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Hi, the following episode

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of the astrology of

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the week ahead was

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taped before I knew

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the election results in

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the United States of

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America. So if things

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sound aggressively positive, given

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the situation, that's why. I

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needed to get ahead of

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the game so that our

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team could go on winter

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break and things could happen

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in an orderly fashion and

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this is what happens sometimes.

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So I hope that the

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astrology still lands in a

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really helpful way. I just

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don't want you to ever

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think that I don't take an

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incoming fascist leader seriously.

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I take the situation that

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we're in. exceptionally seriously. I

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think it's going to require

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all of us to do

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everything we can in every

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single moment that we can do

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it. And I'm here with you.

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We are in community together and

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I just didn't want to have

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you thinking like, wow, is this

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so spiritually bypassy and has Channey

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totally lost the plot? I haven't.

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And with you, and in the

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new year, we're going to be

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doing episodes much closer to the

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time we actually air them. But

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until then, please enjoy and see

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how the astrology lands as I'm

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talking about it without knowing the

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type of world we're moving into.

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I hope you enjoy the episode.

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It's time to get cozy.

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It's time to get some

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snacks. It's time to get

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emo and it's time to

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get irritated. Hello and welcome.

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This is the Astrology of

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the Week Ahead podcast. I'm

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your host in your AstroBesty

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Channey Nicholas. And this Monday,

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we begin the week of

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January 13th with a big

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old blubbering full moon.

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in cancer. Yes, it is

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still going to want

2:04

warm and fuzziness, but

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this is the thing.

2:08

My loves, this full moon

2:11

is sitting with Mars.

2:13

Mars is retrograde. Mars

2:15

is now in cancer,

2:17

and Mars is also

2:19

this week about to

2:21

make the very important.

2:24

opposition to the sun,

2:26

which will happen on Wednesday

2:28

on the 15th. So basically

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Monday, Wednesday, we're in a very

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peak moment, meaning that both the

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moon will be out all night,

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but also Mars will be. Now

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Mars is out all night right

2:42

now because it's sitting in the

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opposite sign of the sun. So

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when the sun goes... down Mars

2:49

comes up and right now the

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moon will also come up with

2:53

Mars and Whatever the full

2:56

moon touches if the full

2:58

moon is in the same

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sign as another planet it

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becomes part of the elevation

3:04

of that other planet so

3:06

the moon as we know

3:08

Especially when it's full is

3:10

going to impact our emotions.

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It's going to signify a

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moment where there is like

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a peak experience of something.

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And the something is usually, you

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know, how we feel about it.

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But there is a swell, right?

3:25

The full moon. is like a

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tide that's rising and the peak

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of the full moon is the

3:32

top of the wave and then

3:34

after that the wave releases. So

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we're starting the week already at

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this kind of peak moment and

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because Mars is there it's also

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going to be peak irritation. Because

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Mars and the sun are also

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sitting in opposition, it signals a

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very important piece of the Mars

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retrograde cycle that began on December

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6th. Now we are halfway through

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it. We're in it until... like

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February 23rd. So it's far

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from over, but again, we're

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halfway through and we're halfway

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through while Mars is in

4:09

the side of cancer while

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the film moon is happening.

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So. I think that on

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a collective level, there's going

4:17

to be something about issues

4:19

that impact families. There's going

4:22

to be something about reproductive

4:24

rights and health. There's going

4:26

to be something about conception.

4:28

There's going to be something

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about children because that is

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what cancer governs, that's what

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cancer is concerned with, also

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food nourishment, hydration. So we

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want to make sure that

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we are well-nourished, we want

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to make sure we are

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well-hydrated, and we really want

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to pay attention to what

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house this is happening in,

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in our chart. So what

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part of your chart contains

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the sign of cancer? That's

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where both this full moon

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happens and that's where this

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Mars is retrograding through. That's

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where Mars will station direct

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come the end of February.

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And that's the part of

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our chart that we're probably

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going to be experiencing quite

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enough, quite a lot of

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agitation. And I talked last

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week about it almost being

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like a kind of quicksand

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feeling like we'd don't want

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to struggle against something that

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is challenging if it's only

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going to entrap us more

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or ensnare us more. We

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want to be really strategic

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about how we work against

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something or what we're cutting

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out or what we're saying.

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to or what we're letting

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go of, Mars has a

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way of clearing. And when

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it's in cancer, it's like,

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what do we clear emotionally?

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Or how can we unclog

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the emotional system in the

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body? How can we clear

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out the congestion? How can

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we clear out the phlegm

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in the system? How can

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we help the inflammation in

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the body come down? Take

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note of what happens. And

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for some of us, it'll

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be like, what is literally

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happening in our family that

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will be challenging or that

6:23

will be agitating or that

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will be the thing that

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is activating for us. And

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activating might be uncomfortable, but

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it's also what gets us

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into action. So the emotions

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that are coming up, the

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discomfort that comes up around

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this full moon. is exceptionally

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important to pay attention to

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because it's telling us what

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we need to know about

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our own needs. This is

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one of those opportunities where

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we are being asked to

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reparent ourselves. So, okay, what

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didn't we get? Fine. How

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can we give it to

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ourselves now? And then there's

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something to be said for

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like emotional boundaries in more

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than one way. This is

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the thing. The full moon

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happens. And it's sitting with

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Mars. It's also sitting in

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a cute aspect to Uranus

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and to Neptune. So there's

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some supportive things that are

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happening that help us maybe

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to have a breakthrough and

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to help us also have

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compassion for whatever it is

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we're going through in this

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moment. And then the next

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day, kind of at the

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same time even, Venus, the

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planet of love and connection

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that's in Pisces right now.

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the sign of its exultation

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makes a square to Jupiter

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which is fantastic. It's and

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maybe an overindulgence in something

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sweet or grandiose or wonderful,

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but it's also there to

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help relieve some of the

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agitation I think, some of

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the agita of this full

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moon, but and also it

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goes on on Saturday to

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make a conjunction with Saturn.

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So the theme of emotional

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boundaries I think are pretty

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important for the week because

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the moon and Mars are

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sitting together. and Mars is

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what we call a mollific

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planet. There's two of them.

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And Venus and Saturn will

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end up sitting together. And

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Saturn is the other mollific

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planet. And mollific planets teach

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us how to show up

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for life. They require us

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to make a big effort

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with something. They help us

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do the hard work, which

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is what helps us to

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also get to enjoy the

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best parts of life. So...

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there's something that's quite abundant

8:56

and then there is something

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that's quite strict that happens

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by the end of the

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week. And so I just

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feel like we don't get

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away with much this week.

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We've got to face the

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emotions and the situations and

9:13

the family dynamics perhaps that

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are agitating and that are

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annoying and that are impossible

9:19

to ignore. And then we've

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also got to work on

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relationship boundaries. which I think

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is all saying the same

9:28

thing, right? We have to

9:30

be really clear about what

9:32

our needs are, how to

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meet them, what to expect

9:37

in relationships, what we can't

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expect in relationships, how to

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set the boundaries we need

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to set now in the

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relationships that we're in, so

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that we can have deep

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pockets of intimacy, so that

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we can know that we...

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are a family that can

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really work through the tough

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times because we have the

10:01

tools and the skills necessary

10:03

to work through the conflicts

10:05

that are bound to come.

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up. Like we can't have

10:09

a healthy family if we're

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denying things that are happening

10:14

interpersonally. How many families do

10:16

you know that might be

10:18

really great in one way

10:20

but in another way they

10:22

totally ignore all of these

10:25

other red flags or there's

10:27

one person in the family?

10:29

that gets away with being

10:31

abusive and everybody else in

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the family system tiptoes around

10:36

it or makes excuses or

10:38

enables that behavior. If we

10:40

look at the systems that

10:42

we live within and an

10:44

kind of overarching way and

10:46

then we look at the

10:49

ways in which our families

10:51

and our internal systems are

10:53

kind of organized, it's a

10:55

mirror image. Right? We don't

10:57

talk a lot about how

10:59

we treat one another. We

11:02

don't talk a lot about

11:04

how to actually create families,

11:06

whether it's chosen family or

11:08

blood related family. However, you

11:10

talk about family, you name

11:12

family. It doesn't matter. Family

11:15

is the collection of people.

11:17

We say it is. And

11:19

how do we work through

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really challenging dynamics in the

11:23

family unit? Can we? When

11:26

do we? And how does

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our family, or how do

11:30

the families we come from,

11:32

deny the tough stuff and

11:34

allow things that are abusive

11:36

or are painful or are

11:39

go on and on and

11:41

iterate themselves generation after generation?

11:43

And what are we here

11:45

to stop within our own

11:47

life, within our own mind

11:49

and body and soul? And

11:52

maybe even within our family

11:54

setup, maybe this full moon

11:56

for you will be about

11:58

something. that is very specific

12:00

to your family and the

12:02

ways in which you are

12:05

unwilling to carry on a

12:07

family dynamic or a family pattern.

12:09

And what does it mean to

12:11

break with it? What does it

12:13

mean to allow yourself to be like,

12:16

I don't want to do this? This

12:18

is not what I want to be a

12:20

part of. And we talk about this a

12:22

lot, you know, on the internet.

12:25

We're all very, very well-versed

12:27

in therapy speak now. And

12:29

then there are moments that really bring

12:31

it up for us that were like,

12:33

oh, I thought I worked on this.

12:36

I thought because I worked on this,

12:38

my mom changed or my dad

12:40

would be different because I did

12:42

this in therapy. So then I

12:44

thought everyone else was also going

12:47

to follow suit. I mean, that is

12:49

such a normal thing for us to

12:51

assume. I don't know why, but I

12:54

think we as humans will try to

12:56

work on stuff. to change other

12:58

people when we're really only

13:00

healing ourselves and changing

13:02

how we interact with

13:05

those people or those

13:07

situations or that pain

13:09

point. And I do think this

13:11

full moon brings up a kind

13:14

of pain point. So the point

13:16

is for you to understand how

13:18

you relate to it and how

13:20

you care for yourself and

13:23

how you can meet your own

13:25

needs. and how you can be

13:27

the parent and the guardian and

13:29

the protector that you needed when

13:32

you were little for yourself in

13:34

this moment now and then see

13:36

what else can shift. I know

13:38

it's easier said than done. This

13:40

is hard stuff. I'm I'm not

13:42

I'm with you. Like I'm not

13:45

excellent at it. That's for sure.

13:47

I'm talking about it, but I still

13:49

have to do it with you. You

13:51

know what I mean? The other little

13:53

pieces of astrology is that on Saturday,

13:55

mercury will make a sex

13:57

style to Saturn, which is really

13:59

good constructive. conversation and then on

14:02

Sunday mercury will make a sex-style

14:04

the Venus which is really helpful

14:06

healing conversations. It's conversations that help

14:08

to bring things back together, bring

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relationships back together. So it does

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seem like we end on a

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good note and then the sun

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changes signs and we move in

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to Aquarius season which will be a

14:22

whole other vibe. So biggest thing to

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pay attention to is the fact that

14:26

this full moon. is conjunct Mars

14:29

and Mars is going to make

14:31

an opposition to the sun on

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Wednesday and Monday, Tuesday, even

14:35

though there's a Jupiter or

14:38

Venus square in there, Monday,

14:40

Tuesday, Wednesday, are full

14:42

of important tensions that help

14:44

us to tease out the problem,

14:46

the issue, and help us

14:48

to understand what we need

14:50

to cut off or cut

14:52

out or whittle down or

14:54

make a really challenging but

14:56

important decision. about. All right,

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let's move to an ask

15:00

me anything section of this

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little podcast and show. If

15:04

you have a question, leave

15:06

it in the comment section

15:08

below this so I can

15:10

answer it for you. All right,

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so we got a question about

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the fact that we don't

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have planets in every house. of

15:19

our chart. So the question is,

15:21

if I don't have planets in

15:24

a certain house of my chart,

15:26

does that mean that part of

15:29

my chart or that part of

15:31

my life is basically not

15:33

very active? No, not at

15:35

all. We can't actually have a planet

15:38

in every single house in our

15:40

chart because there's 12 houses. And

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even if we're counting the modern

15:44

planets, there's only 10 planets. So

15:46

all of us have a couple

15:48

of empty houses. I mean, maybe

15:50

if you throw the nodes and

15:52

Chiron and Lilith and the points

15:54

in there, maybe you have something

15:56

in every house, but you're not

15:58

going to have a planet. planet

16:00

in every house. You just won't.

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It's just, it's not the way

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it goes. And it doesn't mean

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anything bad and it doesn't mean

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that that part of your chart

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isn't active and is not important.

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It is. Every single house in

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our chart is important and we

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live it out. We live it

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out in two ways. Well, three,

16:21

maybe four, depending on timing techniques

16:23

that you use. One way is

16:25

this. If you have an empty

16:28

house in your chart, No planets

16:30

in it. Look at the sign

16:32

of that house. So if you

16:34

have nothing in Leo What do

16:36

you do like the house that

16:38

contains Leo? Well, you look to

16:40

your son because the son rules

16:42

Leo So all you have to

16:45

do to understand a part of

16:47

your life through your astrology chart

16:49

is to go and look at

16:51

your chart see if you have

16:53

any planets in that part of

16:55

your chart that corresponds with that

16:57

part of your life. So relationships

17:00

or career, you would look to

17:02

10th House, relationships, you would look

17:04

to 7th House. So you have

17:06

no planets there. Doesn't mean you're

17:08

not going to have a career,

17:10

doesn't mean you're not going to

17:12

have a relationship. You look to

17:14

the sign that's in that house.

17:17

So say you have an Aquarius

17:19

7th House, because you're a legal

17:21

rising. Well, you look to Saturn.

17:23

Saturn will tell you everything you

17:25

need to know about your committed

17:27

partnerships. The sign Saturn's in, the

17:29

house it's in, the planet Saturn

17:32

is talking to, all will tell

17:34

you everything you need to know

17:36

about the person, the kind of

17:38

people that you want to create

17:40

and be in committed partnerships with.

17:42

So you want to think about

17:44

friends, like how do I meet

17:46

new friends? And I feel like

17:49

I don't have the kind of

17:51

friend groups or friendships that I

17:53

want. You look to the 11th

17:55

house. Do you have any planets

17:57

there? No? Okay, okay, great. What

17:59

sign is in the 11th House?

18:01

Say it's Pisces. Well then you

18:03

would look to Jupiter. Jupiter will

18:06

tell you everything you need to

18:08

know. about your friends, your friendships,

18:10

and how to cultivate more friendship

18:12

and more community in your life.

18:14

And if you go to the

18:16

Channey app and you look at

18:18

where the signs are in your

18:21

chart and you want to know

18:23

about some area of your chart,

18:25

go and read about that planet

18:27

and it will tell you about

18:29

that area of life even though

18:31

the planet isn't in that house.

18:33

You know what I mean? So

18:35

Venus rules your 10th house. but

18:38

it's in your fourth house, it

18:40

will tell you all about Venus

18:42

in the fourth house, but also

18:44

will tell you about Venus as

18:46

ruler of the 10th house. So

18:48

go check out the delineations in

18:50

the channy app and see if

18:52

they help you to understand whatever

18:55

part of your chart doesn't have

18:57

planets in it. All right, y'all

18:59

come back next week and we

19:01

will talk more about Mars retrograde.

19:03

and all of the things that

19:05

it's up to because it is

19:07

in quite a few situations with

19:10

quite a few planets next week.

19:12

So we're going to have even

19:14

more experience working with this placement.

19:16

We're going to have some help

19:18

though. I promise you it's not

19:20

all challenging. All right so you

19:22

lots of love many many many

19:24

full-moon cuddles and snuggles and snacks

19:27

and romcoms and Delightful unexpected moments.

19:29

Jupiter and Venus are making a

19:31

square to each other. This is

19:33

going to bring about some kind

19:35

of goodness and some kind of

19:37

opportunity for connection. Venus is exalted

19:39

right now. So there is a

19:42

lot of good happening amidst the

19:44

things that are a little bit

19:46

more prickly and irritating, but also

19:48

like anointing us in terms of

19:50

whatever it is that Mars retrograde

19:52

through cancer wants to initiate us

19:54

into. Bye for now.