1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:10,960 Hello and welcome to Astro Talk. I'm Kate Forster, astrologer, 2 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:16,520 author, General Roustabout, and let's talk astrology from the 3 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,680 week starting the 22nd of June 2026. 4 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:25,400 Now, the theme of the week is the life you planned versus the 5 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:31,520 life you're currently living. The solstice is today, and we're 6 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,880 going to talk about that. The longest night of the year, 7 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:39,240 the point in the calendar where the light begins its slow return 8 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,400 depending. I'm in the Southern hemisphere, 9 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:43,760 so I'm going through the winter solstice. 10 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,840 Those in the Northern hemisphere going through the summer 11 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,560 solstice. Now, for thousands of years 12 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,960 people have paid attention to the solstice because they knew 13 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:58,400 that life moved in cycles, not straight lines or little five 14 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:02,200 year plans. Nature also understands this. 15 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:07,080 The seasons understand this, the cycles of the moon understand 16 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,160 it, the tides. A woman's body can understand 17 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,200 this. But somewhere along the way we 18 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:17,560 became convinced that life was a big fat project and it was a 19 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,600 plan and a destination and something that could be managed 20 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,000 if we worked hard enough and long enough and made really 21 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,480 smart decisions. But one of the things about 22 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:33,480 getting older is realising how little of life actually unfolds 23 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,920 according to the plan. Think back to January. 24 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,960 What goals did you write down? What assumptions did you have? 25 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,440 What, what were the things that you quietly expected would fall 26 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,520 into your lap, Things that you thought might have happened by 27 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,400 now? Maybe you thought you'd have 28 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,960 more money, or your business would be growing, or you'd meet 29 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,960 the person of your dreams, or you'd have left the job or 30 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,720 written the book or had the baby, All of those things. 31 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:58,840 And here we are halfway through the year. 32 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,880 And for many people, and I'm not saying just you, but for many 33 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,960 people, there is a gap between the life they imagined and the 34 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:10,160 life they're living. But the problem is not the gap. 35 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:15,120 The problem is we keep staring at it and comparing reality to 36 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:19,120 expectation, and reality is going to lose every time because 37 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,040 reality is competing against a fantasy. 38 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,840 A version of our self that didn't have to deal with illness 39 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:31,720 or redundancy or interest rates or grief or ageing parents, or 40 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:36,040 sick children, or uncertainty, or the simple fact that life 41 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,520 occasionally has ideas of its own and it doesn't matter what 42 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,080 you do, you cannot bend it to your will. 43 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,400 I think one of the greatest challenges of adulthood is 44 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,760 learning to release the life you imagined so you can actually 45 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,120 fully participate in the life you have now. 46 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,280 And not because the life you have is perfect, but because 47 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:01,040 it's the only one you have. So this week's astrology, I'm 48 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,320 going to be asking you to look at reality honestly. 49 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:07,600 And I'm, I promise not to be too harsh or pessimistic, but honest 50 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,880 because reality is actually where your power lives. 51 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,600 So not the fantasy. So let's get into it. 52 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:19,160 Monday the 22nd of June, we have the sun entering cancer. 53 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,880 It's cancer season, it's crabs. Get your crabs out. 54 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,480 And the question I have is, let's have a look at the house 55 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,440 you've built inside yourself. Most people think that cancer is 56 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,560 about home, and it is. But it's not just a physical 57 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,240 home. It's a psychological home. 58 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:38,320 It's the place you return to when life becomes difficult. 59 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:42,240 It's also the place you return to when things fall apart and 60 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:46,040 when no one is applauding you. And the question that cancer 61 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:48,240 says and is going to ask you is pretty simple. 62 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:52,680 Do you feel at home inside your own life? 63 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,680 I'm not talking about your house, I'm talking about your 64 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,040 life. These things are not the same. 65 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:02,840 Some people can live in beautiful magazine worthy homes 66 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,160 and still have a ship marriage. Some people have successful 67 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:10,120 careers and feel strangely disconnected and wanna buy a 68 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,400 coffee van and get on the road. Some people have everything they 69 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,000 thought they wanted and still aren't happy. 70 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:20,640 So cancer season is asking us to stop focusing on the appearance 71 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:24,560 of life and pay attention to the actual foundations, the slab. 72 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,840 What is supporting you? What is nourishing you? 73 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,560 What do you need? What restores you? 74 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,760 Who can you call on when things go wrong? 75 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,160 And what is going to make you feel safe? 76 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:42,960 Because there becomes a point in everyone's life where success 77 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:48,320 matters less than having a sustainable life that you want 78 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:52,440 to be a part of. A life you cannot sustain is not 79 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,280 successful. It's just really exhausting. 80 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,760 So please, if you're interested, jump on my Patreon. 81 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,480 There is a worksheet to go with this week so you can kind of 82 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,760 unpack and unpick some of these things. 83 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,840 Then on the same day, we have Moon entering Libra. 84 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,760 Libra will always turn our attention towards relationships, 85 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,160 and relationships become interesting whenever we're 86 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,480 changing. Have you noticed that some 87 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,560 people seem to relate to an A version of you that doesn't 88 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,960 exist? You know, I had a client who 89 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,160 astrology client who realised that her so called best friend 90 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,560 forever and ever and Emma, they didn't really have anything in 91 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,400 common. Once my client stopped drinking, 92 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:39,000 the connection was the alcohol, not the friendship or the friend 93 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,920 who still sees you as the reckless 25 year old and and who 94 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:47,800 who had a lot of debt or, you know, had a very active dating 95 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,720 life. Maybe you've changed and they 96 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:53,000 don't want to say that anymore. People often struggle when we 97 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:58,400 change because our identity is is part of their understanding 98 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,680 of the world. And so when we evolve, they have 99 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:05,200 to update that picture of us and perhaps look in the mirror and 100 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,440 see that they might need to update themselves as well. 101 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:12,960 Maybe I have a drinking problem. Maybe that friend is projecting 102 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,880 onto me because she, you know, never kind of admitted that her 103 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,600 own foibles and dating life and how she spend her money. 104 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,680 So one of the questions worth considering this week is, are 105 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,760 the people around me relating to who I am or who I used to be? 106 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:34,520 And if they are relating to who you used to be, it might be time 107 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:39,440 to help them understand the new upgrade of you and have that 108 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,360 chat. I don't actually do that 109 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,720 anymore. I don't actually drink like that 110 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,040 anymore. Tuesday the 23rd of June we have 111 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,960 moon squaring Mercury. And again the story. 112 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,360 Keep telling yourself, the stories that we tell ourselves, 113 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,320 that limit us, that keep us small and bad with money. 114 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,440 I'm unlucky in love, nothing ever works out for me. 115 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,840 I'm always overlooked. I'm never chosen. 116 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:04,760 I'm too young, I'm too fat, I'm too old, I'm behind, I'm not 117 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,880 ready. Do you recognise yourself in any 118 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,120 of those? Life becomes interesting when we 119 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:17,720 realise how many of the choices we're making are being made by 120 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,800 the stories we didn't actually consciously choose. 121 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,600 It might be a story that your mother told you, or your father, 122 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:28,680 or an old boss. Well, you're this, and so you 123 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,160 think that that's true. So that this transit is going to 124 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:37,080 ask us to become curious about our internal narratives because 125 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:41,040 there is a point where that stops describing your life and 126 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,920 it starts creating it. And I want you to be really 127 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:48,600 aware that maybe you're not bad with money, maybe you're not 128 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:53,840 unlucky in love, maybe you're not too old or too fat or 129 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:59,200 behind, and maybe you are ready. Wednesday the 24th of June, we 130 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:04,400 have moon entering Scorpio. And God gotta love me some 131 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,080 Scorpio. Humans are very good at 132 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,560 beginnings, and we love to celebrate them and announce 133 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:12,280 them. And, you know, we take photos 134 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:15,680 and we post about them online. Endings are different. 135 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,760 Maybe a friendship has faded or something that you wanted 136 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:22,480 doesn't. It's evolved or a dream has 137 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:27,520 evolved, or a job is finishing or a relationship is finishing. 138 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:32,400 Scorpio is asking us. The Scorpio Moon is asking us to 139 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:37,000 recognise what has ended, and not because endings are sad, 140 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,720 it's because when you end something, there's space for 141 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:44,560 something new. Stop trying to build a future 142 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:47,440 while dragging a past that doesn't belong there. 143 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:52,680 Let go of the old identity, the old friend, the person who who 144 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:56,840 doesn't understand you. Because the Moon in Scorpio is 145 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,400 going to ask you. Are you still carrying this 146 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,480 around because it's valuable to you or because you're just 147 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:07,040 familiar with it? If it's rusted on, get it off 148 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,440 and create some space for something new in your life. 149 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,440 So that has ended new timeline now. 150 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:16,720 The moon is also training sun then. 151 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:21,800 And one of the questions I would like more people to ask is what 152 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:24,320 if this isn't a failure? What if I didn't fuck up? 153 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,520 And what if this is just some information? 154 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:31,280 What if the thing didn't work, that didn't work, wasn't 155 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,320 supposed to work? What if the job ending is 156 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,160 redirecting you? What if the rejection from that 157 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:40,080 person is making space of someone new and better? 158 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,560 Not every closed door is a is a tragedy. 159 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,200 Sometimes it's just reality redirecting your attention and 160 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:52,360 there's something better coming. And if you recognise that Moon 161 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,920 in Scorpio on the same day of what has ended, you will make 162 00:09:55,920 --> 00:10:01,440 space for something new. Now, Thursday the 25th of June, 163 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:05,840 we have Venus trine satin. All right, now there's a theme 164 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:07,480 here. Can you see how it's all working 165 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,840 together? What has earned the right to 166 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,560 stay? If you have done an assessment 167 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:17,160 of of what has just ended and then the moon is trying to sun 168 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,600 the day before and you go, OK, that wasn't failure, that was 169 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,520 information, what are you keeping? 170 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:27,400 Because the older I get, the more interested I am in what 171 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,520 lasts, not what's impressive. What lasts. 172 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:35,640 The friendships that endure entirely different directions in 173 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:39,200 life, or the skills that have compounded over the years, or 174 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:43,800 the values that have survived changing political ideologies 175 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:46,600 and circumstances. And Venus and Saturn together 176 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,040 are going, hey, what's in the right to to stay in your life? 177 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:52,960 Because not everything deserves A lifelong card carrying 178 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:55,800 membership. Part of the maturity is 179 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,640 recognising what you want to take with you and what you 180 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,640 don't. And these could be commitments, 181 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:05,920 these could be expectations, these could be ambitions. 182 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:09,840 You go, I don't actually want any of that anymore and that's 183 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:13,840 OK. We also have the Sun squaring 184 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:17,880 Neptune now. This is a seductive transit, and 185 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:22,360 I don't mean in a sexy way, because it is the fantasy of 186 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:25,000 going back and trying to make things better. 187 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,320 Before the illness, before you lost your job, before the 188 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,000 divorce, before life became complicated. 189 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,160 But, but life only moves in one way, and that's forward. 190 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:36,800 And that version of you doesn't exist anymore, and the 191 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,240 circumstances don't exist. You know that that season 192 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,720 doesn't exist. Neptune can make us nostalgic 193 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,600 for things that were never quite as perfect as we thought they 194 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,040 were. So the question is on how to go 195 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:49,680 back. Don't go back there. 196 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:52,280 The question is how to move forward. 197 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:58,080 Friday the 26th of June we have Moon entering Saj, the lovely 198 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:03,040 Sagittarius, and something fascinating happens. 199 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,800 I've realised when people experience difficulty 2, people 200 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,840 can go through almost exactly the same identical circumstance 201 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:14,520 and emerge with two entirely different lives. 202 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:18,680 It's like, you know when, when you and your sister talk about 203 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:21,560 your upbringing and your sister said, oh, none of that happened 204 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:25,760 because it didn't happen to her. So then one person becomes 205 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,040 bitter, one person becomes wiser and so on. 206 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:33,040 Meaning matters and the stories we create around our experience 207 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:36,560 matters. And this transit is asking you 208 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,560 to have a look at the stories you're telling yourself and 209 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:44,880 what's your perspective on them and how much are they driving 210 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,440 you forward. We also have the moonshining 211 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:53,720 Neptune, which is please look beyond the immediate problem. 212 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:58,600 Please look at the larger story. 1 chapter is not the entire 213 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:00,360 book. So you lost your job. 214 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,600 It's not it's not the be all and end all. 215 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:07,400 There's other jobs, there's other things. 216 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:10,200 Neptune is asking us to zoom out. 217 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:16,040 One shitty chapter is not an entire life. 1 disappointment is 218 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:20,600 not the final verdict. It could just be the best thing 219 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,440 that's ever happened to you. Saturday the 27th of June, we 220 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:30,080 have moon training Saturn. This, this is kind of around 221 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:32,360 being in the middle of something. 222 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,760 If you're in the middle of something right now, the middle 223 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,280 of grief, the middle of a career transition, the middle of 224 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:43,320 building something or healing or a degree or something, we're not 225 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:47,920 very good at middles because middles require patience. 226 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:54,320 And if you're in the middle of that, I, I, no, no pun intended. 227 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:58,440 I want you to realise that the soggy middle can feel like 228 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:02,640 failure, but it's not. The ending isn't visible yet. 229 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:07,440 You can get there, but the middle is where most of the life 230 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,360 happens. So learning to tolerate that bit 231 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,640 and not quit and not throw the towel in is one of the most 232 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:18,560 important skills as an adult, well, even as a kid. 233 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,640 But finish. Keep your eye on the prize. 234 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:25,680 The finish line is coming. Yes, it's uncomfortable. 235 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,000 Yes, it's soggy, Yes, it's claggy. 236 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:31,920 But it will firm up and it will rise. 237 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,880 And everything's going to be hunky Dory. 238 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:39,760 Sunday, the 28th of June, we have Mars sextile Jupiter and 239 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:43,320 Mars is entering Gemini. We love this. 240 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:44,960 This energy is feeling different. 241 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,360 It's feeling lighter. It's feeling a little bit 242 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,920 curious, a little bit open. It's a little bit interested in 243 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:53,920 possibilities more than hearing about your problems. 244 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,240 Mars entering Gemini is here to remind us that the future 245 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,280 doesn't arrive fully formed. It's a flat pack. 246 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,760 And, and you are going to have to get the Allen K, the 247 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:08,520 spiritual Allen K and put that future together. 248 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:11,360 What do you want it to look like? 249 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,000 Because life doesn't offer certainty, as I'm always saying, 250 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,600 it offers a flat pack. How are you going to build it? 251 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,240 What does your future look like? What are the things you want to 252 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:26,960 do over the next 30 days that is going to give you some form and 253 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,600 some stability and some foundation for that future that 254 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,800 you're building above everything else? 255 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:39,480 The solstice lesson here is that the light doesn't return all at 256 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:44,800 once, and change is often invisible. 257 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,960 Yet something fundamental has shifted, and that direction is 258 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,960 where where many people find themselves now. 259 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,320 Maybe in the dark, maybe in the light. 260 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,760 They're not transformed, they're not finished. 261 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:58,600 They're just in that soggy middle. 262 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:04,760 So please, please, please be kind to yourself, be kind to 263 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:09,200 others. Take no shit, do no harm. 264 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,320 And if you would like to have a further conversation on this, 265 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:17,520 please come over to Patreon and subscribe to the show so you 266 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,480 know when it's coming out next. All right, love you work. 267 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:21,320 Thanks for listening.