Podcast
Cosmic Embodiment
Hosted by Alyssa Martin · EN
Welcome to Cosmic Embodiment, where astrology meets the body, mind, and spirit. This podcast extends the Cosmic Embodiment community by exploring lunar cycles, zodiac transits, and the energetic rhythms of the cosmos.
Each episode dives into the astrological energy of the moment—full moons, new moons, and the Sun’s journey through the zodiac—offering insights and practices to help you align with celestial influences. Discover how to embody cosmic energy in your daily life through reflection, movement, and mindful connection.
Join us as we talk all things cosmic and uncover the wisdom of the stars, one transit at a time.
Each episode dives into the astrological energy of the moment—full moons, new moons, and the Sun’s journey through the zodiac—offering insights and practices to help you align with celestial influences. Discover how to embody cosmic energy in your daily life through reflection, movement, and mindful connection.
Join us as we talk all things cosmic and uncover the wisdom of the stars, one transit at a time.
14episodes
Episodes
Newest firstAll episodes
My Bold, Bald Era: Shaving My Head, Facing Fear, and Redefining Beauty & Identity
1w ago00:10:36Tap to summarizeHave you ever realized how much power one feature holds over your sense of self? In this episode, we're going there. You’ll hear the story of how I shaved my head, the fear underneath it, the astrology that made the timing impossible to ignore, and what it means to offer something up willingly before you're forced to. This one will have you asking yourself what you're holding onto, and why.
Transcribe →Pole Dancing, Pluto, and a Body That's Changing
3w ago00:09:14Tap to summarizeHave you ever done something incredible with your body and immediately found the flaw in it? That voice that says do it better, smooth it out, you're not there yet... it runs deeper than critique. It's conditioning stored in your tissues, and Pluto knows exactly where to find it. In this episode, I'm sharing what happened when Pluto crossed into my first house: the chronic pain that ended my pole dancing dream, the wounds around sex and self worth that were carried in my body, and the body image conditioning I'm still excavating now. You'll learn how Pluto works in the depths of the body and psyche, breaking down what's outdated so something else can be birthed. You'll hear what somatic intimacy looks like in practice when your inner dialogue turns critical, and you'll find where Pluto is moving through your own chart right now... because whether you feel it or not, it's already working. The body you inhabit is the only one you get in this life. What is your relationship with it?
Transcribe →Venus + Jupiter in Cancer: Coming Home to Your Heart
3w ago00:13:36Tap to summarizeThe sky is offering one of its most abundant transits of the year. But what do you do when you can feel the quality of what you desire, but your magnetism still feels dim? This episode is for anyone who isn't quite feeling the abundance frequency right now and wants to understand why. ✨Why Venus is the bridge between your soul and your physical reality ✨ The real reason you keep reaching for what you want and it stays just out of reach ✨Saturn in Aries, Mars in Taurus, and the tension between receiving, taking responsibility, and moving at a pace that actually sustains you The astrology is a mirror, and sometimes the most useful thing it can show you is where you are, not where you wish you were.
Transcribe →New Moon in Taurus: What You Value Is What You Grow
May 1500:12:51Tap to summarizeYou know what you want. Do you believe you deserve it? The New Moon in Taurus arrives with an incredible configuration: an exact, to-the-minute conjunction of Mars and Chiron in Aries happening simultaneously. This is a cosmic push to stop circling the edges of what you want and take the step. In this episode: ♉️ Why the Moon thrives in Taurus and what that means for your emotional body right now 🌬 Opening the space for your manifestation to actually breathe 🔥 What the Mars-Chiron exact conjunction is activating around personal will, vulnerability, and years of inner work coming to a head 🌀 How the degree of this new moon connects to Neptune and the beliefs that are either supporting or collapsing your energy 🌙 A reflection on worthiness, values, and what it means to take action for yourself without apologizing for it Chiron has been moving through Aries since 2018. That is seven years of learning how to access your own will, face the wounds around self-directed action, and meet yourself in the places where showing up for yourself has felt selfish or scary. This new moon is the moment the universe opens the space for you. Plant the seed. Hold your ground. What you value will shape the growth. Ready to go deeper? Learn about the Cosmic Embodiment Framework by clicking here.
Transcribe →Full Moon in Libra: The Ache for Balance
Apr 100:20:41Tap to summarizeThe Full Moon in Libra is illuminating where your life force energy is flowing and where you may be longing for something to feel more harmonious. But before you chase balance, this episode invites you to question what balance actually is. Inside this episode: 🌕 A sign-by-sign walk through this lunar cycle so reflect on what you've been carrying into this full moon ♎️ The tension the Aries/Libra axis is asking you to sit with (more than just the self versus other) 🦊 The sneaky beliefs that live underneath the feeling of imbalance and what this full moon is asking you to release ⚖️ Why balance isn't a destination, it’s a practice. Sometimes the most conscious thing you can do isn't to find equilibrium; it's to get honest about what the imbalance is trying to show you.
Transcribe →Are You Resisting the Thing Your Work Actually Needs?
Mar 2500:10:36Tap to summarizeThere's a reason you might resist structure, and it might be rooted in the very thing you've been trying to liberate yourself from. But what if structure isn't the cage you think it is? What if it's actually the container your work has been waiting for? Through the lens of Saturn meeting the Sun in Aries, this episode explores what it means to give your energy a form — so your fire has somewhere to go, and the world gets to receive what you're here to create. 🔥 The Aries Immersion doors close March 27th: Join the Aries Immersion here.
Transcribe →Forging Your Inner Authority: The Lessons of Saturn
Mar 1600:19:40Tap to summarizeYou’ve probably heard the phrase trust yourself more times than you can count. But what does it actually mean to trust your own inner knowing? And more importantly, how does that kind of inner authority develop in the first place? Inner authority isn’t something you magically wake up with one day. It’s something that forms through experience — through the moments that challenge your instincts, test your perception, and ask you to rebuild trust in yourself. In this episode, you’ll explore: 🔥 How instinct and intuition operate differently in your body—and why learning to discern between them is essential for developing inner authority 🪐 The role Saturn plays in shaping your self-trust, boundaries, and internal structure over time ❤️🔥 Why some of life’s most difficult experiences can become the very moments that forge your deepest wisdom and personal power If you’ve ever questioned your own perception, struggled to trust your decisions, or wondered how people develop true inner confidence, this conversation will help you understand the deeper process behind it — and how your life experiences may already be shaping the authority you carry within.
Transcribe →Steps of Faith: Navigating the Wake of Eclipse Season
Mar 500:10:47Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we sit with the ambiguity of eclipse season and what it means to trust a process you can't fully see yet. Whether you're in the thick of a personal transformation or simply feeling the collective energy post-eclipse, this one is an invitation to stop waiting for the revelation and start recognizing that you're already in the process. Inside the episode: ✨ Why waiting for a "big moment" might be keeping you stuck ✨ Why ambiguity doesn't have to mean uncertainty ✨ How to trust what's being revealed to you, even when the meaning isn't fully clear yet The impact of eclipse season doesn’t dissolve at the close. It lives through the steps you continue to take. This episode reminds you to keep walking with trust and devotion.
Transcribe →When "More" Isn’t the Answer: Virgo Lunar Eclipse Reflections
Mar 100:12:29Tap to summarizeIn this episode, you’re invited into a personal story — one that might feel familiar. You’ll hear what it looks like when anxiety disguises itself as productivity. When over-refining becomes a strategy for feeling worthy. When “just one more revision” turns into “am I enough yet?” As you listen, reflect on where you might be: • Over-refining • Over-giving to feel accepted • Trying to earn worth through effort The Virgo Lunar Eclipse illuminates karmic patterns of productivity and self-critique — and invites you toward something softer: faith, trust, and embodied presence. This isn’t a how-to. It’s a lived revelation.
Transcribe →Ego, Spirit & Embodied Authority: Eclipse Season with Saturn–Neptune in Aries
Feb 1500:19:52Tap to summarizeThere is a thin line between divine inspiration and ego impulse — and this moment in the sky is asking you to know the difference. As Saturn and Neptune meet in Aries and eclipse season opens a powerful portal of choice and revelation, you’re invited to reflect on how ego, authority, and compassion are shaping your actions. This episode explores what it means to refine the ego — and how to act with integrity instead of urgency. In this episode, you’ll explore: ♈️ Ego and the Aries archetype — why ego is necessary, how it forms the sense of “I am,” and what a healthy, integrated ego actually looks like 🪐 Saturn and Neptune in Aries — how spiritual inspiration can blur into ego righteousness, and how to act from embodied authority rather than impulse 🌀 The eclipse portal as a moment of choice — how Aquarius opens future vision, Pisces teaches surrender and compassion, and why this isn’t a time to force manifestation This is an invitation to pause, observe, and choose consciously — so when it’s time to act, you do so with clarity, compassion, and integrity.
Transcribe →