52 | The Way of Aligned Abundance

What does it really mean to live in aligned abundance? In this enlightening solo episode, Lauren dives deep into her three-part formula for aligned abundance, breaking down what it really means to thrive in today's world while staying true to your cosmic design.

In this episode...

🌟 Redefining abundance beyond just money – and that sweet spot of having what you need when you need it (plus a little extra)

💫 Why alignment isn't just a buzzword – how to use your birth chart as your personal success compass

🪄 The three crucial realms you need to tune into to complete your abundance circuit

🔮 How surfing certain cosmic weather patterns is crucial to your growth game

💎 Why understanding the "rules of the game" is essential for breaking through your concrete ceiling

🚀 The real reason most spiritual entrepreneurs struggle with tech and money (and how to shift this)

⚡ A fresh perspective on purpose – why it's not about finding that "one perfect thing"

This episode is perfect for soulful entrepreneurs who are ready to stop avoiding the practical side of business and start creating real abundance by bridging the gap between cosmic wisdom and earthly success. You'll learn how to ground your spiritual gifts into a thriving business while staying aligned with both the universe's flow and the modern business landscape.

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Episode Transcript

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In today's episode, I want tounpack the formula for the way
to aligned abundance.
Part of this is going to begoing deeper into what I mean
when I talk about alignment andabundance, because these are
terms that have become veryoverused and watered down.

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And I'm going to outline andexplore the three realms that
you need to be tuned intosimultaneously to complete the
circuit success.
So let's dive in.
Firstly, abundance.
It's not just money, thoughmoney is absolutely a big

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component of it in the systemsof this world and how we achieve
and maintain it.
It's more than that, though.
It's made up of lots ofdifferent things, resources,
seen and unseen that we need ashuman beings on this planet
having this human experience.

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So whether that's money or thethings that we buy with money,
whether that's love andconnection or Food, clean
drinking water, shelter, andspacious environment to live in.
There's so many basic and morenuanced things that we each need
to feel fulfilled, to feelmotivated, and to be able to

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sustain our presence to keepshowing up to play the game.
And the abundance principlearound your relationship to
these things, your access tothese things, and your mindset
around your positioning aroundthese things is that we need and
want in order to feel like we'rethriving to have what we need

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when we need it and then some,and a marginal extra that we can
then intentionally allocatetoward our expansion and growth.
In the case of money, it'shaving what you need when you
need it to pay your bills orfulfill your responsibilities,
buy what you need when you needit, and to have a little extra

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to be able to play withinvesting and also ideally to
have some to donate to somecharitable cause so that you are
spreading the wealth and payingit forward.
And so part of it is just havingand having access to these
things, but another part isfeeling really fulfilled and

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having a sense of serendipityand synchronicity around the
trust that it's going to bethere when you need it.
So it's not just having a hugestorehouse of money to know that
you have enough for when youneed it.
It's also made up of thosemagical moments where you become

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aware of something that youneed.
You speak a prayer or make anask around receiving that and
then some opportunity shows upfor you where you end up
receiving exactly that amount ofmoney in a way that you didn't
expect or weren't planning.
So it's equal parts strategy andmagic, I would say, in terms of

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fortifying our belief system andour sense of trust that the
universe has our back.
Because such a big part of thisabundance principle of having
what you need when you need itplus a little extra.
It nurtures something in us,something that's able to relax
and trust.
And like I said, just have thisfeeling that like the universe

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has our back not only forsurviving and meeting those
needs, but for thriving andhaving a little extra to work
with to give back, to pay itforward and to invest in our
future beyond just meeting theneeds of the current moment.
Worth taking a little detourhere too to redefine investing.
Investing also doesn't just haveto do with money.

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Investing, I like to think of asa much broader term of anything,
whether it's money or time orresources or energy, where we
are choosing to defer andallocate it toward some future
cause.
So it's a delayed gratification.
It's a willing to sacrifice inthe moment to be able to feed

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the potential of a moreexpansive future.
And when it comes to beingaligned with abundance, I firmly
believe that when we are livingon purpose, and so feeling that
sense of alignment.
Choosing to do the inner work,to be motivated by the curiosity
that helps us to find andconnect with what really feels

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like ours, the kind of work inthe world that really feels like
it's part of our design, to beable to show up and offer for
specifically the people thatwe're designed to offer it to is
such a big part of what connectsus with and, and taps that
channel of abundance for usuniquely and individually.

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And let's be clear when it comesto purpose, I really don't see
that as some like destination,like you were put here to
fulfill some specific goal.
cause.
I don't think it works that wayat all because the clues that
we're given are in our birthchart are reflected in our birth
chart and are more likegeneralizations or thematics or

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more energetic arenas that weare designed to show up inside
of when it comes to like wherewe actually do that.
We can look to the houses,right?
There's a little bit moreinformation there in terms of
the one of 12 areas that we aredesigned to ground those

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energies into, but even so, whenit comes down to the actual
specifics of like what you doand how you do it the, the more
biographical details of whatyour work in the world is, that
is something that is not in yourbirth chart.
That is something that is partof our puzzle solving path to

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find.
Things that will fit,essentially.
So there are so many differentways that we can fulfill our
sense of purpose.
And that's why for a lot of us,we don't just do one thing our
whole lives.
The"lifer" money mode peoplemight be especially attracted to
that.
Once they find it, they'll stickwith it.
But most of the people that aremy people to work with are

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either the"serial monogamist" orthe"polyamorist" money mode
people, where we're actually notat all designed to do one thing
and go the distance with it.
We would get bored if we did.
And so we're more designed toconstantly be finding different
ways, different specificprojects, or jobs, or

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opportunities for service thatfit our unique design.
So when it comes to channelingour abundance, it's not that
there's some cryptic codeavailable to unlock that one
thing.
And like, you know, our wholelives are a quest to make
mistakes and make our waythrough things that are, you
know, not it, not it, not it,until finally we find that

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glorious holy grail of thething.
No, I don't think it works thatway at all.
I see being aligned with yourpurpose as more of a path, a
dynamic process, a commitment toconstantly refining from moment
to moment as the seasons changewhat that looks like for you and
to be open to saying yes to theopportunities that feel aligned

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as they present themselves toyou.
And sure, as we make our wayforward on our path, as we
become more mature in ourmanifestation, more disciplined
and willing to really do thework to be able to show up for
and say yes and embody whateverthose things are, right?

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There's a certain explorationand totally valid cause and
motivation, for example, in yourfirst Saturn cycle until you go
through your Saturn returnthat's actually all about making
mistakes, finding the thingsthat don't work, failing
forward, and really goingthrough a maturation process
that helps you to identify andcommit to the things that do

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feel more like yours.
So, there's definitely a processthrough time of refining our,
our lens and our knowing of whatis ours and what isn't What's
going to feel more fulfilled andaligned for us.
That's part of it and alsothere's skill sets and mastery
that comes with the timelinemoving forward and maturation

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that make us more capable ofmeeting what's ours.
And there's challenge in therites of passage that come and
confront us to let go of what'snot ours, that we may have
become attached to regardless ofwhether or not It's ultimately
meant to stick with us for thelong haul.
Okay.
So being aligned with abundanceis being on track with and in

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relationship with understandingour sense of purpose and
continuing to lean into showingup more to say yes for the
things that feel aligned, beingwilling and able to let go of
the things that don't.
And so now I want to go a littledeeper too into what I mean when
I say alignment, because this isalso such a buzzword these days.

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And this is where astrologycomes in in a really big way
because we each have a uniquedesign.
I've been talking a lot alreadyabout that there are these kind
of energetic motivations andthen these life realms.
As shown by the signs and thehouses of the various planets,
points, and luminaries in ourchart that creates this matrix

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of understanding of the complexbeings that we are and the
puzzle, essentially, that it isto feel aligned because it's not
like we can constantly,consciously be aware in any
given moment of all of thedifferent things, all of the
different aspects of our chartthat are going to make us feel
aligned.

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That's also why so much of mywork and my purpose on this
planet is to help simplify yourchart for you, especially as
someone that is pursuingabundance as a self employed
earner.
It can be really complicated.
It's like, you know that thereare codes there for you, but
you're not an astrologer, soit's hard to, you know, piece

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together and pull out exactlywhat would be helpful for you.
My Virgo moon is very good atextracting those simple hacks or
cheat codes or pieces that areworth becoming aware of and
tuning into so that it is a loteasier to hold in your conscious
awareness as you move along dayto day or when you're planning

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the bigger picture strategies ofyour workflow and business path.
It's super helpful to justsimplify and distill down.
What are the things for me tokeep in mind that are important
to make sure that any decisionthat I make, any door that I
walk through, anything that Ichoose is in alignment with
multiple factors and things thatmatter so that ultimately I'm

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going to have that kind ofsynthesized or, you know, the
actual experience is greaterthan the sum of the parts.
Like if enough of the parts ofme are aligned and on board and
the needs of which are beingconsidered in something that I
choose or a decision that Imake, overall, I'm going to feel

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this sense of alignment, thisexperience of fulfillment that
comes from that alignment.
So for example, with me, youknow, it's really helpful, the
very simplest to look at yourbig three, the luminaries, your
sun, moon and rising.
And checking in with yourselfbefore you make any decision or

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bringing your logical mind onboard so that you are both
intuitively feeling into doesthis feel right, but also having
the checks and balance of havingthat list of those three
luminaries and like, okay, yes,it meets the this part of me,
this part of me, this part ofme, like a checklist.
So for example, for me with mySun, with Aquarius, one way that

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I use that as a filter is ifsomething doesn't feel like
future-facing or innovative orfuture-proof.
Like if I can't see itcontributing to the success of a
client that I'm serving now and20 years from now, as I imagine

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it in terms of my understandingof where things are heading,
then it's a no for me because Iknow that part of what is going
to feel fulfilling for me is tobe on the cutting edge of the
tech platforms, the tech tools,the principles of the Aquarian
age.
Like, of course we could saythat like everybody should do
that, but for me, I'm not justtalking about not becoming

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irrelevant.
I'm talking about that if everystep of the way that isn't taken
into consideration and that'snot a felt sense and part of why
I'm choosing what I'm choosing,it's going to feel off for me.
So that's one check.
Then with my Virgo Moon, it'slike, is this supporting the
cause of me incrementallygetting better and being able to

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iterate on whatever it is thatI'm pouring my energy into so
that I'm going to be able tocreate better and better
versions of it moving forward.
Again, this is something thatobviously is good practice and
worth taking into considerationfor absolutely anybody that's
playing this game.
Right.
But for me with my Virgo Moon,that's something that I check

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into and, you know, truth betold, it's not even something
that I really have to thinkabout quite in that way.
It's just like a knowing, right?
So these are mine, whateveryours are.
It's just a felt sense.
You're like, there's justsomething that kind of happens
for you.
That's so familiar of thatphenomenon of like, check,
check, check, you know, forsomebody alternatively though,

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that has been stuck in a careeror an embodiment that just
doesn't feel like there's at allthat is based on somebody else's
values or, you know, the, saythe corporate culture that
they're in, like maybe they gotused to, that kind of
internalized check, check, checkphenomenon being based on the

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values of the company that theywork for instead of also having
that navigation system wherethey're connected with their own
checklist, their own listiclethat they go check, check, check
to as part of that kind ofclick, click, click of alignment
of knowing something feels liketheirs.
And then my Scorpio rising.
So much of what motivates me aswell, that makes me know that

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something is on path and ontrack for me, is, is it helping
me to deepen my understanding ofthe mysteries of the universe,
right?
Is it feeding my almostinsatiable desire to know and
understand and pull back thecurtain on the more obvious or

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visible to see what's happeningbelow the surface.
What's more at the heart of thematter, right?
Scorpio is all about thatmotivation to be like a
detective and like constantlyuncovering the secrets to the
mystery of the universe, whetherthat's through the more macro of
like fabric of reality or moremicro with my own personal

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puzzle of my trauma map and mypast struggles and how they,
guide me now to be able touncover them so that I can
transform myself and liberatemore of the stored energy that I
haven't had access to, right?
That whole death and rebirthprocess, like the phoenix coming

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out of the ashes that helps meto become more and more of
myself.
And those are the big three,right?
That regardless, like anydecision business or otherwise
should be a part of everythingthat I choose.
And if I think back to thethings that have really felt
aligned for me, some of thethings that I've discovered and
leaned into in my life where I'mlike, Oh my goodness, like, this

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is so it for me.
They all have the mark of thosefeatures in some way.
And then there's the alignmentwhen it comes to specifically my
business and how I make mymoney.
I mentioned the money modes.
That's such a basic one to knowabout you through your chart of
are you a lifer?
Are you a serial monogamist orare you a polyamorist when it

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comes to how you make yourmoney, because those are so
vastly different in terms of thekinds of projects or companies
or employers or offerings thatare really going to feel aligned
for us to continue to show upfor.
And this is where the abundancepiece comes in when you're doing
and choosing and nurturing andcreating and birthing offering

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into the world based on what'saligned for you.
That's when you've brought thatpart one of your unique design
online in the part three systemof what channels abundance.
Now for part two.
Part two is that, yes, you asthe bridge of earth and sky, as

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the conduit that is designed tochannel the unseen energies in a
certain way and ground them intothe game we're playing inside of
part one is also having anawareness of those unseen
energies that are creating aconstantly shifting landscape in

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the unseen realms.
And such a big part of why thisis important is because we did
not come here to stagnate andstay still.
We came here to constantly learnand evolve and grow and change.
And so while we each have thisstatic snapshot of a certain
energetic matrix reflected inthe sky.

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We are meant to then roll withthe waves and continue to shift
and grow and evolve through timebased on the shifting landscape
of the cosmic weather.
And so this is where part two ofthe way of aligned abundance
comes in is also being awareagain in a simplified way.
You don't need to be trackingevery transit that happens.

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That's for astrologers.
And even as an astrologer, Idon't do that.
I live by the simplified versionof the cosmic weather that I
provide for you.
And that's primarily throughplanetary ingresses, which is
when a planet or luminarychanges signs.
That's the shifting between thedifferent seasons or chapters of

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the story arc of each of thoseplanets around the wheel.
And then the lunar cycles andthe phases that take us around
that monthly wave of the riseand fall of the full moon back
down to the new moon.
And that pattern of creationthat plays out over and over of

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tuning into our visionary space,the unmanifest and connecting
with and setting our intentionsinto our growth game and
tracking as it swells to thefullness of expression and
whatever tension for growthpresents itself along the way as
we make our way to thatculmination that reveals so much

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to us and gives us so muchinformation for the next
iteration, and then wetransition into the waning part
of the cycle where we're able toreflect on that and become aware
of what did work, what didn'twork, and bring all of that
information back home into thatspace of getting back to the
drawing board with the new moonagain and planning to intend for

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the next cycle.
These are the two really biggieswhen it comes to the cosmic
weather, is the the biggerpicture, longer game of these
seasons and chapters that areunfolding as the planets and
luminaries change signs.
And then that more micro phaserhythm of the lunar cycles where

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we are able to more intimatelyconnect with our intentions and
our tracking of that cycle ofgrowth and creation.
That helps to break up our moreendless timeframe into these
more manageable chunks that wecan actually wrap our mind
around.
Which also is such a big part ofhow we show ourselves that what

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we wish and desire and intendfor matters and is met.
And so helps to nurture both ourconfidence in our role in the co
creative process, but also ourtrust and amazement in the
universe's role in that cocreative process and how we are
met by it.
So those are parts one and twothat are the astrological side

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of the game of alignedabundance.
So being tuned into and alignedwith both your unique design
that illuminates your sense ofpurpose and is your unique
receiver and design forembodiment of these collective
energies, these unseen forcesthat are animating our

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experience.
It's like the waves that we'resurfing that bring us the new
opportunities, the newchallenges that then we each in
our unique way process andintegrate into our experience.
And this brings us to partthree, which is how we then
ground that energy through usinto this earth plane, this game

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that we are playing inside of.
And there's two parts that Ilove to support people with to
stay connected to the groundedearthly component of channeling
your abundance, which is 1, therules of the money game that
we're playing in and 2, the techsphere that we are playing this

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game in.
So when it comes to the moneyside of it, as you probably
know, or unless you're new here,I was a tax preparer for eight
years.
I grew up working in my dad'sCPA office, I lived and breathed
the money finance side of thingsuntil eventually connecting with
my alternative community of gamechangers, paradigm shifters,

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self employed moneymakers tohelp support them almost like a
double agent to be able to playby the actual rules of the game,
to bust through the concreteceiling that kept them from
being able to channel moreabundance.
This often showed up as a fearof and resistance to being a
part of the system, stayingbelow the radar, charging by

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donation because they didn'thave an actual, like an
intentional structure around howthey charge for their services.
They didn't have anunderstanding of basic money
principles.
I mean, you guys, if we'retrying to benefit from the
business game by being able tochannel more abundance for
ourselves, to be able to show upin bigger ways and make bigger

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impacts in this world and focusmore fully on the service that
we choose to incorporate intoour business model, we have to
know the rules of the game.
I used, I love the expression"pay to play", right?
You have to invest inunderstanding the rules of the
game so that you can loopholethem.
And that's the other expressionthat I love, right?

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You have to first learn therules of the game to play them
proper before you can startbreaking them like an artist.
And this was such a big part ofmy role as tax preparer for so
long, I was the queen ofloopholes.
It's such a big part of finallysurrendering to play this game
on its terms is you have tolearn it well enough to show up

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in the ways that are needed tobe in compliance, to align with
the rules of this game, to thenbe able to do whatever you want
and basically do it however youwant.
As long as you're checking thoseboxes of those basic things that
we were never taught in school.
That's part of what I teach myclients now to make sure that
you're playing the gameproperly.
An example of this is beingaware of your income and expense

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dials and knowing that youractual money you're working with
is the profit after you subtractyour expenses from your income,
and also knowing which of thoseexpenses are legitimate write
offs so that you can also paythe least in taxes so that you
get to keep more of what youmake.
These are all basic things thatunfortunately we were not taught

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in school, which is nuts.
But that are actually quitesimple to learn so that you can
get more strategic with keepingmore of the abundance that you
channel.
So that you have more marginalto work with on top of paying
your bills to, again, be able toinvest in the cause of your
future and donate to charitableorganizations or causes that

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feel aligned with the work thatyou're doing so that what you're
doing is channeling money notjust for you and your reality,
but is paying it forward andsupporting more than just you.
This is such a big part ofaligning with the laws of
abundance where the universe islike, Oh, send more to her.
Because the more we send to her,the more we are feeding causes

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that are bigger than her and abigger part of the bigger
picture of what really matters.
And then the other part of it aspart of being a moneymaker of
the Aquarian Age is knowing andlearning and choosing and
mastering and rolling with theconstantly shifting landscape
that is the tech world, right?

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So whether that's the socialmedia platforms that you get
your message through and meetnew people, whether that is the
tech tools that help you tobecome more efficient so that
you can focus your time andenergy on more of your genius
zone and less on the tedium thattech can do for you.
Whether that's embracing thefield of AI and those tools that

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are available for us and on topof embracing those tools in
terms of how they'll help you inyour own workflow.
Also, again, staying connectedwith the future that this is
opening and initiating andunfolding for all of us.
Part of being in this game isnot just being in the clouds,
right?
It's having your feet on thefloor and being integrated with

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and connected with this actualworld, like the game, the game
board that we're playing in.
So that expression in thisworld, but not of this world.
It's really both like, no,you're not of this world.
You are a cosmic star seedbeing, but are you in this
world?
Absolutely.
And if you want to be connectedwith your channel of abundance,
you need to be just as investedin yourself as you are invested

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with the cosmic forces thatanimate and inspire you and that
you are just as invested withthis world that for so many
people that come to me, that'sthe part they like to avoid.
So while I love to supportpeople with and have so much fun
geeking out on people'sastrology charts, some of the
biggest impact that I makethrough my work and the way that

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I support my clients is inhelping them to ground
themselves and helping them toembrace the money and tech
spheres that they wouldotherwise la la la la la get
into avoidance with, which bythe way, if you don't yet know
your money attachment style,which borrows from attachment
theory and will show you ifcurrently you are anxious,

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avoidant, disorganized, orsecure, go take my free quiz at
cosmicb.link/quiz and find out,because this is such a powerful
way to understand where you'repositioned right now so you can
better find your way to secureattachment with money, which
then manifests and materializesas financial security and is

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such a big part of all of this.
I will say that most of thepeople that take this quiz have
an avoidant attachment stylewhen it comes to their
relationship with money, whichagain is just another way of
saying that they have been muchmore in the flow, in their
intuition, in the clouds, in theethers, in the air, in the

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water, but not in the earthelement of this plane and
actually getting their handsdirty learning the rules of the
game, the, the rules and theterritory, right?
I see the money as the rules andthe tech as the territory.
And if you don't lean intofinding your way with both of

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those things, you are missingthis third crucial component of
how those unseen energies movethrough you to manifest into
something material, becausethat's what money is.
It's the material manifestationof those unseen energies.
So we've now made our waythrough unpacking all three of

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the realms you need to be tunedinto and aware of simultaneously
to be refining your alignmentwith so that you can create a
more reliable and secure systemof success through your
relationship to abundance.
To recap, one, you need to bealigned with your unique design.

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And when it comes tospecifically making money and
that side of abundance, thatthen makes so much other
abundance possible because itremoves so many struggles and
challenges and blocks that keepus from fully receiving and
amplifying all that makes usfeel abundant.
I have my Cosmic Cash Codessessions, where we look at the

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five codes in your birth chart,based on your birth moment, the
moment that you your firstbreath.
And so that energetic matrixthat was infused within you,
it's a week long session.
There's lots of time forintegration.
It's so fun.
Let me know if that's somethingyou would like more information
on, or you can check outcosmicb.link/cashcodes number

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two is to stay aware of theshifting cosmic weather and how
that shifting landscape createsnew opportunity and challenge
for you to be aware of and tolearn to ride and move through
more gracefully.
You can subscribe to my emaillist at cosmicb.link/current,
where I keep you apprised ofthose planetary ingresses, help

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you understand what those meanfor you as a business owner and
a creator of the Aquarian Age.
And also support you in settingyour monthly lunar intentions by
providing them to me so that Ican then remind you of them six
months later when they've comefull spiral.
That's a topic for another time.
And then lastly, number three.

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That grounded, often avoidedelement of embracing the money
rules and the tech sphere thatwe are playing this game inside
of, if that is something youwould like some more support
with, reach out to mepersonally.
You can DM me on Instagram@laurenpoppinsraye, and let's
get the conversation started tofind out where the gaps are for

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you in that and how I might beable to support you.
This topic is so near and dearto my heart and is what makes up
the fabric of the umbrella ofthe work that I do through
Cosmic Biz Witch.
I love to support people inconnecting that full circuit
between what's out there, upthere that we can feel, but

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can't see or touch how it movesthrough us and what our unique
orientation is to the dance withit.
And then how we ground that intoa living, breathing, thriving
business that continues tonurture us financially so that
we have what we need to pay allof the bills of our current

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lifestyle and to be able toreach and stretch into the
desires and the visions that wehave for the future timelines
that we're calling in throughour commitment to do this work.
And I'm here to help you in anyway that I can.