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  • Feng Shui Summer: Your Kua + Personal Directions

    Feng Shui Summer: Your Kua + Personal Directions
    Jun 24 2026
    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit barney41g5v.substack.comYour home is an ALTAR and your unique Kua offers you insight into your personal growth path. You came in with keys to how you stabilize, how you return to your core, the directions you need to work with so that you feel in flow. You came through with your Design and your Astrology and also your environmental blueprint. Everything in your home is energy.You connect to your correct trajectory and Higher Self when you feel safe and resourced. This is not just inside out nervous system work but also outside in and how your environment is either feeding coherence or static. This summer, I am doing something super special. I’m opening the doors to my premium membership to give my paid Substack subscribers an exclusive, limited-time Summer Series. These deep-dive podcasts will live here for the summer months only as part of Feng Shui Summer for little more than a tasty bev.If you are a member of The Collective this (all future trainings) and additional content lives inside the Feng Shui portal inside membership. I will also be sharing general Feng Shui tips all season in my notes and Weekly Nourish. It’s gonna be juicy! And when you apply it — you will create much more ease and magic in your life. This is not generalized Bagua Feng Shui. We learn exactly which compass degrees act as your personal energetic antenna and how to work with them so it becomes much easier to pull in sacred success and abundance, coherence, healthy relationships, vital health and spiritual growth.Feng Shui is NOT about perfection. There is no perfect Feng Shui. But we can absolutely create more flow and ease. We can support alignment. This is not just about resonant activations, and creating overall elemental harmony but also a balance to your natural tendencies and characteristics. Practical tools that support your everyday life. For paid Substack subscribers — on the other side of the paywall you will find:* full access to this Cancer Season Feng Shui Summer Kickoff REPLAY. This first training included: why we prioritize this type of Feng Shui, how to integrate the Bagua with your Personal Directions, general activations for directions, and some basics of each Kua and general Feng Shui no-no’s. We already have some folks on the call making big moves in their offices that will be life changing. I also shared about how this ties into TCM Five Elements and how you can let your Kua inform practices that will be most supportive for you in This Is The Space.* then for the next five weeks I will release trainings on the 5 elements and the Kuas each Wednesday — we will cover Wood, Earth, Fire, Water and Metal and how to utilize the elements effectively in your spaces as well as which Kuas have personal ties to each and how to work with that experientially.* you will come away knowing how to activate and align your personal directions and how to utilize the bagua as well — while prioritizing what is unique and important for you. We will talk about activations and also things that support balance when there is too much of a particular energy.* tips for the Kuas based on Health, Personal Development, Success/Abundance and Relationships.These training will only be available on Substack for the summer (as a very special sneak peek into membership) and then will continue to live inside The Collective for all the times. So grab a tasty beverage and a note pad and enjoy!BARNEY + FLO(W) | Amanda 'B' is a reader-supported publication. To receive the full FENG SHUI SUMMER journey become a paid subscriber.From the Episode: How to Find Your Personal DirectionsAccess all of Feng Shui Summer — B+F SubstackResources:Your New Paradigm Toolkit - Resourcing You For The TimesWeekly Nourish | Barney + Flow Substack⁠Freebies⁠B+F Offerings:⁠⁠⁠The Collective⁠⁠⁠ Membership w/ Sacred Success Codes⁠⁠This Is The Space - Deconditioning, Fascia + Nervous System Portals⁠⁠⁠⁠Not sure what’s the right fit? Find your pathway.⁠⁠⁠⁠Upcoming Events⁠⁠Book a Reading⁠⁠⁠Barney + Flo(w)⁠⁠⁠
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    12 mins
  • Asteroid X Goddess: Vesta - Sacred Devotion

    Asteroid X Goddess: Vesta - Sacred Devotion
    Jun 17 2026
    I couldn’t be more excited to share this episode. Vesta has been on my mind as we are having a fairly tight relationship of late but I also feel like she is a timely thread for everyone to pull as we usher in the new paradigm as she is so tied to the unique mission your Soul came to actualize, the orientation of your focus and devotion and how you cultivate meaning and fulfillment.Vesta is part of the main asteroid belt and can actually be seen with the naked eye which I think gives her even more prominence. We talk about how Vesta’s story was manipulated and the real download of who she was and the magic she tended.As I shared with Ceres it is important to note that: forever our charts have been dominated by dudes with only the Moon and Venus holding down the feminine. And this is not about simplistic gender but about yin and yang — both of which are necessary parts of each of our wholeness. So to think about bringing them more to the forefront in my own work right now as we intentionally live into a new world feels incredibly supportive. A more feminine, receptive, process oriented, slow living kind of world.They help us tap into more allowance. More receptivity. And more parts of ourselves.Jen Hampton of Spirited Treasure and the Inner Flame brings the mythology and energetics from the goddesses and I will look at what they represent in our Astrology and Human Design.We also created an ASTEROID X GODDESS bundle transmission marrying both of our gifts if you want some support pulling your personal threads. We will provide this bundle for each of the asteroids we roll out and it’s really the best of both worlds.We had a lot of fun with this one and it feels rich with value. I hope you enjoy! Let us know how it lands and what you learned about your own Vesta in the comments. BIG OFFERING FOR PAID SUBSCRIBERSIn honor of Vesta (the keeper of the Hearth both within and without) and upcoming Cancer Season (home within and without) — I am going to share our Collective journey to paid Substack subscribers including all trainings in the journey on Feng Shui and working with your personal Kua as well as how I marry your personal directions and the Bagua. This is normally a $222 drop in to membership but I’m offering you a sneak peek within and some super supportive resourcing for the season. We have our KICKOFF CALL on 6/22. I will send you the link to join the live call prior and I will post the replay to you shortly after (as well as additional trainings that will roll out all Cancer season). Happy Summer and thanks so much for supporting my work. Enjoy! BARNEY + FLO(W) | Amanda 'B' is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and the full upcoming CANCER Season Journey from inside The Collective membership — consider becoming a paid subscriber.From the episode: * The Magdalen Manuscript* Genetic Matrix for pulling your Asteroids and Astro BodygraphCheck out Jen’s personal offerings as well: * The Dark Goddess Temple* The Goddess Archetype ReadingB+F Resources:Your New Paradigm Toolkit - Resourcing You For The TimesWeekly Nourish | Barney + Flow Substack⁠Freebies⁠B+F Offerings:⁠⁠⁠The Collective⁠⁠⁠ Membership w/ Sacred Success Codes⁠⁠This Is The Space - Deconditioning, Fascia + Nervous System Portals⁠⁠⁠⁠Not sure what’s the right fit? Find your pathway.⁠⁠⁠⁠Upcoming Events⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Barney + Flo(w)⁠⁠⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit barney41g5v.substack.com/subscribe
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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • Working With Your Incarnation Cross Godhead

    Working With Your Incarnation Cross Godhead
    Jun 11 2026
    In this episode I expand on one of my most popular blogs which is Incarnation Cross + Godheads. This is one of my favorite threads to pull not only for your Incarnation Cross but for other placements in your chart and bodygraph. I also share about Lakshmi and how working with her is the perfect energy for ushering in the new paradigm. Collaborating with and internalizing these archetypes (or your asteroid goddesses or planets) with real intention is life changing. Just some ways to work with these might be focusing on the archetype(s) associated with: * the Godhead of your Incarnation Cross* other prominent Godheads across your bodygraph* Godhead(s) of your Timelord* Godhead associated with your chart ruler or any placement you are exploring* Godhead associated with a gate your trying to better innerstand* the Godhead archetype tied to the energy you are most wanting to channel or cultivate more of in your life currently* the one you feel most drawn toYou can also apply the ways I shared about working with your Godhead to any of the Asteroid Goddesses or any archetype you want to more deeply embody. If you want personal support for your Godhead you can always book an AMA Guidance reading with this focus. I’d LOVE to inspire you to ways to work with and live into.From the episode: Asteroid x Goddess Podcast - CeresGoddess x Asteroid Bundle ReadingGenetic Matrix The HealyAwakening Shakti by Sally KemptonGemini Season Nervous System Journey in This Is The SpaceCancer Season Journey in The CollectiveJUNE SPC Special — one year of THIS IS THE SPACE for $222 from THIS linkJUNE Readings special — $100 off any TRANSMISSION with code: SUMMERLOVEDROP into THE COLLECTIVE for one month HERE.Resources:Your New Paradigm Toolkit - Resourcing You For The TimesWeekly Nourish | Barney + Flow Substack⁠Freebies⁠B+F Offerings:⁠⁠⁠The Collective⁠⁠⁠ Membership w/ Sacred Success Codes⁠⁠This Is The Space - Deconditioning, Fascia + Nervous System Portals⁠⁠⁠⁠Not sure what’s the right fit? Find your pathway.⁠⁠⁠⁠Upcoming Events⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Barney + Flo(w)⁠⁠⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit barney41g5v.substack.com/subscribe
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    43 mins
  • June Cosmos + Standing on the Bridge

    June Cosmos + Standing on the Bridge
    Jun 3 2026

    I wanted to break down June a bit this month as it feels like a time to be intentional before energy ramps up in July. Many of us are feeling it… that something big is coming. We are on the precipice of so much shifting, it’s hard to know what that will look like on the world stage but most of us agree that July feels big.

    So June is a lot about nervous system tending, nourishment, rest, recalibration. I broke down some dates to pay attention to and talked about how to work with the energy as well as reflecting on Chiron in Aries, paradigm shifts and self forgiveness + how Chiron in Taurus will support the birthing of a new world.

    I also spoke about launching by astrology and how 6/9 is a really juicy date incoming.

    6/1 Mercury moves into Cancer

    6/9 Venus and Jupiter meet in Cancer

    6/12 Uranus squares the True Node

    6/13 Venus moves into Leo

    6/14 New Moon in Gemini

    6/19 Chiron moves into Taurus

    6/21 Sun moves into Cancer + Summer Solstice

    6/29 Mercury Rx w/ Capricorn Full Moon

    6/30 Jupiter moves into Leo

    (note: what’s your timelord up to this month?)

    We are in the second half of the Gemini Season Nervous System guided journey but you’re more than welcome to hop in at any time. It will live in THIS IS THE SPACE as a jumping off point for navigating, acquainting yourself with the Nervous System Portal while offering you more capacity and regulation to move through all the content with ease.

    We will kickoff the Cancer Season HOME (Feng Shui + Human Design) journey on 6/22 inside THE COLLECTIVE. I couldn’t have accidentally planned it better — not just because of Cancer season but with Mercury Retrograde. And it feels like perfect prep for the rest of the year.

    From a COLLECTIVE member this week:

    “You truly say what you mean, you practice what you preach, and I never thought that having a membership would help lead me to a place of community that is exactly the medicine I’ve been needing for my soul. I appreciate your authenticity, and providing a space that feels like home to me.”

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    51 mins
  • Navigating 'Challenging' Transits

    Navigating 'Challenging' Transits
    May 27 2026
    In this episode I share some musings from inside my own experience — currently in the darkest year of my Progressed Balsamic Moon phase with transiting Saturn dancing on my natal Moon.At one point in the podcast I think I said “I’m not scared” three times in a row about my upcoming 12th House year. I sounded a wee scared. Because look, this Balsamic Moon phase has been no joke for me. And my 12th house month last year left me screaming in a field. Maybe there is a little fear. That’s a very real part of being human. And we don’t need to bypass it. It’s why we prepare. And we check ourselves and our orientation. Sometimes we see things coming and we actively need to work not to brace or have negative expectations (which can become their own self fulfilling prophecies when we focus on it). Instead we resource ourselves, soften, and approach it with curiosity. I tend to think knowing what’s coming and being able to position yourself to be in the most ease and flow with it is the best possible scenario. I look back at the times (like my last 12th House year) when I did not yet know this technique and I wish I did.That version of me, that timeline, could have benefitted from knowing it was not all in my head. I was brand new to Portland and completely on my own. I worried I had made a huge mistake but what was really going on was energy and if I had leaned in rather than fighting it or feeling like there was something wrong with me — it would have been a much easier and fruitful time. Eventually it all worked out (as it do) but I could have saved myself some suffering. The reality is these are the cycles of our lives. And transits by outer planets are the pivots we often need, the chiseling away of all that is not meant for our becoming. Our 12th house years and balsamic phases are the seasons we need to release, regroup, recalibrate. They are the pull back of the arrow from a new clearer more aligned place. We need summer and we need winter. They all serve a purpose. And they often become the very things that quantum leap us forward. Knowing your weather is being in cosmic coherence. Some tips for navigating the transits: * get curious about the opportunity, ask magical questions and reframe it as an invitation.* recognize impermanence always. This too will pass. What can you appreciate about this moment?* practice radical self acceptance.* focus on what you can do + release control around what you cannot.* ask what the energies want — dialogue — what are they here to teach you?* orient yourself to the higher octaves and be mindful of the pitfalls. For example in a Uranus transit you might need to take a beat before acting impulsively. * remember that challenging times often birth the most beautiful changes in our lives, the quantum leaps, the evolution of self our Soul came to have.* move yourself out of fear. Often times we worry or fear things or catastrophize (hello nervous system dysregulation) future projecting. This is cognitive distortion. Remember moments when you did that and wasted time and energy for nothing. Turn yourself instead to possibility. Expect good things. From the podcast: * Saturn + Showing Up to the Work* Gemini Season Nervous System Journey* ProfectionsResources:Your New Paradigm Toolkit - Resourcing You For The TimesWeekly Nourish | Barney + Flow Substack⁠Freebies⁠B+F Offerings:⁠⁠⁠The Collective⁠⁠⁠ Membership w/ Sacred Success Codes⁠⁠This Is The Space - Deconditioning, Fascia + Nervous System Portals⁠⁠⁠⁠Not sure what’s the right fit? Find your pathway.⁠⁠⁠⁠Upcoming Events⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Barney + Flo(w)⁠⁠⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit barney41g5v.substack.com/subscribe
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    47 mins
  • Asteroid X Goddess: Ceres - The OG

    Asteroid X Goddess: Ceres - The OG
    May 20 2026
    A couple of weeks ago I spoke about maybe my favorite thread to pull in the “asteroid” realm and I say asteroid air quotes because she is actually now classified as a dwarf planet. That’s right — just like Pluto.She is asteroid number one. The very first to be discovered. Mythologically she is actually the same rank as Pluto, Jupiter and Neptune — her bros. And she was astronomically thought to have birthed the other major asteroids… like Juno, Pallas and Vesta exploded out of her. She’s kind of a big deal. She’s a thread I personally love to pull because she represents not just our nurture style, our love language, but how we ourselves are best nurtured and loved. Less # social media fluff self care — more what you deeply need. And when it comes to nervous system regulation — meeting her needs helps create felt safety and resourcedness in the bodymind much like our Moon. Which supports more time in ventral vagal and rest digest manifest. And, she speaks to so much more than that. I also think of all the years I’ve been studying Human Design and astrology… there was never a more perfect time than now — on the threshold of a new paradigm — to really integrate these ladies into our lives and our charts. For greater wholism.For ever our charts have been dominated by dudes with only the Moon and Venus holding down the feminine fort. And this is not about simplistic gender but about yin and yang — both of which are necessary parts of each of our wholeness. So to think about bringing them more to the forefront in my own work right now as we intentionally live into a new world. A more feminine, receptive, process oriented, slow living kind of world. It feels quite fitting.They help us tap into more allowance. More receptivity. And more parts of ourselves.So I reached out to my friend Jen of Spirited Treasure to see if she would be interested in doing a little series and we couldn’t be more excited. Each month we will pull threads around another goddess asteroid starting with the majors and then diving into some personal favorites and/or ones that are prominent in our own charts. Jen will bring the mythology and energetics from the goddesses and I will look at what they represent in our astrology and Human Design. We also created an ASTEROID X GODDESS bundle transmission marrying both of our gifts if you want some support pulling your personal threads. We will provide this bundle for each of the asteroids we roll out and it’s really the best of both worlds. If you would prefer 1:1 cosmic attention then you can book an asteroid reading here.Check out Jen’s personal offerings as well: The Dark Goddess TempleThe Goddess Archetype ReadingFor members of The Collective — you can find a 2.5 hour replay pulling chart threads around Ceres in the Scaffold along with all of our other cosmic regulation trainings. Let us know what you think in the comments. And if you have a goddess asteroid you’re wanting to know more about — we’d love to know!B+F Resources:Your New Paradigm Toolkit - Resourcing You For The TimesWeekly Nourish | Barney + Flow Substack⁠Freebies⁠B+F Offerings:⁠⁠⁠The Collective⁠⁠⁠ Membership w/ Sacred Success Codes⁠⁠This Is The Space - Deconditioning, Fascia + Nervous System Portals⁠⁠⁠⁠Not sure what’s the right fit? Find your pathway.⁠⁠⁠⁠Upcoming Events⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Barney + Flo(w)⁠⁠⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit barney41g5v.substack.com/subscribe
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Fire Element Season + Cultivating Shen

    Fire Element Season + Cultivating Shen
    May 13 2026

    We are moving into Summer in the Northern Hemisphere which is Fire Element season (Heart, Small Intestine, Triple Warmer, Pericardium meridians), in a time when astrologically we are in a lot of Fire energy in the year of the Fire Horse. So I wanted to talk about the Fire Element in TCM, focusing this week on loving up on the heart and cultivating Shen.

    We are kicking off the Gemini Season Nervous System journey this Monday in THIS IS THE SPACE and the Fire element is very tied to the nervous system through electricity and the ways in which trapped unprocessed emotions wreak havoc — keeping us in a state of dysregulation, illness, pain and ‘stuckness’. Perfect to be speaking about today with the Moon in Aries ;).

    The Fire Element in TCM is also very tied to identity and all of the massive Aries astrology we’ve been moving through has been about the dismantling and architecture of identity. We are shedding (hopefully) victim narratives and homogenized ideas of success while reclaiming sovereignty. As we peel back layers of conditioning, more of our truth shines through and as we move through this portal — many will be claiming new identities.

    We will have to… as many old definitions of selfhood will matter much less in our new world. In June Chiron will move into Taurus helping us to recalibrate self worth around this becoming.

    I shared practical tips (like too much raw cold food can actually be drying) and two favorite Fire element acupressure points within the podcast (illustrated below in Substack) along with lots of ways to love up on and nourish yourself this season.

    This is a perfect time in our collective astrology to practice reconnecting with joy while also supporting emotional hygiene and mental health.

    Last Sunday’s WKLY Nourish includes an excerpt from a Fire element fascia flow where I share more about the season as well as some simple practices with big rewards.

    From the Episode:

    Gemini Season Nervous System Journey in THIS IS THE SPACE

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    42 mins
  • The Inversion of Beauty + the Hidden Civilization of Tartaria

    The Inversion of Beauty + the Hidden Civilization of Tartaria
    May 6 2026
    I am so excited to have Jen Hampton of Spirited Treasure back on the podcast to talk about the importance of beauty and how it has been quite literally stripped from us. This episode has been on my mind for awhile and Taurus season felt like the perfect moment.If Tartaria is new to you, this episode will invite you to open your mind to hidden history and possibility… to ask yourself the question — what if? We can always explain away some pieces to simple profit > people, but not all. What if even some part of what we talk about were true? While we cover a small piece of the history of Tartaria — this episode is primarily focused around the importance of beauty and how we can reclaim it. The inversion of beauty has been a big part of the program that took us from thriving to surviving. Our environments shape cognition, creativity, emotions, actions, our overall well-being, social relations, our sense of belonging... whether or not we are surrounded by beauty can either motivate us or make us apathetic.“Not only are consumers disposed to prefer familiar, conventional designs, they will prefer conventional designs even if those designs serve them poorly — which as we have seen, they often do. This is owing to a common psychological dynamic, namely that the more times a person is exposed to a stimulus, even if it does not serve her well, the more she will habituate to it such that she eventually will not only prefer it when offered other options, but will eventually deem it to be normative. In this way, people can and do come to judge inferior places that serve them poorly, or even harm them in covert ways, as indisputably, objectively good.” - Sarah Williams GoldhagenThe truth is the spaces around us either nourish or deplete us.This is not just about our separation from nature, but poor quality construction, brutalist architecture, a departure from attention to the energy of spaces, from sacred geometry, from spaces that heal — it even feels like shopping at “sad” stores means “sad” food. Everything is energy.There was a time when it wasn’t just about beauty but frequency and we both believe we are returning to those times. It is a very exciting time to be alive and as the new name of the podcast states — it’s not just about waiting for it to happen — but living into it now.I hope you enjoy this episode. Let me know what ya think in the comments!From the episode:Jen Hampton of Spirited TreasureJen’s Substack (w/ Weekly Energetic Reads) + InstagramWelcome To Your Wold: How The Built Environment Shapes Our Lives by Sarah Williams GoldhagenThe One World Tartarians: The Greatest Civilization Ever To Be Erased From History by James W. LeeResources:Your New Paradigm Toolkit - Resourcing You For The TimesWeekly Nourish | Barney + Flow Substack⁠Freebies⁠B+F Offerings:⁠⁠⁠The Collective⁠⁠⁠ Membership w/ Sacred Success Codes⁠⁠This Is The Space - Deconditioning, Fascia + Nervous System Portals⁠⁠⁠⁠Not sure what’s the right fit? Find your pathway.⁠⁠⁠⁠Upcoming Events⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Barney + Flo(w)⁠⁠⁠ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit barney41g5v.substack.com/subscribe
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    1 hr and 19 mins