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Welcome to Ghost of

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a Podcasts. I'm your host,

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Jessica Linciado. I'm an astrologer,

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psychic medium, and animal communicator.

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And I'm going to give

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you your weekly horoscope and

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no bullshit mystical advice

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for living your very best

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life. Welcome back to Ghost of

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a podcast. This week, we are

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going to look at the astrology

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of March 2nd through the 8th of

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2025. Now that we have entered

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into March. Things are going to

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be intense. Things are going

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to start moving very quickly

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in March and they're going

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to stay fast. We are

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going to be in

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a phase of development

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very internally, very personally

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and spiritually, but also

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in the world and

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in the development of

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matters in the world

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that is important consequential.

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deep and tumultuous. It's a

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lot. It's so much. If

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you're paying attention only to

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the politics of your community

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or your country, it's a

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lot. And if you are

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paying attention to the world,

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wow, it gets even more

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overwhelming really quickly. So in March,

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we will have two eclipses,

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solar eclipse and a lunar

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eclipse. Venus is retrograde. Mercury

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will go retrograde. We're in

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the Mars Retro Shade for

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the month. And that's separate

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from the transits, the, you

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know, day-to-day transits. And the

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fact that Pluto finally moves

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into the third degree of

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Aquarius, triggering some meaningful transits

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on a global level. Also,

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Neptune will move into

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Aries for the first

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time in 165 years.

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So the last time

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Neptune was in Aries

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was in 1860 and

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if you pay any

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attention to world history or

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American history, you'll know that's

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kind of an important time,

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certainly in the states. So when there's

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this much energy in the

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collective, when there are this many

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pressures that you as an

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individual are having to face, and

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you know, it's like when you're

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dealing with societal or collective

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conditions, it doesn't feel societal or

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collective, it feels personal, right,

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because it's happening to you personally.

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But what's happening is the energy

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is mounting inside of you.

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It's mounting inside of the people

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around you, those with healthy

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coping mechanisms and

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those without. It's making all

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of us act in ways

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that reflect not only our

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conscious and intentional parts, but

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our really unconscious parts. And

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that's the way of Pluto,

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my loves. This is a

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time where you are likely

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to have your survival mechanisms

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be activated. And that means

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it's really important that you

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hang out with your shadow.

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In other words, with your

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challenging emotions. Spending

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time being present with hard

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emotions is hard. It feels

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terrible. Why would you do it?

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Well, the answer to why

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you do it is because

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abandoning yourself. in the parts of

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yourself that are in need,

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that are struggling. I

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mean, that's a cruelty to the

3:31

self. Also, how can you heal

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it if you don't first feel

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it? Right? So this is an

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overwhelming and challenging

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time. You know, full

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stop. It's not going to

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magically get better in

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the next week or month

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or couple of months. Again,

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full stop. So how can

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you cope? Who can

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you lean on and who

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can you be? a support

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to, can you build community

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with other people in person

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as well as online? Can

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you learn about how other

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people in different places and

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different times have triumphed over

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tyranny, over pain, and all

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the kinds of limitations that

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you yourself or your communities

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may be dealing with? Tapping

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into the wisdom and fortitude

4:26

of our ancestors, tapping

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into... the stability and enduring

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presence of the earth, tapping

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into your own resiliency, your

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own capacity. This is, it's

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now, it's now. Now, I've

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dropped a month ahead forecast

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on my patron on the kittens

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level, and you can find it

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there, where I break down the

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astrology of this upcoming month, which

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I think is a really important

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month in the stars. I'm also...

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really excited that all my patron,

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there's all these new features that

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I've been fucking with, and I

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am going live with video and

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audio, depending on, you know, the state

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of my meat suit, and I'm

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doing those things kind of spontaneously.

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And as I mentioned last week,

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I'm dropping free content there as

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well for my members on the

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free level, and one of the

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things that I am dropping this

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week, this upcoming week, is a

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video where I discuss the kind

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of state of the world. And

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I look at the charts of

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many different nations, I think I've

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pulled 20-something nations, and some common

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themes that I'm seeing astrologically over

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these next couple of years. So if

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you're interested in that kind of thing,

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which I'm not doing on the podcast

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because I know that's not what everybody

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is interested in, again, you can go

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ahead and join me there. The last

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thing I'll say before we get into

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the very details of this week's astrology

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is Venus. is retrograde.

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So let me spare a few

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more words for this Venus. retrograde.

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Venus retrograde is an

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invitation to reflect on

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how you relate to

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yourself and to others and

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kind of nestled in the

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truths of those things are

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really your values, right? Like

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what is it that you

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in practice value about your

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relationships with other people? your

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relationship with yourself. So in

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regards to your relationship with

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yourself, we're really talking about

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self-worth, right? Self-esteem.

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You may have shitty self-esteem, right?

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That's, you know, welcome to

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the very well-populated club. But

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if you value your

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relationship with yourself in

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practice, then you're working on it.

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A great way to work on it

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is by treating yourself as though you

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matter. honoring your feelings and

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needs, striving to provide

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for yourself, to protect yourself,

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to be kind to yourself

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when you're down, supportive to

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yourself when you have a

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win, when you succeed in

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some way. Self-esteem is not

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about like believing you're great,

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although that's lovely, Avi, right?

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Great, cool. It's about treating

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yourself with value and care

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and empathy and kindness. And

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when you do those things,

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not out of the sense

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of entitlement or defensiveness, but

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when you do those things,

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when you treat yourself with

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love, it is damn near organic

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to extend that to other people.

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And let's talk about the value

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of relationships. Investing in

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the people you're connected to

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is going to look different in

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different ways for different relationships

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and at different times. Treating

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people like they matter, investing

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in your relationships, doesn't mean

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you don't have boundaries. It

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doesn't mean you stay stuck in

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dynamics that have you in a rut

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that are not... healthy and not right

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for you. It doesn't mean any of

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those things. It means if you

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determine that your relationship isn't

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healthy, it isn't sustainable, it's

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costing you a healthy relationship

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with yourself. Then it's having the

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boundaries, it's taking care of yourself

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and having empathy and care for the

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other person. And that may be on

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a soul level, you know, someone might

8:23

be a damn jerk to you, and

8:25

the relationship may be super toxic. And

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you may be able to recognize, like,

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oh, it's because, you know, they have

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a shitty childhood or, you know, they're

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hurt in some way. People usually have

8:35

a reason deep down somewhere for

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their maladjusted coping mechanisms.

8:40

You can have empathy and care

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for someone's soul for someone

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on a spiritual level, for their

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inner child, you know, and a

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more psychological way of talking about

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it. And to the grown-ass adult

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in front of you. who is not

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in alignment with you, who's not treating

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you with care, that person, you

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firmly have your boundaries. Relationships

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are hard. Building community, being in

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community with people you don't really

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like, you don't really get along

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with, you may have once been

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close to, and now you're not.

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It's all very fucking hard. It's

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trying, not just because people

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are hard, but because your

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people, and you're hard

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too. We're all complicated.

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And because we live

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in a heterotypical patriarchy,

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this system has just

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ingrained upon us for generations

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and generations, that the

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only relationships that really

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matter are your romantic

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love relationships and whatever

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progeny you have from

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those. And that's bullshit,

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really, right? Our relationships

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with our friends? with

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our neighbors, with our

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pals, with our community

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members, with our coworkers,

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they're actually really important.

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They take a... a huge amount of

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our time, of our energy, and

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they shape our lives, truly. And

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in this tumultuous time,

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which will last for many

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years, we need to value

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and invest in our

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relationships, not just in our

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most innermost circle, right,

10:18

with your very best friend

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who you've known for a

10:23

long time and your partner

10:25

or whatever, but all of

10:27

our relationships. And that's going to pull

10:30

on parts of you and me and all

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of us that may not be as well

10:34

developed. Maybe harder, right? There's

10:36

all this like this idea in the

10:38

world that we're not supposed to have

10:41

to work on our friendships, that things

10:43

aren't supposed to be as hard. And

10:45

so people often will not work

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on their friendships. Or when she gets

10:49

complicated, bounce, whether they ghost or they

10:52

burn the bridge down, whatever. A lot

10:54

of us don't really have the tools.

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It is intense, it's a lot. But

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having friendships, having community,

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is important. It's so important.

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And I say this to both

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extroverts and introverts. You know, if

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you are an introvert, it's going

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to look and feel really different

11:12

than if you're a really social

11:14

extroverted person. We as astrology nerds

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know that a Gemini shouldn't try

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to be a Taurus and a

11:20

Taurus shouldn't try to be an

11:23

Aries, right? We all get to

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be who we are who we

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are who we are. You don't

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have to be any one particular

11:31

way to have community to invest

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in relationships. But part of what

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Venus and Venus retrograde, which we're

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living through now, is activated to

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teach us, is if you value your

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relationship with yourself, if you

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can nurture that, then you

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have self-acceptance. Then you can

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have alignment. And from that

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place, it gets a lot

11:52

easier to navigate your relationships.

11:54

And if somebody doesn't really

11:56

like you, or if you

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don't really like somebody. If

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a relationship just doesn't work the

12:02

way you wish it would, or you

12:04

think it could, then it doesn't have

12:06

to be like a personal treaty

12:08

on your value or the value

12:10

of the other person. It can be just

12:13

about things not aligning. It doesn't

12:15

have to have the impact of

12:17

caving in your self-esteem,

12:19

or condemning the other person to

12:21

being X, Y, or Z. Venus retrograde

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is a powerful transit, and

12:26

it's a limited time opportunity.

12:28

This transit is going to be over

12:31

on April 13th. It's like 40,

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41 days, something like that. And

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let me tell you, it's a

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transit worth embracing. Now, the last

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thing I'm going to say about

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Venus Retrograde, I probably said last

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week, but you know what? It

12:45

bears repeating. On February 28th, there

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was a buy-nothing day in the

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United States, but I think a

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lot of people in other regions

12:53

may have tapped into it. And

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it was perfect timing for Venus

12:57

retrograde. Boycott big corporations and to

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shop small and local using cash

13:02

if you can. Basically, it is

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an invocation to be mindful of

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the power that you yield with

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your dollar and to not just

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be aware of it, but to

13:14

make decisions that better reflect your

13:16

values and invest in the world

13:18

that you want to be co-creating

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with the masses, with the rest

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of us. And whether or not

13:25

you knew about it, whether or

13:28

not you participated in

13:30

it, it's I think a really

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great invocation for Venus Retrograde

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through April 12th. So if

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you can do some sort

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of like shopping cleanse where

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you're more intentional about where you

13:43

shop, where you put your money,

13:45

that kind of thing, yeah, perfect

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timing. Perfect timing. Okay, all

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right. Now, let's get into the

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horoscope for March 2nd through the

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8th. On Sunday, March 2nd,

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we've got two exact

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transit. At 8.22 a.m. Pacific

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time, mercury will be meeting with

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Neptune at 28 degrees of Pisces

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and 57 minutes. This is as

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anoretic as it gets. And an

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anoratic degree of a zodiac sign

14:13

means that its energies are kind

14:15

of peak, you know, so this

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is like peak Pisces vibes. Mercury

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conjunct Neptune. Key word, I would

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say anxiety. And then later that

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morning at 1019 AM, the sun

14:27

at 12 degrees and 25 minutes

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of Pisces also forms of square

14:32

to Jupiter at the same degrees

14:34

of Gemini. So I want to

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tell you about each of these

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transits and then what it means

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that they're happening together. So mercury,

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which is retroshady, not retrograde, retroshady,

14:45

which means, you know, we're kind

14:47

of like starting to get a

14:50

little a moose bush of the

14:52

retrograde to come. is sitting on

14:54

top of Neptune. Now, mercury on

14:57

top of Neptune, like I said,

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creates anxiety. It's a transit that

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can introduce a sense of overwhelm

15:04

around what you don't know. If

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there's ever a time, you're going

15:08

to fall prey to a conspiracy

15:11

theory. You're going to pass inaccurate

15:13

data. You're going to

15:15

have weak boundaries. It's

15:17

during a mercury conjunction

15:19

to Neptune, unfortunately. This transit

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can find you fixated on things

15:24

you don't know, things that you're

15:26

frightened about, and that in particular,

15:28

you're frightened about, and you don't

15:30

have any control over. Because Neptune

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and Saturn both govern fear in

15:34

really different ways. Saturn is a

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very goat-like fear. It's like I

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gotta climb up this big-ass mountain,

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and I gotta find the next

15:43

foot hold, and what if the

15:45

other goats see me slip? Whereas

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Neptune is more, I am scared

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of what I can't see, of

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what I don't know. So Neptune's

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fears are more like I'm scared

15:56

of monsters under my bed, even

15:58

though I've never seen monsters. under

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my bed. When mercury, your mind,

16:02

your attitudes, your beliefs, the data

16:05

you take in, the data you

16:07

communicate to others, and enough to

16:09

meet up, it can be a

16:12

time where you are just focused

16:14

on things that are not helpful.

16:16

So if you find yourself in

16:19

that position, I want to encourage

16:21

you to reign it in. This

16:23

might not be happening inside of

16:26

you, but it may be that

16:28

you're dealing with somebody else who's

16:31

just spiraling, who's really anxious. And

16:33

sometimes when people are anxious, they

16:35

get mean. Sometimes they get confusing.

16:38

Sometimes they get needy. Like there's

16:40

a bazillion ways we tend to

16:42

react to whatever is happening inside

16:45

of us. So if people are

16:47

acting weird, try not to take

16:49

it personally. Okay. Now the other

16:52

thing is that this transit can

16:54

be super woo. right? It's very

16:56

piscian, very neptunian, and this means,

16:59

especially if you are an empath

17:01

or a highly sensitive person, that

17:03

you are just feeling the world

17:06

or you're feeling the energy of

17:08

the space you're in or the

17:10

people you're around, and that can

17:13

be really overwhelming. So in that

17:15

case, I would encourage you to

17:18

do what I always encourage people

17:20

to do around Neptune transes, which

17:22

is work on your boundaries. So

17:25

this is the thing about boundaries.

17:27

you need to first be present

17:29

in order to have a boundary.

17:32

So first, you gotta get present.

17:34

Then you have to have a

17:36

sense of self-awareness and self-acceptance around

17:39

your space. Like, where do you

17:41

begin at? And then you can

17:43

assess a boundary from there, right?

17:46

That's how you have like an

17:48

embodied spiritual boundary. The risk with

17:50

this transit is that you lean

17:53

on the woo, I'm talking like

17:55

any kind of spirituality stuff, in

17:57

a way that either has you

18:00

giving your power to something or

18:02

someone else, that has you disconnected

18:04

from yourself, or just like out

18:07

there, you know, in a way

18:09

that it doesn't actually support you.

18:12

or the people and things you

18:14

care about. So if you're going

18:16

to use spirituality, which is honestly

18:19

not super well advised under this

18:21

transit, but if you're going to

18:23

use it, keep it really pragmatic

18:26

and really simple. You may be

18:28

straight up exhausted, okay? Exhaustion and

18:30

burnout are really common under this

18:33

influence. And in that case, I

18:35

want to say power nap, like

18:37

rest. maybe spend a little less

18:40

time on your devices. If your

18:42

system is telling you that you're

18:44

exhausted, you know, take care of

18:47

yourself. Now, mercury is related to

18:49

actually your breathing, very literally. Neptune

18:51

is related to your immune system

18:54

and can be related to germs.

18:56

You know, it's like when you

18:59

think about it on an energetic

19:01

level, when we are kind of

19:03

like dealing with energy invasion from

19:06

other people, it's kind of a

19:08

germy. And that works on the

19:10

material level as well. Anyways, therefore,

19:13

if you're going out in public,

19:15

this is your gentle, yet firm,

19:17

and ongoing, loving reminder to wear

19:20

a mask to protect yourself and

19:22

others, because there's a lot of

19:24

things you don't want to get

19:27

and you don't want to pass

19:29

on to other people. And masking

19:31

in public is such a simple

19:34

way of participating in collective care.

19:36

Okay, now the other thing of

19:38

that mercury conjunction to Neptune can

19:41

do is it can help you

19:43

to tap into universal truths. It

19:46

can help you to tap into

19:48

your humanity and your willingness and

19:50

ability to consider with empathy the

19:53

perspectives, needs, or position of others.

19:55

This is really powerful. What you

19:57

want to avoid doing is jumping

20:00

to conclusions or making major life

20:02

choices or changes as a result

20:04

of any of that or anything

20:07

else really. This is not a

20:09

straight shoot and train. it see

20:11

and so it's not going to

20:14

be a great time for major

20:16

decisions if you've got to sign

20:18

a contract yeah try not to

20:21

do it on or around the

20:23

state and you know it can't

20:25

always be helped but if you

20:28

can help it do if there's

20:30

something important that you need to

20:33

communicate there's something important that you're

20:35

trying to plan this transit's not

20:37

your friends okay so if you

20:40

can leave major communication major plans

20:42

major decisions for another day that

20:44

would be fantastic Venus's values, as

20:47

we've talked about. Neptune is ideals.

20:49

And a transit-like mercury conjunction to

20:51

Neptune can have you really thinking

20:54

about your ideals. What you want

20:56

to make sure that doesn't kind

20:58

of bleed into is perfectionistic thinking,

21:01

comparing yourself to others, placing other

21:03

people or yourself on a pedestal.

21:05

This kind of... Shit can be

21:08

common under this transit, especially because

21:10

it's in Pisces. So again, it's

21:12

about staying grounded in the here

21:15

and now and cultivating acceptance. And

21:17

from that place of acceptance, practicing

21:20

empathy and kindness, that's the best

21:22

use of this transit. The EPA

21:24

just banned two cancer causing chemicals,

21:27

and these are chemicals that are

21:29

used in some popular cleaning products.

21:31

Don't take any chances with your

21:34

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the sun squared to Jupiter happening

25:37

the same day and exact only

25:39

a couple hours later is a

25:42

really different transit. But the similarity

25:44

is that Jupiter and Neptune are

25:46

both super spiritual, right? So when

25:48

the sun forms a square to

25:51

Jupiter, there's some really wonderful things

25:53

that can happen and there's some

25:55

really challenging things that can come

25:58

up both. On the one hand,

26:00

this transit can infuse you with...

26:02

and make you feel more resilient,

26:05

more courageous, more willing to get

26:07

involved and get shit done. It

26:09

can make you feel optimistic, excited,

26:11

and down to clown, as it

26:14

were. Now, the other thing you

26:16

can do is boost your

26:18

ego in a way that

26:20

has you kind of ignoring

26:22

or trampling on other people's

26:24

needs, feelings, feelings, feelings, or

26:27

rights. Sun Square to Jupiter can

26:29

lead you to just like soapboxing

26:31

and basically trying to proselytize

26:33

and force other people to believe what

26:35

you believe. And the thing that Jupiter

26:38

can often like compel you towards is

26:40

feeling like if I just show this

26:42

in a clean and clear enough way,

26:45

if I explain it in just the

26:47

right words, then they'll agree with me.

26:49

But the truth is, sometimes people don't

26:52

agree with you. People don't perceive the

26:54

world in the ways that you perceive

26:56

it. They don't have the same lived

26:59

experience. They don't have the same values

27:01

or goals. And that's hard to

27:03

accept. But acceptance is

27:05

awareness. It's not consent. And

27:08

accepting the differences between

27:10

you and others, accepting that

27:12

other people are what they are, whether

27:14

you like it or not, whether you think

27:16

they could be better or not, is

27:18

really powerful. It empowers you to

27:21

get present and to navigate through

27:23

reality. This transit can inspire you

27:25

to take risks to be bold

27:27

and to cultivate greater strength and

27:29

resiliency, whether that's on a mental

27:31

level or physical level. Okay? So

27:33

if there's things that you know

27:35

that are important for you to

27:37

do for your mental health or

27:39

your physical health and you've just

27:41

have been having a hard time

27:43

remembering to do them and choosing

27:45

to do them, this transit's actually

27:47

your BFF. It can help you

27:49

to just have the energy to

27:51

do that. little thing that makes

27:53

a big difference. So that's really

27:56

cool. The downside though is

27:58

that this transit can have you.

28:00

overdoing it in all ways. So

28:02

it can be over indulging in

28:05

things that are delicious and even

28:07

addictive to you. It can be

28:09

pushing yourself or pushing others too

28:11

fast, too hard. It's being too

28:14

connected to where you think things

28:16

should be so that you're again

28:18

not present for where they are.

28:20

So, you know, there's pros and cons,

28:23

and with a little mindfulness, the

28:25

pros are fucking fantastic, so they're

28:28

definitely worth leaning into. But as

28:30

promised, let me talk to you

28:32

about what's most likely to happen

28:35

here. Because Mercury conjunction to Neptune,

28:37

exon anxiety and uncertainty and overwhelm

28:39

and burnout and panic, did I

28:42

mention panic and panic? And the

28:44

sun's square to Jupiter, eggs a

28:46

bitch on. It pushes you to

28:49

take in and take on more,

28:51

to push past limits, to

28:53

keep it positive even when

28:56

it's not. This transit can

28:58

find you acting out of

29:00

a state of anxiety instead

29:02

of presence and alignment, when

29:04

that's actually what's needed.

29:06

So when you're in a

29:08

state of anxiety or burnout

29:10

or depressiveness, you fill in

29:13

the blanks. The first thing

29:15

to do is tend to

29:17

the feelings before you go try

29:19

to fix things or like change

29:21

the station on your feelings. If

29:23

you can practice doing this

29:25

on and around this date, you're

29:28

going to be making the

29:30

best use of these transits

29:33

together because the Sun Square

29:35

Jupiter is expansive, right? So

29:37

it can be really supportive,

29:40

but... If that transit expands

29:42

that mercury conjunction to Neptune

29:45

vibe, that's not great. Because

29:47

more anxiety, more overwhelming, more

29:50

panic is not what you're

29:52

looking for, I'm guessing. So

29:54

again, people are going to be

29:57

acting a little wild. This is

29:59

the thing. This is the thing

30:01

that's so hard. Here we are during

30:03

this Venus retrograde. Again, Mars and Mercury

30:05

retroshade and the opposite sides of the

30:08

retroshade. But it's very relational. We're in

30:10

this incredibly relational time. Forget the fact

30:12

that we're even in eclipse season, which

30:15

means emotions are building and mounting and

30:17

intense. So we're then this really intense

30:19

time. And it's making our

30:22

relationships more challenging because

30:24

at core your relationship

30:26

to yourself is being

30:28

activated. And if you

30:30

don't already have the

30:32

tools, and if you

30:34

don't have the willingness

30:36

to sort through all

30:38

this muck, then you're

30:40

more likely to act

30:42

out unconsciously and out

30:44

of habit and trauma.

30:46

Instead of attention to

30:48

what's... present and real

30:50

right now, and intention about how

30:52

you want to be with yourself

30:55

and others. And of course, that's

30:57

the assignment, right? So it's

30:59

a lot. But happily, we

31:01

have a couple other transits

31:03

happening this week that are

31:05

very supportive. So on Wednesday,

31:07

March 5th, we have a

31:10

lovely sex tile between mercury

31:12

at three degrees of areas

31:14

in zero minutes. and Pluto

31:16

at three degrees of Aquarius

31:18

in zero minutes. This transit

31:20

is going to be exact at

31:23

5.13 a.m. Now again, I am

31:25

paying attention to this Pluto shift

31:27

at that third degree because I

31:29

do think it is an important

31:31

shift. But mercury sex style

31:34

Pluto is a lovely transit.

31:36

If that mercury conjunction

31:39

to Neptune made you feel...

31:41

anxious and off. If you had

31:43

weird conversations and interactions with

31:45

other people, this Mercury Sexual to

31:47

Pluto is here to help. Because

31:50

Mercury, again, you know, it's communications,

31:52

it's friendships, it's plans, and Pluto

31:55

is deep. It's penetrating, it's

31:57

transformational. And when these two

31:59

planets... are in sexile to

32:01

each other, that's a 60

32:03

degree aspect, that's like a

32:05

burst of energy, that is

32:07

supportive and dynamic, what happens

32:09

is your thinking gets deeper.

32:11

Your agility around ideas

32:13

and communication, also deeper,

32:16

more profound. This transit

32:18

is really great for having

32:20

important conversations, for learning something

32:22

new, for finding the words,

32:24

for finding the words to

32:26

say what you need to

32:28

say. which is really great. You may find

32:31

yourself more concerned with

32:33

important and deep shit, and I

32:35

want to encourage you to follow

32:37

that instinct. This is a powerful

32:40

transit for communicating, for

32:42

connecting, and for learning.

32:44

And none of that happens without

32:46

a little effort, but this is

32:48

one of those times where, you

32:50

know, a little bit of effort

32:52

is going to go a long

32:54

way. And if you've been feeling

32:57

particularly stressed... Again, this is a

32:59

good transit for putting into

33:01

practice and trying to cultivate

33:03

the habit for whatever self-care

33:05

stuff you know you need

33:07

to be doing. Don't forget

33:09

that mercury is the ruling

33:12

planet to Virgo. Virgo being

33:14

the zodiac sign associated with

33:16

health routine and habits. And

33:18

so whenever we're dealing with

33:20

mercury, we have the opportunity

33:22

to engage our habits, to

33:24

be more intentional about what

33:26

we want to be devoting

33:28

our time to in a

33:30

ritualistic way. That's really cool part

33:33

of mercury, Virgo, 6,000 energies,

33:35

is that it is about

33:37

routine and routine is ritual

33:39

if you bring the right

33:41

intention to it. So where

33:43

can you bring greater intention

33:45

and depth and meaning? to

33:47

the routines you're engaged in. This

33:49

kind of mindset will help

33:51

you to identify what's a

33:53

rut and what's a ritual just

33:56

waiting for your energy, right? Now

33:58

on Friday, March the 7th... we have

34:00

a sun trying to Mars. The sun

34:02

will be at almost 18 degrees

34:05

of Pisces and Mars will

34:07

be the same degrees of

34:09

cancer. This transit will be

34:11

exact at 9.13 p.m. Pacific.

34:14

This transit is very fortifying.

34:16

The sun is your

34:18

identity and your will.

34:20

Mars is your ego.

34:22

It's your physicality, its

34:24

embodiment. When the sun

34:26

forms a trine to

34:28

Mars, it can boost

34:30

your willingness and ability

34:32

to be in your

34:34

body, to be present,

34:36

to be active and

34:38

activated in a way

34:40

that facilitates progress, presence,

34:42

and developments that you're

34:44

excited about. This transit is

34:47

great for hooking up and

34:49

flirting and competing and putting

34:51

yourself out there in any

34:53

way. You may feel especially

34:55

like passionate or excited about

34:57

something. You may feel the

34:59

impulse to start something new.

35:01

Now, Mars is retro shady.

35:03

Hopefully you've learned from the

35:05

last few months. Venus is

35:07

retrograde. And so if you're

35:10

starting something new, it better

35:12

reflect your values. Right. But

35:14

this transit helps you to put

35:16

yourself out there. Because of the bigger

35:18

picture, because of the energy

35:20

that's out there, right? Because

35:23

of the emotionality, it's eclipse

35:25

season, we're about to have an eclipse

35:27

next week. You may not have any

35:29

kind of like a thing you're trying

35:31

to start. You may just be

35:33

trying to hold tight. Take care

35:36

of yourself. Strengthen yourself. And again,

35:38

this transit is your friend. This

35:40

is an excellent time for connecting

35:43

to yourself. downside of this transit

35:45

can be that you may

35:47

be overly susceptible to you

35:49

know people who have charisma.

35:51

Be aware of somebody who's trying

35:53

to like offer you a quick

35:56

way out of whatever it is

35:58

that you're feeling if what your

36:00

feeling is real. This transit

36:02

favors work. It doesn't have to

36:04

be like Saturnian labor, but getting

36:07

engaged and making shit happen. That's

36:09

what this transit wants you to

36:11

do. So if you've been feeling

36:13

exhausted and burnt out, this is

36:16

a moment where you can really

36:18

tap into your energies and resource

36:20

yourself. or access resources around you.

36:23

This is a really lovely transit.

36:25

Again, very little to be concerned

36:27

about. If you can do something

36:29

with your body that is life

36:32

affirming, this is your moment.

36:34

Shine. I say shine, you know.

36:36

And if you do the things

36:38

that you know support your body,

36:40

you'll get more benefits from this

36:42

transit. So that's pretty cool. And

36:44

that, my friends, is the astrology

36:46

for this week. Now I don't do

36:48

a lot of in-person events, but

36:50

I'm... really excited about this talk.

36:53

If you are not in San

36:55

Francisco, you can join via live.

36:57

On Thursday, March 13th, at 7

36:59

o'clock Pacific Times, I'm going to

37:01

be in person at CIIS. That's

37:03

the California Institute for Integral Studies.

37:05

We're going to be talking about

37:07

navigating through the astrology of these

37:09

times, and I'm so excited about

37:11

this talk. If you are not

37:13

in San Francisco, you can join

37:15

via live stream. And that means you

37:18

can join from anywhere in the world.

37:20

So I want to invite you to

37:22

join me there. The link to register

37:24

is both in the episode description of

37:27

this podcast episode, it's also on my

37:29

website, so you can giddy up and

37:31

join me there. And then the

37:33

other event that I'm so excited

37:36

about is happening on March 16th

37:38

at the Oakland Museum at 1

37:40

p.m. I'm going to be in

37:42

conversation with Malkea, Cyril Devich, and

37:45

there will be music by Masha

37:47

Vadat. This event is called Reimagining

37:49

Justice and we are going to

37:51

dive into how personal and collective

37:53

changes can spark real change in

37:56

the fight for justice. We'll be

37:58

talking about resilience, resistance. and what

38:00

it takes to build a

38:02

more just world together, acknowledging

38:04

the complexity of the emotions

38:06

that we're living through. I

38:08

think this is gonna be

38:10

a really powerful conversation, and

38:12

if you've never been to

38:14

the Oakland Museum, this is

38:16

your invitation to finally go,

38:18

because it's amazing. And again,

38:20

the link to register is

38:22

in the episode description as

38:24

well as on my website.

38:26

So I hope you'll join

38:28

me there. I've recently moved

38:30

away from the Bay Area.

38:32

after living there for 30

38:34

years. So getting to speak

38:36

in both San Francisco and

38:38

Oakland at these two amazing

38:41

institutions is both an honor

38:43

to me, but also something

38:45

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38:47

my heart. So come see

38:49

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38:51

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38:53

see you. And that, my

38:55

friends, is it for this

38:57

week's horoscope. As always, I

38:59

want to invite you to

39:01

do the very vulnerable work.

39:03

of being kind to yourself

39:05

and others. And I'll talk

39:07

to you in just a

39:09

couple of days. Bye-bye.