life or if you’re burnt out from therapy work or social work, this episode is for you.

About Gabes Torres: Gabes Torres is a psychotherapist, organizer, and artist with her work focusing on the interplay of mental health, the arts, spirituality, and justice oriented practice. She has an M. A. In Theology and Culture and Counseling Psychology, both graduate degrees were accomplished in Seattle, the city where she organized with abolitionist and anti imperialist groups at a local grassroots level. In her clinical practice, Gabes pays attention to healing from racial and migration trauma while decolonizing the therapeutic space from white western modalities. Gabes writes for Yes Magazine, an independent publisher of Solutions Journalism, with stories that uncover environmental, economic, and social justice intersections. She is also a poet and singer songwriter, and was also a contributor to this year's Many Moons. She was born and raised in the countryside of the Philippines.

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gabestorres.com

gabestorres.substack.com

instagram @ gabestorres

Gabes’ articles on Yes Magazine

REFERENCES:

Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power (Sister Outsider) by Audre Lorde (PDF)

Oscillation Framework (Guidebook) by Gabes Torres

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How do you know the difference between your intuition and your nervous system’s instinct, and why does it matter? What’s a simple exercise that can strengthen your discernment and decisiveness?

In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener invites Embodiment Coach Sukie Baxter to discuss the alchemy of the nervous system, its impact for a self-led life, and how they, as self-identified introverts, manage their nervous system when sharing their voice to the public. You’ll learn:

  • how to regulate your nervous system in the moment
  • exercises for developing your sensory skills
  • the connection between intuition and the nervous system
  • self-permission when being in the public eye

If you’re ready to tap into your senses, unlock your fight-or-flight state, and live a self-led life, this episode is for you.

About Guest: Sukie Baxter is an Embodiment Coach, author, speaker and educator on nervous system regulation. She helps anxious humans go from constantly striving for external validation and feeling overwhelmed by stress or self-doubt to becoming purpose-driven individuals who cultivate inner peace, authentic success and fulfillment in every aspect of their lives so that they can create a meaningful impact, unlock their true potential, and live a life of purpose, joy, and abundance.

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Whole Body Revolution
Youtube @sukiebaxter

MOONBEAMING LINKS:

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Do you get anxious about big planetary transits? Are you looking for cosmic allies during these times of collective transitions and transformations?

In this Moonbeaming episode, host Sarah Faith Gottesdiener invites Jeff Hinshaw of Cosmic Cousins to share some insight on something many of us are anticipating or curious about: Pluto entering Aquarius. What are the potential challenges of this transition and what does it offer to the collective consciousness?

Jeff discusses his favorite astrological support system: asteroids.

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • How asteroids bring gender balance to the often patriarchal planetary system in astrology
  • The details and nuances that asteroids represent and the 4 feminine archetypes
  • Highlighting Pallas (asteroid) in Aquarius in 2025
  • Big themes the collective consciousness may experience

If you want to acquire special knowledge on asteroids as a healing resource and need nurturing support during big, collective transformations, this episode is for you!

Moonbeaming listeners, save 40% this fall at www.quarto.com/campaign/witchcraft.

About Guest: Jeff Hinshaw is the founder of Cosmic Cousins: Soul-Centered Astrology and has made several contributions to the world of astrology. Exploring the intersection of astrology and spirituality, Jeff discusses the connections between astrology and other esoteric practices, such as tarot, psychology, meditation, and yoga. Some of Jeff’s deepest areas of interests, in which he has participated in extensive study and research, is connected to the Planetoids, including: Chiron, Eris, Black Moon Lilith, and the Asteroids. Jeff is captivated by these placements because they offer much needed vocabulary for incorporating more feminine, queer and gender-expansive archetypes into the astrological conversation.

More on Cosmic Cousins:

Cosmic Cousins Website

Instagram @cosmic.cousins

Cosmic Cousins Substack

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With Pluto switching signs for the first time since 2008, we’re set up to receive both blessings and lessons from this tiny intense planet. But don’t worry! Sarah’s here to break down the effects of this planetary shift with none other than self-identified Plutonian, Corinna Rosella.

Formerly known for their podcast, rise up! good witch, Corinna is a talented herbalist, astrologer, and tarot reader. You can check out Corinna’s website, sign up for their workshops, and check out their business, Milk Thistle Apothecary & Gallery.

Sarah and Corinna discuss:

  • Energetic hygiene, empathy, and how to be a responsible practitioner
  • Shadow work and dealing with the parts of ourselves we try to hide
  • Pluto as judgment and an uncomfortable wakeup call

Congrats to the winner of our free tarot reading raffle: @rnshiela!

Sign up for Sarah's How To Feel Your Feelings Workshop in July.

Support our Patreon here and check out our secret episode on ethical business ownership with our guest, Corrina Rosella.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Moonbeaming have?

Moonbeaming currently has 243 episodes available.

What topics does Moonbeaming cover?

The podcast is about Tarot, Healing, Spirituality, Magic, Art, Visual Arts, Psychology, Creativity, Witch, Feminism, Money, Religion & Spirituality, Podcasts, Witchcraft, Arts and Business.

What is the most popular episode on Moonbeaming?

The episode title 'Moonday Minisode - Brighter Perspectives' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Moonbeaming?

The average episode length on Moonbeaming is 47 minutes.

How often are episodes of Moonbeaming released?

Episodes of Moonbeaming are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Moonbeaming?

The first episode of Moonbeaming was released on Sep 29, 2020.

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