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The first episode of The Natural Wisdom Podcast was recorded July 10, 2021. Topics included an introduction to the podcast and its purpose, a little about how it came about, and some practical wisdom on aligning your lifestyle with Nature’s rhythms. You can also follow the podcast on your favorite podcast platform, or subscribe for all my posts and podcast episodes.

Listen to the latest episode here:

What are you orienting yourself around? – The Natural Wisdom Podcast

Mario Garza went deep and wide about Saturn in conversation with me on The Natural Wisdom Podcast. Mario, founder of Symbolic Studies, artist, and graphic designer shared his considerable research and wisdom about symbolism in general as well as Saturn in particular. Mario began by explaining the problems we see in so many conversations about symbols, and why his research is founded in a traditional approach: there is a great deal of picking and choosing associations between things “out there”, as at the circumference of the circle, with no reference to a center of origin. To truly understand a symbol (and life), we need to know the center around which we orient ourselves.Among other topics, we discussed – * Symbols as bridges;* The importance of finding your own sacred center;* The main principle of Saturn as the return to center, and how it has become the scapegoat in so many places today;* The association of Saturn with Judaism, Zionism and Israel in today’s politicized world;* The “solidification of the world” and fall from grace behind so many crises today.The author Mario recommends for a deep study of symbolism is René Guénon, including his book “The Crisis of the Modern World”. You can find links to all of Mario’s publications on his website, including his wonderful podcast Symbolic Studies, which offers sweeping episodes covering the Zodiac signs each month: https://www.symbolicstudies.comIn our online program starting next week, Reclaim Your Life with Saturn, Tammy Roth and I will be guiding people into a direct connection with Saturn. We’ll combine astrology and family constellations to support re-writing the stories creating tension and limitation, and preventing us from fully honoring ourselves. Registration closes Sunday night, October 4th and we begin on Friday, October 9th!Mario Garza is a lifelong artist and graphic designer of twenty five years currently living in the Pacific Northwest. Over the decades Mario developed a serious interest in visual, archetypal and esoteric symbolism. Mario has integrated a number of topics in his research including: The tarot, mythology, astrology, etc. His passion project, Symbolic Studies, was created as an outlet to explore these topics starting with the signs of the zodiac as a loose foundation.Watch our first conversation about Saturn here:Watch Mario’s conversation with his (then-fiancé) wife Michelle on “The Lost Lore of Saturn” that first piqued my interest in Mario’s work:Reclaim Your Natural Wisdom is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kristinebackes.substack.com/subscribe

Here are some of the highlights of what is on offer in The Natural Wisdom Podcast:

Astrology! I’ll be hosting regular (at least monthly) astro-weather forecasts and insights to help you get in synch.

One of my pet subjects is how our lifestyle can be our medicine. When and how we eat, for example, is often more powerful than what we eat.

Other ways to connect with the natural world, from communicating with plants and animals to ‘catching the season’ and more.

Every episode is geared to helping humans remember ourselves as Nature.

List of Episodes

Season 1 – 2021

Episode 1, July 10, 2021 – Remember Yourself as Nature

Bonus episode – Connect with your inner Sun!

Bonus episode – Feel your inner Moon

Bonus episode – Injuries are my teachers

Episode 2, August 7, 2021 – We are seasonal beings!

Bonus episode – How to get grounded

Bonus episode – Virgo New Moon and seasonal transitions

Episode 3, 2021- An interview with astrologer Emily Trinkaus!

Bonus episode – Message from the forest

Episode 4, October 16, 2021 – The Wisdom of Plants with Herbalist and energy healer Angela Segraves

Bonus episode – Entering the portal of Scorpio Season

Bonus episode – Scorpio Season Corrections and Uranian Amplifications

Episode 5, November 4, 2021- Learn how to connect with the animals in your life with Kim Shotola of The Lightfoot Way

Bonus episode – Plutonian Journeys

Episode 6, December 4th, 2021 – An epic conversation about current astrology with Emily Trinkaus – the Sagittarius Solar Eclipse, the confusion of Neptune, and releasing certainty and old beliefs.

Episode 7: A special Solstice episode on the astrology of the moment, plus a meditation and ritual for calling in our greatest desires.

Season 2 – 2022

Episode 1, 2022 – New Year, New Moon, new beginnings

Episode 2, January 8th, 2022 – Cosmic Wisdom with Kristine and Emily. Emily Trinkaus and I covered the major shifts going on in the Heavens and what that means for all of us.

Episode 3, January 13th, 2022 – Turn fear into fuel with gifted healer Belinda Noakes

Episode 4, January 22, 2022 – The story of the ancient Queen of Heaven and her descent into the Underworld. This Sumerian myth has exact parallels to the journey of the planet Venus from morning to evening star.

Episode 5, February 5th, 2022 – Forward momentum with all planets direct at the holyday of Imbolc

Episode 6 – Embodied astrology: Connect the planets to your bodily sensations

February 17, 2022 – Release persecution fears to fuel your creativity with Kristine and Belinda

Episode 8, February 26th, 2022 – Pluto, Venus and cycles within cycles

Episode 9 – Expansion, purification and health: Jupiter in Pisces

Episode 10 – Cosmic Wisdom with Kristine and Emily – Sky and Earth, embodiment and compassion

Episode 11 – Aries Equinox and Lunar Plant Magick with Angela Segraves

Episode 12 – Whole person embodiment and bio-energy balancing with Sarah McCroskey

Episode 13 – What is karma, really?

Episode 14 – Karma and the astrology of now

Episode 15 – The power of compassion

Episode 16 – Karma and money with guest Belinda Noakes