Explore the ancient idea of a world before the moon and what that would have meant for time, seasons, tides, astrology, and magical practice. Consider how life and reality might have felt without lunar measurement, including questions about menstruation, fertility, agriculture, and whether tides or weather would have been chaotic without the moon's pull. April and Maggie share myths, oral traditions, and philosophers and poets such as Ovid (with the image of the moon "renewing her crescent horns"), Aristotle's mention of the Arcadians as "Proselenes" (people before the moon), and other perspectives that treat the moon's later arrival as common knowledge. The discussion also touches on modern theories of the moon as a hollow satellite or "parked" craft, recent images of the moon's dark side, and ongoing public talk about aliens, ending with a reflection on not taking the moon's influence for granted and a note that the season is concluding and will return in early July.

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This episode explores Circe in Greek mythology through Homer's Odyssey, presenting her as a powerful sorceress and full goddess born to Helios and a sea nymph, embodying balanced sun-and-moon energy. Circe is known as a powerful witch with vast knowledge of potions and herbs. On her lush, animal-filled island, she welcomes Odysseus's men to a feast laced with potions that transform them into swine as a mirror of their recent war behavior. Warned by Hermes and protected by Athena's herb, Odysseus resists Circe's magic, confronts her, and they become lovers, living together for years and having three sons; she later restores his men. Circe then teaches Odysseus necromancy—witchcraft with the dead—so he can enter the underworld, consult an expert, and learn how to navigate back to Ithaca. Circe, a powerful witch and left on her solitary island, will help you to explore power, ethics, self-knowledge, and intent in magic.

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As we flow into a new astrological year and welcome Aries season, we are reminded of personal power and our innate healing abilities. Within your life force energy is all the strength you will need to become the ultimate healer and co-creator of your life. Your sexual energy and your spiritual energy are the same energy and can be directed with an intentional field of consciousness, acceptance, and discovery. Discernment is needed when choosing to learn practices of sex magic. The power is within you!

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