
the maia games
By kelsey rose tortorice


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.

29 ~ holding it together vs. holding it, together
An unedited stream of conscious reflection on where I’ve been and where I’m going.
I talk about my experimentation with interconnectedness in the last season and describe my current relationship to community, deconditioning, my work, resource and exchange, duality, and projection and jealousy.
I offer my perspective on how these personal reflections feel connected to where I sense we’re all moving individually and collectively in the next phase of the unfolding.
I tell you about the different places you can witness this interconnectedness experimentation that has taken place through me and my network, what may be coming for me in 2026, and how you can join in on the grid work happening in my orbit, including:
Lab Partners a Behind the Scenes Podcast
The Living Your Design Podcast
Quality Time via patreon
Join 🌀the Orbit Field🌀 via 🌞 the Solarium 🌞

28 ~ in our authority with jessa reed
jessa and kelsey are back in swap-cast mode to talk about what it's like to be anchored in our (human design) inner authorities.
we have watched our ability to anchor to inner authority as a means to clearing both relational codependency and codependency with the state.
we talk about it a little in this share, and invite you to sign up for our 5 week course - inOur Authority - starting October 28th.
learn more about the course at kelseyrosetort.com/authority.
check out our class on 2027: the breakdown
find jessa at www.jessareed.com and @jessareed on IG

27 ~ imposter not syndrome
an energetic attunement and intellectual reframe about what might actually be happening in your body when your mind registers "imposter syndrome," and how your individual experience of such is connected to the story of humanity's evolution unfolding now.
yum!
relevant links:

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.
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.

25 ~ solar plexus revelations with noah souder-russo
noah souder-russo enters the matrix in this conversation that weaves together lots of intersecting elements of our spiritual and deconditioning journeys.
we eventually land into some story-telling and exploration around a revelation we came to together about what is really at the root of the “not self” pain and tendencies of the undefined solar plexus. is it actually “avoidance of truth and confrontation” or is there something underneath all that?
on our way there, we talk about:
- beingness
- multi-dimensional relating
- integrity
- distortion
- the three layers of awareness
- & more!
noah is 1/4 splenic projector on the cross of eden. his cancer ascendant is ruled by a taurus moon, and his sun is in virgo.
find noah at www.iamnsr.com and @noahsouderrusso on IG
find kelsey at kelseyrosetort.com and @kelseyrosetort on IG
2027: the breakdown - purchase course

24 ~ on the defined EGO with travis & vaness
this episode is a heart to heart to heart with Travis Day (1/3 Splenic Projector on the Cross of Consciousness), Vaness Henry (6/2 Ego Manifestor on the Cross of Healing), any myself (5/2 Emotional Manifestor on the Cross of Upheaval.)
it's equal parts raw, deep and delightful, and is an interesting, honest, and maybe a little confronting demonstration of three defined egos meeting one another.
here's some of what we get into:
- what the ego has to do with the material world / the maia
- felt experiences of the 51-25 (channel of initiation)
- challenging & deconstructing the concept and language of "ego death"
- the ego center as the primary place of distortion for the planet
- the projector manifestor relationship, specific to ego definition
- the differences in experience of ego definition with three different authorities
- the nuance and tension of living your design in a not self world
Find Travis & his work at neutrinoseas.com
Find Vaness & their work at vanesshenry.com
See what Kelsey's up to at kelseyrosetort.com & support TMG at patreon.com/themaiagames

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.

22 ~ life is suffering. oh well!
life is suffering because that's how god likes it. and we love (& are) god, so we like it too.
toland lawrence is a guest commentator on the goings on in the maia.
we talk about:
- our work together in a student-teacher & client-mentor capacity
- shit we've transmuted & are transmuting
- multidimensional presence
- suffering, surrender, and agency
- the ego center and how all will is really god's will
- the aries-pisces overlap
- aries-libra and virgo-pisces nodes & eclipses
& lots more yummy, spirit-full, god-endorsed stuff.
FIND TOLAND:
IG: @toland1909
podcast: after the tower
KELSEY'S STUFF:
human design in color (starts 4/4 or 4/9)
the 💫 cosmic apparel 💫 shop
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21 ~ 2025: the cosmic context [part 2] with jonathan koe
!!!! listen to part 1 first on the healing the spirit podcast !!!!
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.
jonathan's links:
- Book 2025 Clarity Alchemy Sessions with Jonathan
- Jonathan's Website
- Jonathan's Podcast
kelsey's links:
support the maia games on patreon
@kelseyrosetort on IG

20 ~ fall 2024: the cosmic context
it’s the final installment of the 2024 cosmic context series!
this one is not so much a linear forecast as it is a long and unedited conversation with two of my longer term internet astro buds as i gradually make my way back into work stuff after taking parental leave and becoming a mother.
we talk about whats happenin' in The World and in our individual worlds and how we as astrologers are making sense of it all when we observe it through our cosmically minded eyes.
we take quite a while to revisit big picture themes for 2024 including the unfolding transits of pluto, neptune, uranus, chiron, saturn, jupiter, and the nodes, and then eventually make our way to dissecting the more specific cosmic context for the last quarter of the year: libra, scorpio, and sagittarius seasons per the transits of mars, venus, mercury, and lunations.
check out sam & smoolie’s podcast languages of the spheres
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5th lines ~ join heretic haven this fall

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!
- check out heretic haven's website & IG
- ariana's website & IG
- allyson's website & IG
- kelsey's website & IG
- kelsey's student membership
- the maia games on IG

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

17 ~ summer 2024: the cosmic context (part 2)
the second in a two-parter on the cosmic context for summer 2024; a midyear, solstice check in on the major themes for the year plus the specifics of how they come forward during cancer, leo, and virgo seasons.
my friends natali nicole & kirah tabourn join me to weave together each of our own perspectives on what the fuck is going on these days, using some of our fave languages including astrology, tarot, and human design.
the conversation in part one (episode 16) focused on a 2024 check in, zooming out even beyond this year, and then zooming in on cancer season.
in this episode, part two continues into an exploration of the rest of summer 2024: leo & virgo seasons and beyond.
find @natali.nicole on IG
find kirah @thestrology on IG
find @kelseyrosetort & @themaiagames on IG
student membership & fall mentorship info & sign up
support the maia games on patreon
kelsey & budway's registry + parental leave fund

16 ~ summer 2024: the cosmic context (part 1)
the first in a two-parter on the cosmic context for summer 2024; a midyear, solstice check in on the major themes for the year plus the specifics of how they come forward during cancer, leo, and virgo seasons.
my friends natali nicole & kirah tabourn join me to weave together each of our own perspectives on what the fuck is going on these days, using some of our fave languages including astrology, tarot, and human design.
the conversation in part one focuses on mid & lower tones jupiter, saturn, uranus, chiron, neptune, & pluto, before zooming in on how the themes carried by those planetary forces might come forward through the lenses mars, venus, the sun, moon, and mercury in cancer season.
part two continues into an exploration of the rest of summer 2024: leo & virgo seasons.
find @natali.nicole on IG
find kirah @thestrology on IG
find @kelseyrosetort & @themaiagames on IG

15 ~ the trip is getting trippier
back after 2+ months to talk about how the maia is getting even funkier.
solo episode. kelsey shares personal life updates, riffs about some major themes that are currently prominent in the maia, & answers some listener questions.
if you want to skip the personal life updates and get to crux of the convo, start at the 37 minute mark.
some topics herein:
- the trip is getting trippier
- expectations are attachments
- self reflected consciousness
- living your design: an initiation & attunement
- 2027 - global cycle change + mutation to the human form
learn about / apply for summer living your design: kelseyrosetort.com/livingyourdesign
get on kelsey's waitlist for readings: kelseyrosetort.com/bookasession
support the podcast:
heretic haven:
the reflector life podcast (HH episode)
moon to moon podcast (HH episode)
follow on IG:

14 ~ spring 2024: the cosmic context
FERTILE AS FUCK. that's the alternate name for this episode.
guests sabrina monarch & jonathan koe join kelsey to discuss the astrological unfoldings in the spring quarter of 2024.
both the conversation and the astrology it focuses on are fertile, fresh, and abundant. here's a little of what we explore together:
sun in aries + eclipses, mercury retrograde, & more
sun in taurus + jupiter-uranus conjunction, squares to pluto, & more
sun in gemini + jupiter's ingress to gemini & more
sabrina's links:
the evolutionary astrology intensive
free pluto masterclass: symbols of power
jonathan's links:
night vision: a 6 month mentorship
kelsey's links:

13 ~ happy weird astrological new year (astro church sample)
this episode is a sample of what is offered weekly inside of ASTRO CHURCH; sunday morning sermons on the astrology of the week ahead.
astro church is for those who would love a weekly dose of cosmic context to help frame your week and maintain your conscious connection to spirit.
inside of this episode is a sample of the live broadcasted sermon from march 17th: happy weird astrological new year
want access to sunday astro sermons through june 2024? join the congregation at patreon.com/themaiagames
follow @themaiagames & @kelseyrosetort on IG.
for access to extra goodies and to support ongoing production of the maia games, become a patron for $8/month.

12 ~ love is view THE REUNION EPISODE!
the final episode of the LOVE IS VIEW series! our full cast joins to discuss the reunion episode of Love Is Blind Season 6!
seven differentiated awarenesses drop in to talk about what they see when watching the relationship, energetic, and emotional dynamics unfold within the story lines of the latest season of a fave "reality" dating show.
watching the maia within the maia. maia inception!
featured in this conversation:
- SURVIVAL VIEW (with fear motivation) ~ devshoshana, 2/4 sacral manifesting generator
- POSSIBILITY VIEW (with hope motivation) ~ allyson forseth, 5/1 emotional projector
- POWER VIEW (with innocence motivation) ~ sarah branton, 1/3 emotional projector
- POWER VIEW (with innocence motivation) ~ kelsey rose, 5/2 emotional manifestor
- WANTING VIEW (with guilt motivation) - simone gallagher, 1/3 reflector
- PROBABILITY VIEW (with hope motivation) ~ amanda prechel, 2/4 reflector
- PERSONAL VIEW (with desire motivation) ~ teresa brenneman, 2/4 emotional manifesting generator
follow @themaiagames on IG
for access to extra goodies and to support ongoing production of the maia games, become a patron for $8/month.

11 ~ love is view, part four (finale)
four differentiated awarenesses drop in to talk about what they see when watching the relationship, energetic, and emotional dynamics unfold within the story lines of the latest season of a fave "reality" dating show.
watching the maia within the maia. maia inception!
part four of this series discussing “love is blind” season 6 through the lens of human design covers the finale - episode 12, "meet me at the altar".
featured in this conversation:
- SURVIVAL VIEW (with fear motivation) ~ devshoshana, 2/4 sacral manifesting generator
- POSSIBILITY VIEW (with hope motivation) ~ allyson forseth, 5/1 emotional projector
- POWER VIEW (with innocence motivation) ~ kelsey rose, 5/2 emotional manifestor
- PROBABILITY VIEW (with hope motivation) ~ amanda prechel, 2/4 reflector
follow @themaiagames on IG
for access to extra goodies and to support ongoing production of the maia games, become a patron for $8/month.

10 ~ love is view, part three
four differentiated awarenesses drop in to talk about what they see when watching the relationship, energetic, and emotional dynamics unfold within the story lines of the latest season of a fave "reality" dating show.
watching the maia within the maia. maia inception!
part three of this series discussing “love is blind” season 6 through the lens of human design covers episodes 10 & 11.
featured in this conversation:
- SURVIVAL VIEW (with fear motivation) ~ devshoshana, 2/4 sacral manifesting generator
- POWER VIEW (with innocence motivation) ~ sarah branton, 1/3 emotional projector
- POWER VIEW (with innocence motivation) ~ kelsey rose, 5/2 emotional manifestor
- PERSONAL VIEW (with desire motivation) ~ teresa brenneman, 2/4 emotional manifesting generator
follow @themaiagames on IG
for access to extra goodies and to support ongoing production of the maia games, become a patron for $8/month.

09 ~ love is view, part two
four differentiated awarenesses drop in to talk about what they see when watching the relationship, energetic, and emotional dynamics unfold within the story lines of the latest season of a fave "reality" dating show.
watching the maia within the maia. maia inception!
part two of this series discussing “love is blind” season 6 through the lens of human design covers episodes 7-9.
featured in this conversation:
- SURVIVAL VIEW (with fear motivation) ~ devshoshana, 2/4 sacral manifesting generator
- POSSIBILITY VIEW (with hope motivation) ~ allyson forseth, 5/1 emotional projector
- POWER VIEW (with innocence motivation) ~ kelsey rose, 5/2 emotional manifestor
- WANTING VIEW (with guilt motivation) ~ simone gallagher 1/3 reflector
follow @themaiagames on IG
for access to extra goodies and to support ongoing production of the maia games, become a patron for $8/month.

08 ~ love is view, part one
discussing “love is blind” season 6 (episodes 1-6) through the lens of human design!
four differentiated awarenesses drop in to talk about what they see when watching the relationship, energetic, and emotional dynamics unfold within the story lines of the latest season of a fave "reality" dating show.
watching the maia within the maia. maia inception!
featured in this conversation:
- SURVIVAL VIEW (with fear motivation) ~ devshoshana, 2/4 sacral manifesting generator
- POSSIBILITY VIEW (with hope motivation) ~ allyson forseth, 5/1 emotional projector
- POWER VIEW (with innocence motivation) ~ kelsey rose, 5/2 emotional manifestor
- PROBABILITY VIEW (with hope motivation) ~ amanda prechel, 2/4 reflector
follow @themaiagames on IG
for access to extra goodies and to support ongoing production of the maia games, become a patron for $8/month.

07 ~ 2024: the cosmic context part three
the final episode in the three-part series on the astrology of 2024. in this episode, we bring the uppertones into the mix, and discuss the significance of mars, venus, mercury, the sun, and the moon within the cosmic orchestration for the year.
for access to the slides that accompany this audio and to support ongoing production of the maia games, become a patron for $8/month.
learn more about ASTRO CHURCH & SUNDAY SCHOOL and join the congregation at kelseyrosetort.com/astrochurch.
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06 ~ 2024: the cosmic context part two
part two of the three-part series on the astrology of 2024. in this episode, we weave in the layers of the midtones, covering saturn in pisces, jupiter moving from taurus to gemini, the nodes in aries and libra, and how all of these layers show up in relation to each other and to the undertones discussed in part one.
for access to the video version & the slides that accompany this audio, become a patron for $8/month.
learn more about ASTRO CHURCH & SUNDAY SCHOOL and join the congregation at kelseyrosetort.com/astrochurch.

05 ~ 2024: the cosmic context part one
laying down a foundation to support our awarenesses in witnessing another trip around the sun.
tune into kelsey's take on the undertones of 2024's cosmic context. in this first of a three-part series, we cover pluto moving into aquarius, neptune in pisces, chiron in aries, and uranus in taurus.
for access to the video version & the slides that accompany this audio, become a patron for $8/month.

04 ~ self abandonment special
where have you been abandoning yourself for fear of being abandoned by the other?
chiron in aries & the wound of separation: codependency, self abandonment, cosmic equilibrium, & resourcing safety, security, and worth within.
learn more about kelsey's orientation to the interdependence & the cardinal signs here.
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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.
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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.)

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01 ~ cosmic language goggles
trusting yourself, loving each other, relationship as a mirror, neutral observation, aries/libra nodes, and astrology & human design as maps to radical acceptance.
t h e m a i a g a m e s is a new project by @kelseyrosetort & @sweetge0metry. follow & stay tuned to see where this goes 👀