Jennifer Freed PhD

09/06/2025

Godmothers celebrating Brilliance. Elise Loehnen and Courtney Smith. Must Buy the book.

Boxes Are for Stuff, Not People 
Great to put things in boxes and label them:
boxes in the garage,
boxes under the bed,
...
09/05/2025

Boxes Are for Stuff, Not People 
Great to put things in boxes and label them:
boxes in the garage,
boxes under the bed,
little boxes on the nightstand,
boxes in our underwear drawer,
boxes for moving,
boxes for boots.
But boxes for people are just wrong.
The moment you put walls around yourself
and label that box,
your soul shrinks to fit.
If only the box could protect you,
or give you definition,
or save you from the uncertainty of life.
But no—
that box is your captor,
your prison guard.
It keeps others at a distance,
it makes us and them.
Organized into a label,
you are shelved and stored—
never truly known.
Because your imagination
can never be contained in a box.
And for that reason alone:
put your stuff in boxes,
and let yourself be free.
JF Sept 5 2025

A call to action in the . Please read at the link in my bio 💜
09/04/2025

A call to action in the . Please read at the link in my bio 💜

09/01/2025

One of my favorite emerging artists who happens to be a top chef. Create art instead of destroying culture.

The ASTROLOGY WEEK AHEAD is for knitters and those who love reverie. SLEUTHS ARE WANTED!🌌 Can You Guess This Transit?Puz...
08/31/2025

The ASTROLOGY WEEK AHEAD is for knitters and those who love reverie. SLEUTHS ARE WANTED!

🌌 Can You Guess This Transit?

Puzzle 1

I sharpen my words, tidy my desk, and want every comma in its place.
When I arrive, your thinking becomes more precise, critical, and practical.
✨ Can you guess which planet just slipped into the sign of the virgin analyst?
(Answer: Mercury in Virgo)

Puzzle 2

I move backward through the dream sea, asking you to revisit old boundaries, dissolve rigid walls, and face forgotten fears.
I remind you that discipline without compassion is brittle.
✨ Can you guess which planet is revisiting the sign of spiritual waters?
(Answer: Saturn retrograding back into Pisces)

Puzzle 3

I am the trickster messenger clashing with the sky-shaker of surprises.
Expect detours, tech glitches, sudden announcements, or flashes of genius.
✨ What happens when the cosmic scribe squares the cosmic rebel?

(Answer: Mercury square Uranus)

Puzzle 4

I’m the dark seed planted in fertile soil, the breath before the exhale, the empty canvas before the painting.
This week, I invite you to set intentions, whisper wishes, and imagine what you most want to grow.
✨ Can you guess what lunar event is happening?
(Answer: The New Moon)

Love Jennifer FREED

If we keep going in this direction, here are the facts you might want to consider:Climate collapse is not theoretical. F...
08/18/2025

If we keep going in this direction, here are the facts you might want to consider:

Climate collapse is not theoretical. Fires, floods, and storms are not distant disasters; they are the daily weather of your generation’s adulthood. Who you elect will determine whether we make the radical shifts required to protect the planet you will live on long after my generation is gone.
Democracy is fragile. Voter suppression, disinformation, and the dismantling of rights are accelerating. If you do not engage, others will gladly decide the rules of your future for you.
Equality is on the line. The progress made toward LGBTQ+ rights, racial justice, and gender equity is not guaranteed. In fact, it is already being rolled back in states across the country.
Reproductive choice is ending. Your right to make decisions about your own body and future is being dismantled state by state.
Workplace protections are vanishing. Safeguards against job discrimination are being stripped. Workers’ ability to push back against abuse and violations is eroding.
Immigration reform is becoming immigration lockdown. Families will be separated, people arrested without cause, and the dream of inclusion replaced with walls and cages.
Independent media is under siege. Local, impartial news will be defunded, replaced by partisan outlets designed to manufacture propoganda, not truth.
The billionaire class is writing the tax code. Corporations and the ultra-wealthy will pay less, while the working and middle classes shoulder more of the burden. #

On BEING GOOD                             @@@@@@@@@@@.                            Being good is a shackleI can no longer...
08/14/2025

On BEING GOOD @@@@@@@@@@@. Being good is a shackle
I can no longer wear.
Good according to who?
Those who’d crown me good
are the same who would
chain me to centuries of shoulds.
When I wake to my naked, round, sagging body,
I want to cheer—
I AM HERE.
I do not need a right to exist.
I AM HERE.

When I wake to my desire to create
from a wild, unchained spontaneity,
I need no permission.
I AM HERE.
When I awake to my hunger—
for life, for food, for experience—
I do not need my appetites approved.
I AM HERE.
When I wake to my fierce love—
for my partner,
my friends,
my community,
my animals,
the ocean, and more—
I do not need my love sanctioned.
I AM HERE.
I AM HERE.
So please, don’t tell me I am good.
Tell me you love me.
Tell me you see me.
Tell me I am with you.
I am far, far from being good.
I AM HERE. . . .

Jupiter–Venus Cazimi & Mercury DirectIf ever there was a moment to make a TO BE list, it is now.Jupiter, in Cancer, gath...
08/11/2025

Jupiter–Venus Cazimi & Mercury Direct

If ever there was a moment to make a TO BE list, it is now.

Jupiter, in Cancer, gathers Venus into her heart, magnifying love, grace, and abundance in the most tender of ways. The sky urges generosity, deep connection, and unapologetic care. And with Mercury turning direct, our words—both spoken and internal—are invited into clarity, courage, and truth-telling.

As May Sarton wrote:
“Now I become myself. It’s taken time, many years and places.”
This is your time to be—fully, unflinchingly, and without delay.

TO BE (Under Jupiter in Cancer: Generous, Abundant, Graceful, Faithful)

To be open-handed with kindness and resources.
To be trustworthy in your commitments and promises.
To be grateful for the nourishment already present.
To be faith-filled when the path is uncertain.
To be gracious in both giving and receiving.
TO BE (Under Venus in Cancer: Valuing, Relating, Connection, Beauty)... read the rest on drjenniferfreed substack. direct

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