Frequency Labyrinth

This episode takes an honest look at the myth of willpower — how we’ve been conditioned to measure our worth through effort — and what it really means to work with your energy instead of against it. Through the lens of the Will Center — the heart of commitment, promises, and worth — we’ll explore how both defined and undefined Wills experience motivation, procrastination, and integrity differently. I share how the Will’s tribal circuitry reveals our ancestral relationship with power and reciprocity, and how shamanic wisdom reframes willpower as sacred exchange rather than endless proving. If you’ve ever felt guilty for not being “disciplined enough,” pushed through when your heart wasn’t in it, or confused procrastination for failure, this conversation will help you understand what your energy is really saying. Because true willpower isn’t about force — it’s about alignment, honesty, and keeping promises your spirit actually made. Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com

This episode takes an honest look at doubt—how it disguises itself as logic, caution, or control—and what it takes to move beyond it into true intuitive clarity. With the Sun moving through Gate 57 — Unease, Intuition, Clarity — we’ll explore how this frequency heightens instinct and tests self-trust. I share why this gate is deeply personal for me as someone who carries both Gate 57 and the 57-10 Channel of Perfected Form, and how your Human Design, Gene Keys, and nervous-system patterns reveal where your intuition gets drowned out by fear. If you’ve ever second-guessed a gut feeling, over-analyzed a truth you already knew, or mistaken anxiety for intuition, this conversation will help you reconnect to the quiet authority of your own body. Doubt isn’t failure—it’s the fog before clarity. Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

October carries the energy of regeneration — less about spectacle, more about integration. Mercury’s move into Scorpio sharpens conversations to the bone while the Aries Full Moon lights a fire of bold clarity. Venus and Jupiter open a pocket of sweetness, then Venus shifts into Libra as Pluto turns direct, recalibrating relationships and surfacing transformation. The Sun’s tension with Jupiter reminds us that growth isn’t always about going bigger, while Mercury’s conjunction with Mars brings words with sharp edges. A triple threshold follows: the Libra New Moon inviting new balance, Venus retrograding into Pisces to stir old stories, and the Sun’s descent into Scorpio — the season of endings becoming compost. Mercury’s move into Sagittarius widens vision, and the month closes under a Grand Water Trine, where intuition, emotion, and spirit flow together in deeper currents. Through the Human Design lens, we move from Gate 18’s refinement into Gate 48’s well of depth, followed by Gate 57’s intuitive clarity. Gate 32 carries us into continuity and legacy, Gate 50 calls us back to values and balance, Gate 28 tests meaning through risk, and Gate 44 closes the month with the alertness to patterns and the possibility of re-weaving. October is a month of regeneration. Eclipse season cleared the field; now the gates and transits walk us through the archetypal arc of Refinement, Intuitive Wisdom, and Sustainable Roots. Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Latest on Substack Work with Me Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

This episode takes an honest look at people-pleasing through the lens of Human Design. Where do we bend, over-correct, or shrink ourselves just to keep others comfortable — and what does it cost us? With the Sun moving through Gate 18 — Judgment, Integrity, Perfection — we’ll explore how this energy reveals the fracture of pleasing others and the gift of standing whole. I share why this gate is personal for me and how your design and astrology show the subtle ways people-pleasing hides in authority, profile, and open centers. If you’ve ever traded integrity for approval, this conversation will help you see judgment not as a weapon but as a compass — guiding you back to resonance and wholeness. Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

This episode dives into the September 21st Solar Eclipse in Virgo. With the Sun and Moon meeting in Gate 46 — the Gate of the Determination of the Self — this eclipse pulls us out of the mind and back into the body. It asks us to stop treating life like a burden to carry and start experiencing it as something alive in every step. We’re standing at a culmination point, with the South Node close by, showing us the old Virgo habits that have to go — the over-functioning, the self-critique, the chase for perfection that drains joy. Mercury hosts the eclipse, sharpening communication both within and without, while Saturn’s opposition demands that what begins here is sustainable. Add Venus in Virgo squaring Uranus in Gemini, and the themes of devotion, disruption, and surprise are impossible to ignore. This isn’t about reactivity. It’s about learning to respond from presence — to make choices rooted in the body instead of panic. And woven through it all is a reminder we rarely let ourselves claim: joy doesn’t have to be earned the hard way. Sometimes the easier path is the truer one. Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

I’ve been wanting to weave more shamanic insight into the podcast, and this episode is the first step. In a polarized, chaotic world where real spiritual support often feels thin, tending your inner life matters more than ever. When you show up from a more healed place, everyone benefits. This week, I share the Celtic teaching of the Three Cauldrons from The Cauldron of Poesy: Coire Goiriath (Warming), Coire Ernmae (Motion), and Coire Sois (Wisdom). These aren’t chakras to “balance” but living vessels that can be full, tipped, or overturned. We’ll explore what each cauldron holds, their states at birth, and how sorrow and joy shape them over a lifetime. You’ll also learn three simple ways to begin working with your own cauldrons — and I’ll share how I support people through this work in my 1:1 offering, Healing Through the Labyrinth. The book I recommended in the episode is Rhonda McCrimmon's The Cauldron and the Drum: A Journey into Celtic Shamanism Work with Me Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

This episode dives into the September 7th Lunar Eclipse in Pisces. With the Moon in Doubt opposite the Sun in Confusion, this eclipse isn’t here to hand us neat answers. It’s asking us to live inside the question — to notice where we grasp for certainty and instead lean into what we can feel, sense, and trust in our body. We’re standing at a threshold moment where old cycles are dissolving and something new is quietly pressing through. The past and future overlap, endings blur into beginnings, and the usual rules of time feel thin. Collective patterns are shifting, the stories we tell are being disrupted, and the ways we relate to truth, power, and one another are being rewritten. There’s also a tug-of-war between pushing forward just to prove something versus expanding in ways that actually nourish. The invitation? To let urgency fall away and choose growth that feels rooted, supportive, and real. This isn’t about quick fixes. It’s about letting the mystery do its work — and allowing a deeper pattern of meaning to slowly take shape. Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

September 2025 is a threshold month, defined by a Pisces Lunar Eclipse (Sept 7), a Virgo Solar Eclipse at 29° (Sept 21), Saturn retrograding back into Pisces, Mercury’s shift from Virgo into Libra, and the rumble of Uranus retrograde in Gemini shaking what we thought was stable. This isn’t about control — it’s about surrender, reorientation, and emergence. Through the Human Design lens, we move from Gate 40’s resolve into Gate 64’s imaginal initiation under the Pisces eclipse, then to Gate 47’s transmutation work as Saturn re-enters Pisces. Mid-month, Gate 6 brings the friction of intimacy as Mercury moves into Libra, followed by Gate 46 at the Virgo Solar Eclipse, where the body itself becomes the threshold for delight and ecstasy. The month closes with Gate 18’s confrontation with judgment, integrity, and the weight of expectation. September is an initiation. The eclipses dissolve certainty, the planets rearrange the stage, and the gates walk us through the archetypal arc of Threshold, Reorientation, and Emergence. Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

This episode dives into the August 23rd New Moon in Virgo — a Black Moon at zero degrees that marks a threshold reset. With the Moon in Gate 59, the Gate of Intimacy, we’re moving through the Gene Key spectrum of Dishonesty → Intimacy → Transparency. Virgo’s call for refinement collides with a square to Uranus in Gemini, shaking up neat plans and breaking down the walls we’ve built around closeness. We’ll explore what this lunation means for intimacy, truth-telling, and harvest — plus how each Human Design profile can work with the invitation to strip down, get real, and let transparency become the seed. Because this isn’t just a new moon — it’s a Black Moon reset before eclipse season, a chance to release the walls and begin again from truth. Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

This episode cuts through the mystique around the Human Design Incarnation Cross — the life theme you’ve been living all along, whether you’ve named it or not. With roots in your conscious and unconscious Sun/Earth gates, the Cross isn’t a cosmic job title or a prescriptive “purpose.” It’s the background frequency of your design — and the way it expresses depends on your Type, Profile, and the Quarter you’re in. We’ll break down what Ra actually said about it, why generic descriptions often miss the mark, and how your astrology Sun sign and Personality Sun gate speak the same truth in different languages. You’ll also hear how two people with the same Cross — my RAX Service 1 and a friend’s RAX Service 2 — can live it in completely different ways. Because this isn’t about “becoming” your Cross — it’s about recognizing the theme that’s already in motion and learning to work with it, without forcing it into a script it was never meant to follow. Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz    

This episode dives into the August 9th Full Moon in Aquarius — a lunation that exposes the truth you’ve been circling but not touching. With the Sun in Gate 7 and the Moon in Gate 13, the spotlight is on leadership rooted in authenticity and the stories that shape (or limit) you. Pluto’s influence makes these truths impossible to ignore, while Mars in Libra opposes the Saturn–Neptune retrograde in Aries, pushing you to choose between harmony that costs you and action that frees you. We’ll explore the astrological currents, Human Design insights, and practical steps for working with your profile line so you can stop orbiting your truth and let it land. Because this isn’t just a full moon — it’s a turning point in who you’re willing to be when the performance ends. Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

In this episode, we walk through the deep currents of August — a month shaped by revelation, recalibration, and the kind of commitment that begins where clarity leaves off. With the Sun moving through six potent Human Design gates and nearly every outer planet in retrograde, this isn’t a time for rushing forward. It’s a time to notice what’s surfacing, to feel what’s shifting, and to honor what you can no longer pretend not to know. Inside, we explore the quiet wisdom of Gate 33’s privacy, the integrity of Gate 7’s leadership, the paradoxes of Gate 4’s mental unraveling, and the sacred threshold of Gate 29 — where full-hearted commitment demands an honest reckoning. Gate 59 invites intimacy, but not without transparency. And Gate 40 closes the month with a reminder: real service begins with boundaries. We also dive into the Aquarius Full Moon and Virgo New Moon — not just as events, but as energetic mirrors — reflecting where you’re craving connection, and where your deeper truth is ready to be spoken. Plus: what to watch for this month through the lens of your Human Design profile — where the revelations are likely to land, how to adapt with grace, and what kind of commitment actually supports who you're becoming. This is a month to let resonance lead. To listen closely. To choose wisely. And to remember: Not everything that wants your energy deserves it. Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

In this episode, we explore the deeper frequency beneath Gate 31’s leadership — the shadow of control, the ache of invisibility, and the quiet revolution of influence built not on volume, but resonance. With the Leo New Moon still stirring heart fire and Saturn + Neptune in Aries reworking identity, voice, and power, this moment asks more than just what you're saying — it asks why. We dive into: Why Gate 31 isn’t about claiming leadership, but becoming someone worth following How influence without offering becomes performance — and what real offering actually is The role of paradox, power dynamics, and the sacred movement of the mind in this next era What to do when things aren’t going well — and you still feel called to lead This is about using your voice while you still have it — not to prove, but to participate. Not performance. Presence. Not noise. Truth. Because if time is finite… what are you offering back? Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

In this episode, we explore the deeper current beneath Gate 53’s pressure to begin, the shadow of immaturity, and what conscious commitment actually looks like when you’ve been shedding, integrating, and re-learning what resonance even feels like. With Uranus freshly in Gemini and Mercury in its retrograde shadow, your mind may be buzzing—but that doesn’t mean it’s telling the truth. We dive into: The Root pressure behind Gate 53 and why it’s not about starting—it’s about staying How Uranus in Gemini invites a 7-year reinvention of meaning, voice, and thought & how to work with that energy A reminder that some things aren’t meant to grow until you stop forcing the season This is about beginning only what’s ready to become. Not reaction. Resonance.   Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

This isn’t about managing the pressure. It’s about asking what it’s protecting—and what it’s preventing. In this episode of The Frequency Labyrinth, we explore July’s energetic terrain through Gate 39’s provocation, Gate 31’s leadership, and the multi-layered impact of Uranus in Gemini and a Mercury retrograde that wants more honesty, not more content. From nervous system tension to power dynamics that no longer resonate, we unravel how July invites you to disrupt what’s performative, speak what’s true, and reclaim what’s real. We dive into: The Root + Throat pressure pattern that could hijack your clarity Gate 39’s shadow and how discomfort becomes the doorway to liberation Gate 31’s call to lead from resonance—not reputation Saturn + Neptune retrograde as truth-telling tools, not roadblocks The deeper difference between control and power This is about telling the truth your nervous system already knows. Not reaction. Realignment. Let resonance lead.   Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

I’ve been quiet the past couple weeks—literally. Life took my voice and handed me stillness. In this episode, I’m sharing what happens when life (and your body) forces a hard stop, and how Gate 52 isn’t about doing nothing—it’s about learning how to be with everything. We talk stress, restraint, and the kind of stillness that sharpens your focus instead of numbing you out. I share how this gate plays out in my own chart (spoiler: it’s my Gene Keys Purpose and one of my biggest initiations), and how this energy intersects with the world’s current state of urgency, pressure, and noise. Schedule a Shamanic Healing Session Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

This isn’t about chasing the next thing. It’s about noticing what’s still hungry—and asking why. In this episode of The Frequency Labyrinth, we explore the shift from Gate 35 to Gate 45, and Jupiter’s transition into Cancer. From compulsive craving to sacred stewardship, we unravel how these energies invite you to stop performing growth and start living from presence. We dive into: The shadow of Hunger and the root of spiritual scarcity Gate 45’s call to lead from integrity, not control Jupiter in Cancer’s emotional expansion—and what it means for you based on your rising sign This is about slowing down enough to feel what’s real. Not momentum. Nourishment.   Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

This isn’t a month to power through. It’s a month to nourish what’s been quietly asking for your attention. In this episode of The Frequency Labyrinth, we dive into the energetic map of June 2025—tracking Human Design Gates 16, 35, 45, 12, 15, and 52 alongside the Full Moon in Sagittarius, the Summer Solstice, and a deeply restorative New Moon in Cancer. With Saturn in Aries pressing you to show up differently—and Jupiter entering Cancer opening the door to emotional healing and soul-deep expansion—you’re being asked to stop feeding the illusion of momentum and start nourishing the foundation beneath it. We explore: The shift from hunger to true devotion How power, expression, and stillness are being rewritten this month What it actually means to feel safe in your energy again This isn’t surface-level anything. This is soul nourishment. Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz

In this episode, we unravel the real reason mindset work often flatlines—and it’s not because your thoughts are broken. It’s because presence isn’t something you think your way into. It’s something you build the capacity to hold. We dive into the Sun’s transit through Human Design Gate 20, the Gate of Now, and why this energy cuts straight through the noise of performance and into the pulse of what’s real. We also explore Saturn’s move into Aries and what it’s here to teach us about initiation, restraint, and embodied self-leadership. Saturn doesn’t want your hustle—it wants your integrity. And Gate 20? It’s not interested in your curated wisdom. It wants your truth, spoken in the moment, from the body, not the brand. This is a transmission for the ones who are tired of bypassing in spiritual packaging. For those ready to stop optimizing and start inhabiting. If you’ve been craving something deeper than another mindset reframe, this episode will speak to the part of you that’s been whispering, “There’s got to be more than this.” Yep, there is. And it starts with remembering how to be here. Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart   Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz  

In this episode, we journey into the depths of your core wound and the path to true contribution through the lens of Human Design, astrology, and shamanic wisdom. We explore how your Design Mars reveals where you’ve lost power and how your Moon holds the key to emotional safety and attraction. But it’s not just about healing wounds—we also uncover the Golden Shadow, the hidden brilliance you’ve been keeping small, and how reclaiming that light can transform the way you show up in the world. We dive into the concepts of Power Retrieval and Soul Retrieval from shamanic practice, showing you how to call back the parts of yourself that were scattered through pain or buried out of fear. And finally, we bring it all together with Jungian thought, understanding that true transformation happens not by choosing one side, but by holding the tension of opposites—the fire of Mars and the nurturing of the Moon, the wound of Chiron and the brilliance of your Golden Shadow. If you’ve been craving more than surface-level healing, if you want your contribution to come from your whole, reclaimed self—this episode is for you. It’s time to remember your essence, reclaim your light, and make your mark. Purchase your Human Design Energetic Blueprint Schedule a Kairos Session Schedule a Human Design Reading Access your free Human Design Chart     Questions? Send an email to inquire@adriannemcdonald.com   Would love to connect with you on Social Media IG: https://www.instagram.com/adriannemcdonald/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/adriannemcdonaldbiz