1 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:10,320 What if astrology isn't about being told who you are, but 2 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:14,480 instead it's a tool for becoming who you can be? 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,920 That's what we're going to talk about here on the Awake Space 4 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:26,960 Astrology Podcast today. It's the Awake Space Astrology 5 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,520 Podcast. I'm Lori Rivers, your host here 6 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:31,640 to help you with some inspiration to get those 7 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:36,360 aspirations out into the world. And we're beginning a whole new 8 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:40,840 journey together with episode 1 of Season 1 of Using Your 9 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,240 Astrology. And that's how we're taking the 10 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,560 Awake Space forward. And yeah, we'll talk a little 11 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,800 bit about what's coming up in November of 2025 at the end of 12 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:57,600 this episode. So about 30 years ago when I 13 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,960 started studying astrology, and I really did come to it very, 14 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,720 very skeptically, it landed in my lab. 15 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,320 Someone offered to teach me. They said my chart said I was 16 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:11,680 really well suited to be an astrologer because I'm highly 17 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,320 analytical. And I was like, well, yeah, I'm 18 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:16,000 a political analyst and an anthropologist. 19 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:20,840 And yes, I am analytical. And I wanted to know how they 20 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,000 could see that and I wanted to study it. 21 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:27,640 But the more I looked into interpretations, the more I was 22 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:34,200 bothered by the over reliance on Greco Roman myth, which I 23 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,320 realized, Yes, the roots of western tropical astrology lie 24 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:44,960 in the Helenus period. But I knew from my own academic 25 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:49,040 research and study that communication and language are 26 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:52,960 very much grounded in cultural viewpoints and sensitivities, 27 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,880 and not all communication is created equal. 28 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:01,400 I noticed that certain planets and signs were overemphasized 29 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,960 and other ones were kind of pushed to the side. 30 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,800 There was a demonization, whether it was intentional or 31 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,080 unintentional, and there was definitely more than a little 32 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,200 bit of patriarchy in the definitions. 33 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,680 And I questioned all of it. And if you want to know the 34 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:23,280 story of how I came up with the way I interpret astrology, which 35 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,000 is progressive evolutionary astrology, where we deconstruct 36 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,680 from duality, we deconstruct from patriarchy. 37 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,400 But we don't stop there. We learn to reconstruct by 38 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,040 understanding ourselves, our energy patterns, our mental 39 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:42,840 processes, and our emotions. And the way we do it is using 40 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,360 astrology because it's a great framework. 41 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:51,000 Your astrology chart shows all the potential of who you can be. 42 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,840 And those old interpretations can be right. 43 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,080 If someone is very fixed in their perceptions and they're 44 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:02,120 highly indoctrinated in their social cultural thinking, then 45 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,200 those interpretations will work very well for them. 46 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:10,000 But if you have a desire to heal, if you have a desire to 47 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:15,560 grow, if you have the aspiration to self actualize, self 48 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:21,280 determine and self realize, then those interpretations will only 49 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:26,240 hold you back because you're being assigned labels and labels 50 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,760 put you into boxes. And I don't know about you, but 51 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:34,280 I much prefer liberation over labels any day. 52 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:40,200 So we're starting this series to help you understand how human 53 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,280 consciousness expresses in a spectrum. 54 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,240 And I've been talking about that for four years on this podcast. 55 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:50,240 But I really want to ground you into this information and help 56 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,200 you really understand it, to help you really understand you, 57 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:58,680 not to tell you who you are or how to believe, but to give you 58 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,000 a framework for understanding that in your own way. 59 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:07,320 I like to create systems and I like to help people figure out 60 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,680 how to navigate them so they can self determine their 61 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:15,320 understanding of self. I always say, I don't care what 62 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,240 you believe, I just care that you know you believe it because 63 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,920 you want to believe it, not because you think you have to. 64 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,320 So it's about getting rid of the have to's and it's about 65 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:30,440 liberating ourselves. And as always, huge shout outs 66 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:34,200 to our patrons at the Awake space because without them there 67 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:38,360 is no podcast. And just to encourage you, if 68 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,560 you wanted to gift a membership, depending on your friend's 69 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,840 interests, or maybe they've been looking for a great community 70 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:50,880 that's accepting and opening and, and really dedicated to 71 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,960 growth. 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So get your tea, get your 83 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:37,880 coffee, get your matcha, get your Red Bull. 84 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,320 Whether we're driving to work, taking the kids to school, 85 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,640 folding the laundry, doing our workout, getting on the 86 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:51,680 vibration plate, or we're cozying up under the covers 87 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:55,960 thanking ourselves for an hour extra sleep because the time 88 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,240 changed over the weekend, whatever we're doing, we're 89 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,040 going to do it together and we're going to get perfect 90 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:26,650 parking. All right, using astrology is 91 00:06:26,650 --> 00:06:30,370 all about awakening your creator consciousness and aligning with 92 00:06:30,370 --> 00:06:33,930 the cosmos on purpose. So you already know I'm an 93 00:06:33,930 --> 00:06:36,050 astrologer. Some of you know I'm a political 94 00:06:36,050 --> 00:06:38,050 analyst. But did you know I'm a cosmic 95 00:06:38,050 --> 00:06:41,160 coach also? And I've spent my entire 96 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,560 lifetime, even when even as a kid, studying what it means to 97 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:48,880 be fully aligned with your purpose here on the planet. 98 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,840 Some people call that being in soul alignment or using soul 99 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:55,760 technology. So today we're going to clean up 100 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,320 one of the biggest misconceptions about astrology 101 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:02,000 because pop astrology is all about shoving you in a box and 102 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,560 giving you a label. And you know how I feel about 103 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,760 that. You you heard the conversation I 104 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,280 had with Maverick last week. And if you didn't go listen to 105 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:13,840 that podcast. Fate is what happens when you 106 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,160 don't know how to use your free will. 107 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:21,480 OK, Obviously there are things that are outside of our control. 108 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,160 There are conditions that happen. 109 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,920 There are natural disasters, those political events, There's, 110 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:29,400 there's big world events. That's more like fate. 111 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:34,160 How we navigate these things is our free will, and we diminish 112 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,120 that free will by not knowing how to use it. 113 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,240 But almost no one was ever trained on how to use it. 114 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,520 When you understand how to be deliberate in your 115 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:51,840 consciousness, you go from living in a default setting to 116 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:56,160 being in a creator consciousness, being on purpose 117 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,960 in your life. All right, so every planet 118 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,320 signing house has a spectrum of potential. 119 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:04,200 Your consciousness expresses in a spectrum. 120 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,680 And by the way, every single human being bounces around every 121 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:09,880 single day. We could be reactive, we could 122 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:14,040 be responsive. If it happens and it comes out 123 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,680 of the blue and we we react to that, that's normal. 124 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,360 Even the most studied human being on the planet in spiritual 125 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,240 practices, if they stub their toe, will have at least an 126 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:30,640 moment, which is a reaction. OK, They course correct very 127 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,200 quickly, and that's what we're leaning into. 128 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,960 This is not about perfection. This is about learning how to 129 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:42,960 deconstruct and work in a reconstructed consciousness of 130 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,520 our own making so that we're better aligned with who we came 131 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,440 here to be and we're able to work with the cosmos. 132 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,960 So here's the three layers of consciousness. 133 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,400 We've got the instinctive that's survival driven, fear based, and 134 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:58,920 very reactive. Basically think about our limbic 135 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:03,120 system, our amygdala firing off. And then we have our social 136 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,720 cultural programming and that's very role based. 137 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,080 It's our default setting. It comes from family patterns, 138 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:15,000 educational systems, any kind of institutional understanding. 139 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:19,680 The media, be it social media, television, music. 140 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:24,680 We reinforce social and cultural narratives with one another all 141 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:29,360 the time, rather unthinkingly. OK, so it's our conditioning, 142 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:33,320 it's our programming, and that's where most people spend most of 143 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:37,440 their time in a conscious way. Now we've got our deliberate and 144 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:43,080 creator consciousness. This is when we are a aware, we 145 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,640 notice, oh, I was about to react or I am reacting. 146 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,520 Is this how I want to be? What can I do about it? 147 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,840 Sometimes when you're mid reaction, you can't really stop 148 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,600 it, but you're like, woof, man, I really, what am I going to do 149 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,080 next? Once this once this explosion of 150 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,760 energy finishes, where am I going to go with that? 151 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:06,400 It's not about judging yourself as moral or immoral or virtuous 152 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,120 or not virtuous or evolved or unevolved. 153 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:11,440 It's about letting letting go of all that. 154 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:16,960 It's about where to next being deliberate and being on purpose. 155 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:25,120 So astrology describes possibility and consciousness is 156 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,120 what shows the expression. So you'll know what you're 157 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:32,120 expressing where that's why those cookbook astrology 158 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,320 definitions don't always work. They're either coming from an 159 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,800 older version of cultural expression. 160 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:42,880 So imagine reading something from the 1970s, today, in 2025. 161 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:44,480 It's not going to make a lot of sense. 162 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:48,880 Just like the interpretations I create today to help move things 163 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:52,880 forward and progress it in, you know, 50-60 years. 164 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,360 Somebody's going to have to refresh those. 165 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:59,600 That's how human beings operate. We're going to take one planet 166 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,520 in the next segment, and we're going to break it down so you 167 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,400 can understand it in the three levels. 168 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,440 And we're going to be looking at Mars. 169 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:27,040 All right, so let's take a look at Marx. 170 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:32,760 We've got instinctive Mars. I must win or I'll die, or this 171 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:36,520 thing is coming at me. It's to the death or I need to 172 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,720 hide, right? Mars is the action we take in 173 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:43,640 the world. Our social, cultural Mars is I 174 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,360 need to win or I'll be irrelevant. 175 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:50,240 I have to prove myself. I have to acquire things. 176 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:55,680 I have to push and aggress. And then a deliberate Mars is I 177 00:11:55,680 --> 00:12:01,680 align my energy to get what I need. 178 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,800 It's not about pushing or proving, it's about meeting 179 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:07,960 needs. And your needs could be also 180 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,760 supporting other people to act in service. 181 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,200 OK, But we don't want to. We don't want to be over 182 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,800 virtuous in this. This is something that I was 183 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:20,320 caution about because there's a lot of things in spiritual 184 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:25,280 literature that are a holdover from Christianity or other 185 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:29,240 institutionalized religions where you're kind of making a 186 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,400 deal with God or you're making a deal with the universe. 187 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,400 The way I look at deliberate consciousness with the Mars is 188 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:40,040 really, I'm going to take aligned action. 189 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:45,640 It's aligned with me, my values, and my path, OK, whatever that 190 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,880 path is. Because being deliberate doesn't 191 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,800 mean you're the best. It doesn't mean you're good. 192 00:12:52,560 --> 00:12:58,600 You could be doing things that I don't align with that I might 193 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,480 consider bad, OK, But you could be aligned with your purpose. 194 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:06,960 It's about where are you tuning to and when things are in 195 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:08,680 alignment with your Mars, you don't have to. 196 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:11,600 You're not going to deplete yourself and exhaust yourself 197 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:14,680 because you're actually going to do things that energize you. 198 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:17,280 And that stuff we're going to talk about as we go along this 199 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:19,120 series. It's the same Mars. 200 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:22,320 It's different conscious expressions of it, and that's 201 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:26,360 the magic of this work because it's about moving with the 202 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:29,840 energy instead of fighting it or pushing against it. 203 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,640 Cause a lot of times when we think of deconstruction, we 204 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,240 think of a big old Wrecking Ball and we think we got to blow up 205 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:36,800 our life. But what if you don't have to? 206 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,600 What if you can just work incrementally inside of yourself 207 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,200 to understand whether you're reacting or responding and you 208 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:48,720 learn different skills and all of a sudden things just start to 209 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:54,520 change as you do. This is going to be the fun part 210 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,280 of exploring this series. 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All right, and you can think 244 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:17,760 patrons at the awake space for that. 245 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:25,400 All right, let's get on to understanding how to know what 246 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:30,400 part of the spectrum you're in or expressing and and kind of 247 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:34,840 how to tell that in the P tram. We're going to do some exercises 248 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,160 around how to notice these things in the body and what to 249 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,840 do with it and how to switch it up. 250 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,040 So one of the things you might not know about me unless you're 251 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:08,520 in the Patreon 'cause we talk a lot in live streams, is that 252 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,359 beyond being an astrologer, a political analyst, blah, blah, 253 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:13,160 blah, blah, blah, anthropologist, blah, blah, 254 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:18,680 blah, blah, blah, I've studied a lot of alternative healing 255 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,560 processes. That's what it used to be called 256 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,839 back in the day, alternative healing methods. 257 00:17:22,839 --> 00:17:24,760 But one of those was body electronics. 258 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,160 It came out long before The Body Keeps the Score. 259 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,440 And it was founded by Doctor John Ray and I studied under 260 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,560 Thomas C Chavez, who studied with Doctor John Ray. 261 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:37,640 And it's a really intense process, but it really helped us 262 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:41,560 understand our bodies, how to heal from trauma, how to release 263 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:46,800 the story from our cells, and how to heal forward in life. 264 00:17:48,120 --> 00:17:52,240 We used to joke that one session on the table was like 20 years 265 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,200 of therapy, and it really was it. 266 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:56,120 It could accelerate. It's intense though. 267 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:02,120 So one of the things when it comes to being deliberate in 268 00:18:02,120 --> 00:18:04,880 your consciousness is understanding what's happening 269 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,040 in the body because your body doesn't lie to you. 270 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,640 Your brain will lie. It'll make up stories, your 271 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:14,400 heart, it'll make up stories, but your physical body, we'll 272 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,240 always let you know actually how you're feeling and what 273 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:23,840 consciousness you're in. So one of the ways to notice 274 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,640 what consciousness you're expressing in the body is to 275 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,880 kind of feel in. Now this is going to be 276 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,840 dependent on your physical abilities. 277 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:38,800 Obviously if you have neurological damage, if you have 278 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:46,600 like a immunocompromised system, you may experience things a 279 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:50,640 little differently and you also might be more instinctive or 280 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:54,240 more reactive because you're being self protective that 281 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,000 you're feeling vulnerable. So we don't want to look at 282 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,640 these as, you know, bad, meh and great. 283 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,120 OK, as far as the consciousness layers go, we want to look at 284 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,720 these as these are ways we are at. 285 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:13,120 So you want to, wherever you can feel in the body, kind of just 286 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,640 relax as much as you can and then feel any like, are you 287 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:20,640 tense? Are you reasonably relaxed? 288 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,920 If you're like me and I do a lot of work at the computer, we do 289 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:25,840 have some tension patterns, right? 290 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:27,800 That means I need to do some self-care. 291 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:32,880 I need to get a massage, I need to go do my Mani petty day, that 292 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:35,320 kind of thing, so that I'm taking care of the body or 293 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:39,160 soaking Epsom salts or work out a little more that could tell us 294 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,280 where we're not taking care of ourselves, right? 295 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,480 Our body's letting us know ow, I need to be taken care of. 296 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:51,160 That's also instinctual, right? Hey, maybe you need to exercise 297 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,760 your corollary. Your back hurts if you want to 298 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,680 have longevity, right? Because pain is a signal that 299 00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:59,360 tells us something needs to change. 300 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,680 So I don't want you to look at these senses in the body as 301 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:06,040 good, bad, something to beat yourself up about, to have more 302 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,680 blame, more shame. That that's not going to help 303 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:10,960 you. OK, so it's learning how to be 304 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:14,600 an observer without judgment is is part of the trick with this 305 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,080 magic. And it takes time and it takes 306 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:23,000 practice. So one of the ways we break down 307 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,960 in like the feeling spaces is like if you feel threatened, 308 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,680 your instinctual, like that person's gonna hurt me or that 309 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,080 person's gonna take my job or that, you know, you get into 310 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,720 that tension. Notice how tense you get when 311 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,080 you're angry or afraid, right? Notice my body language as I'm 312 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,520 talking about it. But it could be if you feel 313 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,920 judged, notice the posture change. 314 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,200 It's a little weaker. The shoulders kind of round. 315 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,360 That's social cultural programming, shame, blame, 316 00:20:47,360 --> 00:20:51,120 guilt, social cultural programming, shame, blame and 317 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:52,800 guilt. Very, very toxic. 318 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:56,720 They don't make us good people. Anything that makes people 319 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:01,480 afraid so they don't do something is punitive and it 320 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:04,640 really isn't teaching positive behavior right. 321 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:10,840 Doesn't mean that a little bit of shame, you know, doesn't help 322 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:14,360 correct behavior sometimes, but we don't want to live in it. 323 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:18,040 All right. And then if you feel relaxed, if 324 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:22,320 you feel at ease, if you feel flowy, if you know, think about 325 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:27,040 how when you're in the groove and you're dancing or when 326 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,040 you're meditating or when you're really relaxed. 327 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,120 Maybe you got in the tub and you're in that Epsom salts bath 328 00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:36,640 and you feel the tension ease away or that feeling in a hot 329 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:40,720 tub or right after you you get out of the pool that when you 330 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:45,960 feel weightless or when you feel like an emptiness, but not in a 331 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,600 bad way, but in a full way, if that makes sense. 332 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:51,760 So that's one of the ways you can know. 333 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:59,040 All right, so for Patreon, we're going to have a meditation to 334 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:02,200 help you really TuneIn and kind of feel where you're at and 335 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,760 notice it and make decisions about where you want to feel 336 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:09,000 next and maybe learning how to release a little bit of tension 337 00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:12,400 even if you don't have access to any of the things I mentioned. 338 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:25,400 All right, we're going to talk about November and then we'll 339 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:43,480 close out the show. Oh boy, the November astrology, 340 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,880 let me tell you. So one of the reasons I really 341 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,560 want to teach you how to use your astrology is so you can 342 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,680 listen to me talk about the mundane world events without 343 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:56,080 freaking out so bad, because that goes right into your 344 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,560 instinctual consciousness. And I'm talking about what we're 345 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,840 going to hear about in the news. Some of that may impact you. 346 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:05,760 Some of it may not directly impact you, may indirectly 347 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,600 because some of it affects all of us in some way, right? 348 00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:13,960 But some of the events don't touch us personally. 349 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,680 We just happen to feel personalized to them because 350 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:20,880 we're visually and audibly seeing them thrown at us on a 351 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,280 constant basis. So having you understand which 352 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,920 level of consciousness you're in and how you want to express it 353 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,720 can help give you more agency over how you experience life. 354 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:32,160 And to me, that's really exciting. 355 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,240 So let's talk about November. It's 2025. 356 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:42,720 November is going to get very hot as we move into Sagittarius 357 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:48,520 season around November 21st. OK, it just gets a little hot. 358 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,160 If you're a patron and you get the magazine. 359 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:57,120 I put out the sneak peek of the What's in the Headlines 360 00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:01,040 predictions. Patrons get the What's in the 361 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:06,480 Headlines weekly recording, but how do you prepare? 362 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,840 Let's let's talk about consciously preparing for 363 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,560 November. Besides the physical 364 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,120 preparation, which is hopefully you've got things in your 365 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:15,560 pantry. We've been talking about that 366 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:22,160 for five years here. Hopefully you've got a little 367 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,800 bit of extra emergency cash as as you could afford. 368 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,360 That runs out pretty fast when you're on a tight budget. 369 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,440 I remember it well, OK. I've been there more than once 370 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,800 and not that long ago. So you know, when you're down to 371 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,120 checking the car for the quarters or the pennies, it's 372 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:41,920 hard. I do think SNAP benefits will 373 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,400 probably be released around the Taurus full moon. 374 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:49,320 I just do, if not before that because maybe trying to 375 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,520 influence what's happening in the elections going around. 376 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,760 We'll see. Don't hold me to it, but I think 377 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,400 with that Taurus full moon, it is likely we will see SNAP 378 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,400 benefits being offered. I know the judges made the 379 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,640 order, like do it all or do a partial this week, but I don't 380 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:15,280 think the administration is going to completely defy the 381 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:19,120 judge, mostly out of they're going to try to save face, 382 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,160 right? So hopefully, hopefully so if 383 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,720 you've been impacted by that, my God, I'm so sorry. 384 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:30,280 I have had to use SNAP benefits when my kids were little and it 385 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:34,320 was a lifesaver, literally. I know it's not always fun to 386 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,560 have to go get them, you know, but man, they make the 387 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:41,440 difference. So beyond all that, you guys got 388 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,920 to be ready for weather. We've got some big wind and 389 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,480 rain. I think there's going to be some 390 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:47,120 tornadoes at the end of the month. 391 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:51,800 I'm actually looking more at the Midwest and upper Midwest for 392 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,240 that, but it could move down towards the Southeast. 393 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,640 I think the Caribbean's going to get hit by another storm. 394 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,440 I think Mexico is going to get hit by another storm and it's 395 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,960 going to go up into the Southwest United States, maybe 396 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,320 some of California, probably Arizona and New Mexico. 397 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:14,920 I'm going to get real wet. We just have really wet weather. 398 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,880 The astrology of this month and I'll read from the Awake Space 399 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,640 Astrology magazine. You can thank our patrons at the 400 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:30,040 $15 level and up for this. I'll just read through really 401 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:34,440 what we've got going on astrologically, so you know, 402 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,200 some important dates. So get your pen and paper out 403 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,000 and we'll we'll talk about these. 404 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:44,480 November 2nd we had Venus square Jupiter, so a lot of discussion 405 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,960 around economy. November 3rd we got Mars train 406 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,320 Neptune right before it moves into Sagittarius. 407 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:56,680 This is probably going to be some big, big bod of booms and 408 00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:00,280 some of that's going to be rain, like a rain bomb. 409 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:06,880 OK, We got Mars in opposition to Uranus on the 4th and Mars 410 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,920 moving into Sagittarius. Of course, that's what's causing 411 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,960 that opposition. That's big bada boom energy. 412 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,120 I think people are really showing up. 413 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:20,520 I think we're going to see some legal bombshells that day as 414 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,760 well. Globally, we've got the full 415 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:29,960 moon on November 5th and that's going to impact the economy as 416 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:31,840 well. So and I think that's the other 417 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,120 reason SNAP benefits are going to get released. 418 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,960 They're like Walmart loses a shit load of money if those 419 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,960 aren't there. They get like 26% of all SNAP 420 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,560 benefits spending. It's a lot of money. 421 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,520 Uranus moves back. Oh, sorry, I missed one. 422 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,280 November 6th. So this is just the first week. 423 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,080 November 6th, we've got Mars sextile Pluto. 424 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,720 That's a very, very energizing thing. 425 00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:02,080 And I think we will see conflicts in the world expand. 426 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:06,320 So yeah, all the usual spaces. If you're in Eastern Europe, 427 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:12,680 please do take care if you are in northern South America, so 428 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:16,240 Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Honduras, Venezuela. 429 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:22,560 Looking at that, Venus moves into Scorpio that day as well. 430 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:28,000 So again, this is more about economy and resources as well. 431 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:32,680 November 7th, we've got Uranus moving into Taurus and Venus is 432 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,200 square Pluto. There is probably going to be 433 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:39,720 great volatility on the stock market internationally that day, 434 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,080 the 9th, we got Mercury retrograde. 435 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,320 So you know what we're in. We're in the pre shadow. 436 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,920 I'll talk about that later this week. 437 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:52,000 We've got Jupiter movement retrograde on the 11th, so it 438 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:53,560 starts swinging back. If you've got Cancer 439 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,840 replacements, you're not losing anything. 440 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,600 You get a chance to pick up things you might have missed. 441 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,800 And the 12th we got Mercury conjunct Mars. 442 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,000 That's going to be a little spicy. 443 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,400 Could see some transportation issues with that. 444 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,800 November 16th, the Sun is trying Jupiter. 445 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,600 That could actually be a very interesting day. 446 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,560 That could also be big storms, lots of water. 447 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:21,640 November 17th, we've got the Sun trine Saturn and Mercury trine 448 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:23,720 Pluto. This is all about leadership, 449 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:30,320 and there could be changes with leadership on those days, and 450 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,000 that's global. OK, don't get your hopes up. 451 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:38,000 We have Mercury moving into Scorpio on the 18th, and then 452 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:43,240 Mercury's going to be in opposition to Uranus on the 453 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,160 19th. Remember, Mercury's retrograde, 454 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:49,040 so it's going from Sage back into Scorpio again that we're 455 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:50,920 going to see some seismic activity. 456 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,560 We could see some derailments, train derailments and issues 457 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:59,000 with subways and public transportation and logistics. 458 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:03,920 So if if you haven't gotten ready for the winter holidays, I 459 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:08,240 would and don't be ashamed to hand make gifts or give 460 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:12,600 experiences. OK, let's see, we've got the New 461 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:17,640 moon on November 19th slash 20th and it is. 462 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:22,080 It's a pretty powerful one. I've got a really good intention 463 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,920 setting guide for you in the magazine this month. 464 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:30,600 Let's see, we've got the Sun conjunct Mercury and Uranus sex 465 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,280 style Neptune on the 20th as well. 466 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:37,480 There's a lot of volatility in economies and currencies this 467 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,800 month, including crypto. November 21st, the Sun is 468 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:45,520 opposite Uranus, the Sun is try Neptune, and the Sun will also 469 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,600 move into Sagittarius. That's a very historic day. 470 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,800 There will be more than one historic event on that day. 471 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,280 Some of that could be the weather. 472 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:58,680 Some of that is going to be very political and it may impact the 473 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:03,160 United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland. 474 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,520 There, there's some big stuff. We could also see global 475 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,760 conflict kind of escalate at that point. 476 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,360 Am I talking global thermal nuclear war? 477 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,280 No, OK, that's not what I'm talking about. 478 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:19,960 But we are looking at agreements not holding or even the United 479 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,240 States seeing sanctions or having something come at us from 480 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:28,440 the international community. The 22nd, we have Mercury trying 481 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,720 Saturn, Mercury trying Jupiter. Those are other big days. 482 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,960 This could also be big transportation days. 483 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,320 This is Thanksgiving week. If I was in your physical shoes, 484 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,600 I really wouldn't. Unless you absolutely have to 485 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,720 fly that week, I wouldn't want to. 486 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,520 OK. There's going to be a lot of 487 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:46,880 cancellations. There's going to be a lot of 488 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,120 snafus. It doesn't mean there's going to 489 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,320 be like massive crashes. There might be a few. 490 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:56,400 I think they're mostly military, but not that that isn't tragic. 491 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,320 It is, but I, you know, I'm not seeing major commercial 492 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,080 airliners going down necessarily, but I do see 493 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,880 flights could be grounded. Some of that could be weather. 494 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:10,000 The Sun is sextile Pluto, which is always powerful. 495 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,400 There's big stuff happening on the 23rd. 496 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,680 The 24th Mercury is conjunct Venus. 497 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,160 That looks pretty decent. That could be a pretty good day. 498 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:18,960 Mark that down. Expect to have a good day on the 499 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,760 24th. The 26th we see Venus trying 500 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:27,760 Jupiter and Venus trying Saturn. Let me see if that's 501 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,360 Thanksgiving. I think it is. 502 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:37,080 No, the 27th is Thanksgiving. Saturn moves direct on the 27th. 503 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,720 I don't think there's going to be a very good Black Friday this 504 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,480 year as far as retailers go. I think we're going to see a 505 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:46,320 couple retailers go bankrupt at least by mid month, if not 506 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,240 before. And I think a lot of people will 507 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,440 be voting with their dollars and just saying, you know what, 508 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,640 we're going to do the holidays differently this year. 509 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:58,040 But with Saturn going direct, that means we're going to see 510 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,960 some structural changes in government that could lead 511 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,480 either to the government opening, if it hasn't already, 512 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,920 or it could lead to some leadership changes globally. 513 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:13,080 And then the 29th, we have Mercury stationing direct and 514 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:16,280 Venus in opposition to Uranus. There's probably going to be 515 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:22,080 some travel snafus that day and November 30th, Venus is trying 516 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:29,320 Neptune and Venus then you know, from Scorpio to Pisces, and then 517 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,720 it moves into Sagittarius later in the day. 518 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,360 It's probably some big rainstorms, snowstorms. 519 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,160 We could see some very interesting weather. 520 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:42,200 If you want to know more, you can head over to the Patreon and 521 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:46,600 join at the $15 level and up. I mean, you save 50% on the year 522 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:50,600 and then you get the magazine. You can refer to these in there. 523 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:54,120 You get your horoscopes that are very useful and designed to help 524 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:58,280 you understand how to use your energy as well as new and full 525 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:03,080 moon ritual and intention setting guides, as well as the 526 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:08,120 article on how to use astrology and the process, the history of 527 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,719 the process development that I've done over the last 30 528 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,600 years. I want to thank you for 529 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,880 listening and I'll talk to you tomorrow.