All Posts

Why a Soft Reset Matters for Mothers at the New Year There is a certain magic to the week between Christmas and New Year... a hush, a breath, a suspension of time. The lights are still twinkling, the days are short and dark, and the house holds gratitude but also mess, and exhaustion. It is a season where as a mother I often feel stretched thin, longing for a moment of stillness amidst the fullness. Before 2026 arrives with its noise and expectations, here is a soft place to

by Jema Killala-Barnard The Ember Moon arrives each year like a warm coal, a small, steady glow in the deepest dark. In astrology, this is our Sagittarius New Moon, always appearing just before the solstice. It’s the final new beginning before the light returns. And this moon feels especially potent for me. There is something about this moment, the way darkness closes in, the way we wrap ourselves in stories and fairy lights, the way we instinctively try to call the sun home,

What wants to grow in me now, not in spite of the season, but because of it? Winter has always held a different kind of magic. A magic that refuses urgency. A magic that turns our attention from the shiny, fast, exponential kind of “manifestation” and toward something deeper, older, and infinitely more honest. I’ve always had a complicated relationship with manifestation. The way it’s often taught, endlessly reaching, endlessly performing, endlessly “raising your vibration”,

Scorpio New Moon meditation A soft, guided meditation for the Scorpio New Moon. This practice supports shadow work, emotional release, and renewal during this powerful lunar portal. I share more reflections about the Scorpio New Moon here Explore more meditations in the Path of the Dreamer Book a reading to explore your Scorpio placements → Readings

Healing the motherline A reflection on healing the motherline and tending the roots we grow from. This video explores ancestry, lineage, and the invisible stories carried through motherhood. Find my story of a mother navigating identity shifts in The Mother . And another video on my matrescence initiations here

A soft, intuitive meditation to help you meet your Moon Mother archetype, the emotional guide, inner nurturer, and lunar wisdom-keeper within your chart. This is a gentle journey into intuition, comfort, and inner mothering. It may help to know your moon sign for this meditation, you can find it here. Moon Mother Meditation Learn what your child's moon sign says about them Discover more guided meditations in the Path of the Dreamer . Learn about your Moon sign in the Path of

A short video guide to the 4th and 10th house axis, in the natal chart, through the zodiac signs. Exploring the astrology and how the 4th and 10th house shape us. This mother-centred interpretation explores home, identity, lineage, vocation, and the soul path that shapes your motherhood journey. The 4th & 10th House Axis: Astrology for Mothers Explore more astrology in the Path of the Stars . Learn how motherhood shapes identity in the Path of the Hearth . Book a reading to e

A grounding Tending Moon meditation, for the Virgo New Moon. This guided practice supports nervous system settling, clarity, and slow intentional beginnings under Virgo’s earthy, devotional energy. Find somewhere comfortable to sit for your Virgo New Moon meditation. Virgo New Moon Meditation Learn move about the Tending Moon and the Devoted Mother in my other Virgo New Moon video Here is a video about the Virgo eclipse 2025 Listen to more meditations in the Path of the Dream

This Threshold Moon can arrive anytime you need it, but this one arrives with a rare second Virgo New Moon and an eclipse, marking a liminal turning point in the 13 Moons cycle. In this video, we explore the astrology of eclipses, identity thresholds, endings, beginnings, and what it means to cross a portal of change. Virgo New Moon Eclipse, Threshold Moon Astrology (13 Moons) Continue the 13 Moons journey Explore more lunar teachings in the Path of the Stars . Book an eclips

This is my matrescence story, the five initiations that shaped me as a mother. In this video I share the identity shifts, thresholds, grief, and unexpected openings that unfolded with each new chapter of motherhood. A tender reflection on the becoming we rarely speak about. My Matrescence Story, Five Initiations Into Motherhood

This was my very first YouTube video, a gentle beginning, made 4 months postpartum, starting long before I felt ready. I talk about clearing space, reclaiming a sense of self after early motherhood , and allowing myself to start imperfectly. A simple, honest doorway into this next chapter. My Reflections on Starting Before You're Ready

A Shadow Moon teaching for the Scorpio New Moon. This 13 Moons video explores shadow work, the deep mother archetype, emotional descent, composting what no longer serves, and the slow, subterranean side of manifestation. Scorpio New Moon, Shadow Moon Astrology & Slow Manifestation Continue the 13 Moons journey Explore more lunar astrology in the Path of the Stars . Work with your shadow placements in a reading → Readings .

A Veil Moon reflection for the Libra New Moon. This video explores reflection, balance, the reflective mother archetype, expectation vs. reality in creative work, and what it means to walk honestly with your own becoming. Libra New Moon, Veil Moon Reflection (13 Moons) Continue the 13 Moons journey Explore more lunar astrology in the Path of the Stars. Explore readings for deeper clarity → Readings.

A Tending Moon teaching for the first Virgo New Moon. This video introduces the Devoted Mother archetype and offers a simple Virgo New Moon ritual to support you to nurture something small, beginning with yourself. Part of the 13 Moons lunar journey. Virgo New Moon, Tending Moon Ritual & Devoted Mother Archetype Continue the 13 Moons journey Explore more lunar teachings in the Path of the Stars . Explore my readings → Readings .

A Radiance Moon teaching for the Leo New Moon. In this 13 Moons video, we explore the Sovereign Mother archetype, the idea that joy is sacred, and how postpartum identity and style can become acts of devotion. Includes tiny rituals for beauty, pleasure, and reclaiming radiance. Leo New Moon — Radiance Moon & the Sovereign Mother Continue the 13 Moons journey Explore more lunar astrology in the Path of the Stars . Book a reading to explore your Leo or Sun placements → Readin

A Hearth Moon teaching for the Cancer New Moon. This first video I made in the 13 Moons cycle explores nourishment, pausing, and tending yourself in the long days of summer, especially when you feel overstretched or depleted. A gentle invitation into softness hearth keeping and seasonal self-care. Cancer New Moon, Hearth Moon Nourishment (13 Moons) Continue the 13 Moons  journey Explore more lunar teachings in the Path of the Stars . Learn about nourishment and identity in t

Why the Moon Sign Matters More Than the Sun (In Childhood) In astrology, the Moon represents our emotional landscape, inner needs, and how we seek comfort and security. While the Sun sign reveals the path of becoming and identity, the ways in which we shine (which children grow into over time), the Moon sign is more significant in early childhood , it reveals their reactions, needs, and the environment they need to feel safe. How to Use Your Child’s Moon Sign for Emotional Su

Dear Mother, There is a rhythm beneath the noise. A quiet pulse beneath the piles of laundry, the meal planning, the sleepless nights, and the endless to-do lists. It whispers not in demands, but in invitation: You are not lost. You are simply between. Why You Are Not Late In the shifting seasons of motherhood — from the intensity of newborn days to the untethering of children growing older, from matrescence to menopause, we can lose sight of ourselves. Not because we’ve fail

The Venus Cycle and Inanna’s Ascent The journey of Venus travelling through our sky mirrors the myth of the Descent of Inanna. Now as Venus appears again, just above the horizon, as an evening star you are invited to begin her journey of ascent, Inanna’s return to her queendom. At each gate of descent Inanna has removed one of her mes, which are detailed in Sumerian mythology as divine orders that are essential in understanding a human-god relationship; the mes can be conside

Why My Venus Work Shifted During This Cycle My journey with Venus has always been one of deepening mysteries. In western esoteric traditions the rose is a symbol of hidden knowledge, so it makes sense that the goddesses of the rose would lead us on a path of ever unfolding wisdom. Each petal revealing a new layer of understanding. This unfolding is guiding me through the depths of the underworld, into a deep transformation, a shedding of my skin, a re imagining of my work. Th