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Between the Moon
by April McMurtry
Welcome to Between the Moon, conversations about self-study in relationship with cycles. Join host April McMurtry on a journey to attune with lunar time and live in more harmony with life's cyclical nature. Visit themoonismycalendar.com to learn more. themoonismycalendar.substack.com
Episodes
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Ep 34: Serving up Eclipse Sandwiches
Welcome back! Right as I was about to publish this episode my youngest teen burst into my office to tell me of the passing of Tim Curry … right on the coattails of Dolly … dang long live these immortal legends. So, this episode revolves around eclipses. Causation and correlation Do eclipses cause...
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Ep 33: From earth to sky - tending to your moon sign and the elements with Emma Kupu Mitchell
Welcome back to the podcast! In today’s episode I have the pleasure of speaking with my friend and colleague Emma Kupu Mitchell to discuss using your moon sign as a practical self-care tool for grounding during stressful times, overwhelm, life transitions, or just as an everyday practice for...
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Ep 32: Not Your Mother's Menstrual Cycle with Elizabeth Tidwell
In today’s episode I have the pleasure of speaking with Elizabeth Tidwell, womb guide and menstrual cycle coach at My Club Red. We’ve been in each other’s orbit for a number of years, and it was great to finally get a chance to share about transforming the next generation’s relationship with the...
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Ep 31: Sensing endings with the moon cycle, merging the waters of love, grief, and renewal
“Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.” — Thich Nhat Hanh How To See On today’s episode we explore the themes of navigating life transitions, big and small as well as rituals for renewal within the lunar cycle. We delve into our connection with impermanence, focusing on the theme of...
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Ep 30: Poetry of entropy and nature-based themes of Virgo
In today’s timely episode, we explore the role of entropy in Virgo's nature-based themes, touching on how to connect these experiences connect with the upcoming eclipse, and some of the challenges and gifts. There is poetry in how we choose to embody this mutable earth sign. I share some insights…
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Ep 29: Artistry, bad first drafts, and the cyclical nature of creativity
Dear Moon, There is beauty in allowing ideas develop in their own time. So often we only get to see the final product, and we miss out on all the twists and turns that the creative process takes us on to arrive at that particular finished form. This can give us unrealistic expectations of...
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Ep 28: Roots to Blooms: Alchemizing the fertile Taurus/Scorpio Axis
On today’s episode we explore the Taurus-Scorpio axis in astrology and ground it into the context of seasonal cycles, creativity, the houses in the birth chart, and personal lived experiences. I am delighted to have Bronwyn Simons Astrology back for our ongoing conversation of the Lunar Currents...
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Ep 27: Role of Gestation in Creative Cycles
Today’s podcast is a solo episode about the role of gestation in creative cycles while exploring the nature of simultaneous and sequential cycles and how lunar tracking and plants help us deepen our trust when faced with the unknown. Listen and explore: * the role of gestation in creative cycles…
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Ep 26: Rooting into Elemental Cycles with Kris González
On today’s episode I have the pleasure of speaking with the founder of the Way of Yin, Kris González about the lunar new year and how we can learn from the wisdom of the snake to know when to use energy and when to conserve and reserve. I loved this conversations and I could honestly listen to…
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Ep 25: Standing on the Seawall with Bronwyn Simons
Welcome back to Lunar Currents, a special feature of the Between the Moon podcast with your host April McMurtry of THE MOON IS MY CALENDAR and award-winning predictive astrologer, psychic medium, mentor, and astrology teacher Bronwyn Simons. Today’s episode is like 3 mini-episodes in one! To…
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Ep 24: Meeting the Moment with Bronwyn Simons
On today’s episode Bronwyn and I discuss how astrology can help us become more focused and grounded in our body and spirit to meet the moment. We look at how working with the moon can help us emotionally prepare for some of the more dramatic shifts coming next year. Some things that are happening...
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Ep 23: Midlife Moonstory with Vanessa Novissimo Wright
Hello dear listener, As you know, the lunar cycle helps us pay attention because it’s always changing. Lunar tracking shows us how to find our own rhythm and energy amidst the fluctuations. It reminds us that we don’t have to fix ourselves - and can actually help us feel empowered to be more...
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Ep 22: The Slippery Fish Eclipse with Bronwyn Simons
In today’s episode we explore some of the themes, symbols, and approaches to practicing self-study in relationship with cycles for the upcoming eclipses. Show notes below and image sources … Themes in this episode include: * Regular rhythmic repetition of eclipses * Nodes as crossroads, meeting...
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Ep 21: The Cosmic Reality of the Lion's Gate Portal with Bronwyn Simons
Re-releasing this episode from August 2024! In today’s we episode explore the myths, magic, and misinformation about the so-called Lion’s Gate. This cosmic portal is said to occur on August 8th each year, but what is it really referring to? Join us to unravel this phenomenon and find enchantment...
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Ep 20: Making Space for Seeds in the Idea Garden
“When ideas are suspended in a place of possibility for too long, they either need to come down to earth or be set free.” Today’s episode will help you understand what kind of gardener you are when it comes to creative projects. We explore our relationship to the seeds we want to bring through a...
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Ep 19: Unblocking Creative Constipation
“A river of material flows through us. When we share our works and our ideas, they are replenished. If we block the flow by holding them all inside, the river cannot run and new ideas are slow to appear.” ― Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being Today’s episode explores reasons why we get...
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Ep 18: Three Signs of Spring with Bronwyn Simons
In today’s episode we explore how the three signs of spring relate to creativity and the tropical zodiac. We share personal experiences of the creative cycle as understood through the lens of the zodiac and the phases of the moon. Astrology teaches us to notice how energy starts, sustains, and...
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17. Unbroken: I Ching and Cycles of Change with Benebell Wen
On today's episode I have the pleasure and honor of speaking with beloved author Benebell Wen about her process and inspiration for writing her most recent book: I Ching the Oracle - A practical guide to The Book of Changes. Benebell shares about the the spirit intelligence of the I Ching (as it...
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16. Reinventing the Wheel of the Year with Bronwyn Simons
In today's episode with Predictive Astrologer Bronwyn Simons - we explore structures of time and the natural impulse to reinvent, and in this vein we delve into reimagining and reinventing the Wheel of the Year. We look at the "why" of the energetic correspondences between the lunar phases and…
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15. Drawing Inward: New Moon Meditation with April McMurtry
Today's episode shares a meditation for settling the nervous system to find a sense of inner calm supported by the cyclical nature of life and the moon. The new moon offers a time to reset and bring awareness to the inner cave. That hidden place where the moon goes each cycle and is no longer...
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14. Translating the Light of Solar and Lunar Consciousness with Bronwyn Simons
On today's episode of Lunar Currents Bronwyn and I explore the unique qualities of solar and lunar consciousness and how many of us have been trained to be more solar without knowing the difference. We even catch ourselves trying to understand and talk about aspects of the moon on the sun's…
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13. Lunar Currents: Eclipse Alchemy with Bronwyn Simons
Lunar Currents is a moonly conversation with April McMurtry and Predictive Astrologer Bronwyn Simmons about embodying the living sky, exploring how astrology helps us enter into the mythic nature of our life story, and musing on our relationship with time, creativity, intuition, and many other...
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12. Deep Time and the Sacred Feminine with Liz Childs Kelly
Today's guest is my dear friend and colleague Liz Childs Kelly. Liz is a writer, host of the Home to Her podcast, Sacred Feminine researcher and educator, community builder and initiated priestess in the 13 Moons Lineage. This episode celebrates the 1 year anniversary of the release of Liz's…
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11. Season Finale: The End is Also the Beginning with Wilka Roig
In today's episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with my dear friend and colleague Wilka Roig. Wilka and I met about five years ago, and the synchronicities of our connection continue inspire awe in me:) I am grateful to get a chance to share this conversation with you - it's so profound and...
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10. Decoding the Lunar and Harvest Cycles with host April McMurtry
In today's episode we explore parallels between the lunar cycle and the harvest cycle. Let's feel into how the phases of the moon inform and map onto the twelve houses of the natal chart. I give a taste of each of the houses and how they may connect with the phases- this is all just the tip of…
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9. Reimagining our Relationship with Winter with guest Natasha Deganello Giraudie
What if the grips of winter were the gifts of winter? What if our human rhythms were more like the rhythms of the seasons? In today’s episode I am joined by filmmaker and nature practice teacher Natasha Deganello Giraudie. She is a dear friend and colleague and someone I've had the pleasure of...
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8. The Eight Year Venus Rose with host April McMurtry
You are invited to come dance with Venus as she weaves her beauty in the sky and on earth. In this solo episode I explore the dates and themes of the eighth year rose that is completing with formation of the upcoming star point on October 22nd, 2022. As you listen you may notice the vibration of...
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6. New Moon in Virgo Magic in the Mundane with Susan Lipshutz
In today's episode, I have the pleasure of sitting down with Susan Lipshutz from Everyday Medicine Woman to discuss and explore the themes of Virgo season and this particular Virgo New Moon. We look at the personal and universal expressions of the archetype and address some of the labels and...
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5. Anchoring into Presence by Engaging Energetic Basics with Ishita Sharma
In today's episode I have the pleasure of being in conversation with mentor and modern mystic Ishita Sharma. Ishita Sharma serves as a mentor, mirror and activator to those who wish to better our world starting from within. She was born in Haridwar in northern India and came to the US as a…
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4. Wisdom from the Missing Half of the Moon Cycle with Astrologer Bronwyn Simons
There are so many gems in this conversation! Today's guest Bronwyn Simons shares her journey over many, many moons of coming to align her work and life with the Moon and astrological wisdom. In this episode Bronwyn walks us through the Eight "Lunar Keys" that she developed to connect with the…
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3. Wild Power Interview with Red School's Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer
In this episode from the archives I am joined by Alexandra Pope, and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer, authors of the book Wild Power and co founders of the Red School, whose mission is: To activate vitality, creativity, and leadership, through the magic of menstrual cycle awareness and a conscious…
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2. Storytelling through Ecological Illustrations with Seven Ravens Studio
On today's episode of Between The Moon, I have the pleasure of speaking with Meegan Painter from Seven Ravens Studio. Meegan is an artist and a seventh-generation Californian and somebody who I have known for many years. We spoke in the fall of 2021 after she had said yes to collaborating on the...
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1. Why the Moon? intro episode with April
The origin of the name Between the Moon comes from the latin word Interlunium inter- meaning ("between”, “among") + lūna ("the Moon"); a period of darkness during the time of the new moon. This relates to the pause between the old and new when the moon is invisible - hidden in plain sight.…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Between the Moon, conversations about self-study in relationship with cycles. Join host April McMurtry on a journey to attune with lunar time and live in more harmony with life's cyclical nature. Visit themoonismycalendar.com to learn more.
themoonismycalendar.substack.com
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