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Hello and welcome. This is

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The Astrology of the Week

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Ahead podcast. I'm your host,

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your AstroBesty, Channey, Nicholas, and

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in this episode, we are

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talking about the week of

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April 14th and the astrology

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there within, if that's how

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you say that. Okay, so

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look, this week we have a

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couple, three, a few, very significant

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planets changing signs. Not like...

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Big deal 2025, hold my

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beer, watch this, kind of

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sign changes. But they are

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significant nonetheless. They're significant for

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smaller time frames. The first

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thing we've got on the

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docket is the fact that

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mercury is moving back into

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aries. And as soon as

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it moves into aries, it

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makes. a conjunction, it meets

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up with Neptune, who is also

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just newly in Ares. So that

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means that this is a week,

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especially in the beginning of the

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week, that is dominated with conversations

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that we've never had before. You

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know, and you're like, wow, I

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didn't have that on my bingo

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card for 2025. Who knew? Another

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unprecedented, it feels like that. It

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feels like this is a conversation

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that is... pretty wild, pretty out

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there, and definitely not something that

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I saw coming. Why? Well, because

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Neptune has never been in

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airies in our lifetime, right?

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It hasn't been there for

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like 165 years. So this

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is Mercury, the megaphone, the

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translator, the one who picks

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up whatever is around, right?

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A microphone is neutral, but

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it's going to amplify or

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record whoever is speaking into

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it. That's... Mercury. So

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Mercury moves into

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areas on Tuesday

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and it will bump

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into Neptune. on Wednesday.

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And we're going to have like

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fire starter conversations. Neptune is the

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planet that is associated with the

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seas and the oceans and water,

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but it's in a fire sign.

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So it's kind of like lighter

2:14

fluid. And so when mercury comes

2:17

along, it's like we're having conversations

2:19

where the fire is just spilling

2:21

out everywhere. So it all depends

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on how we use it. always.

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That's what astrology is. It's a

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archetypal experience. It's a piece of

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time that we're talking about. We're

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talking about the beginning of this

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week, and we're talking about what

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kinds of events are likely to

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occur. So it's more than likely

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that we're having conversations that are

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igniting something and also possibly spreading

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like lighter fluid that we didn't

2:49

mean to go everywhere. So we've

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got to be somewhat conscientious. I

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don't even know if you've got

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to be careful. I don't know.

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It's up to you, right? Like,

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I think that on the world

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stage, we'll be having some very

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wild conversations where something is catching

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and going kind of like a

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trail of lighter fluid that you

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didn't know was there until something

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got sparked. And then all of

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a sudden you're like, whoa, that

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went fast. So wherever Aries is

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in your chart, that is one

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of the experiences you might be

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having there. So make sure that

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the information that is getting out

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is the information that you want

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to get out, because this is

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leaky information type of astrology, but

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it's also... very illuminating and very

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captivating and very attention getting. So

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it's not like, oh, something's leaking

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and nobody's really noticing it and

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oh no, that's eventually gonna be

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a problem. It's like right away,

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it is. a fantastic all kind

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of event where something gets said

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and it just goes like wildfire.

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So that's the beginning of the

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week. And then what happens is

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Mars moves in to Leo. So

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we've got Mercury in a fire

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sign. Neptune, obviously, in a fire

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sign. And then Mars is moving

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into another fire sign, different fire

4:16

sign, but still. And it's going

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to make that connection with Neptune.

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It's going to make a try

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in with Neptune right away. Now

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there's a couple of very important

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things we need to remember about

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Mars in Leo. This is where

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it's stationed retrograde on December 6th.

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So if we think back to

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November, the beginning of November, what

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was happening? who was in the

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news, what was in the news,

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a certain someone named Luigi Mangione

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was in the news, just saying,

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we were in our first Mars

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in Leo opposing Pluto an Aquarius

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moment as Mars was stationing retrograde

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we had. Another Mars Pluto opposition

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in the beginning of November right

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before a certain country had their

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election, but that was when Mars

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was in cancer and Pluto was

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in Capricorn. So same series of

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events just in different signs, but

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the beginning of December is when

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we had the Mars and Leo

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opposing. Pluto in Aquarius. So we

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are revisiting that theme. Mars and

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Pluto will make its third and

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final opposition to each other on

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the 26th of April. This is

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a very significant date in 2025's

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astrology. It's not significant in terms

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of like the next 10 years

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necessarily, but it's saying like a

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shorter time frame. And again, the

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span of time between December of

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2024 and the end of April

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of 20. 25, there's something. connected

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here. So we know that that's

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coming next week. So we're going

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to watch out for it. And

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before we get there, I don't

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want to jump too far ahead

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because these are small steps, but

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they're really important ones before we

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get there. So Mars enters Leo

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on the 17th of April. It

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immediately makes a try in with

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Neptune, because Neptune just moved into

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aries and planets only make a

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trine or harmonious aspect when they're

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in the same element. So Mars

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is in a fire sign, Neptune's

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in a fire sign, and these

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two line up for us to

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get inspired to take action towards

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our ideal, to take action towards

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the fantasy, to make our dreams

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come true through the... Taking of

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action. Dreams do not come true

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unless we move towards them. And

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Mars is the planet that teaches

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us how to move, and it's

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finally out of cancer. It has

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been in sticky, tricky, emotionally confusing,

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and feeling like all of our

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security systems are being attacked cancer

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since January. Since January 6th, Mars

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has been in cancer. all the

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way until now, until the 17th

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of April. That is a long

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time for Mars to be in,

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one of the hardest signs it

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can be in. So now that

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it moves into Leo on the

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17th of April, it is a

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much faster pace that we're moving

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into. And when it makes this

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trine with Neptune, It is again

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like that feeling of things catching

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fire in a good way, I

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think, in a way that's like,

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whoa, we can really move with

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our inspiration and we can really

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move into action and this is

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the way we can go and

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this is how we can fight

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for the things that we believe

7:44

in. is in Aries needs to

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have a relationship with Mars. So

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this is a good setup. This

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is a kind of like healthy

7:54

setup, if you will. And it's

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a setup that encourages us to

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do the things that also will

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feed our inspiration and create more

8:03

inspiration, like a good dopamine hit

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or a good way to get

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dopamine to inspire us to do

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the next thing that will also

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help us feel good that is

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also good for us personally. Yes,

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collectively. This is a moment where

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we might feel like a swell

8:22

of a fighting spirit that also

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has within it a tremendous amount

8:26

of compassion because it is. Neptune

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and Neptune in areas is definitely

8:31

about moving towards fighting for and

8:33

being really fierce when it comes

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to our ideals and how we

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go about manifesting them. On the

8:40

same day. On the 19th of

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April, the day that Mars makes

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a trine to Neptune, the sun

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moves into tourists, which is a

8:50

very different vibe, right? Grounded, steady,

8:52

earthy, tourists, it's kind of nice

8:54

to have something steady and grounded

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in the skies now, but and

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also, by Sunday the 20th of

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April, the sun and Mars make

9:04

a square, because there's this setup

9:06

in the sky that says, well.

9:09

all fixed signs are either squaring

9:11

each other or opposing each other.

9:13

Mars is in the fixed sign

9:16

of Leo, the sun has moved

9:18

into the fixed sign of Taurus,

9:20

and now we're in some kind

9:23

of sensation that feels aggravating, it

9:25

feels annoying, it feels a little

9:27

edgy, and it feels a little

9:30

grading, and it spurs us into

9:32

action, but through discomfort. So we

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move from, or at the same

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time, we're having like one thing

9:39

that's... helping us to move in

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a way that feels inspiring and

9:44

we feel like, oh, I'm so

9:46

happy I get to move towards

9:48

this thing or this even is

9:51

easy in a way or this

9:53

is lighting me up. or inspiring

9:55

me or a group of people

9:58

in a way that seems like,

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thank God, what a relief. And

10:02

then at the same time, there's

10:05

this agitation that's happening that feels

10:07

much more like a fight, like

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something that is like everybody's digging

10:12

their heels in and there's a

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kind of gnarlier thing going on.

10:16

Now, once we get into Sunday,

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once Mars makes that trine to

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Neptune, once we have that bout

10:23

of inspired action. Mars then goes

10:26

on to make that opposition to

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Pluto. So I just want to

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mention that by the time we

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get into Sunday, the 20th of

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April, and all the way through

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to Saturday, the 26th, but really

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like a little while after that,

10:42

there is this tension in this

10:44

friction in the air, and it's

10:47

pretty hefty. So I want us

10:49

to enjoy. the good things that

10:52

we can. I want us to

10:54

enjoy the pockets of ease or

10:56

the pockets of when we get

10:59

to move in an inspired way

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in in whatever ease is available

11:03

to us, I want us to

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be like, okay, this is easy.

11:08

I'm gonna really like be conscious

11:10

of this, I'm gonna be enjoying

11:13

this, I'm not gonna take this

11:15

for granted. Because there's something that

11:17

happens, and it doesn't necessarily mean

11:20

that's gonna happen in your personal

11:22

life, but it could be happening

11:24

on the world stage for sure,

11:27

that happens on and around April

11:29

26th, that again is full of

11:31

tension and friction and there is

11:34

a quality here that. requires

11:37

us to dig into something

11:39

that is really ferocious, either

11:41

inside us or having to

11:43

contend with something that seems

11:45

really unfair. But there, again,

11:47

there is this quality of,

11:49

at the end of April,

11:51

us needing to do something

11:53

that seems a little like

11:55

David and Goliath match up.

11:57

Like, Pluto is this like

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hefty. deity, God, planet

12:02

of the underworld, amassing

12:04

wealth and power. And

12:06

Mars is no joke,

12:08

absolutely not. I think the hardest

12:10

transits are when Mars

12:13

is involved. Mars is a

12:15

real headache sometimes. And it

12:17

is that planet that spurs

12:19

us into action, gets us

12:22

to rally our courage, and gets

12:24

us to change things. So Mars

12:27

is very like... above board in

12:29

Leo at least, it's very like,

12:31

this is what I'm doing up

12:33

against Pluto that is like this

12:35

subterranean power source. And so

12:37

it's poking at something that

12:40

is very deeply embedded in

12:42

our society, in our world,

12:44

in our culture, in our

12:46

systemic inequality. And I just

12:48

think that there's going to

12:51

be another round of conversations

12:53

about class consciousness and the

12:55

need for it. amongst all

12:57

the other things that we

12:59

obviously need to be conscious

13:01

of, but an event or

13:03

something that happens at the

13:05

end of April that's going

13:08

to bring that up again. Like,

13:10

hey, all of these systems are

13:12

set up so that we fail,

13:14

and we are left floundering that

13:17

we actually suffer. There

13:19

are so many systems

13:21

set up in the world that are

13:23

there. to make bank and that bank

13:25

on our suffering. That is real. That

13:28

is where we are in time and

13:30

space. That is not any

13:32

kind of like doomsdaying anything.

13:34

That's just reality. And when

13:36

astrology like this comes around,

13:38

it pokes at that. And

13:40

because Mars is making that

13:43

trying to Neptune right before

13:45

it makes the opposition to

13:47

Pluto, I do feel like

13:49

there's a tremendous amount of

13:51

movement and we move up

13:53

against... something that cannot be

13:55

ignored. And it's also the wrap

13:58

up of this set of... three

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oppositions between Mars and Pluto that

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happened at the beginning of November,

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at the beginning of December, and

14:06

then it made its second exact

14:08

opposition at the beginning of January,

14:10

and this is the third and

14:13

last. So it's also wrapping something

14:15

up, but it's connected to that

14:17

storyline. So just thinking about beginning

14:19

of November. I'm going to include

14:21

beginning of December, because that's when

14:23

Mars Station retrograde and beginning of

14:25

January and the end of April.

14:27

There's some story here that is

14:30

like this and then this and

14:32

then this and then this and

14:34

then this. I don't know what

14:36

it's going to be, obviously, I'm

14:38

recording this in the past, but

14:40

that's what I'm going to be

14:42

looking for. I know I'm jumping

14:44

ahead a little bit in the

14:46

astrology, but I just want us

14:49

to have that in our minds

14:51

eye as we go through the

14:53

rest of the rest of the

14:55

month. Again, I think the Mars

14:57

Square, the Sun or Sun Square,

14:59

the Mars, is going to be

15:01

agitating, but I want us to

15:03

use that agitation in the best

15:06

way we can. What are we

15:08

agitated to go and do to

15:10

improve, to make better, to work

15:12

towards, to solve, to resolve, to

15:14

do anything that's positive for us,

15:16

because those squares can really be

15:18

so important in terms of us

15:20

being able to take action. The

15:23

other things that are happening are

15:25

Venus is making a sex style

15:27

to Uranus and Mercury is making

15:29

a sex style to Pluto. So

15:31

that's really nice. That's like seeking

15:33

out pleasure in a new way,

15:35

having fun, being experimental, like being

15:37

very spontaneous, and then it's also

15:39

having conversations that are very deep

15:42

and cathartic. And maybe the things

15:44

that agitate us spur us into

15:46

like, let's go try a new

15:48

place, let's go to a new

15:50

art gallery, let's go do something

15:52

different, let's go to a party

15:54

that we wouldn't normally go to,

15:56

or let's have this conversation that

15:59

I'm usually afraid to have, but

16:01

I'm so agitated I've got to

16:03

have. it. So again, the agitation

16:05

isn't bad, but it can overwhelm

16:07

the system when we just stay

16:09

agitated. What is the agitation saying

16:11

to us at the end of

16:13

the week? And what does it

16:16

want us to do so that

16:18

we can vent or let off

16:20

some steam or process or have

16:22

fun in a way that's like,

16:24

okay, I just actually needed to

16:26

like move the creative energy, I

16:28

needed to move the stuck energy

16:30

through in a different kind of

16:33

way? Okay, so now comes the

16:35

part of the show where we

16:37

talk about questions that you have

16:39

for me. If you have a

16:41

question, please write in at the

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16:45

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17:00

your questions. This is a question

17:02

I have. gotten a lot about

17:04

what is the post retrograde shadow

17:06

period all about. So this is

17:09

the deal. For about 10 days

17:11

after mercury has station direct we

17:13

are in the post retrograde shadow

17:15

period. So about 10 days before

17:17

mercury retrogrades and then mercury is

17:19

retrograde for three weeks about and

17:21

then 10 days after mercury stations.

17:23

we're still in the same storyline.

17:26

So think of it this way.

17:28

I walk down the stairs to

17:30

go outside. And then I realize

17:32

that I've forgotten my keys. I

17:34

have to stop, turn around, that's

17:36

mercury stationing retrograde, go back up

17:38

the stairs, get my keys. That's

17:40

mercury stationing direct. then go back

17:42

down the stairs just to get

17:45

to the door that I was

17:47

at when I realized I forgot

17:49

my keys. So the journey of

17:51

going down, pausing, going back up.

17:53

getting the thing, pausing, going back

17:55

down again, is the mercury retrograde

17:57

and the pre and the post

17:59

retrograde shadow periods. Because the first

18:02

time I go through the stairway

18:04

and get to the door is

18:06

the pre-retrograde shadow period. Before retrograde

18:08

happens, mercury moves through those stairs

18:10

or those degrees, the zodiac, that

18:12

it's gonna eventually have to go

18:14

backtrack up or backtrack too. So.

18:16

Mercury is not retrograde yet, but

18:19

pretend Mercury is me. I go

18:21

down the stairs. Get to the

18:23

door. I forgot my keys. Retrograde.

18:25

I have to go back. Get

18:27

my keys. Station direct. Go back.

18:29

I saw to go back on

18:31

the stairs. I've already been here.

18:33

And then I get to the

18:35

door. And then I get to

18:38

go on a new adventure. got

18:40

my things, had to do the

18:42

review, had to go back and

18:44

get the stuff, maybe on the

18:46

way I realized, I also forgot

18:48

my phone, or I forgot my

18:50

tea, or forgot the thing that

18:52

I was actually going to bring

18:55

to the tailor to get fixed,

18:57

and I realized like all these

18:59

things that I forgot on the

19:01

way back to get my keys.

19:03

So the post-Mercuri retrograde shadow period

19:05

is that period of time where

19:07

we were like, okay. I've gathered

19:09

my stuff, I realize what was

19:12

broken, I did my best to

19:14

fix it, and now I got

19:16

to get back to where I

19:18

was when the whole thing started.

19:20

So a lot of people find

19:22

that the post-retrograde period is the

19:24

worst. I don't really know why.

19:26

I don't actually have a good

19:28

astrological reason for it. And just

19:31

let you know what I hear.

19:33

But definitely the preview, like the

19:35

pre-retrograde shadow period, it's like, hmm,

19:37

is everything okay? I'm not sure.

19:39

And then you're like, oh God,

19:41

no, it's not. Okay, wait, I

19:43

forgot the things. And then the

19:45

going back up the stairs is

19:48

just annoying, right? The actual retrograde's

19:50

like, oh God, I gotta do,

19:52

I'm late, and then the going

19:54

back down the stairs to get

19:56

back to the. that we were

19:58

can sometimes seem like more work

20:00

than it needs to be. Maybe

20:02

not in my example, but in

20:05

the actual 10 days after the

20:07

retrograde ends, sometimes that's when we're

20:09

like, oh my God, wait, I

20:11

forgot everything. Maybe that's what it

20:13

is. It's like, wait, hold on,

20:15

I got my keys, but now

20:17

I remember like, I was never

20:19

gonna even make it to the

20:21

place I was going to. My

20:24

Uber didn't even come or whatever,

20:26

I didn't have my bus token.

20:28

So it's that time where we

20:30

might feel like extra scrambly after

20:32

the retrograde's actually over. And I'm

20:34

not saying this so that you

20:36

can blame more time or more

20:38

things going wrong on the mercury

20:41

retrograde. Please don't do that. It

20:43

doesn't make anybody look good. And

20:45

it's not the best use of

20:47

astrology, although I will agree with

20:49

you. Mercury retrogrades give us the

20:51

best. fixes to the problems we

20:53

didn't even know we had. So

20:55

that post-Mercuretigrade shadow period is just

20:58

like that, oh God, it wasn't

21:00

even just that. I had all

21:02

these other things that I forgot

21:04

to do, or that weren't working,

21:06

or that, wow, there was like

21:08

a whole host of emails that

21:10

I missed, that kind of vibe.

21:12

So for about 10 days after

21:15

the mercury grade's done, we're still

21:17

dealing with the aftermath, and then

21:19

we're in the clear. And then

21:21

a couple months later, we'll do

21:23

it all again, because mercury retrograde's

21:25

like three to four times a

21:27

year, mostly three times a year.

21:29

But that's a lot. It's a

21:31

lot of time. So we're meant

21:34

to be reviewing our lives and

21:36

our process quite a bit. All

21:38

right, y'all. Thank you so much

21:40

for joining. If you find this

21:42

kind of thing helpful, if you

21:44

find this podcast helpful, please send

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it to a bestie, please send

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it to somebody that you think

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might benefit from it. It helps

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us so much. I deeply appreciate

21:55

when people tell other people about

21:57

the work. It really helps it.

21:59

and go do its thing. And

22:01

for the people that are like,

22:03

do not talk to me about

22:05

astrology, don't mention my name. Don't

22:07

even, I don't, zip it. We don't,

22:10

we don't need to convince anyone

22:12

of anything. That's not why we're

22:14

here. But I deeply appreciate you.

22:16

So thank you, thank you, thank

22:18

you for joining every week or

22:20

whenever you come by. Next week,

22:23

we have that Mars Pluto opposition.

22:25

It's gnarly, I'm not going to lie,

22:27

I'm not going to make us afraid

22:29

of it, it's going to get us

22:32

determined. And we're going to be like,

22:34

I'm going to win, we are going

22:36

to win, we have no other choice

22:38

but to win. That's it. Bottom

22:40

line, case closed. Then we got

22:42

to be like, okay, how are we going

22:45

to do it? But this is

22:47

about being up against something

22:49

that feels hefty and deep

22:51

and there's a lot of

22:53

subterranean stuff that comes up. we

22:55

are ready for it because it's

22:57

happening. That's just the way astrology

22:59

works, I think. On the heels

23:01

of that Mars Pluto opposition is

23:04

a new moon in Taurus that's

23:06

going to have the Mars Pluto

23:08

opposition kind of baked into it.

23:10

So we'll talk about how to

23:12

be determined in the new and

23:14

fresh starts that we're making with

23:17

the new moon. All right, I'll

23:19

see you back here then. Until

23:21

then, sending you all my love,

23:23

all the blessings, bye for new.

23:25

So,