On the Soul's Terms

#131 | Spyros Siamos | The Clarifying Light at the Centre of it All

Spyros Siamos is an energy healer, esoteric author, and former mathematics teacher based in Messinia, Greece. He lives on a coastal olive grove situated near an ancient T

#130 | The Odyssey

Firstly I suppose I should say... *Spoiler Alert* Although let's face it, the story is over 3,000 years old. By now you should probably have heard of it.  Secondly

#129 | The Sun | Apollo through the Zodiac

Doing an episode on the sun, our central fiery point that takes up 99.86% of the mass of our solar system and gives the system itself a name, turned out to be quite the t

#128 | Melanie Reinhart | The Moon

The Moon pulls the tides of the ocean, but the question that won’t let us go is simpler and stranger: what is it pulling in us? Melanie Reinhart joins me for a wide, grou

#127 | The Moon

The Planets Series begins with our closest and most intimate neighbour: the moon.  The moon represents the dreaming mind, our instinctive life and our guidance system to

Podcast Announcement | The Planets | Internal Solar Systems

I disappeared for a few months, went a bit underground, and even partially relocated my life to Greece so I could be a little closer to the gods I keep talking about. Now

#126 | Briar Rose or Sleeping Beauty or Dornröschen | Dormant Gifts

The series on the houses wouldn't have felt complete without one last fairytale.  In this, the 40th and last episode of the series, we explore the German tale of Do

#125 | The Twelve Houses. A Retrospective | Hosted by Brian Clark (Guest Chris Skidmore)

My guest for this episode is... well... me! Astrologer Brian Clark interviews me, Chris Skidmore, in this episode as we look back on the journey that was the 12 Houses o

#124 | Melanie Reinhart | The Mysteries of the 12th House

Melanie Reinhart joins me once more to speak into and from the 12th house of the wheel of houses. The episode itself is a wonderful example of how that which we talk abou

#123 | The Twelfth House | Containing Multitudes

The 12th and final house of astrology is often given a bad wrap. It's considered the house of hidden enemies and of our own undoing. It rules over places we'd r

#122 | Iron John & the 11th/12th House Cusp | with Ryan Nielsen | Part Two

Part Two of our wanderings with Iron John/Hans. The episode begins with the moss bed made for the boy in the forest. Ryan shares soulful reflections on moss itself; known

#121 | Iron John & the 11th/12th House Cusp | with Ryan Nielsen | Part One

Ryan Nielsen joins the podcast again (see episode 104 for our circuitous meanderings on Allerleirauh) to explore the Grimm tale of Iron John (or Iron Hans) whilst reflect

#120 | Jason Holley | The Art of the Possible | 11th House

Astrologer Jason Holley joins me again on the podcast today to delve into the 11th house - the house of groups, the polis, mass media, theatre, the audience, 'the pe

#119 | The Eleventh House | The Desire for a More Beautiful World

What happens when personal destiny meets the wider world of friends, teams, and the public square? We dive into the Eleventh House as the arena where your hard‑won callin

#118 | Micheal Meade | May Everything Come Back Together | Ode to the 11th

Michael Meade rejoins the podcast to discuss all things 11th house; the house of collective consciousness, groups, teams and the Polis: society at large. The 11th is wher

#117 | Thomas Moore | Taking Shape in the World

Calling doesn’t arrive as a neat job title. It asks for consent. In this deep, playful, and piercing conversation with Thomas Moore—author of Care of the Soul—we explore

#116 | Rapunzel & The Six Swans | The Ups and Downs of the Tenth & MC

A tower without roots looks impressive until the wind picks up. We follow Rapunzel and The Six Swans to uncover how a real calling demands both height and depth: the Midh

#115 | The Tenth House & Midheaven | The Work of Finding our Work

What if your calling isn’t one narrow lane but an oak with many strong branches? We open the year by climbing from the ninth house of vision to the tenth house of visibil

#114 | The Juniper Tree | Singing our Song in the Ninth

A winter wish, a juniper tree, and a song that won’t be silenced. We read and unpack The Juniper Tree through the lens of myth and astrology, following a stark arc from d

#113 | Amanda Simon | The Ninth House | The Téchnē of Longing

A sun at rest can see farther. That’s the mood we step into as we explore the Ninth House with artist-astrologer Amanda Simon—an airy, unhurried place where conviction me