Writing
Essays on the medicine hidden in the stories we're told to dismiss: romance novels read for what they're actually doing, astrology read for what it's asking, and the liminal ground between what was and what's becoming.
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Romance Novels Know Something About This Moment That Our Doomscrolling Doesn't
Romance novels are trojan horses—teaching sovereignty and transformation disguised as guilty pleasures. In a world drowning in doom, they're training us to recognize joy like our lives depend on it.
The Mafioso at the Threshold
Our internal resistance studied at the university of You—weaponizing your own values to keep you from changes that part of you knows are inevitable. The exhausting truth: it takes more energy to refuse transformation than to surrender to it.
Romancing Pluto: The Werewolf at the Threshold
It is not in fleeing the monster, but in honoring our hybrid desires — body, soul, and ego — that we find our way through endings and into the uncanny rebirth to come.
The Enchanter of the Deep – Courting Neptune
To romance Neptune is to drift into the depths, where longing dissolves certainty and dreams undress us. He is the lover who enchants through mystery, leaving us bare before the ineffable.
The Monster’s Grief and the Feminine Wound
A descent into erotic healing, mythic encounter, and the scar that wants to reweave the story.
The Monstrous Beloved and the Sovereign Feminine
A mythic descent into feminine power, shadow desire, and the ritual of being chosen whole—where reverence breaks curses and the grotesque becomes sacred.
Seeing Red: Honoring Mars in a Time of Courage*
A guide to working with Mars as ally and teacher, shaping courage into a daily practice. By channeling Mars’s raw energy into creativity, integrity, and drive, we let its fire fuel us rather than consume us.
The Monster at the Door
The Gaze That Sees You Whole — and the Five Forbidden Doors It Dares You to Open. Step closer… they’ve been waiting for you.
Sleeping With the Enemy (and Other Planetary Affairs)
Your birth chart is an epic rom‑com written in the stars: part divine drama, part cosmic fling. The planets you resist most are simply lovers in disguise, holding the keys to your next transformation.
Falling in Love with the In‑Between - The Dating Game Version
An exploration of life’s doorways and the liminal landscapes between them — where low‑stakes love stories become maps, “fluff” becomes a refuge, and archetypal lovers step forward to guide us across.
The Fluff Reads Oracle
Trust your gut, choose a card, and uncover the romantic mood you need right now. It’s like a fortune cookie for book lovers—cheeky, fun, and tailored to entice your romance cravings.
Romancing the Sky-Shaper
A sudden storm that shatters your rut and clears the air for the life you didn’t know you were craving.
85 Romance Reads Later - What I've learned (and Loved)
I didn't plan to read 85 romance novels this year. But somewhere between monster kisses and slow-burn enemies-to-lovers, I found myself changed.
The Lover beneath the Armor - Courting Saturn*
Saturn doesn’t just test your resolve — he woos it, shaping passion into purpose. In Aries, he’s the lover who dares alongside you, but only if you meet him halfway, offering your devotion in return.
Romancing the Threshold
From Comfort Reads to Cultural Alchemy — Reimagining the Worlds We Long to Create
How to Romance the Planets
Less doomscrolling, more swoon-worthy transits. Astrology as sacred romance.
Uncorking the Healing Power of Fluff
No more stalling launching this curiosity-filled, fun romp on all things fluff. Served with a side dish of its why and origin story.
Real imagined conflicts - Saturn & Neptune in Aries
The easy simplicity of going towards war, as opposed to facing the terrifying conflict within.
'Heart song'* - on Desire and Trust
The journey between Mind and Heart is liminality at its purest. It's the choppy waters of the sea crossing between the mind's patterns and trusting your heart's desires.