This Episode is a Spell - In Conversation with Erin Aquarian & Edgar Fabián Frías

DESCRIPTION: Healing ourselves for future generations starts with claiming our own magic. Tune in for this special guest episode with Erin Aquarian (@fulltimewitch) and Edgar Fabian Frias (@edgarfabianfrias) as we explore how they use magic, facilitated through art and social and political engagement, to connect with their ancestral lineages, empower themselves and find inspiration for their work. Erin Aquarian is a @fulltimewitch residing on the stolen indigenous lands that are now called Portland Oregon. She is a tarot teacher, multidisciplinary healing artist and singer in the band Void Realm. Erin works with the tarot's archetypes to promote her agenda of healing, empowerment, and liberation for one and all. Her life's mission is to help people break free of status quo programming, find their inspiration and true purpose in life. Erin offers Cycles of Evolution lifetime readings, a monthly Virtual Ritual, and a wealth of accessible online content via Instagram, Youtube, and her newsletter. Visit her website to find out more about her work and current offerings. Healing power to the people! Edgar Fabián Frías is a nonbinary, queer, indigenous (Wixárika) and Latinx multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and psychotherapist. They work in photography, video art, sound, sculpture, printed textiles, GIFs, performance, social practice, and community organizing, among other emergent genres. Most recently, they have integrated their diverse practices and collaborative partnerships into the creation of large-scale interactive installations and experiences. Seeking to alter states of awareness through the creation of temporary sanctuaries that act as conduits for respite, empathy,  self-reflection, humor, and curiosity. For 2019/2020, Frías is a visual arts fellow at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship in Tulsa, Oklahoma and a Research Fellow for the Oklahoma Center for The Humanities’ Research Seminar on Play. Recent exhibitions include “Nierika : Santuario Somático” at Disjecta Contemporary Art Center in Portland, Oregon and “Perpetual Flowering” at the Vincent Price Art Museum in Los Angeles, California. Their work has been exhibited at Human Resources (Los Angeles, CA), Machine Project (Los Angeles, CA), SOMArts (San Francisco, CA), ESMoA (El Segundo, CA), Disjecta (Portland, OR), Gilcrease Museum (Tulsa, OK), Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN), Performance is Alive (New York, NY), and ArtBo (Bogotá, Colombia), among others. Their work has also recently appeared in The Commons, a public access-style morning show for witches, by witches and as a part of the Many Moons Lunar Planner 2020, created by Sarah Faith Gottesdiener. Born in East Los Angeles in 1983, Frías received dual BA degrees in Psychology and Studio Art from the University of California, Riverside. In 2013, they received an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, with an emphasis on Interpersonal Neurobiology and Somatic Psychotherapy. If you enjoyed this episode and want to hear more great guest conversations, listen to the monthly astrology podcast or check out your month-ahead audio horoscope go to www.embodiedastrology.com Be sure to follow Embodied Astrology on social media @embodiedastrology on Instagram and Facebook. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/embodied-astrology/support