1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: H okay. Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, 2 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: a weekly conversation about mental health, personal development, and all 3 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: the small decisions we can make to become the best 4 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,760 Speaker 1: possible versions of ourselves. I'm your host, Dr Joy hard 5 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 1: and Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia. For more 6 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: information or to find a therapist in your area, visit 7 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: our website at Therapy for Black Girls dot com. While 8 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, 9 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: it is not meant to be a substitute for a 10 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: relationship with a licensed mental health professional. Hey, y'all, thanks 11 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: so much for joining me for session of the Therapy 12 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: for Black Girls Podcast. I hope that you had a 13 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: RESTful holiday season and are settling into the new year. 14 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 1: As many of us are thinking about what one will 15 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: be like in the intentions we might have for this year, 16 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: I thought it'd be a great idea to have a 17 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: conversation about astrology and what we might learn about ourselves 18 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: based on astrology. For this conversation, I was joined by 19 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: Mecca Woods. Mecca is a New York City based astrologer 20 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: and author who works to help others create a life 21 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: they truly want using their natural born gifts. Her writing 22 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: and astro guidance have appeared in places like Bustle, Essence, 23 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: Refineries twenty nine and on TLC. Her books Astrology for 24 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 1: Happiness and Success and the Cosmic Coloring Book series is 25 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: out now. Mecca and I chatted about what astrology is, 26 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: how to find and use our birth shorts, how astrology 27 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: can be used in personal development, what we might expect for, 28 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: and of course she shared all of her ever resources 29 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: for anyone who might want to learn more. If something 30 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: resonates with you while enjoying our conversation, please share with 31 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: us on social media using the hashtag tbg in session. 32 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: Here's our conversation. Thank you so much for joining us today, Mecca. 33 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,679 Speaker 1: Thank you very excited that you were able to join 34 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 1: us to talk all about astrology. So I feel like 35 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: in recent years, I've just seen much more excitement and 36 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: much more conversation about how people are using astrology, and 37 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: it's fascinating to me. You know. I feel like when 38 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: I was younger, I would like flip to the back 39 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: of Cosmo and kind of check out my horoscope for 40 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: the week, right, And it feels like people are using 41 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: astrology in much more sophisticated ways. Now, So for those 42 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: who may not be familiar with astrology at all, can 43 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: you tell me kind of the basics of it, Like 44 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 1: what do we need to know to even kind to 45 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 1: get started in understanding astrology? Sure? So I usually like 46 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: to explain astrology as being a tool for for self awareness, 47 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: for self development, and basically that tool is made up 48 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: of a language that we're basically using the stars and 49 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: looking at them to inform our experiences here on earth. 50 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: So it's not necessarily the stars are doing anything to us, like, 51 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: but we're using it to describe what's going on here 52 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: on earth and give our life some contexts. And so 53 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: when we're looking at, you know, a horoscope or someone 54 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: is getting a reading, they are finding out about themselves 55 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: based on this ancient tool, this ancient language that's been 56 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: around for forever. And basically what it is is a 57 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: study of cycles. So we look back at in time 58 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: where we look at history and we kind of say like, okay, 59 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: this is the planetary enlignment that was taking place at 60 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: this time, and we know that cycles tend to repeat themselves, 61 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 1: or history repeats itself, and so we look back in 62 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: time to inform where we are today and to kind 63 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: of make a educated guests about where we're going to 64 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: be in the future, so that way we can learn 65 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: from our past and so that we're not doomed to 66 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: repeat it. So these patterns and cycles have repeated themselves 67 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: enough that you can make a reasonable prediction based on 68 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: like the stoars, right exactly. So it's similar to like, 69 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 1: you know, like if you think about like economists, right, 70 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: they kind of look at trends in terms of like 71 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: the market, and they can kind of guess like, Okay, 72 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: this is where the market is going to go. And 73 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 1: that's really much what astrologers are doing. We're looking back 74 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 1: in time saying okay, these are the things that we're 75 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: going on. Then the same sort of energy it's present here, 76 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 1: the same planetary line is happening. Now, this is what 77 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: we can expect from these things? Got it? And can 78 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: you tell us more about how you got into this 79 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 1: and how you kind of made this your work? Yeah, 80 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,919 Speaker 1: So I have to say that I never even thought 81 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: that I would be an astrologer. That was not something 82 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: that I had on my bingo cards, you know. It 83 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: was something that I sort of stumbled on, like I 84 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 1: had always had an interest in astrology and mythology and 85 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: things like that. As a kid, I used to read 86 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: a lot, I used to write my own stories. It 87 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: was always something that drew me in about like this 88 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,559 Speaker 1: sort of magical world, seeing like how these symbols tied 89 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: into like real life stuff. But it wasn't until I 90 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: was in my late twenties that I stumbled onto an 91 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: astrology book that had a lot to do with like 92 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: relationships and you know, how to deal with people of 93 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: certain signs and things of that nature. Because I was 94 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,840 Speaker 1: at a crossroads in my life where both professionally I 95 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: felt really burnt out and I wanted to do more. 96 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: It felt like I wasn't doing like living up to 97 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: my fullest potential. And then on the other end of 98 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: the spectrum, I was also I'm just not really happy 99 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 1: with my love life. I kept finding myself repeating the 100 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 1: same sort of patterns and when it came to relationships, 101 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: and then you know in between that I'm also a 102 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: single mom, and when it came to my daughter or 103 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 1: even still you know, even though my daughter is like 104 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: she's a girln lady now, but even though I wanted 105 00:05:57,279 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: to make sure that the choices and decisions that I 106 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: was made game which were directly affecting her. I wanted 107 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 1: her to be able to look at me and be like, Okay, mom, 108 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: she she knows what she's doing, you know. So astrology 109 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: was something that after I read the book, I had 110 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,799 Speaker 1: a few readings with the author, and she was able 111 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: to tell me things about myself that she wouldn't have 112 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 1: known otherwise. But she looked at my birth chart. I 113 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: didn't know what a birth chart was. There was just 114 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: so many layers to astrology that just really got me 115 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: excited and just really got me interested. And I was 116 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 1: able to see that it was more than just a oh, 117 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 1: you know, what's your sign? Or oh, you know, I 118 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: don't like Leo's or I don't like you know, sedittarians 119 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: or you know that kind of thing, and I started 120 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: to see that it was really a tool that could 121 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: be used for a self development. And the thing that 122 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: really specked me into it was just saying how astrology 123 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: was able to put us in the driver's seat, you know, 124 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: put me in the driver's seat, and it made me 125 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: feel more empowered, like I had some control over my 126 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,359 Speaker 1: life and I wasn't just like a victim of like 127 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 1: unseen circumstances that I could actually have like a map 128 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 1: or a blueprint to to find my way out of 129 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: challenges or difficult situations, or how it could take advantage 130 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: of opportunities. And it just so happened that in addition 131 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: to me studying and being obsessed with this new hobby, 132 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: I was also going through a period at work where 133 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: things were just really kind of falling apart because I 134 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: wasn't supposed to be there actually, Like it was one 135 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: of those situations where, like, you know when it's time 136 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: to leave, when things just become really toxic and you 137 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: just find yourself becoming really unhappy and you know that 138 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: there's something better for you or something else for you, 139 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: but at the same time you're also kind of grip 140 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: by fear and wondering like, oh, you know, if I 141 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: take this leap or if I take this jump, what's 142 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: going to happen? And so astrology was the thing that 143 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: kind of helped me find my courage, you know, and 144 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: find my ability to leave that job. And so when 145 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: it is happening, was I left the job ended up 146 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: taking like a side job while I was still practicing astrology. 147 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: Took on a mentor who showed me like, you can 148 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: actually make this a professor and because what it was 149 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: when I was like talking to anybody who listened, I'd 150 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: be like, what's your sign and know or you know, 151 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: like giving free reading for like friends and family and 152 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: just getting all of this practice under my belt, but 153 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: also noticing that I really had a talent for it. 154 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: Astrology was also the thing that spoke to me in 155 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: terms of like wanting to help people, because that's always 156 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: been a big thing in mine, like wanting to help people, 157 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: wanting to impact people in a positive way. And I 158 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: was able to do that through astrology. So here we 159 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: go ten years later, and here I am, and I 160 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,199 Speaker 1: made it a full time thing. Very cool, very cool. 161 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: It's always so interesting to kind of hear how people 162 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: got to where they are and like the early experiences 163 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: that kind of pointing to where you're supposed to be 164 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: all alone. Right, Yeah, absolutely, Yeah. So you mentioned something 165 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:48,319 Speaker 1: about a birth choy and so I also don't know 166 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: what that is. So can you can tell us what 167 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: he's a birth choy? Sure? So a birth chore is 168 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: basically it's a cosmic map or a blueprint to who 169 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: we are. And so a birth chart basically is based 170 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:06,959 Speaker 1: on the time, the day, the year, and the month 171 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: that you were born in the location, and so based 172 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: on those coordinates, we have a planetary alignment that basically 173 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 1: makes up you know who you are, and do that 174 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: planetary alignment, we can see, of course you know things 175 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: about your personality, but things in terms of like what 176 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: made you, you know, how the world has shaped you, 177 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: you know what you can expect to be working on 178 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: in this life, gifts you know, or talents that you're 179 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 1: bringing to the table, everything from like family history and 180 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 1: dynamics to health, to money to love. So we can 181 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: see all these kinds of things about you based on 182 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 1: your birth chart, and that chart then becomes sort of 183 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: like your map, you know, to who you are and 184 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 1: also your map to like navigating things going forward and 185 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: also figuring out like of where you've come from as well. 186 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: So the things that we boil it down to in 187 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:02,199 Speaker 1: terms of like us signs as zodiac signs are really 188 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: just one piece of all of this. Yeah, there's so 189 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: many layers to a chart, right, So like your sun sign, 190 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,319 Speaker 1: which is the most popular thing that everyone knows when 191 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 1: you're like, oh, you know what's your sign? Or you 192 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: know I'm a scorpio, I'm an aries, but there's so 193 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: many different pieces, which is why I chuckle whenever people 194 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: are like, I can't stand scorpios or I can't stand 195 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 1: pisces or whatever, because we actually have all twelve signs 196 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: within us somewhere. Yeah, we actually have all Yeah, we 197 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 1: actually have all twelve signs within us somewhere. And it's 198 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: really interesting because, of course, you know, some signs may 199 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: be stronger, more present, or more influential than others in 200 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,839 Speaker 1: a birth chart, but we actually have all twelve signs 201 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: somewhere in us, and that to me speaks to how 202 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: much commonalities we have between each other and how it 203 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: is important that we are able to kind of see 204 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: one another in each other's eyes, especially when we start 205 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: talking about like relationships and getting along with oaks and 206 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: like self development and things like that. I think there's 207 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:06,439 Speaker 1: a part of astrology that is very tailored and individual 208 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 1: and kind of shows us who we are all in 209 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 1: our own But then I think that it also shows 210 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 1: us like just how much we're linked to each other 211 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: and how that's important to our growth and self development too. 212 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: So you mentioned that you have readings done for you, 213 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 1: but you also do that as a part of your work. 214 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: What does that mean to have a reading and will 215 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: you be able to kind of break down my whole 216 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 1: birth chart in one reading or is this something that 217 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: happens over a series of meetings. Yeah, So a reading 218 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: basically is when an astrologer looks at your birth chart 219 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: and they basically tell you about you, and they tell 220 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: you how your chart factors into the experiences that you 221 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:48,959 Speaker 1: had over the course of your life and sort of 222 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: what's brought you to the here now. And looking at 223 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: that chart, we can also look at that chart in 224 00:11:55,280 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: comparison to where the stars are currently aligned and where 225 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: they will be aligning in the future, and how that 226 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: will play off of your birth chart. That's what helps 227 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 1: to inform different opportunities and challenges and experiences and things 228 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: of that nature. So when we're doing and reading, like, 229 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: for example, lots of people come to me for like 230 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: the two top things that people always want to know about, 231 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 1: which is like career, you know, money and then love. Right, 232 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: So what's going on with my love life? Willever get married? 233 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: Am I going to find the one? Or I'm just 234 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 1: coming out of a breakup? How do I get over it? 235 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: Or I'm unhappy in my job? How do I find 236 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: fulfillment in my career? So these are the kinds of 237 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 1: questions that people tend to come to me most often. 238 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: And so when we're sitting down looking at their chart, 239 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: I'm telling them basically who they are in context to 240 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:46,319 Speaker 1: these experiences and where they may not be living their 241 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: full potential and how they can And so that's essentially 242 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 1: what an astrologer is doing. More so, I was like 243 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: showing you, like, what has brought you to this point, 244 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: how you've got here, what you have, what gifts or 245 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 1: resources you have available to you, either within yourself or 246 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: even outside of yourself in terms of things that you 247 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: can do to accomplish your goal or do a thing, 248 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:10,439 Speaker 1: and then talking about the timeline when you can expect 249 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 1: certain things to to pop off, for when you might 250 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: want to take a time out, you know, those kinds 251 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: of things. Got it okay? So I definitely think it 252 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 1: feels like those are some of the common reasons why 253 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: people come to therapy to you write like work related 254 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: issues and relationship issues, and so can you say more 255 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: about like how you might use your chart for relationship issues? 256 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 1: So you know, like, oh, am, I ever going to 257 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: find a long term partner, Like what about the chart 258 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: and where would you look for that to kind of 259 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:43,839 Speaker 1: find information regarding your love life. Sure, so one of 260 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: my favorite things to do is love readings and relationship 261 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: readings because I think that astrology really helps us to 262 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:53,319 Speaker 1: look at ourselves a little bit under like the microscope 263 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 1: and kind of can see like where we might be 264 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 1: running into the same behaviors or the same patterns when 265 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: it ms to relationships or or dating or things of 266 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: that nature. And so, for example, one of the big 267 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 1: things that I tend to look at when I'm doing 268 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: love readings or relationship readings, I look at a person's 269 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: moon sign. So your moon sign has a lot to 270 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,959 Speaker 1: do with like how you process your emotions and how 271 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: you respond to stress and triggers and what you need 272 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: to feel, you know, happy and supported and safe within 273 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: a relationship. Your Venus sign, which is so Venus represents 274 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: what we value, including ourselves. So venus has a lot 275 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 1: to do with our self birth and our self esteem 276 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 1: in addition to how we relate to people Mars Mars 277 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: is how we fight, and also you know what stokes 278 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 1: our passions and like how we go after things. So 279 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: you know, in Venus and Mars are also considered the 280 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: sex planets, you know, and like what turns us on 281 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: and know how we express our sexual energy. So those 282 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: are a couple of places where I look. Within a 283 00:14:55,920 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 1: birth chart, we have twelve zones called houses, and those 284 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: houses basically house different parts of our life, in different 285 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: parts of who we are. So for example, you know, 286 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: if I talk about the seventh house and a chart, 287 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: that's just not what it has to do with one 288 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: on one long term relationships. So a lot of times 289 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: that will deal with like marriages, or it will deal 290 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: with like, you know, long term committed relationship. A fifth 291 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: house in someone's chart is the place where the initial 292 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: spark you know, or the initial attraction takes place, and 293 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: that's usually where we tend to find ourselves getting stuck 294 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: on repeat when it comes to dating the same types 295 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: of people or running into the same sort of like 296 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 1: issues when it comes to dating. What I noticed that 297 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: a lot of what astrology shows is like how much 298 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: we project onto people and project in terms of like 299 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: our worst traits and also our best traits, and how 300 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: people that show up in our lives are often representations 301 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: of the extreme versions of those things that we disowned 302 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: about ourselves and that we need to reclaim or integrate 303 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: into ourselves in order for us to have smoother connections 304 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: with folks. And so when I sit down with people 305 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: and I go through that, and I say like, yeah, 306 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 1: you know you have this you know seventh House moon 307 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: for example, So your moon is in the seventh House, 308 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: and you know that means that you tend to attract 309 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: people who need a lot of emotional investment from you, 310 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: but they don't always have the ability to give you 311 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: that same emotional investment. And that's because you need to 312 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 1: give yourself that emotional investment so that you can thenfore 313 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 1: be honest about what you feel and you know, give 314 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: yourself that self nurturing so that you can begin to 315 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: you know, pull in people or connect with people who 316 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: can also give you the same thing. So these are 317 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: some of the things that I find myself talking with 318 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: people a lot. And so when you ask me questions 319 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: of like, you know, will I find the one or 320 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: am I going to get married? My response to that 321 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: is like, yeah, of course, Like I don't think anyone 322 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: is destined to be alone, but I do think it 323 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: has a lot to do with how we approach relationships 324 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: and like being aware of like our triggers and our 325 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: patterns and things like that, and that's what astrology can 326 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: do and helps us with the self awareness so that 327 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: we can make different choices. So I just want to 328 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,199 Speaker 1: be clear and get some clarity. Maybe. So astrology is 329 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:13,880 Speaker 1: not necessarily like reading the future, like definitively like this 330 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: is more giving you information based on what you are 331 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: finding in the birth short right exactly. And so when 332 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:24,640 Speaker 1: we talk about like the future or like making predictions, 333 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: I like to be more suggestive about it and kind 334 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 1: of saying like, these are things that you can expect 335 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 1: or these are things that can happen, but it doesn't 336 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:39,400 Speaker 1: necessarily mean that it's going to Long ago, astrologers were 337 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: a lot more fatalistic, you know, and being like, oh, 338 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:43,959 Speaker 1: you know this is gonna be wrong, expect doom and 339 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 1: gloom and all of that. I'm more of the school 340 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: of thought that we do have some free will and 341 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: that even with things that might be coming up for us, 342 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 1: if we don't like it, you know, we can change course, 343 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: you know, or we can do something to be able 344 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 1: to kind of like get a different outcome. And then 345 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: of course too there are things that might be beyond 346 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 1: our control. And sometimes, you know, you just have to 347 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: go through a rough patch, you know, sometimes there are 348 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: going to be things that come up there are unavoidable. 349 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,640 Speaker 1: But when talking to me, you know, when I'm talking 350 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,400 Speaker 1: to someone where I see something like that, my thing 351 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 1: is like, Okay, how are you going to respond to it? 352 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: Because how we respond to things also dictates like how 353 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:27,400 Speaker 1: things go to and how we experience, you know, certain situations. 354 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: Got it? Have you done any work in conjunction with therapists? 355 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: I usually refer people to therapists, you know, like like 356 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 1: if I see someone going through a difficult time, and like, 357 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 1: for example, so one of the things that I can 358 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: see in someone's birth chart are like things around health, 359 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: so it could be you know, things around their physical 360 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: well being or even like their mental health and well being. 361 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 1: And if I see something that kind of jumps out 362 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 1: at me where I feel like this person benefit from 363 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: talking to a therapist or they're going through a really 364 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 1: you know, difficult time, I will suggest like this might 365 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:09,880 Speaker 1: be a good time for you to get into therapy, 366 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: or this would be a good time for you to have, 367 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 1: you know, supports in place that can help you through 368 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: this difficulty and things like that, because I think that 369 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: therapy and astrology definitely can go in hand in hand. 370 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: I know that there are astrologers who are also practicing therapists. 371 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: And at the same time, you know, I'm also of 372 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: the mind of like knowing when I'm out of my death, 373 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: you know, and when someone might need some extra support 374 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 1: that astrology might not be able to provide because the 375 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 1: other thing, you know, I don't want people to use 376 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 1: astrology as a crutch, you know, I want them to 377 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,120 Speaker 1: be able to use it as the tool that it's 378 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 1: meant to be, and not to like constantly checking the 379 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 1: stars and checking their horrorscopes and getting readings, because you know, 380 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,120 Speaker 1: you have people who do that too, Like they'll hop 381 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 1: from reader to reader to reader because they don't like 382 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 1: what they're hearing or they don't like what the reader 383 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 1: is telling them, so they'll go and pay for a 384 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 1: bunch of readings with other people so they can it 385 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: what they want to hear, instead of actually taking information, 386 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: actually using it and applying it in the way that 387 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,639 Speaker 1: they need to. Yeah, that's what I was thinking that 388 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: it sounds like, you know, for people who have had readings, 389 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: like they might get some really good information that with 390 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: then they could talk to their therapists about like, hey, 391 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,199 Speaker 1: you know, I did a reading, this came up and 392 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 1: it feels like it resonates, you know, I'm wanting to 393 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 1: kind of dig more into this area and how I 394 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,439 Speaker 1: might be able to make some improvements here. Yeah. Absolutely, 395 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 1: I've even had you know, clients who have therapists and 396 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 1: then they get readings with me and I won't even 397 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 1: know anything about them, you know, having a therapist, but 398 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:37,640 Speaker 1: I'll be talking to them about something that I've seen 399 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,160 Speaker 1: in the chart and they're like, will be like, oh 400 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: my god, my therapist just told me the same thing. 401 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 1: So there's definitely an overlap between I think, you know, 402 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: some level of counseling and therapy and the counseling that 403 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:52,400 Speaker 1: goes into astrology as well. But I absolutely do support 404 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 1: people having both an astrologer and a therapist, you know, 405 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 1: on hand. So back to the birth chart, So, I mean, 406 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: you know, there are people who would likely have the 407 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 1: same charts, right, but would we still kind of show 408 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 1: up in the world differently even if we have the 409 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 1: same charts. Yeah, So what's interesting about that is that 410 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 1: I think that's when we start to talk about like 411 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: societal conditioning, you know, and cultural conditioning and things of 412 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,159 Speaker 1: that nature, and you know, how we were raised. I 413 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:27,479 Speaker 1: think what astrology does is it presents archetypes, you know, 414 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 1: in terms of like how certain energies can be expressed, 415 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,679 Speaker 1: you know, or or how people can live their life. 416 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 1: There is a big piece of it that does depend on, 417 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 1: you know, how people were raised and like so for example, 418 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: you know, for me being a black woman who's also 419 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: an astrologer, I find that probably about of my clients, 420 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 1: you know, are you know, women of color, black women, 421 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 1: And the reason why they gravitate to me is because 422 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: not only just because of my knowledge about astrology, but 423 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 1: there's a cultural similarities there. You know, I speak the 424 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: same language, I've come from the same place. So you 425 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: can have sometimes where you might read horoscopes or you 426 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: might read from a certain astrologer, and they may not 427 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,719 Speaker 1: necessarily resonate with you because there's something in terms of 428 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: like the socio economic sort of themes or the cultural 429 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: themes that just might not hit the way it would 430 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: if you were listening to someone who came from the 431 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: same background, like you know, a black woman. And so 432 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: I think, yes, there's some nuance there when we talk 433 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: about how people were raised, and you know, how you 434 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,919 Speaker 1: can have the same chart and still kind of be 435 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: different from one another, but then at the same time, 436 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: there are definitely similarities between charts. I've noticed that too, 437 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 1: like when I'm reading charts for twins, which I've done before, 438 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: and how that's so interesting because you know, you have 439 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,359 Speaker 1: two people born at the exact same time, and the 440 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,920 Speaker 1: charts will manifest very differently, and it's like one twin 441 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 1: will kind of exhibit one set of traits or or things, 442 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 1: and another point will have the other, but there's still 443 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: the same charts, and it's just so fascinating to see 444 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 1: like how that sort of shows up. And I think 445 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:10,119 Speaker 1: that also has a lot to do with you know, 446 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,159 Speaker 1: like I was saying, like the free will piece, you know, 447 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,640 Speaker 1: in terms of like how we choose to to do things, 448 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,360 Speaker 1: Like some of it is a bit faded, if you will, 449 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 1: but I do think that in some ways we also 450 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:24,400 Speaker 1: kind of choose our own fate too. Yeah, And going 451 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: back to your comments around you know, like your client 452 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: base being primarily black women or other women of color, 453 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 1: I would imagine that it worked in some ways in 454 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: the same way as therapy, right, Like, there are some 455 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 1: things that are kind of like descriptive in terms of 456 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 1: the stars, but there's also your own background that you're 457 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: bringing to the reading um and the way that you 458 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,639 Speaker 1: interact with your client into that, you know, colors what 459 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 1: the reading will look and feel like. Absolutely. Yeah, So 460 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:53,880 Speaker 1: you mentioned that some people will kind of like hop 461 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 1: from you know, getting one reading to the next. Is 462 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 1: there a cadence at which you recommend people get readings. Yeah. 463 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,159 Speaker 1: I usually tell people like if they want to do 464 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:05,920 Speaker 1: a follow up reading with me, which you know, I 465 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:09,239 Speaker 1: definitely have clients who are regulars to give it at 466 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,919 Speaker 1: least you know, six to twelve months, so like a 467 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,399 Speaker 1: yearly reading or if you want to do like a 468 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: you know, a mid year check in. I don't really 469 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: recommend doing readings more frequently than that unless you're working 470 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 1: on something specific. So, for example, there are readings that 471 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,879 Speaker 1: I do that are not necessarily more like geared towards 472 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 1: self development or more towards project development, and so we 473 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 1: are trying to figure out, like when's the best timing 474 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,920 Speaker 1: to do certain things and figure those things out. So 475 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 1: that might be a little bit more of a regular 476 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: reading because it's a project based thing. But when we 477 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: talk about more of the self development thing, you need 478 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 1: to give yourself time for, you know, to process. You know, 479 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 1: the planets also move quite slowly too, and they need 480 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: their time to kind of move and you know, things 481 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 1: need time to cook. And so that's why I recommend 482 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: that people kind of see me at least you know, 483 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: six to twelve months you know, away from the initial reading, 484 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: because not only does it give them time, but you know, 485 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,680 Speaker 1: it also gives them time to also to do the 486 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 1: work you know that's required to do the homework that's 487 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: necessary as opposed to like trying to figure out every 488 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: you know, single step or every single thing that's coming. 489 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: It's kind of like be here, like be here now, 490 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: you know, like what can you do in the here 491 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 1: and now? What do you need to focus on here 492 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,919 Speaker 1: and now instead of trying to think too far ahead. 493 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: And that's definitely something that I've been talking about a 494 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 1: lot this year because everything has been, you know, so 495 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: slow and and you know, everybody was in quarantine and 496 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 1: you know, time just was moving quite differently this year, 497 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 1: and a lot of the things that I found myself 498 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: saying to clients across the board was like all we 499 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: have is been now, like trying not to worry too 500 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: far down the future, like to pay attention to the now. 501 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:00,880 Speaker 1: So speaking of this year, you know, and I feel 502 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:02,679 Speaker 1: like I heard some chat or kind of at the 503 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: beginning of the pandemic around you know, like astrologers talking 504 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: about what would be like now. Again, we know that 505 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: there is no future reading kind of thing, but is 506 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: there anything that you felt like you had information about 507 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,640 Speaker 1: that kind of gave you insight into what might have been? 508 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 1: Like Yeah, So you know, one of the major planetary 509 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:29,919 Speaker 1: alignments for this year that contributed to a lot of 510 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:35,360 Speaker 1: the stuff that took place was this alignment between Saturn 511 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:39,120 Speaker 1: and Pluto. So each of the planets have like their 512 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 1: job or their things that they have charged over, and 513 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 1: Saturn is a planet that is about manifesting things that 514 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: are intangible into the tangible, like Saturn helps us to build, 515 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,479 Speaker 1: to create structure. And so when we think about that, 516 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,439 Speaker 1: that has a lot to do with the systems in place, 517 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: you know, government, you know, the societal norms, you know, 518 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: things that keep things smooth and running and that support us. 519 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: Pluto is a planet that tends to intensify, not only 520 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: intensify whatever it is touching. But it's also a planet 521 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 1: that has a lot to do with rebirth, like death 522 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: and rebirth. Sometimes it can be actual death, but also 523 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 1: it can be like like the figurative sense of death 524 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: of something that's being burned away or torn down so 525 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,919 Speaker 1: that something new can be rebuilt. And the thing with 526 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 1: Pluto and both Saturn is that they are not easy 527 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: planets to deal with, Like they're not soft and cushy, 528 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: sweet planets like maybe Venus, which is pleasure and beauty 529 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,959 Speaker 1: or the Moon, which is like, you know, getting cozy 530 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 1: on the couch, like that kind of thing. You know. 531 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 1: Saturn forces us to be very realistic, you know, gives 532 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: us the whole hard truth, and Pluto forces us to 533 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 1: face things that we've been running from or things that 534 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: we've been trying to like avoid, and Pluto does it 535 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:04,440 Speaker 1: in a way that can be very uncomfortable and disconcerting. 536 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 1: And so when these two planets get together, it is 537 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:11,120 Speaker 1: a time when things are being torn down, when we're 538 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 1: forced to confront our demons, when we're forced to really 539 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 1: look at the ugly truth of things and say, okay, 540 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: you know, what are we going to do from here? 541 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: And So the other thing too is that you know, 542 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: Saturn included the last time they got together this way 543 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: was thirty years ago and that was around the beginning 544 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: of the HIV AIDS epidemic. And so you know, these 545 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 1: planets all also tied to things that have to do 546 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 1: with like epidemics and you know, pandemics and things of 547 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 1: that nature. So when we talk about this year, you know, 548 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: a lot of astrologers, you know, we're talking about Saturn 549 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 1: Pluto alignment and what that was going to mean. I 550 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: don't know if how could I put it for me personally, 551 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 1: I knew that things were going to be intense. I 552 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: didn't think that they would be as intense as they 553 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: are right now. But as a matter but you know, 554 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 1: kind of looking back and hindsight and thinking about what 555 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: these energies mean, it definitely makes sense that, of course, 556 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:07,719 Speaker 1: you know, the bottom would fall out, you know, that 557 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 1: we would be in this place where it's kind of 558 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: like you either have to like put up or shut up, 559 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,479 Speaker 1: you know, either you fix it or or you know, 560 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 1: you suffer the consequences. And the other story to that 561 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: too is that there's other planetary alignments, you know, that 562 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: have been going on that we're very similar to back 563 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 1: when Hitler took power back in the thirties, and so 564 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 1: that's when we're seeing, you know, this year in the 565 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: United States and even abroad, you know, this rise of authoritarianism. 566 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 1: And so that's what I was saying, like before, it's 567 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 1: like you can look back in history and see this 568 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,959 Speaker 1: is what was going on. And so using that historical context, 569 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,959 Speaker 1: we then look at where we are right now, and 570 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 1: we use that and for inform um where we are 571 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: and what we can expect. So in a lot of ways, yes, 572 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 1: a lot of trastrologers, you know, knew that this year 573 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: was going to be hard, but for me, it's always 574 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: a weird thing to write. And this is what I've 575 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 1: been struggling with a lot this year of when to 576 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:11,719 Speaker 1: tell people, hey, you know, things and don't look so 577 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 1: great in a way that is helpful and informative, that 578 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 1: doesn't feel alarmist, and that doesn't feel gloom and doom. 579 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: One of the things that kind of frustrated me as 580 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: an astrologer was seeing people saying like, oh, you know, 581 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 1: astrologers didn't tell us about this, but we did. But 582 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 1: then also seeing people being upset that astrologers weren't saying 583 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 1: things that I guess made them afraid or gave them anxiety, 584 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: or you know, that they didn't want to hear. And so, 585 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,479 Speaker 1: you know, being an astrologer is always kind of like 586 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: interesting trying to like navigate those two sides of the 587 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 1: spectrum of like giving information that is informative and that 588 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 1: is accurate, but then also trying to do it in 589 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 1: a way that doesn't scare you know, the be Jesus people. Yeah, 590 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: but I would imagine that you know, so much of 591 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: that is subjective, right, I mean kind of going back 592 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 1: to your earlier comments about how much in our charts, 593 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 1: you know, talks about how we respond to people and 594 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: how we reject you know, so something that maybe alarmous 595 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 1: to me might be welcome to buy someone else, right, right, right? Absolutely? Yeah, Yeah, 596 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 1: So as we think about twenty one, then what kinds 597 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: of collective themes might we kind of be expecting or 598 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 1: might we see for sure? So, for one, I don't 599 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: think it will be as intense as was, but I've 600 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,160 Speaker 1: been telling people there's still lots of work to do. 601 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 1: So you know, if if was a year where everything 602 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 1: really fell apart, one is going to be the year 603 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 1: where we start to do some rebuilding. But the thing 604 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 1: is is that in order to rebuild, there needs to 605 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 1: be a complete overhaul of every single corner of the 606 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: earth that you can also we think of from like 607 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: healthcare to government, to you know, agriculture, to the technology 608 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 1: you know, like science, Like everything needs a complete read 609 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:17,200 Speaker 1: structure like to be revamped. And in order to do that, everybody, 610 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: you know, this is one is really like going to 611 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 1: show like just how much all hands on deck are needed, 612 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 1: you know, And it can't just be just one group 613 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,479 Speaker 1: of people fighting for justice or fighting for you know, 614 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 1: you know, fresh air and clean water and you know 615 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,920 Speaker 1: these kinds of things, like everybody has to be involved. 616 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: I think what you will see is that there are 617 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 1: going to be different factions, you know, kind of fighting 618 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 1: with each other in terms of like how to do that, 619 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 1: which makes sense, right because you know, whenever you're thinking 620 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 1: about a team project, you know, or working together, you know, 621 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,880 Speaker 1: not everybody is going to see eye to eye. Everybody 622 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: kind of has like their own ideas of how things 623 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: are supposed to go, and so it only makes sense 624 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 1: that you will have people kind of like doing some 625 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: in fighting or kind of batting with each other to 626 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:06,720 Speaker 1: figure out like which direction you know, we're going to 627 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 1: bring the community or or bring the collective or the people. 628 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,640 Speaker 1: But I think the big thing that really stands out 629 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:16,840 Speaker 1: for one is, you know, change and being comfortable with 630 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 1: with change, and learning how to be flexible and adaptable. 631 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 1: Things I don't know, you know, let me find out, 632 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 1: let me let me investigate. I'll get back to you 633 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: like these are gonna be the things that are really 634 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 1: going to help us get through. The flexibility, not feeling 635 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: like we have to have all the right answers. Astrologers included, 636 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 1: myself included, like, you know, there are sometimes when I 637 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:39,080 Speaker 1: look at things and I'm like, I don't know, We'll see, 638 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: like I guess, you know, we'll see what happens. Flexibility, adaptability, 639 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:46,960 Speaker 1: being open to learn, curiosity. These are definitely going to 640 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,960 Speaker 1: be things that we need. And also being able to 641 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 1: communicate and and talk to one another, finding commonalities between 642 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,640 Speaker 1: each other, learning that we have more in common than 643 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: we don't. Like, these are going to be the things 644 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: that are going to get us through. And like I said, 645 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:05,400 Speaker 1: you know, I think you're going to see a lot 646 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:07,320 Speaker 1: of people who are going to be very resistant to 647 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:11,839 Speaker 1: change and very resistant to this new world that we're 648 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:15,000 Speaker 1: trying to build. But like I said, for for folks 649 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,600 Speaker 1: that are looking for things to go back to the 650 00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 1: way that they always were, that's not happening. We're not 651 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:24,839 Speaker 1: going back to business as usual. And I think it's 652 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,839 Speaker 1: important for people to understand that because we shouldn't go 653 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 1: back to business as usual. There was a lot of 654 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,239 Speaker 1: things that were wrong that got us in this this 655 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:34,520 Speaker 1: predicament in terms of where we are right now, and 656 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:37,880 Speaker 1: if we really really want to change and we really 657 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,480 Speaker 1: want to fix things, then we really have to dig 658 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: in and work for it. And so that's the only 659 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 1: way that we're going to be able to get out 660 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,960 Speaker 1: of the mess that we're in. And that's why I'm 661 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,400 Speaker 1: like hopeful and why the election in the US, you know, 662 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 1: kind of may be helpful in some ways because I 663 00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:55,279 Speaker 1: think things had gotten so bad to the point where 664 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,799 Speaker 1: people who weren't paying attention had to pay attention, had 665 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,799 Speaker 1: to be very involved and engaged in hands on and 666 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:05,760 Speaker 1: so that is my hope for is that we don't 667 00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:08,480 Speaker 1: kind of like rest on our laurels, like of course 668 00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 1: rest where you can you know, get the self care 669 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:14,760 Speaker 1: and treat yourself well leaning on your community, lean on family, 670 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:18,600 Speaker 1: like have your therapists, like, have your supports in place. Absolutely, 671 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,160 Speaker 1: take the breather, take the time out when you can. Absolutely, 672 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:26,239 Speaker 1: But one is really going to require all hands on 673 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:31,759 Speaker 1: deck situation. And you know, if we want to get 674 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,799 Speaker 1: through these difficult times, then we really have to know 675 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:36,880 Speaker 1: that you know that there's work to be done and 676 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,320 Speaker 1: be ready to invest in network. Got it? Yeah, And 677 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,200 Speaker 1: it kind of feels like it makes sense, right, Like 678 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:44,040 Speaker 1: if twenty is the year that everything falls aport, then 679 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:49,240 Speaker 1: one is kind of the beginnings of building something different 680 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,840 Speaker 1: and hopefully better, and you know, like you say it, 681 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:56,719 Speaker 1: being very flexible and kind of open to changes. Yeah. Absolutely, 682 00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,680 Speaker 1: So if that's collectively kind of like the theme like 683 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 1: stability and changes, where can we look in our chart 684 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:07,040 Speaker 1: maybe for like our own personal themes, Like there's you know, 685 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,400 Speaker 1: the collective work that needs to be done, but maybe 686 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,239 Speaker 1: some personal work that needs to be done. So where 687 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:13,640 Speaker 1: might we look for that, like in our own charts? 688 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:19,040 Speaker 1: So I would say if you look at your chart 689 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:26,799 Speaker 1: and you look at anywhere that Gemini and Sagittarius set 690 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,800 Speaker 1: in your chart, so all of us, like I mentioned 691 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,800 Speaker 1: in our birth chart, we all have the twelve signs 692 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,880 Speaker 1: somewhere in our chart that can show up somewhere and 693 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,800 Speaker 1: with the planets, but more so with like the houses. 694 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,160 Speaker 1: Like we each have twelve houses in our chart that 695 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:44,920 Speaker 1: basically house different parts of our life, and those twelve 696 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:48,960 Speaker 1: houses are ruled by a particular sign, each of the 697 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,480 Speaker 1: twelve signs based on you know, how our how our 698 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 1: chart is configured, on the time that we were born 699 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,799 Speaker 1: and the date and all of that. So if you 700 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:59,319 Speaker 1: get your chart, you can actually get your chart from 701 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:02,960 Speaker 1: a place time Passages, which is an app. There's a 702 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,759 Speaker 1: website called astro dot com. These are some places that 703 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,359 Speaker 1: you can get your chart for free. Wherever you have 704 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:12,440 Speaker 1: Gemini and Sagittarius falling in your chart, that's the areas 705 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:14,520 Speaker 1: of your life where you can expect a lot of 706 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,360 Speaker 1: change and where you want to be the most flexible. 707 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,400 Speaker 1: So for example, you know, if you have Gemini sitting 708 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,719 Speaker 1: you know in your seventh house, that's a place in 709 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 1: your chart where you can expect to be open to 710 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:29,640 Speaker 1: new relationships, open to new people, open to collaborations and teamwork. 711 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,440 Speaker 1: If you know Sagittarius is in charge of your career 712 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,239 Speaker 1: zone and your tent house, that's a place where it 713 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:39,080 Speaker 1: might be time to switch careers or to go in 714 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:42,000 Speaker 1: a new direction when it comes to your career, going 715 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,680 Speaker 1: into a direction that's more fulfilling, you know, those kinds 716 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:46,400 Speaker 1: of things. So these are kinds of things that I 717 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,880 Speaker 1: would say people would want to investigate in terms of 718 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,200 Speaker 1: their chart because the Gemini and Sagittarius, like, this is 719 00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:56,480 Speaker 1: where we're going to have the eclipses falling in these 720 00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 1: areas of our life between now and the end of 721 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:03,719 Speaker 1: on and eclipses are super super powerful newmans and full 722 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:07,239 Speaker 1: moons that happen every six months, and depending on where 723 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:11,320 Speaker 1: they're activating our birth chart, it usually coincides with big 724 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:15,360 Speaker 1: life events or changes like you know, getting married, getting divorced, 725 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:19,600 Speaker 1: having a baby, moving out, starting a business, leaving your career, 726 00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:22,280 Speaker 1: like those kinds of things tend to coincide with eclipses. 727 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:27,040 Speaker 1: So with Gemini and Sagittarius, those two signs are known 728 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:32,400 Speaker 1: for being very flexible, very adaptable. Gemini in particular, very curious, 729 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,799 Speaker 1: you know, lots of information coming in and needing to 730 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:38,920 Speaker 1: you know, process and sit with the information before making 731 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,719 Speaker 1: any decisions. So these are the places that I would 732 00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:44,120 Speaker 1: say that people should pay attention to so I'm glad 733 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:47,840 Speaker 1: you brought up the whole idea of eclipses and full moons, 734 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,560 Speaker 1: because I definitely see lots of people talking about when 735 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:52,600 Speaker 1: those things happened, like, oh, now it's not a good 736 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:54,920 Speaker 1: sound to make big decisions, or oh, you might not 737 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,359 Speaker 1: want to buy any electronics right now because these things 738 00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:00,359 Speaker 1: are going on. What are people talking about where they 739 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:05,400 Speaker 1: say those things. So transits are basically, you know, the 740 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:08,720 Speaker 1: movements of the planet. So when you think about transits, 741 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,360 Speaker 1: you can think about like each of the twelve signs 742 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,520 Speaker 1: being like like train stations, right, and the planets themselves 743 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,320 Speaker 1: are like the trains. So anytime a planet moves into 744 00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,880 Speaker 1: a station or moves into a sign, that planet is 745 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,520 Speaker 1: then taking on that energy and and you know, kind 746 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:27,480 Speaker 1: of activating you know, different things. So for example, Mercury retrogrades, 747 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:31,200 Speaker 1: So Mercury goes retrograde three times a year, at the 748 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:32,799 Speaker 1: beginning of the year, the middle of the year, and 749 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,080 Speaker 1: the end of the year. So Mercury is a planet 750 00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:40,200 Speaker 1: that is associated with communication, the intellect, you know, transportation, 751 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:42,839 Speaker 1: anything where things are kind of just going back and 752 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,279 Speaker 1: forth and we can trying to find the shortest route 753 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:48,040 Speaker 1: possible to get that information or to get that thing 754 00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:51,400 Speaker 1: back and forth. And so when mercury goes retrograde retrograde, 755 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:55,200 Speaker 1: you know, planets basically it's like they're moving backwards. And 756 00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:57,640 Speaker 1: so we think about retro you know, we're we're sort 757 00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:59,480 Speaker 1: of in a way, sort of moving backwards, and it's 758 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:04,160 Speaker 1: it's a time time for reflection, reassessment, reevaluation, kind of 759 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,759 Speaker 1: looking backwards as opposed to like trying to like you know, 760 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:10,160 Speaker 1: move forward without you know, too much thought. So that's why, 761 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,759 Speaker 1: you know, when people talk about mercury retrograde, you know, 762 00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,520 Speaker 1: when it's happening, how things get all you know, cucko 763 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:18,480 Speaker 1: and and you know a lot of miscommunications and you know, 764 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,480 Speaker 1: delays and things of that nature. It's because it's a 765 00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:24,600 Speaker 1: time period when we're supposed to be you know, taking 766 00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,400 Speaker 1: our time and moving very slowly. With moons, you know, 767 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:31,879 Speaker 1: the lunar cycle is one of the quickest cycles that 768 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,600 Speaker 1: we experience when we talk about astrology, because the moon, 769 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:37,200 Speaker 1: you know, basically goes through a cycle every twenty nine 770 00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:39,560 Speaker 1: and a half days. So as the moon is cycling through, 771 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:41,719 Speaker 1: the moon you know, is going through each of the 772 00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:44,759 Speaker 1: twelve signs, and then each month we have a new moon, 773 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:46,920 Speaker 1: and then we have a full moon as well. So 774 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,480 Speaker 1: a new moon is usually a time during the month 775 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:53,160 Speaker 1: when we are implementing or starting something fresh, when we're 776 00:40:53,239 --> 00:40:56,120 Speaker 1: hitting the reset button when we get to the full moon. 777 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,880 Speaker 1: That's usually a time when things um that were initiated 778 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,160 Speaker 1: around the new moon or sort of coming to some 779 00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:06,160 Speaker 1: sort of completion or combination, or sometimes it can be 780 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:09,520 Speaker 1: a time of ending things too or closing out a chapter. 781 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,600 Speaker 1: The period between the full moon to the next new 782 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:16,320 Speaker 1: moon usually a time when we're kind of like going 783 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,560 Speaker 1: through like the disseminating of like that phonone energy because 784 00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,160 Speaker 1: usually around full moons we tend to be more excited, 785 00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:24,840 Speaker 1: and you know, the energy is really high. New moons 786 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,200 Speaker 1: is when things are tend to be a little bit 787 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,360 Speaker 1: more like low energy, low key, and so you know, 788 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:33,799 Speaker 1: between like the lunar cycle is usually like the time 789 00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:37,960 Speaker 1: when we find ourselves kind of cycling through our emotions too, 790 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:40,360 Speaker 1: because the moon is associated with emotions. And that's one 791 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:41,920 Speaker 1: of the things too that I encourage people to do, 792 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,959 Speaker 1: like watch the lunar cycle, you know, kind of see 793 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,879 Speaker 1: like how the moon affects you from day to day, 794 00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:50,640 Speaker 1: because that can also give you some really in depth 795 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:53,440 Speaker 1: information in terms of like your own self care and 796 00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:55,680 Speaker 1: like your mental health, because you might find that there 797 00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:58,160 Speaker 1: might be certain times when the moon is in certain 798 00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:00,880 Speaker 1: signs and that could be a really stress or triggering, 799 00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:03,120 Speaker 1: you know, kind of day for you. Or you know 800 00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:06,319 Speaker 1: that when, for example, the moon is in Virgo, you know, 801 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:09,040 Speaker 1: you might have more anxiety that day, or if the 802 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:12,359 Speaker 1: moon is in Capricorn, you might have a bouts of depression. Like, 803 00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:15,560 Speaker 1: so it's really important I suggest for people to kind 804 00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:19,040 Speaker 1: of track their chart in context to the lunar cycle 805 00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:22,040 Speaker 1: because that's one of the easiest and quickest ways to 806 00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:24,680 Speaker 1: kind of figure out how astrology is directly affecting you. 807 00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:28,319 Speaker 1: So is there some kind of like planner or that 808 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:30,680 Speaker 1: would help you to know when this stuff is happening 809 00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:33,200 Speaker 1: so that you can kind of track it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, So, 810 00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:36,680 Speaker 1: as I mentioned, there's an app called Time Passages that's 811 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:40,160 Speaker 1: really great that you can download. There's another app called 812 00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:46,560 Speaker 1: the Sanctuary app. There's Time Passages. There's another one called 813 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:51,560 Speaker 1: astro Guide by Vice that that's also really nice. You 814 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:55,279 Speaker 1: can also like if you read horoscopes from from various astrologers. 815 00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,960 Speaker 1: You know, we're always telling people like when they can 816 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,560 Speaker 1: expect new moons and full moons and things that nature. 817 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:02,600 Speaker 1: So if you want to know, like when's the next 818 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,759 Speaker 1: new moon or when's the next full moon, and you know, 819 00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:08,440 Speaker 1: what should I keep an eye out for during these times, Definitely, 820 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:12,200 Speaker 1: you know, following your favorite astrologer will also help you 821 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,759 Speaker 1: to do that. And then you can also go to 822 00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:16,839 Speaker 1: astro dot com. Like I said, they have a lot 823 00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:19,759 Speaker 1: of great articles there that you can read and find 824 00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:24,240 Speaker 1: out more about, like you know, your chart in general, 825 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:27,359 Speaker 1: and also just like astrology one of one stuff. Those 826 00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:30,560 Speaker 1: are kind of like where people should start. There's also 827 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:33,399 Speaker 1: books and resources to that. I suggest there's this one 828 00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:37,480 Speaker 1: book called Astrology for Yourself and it's actually a workbook, 829 00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:40,600 Speaker 1: and it's a book that people can get their chart 830 00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:43,960 Speaker 1: and kind of figure out how to read their own 831 00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:45,880 Speaker 1: chart like and kind of like figuring out what the 832 00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:48,319 Speaker 1: pieces are and like how to look at that. And 833 00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:51,160 Speaker 1: then there's another book called Astrology for Real Life that 834 00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:53,040 Speaker 1: is also a bit of a work book that also 835 00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:55,840 Speaker 1: kind of teaches you, like the basic astrology one on 836 00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:57,600 Speaker 1: one stuff if you want to get more familiar with 837 00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:01,000 Speaker 1: their chart as well. Perfect and they're also apps that 838 00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:02,880 Speaker 1: people use, but I don't think they're for the same 839 00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:06,080 Speaker 1: things like Coastar and pattern. It feels like I'm more 840 00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:09,080 Speaker 1: of a shorthand kind of thing. Yeah, what's interesting about 841 00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:11,160 Speaker 1: the pattern is that it's a strology base, but they 842 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,120 Speaker 1: don't say that it's a strology basis, which makes it 843 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:16,719 Speaker 1: a little bit confusing. I've used the pattern. To me, 844 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,799 Speaker 1: they seem to be more geared towards like compatibility, you know, 845 00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:23,400 Speaker 1: and like learning like how your astrology or how your 846 00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:26,600 Speaker 1: chart fits with like a friend or a romantic partner, 847 00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:30,640 Speaker 1: like those kinds of things. With co Star Costar is 848 00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:33,880 Speaker 1: a little weird for me because the way that they 849 00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:38,840 Speaker 1: present the birth chart visually doesn't really coincide with like 850 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,520 Speaker 1: how astrologers tend to look at charts, which can get 851 00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:45,200 Speaker 1: confusing for people, I think. And then I also get 852 00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:48,800 Speaker 1: a little apprehensive with co Star with your like notifications 853 00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:51,439 Speaker 1: because it kind of comes across a little bit mean 854 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:55,360 Speaker 1: at times. And I know that astrology can be humorous 855 00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:57,000 Speaker 1: and you know, like you have like the memes and 856 00:44:57,040 --> 00:44:59,320 Speaker 1: things like that that pokes fun and like the signs 857 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:02,440 Speaker 1: and you their stereotypical behavior and things like that, but 858 00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:05,840 Speaker 1: I don't like when astrology gets mean to the point 859 00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:08,799 Speaker 1: where you make people feel bad about themselves, and I 860 00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:12,480 Speaker 1: think that I would definitely kind of invite people to 861 00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:14,880 Speaker 1: be a little bit mindful of God it. Thank you 862 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:18,879 Speaker 1: so much for those. If people want to have readings, 863 00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:21,800 Speaker 1: is there a place or something they should be looking 864 00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:26,319 Speaker 1: for in terms of somebody's website or certifications to let 865 00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:29,920 Speaker 1: them know that this is somebody who's reputable and like approved, 866 00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:33,080 Speaker 1: so to speak, to be able to do a reading. Yeah, 867 00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:39,200 Speaker 1: so definitely looking for certifications. There are different institutions that 868 00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:45,600 Speaker 1: actually provide certifications for practicing astrologers. Astrologer who is certified 869 00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:47,920 Speaker 1: will usually put that somewhere on their website or by 870 00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:50,080 Speaker 1: their name, and they'll say, you know, certified by so 871 00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:53,120 Speaker 1: and so like S or n C g R. These 872 00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:56,160 Speaker 1: are just some of the entities that certified astrologers. You 873 00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:58,680 Speaker 1: also want to see, like how long the person has 874 00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:04,040 Speaker 1: been practicing because us unfortunately, now because astrology has become 875 00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:08,319 Speaker 1: so popular, you do, unfortunately have people who haven't really 876 00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:11,120 Speaker 1: studied much and have kind of like hung out a 877 00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:13,240 Speaker 1: shingle and they're like, oh, you know, now I'm astrology 878 00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:15,760 Speaker 1: and I'm giving readings, and they don't really have much training, 879 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,680 Speaker 1: So I would say, you know, kind of look at 880 00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:21,440 Speaker 1: their resume, you know, like you know, are they certified, 881 00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:23,879 Speaker 1: you know, how long have they been practicing? Are they 882 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:28,680 Speaker 1: endorsed by other reputable astrologers? You know? What is their 883 00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:32,400 Speaker 1: tone when they're talking to people, you know, either on 884 00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,400 Speaker 1: social media or on their website. Do they present the 885 00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:38,279 Speaker 1: information as if they know it all and there's some 886 00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:41,359 Speaker 1: you know, all seeing, all knowing entity and you know 887 00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:44,399 Speaker 1: nothing and they're kind of like condescending or are they 888 00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:49,000 Speaker 1: dragging you know people? Because again, like I like astrology 889 00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:52,160 Speaker 1: to be presented in a way that is helpful, you know, 890 00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:54,839 Speaker 1: it can you know, definitely have moments where you might 891 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:56,759 Speaker 1: kind of get you know, kind of thrown back a 892 00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:59,480 Speaker 1: little bit like oh wow, you know like I really 893 00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:01,840 Speaker 1: kind of had a breakthrough there, or I really didn't 894 00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:04,160 Speaker 1: wasn't paying attention to that, and now, you know, like 895 00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:06,080 Speaker 1: I had a bit of an awakening now or an 896 00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:08,759 Speaker 1: epiphany and now I see this in a totally different light, 897 00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:10,799 Speaker 1: and you kind of, you know, you have your moments 898 00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:12,640 Speaker 1: where you get called out a little bit, you know, 899 00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:16,280 Speaker 1: in a session. But it should feel supportive. It should 900 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:19,080 Speaker 1: be it should feel constructive. It should never make you 901 00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:24,080 Speaker 1: feel like you aren't the best judge of your life. 902 00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:25,880 Speaker 1: You know, it should never make you feel like you 903 00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:29,120 Speaker 1: should be dependent on this person in their advice or 904 00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:32,080 Speaker 1: like you know, everything that they say is right and 905 00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:35,080 Speaker 1: you're in the wrong. Like it should be empowering basically, 906 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:37,840 Speaker 1: is what I'm saying, you know, and it's really important 907 00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:40,040 Speaker 1: that you know, you take some time to kind of 908 00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:43,240 Speaker 1: get to know this person's voice and kind of see 909 00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:46,040 Speaker 1: their resume. Also, like I said, how do they interact, 910 00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:47,960 Speaker 1: like if they do have a social media presence, but 911 00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,000 Speaker 1: what does that energy look like and how does it feel? 912 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:52,279 Speaker 1: Does it make you feel good or does it make 913 00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:56,000 Speaker 1: you feel like intimidated and like bad about yourself, because 914 00:47:56,040 --> 00:47:58,480 Speaker 1: that's what you want to avoid, got it? Thank you 915 00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:00,960 Speaker 1: so much for that. Yeah, definitely, you know, especially like 916 00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:04,319 Speaker 1: you said, since there has been such a rise in popularity, 917 00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:06,560 Speaker 1: you know, it is very easy for people to kind 918 00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:08,239 Speaker 1: of maybe buy some of the books that you've talked 919 00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:13,000 Speaker 1: about and then call themselves an astrologer, right exactly. Yeah, yeah, totally. 920 00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:15,480 Speaker 1: The good news in that regard is that we'll start 921 00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:18,160 Speaker 1: to see more of a push for more like ethics 922 00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:20,600 Speaker 1: and standards, you know, with an astrology and you don't 923 00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:22,840 Speaker 1: have some things that I'm working on behind the scenes 924 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,120 Speaker 1: that are going in that direction in terms of like 925 00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:28,480 Speaker 1: best practices and you know, ethics and like what you 926 00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:30,120 Speaker 1: know people should keep an eye out for and things 927 00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:32,759 Speaker 1: of that nature. If you're looking for an astrologer, I 928 00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:35,400 Speaker 1: would definitely say go with a person that makes you 929 00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:37,840 Speaker 1: feel comfortable, like you know, that gives you a sense 930 00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:39,560 Speaker 1: of like you're going to be supported, that you're going 931 00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:43,880 Speaker 1: to actually get something useful there versus you know, like 932 00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:46,799 Speaker 1: I said, like you know, memes and like dragging and 933 00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:49,400 Speaker 1: like like kind of like a mean girl sort of energy. 934 00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,120 Speaker 1: Like just be very careful of that. Take your time 935 00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:54,640 Speaker 1: to do your research, and you know, ask around, you know, 936 00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:58,200 Speaker 1: because because chances are people who have had experiences with 937 00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:00,839 Speaker 1: especially like with like the more popular you know, astrologers 938 00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,359 Speaker 1: with popular accounts, and they can kind of tell you, 939 00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:09,359 Speaker 1: like you know, who's who as well. Got it. We'll 940 00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:11,040 Speaker 1: take a quick break and we'll be back with that 941 00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:20,400 Speaker 1: press pause moment. So when we can, we like to 942 00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:23,840 Speaker 1: offer our community a press pause moment where I guess 943 00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:28,440 Speaker 1: share an activity or something meaningful that the community may 944 00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:31,480 Speaker 1: want to engage with after they listen to the episode. 945 00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:34,560 Speaker 1: So do you have a press pause for us? Yes, 946 00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:38,799 Speaker 1: I do. So I thought it would be nice to 947 00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:44,720 Speaker 1: read a small chapter from my book Astrology for Happiness 948 00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:47,800 Speaker 1: and Success. So in this book I have a section 949 00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:51,960 Speaker 1: in here for all twelve signs and their sections there 950 00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:56,279 Speaker 1: for like affirmations and like journaling exercises and fung sue 951 00:49:56,520 --> 00:49:58,799 Speaker 1: and you know, all these different things. But I thought 952 00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:01,640 Speaker 1: it would be nice, you know, we're entering, you know, 953 00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:06,040 Speaker 1: we're beginning a new year, to read the journal exercise 954 00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:08,040 Speaker 1: that I wrote for Capricorn. And the reason for that 955 00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:11,799 Speaker 1: is because Capricorn is the only sign that both ends 956 00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:14,680 Speaker 1: a year and begins a new one. And it's usually 957 00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:19,080 Speaker 1: during Capricorn season when we are looking back at the 958 00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:21,960 Speaker 1: year that we've just completed and kind of making a 959 00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:24,279 Speaker 1: checklist of, you know, all the things that we've done. 960 00:50:24,640 --> 00:50:27,239 Speaker 1: But then we're also looking ahead at the new year 961 00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:30,120 Speaker 1: and making a list of goals that we want to 962 00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:34,640 Speaker 1: tackle and accomplish. And the thing though, sometimes when we 963 00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:37,040 Speaker 1: talk about Capricorn, not only just the Capricorn is a sign, 964 00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:39,520 Speaker 1: because again, we all have Capricorn somewhere in our chart, 965 00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:42,960 Speaker 1: not just people who are born under the sign of Capricorn. 966 00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:45,560 Speaker 1: When we talk about Capricorn, we also have to talk 967 00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:49,480 Speaker 1: about the planet Saturn. And Saturn, as I mentioned earlier, 968 00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:55,000 Speaker 1: is the planet that is about work and responsibility. It's 969 00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:57,840 Speaker 1: the planet that helps us to make our visions and 970 00:50:57,840 --> 00:51:00,680 Speaker 1: our dreams and our goal into something real. Is the 971 00:51:00,719 --> 00:51:04,120 Speaker 1: planet that helps us to manifest things. And while on 972 00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:06,880 Speaker 1: one level, you know that energy can be super helpful 973 00:51:07,080 --> 00:51:09,719 Speaker 1: in terms of being goal oriented and you know, hitting 974 00:51:09,719 --> 00:51:12,719 Speaker 1: our accomplishments and being self sufficient and all of those 975 00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:16,440 Speaker 1: kinds of things, Saturn can also be associated with fear, 976 00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:18,600 Speaker 1: and a lot of times the fear is the fear 977 00:51:18,640 --> 00:51:22,040 Speaker 1: of failure, fear of vulnerability or asking for help, and 978 00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:23,719 Speaker 1: it can also be a place where we can be 979 00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:27,000 Speaker 1: incredibly hard on ourselves. These are just a couple of 980 00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:29,000 Speaker 1: questions that I thought would be good for people to 981 00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:30,960 Speaker 1: kind of think about as they're thinking about, you know, 982 00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:34,400 Speaker 1: what's transpired over this last year and thinking ahead for 983 00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:37,719 Speaker 1: the new year in terms of career and goals and 984 00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:42,239 Speaker 1: things of that nature. So the first question is what 985 00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:45,120 Speaker 1: do you think you could achieve to let your heart 986 00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:48,919 Speaker 1: lead the way forward? And the second question is when 987 00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:52,160 Speaker 1: it comes to your failures in what ways could you 988 00:51:52,239 --> 00:51:56,920 Speaker 1: stand to embrace your flaws? And then the third journal 989 00:51:56,960 --> 00:52:00,800 Speaker 1: prompt here is spend some time try sacking your thoughts. 990 00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:04,920 Speaker 1: Make note of any time you think negatively or criticize 991 00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:09,040 Speaker 1: yourself about something, replace that thought with something self affirming. 992 00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:11,759 Speaker 1: How do you feel each time you do this? Do 993 00:52:11,840 --> 00:52:14,880 Speaker 1: you notice a positive shift in how you think or feel? 994 00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:18,000 Speaker 1: So I thought that would be some interesting things for 995 00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:20,080 Speaker 1: people to kind of journal about or to think about 996 00:52:20,520 --> 00:52:22,600 Speaker 1: after coming out of this year and thinking about the 997 00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:26,200 Speaker 1: year head and just kind of rethinking the way that 998 00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:30,640 Speaker 1: they see failure, reprogramming the way that they think, especially 999 00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:33,080 Speaker 1: when it comes to self criticism and things of that nature. 1000 00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:36,600 Speaker 1: Also just thinking about, like if you have the opportunity 1001 00:52:37,080 --> 00:52:39,880 Speaker 1: to choose differently when it comes to like a goal 1002 00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:41,840 Speaker 1: or a career, you know, what would it look like 1003 00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:43,839 Speaker 1: if you will allow your heart to lead the way 1004 00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:46,920 Speaker 1: instead of trying to play it safe or sticking to 1005 00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:50,439 Speaker 1: closely to what you know. Thank you so much for that, Mecca. 1006 00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:52,359 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people will appreciate that, because 1007 00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:55,440 Speaker 1: I've heard lots of conversations just about how people have 1008 00:52:55,600 --> 00:52:59,359 Speaker 1: game new perspectives in right and kind of thinking, you know, 1009 00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:01,640 Speaker 1: like now I feel like I want to maybe move 1010 00:53:01,680 --> 00:53:04,360 Speaker 1: somewhere different, right, Like, I definitely feel like, you know, 1011 00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:07,279 Speaker 1: twenty twenty just showed us a lot just in terms 1012 00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:10,200 Speaker 1: of like priorities and values and different things. So I 1013 00:53:10,239 --> 00:53:12,640 Speaker 1: feel like those questions will be helpful for people to 1014 00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:14,160 Speaker 1: kind of, you know, do a little bit of a 1015 00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:19,560 Speaker 1: recent Yeah. Absolutely, especially over this past year, how we've 1016 00:53:19,719 --> 00:53:22,279 Speaker 1: kind of basically all sort of like hit a rock 1017 00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:24,840 Speaker 1: bottom in certain ways. And when I think about that 1018 00:53:24,960 --> 00:53:27,680 Speaker 1: rock bottom, it's like, you know, like the old adage 1019 00:53:27,719 --> 00:53:29,360 Speaker 1: of like there's nowhere else to go but up. So 1020 00:53:29,400 --> 00:53:31,120 Speaker 1: now it's kind of like, you know, whatever has been 1021 00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:34,319 Speaker 1: swept out or cleaned out, now we have the chance 1022 00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:37,560 Speaker 1: to replace it with new things. And so I feel 1023 00:53:37,560 --> 00:53:40,040 Speaker 1: like this year, even though it's been fraught with a 1024 00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:43,759 Speaker 1: lot of you know, discomfort and pain and things of 1025 00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:46,720 Speaker 1: that nature, I do think that one of the positive 1026 00:53:46,719 --> 00:53:48,799 Speaker 1: things about this year is that it is helping us 1027 00:53:48,840 --> 00:53:52,280 Speaker 1: to be more intentional about how we use our time 1028 00:53:52,440 --> 00:53:54,680 Speaker 1: and what we are choosing to fill our lives with. 1029 00:53:54,760 --> 00:53:56,919 Speaker 1: And I think that I'm going into the new year 1030 00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,279 Speaker 1: there will be opportunity to fill our lives with some 1031 00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:03,240 Speaker 1: new and better things. Wonderful. Well, Mecca, tell people where 1032 00:54:03,239 --> 00:54:07,160 Speaker 1: they can find you. Are you available for personal reading? Steale? Yes, 1033 00:54:07,280 --> 00:54:10,960 Speaker 1: so I'm available. I actually I'm all booked up for January, 1034 00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:14,239 Speaker 1: but February is available now. Yeah. So if you if 1035 00:54:14,239 --> 00:54:16,440 Speaker 1: you want to find me your book or reading with me, 1036 00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:19,160 Speaker 1: you can find me at my website my life created 1037 00:54:19,239 --> 00:54:24,160 Speaker 1: dot com. I'm also on Twitter at the mechanism. That's 1038 00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:27,279 Speaker 1: my name and and I asked the mechanism, and I'm 1039 00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:30,400 Speaker 1: also on Instagram at one Mechanism as well. If you 1040 00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:32,360 Speaker 1: like to connect with me there and we will be 1041 00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:34,480 Speaker 1: sure to include those in the show notes as well 1042 00:54:34,560 --> 00:54:37,839 Speaker 1: as links to your book. So you have astrology for 1043 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:41,480 Speaker 1: happiness and success and also a coloring book series? Yes, yes, 1044 00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:44,480 Speaker 1: so I have my Cosmic Coloring book series, Sarah. There's 1045 00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:47,160 Speaker 1: a coloring book for each of the twelve study X signs. 1046 00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:49,439 Speaker 1: And but I have a bunch of the copies here 1047 00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:51,719 Speaker 1: and you know at home, they're really great for just 1048 00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:55,120 Speaker 1: kind of tune out and decompressed too. Wonderful. Well, thank 1049 00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:57,000 Speaker 1: you so much for all of the information, Mac, I 1050 00:54:57,080 --> 00:55:03,040 Speaker 1: really appreciate it. Thank you so much. Dr Joy. 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