Episode 301 | Scorpio First Quarter Moon: Slaying Dragons!
Venus enters cozy Cancer, but Saturn and Neptune disturb the nest. Mercury retrograde cazimi in Leo offers clarifying insights into your individual genius. The Scorpio First Quarter Moon encourages a passionate and determined move forward on Leo New Moon wishes.
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Leo New Moon: The Grateful Flow
Gratitude opens the heart to the world around you in the same way being in love makes the world seem like a kinder and more benevolent place. You’re not only happy, but inspired—available to receive whatever ideas and inspirations come your way.
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New Moon in Leo: Walking the Circle
The world is in the process of recreating itself, and we are weaving change and upheaval into the fabric of our new future as we go along. Sanity tells us to be afraid, but faith whispers that there are no false moves now; however random, even capricious these changes appear to be, they are embedding themselves into our new foundation like stray river rocks and sea glass….
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Episode 300 | Leo New Moon: Razzle-Dazzle!
Welcome to the 300th Episode of the Big Sky Astrology Podcast! Venus squares the Lunar Nodes and her cosmic lover, Mars. The Sun enters its happy place of Leeeeeooooo and aspects nearly everything. A dynamic and powerful Leo New Moon, with the Sun in opposition to Pluto. Plus: Strength, radical hairstyles, and razzle-dazzle!
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Mercury Retrograde: Slowing Down
Because a planet doesn’t seem to function as expected while retrograde, astrologers tend to issue dire warnings about not getting your computer repaired while Mercury is retrograde and not buying a house while Venus is retrograde. There’s something to these warnings, but proclamations like that always make me feel rebellious, and at the very least it’s fair to ask “Why?”
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Episode 299 | Mercury Retrograde: Permission to Pause!
Mercury stations for its latest retrograde period. An Aries Last Quarter Moon issues a final call to action. Mars makes a conjunction with the South Node, Mercury and Venus highlight heartfelt communication, and a listener question about synastry.
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Astrology Highlights for July 7-13, 2025: Big Changes on a Human Scale
Grow attached to too many routines, and you run the risk of getting bored, stale, sleepy, uninspired; of losing your temper over unimportant things that have resisted your need for them to stay the same. Uranus is anathema to routines, especially in Gemini, which revels in variety, new ideas, new messages. Without change, without disruption, forward motion isn’t going to happen. We’ll just keep telling the same old stories and doing the same old things in the same old way.
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Episode 298 | Capricorn Full Moon: A Big Shopping Bag!
Episode 298 | Capricorn Full Moon: A Big Shopping Bag! This week, Uranus enters the sign of Gemini for the first time since the 1940s. Venus and Pluto examine power and control in the realms of relationship and money. The Capricorn Full Moon and its ruler, Saturn, stationing retrograde, explore …
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Astrology Highlights for June 30 – July 6, 2025: Charm School
Libra has a way of persuading others to do its bidding while making them believe it was all their idea. It feels good to do things for someone who is smiling, flattering you, and making you feel smart and good-looking.
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Episode 297 | Venus Enters Gemini: Flirty!
At the Venus-ruled Libra First Quarter Moon, use charm and social connections to further New Moon goals. Venus gets an electrifying embrace from Uranus in Taurus, then bounces into flirty Gemini; opportunities arise when Venus meets with Saturn and Neptune in Aries.
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