the maia games

the maia games

By kelsey rose tortorice

real time commentary on the goings-on in the maia. looking at reality through the lenses of astrology, human design, and radical surrender.
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30 ~ time capsule with budway & kelsey no. 2

the maia gamesJan 01, 2026
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30 ~ time capsule with budway & kelsey no. 2

30 ~ time capsule with budway & kelsey no. 2

Budway is back to capture the essence of what it is to be in our relationship in this moment.

We’re answering questions, reflecting on 2025 and our 17 months of parenthood thus far, crying a bit, laughing a bit, and letting you in on some of the potent and transformative as well as the boring and mundane details of our lives and our love.

Jan 01, 202601:22:48
29 ~ holding it together vs. holding it, together
Dec 08, 202544:09
28 ~ in our authority with jessa reed
Sep 30, 202545:57
27 ~ imposter not syndrome
Sep 05, 202523:01
26 ~ introducing the LIVING YOUR DESIGN podcast

26 ~ introducing the LIVING YOUR DESIGN podcast

interrupting the maia games feed to introduce you to my newest podcast project: LIVING YOUR DESIGN. This is the first episode. You can catch the rest on it's own feed.

(listen on spotify)


Check out the description below, and if you're into it be sure to follow / subscribe to the LYD Podcast on your fave podcast platform.


Head to patreon.com/kelseyrosetort for perks and resources and to get in orbit with me.



The LYD Podcast is Your Comprehensive Introduction to the Human Design System - a free, audio-only release of the standard foundational Human Design curriculum as taught by IHDS Certified LYD Guide, Kelsey Rose Tortorice.


This transmission of Human Design fundamentals clarifies the basics, including core principles and mechanics, centers, aura type, strategy, authority, and profile. Kelsey demystifies these concepts so that listeners can understand how every piece is rooted in a clear, cosmic, mechanical system, as well as how they’re all synthesized together for practical, differentiated, embodied application.


The LYD podcast is a great place to begin your Human Design studies. It's also a fitting place to fill in the holes from self-study, to challenge the superficial understandings that are especially susceptible to mental distortion, or to revisit these foundations with the intent to integrate them in a more rooted, intuitive, personal, and radically honest way.

Aug 23, 202519:36
25 ~ solar plexus revelations with noah souder-russo
Jul 16, 202502:09:33
24 ~ on the defined EGO with travis & vaness
May 03, 202501:23:59
23 ~ 2027 preview chat with jessa

23 ~ 2027 preview chat with jessa

As the age of the Cross of Planning comes to an end, we are witnessing a breakdown of collective structures, agreements, and conditions that had been assumed to be permanent components of our reality. In 2027, the Cross of the Sleeping Phoenix will emerge as the new, primary background frequency on the planet and reorient all of humanity from these structures and the values that created them towards an era of individuality. 


This episode is a pre game chat before the class 2027: THE BREAKDOWN with Kelsey & Jessa, which starts on Monday, April 28th 2025.


In 2027: THE BREAKDOWN, we’re breaking down the mechanics of this upcoming global paradigm shift, demystifying the “prophetic” sentiments around 2027, and showing you where it actually comes from. We want you to be able to see and understand it for yourself through the lens of your unique and intuitive perception, and to gain a greater sense of trust in your ability to navigate what is taking place on the collective stage as the differentiated individual that you are.

Apr 26, 202501:30:26
22 ~ life is suffering. oh well!
Mar 28, 202501:38:06
21 ~ 2025: the cosmic context [part 2] with jonathan koe

21 ~ 2025: the cosmic context [part 2] with jonathan koe

!!!! listen to part 1 first on the healing the spirit podcast !!!!

[direct spotify link]


i love bringing you these big picture cosmic context episodes, and i'm so grateful that jonathan invited me to collaborate on a 2025 astrological forecast this year, because otherwise i probably would not have created one.


in part one (on jonathan's podcast healing the spirit) we focus on the undertones in 2025: pluto in aquarius, chiron in aries, and uranus in taurus & gemini).


in part two (this episode) we contemplate the nodes in virgo/pisces, saturn moving from pisces to aries, and jupiter moving from gemini to cancer.


Jonathan is a lunar thinker, a spirit healer, and a creative exorcist.
Jonathan guides & inspires visionaries, artists, and seekers to re-arrange reality without losing their shit.


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Feb 24, 202501:53:22
20 ~ fall 2024: the cosmic context
Sep 29, 202403:16:59
19 ~ three heretics talk signature & not self (part 2) with allyson & ariana

19 ~ three heretics talk signature & not self (part 2) with allyson & ariana

this episode is part 2 of a conversation that starts on the just follow joy podcast - listen to part 1 before you listen to this!


in this 2-parter, myself, my co-creator of heretic haven, and our friend ariana joy discuss universalities + our individual experiences with the signature & not self themes of our three different aura types.


allyson forseth is a 5/1 emotional projector with possibility view & hope motivation on the cross of limitation

ariana joy is a 5/1 sacral generator with survival view and need motivttion on the cross of limitation

kelsey is a 5/2 emotional manifestor with power view and innocence motivation on the cross of upheaval


links!






Sep 20, 202459:22
18 ~ time capsule with budway & kelsey no. 1

18 ~ time capsule with budway & kelsey no. 1

i invited my lover and partner and soon to be baby daddy on the pod to make a time capsule episode just weeks ahead of becoming first time parents and welcoming a new baby into the world and our arms and our lives.


we shoot the shit a bit, answer some questions from the internet, and let you in on our usually private experience of being very much in love and navigating reality in conscious partnership.


here is some of what we talk about:

  • what it was has been like to fall in love with each other very young and to grow together and apart and together for 14 years
  • our conceptualizations of "the maia" and our different but intertwining journeys with spirituality, embodiment, and esoteric knowledge
  • being in relationship and cohabitating as a manifestor-generator pair
  • being a couple that contains one 3rd line who needs to make and break bonds
  • the experience of 5th line projection inside of our long term, intimate partnership
  • what it has been like to be in the liminal space that is pregnancy, on the cusp of parenthood


if you'd like to help us extend our parental leave beyond 4 weeks for budway and 8 weeks for kelsey, you are invited to contribute to our registry / parental leave fund at babylist.com/kelseyandbudway.


if you want more from the two of us together, show some support by following @sweetgeometry on instagram.


learn about & join kelsey's student membership at kelseyrosetort.com/studentmembership.


find budway's music on spotify at budway ferris & the mutual magic


support future episodes of the maia games podcast by becoming a patron for $8/month: patreon.com/themaiagames

Jul 15, 202401:21:44
17 ~ summer 2024: the cosmic context (part 2)
Jul 06, 202401:41:57
16 ~ summer 2024: the cosmic context (part 1)
Jun 28, 202401:41:50
15 ~ the trip is getting trippier
Jun 02, 202401:33:16
14 ~ spring 2024: the cosmic context
Mar 23, 202402:21:20
13 ~ happy weird astrological new year (astro church sample)
Mar 17, 202459:01
12 ~ love is view THE REUNION EPISODE!
Mar 16, 202401:27:11
11 ~ love is view, part four (finale)
Mar 12, 202401:08:29
10 ~ love is view, part three
Mar 05, 202401:54:30
09 ~ love is view, part two
Feb 27, 202401:47:40
08 ~ love is view, part one
Feb 20, 202401:54:27
07 ~ 2024: the cosmic context part three
Jan 29, 202449:57
06 ~ 2024: the cosmic context part two
Jan 01, 202402:09:55
05 ~ 2024: the cosmic context part one
Dec 25, 202301:53:44
04 ~ self abandonment special
Nov 17, 202301:10:09
03 ~ the surrender vs agency binary

03 ~ the surrender vs agency binary

we have podcast music! introducing @budwayferrismusic & @sweetge0metry.


riffing on the binary of choice vs no choice, agency vs surrender, fate vs free will, and how the mechanics of reality are as infinitely differentiated as the beings who experience them.


listen to conversations with the zodiac



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Oct 31, 202301:04:55
02 ~ yelling about capacity

02 ~ yelling about capacity

your capacity is non negotiable. so is everyone else's. (uranus in taurus, final taurus/scorpio eclipse, and finally fucking listening to your body.)

Oct 25, 202336:23
welcome to the maia games

welcome to the maia games

oh did you want some context? here's what i've got


follow @sweetge0metry & @kelseyrosetort to see what happens next

Oct 20, 202303:28
01 ~ cosmic language goggles
Oct 19, 202337:00