Episode 111 | The Return of Pluto, and a Sect-sy Question
This week, one of the biggest events in astrology this year: the United States Pluto return. Plus, the Sagittarius LQ Moon; Venus and Mars check in with Neptune; and a tech-tickling Mercury-Uranus square. Finally, let’s talk about sect!
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Highlights for Feb. 14-20, 2022: Birds at the Bendings
Is your voice being heard and valued? If the answer is “no,” and you’re carrying hurt about it, this is a good Full Moon for letting that go.
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Episode 110 | Leo Full Moon: Many Little Birds!
April discusses Valentine’s Day and its connections to this week’s sexy Venus/Mars conjunction and Mercury entering Aquarius; a Leo Full Moon evokes very contradictory images; the Sun enters healing Pisces; and a mini-lesson in planetary cycles!
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Leo Full Moon: Filled With Your Own Light
It’s easier to let someone else be the Leo. And it’s safer. If you don’t let the world see you, you can’t be rejected. So yes, it is safer and easier to be the satellite. But it’s not what you came here to do. It’s cheating.
Read MoreHighlights for Feb. 7-13, 2022: Preparation, Inspiration, and Hard Truths
When Mercury connects with Pluto, there’s no room for small talk, pretense, or equivocation. We say exactly what we mean and let the chips fall where they may.
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Episode 109 | Taurus First Quarter Moon: Flocking Together!
April examines the First Quarter Moon in Taurus, which is a time of motivating tension – especially with the Sun and Moon connecting with Saturn and Uranus. A look at this week’s void-of-course Moon periods, Mars trine Uranus, and the last of three Mercury/Pluto aspects. April answers a question from listener Anna Marie about her natal Venus/Saturn aspect – how can she use it productively in work or relationships?
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Episode 108 | Aquarius New Moon: Where’s My Comfy Chair?
The Aquarius New Moon, Mercury turns direct, the Sun’s conjunction with Saturn, and change isn’t comfortable.
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Highlights for Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 2022: An Unruly Land, Harpo Marx, and Spirit Made Visible
The Sun’s union with Saturn reminds us that our bodies are spirit made visible, that it’s a privilege to be alive, and that we owe it to our bodies to give them as much use as we give our minds.
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Aquarius New Moon: Little Solar Systems
Few of us can be happy with a completely solitary existence. But I think it’s unusual to bloom so spectacularly within a community garden—because we’re each of us little solar systems, too, with ourselves at the center, sovereign Suns who need to shine.
Read MoreHighlights for Jan. 24-30, 2022: Reality Checks, Fine-Tuning, and Liberation
The Sun’s square to Uranus insists that we expand our horizons a bit – and there’s more than one way Uranus might persuade us to do that.
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