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A thirst quenching podcast for the girls, gays, theys, & astrology baes where we talk about anything & EVERYTHING through an astrological lens.
Welcome, guys. This is Tea from the Galaxy with Angelfish Astro, a thirst quenching podcast for the girls gays theys and astrology baes where we talk about anything and everything through an astrological lens. I'm very excited to introduce to you one of my good friends, celebrity chef
Robyn:Oh, yeah. Throw it in there. Top champion Oh, shit. She did her research. Top
Serena:finalist on Hell's Kitchen. Yeah. An executive chef at Tindberg, the new hot spot in Fort Lauderdale. My good friend, chef Robyn.
Robyn:Look at you hyping us up? Hi. Yes. And then you did your research, girl.
Serena:I already know. I know. Don't think I ever told you, but I love chalk. Okay. I love how house kitchen.
Serena:Like me, my good friend, Jasmine, almost every day in college when we would hang out, we were watching like the Food Network. Right. Big fan of all of that.
Robyn:Did I come across your screen at any point? You definitely did.
Serena:High school until recently, like, still watch Food Network today. I'm always watching Food Network, so you definitely did. But when we met also, do you want to talk about how we met?
Robyn:No. You could talk about how I can talk about how we met or you could talk about was trying to hit on her and pick her up. She wasn't interested, but that's okay. So now we're great friends.
Serena:Wait. I was working ladies night in Bolton Manors. And no. How did it happen?
Robyn:Your friend came up to me. So okay. This is how it happened. Your friend came up to me first. Right?
Serena:And she was like, trying
Robyn:to find out the scoop. We were trying to find out she was single or not because we're like, who is this angel in this place? So walked in the door and she was shining bright like a diamond. I'm like, okay. Fuck.
Robyn:I get straight. Right? I'm very nervous. I'm not the one who approaches.
Serena:So Yeah. That's what your friend said.
Robyn:I don't approach. So we were checking her out from across the bar, I was like, go. Go do my win man. Work for me. And I'm like, oh my god.
Robyn:This sounds like a I'm fucking loser. I'm a herb who sends another friend. Well, that's what we do here. And then my friend was trying to pick you up. And I was like, what are you doing?
Robyn:Like, now we went for grilled cheeses.
Serena:Yes, we did.
Robyn:Yeah. We went for grilled cheeses and I watched you horribly park in a parking spot.
Serena:Oh, yeah.
Robyn:And I called you and I said, you're Jersey without even noticing your plates. I pointed you. That is so funny.
Serena:I automatically liked your vibe. And then when you put in a number in my phone and you said Robin, I still have it. Robin Staten Island. I'm like, yeah. Of course.
Serena:Northeast gal. I feel like we clicked, and we became really good friends. I'm grateful for that. I'm really grateful for working those events because that was, like, the biggest point of me working those events. I used to sell crystal candles last year, backstory.
Serena:So I used to work at some, you know, events, and I really just wanted to put myself in the community because I just moved to Florida, like, not even a year prior to that. So I wanted to put myself out as, like, an astrologer, mostly for my readings.
Robyn:And Yes.
Serena:And the candles were, like, the products of like, getting people to come up to me and like, meet people. So you know, being in the LGBTQ community, I also wanted to be in that community as well. So the well used to be hamburger Mary's and Walton manners. They do ladies nights.
Robyn:Oh, before the well and before Hamburger Mary's, it was rumors. I was one of owners of rumors. I own the kitchen, and we had the best ladies night You did. On Thursday night. Sorry.
Robyn:It's a terrible karaoke. No offense. Any karaoke singers out there, but you guys are thinking like you're on The Voice and everything. And once you have, like, five drinks, like, now it becomes, like, American Idol in there and I go only staying so much. But yeah.
Robyn:So I was like counting down And
Serena:was trying to show off and be being noticed. Like,
Robyn:bitch, this is like rumors. Yeah. You're not gonna get your big break here, but go on with yourself. So a lot of lesbians had like lots of fun with that. And it was great because we mingled the guys and the girls together.
Robyn:Yeah, because we know like, unfortunately, in this community, there is such a segregation. There is I said another subject another
Serena:day, especially I feel like down here in South Florida, people are like, Oh, it's so gay down here.
Robyn:And it's, it is gay men. Definitely not lesbian friendly. And when we try to do parties, you know, they don't really support.
Serena:They don't. Especially like me from New York. Too. Like, it's different. Like, New York and Jersey, I feel like it's different than on the scene down here.
Serena:It's like either you try and throw like some type of ladies night lesbian events and either girls just won't show up. But there was one night that I worked at even think it was hamburger Mary's upside, but it was a really good night. I was surprised. It was, like, flooded in there. Some girls would show up and pop out.
Serena:There are a lot of lesbians down here, and there's a lot of queer girls down here. You're meeting them all the time. It's just like they don't support or they're very jealous or they get a girlfriend and then they, like, hibernate inside jealous. Let's talk about jealousy. My god, the girls out here are so jealous girls in general, but then lesbians are like,
Robyn:I went on a date telling her I'm like, I'm gonna go to girls in Wonderland. She's like, so you go into event with a bunch of girls in bikinis and I'm like, well what else are they supposed to be worried. Yeah, at the pool. It's like going to the beach. So now I'm not allowed to look in girls in bikinis.
Serena:Yeah, like, come on.
Robyn:No, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I don't go there for that. I go there to meet mingle with my friends. Yeah, over the country
Serena:and open welcoming environment like it just feels good to be in an environment where it's just all queer women. One of the first things that I like to ask people when they come on my podcast, quick questions that you can answer. If you feel comfortable, if you don't wanna answer them, then you don't have to answer them. Pronouns, your sexual identity, your age,
Robyn:and your big three. My age. I know I do not look at it, but I'm turning 45. You do not look at it. In two weeks.
Robyn:I like girls young. I don't like anyone my own age because unfortunately I'm still immature. I'm a big kid in my forties. My big three is Gemini, Leo and Aquarius. Gemini
Serena:season. Kid at heart.
Robyn:Yes. Young minds. Young minds. Yeah. I wanna stay forever young.
Robyn:Also like to, like, go to farmer's markets. Right? I like to go to museums. Mhmm. I love art.
Robyn:So it's like being a Gemini, the both sides of me. Like, how do you balance?
Serena:Different sides. You have so so much that intrigues you. Yes. Like, Gemini's do not like being put in a box as well at all. It's like when people try to put you in a box, you're like, yeah, I like this, but I can also like this, this and this and be this, this and this at the same time.
Robyn:Right. Exactly. Don't don't. I'm everywhere. Like, when they say your sweet 16, like my sweet 16 had nine different tables of nine different friend groups from Big Gemini.
Robyn:Right? It's like I'm friends with everyone. There's when we're all together in this world trying to survive.
Serena:That's why I love Gemini energy. Like, so I a Gemini Venus. So I have Gemini in my chart as well. I love the open mindedness of Gemini. If you're bringing like very fun energy to the table, you're funny, you're open minded, spontaneous, you're down for whatever.
Serena:You're just having a good time. Geminis are like, yeah, I fuck with
Robyn:you. Yeah, like,
Serena:know, like, doesn't matter what you look like, what's your age, what background you're Exactly. I really like you. Like, you're a good time. You know, so I think Gemini and Geminis are funny too. Like, I love Gemini banter.
Serena:Like what I said, like another reason I wanted you on this podcast. I love our conversations when we get together. Yes. Even if we don't get together for a long time. When we get together, it's like, there's conversation after conversation.
Robyn:Going from here, there the ADHD, the scrolling, but we do we talk a lot. Our conversations are great. And they usually last for hours.
Serena:Yeah. And I love that. So that's big Gemini energy as well. But Gemini's get the rep of being two faced. And I always say like not two faced Gemini's are just very adaptable.
Serena:Like you can put them in a group of people popular people, you can and then blend in and then you can put them in a in a group of people who are nerdy and they'll also blend
Robyn:in, you know, you can put
Serena:them in a in a group of people who are emo, and they'll also blend in.
Robyn:Fact about me. I used to be in marching bands.
Serena:Really?
Robyn:Yes. But what'd you plan? Tenor sax and still
Serena:I still play. Very lesbian.
Robyn:Very lesbian with a reed instrument and the fingers. You identify as just lesbian? Lesbian. But I respect everyone else's identity because I think it's awesome that we have so many different categories of what we could be in life. Yeah.
Serena:I think it's like sliding scale because sometimes you'll meet people who are bi, but they would only really take men serious. I mean, a lot of the girls like that down here might be. Like, a lot of girls are like, I'm bisexual, and it's like, alright. But you'll never date me. You'll only be with a man.
Serena:Maybe you're very attractive to women, and your sliding scale is, like, 20% women and 80% men. I just call myself queer now because my sliding scale is, like, 90% women and, like, 10% men. Only men I will, like, really give a chance and see if I would date is if someone that I was, like, really good friends with, a romantic feeling started coming. But am I going out when I'm seeking men? No.
Serena:I seek women. So I kinda get feelings for men. I can't identify as lesbian. But I feel like when I say I'm bi at work. Right?
Serena:When I come up to the bar, they'll see, like, my my rainbow flag Apple Watch, and they'll ask me or just assume that I'm bi. I hate that. Don't assume that I'm bisexual.
Robyn:Because a beautiful woman cannot be a lesbian? Yeah.
Serena:You have to be bi? I don't assume. When you tell men, oh, yeah. Like, I'm bi. They're like, look at me.
Serena:Like, they think they have a chance. And I'm like, no. Little do you know, you have zero chance. I just don't even tell. Like, I say I'm a queer or I do just say I'm lesbian.
Serena:Like, if men come up to me, I'm like, no. I only date women.
Robyn:So you would think that I wouldn't get hit home by men. I get hit home by men. Mhmm. Of course. All the time.
Robyn:Yeah. This is this one version. Usually, the hair is down. I'm little masked today.
Serena:No. I love that you, like, bounce back and forth.
Robyn:Yeah. You've seen all sides of me, like, my femme side, my mass side. Right now, I'm going with androgynous. I'm just I love it. I love it.
Robyn:I love it. I've been wearing a little more tube tops lately with long shirts over it just trying to get into my womanly body because I have no problem going any which way.
Serena:Yeah, I love that.
Robyn:But I'm 100% lesbian like men I find attractive out there. I will love like if you're a man and you want to take charge. I'm not going to demasculize you go ahead, you're the man in the group. But let's face it. 1924.
Serena:Yeah, especially down here. I feel like a little bit behind the times. Just a tad from like, New York and Jersey with to keep on gender roles.
Robyn:It is completely behind times they cannot keep up with us. Yeah, no offense. But you know, us New Yorkers and Jerseyers, we move a different route. We're able to chew gum walk, hop on one foot and cross the street at the same time. Yeah, without getting hit by a bus or taxi.
Robyn:Yeah, like that's how we operate and move and we're able to transition into things. And I think that's why maybe we're too fast for the
Serena:people down here. Oh, 100%. When I first started working down here, the first bar I worked at people I worked with would tell me that I'm
Robyn:aggressive. Bitch, I'm this passionate. Yeah, no, were seen aggressive.
Serena:I'm like, you're not aggressive enough. Only because I feel like I am a woman that I'm told that. Like, when you are when you do put your foot down as a woman, now all of sudden you're a bitch. But if a guy was to do it, it's like, oh, he's taking charge. Have you ever experienced that?
Serena:Like, especially in the culinary world to all the shots as a woman, it's you're looked at like a bitch instead of a male chef wants to do that. And it's like, he's just doing his job.
Robyn:That is definitely huge in the culinary industry. Me being a female chef bossing people around. Right? I don't even like to say bossing. Right?
Robyn:It's coaching. Right? I'm telling you how to do your job better. So I'm coaching you. Yeah.
Robyn:And they take it sometimes personal. Like one of my dishwashers, looked at my other day. I'm like, you don't like taking direction for me. And I was, is it because I'm a female? Like, that's my only thing I'm grasping because I'm listening to everybody else.
Robyn:So it has to be because I'm a female. Yeah. And we do, or I find myself have to sometimes have to put my foot down a bit more so they could take me seriously. But if it was a man shut to say that, yes, he'll be doing his job. Me, if I raise my voice, I'm being a senior next Tuesday.
Robyn:And we all know what that stands for. And it's like, don't talk about it behind my back, at least say to my face if you're going to talk that shit to me. Yeah. So it's definitely harder work here. Exactly.
Serena:Like bothers you that much. I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. The doors right there.
Robyn:Exit sign. You know, it's
Serena:so annoying to to think that only because I'm a I'm a woman that you feel that way.
Robyn:It still goes on. And people like no, I'm like, no, it still goes on. Like if I was a male chef, telling you do something, will you be more quick to do it and not roll your eyes and not be on your phone? But if I'm like, hey, get off your phone? Are you not gonna take me seriously?
Robyn:So not to be like, raise my voice when I don't want to raise my voice because that's not my temperament. Yeah. Like, you're not a child, you're an adult.
Serena:Yeah. And that's annoying to feel like you have to raise your voice to get your point across sometimes because you're not being taken serious. New York has been tempting me. I'm excited to go to New York City Pride.
Robyn:I know. I'm like, do I really wanna go this weekend? Do I wanna go to New York to the right?
Serena:Well, I'm gonna be there. So
Robyn:I know. Definitely coming me out there. New York City Pride is amazing.
Serena:I know. That was my first Pride I ever went to.
Robyn:It's the one of the best. Yeah. Like some bikes, leaves a parade. It's a monument.
Serena:Yeah. Oh, this question that I'm asking you, there's a reason and astrological reason that I'm asking you this question. Being on very high intensity shows like Chops and Hell's Kitchen and stuff like that, where I feel like that's a different level of being under pressure. You feel like you thrive under pressure because I feel like you do very good under pressure. There's not a lot of people who can really do that, especially, like, Chopped.
Serena:You want thirty minutes, you have to make something and with ingredients that you
Robyn:don't even freaking know. So what comes to my mind is under pressure. So Hell's Kitchen was the first one I did. Was 30. And I didn't realize I was an empath.
Robyn:Because we, you know, when you're drinking, and you're like smoking weed or doing whatever, you close off to that power, right? Yeah. So it was sixty days of not doing anything. So I asked when I realized,
Serena:thought you were still able to like drink. They served
Robyn:you wine and beer. And it's like, I don't drink that shit. Yeah. And it's like, where's the tequila? Yeah.
Robyn:Tequila place. Vodka. Like, what is that gonna do? Just make me have purple mouth. No, thank you.
Robyn:So I realized, like, why is this person telling me one thing and I'm feeling something different inside? So on season ten, you can see, like, I I spiraled out a little bit. I'm a little bit crazy because I was feeling so much, and that's where the pressure comes in. And then in Chopped was my next competition show when it was real competition. And I'm a person who gets in my mind.
Robyn:So they introduced me as a food truck owner, I said it was like a chef. And I was going against like executive chef here, chef de cuisine, best new chef. So I already went into the competition in my head. So child, a lot people don't know.
Serena:You know that they were gonna introduce like that?
Robyn:No. No idea. So I was puking.
Serena:Maybe they wanted to make you look like you're the underdog.
Robyn:I was underdog and I won motherfucker. Yeah.
Serena:And that's probably maybe why they did that.
Robyn:Yeah. I didn't tell like my story was like, you know, I owned a food truck and I was like chef, but I didn't tell my story. So was on the chalk when I talked about like my depression, my suicide attempt. The producer like, what are you talking about? Mhmm.
Robyn:She's like, keep on going. And I'm like, oh, I'm gonna do a PBS special. If you dealt with suicide or depression or mingled with drugs, don't worry. You still have a chance to like, look how far it's come. And they're like, Robin, really?
Robyn:Another PBS special? I'm like, no. It's true. Like, people like chefs have a lot of anxiety and go through a lot of depression. Oh my god.
Serena:Hell yeah. And I do strive.
Robyn:Like, I thrive on these pressure.
Serena:That type of environment. I never worked in a kitchen before, but I've worked in restaurants and bars for over ten years. And being in that environment, not any not everyone can be No. High stress because I had such a childhood where I
Robyn:was always in fight or flight. Fight or flight mode. That age is like Yeah. No. High five.
Robyn:Yeah.
Serena:Know, we live. About you by trauma.
Robyn:So, you know, I I feel like
Serena:I also drive in, high intensity. I also like it. I know. And that's like it, like, fucks you up. Like, it's
Robyn:a It's drug. Literally. It's like
Serena:you're on an adrenaline rush that is definitely not for the week. So but you thrive under pressure, Isa.
Robyn:I do. I definitely thrive. I mean, I don't know why I do. And it's like pressure of work I can handle, right? Yeah.
Robyn:With my job, it's like solution based. Yeah. We need a solution right now. You know what it is, hospitality solution right now.
Robyn:Yeah. Then I realized in personal life, not necessarily works that way. I'm like, wait, can't find a solution right now for this. So I think that's always where my fight or flight and or like in relationships because I like to settle things right away.
Serena:True. Yeah. I had
Robyn:to like realize, okay, you might have to think about this for a couple of days. But then I need like words of affirmation like, those two days, at least message me. Let me know we're still good.
Serena:Yeah.
Robyn:And then my fight or flight mode comes in. So am I gonna fight for it or I'm just gonna flight? Listening to your partner too. Right? Mhmm.
Robyn:So you take a couple of days of process. Great. But like, those couple of days, let me know I'm still here. Right? I let people know like, hey, I read everything that you just wrote to me respectfully.
Robyn:I'm gonna take I'm gonna I need to digest this. So I don't act out of emotion. Yeah. A lot of people are very quick to act out of emotion, drinking, especially.
Serena:Oh my god. Especially. I do like that when you just say, like, I've read what you said. I need time to digest this and, like, come back at a different point of view. I think that is a very mature answer.
Serena:And I think anyone who doesn't like that answer is probably either anxiously attached or just at the same maturity level. Because I've been with people where I've said unresponse like that before, and they did not like that. And I'm like, I'm giving you, like, the most mature response right now because I could easily turn around and probably curse you out. You're getting
Robyn:a nice out of
Serena:me motherfucker. Like, you're getting the patience, like Right. Poor version of me because the more that you push my buttons, the more that I'm gonna say something that I regret. And that's why I'm the type that needs like some space sometimes in between. And I'm not even talking like three days space, like maybe just like a day, a day, day and a half.
Robyn:So I was in a relationship with this, we went on a trip, X obviously, and it was not a good trip. So she's like, I need a couple. Need a thing. Okay, cool. So it's Sunday.
Robyn:When do you want to talk? I don't know. I need a thing. So I came around Wednesday like, hey. And that was a long time.
Serena:I And then the Wednesday.
Robyn:And she's like, we just got back. I've been working. I haven't even been able to think. Let's talk on Saturday.
Serena:Oh, wait. Six days later? I was also with someone who was like that too. Yeah. But she was like cheating.
Robyn:She's like, on. Need six days right now because I'm still fucking around with the other person other person so that I'll get back to you.
Serena:Literally. I'm like, no. Yeah.
Robyn:No. I'm gonna come to my your house now and get my stuff. Yeah.
Serena:That's so disrespectful. Six days. No, that's over. Yeah, I don't understand that.
Robyn:It's not like we were dating for like two months. Like we were dating for like a while.
Serena:It's selfish. I feel like at that point, it's like, you don't care. Like, I'm not a priority, obviously.
Robyn:Who likes to fight with the person they're dating For six days. Six days. Yeah. And then live in that limbo. Next.
Serena:Being an empath. So that's I'm glad that you said that too. You being an empath, you thriving in a high intensity environment and being awesome at what you do in your job. When I look at your birth chart, you're kind of almost meant to be because you thrive in that. Yeah.
Serena:So a placement that you have is your, Mercury is in Cancer. That's a very, like, psychic. Your intuition is probably on point because Mercury is a planet of communication. It's how we communicate. It's we learn, it's how we absorb information.
Serena:So Cancer is a water sign. Cancer is very intuitive empaths. They're emotional, sensitive, nurturing. So when you combine like the planet of communication with Cancer, that is a lot of the times, like, you know, psychics have that placement of people who have just very, like, nurturing energy. Like, people probably come to you for advice or they like to give you a point of view.
Serena:You do offer that mothering role, and I see that in you with how you are as a chef. When I watch you serve people, I really see it coming from, like, a place in your heart and, like, you love doing that for people. Like, you love being at service. And Cancer is also ruled by represented by, like, the mother. Like, Cancer is very motherly.
Serena:It's very nurturing. It's literally like when I think of Cancer, I think of mother who's, like, baking bread and, like, cleaning her house and folding laundry. You're a Mercury in Cancer. You definitely that is, like, a side of you. Like, you like taking care of people
Robyn:and being
Serena:at service, especially because it is in your sixth house. And in astrology, sixth house is an at service house. So the sixth house rules things like, taking care of people. It's the house of work. It's the house of your daily routine, health and fitness as well.
Serena:So under that umbrella is, like, things of nutrition. That makes sense. You really, like, have a love for food and nutrition and serving people and especially serving people through cooking for them. Yeah. That's like a big love language for you.
Serena:Big thing when people have their Mercury in their sixth house. They have very analytical minds. They're great problem solvers. Communication skills is really good in a place of work and with your coworkers. You naturally are the communicator.
Serena:And I think being in a in an environment where you need to know those skills and be very communicative is important for you. Also, having the planet Mercury, which is like learning, it's very important for you to feel intrigued in your daily life.
Robyn:Yes.
Serena:Like, not a normal, like, nine to five type of vibe unless you were, like, some type of, like, scientist and where you're learning something new every single day. But if you're doing, the same thing every single day, I don't think that's for you. You definitely like mix ups. You like learning from people. You like talking to people.
Serena:You like learning new things every single day. You know, like that is a big thing. Mercury in the sixth house are also really good at being like very attentive to detail, I think is, like, quality that you need to have as a chef.
Robyn:ATD is what I call it. ATD. Attention to detail. Attention to detail in my relationships as well. Personal relationships.
Robyn:Mhmm. Friendships. ATD.
Serena:This this is like something that you innately have, like, very good at. You're very good at being, like, meticulous and, like, paying attention to detail. Yeah, personally wanting to learn more like what I said, especially surrounding things with health, nutrition, cooking, nurturing, being at service to people. Also having mercury and cancer, which is very intuitive. And the sign of service.
Serena:It's like you just intuitively know what other people need. Like sometimes people don't even need to open their mouth and you're like, okay, I know what you what you need right now what you need to hear.
Robyn:And you know, that was a downfall my last relationship, being intuitive. She got mad because I anticipated her needs. And I was 12 steps ahead of her. We'll catch up, bro. Like I feel stupid because you're 12 steps ahead of me.
Robyn:Like, I need to do something and you already did it. I'm like, well, isn't that how partnership works? Yeah. What? Yeah.
Serena:Who would who would not like that quality?
Robyn:I thought the same thing. Especially a woman. I thought the same thing. Yeah. That one I I actually can tell my my dating history has not been that best.
Robyn:Honestly, same. Fucking hell.
Serena:Beautiful point in your chart that I that I love is that you're an Aquarius rising. So your rising sign is your ascendant. It's the sign that was rising at the time on the horizon at the time of your birth. Okay. So if you wanna think of your rising sign, like, you're a Gemini.
Serena:So, like, you are a Gemini, but you navigate life through an Aquarius lens. Like, almost imagine yourself wearing Aquarius goggles. You're looking at life through, like, an Aquarius lens. So, like, Aquarius quality outside of the box thinkers. They can be a little bit, like, detached to maybe sometimes too cool for school, but they also, like, love humanity.
Serena:The number one thing that I think of Aquarius, they love humanity, but hate people.
Robyn:That describes it in Chris.
Serena:Yeah. Like they love like better the betterment of society, but
Robyn:they easily get annoyed by people. Yeah, they're like,
Serena:you're just like everybody else. Like, get away from me. Yes. You know,
Robyn:I have not noticed that for myself. But I've noticed that from other Aquarius.
Serena:Yeah, Aquarius is are definitely like that. But being Aquarius rising because you're a Gemini at the end of the day. So being an Aquarius rising, how do you navigate? Right? What's the what does a right Aquarius rising mean?
Serena:So, you navigate life. You're just innately a very out of the box thinker. I think that's also another good, like, problem solver quality that you have Because what I'm thinking when I used to work in school projects and like college or school, and it's like, you know, when you're sitting around a table, and you're like stumped on something, you're Yeah, damn, what do we do next? Like, the Aquarius rising is the is the type to come in and be like, we should do it like this. And everyone's like, Oh, I didn't even think about that Aquarius rising.
Serena:Yeah, that's just how you how you guys are, you think of things that other people normally wouldn't, because you just push the envelope. Aquarius, they're very like innovative, revolutionary. They, they don't want to be also put in the box and wear to Gemini. Don't put me in a box because I'm wearing different. And if you try to put me in a box, I'm gonna say fuck that box.
Serena:Don't want to be put in your box.
Robyn:Unless it's a certain kind of box. Yeah. Let's be real. I have no problem. I have no problem being put in that box.
Serena:All day, every day, every
Robyn:day, all day. Other than that, don't put me in a box. Yes,
Serena:that is absolutely correct. I say there's like a trend like everyone's getting a butterfly tattoo. Even if the even if you wanted a butterfly tattoo for the longest time, the fact that everyone is getting a butterfly tattoo now you're like, yeah, I'm not getting
Robyn:one now.
Serena:I'm very surprised by like doing things that's never been done before living a different path that's outside of the normal compared everybody else that's around you. You feel like being a black sheep in your is a theme in your life. Like a lot of Aquarius risings are the outsiders of their either family, friend group, work environment, all of the above, cool. Just feeling like the black sheep basically likes not blending in. That was my nickname.
Serena:Black sheep?
Robyn:The black sheep.
Serena:No way. Why didn't growing up?
Robyn:I was a black The black sheep. Ice called myself the black sheep in my family. My mom too. She would call me that, but like, because we were so close, but you know, so different. Yeah.
Robyn:My mom raised us, me and my sister. And my parents were divorced for twenty two years. So I was, you know, not the norm. Yeah. And then my grandparents were Hispanic, and I'm light skinned a little bit don't speak Spanish.
Robyn:So I felt like the black sheep in school. So like the black sheep. Yeah, you know, even though people like you're an extrovert, I'm like, I'm an introvert and extrovert.
Serena:Yeah, that's the double side of Gemini.
Robyn:So that's where the two sides.
Serena:One face but behind closed doors, feel one way.
Robyn:Correct. So like when I'm home with my partner, I'm wanna lay in your, your lap or let's just chill. I will be silent. I don't watch TV. Yeah.
Robyn:So if like my partner is like, Hey, let's watch TV. Cool. Whatever you wanna watch is what I'm gonna watch. Because I'm not gonna involve myself in a TV show like that. Except the bear.
Robyn:Oh yeah, I do like bear. The bear is amazing. But I can't. So I'm so much problem solving, like you said, in my work life, that at home, my personal, I sometimes like to just be really passive
Serena:find myself in similar like, I feel like I'm always calling the shots and taking care of business and every other aspect that in my relationships, I actually want someone who kind of does that for right? I want to just turn my brain off. Correct.
Robyn:It's like, okay, I will I will plan dates.
Serena:Do that all day. Because I love
Robyn:plan dates. Yes. But like, when we want to know what's for dinner? I don't know what I want for dinner.
Serena:Yeah. Like, I just cook for 500 people. Yeah. Very true. Like, make me
Robyn:a grilled cheese. Like, I don't give a shit.
Serena:You just wanna, like, turn your brain off a little bit. Correct. So being the black sheep, do you just feel like you were growing up? Like, you were just, like, misunderstood? You were gay?
Serena:And then you felt like you were you didn't fit in because of that? Or like, what was it? You just felt like you just didn't?
Robyn:I felt like I was misunderstood. My mom's I feel like is the only person who really understands me. But most of us stood by like everyone else, right? Because I wasn't that cute growing up. You know, so maybe that's why I was a black sheep.
Robyn:As I'm aging, I'm getting like fine wine, like, the older I get, the finer I'm getting.
Serena:That's another thing about being an Aquarius rising side note, Aquarius is ruled by the planet Saturn. Saturn is one of, like, the slower moving planets and moves in, like, twenty nine, thirty year cycles. When you have really big Aquarius and Capricorn placements in your chart, you age like fine wine. Like, life just gets better with time. But usually, like, you have rough childhoods or you go through a lot in your in your younger years, especially before 30.
Serena:30 and under is, like, usually a very harder, harsher, going through a lot of life lessons, a lot of trials and errors, bad relationships.
Robyn:Yes.
Serena:You know, feeling ugly, like little things like that. And then after you start aging, like fine wine, especially after like 31. Definitely
Robyn:felt all that on the 30s. Shitshow, shit show, like, try to find myself immensely. I'm still trying to find myself now. Can be 45 like I feel like we're always
Serena:finding ourselves like a butterfly right? They're always evolving. Yeah, they're always turning
Robyn:metamorphosis for real. That's how I see it like my favorite places butterfly world. Me too. I love them. I'm like, I just want to sit there with the butterflies because it's to me, I I guide by butterflies.
Robyn:If I see a butterfly, then I know I'm on the right track. But no black sheep definitely like, especially being in sports, like a typical lesbian, but then being in band. So I was in marching band. Was in concert band. Was in jazz band.
Robyn:So now I'm a nerd. Right? And then I was in nursing school. So it's like,
Serena:I didn't know you weren't forever
Robyn:in nursing. I was in nursing school in high if I would have graduated from high school in New York, I would have graduated as LPN at 17. Really, and then two more years RN at 19.
Serena:So what made you stop that? Are you or you realize that you don't want to do that anymore?
Robyn:No, I wanted to be a nurse since I was two. Really? I wanna take care of people. And then I worked in the hospital.
Serena:Mercury and cancer in the sixth house. You just always love taking care of people.
Robyn:And then I went to work in a hospital and realized it was sad. Like New York hospitals, a lot of premature babies. And you know, they're drug babies, right? And then you have the old people who are literally dying by themselves. And it's like, we didn't come into this world by ourselves.
Robyn:We came into this world surrounded by a room of people, slapping our ass, making sure we cry, surrounded by love. And we we leave this world not in love. So it was I couldn't deal with that.
Serena:Yeah, I yeah, I wouldn't be able to I wouldn't. I always say I could never be a nurse because I just can't be around that. No, I think I feel too much as nine that like, I don't care. I think I care way too much. I would just take it in.
Serena:And I just feel like I can't
Robyn:remember my grandfather was in the hospital, and they couldn't find me.
Serena:They couldn't find you. Yeah, my mom's like, where
Robyn:is she? And I was in the other room with another patient, keeping them company. Oh, I don't want to visit them. So I felt so bad. It's like, that's who I am.
Robyn:Like, outside of me. Like when I'm just say if I'm in New York by myself, I have earbuds in I am probably unedible. And I am going to talk to anyone who wants to talk. Yeah, like, I'll be like at the park. I'll be quiet.
Robyn:But if someone talks, like I'll engage in a conversation. I'll go play chess with someone at the park. Yeah. And lose my money. Yeah.
Robyn:And in this time, I just want be left alone. Yeah. But I go out, I'm usually against the wall. Unless there's music, really great music, I'm the circle dancing. Yeah.
Robyn:But I'm usually like watching observing people.
Serena:Yeah. And I think that's because there's a lot of energy. So like what you said, you're you're an empath. You feel a lot. They can't have mercury things.
Serena:I think when you have cancer and Gemini placements together because Gemini is really good in the social aspect of it. Like, they're an air sign. They're really good at reading people who people are intellectually and socially. That's why they can blend in really well with other people. And then you have the cancer on top of that.
Serena:And it's like, now you're feeling emotions. So there's a lot that's happening when you're in a big group of people. It's like you're reading minds and hearts at the same time. So that's probably why you could be very overwhelmed somewhere like a club. Like, you're not so quick to be the the loudest person in the room and the most talkative, but you're walking into a room with, like, only couple people in there, you feel more comfortable to kind of go in and like have a conversation because
Robyn:Yes.
Serena:You're not overwhelmed by everything that you're unintentionally taking in.
Robyn:I actually hate walking to rooms that I don't know anyone in. Yeah. Because like it's like, oh, how awkward do I look now? It's like, eyes aren't you? And you're like, just sitting there.
Robyn:That's my social anxiety that a lot of people don't know I have.
Serena:Yeah. Gemini's are very good at, like, putting on a face. You know? They're That's true face. True face.
Serena:They're good at putting on a face and then, like, behind closed doors. Gemini is ruled by Mercury. So my Virgo, especially, they struggle with this anxiety because being ruled by Mercury and then plan of communication, your mind is always almost like on a hamster wheel. So a good side of that is Geminis are really good at multitaskers
Robyn:that
Serena:can handle a lot and they take on a lot. But the downside is that it's really hard for you to turn your brain off. Handle those anxious emotions. It is. Yeah, my sister has a lot of Gemini placements and she's like dealt with anxiety her whole life.
Serena:Not put you on blast Lexi.
Robyn:We're putting you on blast. Sorry. I just so now I know how to turn my brain off. Good. So like I listened to a lot of podcasts.
Robyn:I ran Hicks. Okay. She's amazing. So I try to listen to a lot of positive affirmations before I go to bed. Yeah.
Robyn:And when I wake up in the morning to like the brain, like, like you said, Gemini's the hamster wheel. So how do I shut it off? So I used to listen to Michael Sealy. He was really good. He's put me out like in two minutes.
Robyn:But now he just put me out. I used listen to rainwater, white noise from Abraham Hicks. Like I don't know about that bitch. But she's like, amazing. And talk about affirmations.
Robyn:And so it's like, want to brainwash myself when I'm sleeping.
Serena:That's really good. Actually, I've actually been doing something recently similar to that of affirmations, which I should try affirmations actually because you're, like, training your subconscious mind to believe in that what you're listening to. But I've been listening to, like, certain frequencies. A big needing the TV to go to sleep person. I need noise.
Serena:I hate like laying in bed and just letting my thoughts. That's where my anxiety. I feel like I'm not really an anxious person right day to day except before I go to bed. And I'm like, yeah. And then I just think about like every bad thing in my life.
Serena:I'm like, the only really other thing that I was going to mention was if you wanted to hear about like certain themes, I guess for you here. Yes. So there's a really nice transit that's happening on June 9. Until and it's lasting a year long. It's until June 2026.
Serena:And that is Jupiter. Jupiter, the planet of luck, abundance opportunities will be entering Cancer, your cancer sixth house. So Jupiter loves being Cancer. It arrives there, feels comfortable there. So this is gonna be like a really nice collective feel for everybody.
Serena:So it's a very, like, fertile time. And that can astrology literally can sometimes mean literally, like, lot of women are gonna get pregnant and have babies. Right. Or adopt children or just, like, become mothers, be in a motherly like, role motherly position. Or a lot of people are going to be, like, birthing new creative projects, new business ventures, because all the things that we create as well, especially like things that we feel emotionally, like, very tied to.
Serena:It's a lot of that is gonna, like, come into fruition while Jupiter is in Cancer. Cancer is also like a cardinal water sign, meaning that they are big initiators. Get shit done. Right. Especially with cancer being a water sign, if they feel very emotionally tied to something, they're like, yeah, I'm gonna do it.
Serena:It's the matriarch. It's the mother. So when Jupiter enters your Cancer six house, the six house rules things of your health and fitness and work and daily routine for the next year could feel like a really nice time for your health or a time where you're focusing a lot more on your health and like some type of workout routine or you're eating good, you're feeling good. You know, you're just your body feels very your health feels good overall. So that's nice for your health, you're getting a lot of work opportunity.
Serena:Okay, so definitely a nice time to put yourself out there in the work field, because also the eclipses until 2026. They're bouncing back and forth between your money houses. So when I saw the combination of eclipses, which bring like extreme huge changes, extreme, like new beginnings and new endings is very faded. Eclipses bring like faded events. So with the eclipses bouncing back and forth between your money houses currently and Jupiter entering, bringing abundance and luck and prosperity into your workhouse, the combination to that seems to me like, you know, you are definitely manifesting money at this time.
Serena:If you're like, if you're looking to make more money, manifest that, like, beyond that frequency. It's a work hard, play hard type of aspect. Jupiter in the sixth house does can definitely watch for burnout, though, because Jupiter can be overly optimistic.
Robyn:Yeah. I can do that. And I can do that. And I can do that. Hell, yeah.
Serena:So when it's going through your house of work and your daily routine, sometimes you are taking on too much And you because you feel like you can. You're right. So you're putting a lot on your plate and you're like, yeah, I could do that. Okay. Yeah.
Serena:I'll do that too. Yeah. I'll be there too. And like, you know, and then so definitely watch for burnout. But it's overall like a very positive aspects for work.
Serena:Green makes that pocket fatter. Yeah. Hell yeah. No love in my life. Love.
Serena:Know. Leo's seventh house and Mars right now is currently going through your seventh house. So when I would look for committed relationships, I would look at the seventh house that rules like you're a close one on one relationship. So under that umbrella is a romantic partner, your best friend or a business partner. When Mars, Mars is the planet of, like, aggression, fighting, tension, arguments, separations.
Serena:So you don't really have a nice planet going through the seventh house right now. It rules like and this has been going through your seventh house for quite some time now. It's been bouncing back and forth between your sixth and seventh house since the fall time of '20 '20 '4. It's leaving soon on the seventeenth. It's gonna be moving into Virgo, so it's gonna stop fucking up your relationships.
Serena:So basically, like, what I see while Mars is going through the seventh house, I see breakups happening, I see fights happening with people close to you, tension, arguments and disagreements, or slash end a heavy focus on needing to nurture or water those relationships. And it could be, you know, it could that can kind of go hand in hand because you're fighting a lot with a partner, a lot of your attention and energy is going towards your relationships, or just a lot of your attention and energy is going towards your relationships because you're trying to make it work. And it feels like the odds are against you right now. On a good note, it can bring a lot of passion, intensity, like your sex drive is higher too. Like, things are fun.
Serena:Things are hot and sexy. But if you're not with the right people, it can definitely bring, like, a lot of tension, arguments, separation, breakups, what I said. So this has been happening for you since the fall time.
Robyn:I guess I need to focus on getting my pockets better.
Serena:Yeah. No. But this is it's about to end, which is good. You need to find yourself like someone who has, like, at least a nice Gemini Gemini in their chart because fifth house rules things of romance to what you're attracted to Gemini energy to when you look for like a perfect partner. Good thing to look at in your chart is like what sign rules your fifth house of romance and your seventh house of long committed relationship.
Serena:It's nice to have placements in those areas of your chart. So people who have Leo and people who have Gemini placements.
Robyn:So you're basically telling me that if I find someone to go on a date with, I had to phone them to you first. Yeah. So she's gonna be like Got it.
Serena:You're queuing everything, but Hold on. I'm gonna need to get my friend here real quick.
Robyn:So y'all have me on speed dial,
Serena:and I show up like a genie. Like, imagine. That's a new service I provide. Yes.
Robyn:I was just watching a
Serena:real reality TV show, and they had an astrologer. Come on. Yes. I was like, oh, shit. Okay.
Serena:That does help. Getting bigger. It is.
Robyn:Yeah. So I think we might be starting something here. I think you might be starting a
Serena:new business venture for real.
Robyn:But just in reality, people fake the first three months.
Serena:I know. And I always fall for that fakeness. The first three months, girl, always fall like for the very charming like person who's actually a fucking psycho behind closed doors.
Robyn:See, I am at least admit that I'm a psychopath. I'm a chef. So of course, we're fucking crazy. Right? Because why we want to work in this industry, right?
Robyn:But no, it's like the three months. Like, to me, I I'm so much like you see what you get. Like, this is me who I am. I'm not going to change
Serena:me too. Honestly, it's the only thing that will change is the more that you get to know me, the more like weird I'll be. I feel like we should wrap it up a little bit. If you want to share where you're currently at, what where people can find you, what your social media is or anything.
Robyn:If you want to come have a delicious meal, come in timber in Fort Lauderdale off of Los Oles. It's actually, like you said the new pop in restaurant here in South Florida spots, the new hotspots according to what people are saying food supposed to be amazing, right? I guess. And if you want my social media, you can find me chef Robin Almodovar at Instagram or Facebook but I'm mostly an IG kind of chick. I'm definitely not on the talk.
Robyn:Oh, yeah. I'm not on TikTok. I don't do snap anymore. Me like, no, I think that was like for nudie pictures only back in the day. Right?
Robyn:Literally, the news. They try to screenshot it.
Serena:They would only load for, like, ten seconds. It's like, damn it.
Robyn:I saw a boob for ten seconds. Not even. But that's about it. Yeah.
Serena:You wanna find me? Well, thank you so much for being here and coming on my podcast.
Robyn:Thank you for having me.
Serena:It was awesome. It so fun. Obviously, follow me on I'm only really on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok, tea from the galaxy on all socials.
Robyn:And yeah. Bye, guys.