Spiritual Basics with April and Jen – Details, episodes & analysis

In numerology, your Life Path Number is like your astrological Sun Sign. It reveals traits of your inner self, potential career paths, your designated life lessons, and more. Today we start out by teaching how to properly calculate your number, then we lead you through the meanings of each. Do you have a karmic debt number, a master number, or a power number? We'll show you how to find out, and what it means. Calculate your life path number at worldnumerology.com.

In this week's episode, we go beyond the basic birth chart and share some other fun things you can learn about your planet placements. We dive into things like Solar and Saturn returns, chart shapes, dominant elements & planets, signature signs, astrocartography, North and South Nodes, your Vertex, and Part of Fortune. During our pre-show chat, Jen talks about how she's simplifying her life, and April shares an update on her Astrology program. Before listening, run your natal chart at: http://astro-seek.com - visit us at http://spiritualbasicspodcast.com.

What is candle dressing? Which color should you choose? How do you use candles to manifest, release, or do spellwork? April shares her knowledges about all these topics and more in today's episode, "All About Candle Magic." In our pre-show chat, Jen shares a new process for manifesting that has proven highly successful for her. Contact us: spiritualbasicspodcast@gmail.com or http://spiritualbasicspodcast.com.

Our guest on today's episode talks to the animals - and they talk to her! Mary Helen Schmidt from It's My Nature gives some great tips and advice on how to communicate with your beloved companion. She also blesses us with some very heartfelt and emotional readings on our own fur babies. Learn more about Mary Helen and book a private reading: https://www.itsmynature-mhs.com/ or maryhunnen@yahoo.com

How can meditation benefit us? What are some different meditation methods? In episode #33 All About Meditation, we discuss these questions and more. We also share ways to overcome some of the challenges people often face when meditating, such as mind chatter. We start out the show chatting about holistic shows, a new type of reading, shopping for jeans, and an upcoming TV appearance. Contact us: spiritualbasicspodcast@gmail.com.

In today's episode, Cutting and Removing Energetic Cords, we welcome special guest Athena from Victory Crystals in Dallas. Athena shares her knowledge about discording and some of her favorite crystal recommendations for the process. We also chat about our "go-to" crystals. First, April shares a recent discovery in hygiene products and Jen talks about a recent discovery about her Viking roots.

Victory Crystals: http://victorycrystals.com

Curious about whether your partner's sign is compatible with yours? Want to know why past loves haven't worked out? Give a listen to this episode, All About Zodiac Love Matches to find out! We go through each sign and list the most and least compatible signs, and tell you why. But first, we chat about something we discovered about our friendship while bra shopping!

For details about sign/sign compatibility, visit https://www.astrology-zodiac-signs.com/compatibility/

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Today we welcome Tera Hodges as our special guest! She tells us all about Hoodoo beliefs and practices, and dispels the myth that Hoodoo is the same as Voodoo. In fact, Hoodoo is a longstanding practice developed by American slaves, and uses botanics to cast spells and remove curses. Tera also organizes the Metroplex Holistic Fair in Arlington, Texas, where we (April & Jen) first met!

Visit Tera's businesses: https://www.facebook.com/hoodoopriestesstx | https://www.hearthwisdomstore.com/ |https://www.facebook.com/mhpftx/

Take a trip around the sun with us! This episode is all about Wicca and Pagan celebrations. We focus on the sabbats that are marked on the Wheel of the Year including Samhain, Yule, Ostara, and Litha. These coordinate with many Norse Pagan and Asatru celebrations like Walpurgisnacht, Midsummer, Harvest Mother, and Winter Finding. Tune in to learn why and how these holidays were celebrated, and how to make them a part of your own practice if you are guided. Send us a note: spiritualbasicspodcast@gmail.com or http://spiritualbasicspodcast.com

Have you ever had a Tarot reading and gotten the Death card? Or the Devil? Or the Tower? In this episode, we go through the bad boys of Tarot - the cards with the creepiest images that nobody wants to get! We'll explain what they really mean and why there's no need to fear them. But first, we chat a little bit about our apparent tendency for fire mishaps during rituals. We love listener questions and suggestions! Give us a shout at spiritualbasicspodcast@gmail.com or our website spiritualbasicspodcast.com.