Welcome to Ghost of a Podcast. I'm your host, Jessica Lignato. I'm an astrologer, psychic

medium, and animal communicator, and I'm going to give you your weekly horoscope and no

bullshit mystical advice for living your very best life.

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Welcome to the podcast. Tell me what you would like a reading about today.

Okay. Well, the subject line, I just quickly threw out into the abyss and I just wrote,

what does empathy for myself even mean? Then I think I had a couple little follow-ups there.

Okay. Yes. What does empathy for myself look like? How can I build a foundation of self-esteem

that isn't overinflated or fragile? And what does maintaining inner love look like? And I just

envision like pruning a little rose bush or something. But yeah, I like that. So for astrology,

students, you were born December 1998. So you can kind of get a sense of generational planets.

And this question really struck me because I think it's something that most people struggle with

is how to have empathy, but not just how to have empathy for yourself, but also like what is the

difference between having that over like too much self-reflection or being too fragile and not

enough. Like it's really, it is a really confusing thing. And I wanted to ask you before I begin,

if there was something specifically happening in your life that prompted that question or if you're

just like having a fucking feeling. Okay. Well, okay. So every now and again, it's like, oh,

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