1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,880 Hello, Virgo. Welcome to your Gemini season 2 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,000 ahead reading from Embodied Astrology. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,440 My name is Renee and I'm so happy to be here with you today 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,320 wherever you may be in time and place. 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,320 This is a reading for all of your Virgo placements. 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,640 Your Sun, Moon, rising are all welcome here as well as any 7 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:22,800 other placements you might have in Virgo. 8 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:27,280 This is a general reading and general readings are general, so 9 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,120 not everything is going to be for everyone. 10 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,520 Take what works and leave the rest and make the meanings that 11 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,920 are meaningful for you. In this reading. 12 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,360 We are tuning in with the energy of Gemini season. 13 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:41,680 This is the span of time between May 20th and June 21st and 2026. 14 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,640 OK Virgo. Well, do you know that Gemini is 15 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,840 a really special counterpart and sibling sign for you? 16 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:55,200 I think you probably might. Gemini is another sign on what's 17 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,080 called the Mutable cross. Virgo is also a mutable sign, 18 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:03,520 and both Gemini and Virgo are Mercury ruled signs. 19 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,080 That means that your patron planet is none other than the 20 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:11,880 Psychopomp themselves, the dual natured fleet footed guardian of 21 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:16,200 the thresholds and crossroads, the one who is betwixt in 22 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:21,240 between the world's the Psychopomp, the translator of 23 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:26,120 astrology no less Mercury. And as we move into Gemini 24 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,720 season, Mercury has already entered Gemini. 25 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:33,680 Just a couple of days or about a week before Gemini season 26 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:38,240 begins, Mercury enters Gemini, and this is one of its homes. 27 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,800 Its other home is none other than your sign, Virgo. 28 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,760 And because of your special relationship with Gemini, that 29 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:52,040 means that this energy for you guards or opens up to the 30 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,240 heavens of your chart. This is the energy that is above 31 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,360 you. And if you imagine that you are 32 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,440 a seed or a plant, which should be easy for you, Virgo, 'cause 33 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,520 you're earth signs. So imagine that you're just a 34 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,440 cute little seed or a spicy little seed or whatever kind of 35 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:08,000 seed you are. You're planted in the earth in 36 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,200 the time and the place and the context and conditions of your 37 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,560 life. You are going to grow towards 38 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,440 the light that's above you. And this is the place that 39 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,720 Gemini holds in your chart. The 10th house in the solar 40 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:25,200 charts for Virgo is a place that has a lot to do with your life 41 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:30,160 path and life purpose, the destiny that you grow into and 42 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,400 become. This is a place of great 43 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:37,240 visibility, your largest visibility in some ways or most 44 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:41,800 public visibility. Definitely career and vocation 45 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:46,040 are major themes that are here. But very importantly, and I 46 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:52,320 would say deeper than career and vocation, we have the sense of 47 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:59,200 what your life is leading to and kind of the culmination of the 48 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,960 legacies and the lineages that you carry within you and your 49 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,000 divine purpose and what you're making out of your life and who 50 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,400 you are becoming and what you stand for in your life and in 51 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,640 the world. So Mercury has already entered 52 00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:15,960 this space when we move into Gemini season. 53 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:20,480 And the first contact that Mercury makes is a conjunction 54 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:25,200 with the outer planet Uranus. Uranus has also very recently 55 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,600 entered Gemini within the last month, if you're listening, 56 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,480 early in Gemini season. Uranus came in at the beginning 57 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:35,640 of Taurus season in 2026. Now Uranus did have a brief 58 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,560 transit or visit into Gemini last year between July and 59 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:45,040 November of 2025. And so you might reflect back to 60 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:49,040 that period and just think about what was happening for you then. 61 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:56,000 Uranium Energy wants to bring what's new and in its innovation 62 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:01,240 and invention and seeking of what's new, a lot of what it is 63 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:06,560 also bringing with it are surprises, disruptions to what 64 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:11,120 is stable or what is known or what already has happened and 65 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,480 ideally some kinds of experiences of liberation. 66 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:20,600 And so the movement towards new ideas, this experimental 67 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:25,360 inventiveness. Uranus is really happy actually 68 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:30,120 in Gemini, and some schools of astrology consider Uranus to be 69 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,520 a higher octave energetically to Mercury. 70 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,040 And so you might also think about your relationship as a 71 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:41,480 Mercurial sign to uranium energy. 72 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:48,200 And this is an energy that is profoundly intelligent, as are 73 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,960 the Mercurial signs, Virgo and Gemini. 74 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,720 Mercurial energy puts information together. 75 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:59,840 It builds pathways or conduits of electrical impulse. 76 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,160 There is a lot of association with Uranus and Gemini to the 77 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,640 nervous system and to consciousness. 78 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,600 And so to have Uranus here increases all of that 79 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:17,720 availability to new ideas, innovative impulses, 80 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:23,000 experimental explorations, and again, this idea of freedom or 81 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:27,640 liberation and awakening. Uranus has a 84 year orbit 82 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:32,760 around the Sun. It has just begun its tenure in 83 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,080 Gemini and it will be here now until 2033. 84 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,440 Again, this is a part of your chart that has to do with your 85 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,720 path and your purpose, your visibility in the world, what 86 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,320 you are making out of your life, what you stand for, and 87 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:52,480 potentially your career or your vocation or really what you are 88 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:55,680 bringing into the world in the ways that you are working for 89 00:05:55,680 --> 00:06:00,040 something. So immediately, right off the 90 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,320 bat, Mercury and Uranus are like boom boom boom boom boom Zing 91 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,440 Zing Zing Zing Zing ZAP ZAP, ZAP, ZAP, ZAP. 92 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:11,880 I feel like Virgos are having a lot of new ideas. 93 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,800 In fact, some of you can't even sleep right now. 94 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:24,000 Some of you are so full of inspiration and innovation and 95 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:28,920 electricity, and it feels like the heavens are actually talking 96 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,840 to you and probably all of life on Earth in the ways that life 97 00:06:32,840 --> 00:06:36,880 on Earth manifests through the meeting of sky and Earth. 98 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:39,920 Everybody's talking to you. This is the feeling that I'm 99 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:41,560 getting. It's like anywhere you go, 100 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,120 there's a message for you. Does that resonate for you, 101 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:45,400 Virgo? Let me know in the comments. 102 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,960 What does it feel like to have Uranus like right up over your 103 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,840 head? So then Gemini season starts and 104 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:55,000 now the Sun is here, and wherever the Sun is, it 105 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:00,160 animates, it inspires, it brings energy and vitality, and we have 106 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:07,720 a whole season now that is full of this path, this purpose, this 107 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:11,240 ascension energy. Who are you becoming? 108 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,960 What are you here to do? I don't know, but it feels kind 109 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:21,880 of exciting right now. On top of all that, Uranus is 110 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,280 considered to be an outer planet. 111 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,480 The outer planets, or some astrologers will call them the 112 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:31,440 modern planets, are typic, or they are. 113 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:35,960 They're bodies that orbit the sun in a long orbit. 114 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,960 The outer planets take a long time to move around the Sun, and 115 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,640 Uranus is actually the closest inn at 84 years. 116 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:48,680 After Uranus, we have Neptune. Neptune takes about a century 117 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,360 and a half to make its way around the Sun. 118 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,680 And then we have Pluto, which is about a 2 1/2 century orbit. 119 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:00,560 And there are also all kinds of other bodies orbiting the sun, 120 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,640 of course, like Chiron and Eris and the asteroid Bell and the 121 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:06,440 Kuiper belt and the dwarf planets. 122 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,840 And they're all here too. So just nodding to them. 123 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:15,760 But in terms of a kind of more traditional, quote UN quote 124 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,920 traditional or popular framework of astrology, the outer planets 125 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,200 are considered to be Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. 126 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:26,640 In 2026, something very exceptional is happening. 127 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,800 This is a super rare alignment of the outer planets. 128 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:36,960 It started in 2025 and it will continue actually until Uranus 129 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:41,880 leaves Gemini at least by sign and until 2030 by orb of 130 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,280 influence. By 10° orb of influence we have 131 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,840 Uranus in Gemini trine Pluto in Aquarius. 132 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:53,920 Both Gemini and Aquarius are air signs and both Uranus and Pluto 133 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,240 are sextile with Neptune in in Aries. 134 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:00,880 Aries is a fire sign. Earlier this year Neptune 135 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:05,000 entered Aries and right on the heel of his entry came Saturn. 136 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,080 Pluto has been in Aquarius since 2024. 137 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:12,400 Uranus just arrived in Gemini and now all of them are talking 138 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,720 in the 2026 year head readings that I did. 139 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:21,400 I broke this down in a really big way for all the signs and if 140 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:25,160 you're interested in how this year's astrology is playing out 141 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:29,240 for your sign or signs, if you identify with multiple signs, 142 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:31,040 you might want to check those readings out. 143 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:35,840 They are long, they go in depth and they kind of breakdown how 144 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:40,240 2026 is a very special and exceptional year. 145 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,720 Astrologically. We are in the midst of massive 146 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,760 changes collectively, societally, environmentally and 147 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,400 definitely personally. I'm calling this a keystone year 148 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,960 or a pivot year. This is a bridge year between 149 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:57,040 the past and the future, and so much is changing and I'm sure 150 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,560 that you can feel it in whatever ways you are tapped in and tuned 151 00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:03,440 in with collective energy. We're living through very 152 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:05,880 chaotic and also very creative times. 153 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,840 These are times that are full of peril and full of possibility. 154 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:14,040 There is so much heartbreak and there is so much hope, and all 155 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,600 of it is here at the same time. I'm going to just promote the 156 00:10:17,680 --> 00:10:21,440 idea that we are here for a massive global revolution. 157 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:25,960 And I think that we have come right on time for a revolution 158 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:29,240 of the human spirit and creativity and possibility. 159 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:33,360 And that within the cycles of these planets, in these 160 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:38,200 particular signs, which will be the next 7 to about 17 years, we 161 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,960 are going to see so much change on planet Earth. 162 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,760 And I am just holding the vision that a lot of it is actually 163 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:49,600 going to be really good. Virgos, I think some of you 164 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,840 might be change makers. You might be instrumental in 165 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,560 some of the world building that is happening right now. 166 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:01,960 Your sign is a sign that is known for ingenuity, 167 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,600 inventiveness, creativity and brilliance. 168 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:11,440 I talk about Virgo a lot as the creative intelligence of the 169 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:15,280 Earth itself. As immutable Earth energy, your 170 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:20,920 sign is infused with the intelligence of earthly 171 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:24,640 manifestation that is constantly adapting and evolving. 172 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:29,000 You know how to take one thing and turn it into another thing. 173 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:32,640 We might think about the magician energy also sometimes 174 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:36,360 associated with Mercury. This is the ability to work 175 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:40,280 skillfully with all of the elements and creatively with 176 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:44,200 your impulses. Gemini holding the heaven of 177 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:48,160 your chart tells me that this is a period of time that is really 178 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,400 asking you to grow into your gifts. 179 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:53,800 And the ways that all of the outer planets are talking to 180 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:57,200 each other right now and the configuration between them that 181 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:02,240 I just named, which we can also call a minor trine, brings a lot 182 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:06,600 of energy into the ways that you are working, the ways that you 183 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:11,120 are transforming, how you are picking up and claiming and 184 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:15,560 redefining your sense of personal power and capacity and 185 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:18,080 purpose. I'm going to say that I feel a 186 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,400 huge spiritual prerogative coming in for you. 187 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:25,360 I think that a lot of you are going to be increasingly guided 188 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,920 by a sense of spirit and by a sense of intuition, especially 189 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:36,040 as we get into the second-half of this year and in the 1st two 190 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:42,480 weeks of Gemini season. There are zip zaps, bings, 191 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,960 bongs, Ding Dong, like all of these impulses coming in. 192 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,720 And I think that a lot of you are really feeling like 193 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:53,200 something is happening because immediately Mercury and the Sun 194 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,520 are making aspects to all of the outer planets. 195 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,480 They're also making aspects to the lunar nodes. 196 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:03,000 These are the eclipse points. We are halfway between eclipse 197 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:09,120 seasons right now, and eclipses are happening currently in your 198 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:12,080 fellow mutable signs, Virgo and Pisces. 199 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:14,840 Those aren't your fellow signs, those are you. 200 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,640 Eclipses are happening right now in your sign and your opposite 201 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,120 sign in Gemini's fellow mutable signs. 202 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:28,120 And so Gemini season is really stimulating a big evolutionary 203 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,200 impulse for you. And then on top of all that, we 204 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,440 have a full moon on May 31st, and this is a full moon in 205 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,400 Sagittarius. And so the entire mutable cross 206 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:42,040 is lit up in the last couple of weeks of May. 207 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:47,560 Now this full Moon is also aspecting all of the outer 208 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:49,320 planets. So as the Moon comes into 209 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:53,880 Gemini, it will oppose Uranus as well as the Sun and Mercury. 210 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,920 It will trine Neptune and Saturn, and it will sextile 211 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:01,560 Pluto and Aquarius. It will also square the lunar 212 00:14:01,560 --> 00:14:03,360 nodes. The South Node is in Virgo, the 213 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,920 North Node is in Pisces. So lots of activation here. 214 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,040 Sagittarius is the opposite sign of Gemini. 215 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:13,680 So Sagittarius lives in the earth of your chart or the root 216 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:17,760 and foundation of your being. This energy for you is about 217 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,000 anchoring. It's about coming into your 218 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,600 belonging. It's about feeling the ways that 219 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,400 you are connected beyond your life and beyond your body with 220 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:31,040 your origins, your ancestry and a sense of deep belonging. 221 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:35,200 This is also a place in your chart that has a lot of specific 222 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:39,320 associations to home and family, which are small words with 223 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:41,880 massive meanings. So make the meanings that are 224 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:47,160 meaningful for you. This full moon, I feel, really 225 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:52,360 is asking you to come in. And because there's so much 226 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:55,800 outward energy in your chart, there's so much of this kind of 227 00:14:55,840 --> 00:15:01,120 ascension, upward, outward, lots of thoughts, lots of ideas and 228 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,240 evolutionary momentum in your chart right now. 229 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,600 I feel that the full moon for some of you is a time that you 230 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:11,440 actually really need to pull your energy in. 231 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:15,240 Now, this is a very activating full moon, so it may or may not 232 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,480 feel intuitive or easy to do that. 233 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:22,200 But if it resonates for you, Virgo around the full moon 234 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:27,680 again, the last day of May take a bath, go to bed early, create 235 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:32,880 sacred space inside of your home or wherever you might be able to 236 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,480 create a sacred space where you feel like you can really rest 237 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,560 and just kind of be in your own energy. 238 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,760 This is a powerful full moon for magic practice. 239 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:47,360 So you're if you're a person who works with ritual or divination, 240 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,400 this is definitely a powerful time for that. 241 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:54,120 And I would say especially this is a powerful time for 242 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:58,760 connecting with your well loving, liberated ancestors, 243 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:02,600 guardians and guides, as well as the spirits of the land who may 244 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,320 want to help you in whatever it is that you are doing right now. 245 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,440 They may have messages for you, affirmations for you. 246 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,520 They may also have tips on how to do the things that you're 247 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:17,240 doing and how to move forward with whatever it is that you're 248 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:21,880 moving forward with, as well as leave behind whatever it is that 249 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:26,400 you are ready to leave behind. Now, as we get into the month of 250 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:31,760 June, your ruling planet Mercury is moving into the sign Cancer. 251 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,600 Cancer holds a special place in the Virgo charts. 252 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:40,640 This is the 11th house, and this is a place of opportunity and 253 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:44,840 income. This is a wonderfully supportive 254 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:48,560 place in the chart where we encounter helpful allies and 255 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,880 good spirits. This is a place where we are 256 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,400 connecting with our hopes and dreams and wishes for the 257 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:59,520 future, as well as our friends and networks and interwoven webs 258 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:06,240 of connection that can kind of magically and rapidly appear or 259 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:11,079 be connected with when we have clear intentionality and we're 260 00:17:11,079 --> 00:17:13,200 sending out some kind of larger message. 261 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:18,800 Mercury will be retrograde in this part of your chart coming 262 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,040 up soon. Excuse me. 263 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:29,160 So Mercury is retrograde from. Give me a minute, Virgo. 264 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:32,400 I apologize. I've been talking a lot, doing 265 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:39,240 these readings, and I have to clear my throat, which may be a 266 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:43,640 message for you with this Mercury retrograde, because 267 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:50,440 Mercury has some associations to the voice and to language, and 268 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:54,800 Mercury will be retrograde. And it may be that some of you 269 00:17:54,800 --> 00:18:00,080 need to clear your throat. Cancer actually has associations 270 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:04,520 with some of the fluids of the body, including the pleura of 271 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:08,280 the lungs. And when there's a kind of fluid 272 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,240 buildup in the lungs, like I just had to clear my throat. 273 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:15,400 And this is just divination that's coming through. 274 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,200 This is channeling right now. So if this is meaningful for 275 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,600 you, take it. Take what resonates. 276 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:25,520 The feeling that I'm getting is that this is a Mercury 277 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:29,880 retrograde that might need you to clear out some emotional 278 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:34,600 stuff so that your voice and your message can travel more 279 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,920 clearly. Take what resonates. 280 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,880 OK, so Mercury is going into Cancer. 281 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:44,320 It will be going into retrograde June 29th and it will be 282 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:48,520 retrograde until July 23rd. Before and after a Mercury 283 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,160 retrograde or any planetary retrograde, there's what's 284 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:54,120 called the shadow phase and this is when the planet is moving 285 00:18:54,120 --> 00:18:56,000 direct over the same area of sky. 286 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,560 The retrograde will take it. So the pre retrograde shadow for 287 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:04,720 Mercury is beginning on June 12th and it will extend from 288 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:10,280 July 23rd until August 6th. So from mid June until early 289 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:13,640 August, you are working with this retrograde influence. 290 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:19,000 RE prefixes are essential when we're working with retrograde 291 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:24,040 influences and they are the way to make these planetary transits 292 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,560 really beneficial rather than chaotic and disruptive. 293 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:31,240 Mercury retrogrades have a bad reputation because people don't 294 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:35,120 really understand astrology and they make assumptions about 295 00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:38,720 things based on other people's assumptions about things. 296 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,720 So there are massive assumptions out there that Mercury 297 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,760 retrograde is some kind of time to be scared of and everything's 298 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:46,760 going to go wrong and you definitely shouldn't sign any 299 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:48,360 contracts or something like that. 300 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:53,560 My take on it is that these are periods of time that need us to 301 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:57,400 do the dance that Mercury does, which is to move backwards. 302 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:02,440 One of my favorite myths about Mercury or Hermes as a mythic 303 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,000 figure. And shortly after they were 304 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:09,280 born, unlike conceived into godly form, they played a trick 305 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:14,360 on their brother Apollo, the God of divination and the sun. 306 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:19,000 And Apollo had these cattle. And what Mercury did is he 307 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:23,240 turned all their feet around. And so it looked like they were 308 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,800 walking forward, but it looked in the earth like they were 309 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,280 walking backwards. And this was a this was like a 310 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,520 joke that Mercury was playing on their brother. 311 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,880 And Apollo got upset and then went and told their dad, Zeus. 312 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:36,640 But Zeus thought it was hilarious. 313 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,400 And then Mercury or Hermes became a favorite child. 314 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,080 So this energy is a jokester. It's a trickster. 315 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:48,040 It's mischievous. And in mythic correspondence, 316 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,760 Mercury is the only deity, the only being that moves fluidly 317 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,280 between the lands of the living and the lands of the dead. 318 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:59,560 In our consciousness and psychology, Mercury could be 319 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:03,440 related to the part of our psychology that makes meaning 320 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:08,640 out of sensation, and in that way it translates between the 321 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,960 consciousness and the unconsciousness. 322 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:18,800 So the underworld and the overworld working with a Mercury 323 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,880 retrograde is allowing yourself to walk backwards for a while. 324 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:29,360 It is permission to do things in a circuitous, non linear kind of 325 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:33,440 way. It's encouragement to have a 326 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:37,440 laugh, sometimes at your own expense, and appreciate the 327 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:39,600 sense of humor of the divine trickster. 328 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,080 Because when things are going wrong, it might actually be a 329 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,320 blessing in disguise often times. 330 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:50,680 What goes wrong in Mercury retrogrades has to do with 331 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:56,640 people's ego and urgency. Anytime you force something, 332 00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:00,680 just in general, I think, but definitely during a Mercury 333 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,360 retrograde, if you're trying to force something to work the way 334 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:07,280 that you want it to, let's say communications go awry and you 335 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:11,040 get really frustrated, and then you're like just trying so hard 336 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,360 to get this message out, but you're not taking a beat to 337 00:22:14,360 --> 00:22:17,920 check your actual message. That's when the message is going 338 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:22,080 to get really messed up. So if things are not going as 339 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:27,960 planned, or if things feel delayed or slowed or something's 340 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:35,560 up to some kind of trickster type of vibe, pay attention. 341 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,480 Get curious. Ask yourself what else here 342 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,600 might want to be revealed. There might be information that 343 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,760 you didn't have and that you actually need. 344 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:50,240 There might be a pause that you need to take to rest and remain 345 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:54,760 and remember and reflect. Again, the RE prefix is super 346 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,240 important. So the feeling of needing to 347 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:01,240 return to something is often a big feeling in Mercury 348 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,680 retrograde and the shadow period. 349 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:09,800 So in this particular cycle, from June 12th until the 29th is 350 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:15,160 sometimes a a period of time where things are happening that 351 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,080 then in the retrograde we need to return to. 352 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,960 So there might be a plan that we're trying to make, but then 353 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,600 some element of the plan isn't aligned and in the retrograde we 354 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,760 have to go back and restructure something. 355 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,360 There might be a conversation that we have and then something 356 00:23:32,360 --> 00:23:37,440 about the conversation opens up some other terrain or area and 357 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:44,240 we might need to return to that topic and do some repair work or 358 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:48,520 reinvestigate what we were talking about. 359 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,000 Some of my favorite RE prefix words are revitalize and 360 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,560 regenerate and rehydrate, especially for Virgos and 361 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:00,320 especially because Mercury is retrograde in Cancer, a sign of 362 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,440 vital energy and fluid life force. 363 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,400 And again, this is a part of your chart that is all about 364 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,320 opportunities, hopes, wishes, dreams for the future, helpful 365 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:15,960 allies, friends, collaborators, colleagues, organizations that 366 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,080 you might be a part of, larger groups that you can be connected 367 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:22,880 with. So this Mercury retrograde is a 368 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:27,040 powerful time for you to tune in and check in with plans that 369 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:31,360 you're trying to make, for you to take some time to potentially 370 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:36,240 retreat, get some rest and reflect on the dreams that you 371 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,920 have for what it is that you're trying to do and potentially 372 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,000 with who you're trying to do things. 373 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,840 Again, friends, colleagues, collaborators are important 374 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:46,880 figures in this part of your chart. 375 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:52,200 Now, Mercury is not here alone, at least for the first part of 376 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,760 its retro shade. Both the benefits are also here. 377 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,400 Jupiter and Venus are the two planetary gift givers. 378 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:06,400 Jupiter brings opportunity, luck, expansion, good fortune. 379 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:12,200 It expands things, and so it is a symbol of deep, vast 380 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,920 abundance. Venus is the planet of sweetness 381 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:20,960 and beauty, and when we TuneIn with Venus we also TuneIn with 382 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:25,760 opportunity and abundance. And having Jupiter and Venus Co 383 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:30,760 present with Mercury as it begins its pre retrograde shadow 384 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,680 to me feels like a big omen of good fortune. 385 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,960 Especially when we can work with the significations of Jupiter 386 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,000 and Venus in this part of the chart. 387 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:46,360 These would include ideas like really engaging with a deep 388 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:51,080 ethical alignment, so knowing that you are acting with 389 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:55,360 integrity and really acting and interacting with love. 390 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:59,880 You can expect Mercury retrograde to slap you if you're 391 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:03,040 communicating with people in ways that are aggressive or 392 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:07,160 hasty or uncaring. During this retrograde, those 393 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,840 kinds of energies will not be supported and they will require 394 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:15,480 some type of repair. So as we enter into this cycle, 395 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,920 really pay attention to your energy, to the ways that you are 396 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,480 taking care of yourself and taking care of your 397 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:25,040 relationships. Pay attention to the ways that 398 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,800 you move through the world and what kind of attitudes and 399 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,280 behaviors you are bringing into the spaces and the places that 400 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:36,160 you occupy. Both Jupiter and Venus reward us 401 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:40,160 when we bring our best to the situation, and bringing our best 402 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,640 truly to the situation requires that we bring our best to 403 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,120 ourselves. And this Mercury retrograde 404 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:49,560 really wants to help you, Virgos, bring the best to 405 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,840 yourself. And I think this kind of 406 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:55,800 backward, inward reflection time is a great time for you to be 407 00:26:55,800 --> 00:27:00,040 thinking about the kinds of friends that you really value 408 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:04,400 and love and want in your life, the kinds of opportunities that 409 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,280 you are trying to manifest and call in any types of 410 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,040 organizations or networks that you want to be part of. 411 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,400 Again, this feeling of belonging is really important. 412 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:18,400 And then to fill yourself with affirmation that all of that is 413 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,440 possible for you. And to feel the way that you 414 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:26,480 resonate in belonging with all that you long for and trust that 415 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,120 what you're longing for is longing for you. 416 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,920 And the more you can exude and extend that energy out into the 417 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,520 world, the more you are going to be met with it. 418 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:39,640 Now, on June 9th, which is just three days before Mercury starts 419 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:44,160 its retro shade, Venus and Jupiter are conjunct and Mercury 420 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,160 is making a square to Saturn in the 8th house. 421 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:51,360 This feels like a powerful time for courage and bravery. 422 00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:55,960 My Virgo friends, Saturn in your 8th house, Co present with 423 00:27:56,280 --> 00:28:01,000 Neptune, Vista Palace, Chiron and Eris is really doing a thing 424 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,080 right now. And the thing that I feel that 425 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,840 it's doing for Virgos is teaching you a lot about the 426 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,920 essential nature of courage. Now courage is about being full 427 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:16,400 of heart and really believing in your biggest opportunities and 428 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,080 taking responsibility and having the integrity to get them for 429 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:23,080 yourself. The 8th house is a somewhat 430 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:26,760 tricky place in the Chartwheel because it's a place that's hard 431 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,920 for us to see. It has a lot to do with deep 432 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,640 psychology, with trust issues, with vulnerability. 433 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:37,520 It is associated with the energies and the resources that 434 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,760 we share with others. And keywords for this place are 435 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:45,240 sex, death, money and power and taboos. 436 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:50,640 So Mercury is squaring Saturn as Venus and Jupiter are together. 437 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:54,920 And this brings the feeling for me that there is some kind of 438 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,280 revelation that is important right now. 439 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:02,240 The 8th place is also often a place of secrets and privacy. 440 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:06,680 And it can have something to do with the parts of ourselves that 441 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:10,120 are not the easiest to own and claim. 442 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,160 Right? This is shadow terrain now. 443 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,320 Mercury is in your 11th house. It's in the place of the future. 444 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,080 Venus and Jupiter are together. My feeling is that this 445 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:24,320 influence wants to help you claim some part of yourself or 446 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,320 aspect of your experience that is maybe feeling kind of 447 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:31,480 crunchy, kind of scary. There may be power issues. 448 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,800 There may be taboos that you're trying to deal with. 449 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:35,960 There may be emotional entanglements. 450 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:37,880 There may be some kind of conflict. 451 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:42,480 There may be a sense of barrier in intimacy or vulnerability or 452 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:47,720 trust that when you are honest about it and when you address it 453 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:53,640 with your whole heart and your loving kindness and your 454 00:29:53,680 --> 00:30:02,280 integrity and ethical practices, it's going to result in good 455 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:06,280 things for you. Now it might not be easy, but I 456 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,000 think it will be very beneficial. 457 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:14,160 And this is what then sets off your Mercury retro shade cycle. 458 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:19,600 And as Mercury begins its shadow, Uranus in Gemini squares 459 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:22,000 the lunar nodes. And as I've mentioned, the South 460 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,960 Node is in Virgo right now and the North Node is in Pisces. 461 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:30,440 These are the eclipse points. We've had eclipses for the last 462 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:34,760 couple of years, since September of 2024 in Virgo and Pisces 463 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,280 season. We had eclipses earlier this 464 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:41,920 year in February and March. This particular moment of Uranus 465 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:47,320 squaring the Nodes may bring up content or some kind of thematic 466 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,840 repetition that have to do with the eclipse cycle in general, 467 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,360 and it really feels like something is getting activated 468 00:30:54,360 --> 00:31:01,600 right now that is promoting some kind of evolutionary momentum in 469 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,080 your chart. Now, having the South Node in 470 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:08,040 your sign and the North Node in your opposite sign really wants 471 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:12,320 you to evolve in the direction of new kinds of relationships. 472 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:16,960 This is a powerful indicator, again, of courage and 473 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:21,480 transparency and taking a risk. Some of you need to let go of 474 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:25,680 old ideas about who you are so that you can embrace new ideas 475 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:29,440 about who you get to be, especially in relationship with 476 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,280 others. Because Uranus is up at the top 477 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:35,360 of your chart squaring the nodes, and Mercury is beginning 478 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,800 its retro shade in your 11th house. 479 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,000 I'm going to say that this period of time is also calling 480 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:45,480 into question some kind of future plans or ideas. 481 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:50,040 And there may now be need, there may now need to be some type of 482 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:53,320 process where the RE prefix is really important. 483 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:58,280 So reflection, remembering, remaining, repairing, 484 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:02,120 renegotiating, revising, rethinking, rehydrating, 485 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,640 regenerating, revitalizing, reclaiming. 486 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,400 Let me know in the comments what your favorite RE prefixes are, 487 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:12,360 please. We have a new moon on June 14th. 488 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:16,320 This is a new moon in Gemini. At this point, Venus has moved 489 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:21,960 into Leo, the sign that comes before yours, and around the new 490 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,680 Moon, Venus is now making aspects to all the outer 491 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,800 planets. So everything is pinging and 492 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:32,200 zinging and zapping again, and this New Moon is happening up in 493 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,720 the heaven of your chart. This feels like a powerful time, 494 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:39,280 Virgo, for you to practice deeply, deeply loving yourself 495 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:44,320 and opening up to faith in the idea that there is a larger plan 496 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:48,880 unfolding. None of us in our tiny teeny 497 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:53,800 human forms that are just here for a blip have really any idea 498 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:58,560 about really anything. And so much is happening that we 499 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:02,200 are a part of. And when we TuneIn with the 500 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:09,080 possibility that we can be part of something larger and that 501 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:13,120 something larger really wants to work with us, that opens our 502 00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:18,320 lives to new possibilities. The other option is to think 503 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:23,600 that we're in control, and that inevitably will lead to the 504 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:28,640 feelings of failure, loss, frustration, and deep suffering. 505 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:34,880 So my suggestion for this new moon, similar to the suggestion 506 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,960 I had for the full Moon, is to create a place of quiet for 507 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:43,120 yourself and really tap in and TuneIn with your inner guidance 508 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:47,520 and your intuition and to open the gates of guidance and 509 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,760 intuition. Now through the portal of love. 510 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:55,320 Leo rules the heart and Venus rules love. 511 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:59,640 And when Venus is in Leo, the love nature is sweetened and 512 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,600 expanded. This is an amazing time for you 513 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:08,480 to engage with very simple practices of sensing beauty and 514 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,639 being appreciative and grateful for beauty. 515 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:17,719 Being outside, noticing the intricate shapes of a petal, 516 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,840 right? How a bloom might be blossoming, 517 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,840 How clouds are traveling over the sky. 518 00:34:24,199 --> 00:34:27,320 Looking at your own hands and appreciating the lines and the 519 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:32,560 shapes and the textures. Being awestruck by the fact of 520 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:36,520 your incarnation and existence. Breathing and feeling grateful 521 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:40,320 for the abundance of breath. These types of very simple 522 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:44,840 presence practices that ground you in gratitude and fill your 523 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:49,120 body with appreciation and noticing of beauty are the 524 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:54,360 quickest surest gateway to open you up to the messages from the 525 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:58,120 Divine or however you want to think about this great being 526 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:01,040 that we are a part of and always supported by. 527 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,520 And my feeling is that the Divine is really wanting to 528 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,640 speak to you right now. The last thing I'm going to say 529 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:12,200 about the astrology of Gemini season is that on June 19th, the 530 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:16,440 Centaur planet Chiron moves into Taurus for the first time in 531 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,280 about 50 years. Chiron has been in Aries since 532 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,520 2018. As I've already mentioned, Aries 533 00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:26,800 holds a part of your chart that can be somewhat difficult to 534 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,480 work with. The 8th house again is a place 535 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,920 of deep psychology, shared resources, sex, death, money, 536 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:38,520 power and taboos, and Chiron brings healing journeys wherever 537 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,160 it is. Oftentimes these journeys are 538 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:46,240 precipitated by some kind of crisis, and so Chiron is also 539 00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:49,880 known as the wounded healer. When we're working with Chiron, 540 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:54,640 we are working with the healing that is required to address any 541 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:57,320 and all of our pain and dis ease. 542 00:35:57,720 --> 00:36:02,960 And when we encounter pain and illness as teachers, Chiron's 543 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:06,960 presence supports us to become teachers and healers in the 544 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,320 world. Now Chiron is moving into 545 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:13,160 Taurus, which is a place in your chart that actually has a lot to 546 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,080 do with teaching. This is a place in your chart 547 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:19,640 that also has you seeking teachings and connecting with 548 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:22,080 teachers or wisdom paths and traditions. 549 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,520 And so some of you Virgos might start to feel a little bit of an 550 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:29,040 inclination perhaps that you want to undertake some new 551 00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:33,480 adventure of learning and study or apprenticeship in some kind 552 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:37,240 of healing modality. Taurus is an earth sign, and 553 00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:40,400 healing of the body and healing of the voice and healing of the 554 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:45,080 land are really important, especially with Chiron in 555 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,440 Taurus. Some of you may also be teachers 556 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:53,120 yourselves, and I happen to know a number of Virgos who are 557 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:57,240 amazing, brilliant, skilled teachers of the body and healing 558 00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:01,320 and earth and earth justice. And a lot of you are really 559 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:06,000 coming into a very important moment of your lives when you 560 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,280 are going to be called upon to be in leadership and teaching 561 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:13,840 and healing in your community. OK, well, Chiron will just be 562 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,520 here for a little bit. It will station retrograde in 563 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,760 early August. It will go back into areas in 564 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:22,040 mid-september, but it will be back next April. 565 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,760 And then it will stay in Taurus for about 7 years. 566 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,600 So definitely notice any themes or influences that feel like 567 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:32,880 they're starting as we move out of June and into July. 568 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:38,560 Virgo, I am not done with you. I want to pull a card to close 569 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:41,040 out your reading and get one final message from the universe. 570 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,320 But before I do, I hope you'll stay with me for a couple of 571 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,240 minutes because I want to tell you what is coming up and 572 00:37:47,240 --> 00:37:50,720 happening at Embodied Astrology, and I'll use this opportunity to 573 00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:53,200 continue talking to you a little bit about your chart. 574 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,520 So I'm going to start off talking about the 8th house, 575 00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:01,080 this place of deep psychology and sex, death, money, power and 576 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:05,640 taboo where Aries is because this year at Embodied Astrology, 577 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:09,560 we have a new monthly series that happens the fourth Tuesday 578 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:15,480 of every month facilitated by Aziz Bisance and guests. 579 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,440 Multiple guests will be joining Aziz over the course of this 580 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:19,960 year. And together they're 581 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:23,840 investigating land based spiritual practices that 582 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:29,440 directly counter some of the most harmful, devastating themes 583 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,240 of our times. So themes of genocide and 584 00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:36,440 colonization and destruction and division are themes, of course, 585 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:40,120 that people have been working to resist and counter for a very 586 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:42,840 long time. And this series really looks at 587 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:47,320 that, the ways that we can, in our own localities, in our 588 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:50,880 social locations, in our bodies, and in our spiritual practices, 589 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:53,880 rise to the occasion of spiritual warriorship. 590 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,520 So if you're interested in working with the cycles of 591 00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:01,360 Saturn and Neptune in Aries, check out that series, 592 00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:05,200 Initiation into Spiritual Warriorship with Saturn and 593 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:08,920 Neptune. Starting in August, we're also 594 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:12,560 going to have another monthly series beginning the first week 595 00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,440 of August and then continuing the first week of every month, 596 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:19,440 facilitated by Alicia Mauji. This series is called the Solar 597 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:22,920 Playground, and it is going to be playing with a Jupiter in 598 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:25,640 Leo. Now, Jupiter will be in Leo from 599 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:29,360 the end of June in 2026 till the end of July in 2027. 600 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:33,280 And I'm going to be talking to a lot about Jupiter next month and 601 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,880 for the consecutive months. So do make sure that you're 602 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,680 subscribed and that you follow embodied astrology wherever 603 00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:41,600 you're tuning in. It definitely helps me and helps 604 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:43,760 the algorithm know that you appreciate this work. 605 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,440 It will also make sure that you get notified when future 606 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,000 readings come up. The Solar Playground is going to 607 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:52,640 be an opportunity for you to explore your biggest gifts. 608 00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:56,880 Jupiter and Leo really wants to help us express what we truly 609 00:39:56,880 --> 00:40:00,440 have to give, the best that we have to give, and the stuff that 610 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:03,280 gets in the way. And Alicia is going to lead us 611 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,960 through creative, self exploratory astrological 612 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,880 practices to learn more about all of that. 613 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:14,240 Over the course of every season, Embodied Astrology has 614 00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:18,840 astrologically timed programming and we also have ongoing weekly 615 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,320 classes. If you enjoy my work, you can 616 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,320 always tune in with me on a Monday. 617 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:28,080 My Moon day classes from 8:00 to 9:30 AM Pacific are on Zoom, and 618 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,760 you can also get the recordings if you can't attend live. 619 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,800 Every single week we practice together, tuning in with the 620 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:37,400 astrology of the week ahead through our minds, our bodies, 621 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:41,240 our energies, and the ways that we relate with ourselves and the 622 00:40:41,240 --> 00:40:44,120 world. These practices for me are total 623 00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:47,200 life lines. They really give me a lot of 624 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,280 energy and a lot of alignment for the coming week. 625 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,560 And I'm so grateful for the space. 626 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,560 And it's really special to be able to practice with a group, 627 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:57,840 and I would love to practice with you if that sounds like 628 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:01,280 something you're interested in. You can always just drop in for 629 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,880 one class, but you can also become a member. 630 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:06,960 And if you become a member, you'll get access to our weekly 631 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:11,680 classes, the full video archive, and Thursday Chart Reading Study 632 00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:14,080 Groups facilitated by Alicia Mauji. 633 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,360 In the Chart Reading study groups, you learn about 634 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,920 astrology through conversation and through first person lived 635 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:22,880 experience. And they are awesome places to 636 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,880 really get a lay of the land and how astrology can manifest 637 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:29,480 differently for all of us. If you're interested in really 638 00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:32,600 learning to read charts, you might also be interested in the 639 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:35,360 new practitioner program that's starting. 640 00:41:35,720 --> 00:41:39,120 Your Chart Is A Body is an Embodied Astrology Chart Reading 641 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,840 Foundations course that begins in Virgo season on the weekend 642 00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:46,040 of August 29th. And if you're interested in 643 00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:48,920 studying more deeply with me, that is really the place to do 644 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:50,440 it. You'll learn how to read Natal 645 00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:54,040 charts, relationship charts, event charts, electional charts, 646 00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:56,640 and timing. And you'll do it all through 647 00:41:56,640 --> 00:42:01,400 experiential embodied praxis. Coming up just for Gemini season 648 00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:04,880 on June 13th, there's a live conversation with myself and the 649 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:09,200 astrologers Alice Barkley, Cat and Blair Bogan, facilitated by 650 00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:11,040 Alicia. We're going to be talking about 651 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:14,240 queering astrology and all the ways that astrology can support 652 00:42:14,240 --> 00:42:18,320 us in living queer, fabulous lives as artists, creatives, 653 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:21,680 activists, and bringing astrology into our social 654 00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:25,040 engagement and relationships. And then one week later on the 655 00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:28,560 solstice on June 21st, I'll be joined for another live 656 00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:32,680 conversation with Aaron Fogle. Aaron is an awesome astrologer 657 00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:36,280 and energy worker, and we're going to be looking specifically 658 00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,080 at Chiron. So if this theme of the wounded 659 00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:41,680 healer resonates for you, definitely check out that 660 00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:44,000 conversation. And again, you can always get 661 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,000 the recording if you can't attend live. 662 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:49,000 The last thing that I want to tell you about is a very special 663 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:52,680 event that I am plotting right now as I'm recording for you on 664 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:57,360 May 15th and that is a week long astrology pop up experience. 665 00:42:57,360 --> 00:43:00,880 It's going to be in person, in multiple locations and online, 666 00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:04,440 and this is going to be really fun and I don't totally know 667 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:06,760 what it's going to be yet, but I'm really excited for it. 668 00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:09,800 We're going to be working with personal and collective 669 00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:12,040 astrological prompts and practices. 670 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,920 We'll be researching astrological history and 671 00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:19,120 forecasting astrological futures, while we also engage 672 00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:23,080 with workshops and skill shares for community resilience and 673 00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:25,480 creative survival and world building. 674 00:43:25,720 --> 00:43:29,200 We are creating something to support ourselves through the 675 00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:34,880 next 30 years of Saturn's cycle and whatever is coming in these 676 00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:40,960 next three decades. OK, Virgo, let's TuneIn with the 677 00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:44,880 luminous void. And we are asking for one final 678 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:48,800 message from the universe, one confirmation for Virgo for their 679 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:51,480 Gemini season. There's so much happening for 680 00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:55,000 Virgo right now, Spirit. What does Virgo need to know? 681 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:58,480 How will they be most supported through Gemini season through 682 00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:01,400 all of this activation In the heaven of their chart, the 683 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:05,480 Eclipse points, the Full Moon, the New Moon, and Mercury's 684 00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:12,840 retro shade. OK, Virgo 2 cards came out so 685 00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:16,680 I'll hold them up and if you can't see the video I will 686 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:19,840 describe them. So what came out are the 8 of 687 00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:24,080 swords and the 10 of discs, and the 10 of discs presented itself 688 00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:27,400 in reverse. The Luminous Void Deck is a 689 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,480 beautiful watercolor deck created by Laura Zispan. 690 00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:35,520 And the Eight of Swords has eight swords that also kind of 691 00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:40,840 look like people, heads with arms and long bodies rooted or 692 00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:45,720 planted in the earth. And the 10 of discs, I'll hold 693 00:44:45,720 --> 00:44:52,400 it upright so you can see that are 10 discs or 10 pentacles. 694 00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:57,960 And a pentacle is a pentagram. This is a 5 pointed star. 695 00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:04,560 And the pentagram is a sacred alchemical symbol uniting all 5 696 00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:07,560 elements, so earth, air, fire, water, and spirit. 697 00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:13,280 Inside of these 10 pentacles, our discs are two figures with 698 00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:16,560 their arms wrapped around each other and it looks like a cat 699 00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,000 standing on both of their heads. And this came out in the 700 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:24,880 reverse, OK. So these two cards, what they're 701 00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:29,360 kind of bringing for me really has a resonance pretty strongly 702 00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:31,600 with the South Node in your sign right now. 703 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:36,120 The South Node again is one of the eclipse points, and it is a 704 00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:39,200 place of deep release. It's a big letting go type of 705 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:41,560 energy. And this also resonates for me 706 00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:44,440 with the Mercury retrograde coming into your 11th house, a 707 00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:46,760 place of hopes, dreams and wishes for the future. 708 00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:51,400 Now, the aid of Swords is a card that often talks about feeling 709 00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:56,560 trapped or hopeless or kind of like mentally at odds with 710 00:45:56,560 --> 00:46:00,760 yourself and conflicted. But there's also a message 711 00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:04,360 within the aid of Swords that you can really direct your own 712 00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,600 experience by what you pay attention to, because what you 713 00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:10,160 pay attention to is what's growing now. 714 00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:14,400 The 10 of discs is a card of great abundance and fulfillment 715 00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:16,320 and manifestation of your biggest dreams. 716 00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:18,280 And it did come out in the reverse. 717 00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:22,680 And so what's coming up for me right now is that some of you in 718 00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:26,120 Gemini season, especially with the kind of wild 719 00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:30,480 unpredictability of Uranus squaring the Nodes and all of 720 00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:34,760 these new influences coming in, aspecting what's going on in 721 00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:39,560 your 8th house in Aries, might be bringing some feelings of 722 00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:46,440 anxiety and maybe even a sense of loss or uncertainty or chaos 723 00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:49,640 in what you have been trying to build or what you have been 724 00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:52,240 creating. Now, remember when I was talking 725 00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:57,400 about Mercury retrograde and I said the surest way to have a 726 00:46:57,400 --> 00:47:00,200 bad experience with a Mercury retrograde is to try to force 727 00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:03,120 something? I think that there may be 728 00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:06,760 experiences in your life right now that are not going as 729 00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:10,280 planned or not going as you hoped them hoped that they 730 00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:13,800 would, because there's something better. 731 00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:17,560 There's something that's actually more aligned for you. 732 00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:24,120 I remember a old friend of mine used to say all the time that if 733 00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:30,960 the universe says no, it's because there's not yet or I 734 00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:34,200 have something better that it has in store. 735 00:47:34,720 --> 00:47:38,880 And so when the universe says no, when a door is closed to us, 736 00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:43,880 and even if there's a lot of desire and hope and labor, you 737 00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:46,400 know, to walk through that door that we've been going through, 738 00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:50,120 sometimes it's, it's really an opportunity to check in with our 739 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:55,480 own egos and to tune in with where we may be attached to 740 00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:59,160 something that is not really wanting to attach to us. 741 00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:04,040 And I think that a lot of what I'm feeling with these cards and 742 00:48:04,040 --> 00:48:06,960 tuning in with your chart, especially with the influences 743 00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:10,320 that I named, is that manifestation and abundance 744 00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:15,080 really requires reciprocity. It requires the equal meeting 745 00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:19,600 and a give and take and like a mutual agreement and consent, 746 00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:23,000 enthusiastic consent to build with. 747 00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:26,280 And this is manifestation that you might be doing with others, 748 00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:29,960 with the universe, with the earth, or with various parts of 749 00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:32,840 yourself. But everybody needs to be on 750 00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:35,480 board. And if not everybody is on 751 00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:39,360 board, then it's either not the right thing or it's not the 752 00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:43,160 right time and it might be not quite the right way. 753 00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:46,480 So there might need to be some type of adjustments or new 754 00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:48,960 agreements. So what I want to leave you with 755 00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:52,160 Virgo is that this does feel like a season that is 756 00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:55,960 challenging in many ways. Gemini is your sibling sign. 757 00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:58,960 You are both Mercury ruled. It is a very exciting, 758 00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:02,440 opportunistic time. I actually think a lot is 759 00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:06,320 opening up for you right now, but the square aspect, so how 760 00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:10,440 Gemini is configured to to Virgo can be frustrating. 761 00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:13,520 It can be challenging, it can be anxiety producing. 762 00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:16,760 And with Mercury stationing retrograde and the influences 763 00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:20,400 that are coming in from the 8th house, there may need to be some 764 00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:25,000 underworld excavation that has to happen before the future 765 00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:28,240 plans can actually open up into the abundance that they want to 766 00:49:28,240 --> 00:49:31,120 bring you. I also just want to give a deep 767 00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:35,720 bow and a nod to the absolute devastation and heartbreak and 768 00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:39,880 terror of our times. We are living through massively 769 00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:42,440 challenging times. There's so much to grieve, 770 00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:45,480 there's so much hardship, there's so much fucking fuckery 771 00:49:45,720 --> 00:49:48,200 that some people are up to. It's outrageous. 772 00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:52,320 And I think a lot of people are feeling really challenged and 773 00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:55,120 defeated in many ways. And if that is how you might be 774 00:49:55,120 --> 00:50:00,160 feeling for whatever reason, this is an opportunity to take 775 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:03,160 some retreat. Connect in with your guides, 776 00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:05,920 connect in with your guardians, connect with the Earth, connect 777 00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:09,800 with your deeper intuition and listen for the opportunities 778 00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:13,760 that are calling for you. OK Virgo, this was a long 779 00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:16,080 reading. I'm at 52 minutes. 780 00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:19,680 So I hope that any or all of this feels supportive for you 781 00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:22,080 this season. If it does, please support me 782 00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:25,520 and support my work. You can do that the best by 783 00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:27,320 sharing it. Let your friends and your 784 00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:30,560 networks know about it. You can also definitely hit that 785 00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:32,560 like button. If you're watching on YouTube, 786 00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:35,680 please hype the video, leave me a comment, let me know how it 787 00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:38,680 landed for you and make sure to subscribe and follow. 788 00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:43,240 And I hope to see you at an embodied astrology event or you 789 00:50:43,240 --> 00:50:45,600 can always get your 2026 year ahead reading. 790 00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:47,440 All right, I'm going to leave it there. 791 00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:49,600 I appreciate you, Virgo. Bye for now.