Show Notes
In today's podcast episode, I sit down with Ari Felix, writer, astrologer, world-builder, and dreamtender to chat about traversing the taboo realms of money, power, communion, and presence. From Persephone's descent into the underworld to exploring the ways we tend to over-identify with our seasons of death, darkness, strain, and shadow, Ari and I spare no amount of depth in this powerful non-linear conversation about the necessity of soul descent in the building of the inner world. We recorded this episode directly after Taurus / Scorpio eclipse season in November 2022 and it was perfect time to affirm fresh new narratives about what is possible when we are present to ourselves, our desires, and our truths as we live, grow, and pursue our futures.
Listen to this episode wherever you get your podcasts. I can't wait to hear how this one lands for you.
About Ari:
Ari Felix is a multidisciplinary philosopher and mystic dedicated to living in veneration of the Planetary Ancestors (including the Earth). Their work is about emotional transmutation, dreaming new worlds, and building those worlds through visionary power and spiritual freedom. They are an experimental guide interested in taking creative risks to provide experiences that support people to feel radiant. They want dreamers and worldbuilders to know that who they are is everything they need to create their dreamworld.
Ari uses the pronouns they / them and you can find them on instagram at @saltwater.stars or book an astrology reading, tend a class, or learn more about what they're up to at saltwaterstars.com.
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