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In this episode, Stephanie and Megan explore the celestial landscape for September. They begin by discussing the detail-oriented Virgo New Moon; they share how on the day it occurs (September 6), there are three other harmonious planetary alignments, offering a time for pursuing paths that yield greater value and an expanded sense of freedom. With Venus diving into Scorpio, they discuss the importance of plunging into mysteries and exploring power dynamics; they also share how Mars' dance into Libra encourages us to champion justice, fairness, and equitable alliances. Speaking of Libra, they point out how given the advent of Mercury's retrograde phase on September 27, the messenger planet will be spending an extended time in the sign of beauty and pleasure, and how more richly embracing both of these is one of the clarion calls for this month. Megan's explanation of Justice, the tarot card of the month, gives us a gorgeous lens through which we can navigate these weeks.
LOVE IS FINALLY IN THE AIR. Your favorite astrology podcast is back with good news for once!! Whether single, it's complicated, or in a relationship VENUS IN LIBRA on August 16th will be bringing good fortune to our love lives! Jade and Kara break down how Venus in Libra will be bringing us all the flirty vibes, causing us to step up our outfit game, and maybe set some boundaries? With Venus interacting with Saturn and Pluto, it's time to face those romantic triggers and set some boundaries. Listen as the Blame it on the Stars besties explain how to set healthy boundaries and how they can protect you. ALSO: Uranus Retrograde predictions and your Full Moon in Aquarius Horoscope & expectations. Listen because it's time to finally make some big changes in your life and you know it's time too. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: ✩ www.twitter.com/blmethestars ✩ www.twitter.com/astr0kara ✩ www.twitter.com/astr0jade FOLLOW US INSTAGRAM: ✩ www.instagram.com/blmethestars Sending you good vibes! Xoxo, The Astro Babes
Hello everyone! Happy Friday! This week we deep dive into Venus debilitation. We discuss how Venus operates in Virgo, why it is debilitated here, what we can expect in the world around us, and how we can best navigate this time individually. Venus will be debilitated until September 5th, but we can expect support from Mercury after August 26th. Venus in Virgo gives us an excellent opportunity to find the beauty in the reality of relationships. The truth is that relationships are not meant to be easy, light, or fun all the time. They can be annoying, frustrating, mundane, and even boring. There can be beauty in the mundane of every day life and joy in routine and knowing what to expect. With Venus in Virgo, it takes this energy to the next level and reminds us to see our people for what they truly are: human beings. By virtue of being human, we will not be perfect. With this transit, let's remember to be even more accepting, patient, compassionate, and loving with ourselves and others. As we always talk about, this is simply a forecast for the astrological weather so that we know to dress accordingly. Now is not the time to have high expectations or to be overly critical of ourselves or the people around us. It is a time to be practical, realistic, and steady in our connections. We can't forget that Venus also governs wealth - so it's a good time to get finances in order and resist over spending. In the full segment we discuss strategies for taking ownership of our role in connection as well as horoscope readings for all 12 signs. I hope you enjoy it! Work with Christine: innerknowing.yoga astrologynowpodcast@gmail.com patreon: patreon.com/astrologynowpodcast instagram: astrologynow_podacst keywords: astrology, jyotish, Vedic astrology, sidereal astrology, nakshatras, learn astrology, horoscope, Christine Rodriguez, Aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, Leo, virgo, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, pisces, meditation, mystery, new moon, yoga
Happy Leo New Moon and Lion's Gate Soul Family!What a gorgeous time, filled with magic and still in the Astrological Solar Cross Quarter of Lammas/Loughansah exact yesterday with the New Moon square Uranus preparing to station retrograde, so close to the Earth and very powerful. Today's "Lion's Gate" portal is associated with the numerology of August 8 yet also the heliacal rise of Sirius. Our brightest and most magical star, sacred to the Egyptians, is now visible rising in the east across the northern hemisphere. August 11 is a power date for several reasons including that it is the day Sirius becomes visible to most. It is also the peak day for the beloved Perseid Meteor Showers, and also features the crescent Moon activating Venus at the Heart Chakra Gate. Also following the theme of Heart this month Mercury then the Sun join Regulus, the heart of the Lion constellation over the coming weeks, and the Lunar South Node joins Juno, planet of right relationship and the sacred origins of money.With Venus at the Heart Chakra gate moving into Libra by August 22, Juno with the South Node and Uranus stationing retrograde Thursday August 19, we are waking up to unhealthy relationship dynamics and making radically new choices to relate from our love and with heart rather than from fear and insecurity. We are becoming conscious of and liberating ourselves from ancient cultural programming around marriage and relationship breaking the chains of co-dependence and all the ways we compulsively agree to be smaller than our grand and beautiful selves in order to fit in the box of conventional relationships.Leo New Moon asks--in your closest relationships with family members, friends or beloveds are you dimming your light and holding yourself back so as to be loved? Are you overtly or covertly asking them to limit themselves and become smaller as well so as not to make you feel uncomfortable or compelled to grow?It is time for us to banish these old models and say to ourselves and to our beloveds--I will shine the light of who I am with grace, joy, and exuberance and I would be delighted if you did the same!! Then and only when we give ourselves and our beloved others full permission to be ALL of who we came to be can we know who and what is right for us. Another big theme--we've been seeing it everywhere--is a radical restoration of the sacred dimension of money thanks to the Juno South Node conjunction. Juno Moneta was a Roman Goddess in whose temples the original money minting processes were initiated. We are collectively invited to participate in a massive money paradigm healing shift to transform our scarcity model into one of abundance and thriving for all beings, and in service to Gaia's wholeness and wellbeing as well. Much more in my podcast dear friends, Enjoy!!
Episode 118 of StarSound Speaks -- we got the New Moon in Leo! ✴️ What are the main features of this new moon cycle? ✴️ How do we best work with Uranus, the agent provocateur of change and progress? ✴️ Where does the New Moon in Leo happen in your chart, and what can you expect? With Venus still in health-conscious Virgo til next week, I also share about my experiences with some terrific salves and balms... Have a listen! Salves and balms from https://www.sleepingiantbotanicals.com Enjoy! ~irlianna samsara To book a session with irlianna: https://www.starsoundastrology.com
August brings a karmic 13/4 energy which is about stabilizing and systematizing while working from a place of personal responsibility. With Venus and Mars in service oriented Virgo, Leo season is a lot more serious this year. Tali Edut of The AstroTwins (astrostyle.com) talks to Felicia Bender (feliciabender.com) about what the stars and numbers have in store for us all.
Join Living Astrology with Janet Hickox Mondays and Fridays at 8:00 am PT/11:00 am ET for your Astrology, Human Design, Gene Keys, energy report featuring AstroDesign. Live on the Living Astrology Facebook page and Living Astrology YouTube page The New Moon in Cancer happens this week, and it is one where we will have to be prepared for some surprises, potential change and compromise, and elevating our awareness. With Venus under pressure our finances, relationships, and self-worth can be affected. What's the antidote? I'll tell you about it in the broadcast. Facebook: www.facebook.com/LivingAstrology Website: www.living-astrology.com
Join Living Astrology with Janet Hickox Mondays and Fridays at 8:00 am PT/11:00 am ET for your Astrology, Human Design, Gene Keys, energy report featuring AstroDesign. Live on the Living Astrology Facebook page and Living Astrology YouTube page The New Moon in Cancer happens this week, and it is one where we will have to be prepared for some surprises, potential change and compromise, and elevating our awareness. With Venus under pressure our finances, relationships, and self-worth can be affected. What's the antidote? I'll tell you about it in the broadcast. Facebook: www.facebook.com/LivingAstrology Website: www.living-astrology.com
July is a social, creative 3 month, and its buoyant vibes are long overdue. With Venus and Mars in Leo lifting spirits during Cancer season, it's time to circulate and share ideas. Tali Edut of The AstroTwins (astrostyle.com) talks to Felicia Bender (feliciabender.com) about what the stars and numbers have in store for us all.
Sun is in Cancer as the Moon visits Scorpio - it's a watery start to the workweek - making us cling to our homes. With Venus in Cancer also meeting up with Neptune in Pisces, there's a lot of compassion and empathy floating around. We want to help others fairly and find it easier to express ourselves. *Find compassion for Nature by eating and buying organic raised meats/produce.* --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jody-cirame/message
With Venus retrograde coming up May 13th through June 25th Valoria explains how to get the sex magic to work and love spells --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Happy Virgo Full Moon!I woke this morning exactly at the Full Moon 2:17 am walking out into the freezing cold of the backyard to see the gorgeous Moon pulsing with a luminous light. Lately Sirius, the Moon, the Sun and other stars and constellations are transmitting powerful beams of love and awakening, supporting us in our journey of integration, healing, and rising together in this new birthing time following the Great Conjunction of December 21, 2020. The Virgo Full Moon invites us to find the Sacred within the unified field of grace and love of prayer, meditation, nature and more (Sun in Pisces) while honoring the sacredness of the material and the particular in the world around us... honoring for example, personally, the many songs, the great beauty and particularity of all the birds making their voices and presence known on the lands around me here in Central Missouri in these first hints of spring. I recently watched a wonderful presentation by Divine Harmony, a fellow Astro Hub astrologer who has been doing extraordinary work among other things to marry astrology with the very grounded and skillful shadow work as presented by Robert Augustus Masters.She makes the case that we truly have moved into the Age of Aquarius (honoring that this is a larger movement not just something happening overnight) made a call to honor the feminine that has been so strongly at the core of my own spiritual awakening. I felt resonance with a true sister and will be interviewing her soon so stay tuned!I was moved by her willingness and enthusiasm to use the tools, the practice and studies in her life (astrology, Egyptian spirituality, shadow work, devotion to the feminine etc.) to craft a vivid and compelling story of meaning and purpose and transformation for humanity. I feel this is vital work for many of us--to use all at our disposal to tell a new story that dignifies the depth and breadth of what we are facing and creates a space for miracles, for transformation, and meaning to be found and catalyzed. We are living in a vacuum where the old story is simply not holding up and for various reasons we have an opening where we can use our personal and collective imagination, the Cosmology of our current age, wisdom from our elders and the wise youth among us (and from our own hearts and process of anamnesia--remembering what our souls already know).And while Venus, the "New World Storyteller" is undergoing her great purification and renew in the beams of the Sun--meaning that this is what we are ALL at some level experiencing, now is the time to nourish ourselves with deepest springs of spiritual nurturance and truth so the story we tell come this spring as Venus rises as Evening Star, the stories we tell individually and collectively have coherence, great heart, and living truth as their foundation. The work Cayelin Castell and I have been doing with Inanna and the Venus Cycle, particularly in this Gemini Venus Cycle where we are collectively (120 of us now) dreaming into the New World Story we wish to live within and animate in our lives. With Venus in the Underworld (beams of the Sun) now, we will be initiating the Evening Star portion of the journey in May, you can Enroll Here.I share more personally in this podcast, which is one of my favorite so far, and in which I share some of the wonderful humans and collectives I have been working with over the past month:Ron Young (sign up for meditation series and I recommend giving a donation also): https://www.healingwisdom.com/Esi Wildcat: http://wildholyhuman.com/https://www.joeladifon.com/joels-storyI announced also a NEW COURSE I am so excited to begin March 11--a Three Part Lunar Dreaming Series. My next email will detail this course and be sent out tomorrow or Monday!
One of the features of February's astrology is that, at one point, we have six planets in Aquarius. That's a lot of Aquarius. With Venus's arrival in Aquarius on February 1, we're getting a bit of a crowd in the sky as Venus joins the Sun, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mercury. In Aquarius, Venus finds not only a need for freedom, but a need to connect to others on an intellectual level as well. Aquarius is element Air. It needs to move and socialize. It values big ideas. It wants friendship and is attracted to humanitarian causes. But when Venus meets up with Saturn and Uranus on February 6, it taps into a story that will be with us throughout 2021, this growing tension between two corners of our life. We may have to make some serious decisions this week or at least start to — Mercury is retrograde after all. How do we make sure our values line up with our ideals? How do we break out of old patterns and beliefs? How are we finding new freedom and independence?
Dear Beautiful Friends,Happy Lunar Imbolc, Full Moon in Leo, Wolf Moon, located within Praesope or the Beehive Cluster!This Full Moon, exact this afternoon (Thursday) features complex dynamics including Sun conjunct Jupiter, Venus conjunct Pluto square Eris and Black Moon Lilith on her approach to the Underworld. Aquarius Mercury is slowing to station retrograde on Saturday, January 30--opening a three week window of personal revolutionary introspection. This also marks a bit of a slow-down in the all planets direct momentum resuming with Mercury's direct station February 20 and continuing through April 27. We have divergent energies dancing in tension and harmony through the coming weeks. With Venus moving into Aquarius on Monday, February 1, we will have the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Vesta all in Aquarius. The February 11 New Moon produces an extraordinary stellium of 7 planetary bodies in Aquarius.Aquarius invites detachment, zooming out to see the larger view, and a spirit-oriented perspective. It is of benefit to take the Eagle view, to remember that beneath all of the messiness and entanglement of our human lives, emotions, triggers, and karmic patterns, we are spirit in a body and ultimately free. We also have Venus at her furthest point from the Earth as she prepares to enter the Underworld, or the beams of the Sun on February 14, invisible until about May 5, when she appears as Evening Star. Venus in the Underworld takes us to our depths even as Aquarius invites us to rise into the realms of light, spirit and our multidimensional natures. I shared in my podcast a poem recently unearthed by Lainie Love Dalby in our New Year's Retreat, a poem I wrote shortly before my Earth Sky Woman Summit and Podcast. Enjoy the poem and the podcast and sending much love to each of you. For My Sisters and Brothers of Earth and SkyDrop beneath the surface of thingsSister, Brother of My HeartGo down to the root of yourselfSee and know it for the first timeMake a home for yourself thereVisit oftenMake an offering of your tears, words of kindness, sincere compassionAnd heartfelt joyWhen your life extends from the home root of your soul selfIt is true and strong.You will grow wings, yesYour spirit will soar, yesYet you will remain always sourced in the True Heart of LifeHere you know the thousand thingsworth knowingWhen from this place you offerYour words of griefpraiseand the sacred darklightat the center of your beingthe whole world exhalesin great reliefSky welcomes your outstretched armsMoon sings for you,remembering your lost partsAnd Stars speak to you once againin the language of kinship--lovers, sisters, brothersgrandfathers and grandmothers
Join accredited professional astrologer, Kelli Fox, on today’s podcast as she shares her daily wisdom about how the planets are affecting us each day. Discover how to make the most of these cosmic energies especially during challenging times. Here’s the overview for today: With Venus squaring up to Neptune today, it’s easy to say the wrong thing, especially in love. If you speak from the heart, you won’t go too far wrong, but don’t be surprised if someone takes offense. The Fire signs, Aries, Leo and Sagittarius, are most likely to put their foot in it with this energy, but all of us could find ourselves inadvertently upsetting the ones we love. Looking ahead, Saturday is a high energy day, with the Leo Moon trine Mars – great for getting back into the swing of work or everyday life. If it’s your birthday today, don’t worry too much about what other people think of you. What you think of you is really the only thing that matters. Short: With Venus squaring up to Neptune today, it’s all too easy to say the wrong thing, especially in love.
We either discover our let downs or inner peace after the holidays and a trying year with the Full Moon of Cancer. This is the most emotional full moon of the year. Remember emotional self-reliance = inner security. Mars' last square to the Capricorn stellium and the inner planets changing signs changes flavors, but the Wild Ride continues with many Jupiter aspects this podcast. Venus finishes up in Sag and moves into Capricorn Jan 8 - Feb. 1st. Along that journey, Venus is conjunct the south node and also makes a last quarter square to Neptune in Pisces. This important planetary pair is hard to grasp. Ask "What do I value most in my world"? "Where am I still confused"? What do I now believe on the very deepest levels possible"? Jupiter makes the waning semi-square to Neptune as well. This is balsamic phase, another Neptunian energy. Make time to resolve your core beliefs right now and attract your best gifts in 2021. Mercury in Aquarius from Jan. 8 - March 15th quests to understand. "What am I to learn now, Source"? Mars finally settles down a bit in Taurus after 6 months in Aries and makes the waxing Square to the stellium bolstering true considered actions into the New Year. With Venus entering Capricorn, goal setting is emphasized. Finally, Jupiter begins trotting ahead of Saturn as these two planets aspects Uranus and Chiron. A wonderfully unique opportunity to heal is available from Universal Source on this always dynamic journey to the core of the Soul.
We either discover our let downs or inner peace after the holidays and a trying year with the Full Moon of Cancer. This is the most emotional full moon of the year. Remember emotional self-reliance = inner security. Mars' last square to the Capricorn stellium and the inner planets changing signs changes flavors, but the Wild Ride continues with many Jupiter aspects this podcast. Venus finishes up in Sag and moves into Capricorn Jan 8 - Feb. 1st. Along that journey, Venus is conjunct the south node and also makes a last quarter square to Neptune in Pisces. This important planetary pair is hard to grasp. Ask "What do I value most in my world"? "Where am I still confused"? What do I now believe on the very deepest levels possible"? Jupiter makes the waning semi-square to Neptune as well. This is balsamic phase, another Neptunian energy. Make time to resolve your core beliefs right now and attract your best gifts in 2021. Mercury in Aquarius from Jan. 8 - March 15th quests to understand. "What am I to learn now, Source"? Mars finally settles down a bit in Taurus after 6 months in Aries and makes the waxing Square to the stellium bolstering true considered actions into the New Year. With Venus entering Capricorn, goal setting is emphasized. Finally, Jupiter begins trotting ahead of Saturn as these two planets aspects Uranus and Chiron. A wonderfully unique opportunity to heal is available from Universal Source on this always dynamic journey to the core of the Soul.
We either discover our let downs or inner peace after the holidays and a trying year with the Full Moon of Cancer. This is the most emotional full moon of the year. Remember emotional self-reliance = inner security. Mars' last square to the Capricorn stellium and the inner planets changing signs changes flavors, but the Wild Ride continues with many Jupiter aspects this podcast. Venus finishes up in Sag and moves into Capricorn Jan 8 - Feb. 1st. Along that journey, Venus is conjunct the south node and also makes a last quarter square to Neptune in Pisces. This important planetary pair is hard to grasp. Ask "What do I value most in my world"? "Where am I still confused"? What do I now believe on the very deepest levels possible"? Jupiter makes the waning semi-square to Neptune as well. This is balsamic phase, another Neptunian energy. Make time to resolve your core beliefs right now and attract your best gifts in 2021. Mercury in Aquarius from Jan. 8 - March 15th quests to understand. "What am I to learn now, Source"? Mars finally settles down a bit in Taurus after 6 months in Aries and makes the waxing Square to the stellium bolstering true considered actions into the New Year. With Venus entering Capricorn, goal setting is emphasized. Finally, Jupiter begins trotting ahead of Saturn as these two planets aspect Uranus and Chiron. This provides a wonderfully unique opportunity to heal with Universal Source on this always dynamic journey to the core of the Soul.
OVERVIEW 2021 is packed with opportunities for spiritual growth and learning for your zodiac sign, Gemini – although with three tense Saturn-Uranus squares activating the religious and spiritual elements of your chart, this is not always going to be an easy ride. The second week of January sees Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn all in Aquarius, your learning zone, but in difficult approaching aspects to both Mars and Uranus, in your spiritual zone. When Mars conjuncts Uranus on January 20 th , you may find yourself explosively questioning your faith or your beliefs – but with Mercury turning retrograde on January 30 th , finding answers will not be easy. It’s in mid-February that the first of the Saturn-Uranus squares reveals tension between what you think you already know versus how much more there is to know, spiritually speaking. When Mars arrives in your own zodiac sign in March, you’ll be doubly driven to explore and to find answers, particularly when Mars trines Saturn on March 21 st . A difficult square between Mars and Neptune early in April, however, warns you to be careful of scams or ‘gurus’ who claim to know the one true path. During May, Gemini, your focus briefly turns away from faith when Jupiter leaves your learning zone and moves into Pisces, your career zone. Between early May and June 20 th , you can make a great deal of material progress. Watch out for the Lunar Eclipse in your love zone, Sagittarius, on May 26 th , however, when pressure from work may make loved ones feel second best. Mercury turns retrograde in your own zodiac sign at the end of May, making it doubly difficult for you to calm these fears in your loved ones, Gemini. The Solar Eclipse in your own sign on June 10 th may be your signal that something has to change, both at work and in your faith. Hot on the heels of the eclipse, the second of the Saturn- Uranus square may again ignite spiritual frustrations and anxieties. A relatively quiet July and August in astrology finds you working on your family harmony and trying to sort out your work-life balance, with a series of helpful trines August assisting in this. In terms of your ongoing spiritual quest, Gemini, you can expect insight around October 18, when Jupiter turns direct in Aquarius and your learning zone, opening up a wealth of possibilities for spiritual and personal growth. Around the same time, both the Sun and Mars trine Jupiter from Libra and your creative zone, suggesting that a playful approach to spiritualty will pay dividends in October. The new path you have discovered may prove to be difficult in practical terms, however. The Lunar Eclipse in mid-November highlights tension between your spirituality and your everyday life, as does a tense Mars-Uranus opposition just days beforehand. When the December 4 th Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius pinpoints your relationship zone, it would be sensible to seek your partner’s support for your new spiritual reality. The final Saturn-Uranus square occurs in late December, but by this time you should have made progress in discovering how to further your spiritual quest. The arrival of Jupiter into Pisces and your career zone for the second time in the last couple of days of 2021 signals that the time for introspection is over. Your spiritual path is settled, Gemini; turn your attention now to your material path. LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS It’s a reflective and somewhat secretive start to your love life in 2021, Gemini, with Venus active in your personal growth area, and trine Uranus in your secrets zone. You will be happiest keeping your private life private at this time – at least until an adventurous Venus-Jupiter conjunction on February 11 th which suggests there may be cause for celebration! The well-meaning influence of friends could impact up on your love life in April when Venus squares up to Pluto and others attempt to control what’s going on. However, a stabilizing Venus-Saturn square in late April is reassuring and suggests that an existing relationship will not be too troubled in the first quarter of 2021. Venus arrives in your own sign early in May, Gemini, and a potent Venus-Pluto trine on May 20 th is notable for its desire for freedom. This could manifest in romantic travel, or perhaps a compulsive desire for someone from another culture. If you are single, this could be an interesting time to date someone new. However, the Lunar Eclipse in your love zone on May 26 th is a timely reminder that relationships of all kinds have consequences. Don’t play with fire and then complain about being burned, Gemini. Since the Solar Eclipse on June 10 th is in your own sign, you are likely to feel exceptionally emotional, and any illicit relationship issues may well come to a head at that point. August is a good time for focusing on family life. Venus’ trines to Uranus and to Pluto will be helpful for this, although the Venus-Neptune opposition on August 10 th does warn against trying to keep secrets within the family. Venus transits Libra and your fun zone for a few weeks from mid-August, so make the effort to keep things interesting with your partner. If you’re single and seeking excitement in love, the Venus-Jupiter trine on September 6 th is another interesting moment. With Venus moving through your love zone in October, a new relationship might take root quite quickly. Remember, however, that secrecy could still be an issue – anything illicit in love is likely to come out into the open during the Lunar Eclipse on November 19 th . The Solar Eclipse in early December is in your love zone and could signal drama around a relatively new relationship; however, it could also be a positive factor for an enduring relationship, allowing both parties to clear the air. Mars shifts into your love zone on December 13 th , boosting passion even though it also boosts argumentative behavior. Venus turns retrograde in Capricorn and your intimacy zone on December 19 th , so this would be a good time to seek couples therapy or any other counseling your relationship may need. Once Venus turns direct again on January 1 st , 2022, your love life should feel refreshed and renewed. MONEY AND CAREER Although your career is not your top yearly priority during 2021, it’s worth remembering that your learning zone, so triggered by the three Saturn-Uranus squares, is also relevant to your career – in terms of training and further qualifications, at least. Look out for training opportunities in February, June and December when the Saturn-Uranus squares are activated and seize any chance to stretch and develop your skills. A crisis of confidence around your career and your own abilities could be triggered by the Mars-Jupiter square in late January, Gemini, but the Sun-Jupiter conjunction a week later should help to restore your self-belief. As well as the potential learning opportunities around the Saturn-Uranus square in mid- February, you might also find ways to incorporate your growing spirituality into your business life, especially when Mars trines Pluto on February 25 th . In late April, Mars shifts into your money zone, and this can be a satisfying and busy period for you, especially if you would like to investigate new side hustles or to start a new business. You will also be better at selling your own skills during this period, so it’s a fine time to seek promotion. It’s May 13 th to June 20 th which is set to be your most productive period of the year, however, once Jupiter shifts into your career zone for a few weeks before turning retrograde. Take every opportunity at this time to shout your talents from the rooftops, Gemini. June’s Solar Eclipse in your own sign can bring personal upheaval on many levels, including your career and working life, and the second Saturn-Uranus square on June 14 th is unsettling too. However, lots of training opportunities – or perhaps teaching and mentoring opportunities – are suggested in July, particularly when a Mars-Saturn opposition stabilizes your position and your expertise. During late July, watch out for some work-life balance issues when first Venus and then Mars opposes retrograde Jupiter in your career zone. August and September are relatively calm in terms of work-related astrological aspects, so you can use these months to breathe and to consolidate your progress so far. Get ready for a burst of creativity early in October when the Sun conjuncts Mars, and then a few weeks later when Mars trines Jupiter. This is a fertile period for new ideas and innovations. There is such a thing as too much innovation, however, as you may discover when Mars opposes Uranus in mid-November, just before the Lunar Eclipse. December sees tension created by the final Saturn-Uranus square, but it also brings a very welcome burst of energy and enthusiasm on December 29 th when Jupiter arrives back into your career zone for the second time. This time it will hang around – so by late December you should be feeling positive and inspired about your career possibilities into 2022 and beyond.
OVERVIEW During 2021, a major focus will be on your self-expression, Libra, which you may embody through your hobbies, your pastimes or even your wishes for your children. However, with three powerful, rare Saturn-Uranus squares set to come into force, you will need to battle some negativity or self-doubt; you may become particularly risk-averse this year. In Astrology, these squares also activate important love-related areas of your chart, which we’ll look at separately. In January, squares between Mars and Saturn, and between Jupiter and Uranus, are laying the groundwork for conflict between how you want to express yourself and how circumstances confine you. Don’t be surprised if you feel anxious about family events or your future plans being beyond your total control. Once the first Saturn-Uranus square becomes exact on February 17 th , you may feel trapped by circumstances, or overwhelmingly frustrated. March brings a confidence boost, however, as Mars shifts into Gemini in your adventure zone, from where it trines stabilizing Saturn, helping to calm some anxieties. Mid-April may well bring creative good news too, as Mars trines Jupiter and expands your horizons. With both Venus and the Sun about to conjunct with unpredictable Uranus in your self-control zone, however, you may be your own worst enemy at times. In mid-May, Jupiter moves into Pisces, your health zone, boosting your overall wellbeing as well as your self-esteem and your mental health. However, the Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius in late May is in your communication zone, so watch out for your words being dramatically misinterpreted. This is quickly followed by a Solar Eclipse in Gemini, in your learning zone, and the second of the Saturn- Uranus squares: attempts to stretch your creative wings in June may be blocked or poorly received, but don’t lose heart, Libra. During July and August, look for a good combination of healthy friendships and plenty of rest and alone time, both of which are likely to soothe and calm you. Friends may also be encouraging you to take a leap of faith, but something is still holding you back, as reflected in oppositions between Mars and Saturn in early July and the Sun and Jupiter in late August. Lots of self-reflection and meditation may help, with a Mars-Pluto trine in early September being particularly promising for accessing assistance from your own higher consciousness. It’s in October that you can expect to make real progress with creativity and freedom. Jupiter turns direct in Aquarius, your creative and risk zone, on October 18 th , followed by a lovely trine from Mars in your own sign, Libra, to Jupiter. The Lunar Eclipse in mid-November falls in your self-control zone and may mark a breakthrough in your approach to freedom; the following Solar Eclipse in your communication zone will help you get your point across. The final Saturn-Uranus square occurs in the middle of the holiday period, when tensions may briefly resurface. However, once Jupiter enters Pisces and settles back into your health and everyday zone in the last days of 2021, you can expect an easier time ahead. LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS In addition to their influence on your self-expression and willingness to take risks, Libra, the chart zones impacted by the three Saturn-Uranus squares of 2021 also relate to intimacy and passion, and to the flirtatious area of love such as dating or non-serious love affairs. Throughout 2021, you may struggle with issues of control and power in a relationship, or a new and intoxicating relationship may become a focal point in your life despite your better judgment. In an existing, settled relationship, these issues are likely to play out as a struggle between boredom versus a step too far. These tensions first become evident in January, particularly around January 20 th when impulsive Mars conjuncts shock planet Uranus in your intimacy zone. One week later, Venus conjuncts compulsive Pluto Capricorn, in your family zone – a reminder that your wider family life will be impacted throughout the year by the choices you make in love. Just ahead of the first Saturn-Uranus square in February, Venus and Mercury both conjunct joyful Jupiter in your dating zone, in Aquarius, so this would be a prime time to meet someone new. However, an impetuous Mars-Pluto trine from your intimacy zone to your family zone warns of the dangers of moving too far, too fast. In mid-April, the Sun in your love zone, Aries, squares Pluto in your family zone, Capricorn, with another such warning – but with Venus in your passion zone at this point, you may be too involved to step back. Fast forward into June and the second of the Saturn-Uranus square, and not much has changed. With Venus and Mars both moving into the friendship zone of your zodiac sign during June, however, it’s possible that friends may be a source of support in your love life – or that a friend may become something much more. Towards the end of July, when both Venus and Mars arrive in Virgo, your secrets zone, look out for anything illicit becoming more public, whether that suits you or not. Venus is your ruling planet in astrology, so its arrival in your own zodiac sign, Libra, in mid-August is a stabilizing influence. The Mars-Pluto trine in early September is helpful for the impact your love life may be having on your family, and when Mars and the Sun in turn trine stabilizing Saturn from your own sign in late September, it might be possible for a love issue which has caused tumult to become more widely accepted. Watch out for saying more than you should once Mercury turns retrograde in your own sign, however, at the end of September. Venus moves into Capricorn, your family zone, in early November, restoring peace and harmony – however, Venus turns retrograde here on December 19 th . With the final Saturn-Uranus square occurring just days later, the drama of your love life may have one final twist over the holiday period. Stay calm: Venus is set to turn direct once more on January 1 st , 2022, when you can look forward to a more settled period in love. MONEY AND CAREER Much of your year is likely to be focused on love, the home, your children and family and on gaining confidence in your self-expression, Libra. However, it’s important to bear in mind that the major astrological events of the year – the three Saturn-Uranus trines – occur in areas of your chart which can also relate to risk- taking (including with money) and to investment, debt and similar money matters, so you could see some shakeups and surprises in how much money you owe, to whom, and how you can obtain more or pay back what you owe. The first yearly Saturn-Uranus trine occurs in mid-February when both Venus and Mars are in your risk zone. Try to avoid gambling at this time and seek expert financial advice before making major decisions in business or otherwise. The Sun and spend-happy Venus both conjunct Neptune in your work zone in early March, so this is not a good time to take risks either – however, the Mars-Saturn trine on March 22 nd could suggest progress or good ideas in a business or career connected to education or travel. It’s not until late April, when Mars arrives in your career zone, that your attention will really be turned to your career. Imagination and soft skills can be put to excellent use on May 31 st , when Mars trines Neptune – perhaps correcting or adjusting for potential communication mistakes made around the Lunar Eclipse on May 26 th . May looks promising workwise for another reason too, with Jupiter arriving in your work zone on May 13 th – between then and June 20 th , when Jupiter turns retrograde, you should be able to make a lot of progress. The second Saturn-Uranus square occurs on June 14 th but does not look like it impacts you a great deal workwise. With Venus in your career zone at that point, you may in any case be able to charm yourself out of any difficulties. If you work with the public or are professionally involved in social or community issues, July and August could bring points of career tension. The Sun-Jupiter opposition on August 19 th may feel particularly relevant if you are blocked from moving ahead with a creative idea in this regard. In late September, Mercury turns retrograde in your own sign, Libra, which traditionally suggests some communication issues in business. Once Jupiter turns direct in your risk zone in mid-October, however, you may be well placed to push ahead with new business ideas, particularly in the creative industries. Look to the Lunar Eclipse in late November for issues with an investment; again, always seek expert advice. During the holiday period, the third and final Saturn-Uranus square may hint at reckless spending – however, in the last days of 2021, Jupiter is set to settle into your everyday work zone for an extended period, which is promising.
OVERVIEW Make your health your top priority in 2021, Sagittarius, in order to cushion yourself from the difficult influences of three rare Saturn-Uranus squares, in February, June and December. Too much stress is a key factor in these astrological aspects, so remember your mental and psychological health too, as well as staying physically fit. You’ll feel pressure start to mount in mid-January, when Mars squares up to Saturn and Jupiter squares up to Uranus. A Mars-Uranus conjunction in Taurus on January 20 th may be a key factor, as this points towards a very tense situation, waiting to explode; this occurs in your health zone, but this zone of your chart also reflects day-to-day working concerns, so the underlying driver of your stress is likely to be at work. With Mercury turning retrograde in Aquarius at the end of January in your ‘busy’ zone, you arrive at mid-February’s Saturn-Uranus square already feeling a little cornered. Fortunately, it looks as though your partner and family have your back in March and April. Determined Mars forms a trine to stabilizing Saturn from Gemini, your love zone, and then around a month later to generous Jupiter. Support is there if you reach out for it. However, financial pressure may add to your stress, particularly when the Sun squares Pluto in mid-April. Jupiter enters Pisces and moves into your family zone in mid-May, and from then until June 20 th , when it turns retrograde, you should find plenty of laughter, companionship and joy in those around you, which will help you to de-stress. However, the Lunar Eclipse in your own sign on May 26 th is swiftly followed by a Solar Eclipse in your love zone on June 10 th in Gemini – and this in turn is followed days later by the second Saturn-Uranus square. The work-related pressure you are under may start to challenge even the closest of your relationships around this time, Sagittarius. Late July through September is the best period of the year for getting your career back under control, Sagittarius, so that you can earn your living without adversely impacting your mental or physical health. Between August 3 rd and 11 th , Venus in your career zone trines first Uranus in your everyday work zone and then Pluto in your money zone, suggesting that you can create changes to your working routines and structures that will enable you to breathe more easily. This is backed up by an energizing Mars-Pluto trine in early September. By October 18 th , when Jupiter turns direct in the busiest area of your chart, you should be feeling stronger and finding peace of mind through meditation and spiritual pursuits too. November 19 th brings a Lunar Eclipse in Taurus in your health zone, Sagittarius, followed by the Solar Eclipse in your own sign on December 4 th . These are likely to be major yearly decision points for you, as to whether you continue to put your health first or allow things to slip back out of control again. With Venus turning retrograde in your money zone over the holiday period, and a final reminder of what’s at stake from the third Saturn-Uranus square in this same period, you may safely conclude that you don’t need as much income as you thought you did and that you’d prefer to prioritize your health and sanity. LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS With this year looking very busy and pressured workwise, it’s your closest relationships which look set to support and sustain you through bumpy patches, Sagittarius. Your love life looks set to continue much as normal through January and February, but once Venus shifts into Pisces and your family zone in late February, this loving support will become more evident, and more important, as you face the fallout from the first of the Saturn-Uranus squares. Early March would be a very good time to take a stay-at-home break, if you can. Between the 11 th and 14 th , both the Sun and Venus conjunct compassionate Neptune in your home zone, making it the perfect de-stress retreat. If you’re single, Sagittarius, March is also a good time for dating. Passionate Mars shifts into Gemini, your love zone, early in the month, with Venus moving into your dating zone, Aries, later. In May and June, however, the love picture gets a little more complex. With Venus moving into your love zone, and warm-hearted Jupiter arriving in your family zone, it looks stable enough on the surface. The Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius on May 26 th , nonetheless, brings drama or a shock into your personal life, and with the ensuing Solar Eclipse on June 10 th occurring in your love zone, it seems that relationships will be under stress during this period. A trine from Mars to Neptune in late May hints at something hidden or deceptive being revealed, while the Mars-Pluto opposition in early June suggests that money, or a lack of it, or debt may be the root cause of any discord in love. This, of course, will increase the pressure you already feel regarding work, as the second of the Saturn-Uranus squares approaches in mid-June. The good news is that this is likely to be a catalyst for good in you taking back control of the work and health situation. If you are single in September and October, there are hints that a friendship could turn into romance, particularly when passionate Mars shifts into Libra, your social zone in mid-September. Mercury turns retrograde here towards the beginning of October, however, so be careful about miscommunication and unintended offense if you are meeting new potential dates. Venus’ arrival in your own sign in early October will help you to charm your way into (and out of) trouble! December’s Solar Eclipse occurs in Sagittarius, and this highlights issues of who you are and what you want from life, including in love. It’s a time for being grateful for a partner who has supported you, or for striking out on your own if you are single. Venus turns retrograde in Capricorn, your values zone on December 19 th , so if you do start a new relationship around now, you will want to ensure that you are both on the same page over major, non-negotiable values and key issues in your life. Once Venus turns direct again on January 1 st , 2022, you can look forward with confidence. MONEY AND CAREER As mentioned, your everyday working life seems to be a source of pressure and stress during 2021, but that may well be because you are being successful – greater success comes with greater expectations, after all. There are lots of positive work, career and business-related astrological aspects ahead of you this year, it’s just a question of balancing these against the impact of stress on your mental and physical health. You start the year with Mars in your everyday work zone, so you’ll definitely hit the ground running after the holiday period. You may be trying to drive change in your organization, but you’re hitting a lot of resistance. The core of the Saturn- Uranus square energy is that the status quo gets pitted against new innovation, and this is what you’ll be trying to navigate in mid-February when the square becomes exact for the first time. There’s a sense moving into April that you may however be trying to run before you can walk with one particular business idea or project. When the Sun squares Pluto in mid-April, risk-taking could impact you financially, and a pet business project could be up against a loss. It’s important not to allow ego to get in the way of common sense. Wait for the Sun-Pluto trine in mid-May to find a way to resolve the situation. The Lunar Eclipse at the end of May occurs in Sagittarius, together with the Solar Eclipse in your relationships zone on June 10 th , suggests a shift in interpersonal relationships. This is most commonly seen with love relationships, but this zone of your chart also deals with business partnerships; if you run a business, negotiate partnerships or otherwise depend heavily on your interpersonal skills in business, you may see an impact there. The second Saturn-Uranus square in mid-June may pertain to this too. July and August are positive times for work, career and business matters. A stabilizing Mars-Saturn opposition on July 1 st helps you strike a balance between pushing the boundaries versus maintaining the status quo. With Venus and Mars both moving into Virgo and into your career zone in late July, you certainly have the tools to shake things up, fix the stress of your everyday working life and get things back on track. A very positive Mars-Pluto trine on September 6 th also suggests an increase in income or a promotion. Once Jupiter turns direct in Aquarius, your communications zone, on October 18 th , you should become more adept at time management, effectively expanding the number of hours in your day and further decreasing your feelings of stress and overload. The Lunar Eclipse in your everyday work zone on November 19 th highlights resistance to your new plans, but the Solar Eclipse in your own sign, Sagittarius, on December 4 th will help you stand your ground. The final Saturn-Uranus square occurs during the holiday period and is bookended by two Venus-Pluto conjunctions, one when Venus is direct and one when Venus turns retrograde in Capricorn – these may be key moments for you to judge which you value more: your job or your quality of life.
OVERVIEW Three difficult, rare square aspects in astrology between Saturn, symbolizing the status quo, and Uranus, symbolizing a radical new direction, impact the most intimate zone of your chart, pitting anything secret or illicit about your relationship or your love life against what society expects from you. If your family or community disapprove of your choices in love, this is the year where that may start to feel unworkable. A reckless Mars-Uranus linkup in late January may be where the tension is first revealed; one week later this is followed by a compulsive Venus-Pluto conjunction in Capricorn, your love zone, which could prompt dramatic action. As Mercury turns retrograde in Aquarius, your intimacy zone, on January 30 th , you may frantically attempt to resolve matters behind the scenes, but the first of the exact Saturn-Uranus squares hits on February 17 th and is sure to have some fallout for you. In mid-April, Venus moves into your community zone, encouraging you to be more open about your desires. This is supported by a helpful Mars-Jupiter trine, and by two conjunctions with freedom-loving Uranus in late April, one created by Venus and one by the Sun. At this point, things may appear to be looking up; when Jupiter shifts from your intimacy zone in Capricorn to your adventure zone in Pisces in mid-May, that’s a further signal of openness and tolerance – but this relief could be short-lived. A Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius and in your work zone on May 26 th suggests that drama in your personal life could spill over into your professional life, and the Solar Eclipse in Gemini in early June falls in your secrecy zone, suggesting that once more you may feel compelled to hide what’s truly going on. The second Saturn-Uranus square becomes exact on June 14 th , underlining that this issue is still not resolved -and when Jupiter turns retrograde in Pisces, your adventure zone, on June 20th, you will definitely feel restricted once more. Expect the issue to rumble on through July, when a powerful Sun-Pluto opposition pits your identity in love against what others expect from you. In August, however, Venus moves into Libra and your family zone and you may finally receive some support. Indeed, it’s through family interventions that you may start to resolve this matter, particularly in September, when first a Mars- Saturn trine and then a Sun-Saturn trine surround you with security and acceptance. In October, Jupiter turns direct in Aquarius and your intimacy zone and your luck may start to improve in affairs of the heart. The following day, a helpful Mars- Jupiter trine gives you the go-ahead to fulfill your wishes, and November’s Lunar Eclipse in your community zone suggests that you may turn your back on those who have held you back. Certainly, the Solar Eclipse on December 4 th in Sagittarius points to a new set of daily routines and rhythms – a positive new way of life, in fact. With Venus turning retrograde in your love zone on December 19 th , it’s time to reflect on how far you’ve come this year. The final Saturn-Uranus square in late December may still have some tricks up its sleeve, but Jupiter is about to shift back into your adventure zone, clearing the way for happiness ahead. Once Venus turns direct on January 1 st 2022, your path looks smooth and inviting. LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS As previously outlined, 2021 could be an uncomfortable year for your love life, particularly if your freedom is curtailed or if a relationship has to be kept secret. Look to the compulsive-feeling Venus-Pluto conjunction in late January for an indication about how illicit or otherwise this is likely to feel for you – don’t be surprised if sudden attractions or irresistible opportunities appeal, even if you have previously been in a stable relationship. February’s first brush with the Saturn-Uranus square is also surrounded by potentially difficult activity from Venus. A conjunction to Saturn early in the month could offer stability, but it can also signify stubbornness and your unwillingness to bend. A conjunction to Jupiter, a few days later, could bring better fortune, but it can also bring excess and recklessness in love. The dreamy Venus-Neptune conjunction in March is romantic and idealistic, but in a complex love situation, it is not your friend. Squares from Venus to first Pluto and then Saturn in April suggest that an existing relationship may be under strain from work-related events, yet a new relationship may also struggle to find stability or security. The Solar Eclipse in Gemini in your secrecy zone in early June is a concern, as you may feel under intense pressure at this point, especially if family or society disapproves of your love desires. With the second Saturn-Uranus square also hitting in mid-June, you may feel intensely emotional and depressed at being unable to find the freedom you seek. It’s essential that you take great care of your mental health under so much pressure and stress. Look for an improvement in family relationships from mid-August onwards, as Venus arrives in Libra and in your family zone, followed by Mars a month later. There’s even room for some joy in your love life, particularly in late September when Venus opposes Uranus, trines Neptune and then squares Jupiter – these will be lighter moments in the year. If you’re single and experiencing the whole intimacy vs. community vibe in a more abstract way, look to late September for a good opportunity to meet someone new. It’s probably not until November’s Lunar Eclipse, however, that you will start to feel truly free in your love life – free to do as you please, with whoever you please, regardless of what anyone else may think. December’s Solar Eclipse falls in your everyday zone, so this could signal a brand-new start, under new ‘rules’ of your own making. Venus turns retrograde on December 19 th in your love zone, and you will certainly have pause for thought about what you’ve been through this year in the name of love. With the last of the Saturn-Uranus squares also playing out in late December, there could still be some lingering undercurrents of doubt or hesitancy around your closest relationship. This hesitancy is short-lived, however, with Venus due to turn happily direct once more – appropriately enough, on January 1 st , 2022, signaling a new phase in your love-related happiness. MONEY AND CAREER With so much on your mind in your personal life, your career may not be your top yearly priority during 2021. For the first part of the year, you are likely to continue much as you are in this regard. If you are considering investing in any kind of community scheme or business, however, pay close attention around the time of the Mars-Jupiter square on January 23 rd , when something really might be too good to be true. In astrology, the Sun-Jupiter conjunction a week later is also a potential warning sign regarding investment, debt and other people’s money – make sure you have a handle on your financial situation during this time, and in the run-up to the first Saturn-Uranus square in mid-February. Surprisingly enough, early April is a very promising time for any kind of spiritual business, spiritually-related career or a career which helps and nurtures others – even while your personal life is in turmoil, a positive Mars-Jupiter trine signals opportunities for you to improve your reputation in these areas or even to launch something new. Bountiful Jupiter’s move into Pisces and your travel zone in mid-May could be good news if you work in travel, entertainment or tourism, as opportunities will expand for sure in those areas. Be careful not to over-stretch yourself, however, as the Lunar Eclipse on May 26 th hints that your daily routines may fall into chaos if you try to take on too much work around this period. When Mars in your own sign trines Neptune on May 31 st , you may benefit from highly imaginative ideas, or even inspiration from another culture, which you can put to good use at work or in business. Allow yourself plenty of me-time and breathing space in June, while you deal with the intense Solar Eclipse in your privacy zone on June 10 th , and the swiftly following second round of Saturn square Uranus. July is not a time to be reckless with money, particularly when Mars opposes Saturn from your money zone on July 1 st , and then squares unpredictable Uranus a few days later. Fortunately, you should have a good nose for trouble over these summer months, and the Sun- Jupiter opposition in late August will help you to avoid scams and con artists. If you need financial help or need an injection of cash for a new project, family may be supportive in September. The Mars-Saturn trine in late September is particularly favorable for getting support structures in place around something potentially exciting. Any such help or investment should bear positive fruit when Mars trines the newly direct Jupiter on October 19 th . November’s Lunar Eclipse occurs in your objectives zone, so it may be that with everything else you have faced this year, you’ll find yourself needing to re-think a career direction. The Solar Eclipse on December 4 th is in your work zone, so that would be a good time to make firm decisions on that topic. You round out the working year with the return of Jupiter to your travel zone for the second time, potentially bringing good fortune for work in travel or work which involves a lot of travel.
Join accredited professional astrologer, Kelli Fox, on today’s podcast as she shares her daily wisdom about how the planets are affecting us each day. Discover how to make the most of these cosmic energies especially during challenging times. Here’s the overview for today: With Venus in opposition to Uranus today, it’s best to avoid too many romantic surprises. What you might think is a grand and creative gesture, your other half may think is sad, lame or just infuriating. Stick to traditional ways of expressing your love, especially if you’re a Taurus, Leo, Scorpio or Aquarius. On the plus side, this astrological energy can suggest helpful financial surprises, so the unexpected isn’t all bad! Looking ahead, Monday’s Lunar Eclipse in Gemini dismisses superficiality and urges deeper consideration. If it’s your birthday today, don’t panic if your ideas aren’t initially well received by others. You’re ahead of your time. Reframe things so they can better understand. Short: With Venus in opposition to Uranus today, romantic surprises may not go down as well as you hope.
Join accredited professional astrologer, Kelli Fox, on today’s podcast as she shares her daily wisdom about how the planets are affecting us each day. Discover how to make the most of these cosmic energies especially during challenging times. Here’s the overview for today: Comfort spending: We all do it. But now is not the time. With Venus square Jupiter, it would be way too easy to rip up the budget and plump instead for three weeks in Costa Rica via private jet. Instead, try to focus on the root cause of any financial problems. Are you spending too much, wasting money, not earning enough? All of the above are fixable but you have to identify the problem first, especially if you’re a Gemini, Libra or Aquarius. Looking ahead, Thursday’s Venus-Saturn square is a stabilizing influence, especially in love. If it’s your birthday today, rethink your relationship with money during the coming year. Do you really need as much as you think? Short: With Venus square Jupiter today, comfort spending can all too easily get out of control.
https://astrology.tv/ Join professional Astrologer, Kelli Fox, from Astrology.TV who gives you an astrology forecast for the week ahead and a weekly horoscope. Be sure to tune in each week to find out what’s in store for your zodiac sign. Let me know how your week’s going? Subscribe, like and comment on this video. It’s a Cardinal kinda week, astrologically speaking. Cardinal, for those who don’t know already, is a “quality,” a way of expression – a style, so to speak. The term is derived from the start of a season, and so, its means initiation, beginnings, leadership, starting, generating. With five planets in Cardinal signs - Cancer, Capricorn and Aries – it’s the sorta week where you really wanna be at the helm, navigating your own ship and calling the shots. This week brings an energy shift. Mercury, retrograde in Scorpio, shifts into lighter Libra, with Venus entering the same sign from prim Virgo. This is a hella lightening of energy! Libra is the relationship sign, and she’s all about compromise and diplomacy, as opposes to the extreme black and white view of Scorpio. This is probably a much-needed relief, as even Venus in Virgo can be a touch overanalysing at times. This is the kinda week where it’s a good time to get social and have a bit of light, breezy fun. It’s also a great time to take those gritty conversations and insights and transform them into workable solutions, especially with your sweetheart. You’re that much more able to keep your head above the emotional waters and see things in a more rational, fair and balanced light. Isn’t that just perfect? With Venus heading into her home sign, and her incarnation as the Goddess Aphrodite, all relationship matters have the chance to improve, and the fussy feelings should start to ebb – making room for real pleasure. On a personal note, this is a perfect week to start a new beauty regime, get your hair done, go shopping and dancing. It’s the perfect week to get yourself out there and market yourself, too. She lends charm in this sign, along with social grace and beauty. With a Full Moon also in a Venus-ruled sign – Taurus – this really is the week of love, pleasure and sensuality! A Taurus Full Moon can sometimes feel a little intense as the Sun is still in Scorpio, which does lend a very emotional feel to this lunation. Surprises can be had, and it’ll be important to explore the balance between complacence and transformation. Where in your life could you be feeling a little over-comfortable? Also – where do you need more commitment and routine? It may be time to let you unhealthier habits go and to embrace a more holistic way of living, both personally and in your relationships. Finally, as the Sun meets in an opposition with startling Uranus this week, expect the unexpected! Don’t reply too much on your carefully-laid plans to pan out just the way you expect. Flexibility will be important, especially with the release offered by the Full Moon. All in all, this is the sort of week where most of the theme is around love and relationships, around diplomacy, finding common ground and playing fair. Some intensity can be felt, but it can all be smoothed over with rational thought and talking it out. Remember, Mercury Retrograde always offers a chance to reflect and review. It’s the Universe’s gentle way of saying it’s time to sit back and think instead of throwing yourself at everything so actively. The square between Mercury and Saturn this week may have you thinking negatively – rather remember what you have to be grateful for. #ARIES #AriesHoroscope All the planets glide into your opposite sign and your committed relationship zone, Aries. This really is the week of love for you. Yummy! #WeeklyHoroscopes #Horoscopes #astrology #zodiac #TAURUS #TaurusHoroscope A Full Moon in your sign highlights all matters of the heart, Taurus. What needs to change for you? Don’t be scared to let go. #WeeklyHoroscopes #Horoscopes #astrology #zodiac #GEMINI #GeminiHoroscope As your ruler, Mercury, and delicious Venus enter your honeymoon-romance zone, Gemini, things get extra-sexy! Your motto this week is simple: be the love. You’re oozing with it. #WeeklyHoroscopes #Horoscopes #astrology #zodiac #CANCER #CancerHoroscope A Full Moon gathers in your love given and received zones, Cancer. This will have you taking a good, hard look at whether you’re getting as much as you give. #WeeklyHoroscopes #Horoscopes #astrology #zodiac #LEO #LeoHoroscope This is a hella unpredictable week, Leo. Nothing goes according to plan, from your private to public life. Make adjustments. Compromise. Be flexible. #WeeklyHoroscopes #Horoscopes #astrology #zodiac #VIRGO #VirgoHoroscope You’ve had a good run, Virgo. Build on it and watch your self-worth and finances grow in leaps and bounds from this week onwards. #WeeklyHoroscopes #Horoscopes #astrology #zodiac #LIBRA #LibraHoroscope This is your time, Libra! As Venus, your ruler, and Mercury enter your sign, your words are like honey, and your charms match. There’s nothing you can’t have now. #WeeklyHoroscopes #Horoscopes #astrology #zodiac #SCORPIO #ScorpioHoroscope Relationships take front and center stage, Scorpio, as the Full Moon lets you know that it’s time to really reflect on your relationships. Is it time to commit – or release? #WeeklyHoroscopes #Horoscopes #astrology #zodiac #SAGITTARIUS #SagittariusHoroscope Sagittarius, this is the week where you can confidently step towards your goals and dreams with confidence. Especially the ones that are creative. #WeeklyHoroscopes #Horoscopes #astrology #zodiac #CAPRICORN #CapricornHoroscope As Mercury and Venus head into your professional zone, Capricorn, it’s the time to use your relationships to help you climb that ladder. Go, baby. #WeeklyHoroscopes #Horoscopes #astrology #zodiac #AQUARIUS #AquariusHoroscope Communication difficulties start the week off, but it all ends in smiles, Aquarius. This is also the perfect time to go away with a sweetheart. #WeeklyHoroscopes #Horoscopes #astrology #zodiac #PISCES #PiscesHoroscope Conversations get intense this week, Pisces, and you may be forced to be a lot more confrontational than usual. This is not a bad thing, you know. #WeeklyHoroscopes #Horoscopes #astrology #zodiac For more indepth information about the week ahead for your zodiac sign be sure to visit: https://astrology.tv/horoscope/weekly/ Also, be sure to try a free personalized astrology video report: video.astrology.tv and sign up for my free horoscope newsletters to have your horoscope delivered straight to your inbox everyday, every week or every month: astrology.tv/newsletters
Watch this late night ukulele performance of "The Thinnest Moon" on YouTube. Played on an Enya Nova Carbon Fiber Ukulele. This uke has plug in effects, or even effects when not plugged in, and is a one-of-a-kind carbon fiber production. It has a traditional sound with a wider range of utility. Enjoy this special, simplified rendition. Lyrics - The Thinnest Moon by Danny Hauger Waxing and waning moon Mid night and after noon Awaiting lunar phase To guide me through this maze The intervals you grow Are not for me to know With Venus by your side To be your guiding light With every shape you take, every ellipse you make Your speed defines my mood My every loss and good The thinnest moon to guide me home The thinnest moon to make my own For if my sight by sun Makes me the only one Walking in darkness in blinds Standing free of sunshine The thinnest moon to guide me home The thinnest moon to make me whole And if I should go, Would you let let me know? Would you guide me home? Would you let me go? e constantly threatening, water, drying up, splashing in your pool SPOTIFY - now available for "Spring to Life" --Support my music through my newest album, All At Once, on digital platforms everywhere, thanks everyone!! Start your podcast today with a free trial here from Podbean.com and support our show! Hauger History Store on AmpedUpLearning!
6 planets going retrograde beginning on the 24th to the 25th. After the 25th or 26 five planets will remain in retrograde. This can cause upheavals like the Mexican earthquake. It's worth it to take precautionary measures. This is not a prediction. Repeat, this is not a prediction. Just common sense.With Venus remaining in Gemini there's still a great deal of interest in talking with people and socializing and flirting with people in general. This is a good thing considering all the negativity we've had to go through. Having a little dalliance even if it's in your own mind is better than having to face the darkness with nothing.Interesting things coming up for the future including Mars entering Aries on the 28th of this month.
Joan Cerio welcomes resident astrologer Jude Valentine who tells us about the astrology for May. A month of retrogrades of the large outer planets of Pluto, Saturn and Jupiter, plus the personal planet Venus, bring much to reconsider as we re-evaluate our losses and gains, our focus and use of time, and our values. As the title of Paul Gaugain’s painting suggests; D'où Venons Nous / Que Sommes Nous / Où Allons Nous, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, this is the month where we dig for answers to those questions. With Venus in the picture, this is personal. And with Vesta conjunct, Venus, this speaks to our own personal dedication to intentional co-creation—on the personal and transpersonal level. The May 7 Full Moon in aspect to Uranus and square to Mars can provide an impetus, for the good, if we can use it; or the potential for conflict—our choice. The New Moon on May 22, with the Lights in trine to the outer retrograde planets, and Venus and Mercury in square to Neptune, may bring an overload of information that could be deceptive and/or emotionally confusing. Jude Valentine is a professional artist and practicing astrologer with over 25 years in the study and application of mythology, numerology, tarot, and astrology. She uses Urania's Mirror as her astrological consulting studio. To get a reading from Jude, go to https://UraniasMirror.com. To see her artwork, go to https://JudeValentine.com.
Join accredited professional astrologer, Kelli Fox, on today’s podcast as she shares her daily wisdom about how the planets are affecting us each day. Discover how to make the most of these cosmic energies especially during challenging times. Here’s the overview for today: Go beyond the superficial, especially in love. With Venus squaring up to Neptune today, there’s the danger you’ll judge people by appearance. Or, you won’t look deeply enough into someone’s motives. There’s much more to what’s going on than meets the eye, and it’s up to you to find the truth. For the Air signs of Gemini, Libra and Aquarius, any rush to judgement will be a real shame, because the real truth is much more interesting. Looking ahead, Wednesday’s Moon-Uranus opposition suggests that the old ways might be the best. If it’s your birthday today, look deeply into your spiritual growth during this coming year. You have a number of gifts just waiting to be developed. Short: With Venus squaring up to Neptune today, it’s important to avoid judging people on superficialities.
With the Saturn Pluto conjunction behind us and a new 36(ish) year cycle beginning, it might feel like time for a big sigh of relief. If only we got a break! With all the planets in forward motion, you'll start seeing the fruits of your labor coming to fruition. With Venus moving into Pisces and Mercury headed into Aquarius this week, get ready to turn on your subtle body antenna. You'll be tune into your intuition and the faucet of creativity will be flowing. Want more astro-guidance to sink your teeth into right now? Download the Real Sign Guide to learn ways to maximize your unique planetary superpowers and discover your Real Housewife archetype. Become an Essential Astrology member and get my exclusive New Moon Essential Astrocast and a LIVE Full Moon workshop every month. And you can book a personal astrology reading too!
Julia Sotas – Everything You Wanted To Know About Money But Were Afraid To Ask!Aired Monday, November 4, 2019 at 12:00 PM PST / 3:00 PM ESTJulia Sotas is a Certified Facilitator of Access Consciousness, Talk to the Entities and soon, Right Voice for You.She helps with the creation of Access Consciousness events as a global event creator hosting classes for the founders around the world.Julia travels facilitating her own workshops on consciousness in Tokyo, Budapest, New Zealand Italy and France.Julia holds a degree in Sociology from the University of Winnipeg, Canada.You can find her weekly Podcast on iTunes at “Access with Julia”.Come find out Everything you wanted to know about money but were afraid to ask! With Venus and Julia Monday November 4, 2019 on Outside the Impossible; OmTimes Radio at 12 p.m. PST/3 p.m. EST.
Mercury retrogrades in Scorpio on October 31 creating a sacred space for spiritual and emotional reflection. With Venus playing a big role, you receive blessings in love and prosperity, feel a deep gratitude for life, and are moved by beauty. Visit StarCodeClass.com to discover who you are at soul level. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pc2Cu2jkAo&t=397s
We have just experienced the equinox and are heading into Libra season. Venus is becoming visible in the sky after having been hidden for the last few months. With Venus energy back now everyone should start to manifest more love and abundance. Listen for your sign's daily horoscope! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/romance-future-horoscopes/support
Welcome to Be the Evidence! We are in Pisces season! With Venus in Aquarius its easier for your heart to feel like people are far away. With the Sun and Neptune in Pisces you may be trying to figure out how to get a handle on all the emotions. Seeking stillness and clearing out the old emotions can help us lean into Saturn in Capricorn and creating what will last the test of time. Our community platform is https://www.betheevidence.live/ its intention is to help support and provide tools for everything we discuss in the podcasts. In it, you will receive real-time text notifications of changing astrology, pop up live calls on the topics and astro discussed, group support, presence practices, guided meditations, extended podcasts for all sun signs with tarot readings and weekly live calls. We would love you to join us! About the Hosts Susan Grace http://susangrace.org/ Aubrey https://aubreycmast.com/ Notes If you find the content of this podcast helpful and of service; it would mean the world to us if you would be willing to subscribe, rate and review. Thank you! Also if you are interested in additional offerings: https://www.patreon.com/BeTheEvidencePodcast If you have any questions, comments or want to book Susan + Aubrey in a dual reading; please feel free to reach us at >>> betheevidencepodcast@gmail.com
A special astrology workshop with recurring guest and evolutionary astrologer Dena DeCastro. We're taking a deep dive into Venus placement in your natal chart. Venus affects not only your love life but also other partnerships — including your relationship with money. Learn about the strengths and challenges associated with your Venus sign. *Each and every sign is explained. MENTIONED ON THE SHOW Ep 40 - Love & Money Personified with Morgana Rae Ep - 74 - Astrology & Past-Lives: Karmic Patterns in the Birth Chart with Dena DeCastro GUEST LINKS - DENA DECASTRO denadecastro.com DeCastro Astrology on Facebook HOST LINKS - SLADE ROBERSON Slade's Books & Courses Get an intuitive reading with Slade Automatic Intuition FACEBOOK GROUP Shift Your Spirits Community BECOME A PATRON https://www.patreon.com/shiftyourspirits Edit your pledge on Patreon TRANSCRIPT Let’s set you up for this astrology workshop as well as any others we do in the future ... If you know a lot about your natal chart, you may know some of these planets and signs without having to look them up. Feel free to go ahead and listen along right now. For those of you who are beginners or who want to reference your chart and take notes — we are going to explore additional areas of your chart on future episodes, so you may want to start a document or a notebook — the site I most use and recommend is: astro.com There’s quite a bit you can do with a free account. There are a lot of places where you can cast your natal chart online—and I don’t get any kind of kickback for referring astro.com —the reason I prefer Astro is you can store up to 100 profiles with a free account. That’s helpful if you have clients you’re casting charts for, BUT even more importantly, you may want to store the charts of people you’re in relationships with. There’s a partner report in astro you may want to explore for spouses, people you’re dating, family members, coworkers, people you’re in business with … that person you’re about to marry! After you sign up for a user name and password, you’ll be asked to enter your exact birth information. Under the Free horoscopes tab, you’ll find a daily personal horoscope that’s pretty good for computer generated, but for the purposes of our workshops here, you’ll want to look under the Free Horoscopes tab, in the Short Horoscopes list is Personal Portrait. The personal portrait is what astro calls the Natal chart or the birth chart. Now, on that Personal Portrait page, they will offer some highlights from your chart, but that is nowhere close to everything. They may or may not interpret your Venus placement, I’m not sure how their algorithm works. But if you scroll down to the bottom, you will find a list called planetary positions of every planet in your chart and what sign it is in. For this episode, you’ll want to know what sign your Venus is in. You may also want to find the Venus placement of your significant others Of course, if you have an astrology site you like, or a natal chart that was professionally prepared for you, by all means use those. Find your Venus, we’ll jump right in to this conversation and let Dena tell you what it means and what you can do with this information in terms of Love and Money. Dena: So evolutionary astrology is a branch of astrology that focuses on past life and karmic patterns as part of the reading of the natal chart. We look at that through something in the chart called the nodes, the south node representing that past life or karmic pattern situation and then the north node representing what it is in this life that we're here to learn, that we have not experienced in past lives, that we've not mastered. And so we're here learning about that thing which is foreign to us. So it's much more... it's less predictive than some other branches of astrology. In fact, it's not predictive at all. It is more of a personal development kind of astrology, where in the reading, I'm offering people a way to look at themselves differently, not only from this life's perspective but from a soul level perspective. With that knowledge, I'm giving them suggestions about how to best live in alignment with their soul's plan coming into this life. And how ultimately, to live a more fulfilling, content and happy life. So that's the aim of it. So it's not meant for prediction. It is more meant for personal development and for growth. Slade: I actually really like that, because it's a little bit more woo woo and yet, also the personal development aspect of it really brings it down to earth. So, of course I'll link to the show that we did earlier so everyone can listen to that and find out about their node astrology, but what you told me on that show about my own south node in Virgo, has been really impactful going forward from that moment. It explained a lot of things about the way that I operate. It also explained a lot of my relationships with Virgos. Dena: Oh totally. I'm with you on that one. Slade: So anyway, I really love that piece of information. And one of the things that I noticed, talking to you the very first time that we ever spoke, which is that conversation by the way, and the reason why I wanted you back on the show is, well, first I'd love any excuse to talk to you, but... One of the things I found myself recommending to my friends and my clients about your readings is, astrology I've often noticed can have this really, really old, like old testament doom and gloom kind of quality to it sometimes... Dena: Yeah. Slade: Especially if you're looking at things that are computer-generated sometimes, I often tell people, Okay, you need to dial back the negative a little bit. Dena: Dial that back! Slade: And you have a way of speaking about astrology that feels kind of more hopeful and more positive and enthusiastic to me. And I was wondering if you are aware of what I'm talking about and if you get a sense of that as well. Dena: Yeah, you know, I think that in the astrological community, one of the viewpoints is that evolutionary astrologers are too much Pollyanna perhaps, or positive, compared to some others, which will tell you more of the doom and gloom aspects, like if you have an afflicted Venus, that your love life is going to be challenged for your whole life. Some branches of astrology are more deterministic, I will say that. And I am not coming from an, evolutionary astrology is not coming from a deterministic perspective. We embrace the idea of free will as being the prime mover and that once we have self-knowledge, we can make better choices. That's the whole point. We can, the reading itself changes what you can do with your future. It's not telling you that this is the future that's laid out for you. That this is what's going to happen because Saturn squared your Venus and it's gonna suck. Slade: Right. Dena: That it's a... it's saying, here are some choices. I will say though, that it is not all love and light. Anybody whose gotten a reading from me will tell you that we go into the shadow stuff. We go into what is, what are the lower possibilities for you? What are the things that can trip you up or the places where you can get tangled up in old patterns and get stuck. But in knowing that, then you can more likely avoid those places, right? Slade: Yeah, like, to explain what I meant by how that information for me impacted me going forward, what it did was, it just identified a certain thought process or where something's coming from in the way that I think and react to things. And knowing to look for that and to be aware when it popped it's head, I'd be like, Ooo... that's totally my south node in Virgo! And then having a polar companion opposite of like, Okay well so in order to balance out that energy that idea is to move towards this more Piscean way of looking at things. So when I say it's impactful to me, you're right. It's not like, Oh, it's just going to be this way and I'm just screwed to be that way. Dena: Right. Slade: What it does is it allows me to say, Oh, there's my tendency to do THAT, now I'm going to make a willful conscious decision to lean this other way in order to kind of balance that out, or to move away from it. So yeah, I'd like that. I definitely don't want to... I don't want information that I can't change or manipulate in some way. Dena: Right. And I said this on another podcast recently, that I'm always thinking, as I do a reading, how can I empower the client, not how can I disempower the client. Or to be careful not to say things that are going to disempower the client. That's super important to me. It really guides everything that I say as I go through a reading. Slade: Mmm... Well you're doing a good job of it. Dena: Thank you. Slade: So there is some great astrology content obviously online, on social media... Dena: Yeah! Slade: A lot of astrologers do time sensitive current posts about what's going on in the skies and you do a little of that as well. But when you and I were brainstorming astrological topics that we could explore on the show, I talked about how much I try to create evergreen content, meaning, whenever someone comes along and they find this show, even if it's two years from now, I want the information to still be relevant to them. Aspects of the natal chart, or birth chart, are those items that aren't as time sensitive, so I'd love for you to explain to us the difference between transits and our natal or birth chart elements. Dena: Yeah, so the natal chart is the birth chart that you're born with. It is the permanent chart. It's not going to change. However, how you respond to that chart can change. YOU can grow and change. But that chart doesn't change. So when I do a reading that's focused mainly on the natal chart, we're really looking at those lifelong themes and patterns, not the things that are happening now. The transits and progressions and solar arcs, those are three things, three tools that astrologers use. And there are more tools, but those are the three common ones. They tell us what is happening right now in this person's chart. What are the things moving through, that transits from the outside, the cosmic weather. For example, let's say Neptune is currently in Pisces and it may be connecting with something in your chart. It may be trining your moon or, I think it is trining your moon, I'm not sure... Maybe soon.. That is its own set of meaning about what's happening now or in this coming year, or maybe for the next two years. A Neptune transit is two years long, for example. So that's time and that's forecasting. That's not prediction. That's like saying, "Here is the cosmic weather that is around you. How can you best navigate it?" Progressions and solar arcs are a little bit different. They're something that unfolds from the chart itself and I won't get into a technical discussion of those, but they're just other tools that we use to look at this moment in time, but also what's coming down the road, maybe the next year, two years for somebody. To say, what are the lessons that are on your plate right now, what are the themes that are up in your life? And it can be really helpful, particularly if you're going through a challenging time, to understand that there are forces at play that may be affecting you, that are causing this to be a challenging time and there is something you can do about it. There are things that you can do to better work with those energies than if you didn't know about it. Slade: I like your weather metaphor because it's kind of like, if you know a hurricane's coming, then you can close the shutters and go underground. You can respond to those conditions in a different way. Another thing that I do think that astrological transits are good for, and I was just talking to a friend of mine who is going through a really rough life transition, and I said, "One of the things I like about astrology is, it's not a psychic reading. It's actually external, you know? It's like, here's a spreadsheet about stuff in your life." It has a little bit of a disconnect from being so much in our own heads a little bit. It's something that also can give you a sense of... Like if you are really going through something, and you're thinking, gawd, when is this ever gonna end?? I find it really helpful for someone to say, "Well, you know, April something is totally gonna shift." And just having a sense of, oh, okay. I may feel like I'm smack in the middle of it, and then I get a reading with you and you talk about some transits, and you're like, "Oh actually, it's been going on for a long time but you're almost done." That can be the difference between being in a really dark hole in the ground and having a little sense of, okay, I can go for two more months or whatever. Dena: Right. Slade: I love the emphasis on it not being so much about prediction as about conditions, like weather conditions and sort of windows of time as opposed to specific moments. Dena: Yeah. Slade: Well just to get back to the birth chart stuff. So we decided we wanted to do some shows where we focus on some of the bigger elements in birth charts. I feel like for people who are new to astrology, it makes sense for them to study their birth chart or their natal chart first, as a way of learning about this vocabulary and these concepts and how it relates to what they're working with in this lifetime. Dena: Yeah. Slade: So one of those big elements in our birth chart is our Venus. So teach us about Venus. Dena: Haha... So Venus is a planet that most people correlate to love because it's the goddess of love. It is a planet that has to do with connection and relationship. It is also, though, a planet that has to do with money and finances. And so a lightbulb went on for me recently when I was listening to your episode with Morgana Rae about love and money, and I was like, Oh! [unintelligible] Venus. That's the Venus energy coming through in those two things together. She's a very Venutian kind of person. And it just clicked in for me that so many people don't make THAT connection. The connection to money and resources, as well as love and romance associated with Venus. So I'll talk about both aspects, or both faces of Venus. So to begin with, Venus is the ruler of Libra, the sign of Libra, and Taurus. So it's the ruler of two signs. And Libra is a relationship sign. It's about connection and want to connect and wanting to come into balance with a significant other or a significant friend or a significant client. It's about the relationship of the one to the one. And about balance and harmony between those two things. On another level, Venus too is about our aesthetic sensibilities, our creativity, as Libra holds the archetype of the Artist, that which makes beauty. And as we think of Venus also of the goddess of beauty, and Aphrodite. So it's the part of us that wants to make beauty in the world, to bring beauty into our surroundings. The part of us that wants to experience beauty. That can come through creating, through artistry, and it can also come through being in love and through romance and connecting that way. That's all an experience of beauty. And it all brings us that sense of sigh, that sigh of the romantic quality of life. So that's Venus as it's the ruler of Libra. But Venus is also the ruler of Taurus. And Taurus is a sign that is connected to stability, resources, and a feeling of security, and that comes often through having enough resources, you know, that sense of stability and security. So hence Venus' connection to money. And so the Venus in our chart can tell us many things more than just what kind of people are we attracted to and what kind of people we tend to attract. I mean, that's all true and that's something I'll talk more about. But also it tells us, what is our relationship to resources, how do we create more resources for ourselves, how do we find our sense of security, how do we find a sense of stability and a foothold in the world. So really, there's those two dimensions of Venus, particularly love and money, that I want to focus on. Slade: Let me say something really quick about Morgana Rae. Of course I'll link to Morgana's interview when she was on the show as well. Some people know her. I reference her in The Money Shift. She was very influential in my relationship with abundance as an archetype. I just have to say, it's really interesting because if you hear Morgana talk about her story, she started working with abundance and money and financial programming and all those relationships that we have with resources. She discovered this while being a relationship coach. What she found was that people have the same issues with money that they have in their romantic partnerships and that was the connection she made. So anyway, I hope she gets to hear this and discover that there's an astrological basis for her observing that connection. Dena: Yeah. I would love that and I really enjoyed what she had to say in that episode. And I found so much personal value and had some really individual revelations about my own relationship to love and money through that episode. So it connected for me directly back to astrology and what I know there. So I think what I'll do is, I'll walk through some of the sign placements and maybe we will get through all 12. Slade: Okay! Dena: I'll do a little bit on each one if I can. Slade: Let's try, yeah. Dena: Yeah we'll try. So if you know your Venus placement, you can listen to each one and you might be able to find the Venus placements of your friends and family members and partner and be able to also get some pieces out of this. So Venus in Aries. Venus, again, as being correlated to who we are attracted to, what kinds of people we're attracted to and who we attract in. But also the relationship style. So Aries is a spontaneous fiery energy, right? And that's how Venus in Aries people tend to like it in a relationship. They tend to like things spicy and need them a little spicy and spontaneous and passionate, right? And so there needs to be that excitement. This is where we get into differences and preferences. As you know, some people like things more calm and easygoing in relationship, while you see others that's like, oh, they've always got so much relationship drama going on. But that's how some people actually like it. If you need it, right? So Venus in Aries is that energy. And as it relates to money and resources, Venus in Aries is really connected to needing to take on challenges in terms of one's work and financial goals, and being able to do things that feel fresh and new all the time. So there can be a... The shadow aspect of that the tendency to get bored quickly, like have a passionate attachment to an idea or project and then it can kind of fizzle. So that's the challenge for Venus in Aries. In both relationship and money, things can start off real hot and heavy, then go tzzzzz (fizzling down). So that's something to think about with all these Venus placements. It's always the positive and the shadow expression of each, things to be careful of. Venus in Taurus. Venus in the sign that it rules really craves stability, sensual or physical, tactile connection in relationship. A feeling of security and has an intensely loyal component and requires loyalty from the other. So that kind of slow and easy and comfortable style to a relationship is more what suits the Venus in Taurus type. Venus in Taurus regarding money. Again, you know, security and having a sense of stability is primary. So this type of person would more benefit from a job where they feel like, okay I know where my paycheck is coming from, it's pretty predictable. They're not as likely to be your freelancer unless there's a steady stream of abundance that they can count on coming from that. Venus in Taurus types really need that sense of I know I have all my ducks in a row financially all the time. The shadow side of that placement is getting too stuck in routines. Like getting too stuck in things always needing to be nice and comfortable, both in love and money. That we can get in routines as partners or we get kind of bored with each other. Try to keep things too nice, too easy, can be its own downfall. And the same with the approach to money. It's like you can keep yourself a little too small because you're afraid to take the risk of stepping out and doing something bigger. So that's Venus in Taurus. Venus in Gemini, which I think we both have. Slade: Yeeeees. This is me. I'm taking notes. Dena: Okay. Get your pen out. Venus in Gemini. Gemini's an air sign and it's about curiosity and wanting to learn new things all the time. Slade: Uh oh. Dena: There needs to be a huge amount of intellectual engagement with one's partner and/or friends. They have to be someone that you can talk to and have that mental connection with. Mental connection is primary. It's like you have to be on that level with the person where it's like, we can talk easily and I think, my husband, he's a Gemini rising, and so am I. So we're just non-stop chatterboxes with each other. Slade: Oh that's cool. Dena: Which is cool. And we like that. For some people it might drive them a little nuts. But as a Venus in Gemini person, I really like to be able to just chatter chatter with him. I need my quiet time too. But I think that Venus in Gemini also needs to be constantly, have something to be curious about. So that goes for love and for money. And the money aspect, we can easily make money through the word, through teaching, through writing, through speaking and also through learning new things and then repackaging what we learn and giving it back out through teaching. That's part of the Gemini archetype. Teaching and talking. Slade: That's us! Dena: That's you and me! I guess we're doing our Venus. Slade: Right. Dena: So the shadow stuff of Venus in Gemini is going from thing to thing without settling on one thing. With having trouble committing to one thing. That can come up in love or money, and I have to say, I had more trouble with the love part of that when I was much younger and not anymore, but I see that in myself for Venus in Gemini, of the next shiny object that comes by. I'm gonna follow that. And that can happen with money as well. That oh, maybe I should make money doing this! No, wait. I could be that! I'm gonna be a writer this week and then teacher next week and a, this or that. So there could be a difficulty in settling. I do think that abates with age. With Venus in Gemini as we grow up and kind of get our big boy, big girl pants on. And yet some people might not grow out of it as quickly. Slade: Well, and I have to say for myself, the way that that came down is, once I found the right context in which to work, I have a job that allows me to be a lot of different things, from, one day I'm an accountant, another day I'm doing web design, another day I'm interviewing people on a podcast. That variety I think is the reason why the entrepreneurial stuff works for me so well, is because I have it built in to this one thing I do is like a cluster of a whole lot of things. Dena: So true and same with me as well. I never get bored because every reading you do is a different deal. There are no two readings that are alike. So that keeps me constantly engaged. That's super important for those Venus in Gemini people out there to think about is, what will keep you constantly engaged with your mind? What will keep you constantly curious? Because you can get bored really easily with anything that's just even a little bit repetitive or redundant. So alright. With that, we're going on to Venus in Cancer. Venus in Cancer has some similarities to Venus in Taurus. There is a need for commitment and a feeling of emotional safety in relationship and as relates to money. So Venus in Cancer types really need to feel safe in order to connect emotionally with their significant other, with friends. So they're attracted to people who can provide that sense of comfort and safety and a feeling of they're not going anywhere. That significant other is there for the long haul. And so they're drawn to relationships that can provide that. As far as Venus in Cancer money-wise, there's a need for emotional safety in terms of how they make and bring in money. And that again, similarly to Taurus, requires a structure and a certain comfort level with their job or what they're doing to bring in money. I don't mean to make that sound at all boring. It's just that those two signs, Taurus and Cancer in particular, as we go on we'll get to Capricorn as well I see in this way, that they really do need a little more regularity of routine and comfort level in their relationship and work/money-wise. And that is okay. Part of what I like to always get across is we're all wired differently and part of what I like to bring to people is that accepting and validating that wiring is really important. And you can push a little bit against the edges of that, knowing that that is your want, you know? Sometimes you can get a little too comfortable. So here we have Venus in Cancer, the shadow element of it can be going too much into caregiving and nurturing of the other, too much into worrying about, I've got to show up for my work at the expense of myself, you know, sometimes forgetting to take care of oneself because the job or the money coming in means more than taking care of oneself. It's that over-focus on caregiving to the other that can go awry. So that's something for Venus in Cancer to watch. Then we have Venus in Leo. Colourful fire sign. The second fire sign we've come across. Leo is a creative, spontaneous energy. It craves adoration. It craves being appreciated. So own it, if you've got some Leo in your chart, which I know you do. That there is that need for being appreciated, particularly in partnership if you have Venus in Leo, to have the other person do the kind of traditional hearts and flowers aspects of romance with you, and to treat you a little bit like a god or goddess sometimes, you know? It's not something to be shy about. There is that need. And that you can do that for the other person as well. You may have a very romantic quality in the way that you approach relationship and with money. I will say that there's often a creative streak that wants to come through in how you make money. You could easily be an artist or creator of some type that brings in money through your creative drive. So that's something to look at. If you're not doing that and you're a Venus in Leo and you're thinking, Where is my creative career?? You can be doing that as a side line or a hobby. But there is some creative outlet is extremely important for you to have to get that Venus need met. You know, to have that sense of pleasure in life that we get from our Venus placement. And then the shadow side is that, what I mentioned in the beginning and be turned up to a little too high and Venus in Leo people can get too demanding of other people's attention, like, Look at me! It's that I need to be the centre of your universe attitude. And so we have to watch that with Venus in Leo. And know that, okay, it needs to be balanced. That there's two people in a relationship and that there's two people that need equal amounts of attention. So it's just that awareness can be helpful. Venus in Virgo. Another earth sign. It's similar to Taurus but Virgo is about having very high standards and being able to look at a relationship and at how we bring in money as practice, as constant work. Again, that doesn't sound glamourous, but we need Venus in Virgo people. We need people who understand that a relationship IS work. A relationship IS something that takes constant tending. And it's also sometimes about compromise and helping another person as much as it is helping ourselves. So Venus in Virgo people do have high standards for relationships in that they want the other person to work on it as hard as they are working on it. That's important for Venus in Virgo to consider when they're pairing up with someone is, is the partner someone who is able to do this work with me? And to look at it as a constant practice, the conscious practice of relationship because Venus in Virgo is interested in doing that work. As far as it relates to money, is service-oriented profession when you feel you're making a tangible difference in people's lives, where you can see the results. See, touch, feel the results of your work and how it's affecting people. That's going to be extremely important for Venus in Virgo. The shadow of Venus in Virgo is that perfectionism, you know, as we've talked about with south node in Virgo, can be applied to relationship and to one's work, so that it can be paralyzing. In relationship, it could be having too high of standards with the other person, to the point where nothing they do is right. Or I can't find the right person because I'm just too damn picky. That Venus in Virgo as it relates to money is about the, sometimes the Virgo Paralysis, I call it, needing to have things SO neat and tidy and perfect that no risks are taken. You'll notice that theme popping up from the earth signs, that the Taurus and Virgo and as we get to Capricorn, there's a tendency to, in the shadow, be risk-averse to the point where life becomes very confined. So that's a danger to watch for there. Venus in Libra, in the second sign that it rules, is definitely interested in having harmony and calm and peace in relationship. This is the opposite sign of Aries, the sign that we started with, and it's, I talked about the theme of Aries needing things kind of hot and drama, a little bit of drama is okay. Not Venus in Libra. Venus in Libra is opposite of that. There's a need for just a sweetness, a romantic peaceful tone in the relationships. As it relates to money, again, a creative career, an artistic career can be fulfilling for Venus in Libra, but also careers in which you are required to really work closely one on one with people. So with Venus in Libra, there can be some natural counselling abilities, the ability to mentor or work closely with a person on a daily basis, one on one, to have clients, for example. And that that could bring in resources. There's an ability that Venus in Libra people have to pick up on the needs of others and to connect with them very immediately and closely. To be sensitive to the needs of others. And that can be a gift. It can also be the shadow, in that Venus in Libra can get over-concerned with other's needs at the expense of oneself so it's that theme of getting lost in the relationship at the expense of one's own needs, and that can be the classic codependent kind of expression of that. And that can happen when Venus is triggered there. That's the Venus shadow to watch out for. Venus in Scorpio. Another water sign like Cancer. Scorpios are a very different sign from Cancer interestingly, being a water sign too. Venus in Scorpio really craves intensity, passion, Scorpio's ruled by Mars, just as Aries is ruled by Mars, and so there is this need for close, deep connection with the other. It could be 'I wanna be in every aspect of your life and I want you in every aspect of mine'. There can be almost that possessive quality to the relationship and that can make it sound a little unhealthy, and it could certainly go there in its shadow. But Venus in Scorpio really does need someone who can show up as an authentic person and handle going into the deep and difficult areas of relationship. They thrive on that. They thrive on having the hard discussions, the going for the raw truth in the relationship, and talking about what's going on underneath the surface. And so that's something to consider for Venus in Scorpio as they think about partnerships, like, can the other person match me there? Are they gonna be able to go deep? Are they going to be able to go really deep and to handle the intensity of what I want to do in relationship. And then Venus in Scorpio money-wise, again there needs to be that passionate engagement with one's career and often the career can involve confronting or looking at things other people don't want to look at. For example, I have a friend with Venus in Scorpio who is a hospice worker. She deals with people passing regularly. And so that actually something some people might go, Ooo gawd, I don't know if I could handle that, a Venus in Scorpio person can handle that, as far as this is what we're doing to bring in an income, and this is also what they feel drawn to do because they can. They can handle it. So that Scorpio element is really strong there and the shadow of it, again, is that possessiveness that can creep in, the jealousy, the lack of objectivity, being way too subjective and getting even a little paranoid in relationship. That can happen and so it behooves Venus in Scorpio to be aware of that tendency and to watch your thoughts and how they might be going that direction. And to say, okay, maybe I need to take a step back here and get some objectivity or talk to a friend about this or get another viewpoint before I go down that road in my head. Venus in Sagittarius. It's another fire sign. It's the last of our fire signs. The word spontaneity creeps in to every fire sign that I talk about. I think that having spontaneity in relationship is probably the most important for Venus in Sagittarius. There needs to be a huge amount of freedom and space for Venus in Sag people. This doesn't necessarily mean they can't be in a committed relationship. Not at all. Of course many Venus in Sag people are married, right? And you'll hear similar things about Venus in Gemini, like, oh, we can't commit, but I think of course they can and it depends on the whole chart. But within that relationship for Venus in Sag, they need to have a sense that they have a great amount of independence and space within the partnership. And to have room to breathe. Fire signs need room to breathe. Mark that down in your notes, people. Fire needs room to breathe just like the element. So it doesn't mean no commitment. It just means being able to have that dance with somebody where it's like, Oh, you're gonna go out tonight? Okay well I'm going to stay home and do my thing. And KNOW that it doesn't have to mean the relationship's going south. You know, that Venus in Sag person might need to go out more than a person who's got Venus in Taurus, right? Doesn't mean they can't have a relationship. It means they have to understand each other's needs. Venus in Sag also needs to feel like things are always an adventure, like they're on a quest. This is an adventure and there's that sense of looking toward the future with Venus. And so having plans for travel and adventures together as a partnership, that's gonna help them in any of their close relationships. Venus in Sag as relates to money really does need, again, that sense of, almost like Gemini, enlists challenge, excitement, curiosity, being fulfilled. So variety is hugely important for Venus in Sag people. They need to have variety in their work. They could be a freelancer, but they could also have a job that provides that kind of constant challenge and constant variety served up. And then the shadow, of course, is being noncommittal to the point of, they run away from every commitment. That could be the shadow Venus in Sag type is, I'm so averse to getting cornered that then I forget to have a relationship. That can definitely happen with Venus in Sag. Venus in Sag may be perfectly content out there in the wilderness on their own for awhile. They could also end up feeling very lonely later on if they realize, wow, I just really haven't made those close connections because I've been so protective of my freedom. So that's the shadow road for Venus in Sag. Venus in Capricorn is a sign that, again, the last earth sign. It has to do with creating things that last a long time and doing the hard work of creating them. And so in relationship, a Venus in Capricorn appreciates commitment, appreciates structure and stability, just like Taurus. Also takes pride in the accomplishments of having a long term relationship. And this applies to close friendships as well. You know, having those long term close relationships. That's an extremely important priority for Venus in Capricorn. There can also be the high standards element that we talked about with Virgo. There's that willingness to work on relationship and to be committed, that Venus in Capricorn has that is there too with the other earth signs. And then in work and money, Venus in Capricorn is the willingness to do the long haul with things, to be committed, to be enduring in one's work, in one's approach to work. And the desire to create something lasting. The desire to create something that took a long time to make and take pride in that creation. So the shadow road for Venus in Capricorn is too much work and no play. It's over-work. It's workaholism. It's the abdication of pleasure at the expense of relationships sometimes and at the expense of money. It's like I'm just gonna work til I drop kind of attitude, or I'm just gonna treat this relationship like it's a job and business-like. And it can get too business-like, and so that's one of the shadows of all three of the earth sign Venus is a tendancy to make relationship into kind of a business, or too business-like. To the point where it gets boring and all the life gets sucked out of it. And that's something, if you're aware of, can avoid by injecting some of the positive qualities into it, and also tap into other areas of your chart to bring in more spontaneity and breath of air. So then Venus in Aquarius really delights in relationship. In having, again, space, freedom, those are two key words that are common with Aquarius and with Sag. And then also having a sense of, perhaps more distance in their romantic relationships and they often can have quite a lot of friends and have, again, not necessarily just the close besties, but have a broad spectrum of friends of all different walks of life. In relationship, romantic relationship, they need things to be changed up quite a lot. They can also get bored very easily. So the partner would need to be someone who challenges the mind and the intellect. That's the air sign quality. And then also provides a lot of variety and ability for room to breathe. And then Venus in Aquarius as it relates to money is needing to making money through something that they feel is affecting the world for the better in some way. That can sound a little grandiose, but it's that humanitarian urge that Aquarius has to make things better for the next generation, or the next group of people coming up. And so when they turn their attention toward humanitarian things, they're more able to bring in the resources that they need. The shadow road for Venus in Aquarius is aloofness or disconnection. Getting too much in the head, forgetting to connect to the heart. So that's what they have to watch in relationships and in work. It's like they don't feel, they can get disconnected from what they're doing. That can be to the detriment, to both money and to love. And then finally, Pisces. Venus in Pisces, the last water sign. Pisces is an empathic sensitive and very compassionate sign. In relationship, they thrive with someone who is also sensitive because they could pick up on the other person's feelings quite easily, and always be aware of the other person's feelings. So it's important that they be with someone who does not take advantage of that. Who doesn't tap too much into their empathy and sensitivity and use it for the worst. That can be the shadow road. Venus in Pisces is, as a partner, someone who thrives on emotional connection and being able to have a deep spiritual connection with a partner. There needs to be that soul connection, that spark there that feels like we've known each other for lifetimes. That kind of connection. And then with work, Pisces is another sign, because of it's compassion and sensitivity, that works well with being able to do something that helps others. Working on behalf of the underdog, working on behalf of those who need help, that draws Venus in Pisces tyoes and that can be a way to bring in finances. And then the shadow side of Venus in Pisces again is that over-developed sensitivity that can then be taken advantage of. You know, if they're in a relationship with someone who is toxic or not healthy, that they can get too influenced by that and be taken down a dark road themselves. And how they can pull themselves out of that, though, is to, again, remember my needs to have to come first, actually. You know, that I can't lose myself in this. And that comes into play in their work as well. So that is Venus through all the signs. Of course, that was a really brief description of each but I encourage people, if you know your Venus sign, don't just go by the Venus sign. Also think about, if you know a little about astrology, other things in your chart as they might relate to that Venus. Because we don't just have a Venus. We have all the other planets as well and they can help to balance out certain things with the Venus that we might need to. Slade: Yeah! I was gonna point out that, like say for instance you have a Venus in a particular sign. I'll use mine as an example, Gemini. What I might look for in a potential partner, they could have a significant Gemini placement anywhere in their chart and be a little more likely to provide some of those elements, say someone with a sun or a moon or rising sign in Gemini, would still be able to sort of provide some of that energy, right? Like they don't have to have a perfectly matched Venus to Venus kind of situation. Dena: Right, right. So that's another thing that I'll point to here with compatibility and, you know, I often get the question, can you do a compatibility chart for me and my partner? And I don't think of it that way. I don't think that it is a situation where you're either compatible or you're not. You know? Via astrology, for one thing, and that there are so many things involved in each person's chart that you can't do it based on sun sign, or just Venus signs, any of that. It's the whole picture versus the whole picture. So a couple's reading is very complex in that we do consider all of the elements of each person's chart plus the composite chart, which is where you bring two charts together, so it's not just about Venus, for sure. Venus, like any of the planets that you take in isolation, can point you in a certain direction or help you understand a huge amount about yourself but it's not the whole picture. I want people to definitely be aware of that. Slade: Yes, and also knowing that, in keeping with your theory that understanding what you have in your chart then allows you to respond or balance those elements or bring them in, or understand why someone else might need certain things that are different from yours. You could have "Venuses that are not in the same realm as one another" and just by understanding that, well, I have this certain situation in my chart, and my partner has a different requirement, what that can do is then allow you to maybe make more conscious decisions to provide that in the relationship. Or to remember, it's not that this person doesn't want to spend time with me, but they like to go out and do things with their friends and have an independent kind of social life. And just knowing that and being aware of, that that's one of the ingredients you're working with, can allow you to, like you said, use your free will to modify how that's impacting you. Dena: Absolutely. And it is about self-understanding and it's about understanding the other and that's where a couple's reading can be helpful is understanding each other's Venus style can be hugely helpful but then understanding the whole chart as well, and saying, Okay, we just have these certain differences. We have these things that are more in harmony, and how can we maximize the things that work well together and how can we work on the things that are really quite different. And in almost any couple's reading I've ever done, nobody's perfectly lined up and the same. I mean that's just not the way it works. We're attracted to people who tend to make us work on ourselves. Slade: Mmm... Interesting point. Dena: That's why I think we're attracted to them, is like, Ooo, there's a challenge here and something I need to learn and that's why we're drawn to each other at a particular moment. Slade: Or they may have something that you're trying to bring in into your own life, so it's an opportunity for you to study or model that dynamic. Dena: Yes. Slade: And how can I be more like this? Dena: Right. Slade: I have to ask you, I hope it's not too much off topic, but it comes up so much in relationship-oriented readings, like with clients that I do and it probably comes up for you when you do relationship astrological readings. Soulmates. Twin flames. Talk to me about... Is there an astrological basis for these concepts? How do you describe and define those concepts? Dena: And I am probably gonna tick some people off with my answer to this. Slade: Do it! Dena: I'm gonna do it! Because it's what I think. I don't believe that we have one soulmate. And I don't... I just don't have enough knowledge about the concept of twin flames to understand it, really. It's not something that resonates with me particularly. There isn't an astrological basis for those terms as far as I know. But we do... Meaning it isn't, astrology doesn't prove that we have soulmates or twin flames. One way or the other. It doesn't disprove either. We do use the term "soulmate" in astrology at times, particularly as relating to the 8th House, in evolutionary astrology, that is a term associated with the 8th House, that it's the house of soulmates where we do the deep soul work. I emphasize soulmates plural. It's not The One. It's not the one in the sky that's gonna come down and like, we're gonna be happy together forever and walk off into the sunset. It's the one who I am going to do deep soul work with. And there may be, and will likely be, many in a lifetime, including friends that are like soulmate friends. I don't confine it to romantic quality. So my perception of soulmates, and as I have seen it play out in people's lives and in their charts, is that soulmates are people we're here to do deep work with. That the sign and planets in the 8th House can tell us more about what kinds of people that we can do that deep soul work with. That is another topic. It might be fun for another time to go deeper into THAT. But knowing your 8th House and 8th House planets can help understand like, this is the kind of person with whom I can do that deep soul work. So I'm not saying there's no soulmates. I'm saying my perspective on them is that it's not the happy ever after one. It is, okay we have people that come and go in our lives that we have unfinished business with perhaps, from past lives, and so there's that charge when we meet them. Like, okay, this is someone I need to do some work with and we have stuff from before. Maybe it needs to be finished up. But the thing that's challenging I think for a lot of people in considering soulmates and twin flames in the way that I do is, you know, nothing lasts forever. And even if you stay together 'til death, it's not gonna last forever. Relationships do come and go and particularly as we're evolving as a species, it seems like relationships have sometimes a faster burn rate than they used to. Slade: Really?! Dena: In terms of friendships and partnerships that, well, the whole phenomenon of serial monogamy, you know, is a good example of this. Just like we are growing and developing very quickly, and sometimes we outgrow people. And then we go on to the next person. And that used to be considered a failure. Oh, you can't settle down. You just can't be with one... I just see it as, in different phases of our lives we may be with different people and have different needs for growth and that's just what may happen. Now at the same time, I'm married and I intend to be married for the rest of my life. So there's that. It's hard for people to understand how those two things can coexist. How can one believe in marriage at all and still hold the beliefs that we have different soulmates and different needs at different points of our lives. I think it is a choice. We can choose to be with someone as long as we're doing good growth together. And as long as we're both consciously working on the relationship and becoming new to each other. Because we're always changing. As soon as we try to put ourselves in a box and say, Okay, you're my soulmate. This is going to last forever, you're the One, then its doomed pretty much. Slade: Well it's like the concept of a company or an entity that exists over long periods of time. Maybe there is the need for renovation or rebranding or you know, like, it seems like couples who have been together for long, long periods of time have phases within their relationship that they can point to. So, I mean, and I'm saying this to you as someone who is not married, so my opinion about how to be married is very limited, but I would hope that what that means is an ability to recognize that there are phases and changes and different acts in life. Or like movie franchises, there's gonna be a sequel, and then there'll be a part 3. My whole feeling or hope is that, well if I go into it with that expectation, maybe that will allow me the fluidity and the creativity to remake it or to change it as necessary. Dena: Yeah. Slade: Because the commitment is to the person. It's not necessarily to the time period that you met in, or whatever. Dena: Right. Yeah, I like that. And, just recalling, I was listening to an interview with Michelle Obama on Oprah's podcast recently and she was talking about their marriage and how there were some really hard times, which you don't think about when you see Barack and Michelle Obama. You just see, Oh, they're just total soulmates and they just belong together and they have this perfect relationship. She's like, No. There were some very hard years and she's like, If you've been married for 50 years and you have 20 years that are bad, you're doing pretty good, is what she said. And people are like, What?? Yeah! There's gonna be some hard times and some years that really suck and where you're going through either individual things that are tough or as a couple, and any long term relationship that lasts is going to have those different phases. And I think, who knows what the success of a marriage depends on. I don't have the answer but I suspect that a lot of it has to do with what you're saying is that flexibility and fluidity to go through these different phases together and the acceptance of that's going to happen. Slade: it's interesting that you mention the fact that our culture seems to be moving to a place where we're more accepting of the idea that there are different relationships for different time periods in your life because we also see that happening in career, the concept that people have multiple careers in their lifetime has become much more of an acceptable, intentional way of thinking about it. Gone are the days when you picked your major at 19 and you picked a job and you work there from 25 to 65, end of story. There are some professions that do allow for that but the expectation that you're failing if you don't do that is pretty gone from popular belief now. I mean, it still haunts us. But there is at least in the culture a recognition that, you know what, it's an admirable thing to decide, I'm going back to school at 40 and I'm changing my career! We applaud people who do that and so I think that may exist in parallel with... I don't know what it is. Maybe it's a fundamentalist thing. It's a fear-based thing that we're gonna lock everything down and it's just going to be this way forever. Dena: Right. Slade: We're moving as a species into a place where we recognize that things are evolving and changing. We are learning how to be more that way, right? Dena: Yeah. I would agree. I would say those two things are very connected. Slade: Oh, Dena, I could talk to you all day long. There are so many aspects of astrology that we can explore like this. Thank you so much for doing this deep dive and going through, at least speaking to everyone out there a little bit, giving them a taste of what they're working with. I will absolutely invite you back for other chats and we will do some other focused topic areas in this way. Tell everyone where they can go to find you online if they want to follow you or get a reading with you. Dena: Yeah! So you can find me at DenaDeCastro.com and there you can sign up for my list there. I do have a really cool free gift of the nodes in your chart, if you didn't hear about it from the last episode. It's still there for you if you do sign up for my list. I also will more regularly be posting things on Facebook as we go forward, and I have a Facebook, it's DeCastroAstrology. I say that because I just started back on Facebook after nine years away, so it's like getting back up to snuff on that has been interesting. But yeah I'm enjoying getting back into that community and also being part of the Shift Your Spirits community as well. And you can find me there too. I pop in if you have questions about this episode and what have you. Slade: Absolutely. We'll have a comment discussion in the group available for anyone who wants to ask you some good follow up questions. That was great, Dena. Thank you for coming back on the show again. Dena: Thank you. It's always my pleasure.
Tobi & Rachelle talk retrogrades! With Venus about to go direct (finally) on 11/16 and Mercury entering retrograde on 11/17, we chat about what that means, how it has been & will be affecting us, and how to cope.
Happy Birthday to all the Leos out there. With Venus moving into Libra thsi week, relationships come front-and-center, but not without some obstacles. Learn all about Leos, their vulnerabilities and how to grow as a Leo. Happy birthday to some of our favorite Leo celebs, including Mila Kunis. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/starpower/support
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In todays episode, my partner Tareck and I shed light on some truths about relationships to honor the current transits in the sky. With Venus, Mars AND Vesta all in the sign of Libra, while the Sun, Jupiter and Mercury transit Scorpio, we are being asked to assess our relationships, look at the dark side and consider the whole. Who do we want to be in partnership with, who do we want to be as a partner? Enjoy this candid conversation about love and the challenge that follows. {Image @eugeniakrok}
The New Moon in Libra at 26 degrees on October 19 has wonderful, supportive energies for putting time and effort into relationships that support cooperation, negotiation, reciprocity, and shared values. With Venus in Libra, we look for the beautiful things in people and in life to reflect back to us what matters most now. But heads up because this lunation also directly opposes Uranus and Eris in Aries, two planets associated with rebellion, discord, instability, and change. You'll feel the need to assert yourself powerfully in situations that are requiring you to diminish your light or hold back your true self. More to share in this week's show - and as always, THANK YOU for listening and connecting! More on my new FB astrology page, too! Join bestselling author, consciousness teacher, intuitive and astrologer Molly McCord for this lively weekly show! Molly shares inspiring cosmic messages, astrological updates, spirituality insights, and timeless wisdom to add empowering awesomeness to your life - and have some fun along the way! Molly's spiritual awakening began in 2002, and she delightfully offers her years of growth and experiences in each episode to inspire, uplift and upLIGHT your journey.
Something kinky has been taking place lately in the world of mainstream entertainment. Sadism and masochism are now to romantic comedy what romance and comedy use to be to romantic comedy. From the 2002 movie Secretary to 2011’s three-novel series 50 Shades of Grey (released as a movie earlier this year), many of our favorite new “love stories” are disturbingly, conspicuously twisted. Standing somewhere between those two examples is David Ives’ Tony-winning 2010 stage play "Venus in Fur," now running at Main Stage West in Sebastopol. Winner of the Tony for Best Play and Best Actress, Venus in Fur stands as a career high-water-mark for Ives, who’s best known for work like All in the Timing and Lives of the Saints, both collections of short one-acts. Ives’ work, by and large, has tended to sacrifice plot in the service of playing with language. Few playwrights are as masterful and entertaining with words and sentences as is Ives. But as an inventor of compelling stories, he’s always been a little lacking. Perhaps that’s the reason he’s chosen to adapt so many classic tales by other people when tackling full-length plays, works like Piere Corneille’s "The Liar" and Moliere’s "The Misanthrope." With "Venus in Fur," Ives fuses his best instincts into one show, fashioning a language-rich play about a playwright-director who’s just completed an adaption of the 1870 novel Venus in Furs, by Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. And here’s where it gets kinky. Sacher-Masoch is the gentlemen for whom the term “masochism” was named, and Venus in Furs is the novel that brought the concept of sadomasochism into public awareness. At Main Stage West, Anthony Abate plays Thomas the playwright, who has been auditioning actresses for the part of Vanda, an aristocratic woman who spontaneously takes a sex-slave and learns to mistreat him in degrading ways. As Thomas is about to leave his New York office, with the role of Vanda still uncast, in walks an actress whose name is also Vanda (mysterious!), played by Rose Roberts, who’s pretty much astonishing from start to finish. Vanda is a hot mess of an actress, dropping F-bombs left and right, desperate to audition though she’s three hours late, clutching a bag of props and costumes and a copy of the script she’s somehow gotten her hands on - despite the fact that almost no one has read it but Thomas and his producers. It is difficult to describe what happens next without spoiling the delicate series of revelations and red-herrings Ives incorporates into his gradually intensifying - and frequently hilarious - if not exactly plot-heavy story. The audition quickly turns into a battle of wits, sexuality, and gender assumptions. Thomas is surprised when that Vanda seems to have memorized the entire script, and as the audition commences, he reluctantly reads the role of the sex-slave to Vanda’s dominatrix. Sacher-Masoch’s soft-porn story-within-the-story - which Vanda eventually eviscerates with her dead-on critical analysis - eventually overlaps onto the intensifying power-play taking place between director and actress. There’s a bit of smoke-and-mirrors going on in Ives’ script, which would have little story at all were it not for the story within the story, but Ives’ work the smoke and mirrors well enough that few will notice that not much actually happens. But then, what does happen is extremely entertaining and even a little thought-provoking, thanks largely to director David Lear, who adds a few bold additions to Ives’ original vision. Ultimately, this uneven but highly intelligent play has lots to say about what men and women think about men and women. Funny, thoughtful, and painfully to-the-point, Venus in Fur is so good it hurts. "Venus in Fur" runs Thursday–Sunday through April 25 at Main Stage West. Mainstagewest.org. I’m David Templeton, Second Row Center, for KRCB.
Gabriela Herstik: author of " Inner Witch ", sexual empowerment queen, Satanic Feminist, boss WITCH. With Venus as her guide, no one knows better than Gaby that owning your true desires and honoring your sexual pleasure can allow you to *wo* manifest your dreams. In this mega-empowering episode, we chat about sex magick, nipple piercings before first kisses, how receiving is an active practice, and Satanic doo-wop bands (?!!). In closing, Gaby (@gabyherstik) pulls her own Goddess Oracle card reading. Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us: @BasicWitchesPod @LeahKnauer @RachelLaforest Subscribe! Review! Share! And we promise we won’t put a hex on you
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