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Tending Desires in the Dark Months: Reflections on Slow Manifestation
What wants to grow in me now, not in spite of the season, but because of it? Winter has always held a different kind of magic. A magic that refuses urgency. A magic that turns our attention from the shiny, fast, exponential kind of “manifestation” and toward something deeper, older, and infinitely more honest. I’ve always had a complicated relationship with manifestation. The way it’s often taught, endlessly reaching, endlessly performing, endlessly “raising your vibration”,
Jema Killala-Barnard
Dec 33 min read
A Soft Reset for 2026 — Five Gentle Questions for the New Year
Why a Soft Reset Matters for Mothers at the New Year There is a certain magic to the week between Christmas and New Year... a hush, a breath, a suspension of time. The lights are still twinkling, the days are short and dark, and the house holds gratitude but also mess, and exhaustion. It is a season where as a mother I often feel stretched thin, longing for a moment of stillness amidst the fullness. Before 2026 arrives with its noise and expectations, here is a soft place to
Jema Killala-Barnard
4 hours ago3 min read
The Ember Moon & the Stories We Carry Into a New Year
by Jema Killala-Barnard The Ember Moon arrives each year like a warm coal, a small, steady glow in the deepest dark. In astrology, this is our Sagittarius New Moon, always appearing just before the solstice. It’s the final new beginning before the light returns. And this moon feels especially potent for me. There is something about this moment, the way darkness closes in, the way we wrap ourselves in stories and fairy lights, the way we instinctively try to call the sun home,
Jema Killala-Barnard
Dec 43 min read
Tending Desires in the Dark Months: Reflections on Slow Manifestation
What wants to grow in me now, not in spite of the season, but because of it? Winter has always held a different kind of magic. A magic that refuses urgency. A magic that turns our attention from the shiny, fast, exponential kind of “manifestation” and toward something deeper, older, and infinitely more honest. I’ve always had a complicated relationship with manifestation. The way it’s often taught, endlessly reaching, endlessly performing, endlessly “raising your vibration”,
Jema Killala-Barnard
Dec 33 min read
Shadow Moon Meditation for The Scorpio New Moon
Scorpio New Moon meditation A soft, guided meditation for the Scorpio New Moon. This practice supports shadow work, emotional release, and renewal during this powerful lunar portal. I share more reflections about the Scorpio New Moon here Explore more meditations in the Path of the Dreamer Book a reading to explore your Scorpio placements → Readings
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 281 min read
Motherline & Ancestry | Healing the Roots We Grow From
Healing the motherline A reflection on healing the motherline and tending the roots we grow from. This video explores ancestry, lineage, and the invisible stories carried through motherhood. Find my story of a mother navigating identity shifts in The Mother . And another video on my matrescence initiations here
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 281 min read
Moon Mother Meditation
A soft, intuitive meditation to help you meet your Moon Mother archetype, the emotional guide, inner nurturer, and lunar wisdom-keeper within your chart. This is a gentle journey into intuition, comfort, and inner mothering. It may help to know your moon sign for this meditation, you can find it here. Moon Mother Meditation Learn what your child's moon sign says about them Discover more guided meditations in the Path of the Dreamer . Learn about your Moon sign in the Path of
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 281 min read
The 4th & 10th House Axis - Astrology for Mothers
A short video guide to the 4th and 10th house axis, in the natal chart, through the zodiac signs. Exploring the astrology and how the 4th and 10th house shape us. This mother-centred interpretation explores home, identity, lineage, vocation, and the soul path that shapes your motherhood journey. The 4th & 10th House Axis: Astrology for Mothers Explore more astrology in the Path of the Stars . Learn how motherhood shapes identity in the Path of the Hearth . Book a reading to e
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 281 min read
Tending Moon Meditation for the Virgo New Moon
A grounding Tending Moon meditation, for the Virgo New Moon. This guided practice supports nervous system settling, clarity, and slow intentional beginnings under Virgo’s earthy, devotional energy. Find somewhere comfortable to sit for your Virgo New Moon meditation. Virgo New Moon Meditation Learn move about the Tending Moon and the Devoted Mother in my other Virgo New Moon video Here is a video about the Virgo eclipse 2025 Listen to more meditations in the Path of the Dream
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 281 min read
Threshold Moon | Virgo New Moon Eclipse
This Threshold Moon can arrive anytime you need it, but this one arrives with a rare second Virgo New Moon and an eclipse, marking a liminal turning point in the 13 Moons cycle. In this video, we explore the astrology of eclipses, identity thresholds, endings, beginnings, and what it means to cross a portal of change. Virgo New Moon Eclipse, Threshold Moon Astrology (13 Moons) Continue the 13 Moons journey Explore more lunar teachings in the Path of the Stars . Book an eclips
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 281 min read
My Matrescence Story: 5 Initiations Into Motherhood
This is my matrescence story, the five initiations that shaped me as a mother. In this video I share the identity shifts, thresholds, grief, and unexpected openings that unfolded with each new chapter of motherhood. A tender reflection on the becoming we rarely speak about. My Matrescence Story, Five Initiations Into Motherhood
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 281 min read
Clearing Space for Me: My First Video and Starting Before I Was Ready
This was my very first YouTube video, a gentle beginning, made 4 months postpartum, starting long before I felt ready. I talk about clearing space, reclaiming a sense of self after early motherhood , and allowing myself to start imperfectly. A simple, honest doorway into this next chapter. My Reflections on Starting Before You're Ready
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 281 min read
Shadow Moon | Scorpio New Moon
A Shadow Moon teaching for the Scorpio New Moon. This 13 Moons video explores shadow work, the deep mother archetype, emotional descent, composting what no longer serves, and the slow, subterranean side of manifestation. Scorpio New Moon, Shadow Moon Astrology & Slow Manifestation Continue the 13 Moons journey Explore more lunar astrology in the Path of the Stars . Work with your shadow placements in a reading → Readings .
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 281 min read
Veil Moon | Libra New Moon
A Veil Moon reflection for the Libra New Moon. This video explores reflection, balance, the reflective mother archetype, expectation vs. reality in creative work, and what it means to walk honestly with your own becoming. Libra New Moon, Veil Moon Reflection (13 Moons) Continue the 13 Moons journey Explore more lunar astrology in the Path of the Stars. Explore readings for deeper clarity → Readings.
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 281 min read
Tending Moon | Virgo New Moon Ritual
A Tending Moon teaching for the first Virgo New Moon. This video introduces the Devoted Mother archetype and offers a simple Virgo New Moon ritual to support you to nurture something small, beginning with yourself. Part of the 13 Moons lunar journey. Virgo New Moon, Tending Moon Ritual & Devoted Mother Archetype Continue the 13 Moons journey Explore more lunar teachings in the Path of the Stars . Explore my readings → Readings .
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 281 min read
Radiance Moon | Leo New Moon
A Radiance Moon teaching for the Leo New Moon. In this 13 Moons video, we explore the Sovereign Mother archetype, the idea that joy is sacred, and how postpartum identity and style can become acts of devotion. Includes tiny rituals for beauty, pleasure, and reclaiming radiance. Leo New Moon — Radiance Moon & the Sovereign Mother Continue the 13 Moons journey Explore more lunar astrology in the Path of the Stars . Book a reading to explore your Leo or Sun placements → Readin
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 281 min read
Hearth Moon | Cancer New Moon
A Hearth Moon teaching for the Cancer New Moon. This first video I made in the 13 Moons cycle explores nourishment, pausing, and tending yourself in the long days of summer, especially when you feel overstretched or depleted. A gentle invitation into softness hearth keeping and seasonal self-care. Cancer New Moon, Hearth Moon Nourishment (13 Moons) Continue the 13 Moons journey Explore more lunar teachings in the Path of the Stars . Learn about nourishment and identity in t
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 281 min read
Understanding Your Child’s Moon Sign: The Key to Emotional Support
Why the Moon Sign Matters More Than the Sun (In Childhood) In astrology, the Moon represents our emotional landscape, inner needs, and how we seek comfort and security. While the Sun sign reveals the path of becoming and identity, the ways in which we shine (which children grow into over time), the Moon sign is more significant in early childhood , it reveals their reactions, needs, and the environment they need to feel safe. How to Use Your Child’s Moon Sign for Emotional Su
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 285 min read
You Are Not Late: A Mother’s Invitation to the 13 Moons
Dear Mother, There is a rhythm beneath the noise. A quiet pulse beneath the piles of laundry, the meal planning, the sleepless nights, and the endless to-do lists. It whispers not in demands, but in invitation: You are not lost. You are simply between. Why You Are Not Late In the shifting seasons of motherhood — from the intensity of newborn days to the untethering of children growing older, from matrescence to menopause, we can lose sight of ourselves. Not because we’ve fail
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 282 min read
The First Venus Gate of Ascent – The Gate of Saturn
The Venus Cycle and Inanna’s Ascent The journey of Venus travelling through our sky mirrors the myth of the Descent of Inanna. Now as Venus appears again, just above the horizon, as an evening star you are invited to begin her journey of ascent, Inanna’s return to her queendom. At each gate of descent Inanna has removed one of her mes, which are detailed in Sumerian mythology as divine orders that are essential in understanding a human-god relationship; the mes can be conside
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 285 min read
Venus and Alchemy: Re imagining the Venus gates
Why My Venus Work Shifted During This Cycle My journey with Venus has always been one of deepening mysteries. In western esoteric traditions the rose is a symbol of hidden knowledge, so it makes sense that the goddesses of the rose would lead us on a path of ever unfolding wisdom. Each petal revealing a new layer of understanding. This unfolding is guiding me through the depths of the underworld, into a deep transformation, a shedding of my skin, a re imagining of my work. Th
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 284 min read
Venus Rose Point in Gemini - Inanna Reborn
What Is the Venus Rose Point in Gemini? Venus has been below the horizon for a while now, too close to the Sun for us to see. Our bright and beautiful morning star will not appear before sunrise for almost a year but on 4th June she will meet with the Sun again, before she enters her evening star phase forming the Venus Rose Point in Gemini. Inanna’s Death in the Underworld, The Turning Point As we follow the journey of the Descent on Inanna she is deep in the underworld, hel
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 286 min read
Eighth Venus Gate of Descent in Aries
What Is the Eighth Venus Gate of Descent? The journey of Venus travelling through our sky mirrors the myth of the Descent of Inanna. This gate completes her descent, meeting death at the final gate of initiation to the underworld. At each gate Inanna has removed one of her mes, which are detailed in Sumerian mythology as divine orders that are essential in understanding a human-god relationship; the mes can be considered sacred powers that make civilisation possible, and each
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 286 min read
Seventh Venus Gate of Descent in Aquarius
What Is the Seventh Venus Gate of Descent? The journey of Venus travelling through our sky mirrors the myth of the Descent of Inanna. At this time, we are continuing the phase of her descent; meeting each of the seven gates of initiation that lead to the underworld. At each gate Inanna must remove one of her mes, which are detailed in Sumerian mythology as divine orders that are essential in understanding a human-god relationship; the mes can be considered sacred powers that
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 285 min read
Sixth Venus Gate of Descent in Capricorn
What Is the Sixth Venus Gate of Descent? The journey of Venus travelling through our sky mirrors the myth of the Descent of Inanna. At this time, we are continuing the phase of her descent; meeting each of the seven gates of initiation that lead to the underworld. At each gate Inanna must remove one of her mes, which are detailed in Sumerian mythology as divine orders that are essential in understanding a human-god relationship; the mes can be considered sacred powers that ma
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 285 min read
Fifth Venus Gate of Descent in Sagittarius
What Is the Fifth Venus Gate of Descent? The journey of Venus travelling through our sky mirrors the myth of the Descent of Inanna. At this time, we are continuing the phase of her descent; meeting each of the seven gates of initiation that lead to the underworld. At each gate Inanna must remove one of her mes, which are detailed in Sumerian mythology as divine orders that are essential in understanding a human-god relationship; the mes can be considered sacred powers that ma
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 285 min read
Fourth Venus Gate of Descent in Scorpio
What Is the Fourth Venus Gate of Descent? The journey of Venus travelling through our sky mirrors the myth of the Descent of Inanna. At this time, we are continuing the phase of her descent; meeting each of the seven gates of initiation that lead to the underworld. At each gate Inanna must remove one of her mes, which are detailed in Sumerian mythology as divine orders that are essential in understanding a human-god relationship; the mes can be considered sacred powers that m
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 285 min read
Third Venus Gate of Descent in Libra
What Is the Third Venus Gate of Descent? The journey Venus travelling through our sky mirrors the myth of the Descent of Inanna. At this time, we are continuing the phase of her descent; meeting each of the seven gates of initiation that lead to the underworld. At each gate Inanna must remove one of her mes, which are detailed in Sumerian mythology as divine orders that are essential in understanding a human-god relationship; the mes can be considered sacred powers that mak
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 285 min read
Second Venus Gate of Descent in Virgo – The gate of perception
What Is the Second Venus Gate of Descent? The journey Venus travelling through our sky mirrors the myth of the Descent of Inanna. At this time, we are beginning the phase of her descent; meeting each of the seven gates of initiation that lead to the underworld. At each gate Inanna must remove one of her mes, which are detailed in Sumerian mythology as divine orders that are essential in understanding a human-god relationship; the mes can be considered sacred powers that make
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 284 min read
First Venus Gate of Descent in Leo
What Is the First Venus Gate of Descent? The journey Venus travels through our sky mirrors the myth of the Descent of Inanna. At this time, we are beginning her descent by meeting each of the seven gates of initiation that lead to the underworld. At each gate Inanna must remove one of her mes, which are detailed in Sumerian mythology as divine orders that are essential in understanding a human-god relationship. The mes can be considered sacred powers that make civilisation po
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 285 min read
Venus Pentagram Point in Leo 2023
What Is the Venus Pentagram Point in Leo? Following her sacred dance, Venus is in her retrograde phase. This is the closest she gets to the earth, marking the completion of her Capricorn cycle. As she meets the Sun once again she forms a pentagram point in radiant, sun kissed Leo and begins anew. The End of the Capricorn Venus Cycle (2022–2023) The Capricorn cycle began in January 2022. Capricorn is an earth sign, grounded and reliable. When Venus is in Capricorn thoughts are
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 285 min read
Slow Magic: A Mother’s Guide to Saturn and Neptune in Aries
It’s late at night, the washing machine spins in the background, and you’re scrolling through your phone while nursing a baby or folding laundry with the other. There’s that big dream inside you, maybe it’s a business idea, a book, a sacred offering, a longing to step more fully into your purpose, and yet, every time you try to build it, life happens. A toddler cries. Someone needs a snack. Another nappy change. I See You! I Am You! And then you read about this Saturn–Neptune
Jema Killala-Barnard
Nov 284 min read
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