Fire Moon Rising

S3 Ep2: The Pace of ThingsFire Moon RisingThe path doesn’t always move the way we expect it to. In this episode, the woman begins to feel the tension between where she wants to go… and the pace at which things are unfolding.There’s a pull to move faster.To figure it out.To get somewhere.But not every path is meant to be rushed through.Some are designed to slow us down —to steady us,to reshape us,to ask something different of us.This episode explores what it means to stay with the process, even when it feels uncomfortable.To keep moving… without forcing the outcome.Fire Moon Rising is a storytelling podcast for anyone navigating change, uncertainty, or a season of becoming.If things feel slower than you expected —this one is for you.

S3 Ep1: The Story ContinuesFire Moon Rising Season 3 begins.Not with all the answers.Not with a perfect plan.Just a woman, a horse, a map — and the road ahead.In this opening episode, we step back into the fable.Into a world where the landscape reflects both the internal and the external.Where nothing is fixed, and everything is shifting. The journey didn’t end.It just kept unfolding.This season, the questions run deeper.The choices get harder.And the becoming… continues. Fire Moon Rising is a storytelling podcast for anyone walking through uncertainty, change, or a season of becoming.Blending fable, reflection, and real life, each episode is an invitation to keep moving forward — one step at a time.Welcome to Season 3.Let’s begin.Music by: Ketsa 'Soul Sync'

This is the final chapter of the season.And I wasn’t sure how to write an ending…when I’m still living it.In this episode, we meet the woman back on the highway —but she’s not the same.Something has shifted.Not dramatically.Not all at once.But enough.There’s a steadiness to her now.A quiet trust.She’s no longer asking where she’s going.She’s just… moving.This chapter moves through the farmhouse, the fire, the well — and the moment she realises she doesn’t need to be carried forward anymore.She can choose.Not as an ending.But as a stance.If you’ve been in a season of rebuilding, waiting, or quietly holding it together —this one will likely land.Thank you for walking this season with me.🎧 Fire Moon RisingHosted by Aries Luna LouMusic by: Ketsa 'Soul Sync'

Episode 9 explores the quiet strength of friendship. After a year of rebuilding, the woman begins to notice something she hadn’t fully recognised before — the people who have been walking beside her all along.Through small acts of care, laughter on the road, and the presence of Venus and the Water Bearer, the story reflects on the kind of support that doesn’t always arrive dramatically, but proves steady when the road grows quiet.This episode is about recognising the souls who stayed, accepting the ones who drifted, and realising that strength doesn’t always mean walking alone.Sometimes it simply means letting people share the distance. Music by: Ketsa 'Soul Sync'

What does your daily life say about your self-worth?Under a Full Moon Eclipse in Virgo, this episode explores something quieter than reinvention — refinement.When the adrenaline fades and life feels slower, it’s easy to question yourself.Have I done enough?Is something wrong?Why does discipline feel flatter?But what if “flat” is what stability feels like after survival?This chapter moves through rain on the desert highway, body truth, small routines, nourishment, boundaries, and the unseen structures that are quietly holding you together.Not the dream.Not the someday.Today.If you’re in a season of rebuilding gently — editing your habits, fuelling your body properly, decluttering what no longer fits, strengthening your boundaries — this one is for you.You don’t need to understand astrology to feel this episode.You just need to ask:Does my life support me?Music: Ketsa 'Soul Sync'

Episode 7 — The Line in the SandThis episode is quieter than it sounds.Saturn has shifted into Aries energy - and with it comes a different kind of question:What are you actually willing to stand for now?Not loudly.Not perfectly.Just consistently.This chapter is about the discipline of self-trust.The kind no one applauds.The kind that happens on ordinary days, behind sunglasses, in the in-between.Inside this episode:– keeping promises to yourself no one sees– holding boundaries that cost something– creating and showing up when nothing external is validating it– choosing not to fade, even when you feel fragileYou don’t need to understand astrology to feel this one.This is for the woman quietly holding her life together and wondering if it counts.It does.🎧 Listen on SpotifyIf it lands, share it with one person who might need it.Music by: Ketsa (Soul Sync)

This episode almost didn’t get recorded.Not because there wasn’t anything to say - but because it asks a quieter, more confronting question:Who are you becoming when no one is clapping yet?In this chapter of Fire Moon Rising, we move into eclipse season and the slow, electric space of identity rewriting. Not the dramatic kind. The invisible kind. The kind that happens while you’re still waiting, still building, still unsure who is really listening.This is an episode about unseen work.About continuing without applause.About wanting more from life without shrinking to fit what’s currently visible.Through the fable of the desert highway, the Water Bearer returns - not to predict the future, but to ask better questions. The Astrologer appears again, reminding us that belief systems don’t shift loudly. They shift quietly, over time. And somewhere ahead on the path, a future version of you is already walking - steadier, warmer, more certain than you feel today.This isn’t an episode about success.It’s about endurance with self-trust.About becoming someone before the world reflects her back to you.If you’ve been building something quietly…If you’re in a season where very little is visible…If you’ve wondered whether any of this is landing at all —you’re not alone here.🎧 Listen gently.And if it resonates, share it with someone who might need the reminder:you don’t have to be seen yet to be becoming.Music by Ketsa : 'Soul Sync' The Meditation: A Message from your Future Self (Guided Meditation) - YouTubexx

This episode of Fire Moon Rising is quieter — and intentionally so.When Courage Stops Being Loud explores the kind of courage that doesn’t arrive as a breakthrough or a dramatic turning point, but as steady follow-through. The mornings where motivation is flat. The moments where showing up feels ordinary but still matters. The discipline of continuing when nothing is resolving yet.Through the fable of the Woman walking the desert highway, Mars and Saturn stand watch as courage changes shape — from urgency into steadiness, from noise into quiet strength. This is the part of the journey no one talks about: the plateau where progress feels invisible, but something essential is being built underneath.It’s a shorter episode than usual. And that feels right. Because quiet courage doesn’t need to be stretched to prove itself.If you’re in a season where you’re still moving, even when it feels unremarkable, this chapter is for you.🎧 Listen gently. There’s nothing to fix here — only something to recognise.

Fire Moon Rising - Season 2, Episode 4What happens when you stop tying desire to survival?This episode isn’t about dating.It isn’t about manifestation, timelines, or “getting what you want.”It’s about wanting without bargaining.Wanting without proving.Wanting without making it productive.In this chapter of Fire Moon Rising, the Woman returns to the desert highway - not to ask for answers, but to let desire exist without urgency. By the fire, Sagittarius Venus reminds her that longing doesn’t disappear just because it’s delayed. The Water Bearer asks the question that stays. And Saturn watches - not to punish, but to hold the shape of time steady enough that nothing has to rush.This episode explores:• unhooking desire from productivity• worth that doesn’t rise and fall with stability• wanting something without needing a plan• learning to trust desire without forcing it into formYou don’t need to understand astrology to feel this episode.It’s a fable for the capable, regulated woman who is still quietly longing - not because she’s behind, but because she’s no longer willing to bargain with herself.If you’re in a corridor season - not lost, not arrived - you’re welcome here.🎧 Listen with your body.🌙 Share with someone who might need the company.And I'll see you on the next road under another moon xMusic by Ketsa: 'Soul Sync'Sound Effect: fire crackling by Gianna_dc --https://freesound.org/s/595451/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 3.0

This episode is about learning to trust what you feel before you can explain it.After the runs are done - after the pushing, the proving, the movement - something quieter takes over. The body becomes the oracle.The Body Knows the Way explores the moments that don’t look dramatic from the outside: turning back mid-run, not replying when you normally would, leaving without a reason, choosing rest that doesn’t look productive.Through fable characters like Aries Moon, Libra Mars, and Lady Mist, the Woman begins to recognise instinct as evidence - not something to override, justify, or intellectualise.This episode isn’t about fixing your life.It’s about noticing when your body has already chosen for you.If you’ve been smart enough to keep going - but tired of overriding yourself - this episode is for you.Music by: Ketsa 'Soul Sync'

In this episode of Fire Moon Rising, the Woman learns that movement can no longer be used as armour.After losing her job, she runs a race she didn’t train for — believing that if she just keeps moving, she’ll be fine. But ten kilometres into the run, her body tells a different story.What unfolds is not a tale of triumph or grit - but a quieter reckoning. One where running becomes regulation, not escape. Where Aries Moon learns restraint. Where Libra Mars learns timing. And where the body begins to speak more clearly than the mind ever could.This episode explores how grief, shock, and uncertainty live in the body - and how steadiness is built not through pushing harder, but through listening.If you’ve ever used productivity, exercise, or “keeping busy” to outrun feeling…if you’ve found yourself strong, capable, and quietly exhausted…this story is for you.Fire Moon Rising is a fable-led podcast for women navigating the in-between — career shifts, identity changes, nervous-system healing, and the slow return to self-trust.If this episode lands for you, sharing it or leaving a review helps this story reach someone else who might need it.You can also find 30 Coffees Later — a reflective guide for women in transition — via the show notes or on Instagram @arieslunalou.Move gently.The body remembers.Outro Music by: Ketsa - Soul Synchttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1F162Bbx0UuK3nWWVMvqxVb37V6V1CG0U/view?usp=drive_link

There are moments in life when something sees you before you know how to see yourself.This episode is a story about one of those moments.It begins with an ordinary day - a winter afternoon, a Zoom call, a conversation that felt interesting but unusual at the time. And it unfolds into something else entirely: a reckoning with desire, timing, love, and the quiet beliefs we absorb about what we’re “meant” to have by now.The Promise I Didn’t Remember Making is a fable about:what happens when work becomes a distraction from longinghow love can feel unreliable in a world that rewards productivitywhy so many women learn to bury their deepest wants just to keep movingand how disruption isn’t always punishment - sometimes it’s precisionTold through mythic characters, desert landscapes, and lived experience, this episode explores the moment when striving stops working - and honesty takes its place.There are no productivity hacks here.No kick start the year rituals.No resolutions to check in on.Just a story for anyone who’s ever felt behind, out of sync, or quietly wondering if they’ve missed something essential.If you’re busy, capable, holding it together - and still longing for connection, meaning, or love - this one is for you.Take a seat by the fire.You’re not late.You’re crossing.🌙Music by: Ketsa (Soul Sync)

In the Season One finale of Fire Moon Rising,The Woman finds herself standing on a bridge - not at the beginning, not at the end, but somewhere in between.This episode is quieter than the others.More spacious.A pause at the edge of the year.It’s a story about time - the timelines we inherit, the milestones we’re taught to measure ourselves against, and the quiet pressure to believe we’re “behind” when our lives don’t follow a prescribed path.As a millennial woman, The Woman has learned to read her worth through productivity, stability, and achievement - even when those systems were never designed to hold her fully.The bridge invites her to loosen her grip on borrowed clocks and listen instead to what her body already knows.Guided by the Water Bearer, softened by Lady Mist, and held beneath a rising Cancer Moon, she reflects on what this year took, what it gave, and what it taught her about trust, self-worth, and timing.There are no resolutions here.No productivity hacks.No rituals to “fix” what feels unfinished.Just an honest reckoning with a year that was fucking tough — and a gentle reminder that being mid-journey does not mean being late.If you’re closing this year feeling tender, reflective, or unsure of where you stand - this episode is a place to rest.

What happens when you realise that visibility isn’t just about confidence - it’s about safety?In this episode of Fire Moon Rising, I explore leadership, identity, and the quiet fear many of us carry around being truly seen at work - especially after years of reshaping ourselves to survive shifting systems.Through myth and memory, the Woman walks through a glass corridor of past offices - moments of brilliance, silence, criticism, belonging, and loss - guided by Venus in Capricorn, the architect of worth, boundaries, and self-respect.This episode weaves together:performance reviews and leadership woundsthe long shadow of Pluto in Capricorn (2008–2024)the question many of us are afraid to ask: Is it safe to be myself here?This is a story about knowing your value - and choosing to leave environments that can no longer hold it.If you’ve ever been told you’re “too quiet,” “not visible enough,” or felt yourself dim to belong, this episode is for you.✨ Fire Moon Rising is a podcast for the in-between chapters — where real life meets myth, astrology, and emotional truth.If this episode resonated, sharing it or leaving a review helps this story find the people who need it.30 Coffees Later Free eBook here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F162Bbx0UuK3nWWVMvqxVb37V6V1CG0U/view?usp=drive_linkSound Effects & Audio Credits:“Slow Walk with Heels” by Fissile -- https://freesound.org/s/764395/ -- License:Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 “Various Hammer taps on Anvil” by by Luan-Van-Den-Berg -- https://freesound.org/s/708008/ -- License: Attribution4.0 "printer print sound effect" by Garuda1982 --https://freesound.org/s/553943/ -- License: Attribution 4.0"SMALL GROUP LAUGHTER" by Ch0cchi -- https://freesound.org/s/15294/ -- License:Attribution 3.0 "Ticking Clock with Escapement Slow" by Rollo145 -- https://freesound.org/s/256476/-- License: Attribution 3.0 Used under Creative Commons licences.

What if the darkest part of the year wasn’t a punishment… but a turning point you can’t quite see yet? In this episode of Fire Moon Rising, I take you back to two Solstices - December 2024 and June 2025 - and the tarot spread that helped me understand what the last six months had really been about. From a Zoom call where the “house of cards” at work began to shake, to a cold Sydney winter morning in my green, plant-filled room with coffee and a deck of cards, this is the story of a woman standing at the still point of the year and quietly realising: I survived all of that. Now what? You’ll hear how seven cards — the 3 of Wands, 7 of Wands reversed, Ace of Cups, King of Pentacles reversed, 8 of Wands, 10 of Swords, Page of Pentacles, and the Stargazer oracle- became a mirror for my worth, my burnout patterns, my stubborn hope, and the slow return of my own light. If you’re in your own in-between season, this is your invitation to pause, look back with honesty, and plant one small, honest seed for what’s next.In this episode:The moment I realised the “stable” Well at work was already wobbling A Winter Solstice tarot spread that called out my sabotage and my softness Why the Page of Pentacles and “Stargazer” felt like permission to begin again If this one lands, I’d love you to share it with someone in their own rebuilding chapter, or leave a review so more women in the in-between can find it. 🌙 And if you're in your own in between of work and worth - check out my 30 coffees later ebook https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F162Bbx0UuK3nWWVMvqxVb37V6V1CG0U/view?usp=drive_linkMusic by: Ketsa -Soul Sync

What happens when the universe doesn’t ask you to push...but asks you to finally rest?In this episode, the Woman finds herself on a quieter road than usual - the desert still warm from last week’s full moon, her Aries Moon flickering tired sparks, and Saturn stepping forward with that unmistakable blend of tough love and ancient wisdom.This chapter weaves together a powerful dream of a wave big enough to drown a truth, a shark that was never a shark, and the slow, startling realisation that burnout doesn’t arrive loudly - it whispers first.Through the lens of the waning moon energy, Saturn’s shift into direct motion, and the emotional fallout of months of uncertainty, this fable explores:• what happens when your body says “enough,”• why rest feels like failure for so many of us,• the difference between momentum and survival mode,• and how slowing down becomes a spiritual practice, not a setback.If you’ve ever held yourself to impossible standards, kept performing “fine” while quietly falling apart, or pushed past every internal red flag because you thought you had to - this episode might feel like an exhale you didn’t know you needed.It’s a permission slip.A soft landing.A reminder that you don’t have to earn your rest.Listen now, and if this story meets you in the place you’re in,I’d love to hear which moment landed in your body.Music by: Ketsa Soul Sync30 Coffees Later ebook available!

Two dates.Two disasters.One missing brick in the Well.What looked like a bad dating week was actually the first cosmic nudge that everything under the surface was about to shift.In this fable, The Woman returns to the desert highway to speak with the Water Bearer, Lady Mist, and the planets themselves - Gemini, Mercury Retrograde, and Neptune - as they reveal the truth behind that strange December week.This is a story about self-worth, timing, cosmic rerouting, and why sometimes the universe says no so you don’t say yes to the wrong person.If you’ve ever walked home feeling embarrassed, bruised, or questioning yourself - this one is for you✨Instagram: @arieslunalouMusic by: Ketsa 'Soul Sync'

In this cinematic fable, I take you through the last five years of my life - not as job titles or timelines, but as wells, vessels, and the archetypal characters who walked beside me: The Water Bearer, Everwind, Sage, Bean Bag… and the versions of myself I had to becomeand un-become along the way.This episode explores money, worth, collapse, surrender, unexpected miracles, and what happens when every structure in your life falls apart - and somehow you’re still held.If you’ve ever felt like you were the second choice, or terrified to receive what you once prayed for, or like yourentire life had to dismantle itself before anything real began… this one might be for you.Next week: love, timing, and theuniverse’s inconvenient reroutes.

Welcome to the very first episode of Fire Moon Rising - a podcast about intuition, timing and the fire you rise from when you finally stop forcing life to happen. In honour of the Scorpio New Moon, I decided to do something terrifying (other than launching this podcast) I Stopped PushingAfter 9 months of interviews, pressure, self-doubt and burnout - I stepped back completely. And then the universe moved. Two interviews appeared from thin air. And an offer. In this interview I share:Why 'no pushing in November' chose me What Scorpio energy reveals about surrenderHow to recognise when your timeline is shifting And the small signs that you are guided DM your takeaway, I'd love to hear if this episode lands in the place you've been trying to hold together. You can find me on Instagram also @arieslunalouMusic by: Ketsa - 'Soul Sync'