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Plant Cunning Podcast brings together people wise to the ways of plants, fungi, healing practices, & the natural world to explore the mysteries of Nature. Co-Hosted by astrologer, gardener & musician, Isaac Hill and herbalist & educator A.C. Stauble-Hill. We invite herbalists, mages, mycologists, gardeners, community organizers, healers, spiritual seekers & all kinds of other interesting people to the microphone to share their wisdom. We like to bridge different worlds, make connections, inspire, and at times, have our minds blown by our amazing guests.
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- 2 weeks ago1h 50m
Ep. 248: Visti Larsen on Jaimini Astrology & Parampara Knowledge
Today, Visti Larsen is on the Plant Cunning Podcast to discuss lesser-understood parts of Vedic astrology, including Jaimini astrology, chara karakas, darakaraka and atmakaraka, and how Jyotish is practiced as a lived, daily discipline. Visti explains gandanta transitions, the bija mantra “shreem” and its meanings, and how darakaraka relates to grounding, desire, and settlement in life. They explore arudhas as public image versus reality, how oral lineage teachings and “chakras” like kala and dig clarify textual sutras, and why Jaimini helps prioritize techniques, especially around longevity and how one leaves the world. The conversation also touches on Jyotish as a Vedanga and its relationship to spirituality, remedies, eclipses and timing, Visti’s training with Pandit Sanjay Rath, and niche specialization in astrological practice.01:49 Visti Larsen back from Vacation04:02 Living Jyotish Daily05:53 Fate, Destiny & Remedies08:37 The "Shreem" Mantra13:31 Coconut Roots are Shri16:09 Chara Karakas Basics19:16 Darakaraka Grounding22:59 Relationship Kala Chakra27:52 Jaimini Versus Parashara34:37 Arudha Means "Seat"36:25 Arudha Versus Reality39:08 Why Image Matters39:42 Oral Lineage Wisdom43:01 Dig And Kala Chakras47:37 Nadis And Pattern Reading51:04 Parashara To Jaimini Shift56:03 Longevity Methods Explained01:04:09 Jaimini As Spiritual Path01:07:09 Moksha And Karma Mastery01:13:20 Practical Liberation Mindset01:17:54 Rock Solid Mindset01:18:27 Spiritual Practice Reality Check01:19:57 Jyotish For Hard Times01:22:33 Eclipses And Power Windows01:24:15 Sankranti Pradosham Timing01:27:41 Akshaya Tritiya Dashas01:30:36 Meeting Sanjay Rath01:32:55 Three Musketeers Era01:36:51 Two Types Of Jyotishis01:39:51 Finding Your Niche01:42:55 Lilavati Kana Story01:50:11 Closing Gratitude
- Oct 7, 20261h 31m
Ep. 247: The Diviner's Path with JoAnna Farrer
Today on the Plant Cunning Podcast, witch, seer, musician and host of Coffee & Divination Joanna Farrer returns to discuss her book The Diviner’s Path. She shares why she wrote it, to map the shared “grammar” across divination systems so readers can learn new tools more easily and practice more skillfully. She explains divination as an active, interpretive process, emphasizes humility and preparation, and offers guidance on asking better questions using a “bowl” metaphor for balancing overly broad vs overly narrow inquiries. Farrer surveys tools she uses—pendulums, runes, Greek alphabet divination, cartomancy/tarot, dreams, omens/augury, and trance work as a priestess of Apollo—highlighting the blend of technique and intuition. The conversation covers spiritual hygiene, boundaries, cleansing methods like a “factory reset” of tarot, the structure and risks of omen walks, working with land spirits in farm decisions, consequences of ignoring signs, and avoiding overreliance on divination.00:00 Meet Joanna Farrer01:14 Why Write This Book03:26 Shared Divination Principles07:02 Asking Better Questions09:55 Choosing Divination Tools14:53 Barn Pendulum Story17:19 Who Answers Divination22:57 Spiritual Hygiene Basics30:59 Cleansing Decks and Tools32:08 Resetting Your Deck33:16 Omens Versus Tools34:10 Building Symbolic Lexicon37:48 How to Do Omen Walks42:11 Discernment and Saying No46:28 Attention and Gorilla Test49:35 Travel Mode Awareness51:46 Meeting Local Land Spirits57:19 Divination on the Farm01:02:15 Sacred Chickens and Augury01:04:24 Sacred Chickens Warning01:06:06 Humility in Divination01:06:52 Tarot Second Guessing01:07:40 Designing With Land Spirits01:09:20 When Systems Disagree01:12:15 Pond Siting Case Study01:15:33 Beavers Join the Project01:18:10 Overusing Divination Signs01:23:34 Agency and Future Readings01:27:30 Where to Find Joanna01:29:38 Why Everyone Needs Divination01:31:16 Final Thanks and Wrap
- Sep 23, 20261h 16m
Ep. 246: Fall Forecast '26 with ZamboniFunk
ZamboniFunk is back to talk fall forecast 2026! We talk about conference season, the effects of the eclipse season we just went through, the Venus and Mercury retrogrades, Jupiter-Mars-Ketu conjunction, and a little weather prediction.
- Sep 16, 20261h 0m
Ep. 245: Wild Medicine with Ali English
Today on the Plant Cunning Podcast we talk with UK herbalist and teacher Ali English, author of Wild Medicine (Aeon Books), about her path from childhood gardening and Culpeper’s Herbal to formal training and later teaching in the Lincoln College herbal medicine degree program. Ali describes how the course is structured (therapeutics, anatomy and physiology, evidence and critical thinking, pharmacy/community practice, and intensive clinical training and exams), and discusses gaps like limited outdoor time. She explains her practical approach to medicine making (teas, syrups, salves, tinctures, decoctions, and combined extracts), her interest in energetics, planetary correspondences, and hedge-witch “small magics,” and how she evaluates plant associations through both tradition and experience. The conversation also covers plants like knapweed, scabious, rosebay willowherb/fireweed, and blue flag, plus dosing differences between the UK and US, and Ali's upcoming projects, consultations, workshops, and mentoring.00:00 Meet Ali English00:36 Finding the Plant Path04:35 Early Herb Books05:55 Training at Lincoln College06:43 Making Herbal Remedies08:37 Inside the Degree Program11:54 Clinical Exams and Practice15:15 Fieldwork and Plant ID18:12 Why Write Wild Medicine24:02 Witchcraft and Energetics28:41 Planetary Plant Links31:38 Local Herbs Over Imports33:23 Harvesting Knapweed Medicine34:18 Decoction and Double Extracts36:48 Astrology in Tincture Craft38:59 Knapweed as Liver Tonic39:57 Fireweed Uses and Fermented Tea43:26 Blue Flag Dosing and Trauma45:53 Why Herbal Dosage Differs in the UK and the US52:30 Teaching Energetics in Clinic55:30 New Projects and Offerings57:19 Consults Workshops and Farewell
- Sep 2, 20261h 9m
Ep. 244: Dreaming, Herbalism, & Embodied Learning, with Kimberly Gallagher & Lauren Morgan
Today Isaac & AC welcome herbalists Kimberly Gallagher of LearningHerbs and Lauren Morgan of Herbs & Dreams to the show. Lauren recounts starting with a botanical medicine apprenticeship and now runs a community practice, circles, an apprenticeship, and the Herbs & Dreams podcast, weaving dreams into herbal work. Kimberly describes learning herbs alongside her late husband John through apprenticeships and family healing, then building LearningHerbs with remedy kits, Wildcraft, and Herb Fairies. They discuss Kimberly’s book The Aphrodisiac and a broadened view of aphrodisiacs (including nervines and nutritives like damiana, oats/oatstraw, rose, cacao, fenugreek), plus plant dreaming, dream incubation (including mugwort), nightmares, and notable plant dreams (marshmallow and hawthorn). They introduce their 7-week course Rhythms & Relationships (Rhythms and Relationships: A Feminine Way Into Herbalism), starting the last Saturday in September, with weekly modules and live sessions, and share how it was inspired by Lauren’s dreams.00:00 Podcast Welcome01:01 Plant Path Origins03:16 Learning Herbs Journey06:50 Herbal Sensuality Work11:38 Rhythms Course Vision16:20 Circles Moon Lodge Rites18:31 Meeting During Covid21:02 Dream Weaving Course Birth25:32 Dreaming With Mugwort31:16 Plant Dreams Marshmallow Hawthorn36:47 The Generosity of Hawthorn 37:58 Dream Incubation Basics38:43 Dream Rattle Ritual41:47 Why Dreams Matter43:45 Nightmares as Medicine48:40 Scary Plant Dreams52:22 Reciprocity With Plants54:18 Embodied Learning Path01:00:43 Course Logistics01:05:15 Who This Course Serves01:08:37 Links And Farewell
- Aug 26, 20261h 29m
Ep. 243: Temperament & Graeco-Arabic Medicine with Cameron Allen
On this episode of the Plant Cunning Podcast, herbalist and astrologer Cameron Allen returns to discuss his recent travels and to share updates on his ongoing studies in Ayurveda and Unani Tibb. Cameron explains Unani Tibb as Greco-Arabic (Greek) medicine, clarifying the distinctions between elements, temperaments (mizaaj), and humors, and emphasizes temperament as a dynamic intermixture shaped by environment, time, and life experience. The conversation explores why blending medical and astrological systems can create confusion, how modern astrology often reduces meaning to psychology, and why coherence and consulting skills matter. They examine North American “dryness” as a cultural and lifestyle pattern, discuss practical ways to work with melancholic imbalance and grief, and Cameron previews his upcoming UAC talks on luminaries in medical astrology and remedy-generation approaches.00:00 Welcome Back Cameron00:32 Summer Travels And Retreat01:36 Embodied Sexual Leadership03:32 Ayurveda And Unani Studies06:42 What Is Unani Tibb10:34 Modern Western Astrology Debate14:34 Mixing Systems In Herbalism19:22 Coherence And Elemental Language22:19 Temperament As Intermixture26:19 Core Vs Changing Constitution29:31 Environment As Medicine32:51 Consulting Skills And Teaching Vision36:12 Why We Get Dry38:08 Diet and Drying Foods38:38 Hot vs Cold Metabolism40:17 Reading Dryness in Charts42:38 Purging and Nourishing Traditions44:41 Warming Melancholic Gently48:14 Grief as Melancholic Medicine50:38 Helping Grief Move Through53:31 Saturn and Grief Mastery56:20 Temperaments Elements Humors58:57 Body Types by Temperament01:01:27 Planetary Degrees and Venus01:04:03 Planets as Elemental Landscapes01:05:35 Moon Layers Explained01:06:23 Moon Phases Temperament01:08:46 Physiognomy Rising Signs01:11:43 Reading Bodies Nonverbal01:15:14 Movement Practice Evolution01:18:34 Astrology Community Healing01:23:35 UAC Talks Preview01:26:33 Honest Synthesis Ahead01:28:56 Closing Thanks
- Aug 12, 202649 min
Ep. 242: Becoming Mushrooms with Madison Murphy Barney
Today on the Plant Cunning Podcast we welcome Madison Murphy Barney—doula, two-spirit Indigenous sister, public health storyteller, and author of Our Ancestors Want Us to Be Mushrooms: Wisdom for Living in Balance with the Planet and Each Other. Madison shares how mushrooms offer blueprints for reconnecting with ourselves, community, and the planet through traits like connection, decomposition, adaptability, and humility, emphasizing moving forward with “original instructions” rather than trying to return to the past. They discuss relating to ecosystems anywhere (including cities) through curiosity and noticing, mushrooms’ role in composting and rebuilding systems, and how doula work applies beyond birth and death to divorce, career change, and other transitions by honoring grief, support networks, and cycles. Madison also mentions ceremony, favorite mushrooms, and where to find her work online.01:19 Meet Madison and Book Launch02:27 Plant Path Origins04:05 Why Be Mushrooms06:26 City Nature Connection09:00 Why Mushrooms Matter12:53 Doula Calling and Expansion17:20 Guiding Change and Grief22:38 Ancestral and More-than-Human Support24:33 Living in Cycles28:51 Cycles and Comfort29:27 Native Plants Debate30:37 Love of Place32:05 Mushrooms and Protection33:33 Adaptability and Neighbors37:18 Humility in Ecosystems42:01 Fungi Favorites Today44:13 What Comes Next45:25 Who the Book Is For47:25 Connecting and Closing
- Aug 7, 20261h 47m
Ep. 241: Telesmanica with Christopher Warnock
Today on Plant Cunning, Christopher Warnock returns to discuss his new book, Telesmanica, an comprehensive, operative manual of astrological magic. He explains how the book expands beyond technique into worldview, methodology, causality, and the internal logic behind elections, arguing that many contemporary approaches are “bricolage,” mixing techniques without coherent structure or testing. Warnock contrasts modern atheistic materialism with traditional spiritual-first worldviews, using models like ecological “patterning” and mapping to explain how models are tested for usefulness. He outlines his approach to talismans—prioritizing timing, images, and mathematical ratios over materials—emphasizing practical constraints, rigorous selection of key chart factors, and a devotional practice focused on relationship with celestial spirits rather than guaranteed outcomes.01:04 Why did Christopher Warnock write Telesmanica?08:59 Worldview and Spiritual Reality15:02 Models, Meaning and Belief26:40 Bricolage in Modern Astrology33:20 Astrology as Language and Intuition37:32 Getting Readings Wrong38:25 When Magic Doesn’t Fit39:17 Worldview and Causality40:10 What a Talisman Is41:05 Picking the Right Election42:41 In Picatrix, Context Matters45:50 The Cookbook Perspective52:57 Devotional Angel Practice54:46 Reality Warping and Limits56:02 Camouflage Magic Explained57:54 Modern Anxiety and Ritual59:10 Problematic Images and Archetypes01:02:16 Ducks and Spiritual Freedom01:08:24 Hermetic Lineage History01:12:52 Reviving a Lost Tradition01:15:16 Robert Zoller's Advice01:16:10 Daily Devotional Power01:17:09 Tradition Beyond Social Media01:18:36 What Traditional Really Means01:20:20 Medieval Renaissance Lineage01:23:32 Applying vs Separating Aspects01:24:58 Bricolage and Chart Noise01:26:28 Meta Perspective and Meaning01:30:00 Why does Christopher Warnock prioritize election and image over materials in the creation of talismans?01:32:35 Occult Virtue and Platonic Ideas01:36:43 Practical Talisman Use and Care01:41:58 Meaning, Nihilism, and Collapse01:45:37 Preserving Esoteric Texts in an age of Decline01:47:20 Consciousness Beyond Humanity
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