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Major Negotiations Begin! RARE Series of 5 Mercury-Mars Conjunctions Connect to 2026 Turning Point · Cozy with the Cosmos with Astrologer Sarah Paasch

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  Welcome back to the Astrology Podcast where we light our
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  candles, we get cozy, and we talk all things cosmos.
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  I am your host, Sarah Posh, astrologer and coach, and today
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  brings us to our focus topic on the Mercury Mars conjunctions.
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  Did you know that typically Mercury and Mars come into a
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  conjunction at minimum three times in a row?
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  That's right. They have a series of
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  conjunctions that they make in their synodic cycle, which I
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  think is so fascinating and fun. There's this rare occurrence
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  where there's a series of five conjunctions that happen
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  back-to-back, so two times in a row.
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  And this doesn't happen very often, but it just so happens
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  that it's happening right now. And I think this is very
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  significant for us to pay attention to for a few reasons
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  that I'm going to unpack on today's episode because it is
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  Mercury Mars. If you don't want to take notes,
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  if you don't want to sit down while you're listening to this
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  information, maybe put some headphones in, go for a speed
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  walk, listen while you weight lift.
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  Mercury Mars would love to give you some information while
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  you're breaking a sweat. Before we dive in, do you know
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  where you have Mercury in Mars in your Natal chart?
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  Are they in the same sign? Are they in a conjunction or
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  maybe they're in a different aspect together?
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  Maybe they're in a square or an opposition?
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  I have Mercury and Aquarius and Mars and Aries.
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  So my Mercury Mars, they have a little bit of a friendly
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  synergistic communication line open between them.
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  And so to be honest, I'm kind of loving the Mercury Mars vibes
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  I've been feeling into with the first conjunction that just
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  happened on October 19th. Comment below.
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  I want to hear where is your Mercury and your Mars?
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  Are they in aspect? Are they talking?
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  Do they get along? How are you feeling with this
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  first Mercury Mars conjunction? And also just a little side
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  note, if you want to know more about the deeper themes and the
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  interpretations around the specifics of the Mercury and
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  Mars conjunctions, I encourage you to go back and watch the
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  previous episodes on the astrology forecast where I
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  talked way more about all of the Mercury Mars significations.
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  We're not going to get into that today.
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  We're going to focus really on this timeline, this series of
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  conjunction that's unfolding. If you want more, you've got it.
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  It's on the channel. You can go ahead and check it
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  out. Yeah.
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  All right, let's dive in to this timeline.
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  If you're watching the video podcast, you'll see on the
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  screen there's a timeline of five conjunctions happening
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  between Mercury Mars. It opened on October 19th, 2025
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  at 90° of Scorpio. I want you to take a couple
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  notes about this location. The first one is that this is a
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  Mars ruled sign. Mars is a natural host of
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  Scorpio. It's it's feminine water
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  domicile. And Scorpio is the sign and the
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  time of the year where darkness hands over to greater darkness.
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  It is fixed darkness. So we are going from dark to
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  even darker. We are going from underground to
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  even deeper underground. So this series begins with
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  pulling things into the dark, its intentions being planted
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  beneath the soil of life. Decisions that are being made to
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  carry and guide us through the darkness in the dark unknown
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  ahead. Maybe it's starting in secret or
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  starting in silence. This could be for better or for
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  worse, but something has happening underground and
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  there's a decision that's being made that isn't ready to be
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  fully brought to light. So just take that into
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  consideration. What is it that's kind of
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  starting? It's churning underground under
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  the surface, kind of behind the scenes.
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  Or maybe you feel something lurking in the background or the
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  underground around you. Pay attention to what you're
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  feeling and sensing, but you don't quite clearly see yet.
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  I'm imagining as this Mercury Mars series unfolds, more
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  information, more light is going to come into the things that
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  we're learning, feeling or sensing.
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  OA, Mercury, Mars conjunction and the sign of Scorpio, where
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  we begin this series. There could also be this
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  piercing clarity of endings when we have that kind of Mars
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  Scorpio vibe coming up. Maybe there's this willing
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  deconstruction or composting of our old plans, our old ideas,
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  anything that we were committed to.
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  We're saying we're not going to commit to that anymore.
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  This is our starting place. So I want you to just take that
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  into consideration. Where are you starting at with
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  this Mercury Mars conjunction? Is there a stop that's happening
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  as we begin, or are you starting something new that you're
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  holding deeper, almost like this anchor of clarity and decision
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  power to carry you through the unknown of this dark part of the
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  season and the year? It also just so happens that
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  right after this first conjunction, both Mercury and
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  Mars are going to be the first planets to make those grand
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  water trying aspects with Jupiter and Cancer and Saturn
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  and Neptune and Pisces. This is very significant because
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  it means that there's some sort of decision, some sort of
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  information or truth that's been revealed.
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  I was calling it a truth bomb in previous episodes, and this
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  truth bomb is right away getting some sort of expansive magical
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  surprise. There's a wave that we're
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  catching with these grand water trines, and it's almost hinting
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  like whatever you thought you were so clear.
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  Whatever decision you said, I'm fixed on this.
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  I'm not moving. This is unwavering.
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  I'm clear this grandmother trine with the upcoming Mercury
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  retrograde is like, not so fast. There's something else you need
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  to consider before you officially sign any dotted
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  lines. Which honestly takes us
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  perfectly into the next conjunction and another layer of
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  this series that I think is really valuable to pay attention
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  to, which is the involvement of the planet Jupiter.
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  Right, Jupiter, What are you talking about?
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  Why is Jupiter involved? Well, during this round two
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  conjunction, Mercury is retrograde and their conjunction
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  is happening on the degree that Mercury stationed retrograde at
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  6° of Sagittarius. It also happens within days of
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  the planet Jupiter making its first station in Cancer.
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  This is significant because whenever we have the outer
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  planets making their station retrograde in the sign for the
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  first time that they've been traveling through.
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  Remember that Jupiter entered into Cancer in June of 2025 S
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  This marks some sort of significant turning point,
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  almost like there's a preview, a window of insight about what the
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  Jupiter in Cancer is all about. What is Jupiter trying to bring
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  us? What is Jupiter trying to grow,
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  expand, heal, dissolve? It's in its exaltation and its
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  cardinal water sign of cancer. So there's a very significant
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  Jupiter imprint on this conjunction between Mercury and
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  Mars, not to mention it's having in Sagittarius, which is ruled
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  by Jupiter and Cancer. And tying in those themes of the
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  cycles of the light and the cycles of the year.
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  At this point, Sagittarius is the time of the year when we're
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  in this immutable fire sign, the part of the year where darkness
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  is starting to turn or bend towards light.
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  Imagine it as seen light at the end of the tunnel, almost like
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  there's a long journey of darkness that you know is not
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  quite over. But this is where the themes of
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  hope and renewal inspiration come from when we talk about
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  this Jupiter domicile of Sagittarius.
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  And as Mars continues to charge forward in Sagittarius, Mercury
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  actually is saying, wait, I need to go back.
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  There is something now that I see maybe as I'm bending this
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  corner of coming towards the light, maybe as I'm starting to
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  get a renewed sense of faith or optimism, there's some sort of
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  flash of insight that Mercury has where we realize we need to
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  look back. We need a little retrospect,
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  retrograde review to go back over and trace our steps back
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  through the darkness that we just traveled through.
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  It's a little bit different perspective.
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  Maybe we were going too small when we made those first
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  decisions on the October 19th Mercury Mars conjunction.
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  And now Mercury says whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I need to
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  renegotiate this contract. I am seeing things a little bit
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  differently now. If we took the time to slow down
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  and go back, retrace our steps, retrace our thoughts about
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  something, our negotiation or agreements or decisions about
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  something, because now there's more that we're taking into
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  consideration, more possibility, more potentiality, maybe more
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  for the better than what we had expected before.
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  So if the first Mercury Mars said we're going all the way,
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  we're not stopping till we get there.
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  This Mercury Mars says, But before we truly go, I think
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  there's something else I need to get or I need to get rid of
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  before I move forward with you. So Mercury is traveling back,
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  Mars is moving forward, Jupiter has said, whoa, hello, did you
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  realize this is what I'm really here for, This is what I really
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  have to offer. We have way more to consider.
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  More has come to light. We're seeing the potential of
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  the future in a new way. Now we get the third in the
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  series of conjunctions. We're going to Fast forward to
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  January of 2020, sixth. This conjunction is happening at
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  26th of Capricorn on January 17th, 2020.
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  Sixth, we are at the point in Capricorn, the winter solstice,
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  the time of the year where light overtakes dark, light conquers
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  dark. So the power of light is
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  returning during this Capricorn conjunction between Mercury and
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  Mars. So there's some sort of the
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  resolution that's been found that's finally finding its
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  footing at this point, the Mercury, Mars conjunction, it's
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  ready for us to get a little bit more serious and confident in
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  the decisions that we're making, to put some things into action,
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  into long term planning and strategy.
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  Because now we've got experience.
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  We have the leverage of hopefully some sort of wisdom,
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  some sort of lessons that we've learned in our true Saturn
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  fashion. And this is also the midpoint of
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  the series. So when we get to this point,
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  it's not the end, it's not the grand finale of these
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  conjunctions, but it is a point where we are being asked to
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  solidify our plans and our strategies for our path with
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  clear steps, how we're moving forward, getting our priorities
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  in order, making sure that we're really clear where are we
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  starting and where are we going. This is kind of like we're not
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  fucking around anymore and we're all in.
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  We're going. There is no going back.
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  We're not going back into the darkness again.
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  We are only moving towards the light, the new life, the new
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  spring equinox astrological year.
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  And it also just so happens that this Mercury Mars conjunction,
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  it's not only happening with both planets direct, it's also
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  happening with Mars who just went through its cycle renewal
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  with the Sun. Mars just went through this
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  beautiful kazimi with the Sun in Capricorn just days before.
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  And so Mars is renewed. Mars got infused with a whole
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  new solar vision, purpose, vitality in the sign of
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  Capricorn. So think about those qualities
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  of a strong, exalted Mars. Think about the qualities of
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  Capricorn's ruler, Saturn. Saturn is literally on the final
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  days of the final hours of the final lessons of whatever its
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  time in Pisces was about. Saturn is well versed, well
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  experienced, and has everything it needs to trust itself.
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  So what at this point are you being asked to trust yourself?
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  To go ahead and say yes, I'm ready.
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  I'm going to make these difficult decisions and I'm
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  going to do so with a little bit more authority, a little bit
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  more self trust. And those solid decisions, those
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  action plans we're ready to start taking seriously.
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  They're going to carry us into our 4th Mercury, Mars
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  conjunction, bring back Jupiter. If I had a bell for Jupiter, I'd
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  be ringing it because here it comes.
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  Now we're into March of 2026 and again this is happening when
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  Mercury is retrograde on March 15th, 2026, Mercury and Mars
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  come into a conjunction at 10° of Pisces.
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  This is a sign also ruled by Jupiter, and it just so happens
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  it's almost like an echo from the Sagittarius conjunction.
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  Past that, Jupiter is stationing direct right around this 4th
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  Mercury Mars conjunction in Jupiter sign.
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  The other significant part about this fourth conjunction is that
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  it's happening right on the heels of the next series of
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  eclipses. The North Node at this time is
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  going to be at 8° of Pisces. So this Mercury, Mars
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  conjunction is happening almost exactly conjunct this N node,
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  connecting and weaving together the echo of the eclipses that
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  have been unfolding. Remember those eclipses we just
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  finished going through in September of 2025?
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  This 4th conjunction is happening at a very faded
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  eclipse point in our chart, in our lives, in the stories that
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  are unfolding. And if we think back, we
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  remember that the first conjunction between Mercury and
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  Mars at 19° of Scorpio, that happened on the final day of
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  that partial solar eclipse in Virgo lunar cycle ruled by
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  Mercury. So there was something about
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  this closing point of that eclipse cycle that's coming full
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  circle at this 4th Mercury Mars conjunction in Pisces.
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  And then tying in the timeline with the cycle of the year.
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  In the cycle of the light, if the first conjunction happened
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  when we went from dark to more darkness, this 4th conjunction
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  is happening when we go from light bending towards more
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  light. This is the point where we have
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  been traveling and expanding more and more light, longer and
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  longer days. And there's a sense of
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  redemption, a sense of overcoming that's starting to
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  infuse our perceptions, our plans, our decisions.
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  So when we get to this point, I want you to just maybe jot down
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  some sort of full circle decision or perspective.
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  And also, how is it connected to those previous eclipses?
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  What started in the previous eclipse cycle has gone through
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  this series of renegotiations or reinvestigations between Mercury
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  and Mars and has reached some sort of major turning point.
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  Thinking about the Mercury retrograde revision process
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  review, refinement, and taking into consideration that it has
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  been collecting data that it needs to sort through that is
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  connected to months previous to that.
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  Almost like Mercury has access to surveillance cameras of all
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  timelines, past, present and future.
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  And it's our last turning point before we get to the final
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  conjunction. That's right, Mercury and Mars
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  make their final conjunction on April 20th, 2026 at 8° of Aries.
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  This time Mercury is direct, Mars is also direct, and now
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  we're back in Mars ruled sign. And this final conjunction
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  between Mercury and Mars, it's happening in a conjunction to
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  Saturn at 7° of Aries. So both planets already crossed
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  the threshold of Saturn in Aries, and now Saturn's here to
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  stay. So we get to this final place,
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  this final conjunction, and it's almost like Mercury and Mars are
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  signing the dotted line on on what it is.
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  They're coming into an agreement of what they're saying yes to,
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  not only for what they want to move forward, the decisions that
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  they're making, the contracts they're saying yes to, or the
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  negotiations they're agreeing to, but also the lessons they're
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  signing up for when it comes to Saturn and Aries.
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  This is like getting access to the battle plans we're going to
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  need for Saturn and Aries and what is going to be asking us to
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  prove is worth fighting for. This is also one of the most
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  beautiful culmination points for this series between Mercury and
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  Mars because as the celebration of the spring equinox Aries in
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  the northern hemisphere marks the point in our year, in our
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  cycle of the seasons and light, where light is now taking over
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  light. This has to do with success,
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  renewal, rebirth. This is not just a sense of
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  redemption. It's a sense of confidence and
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  the ability to overcome, to conquer, to have one something
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  and to feel a sense of confidence and courage,
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  inspiration, to take that win, to take that sense of capability
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  and to use it as leverage, fuel, motivation for what we're ready
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  to say yes to. Going into the future.
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  Starting these new chapters with Saturn and Neptune and Aries.
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  These new chapters with all of the outer planets officially
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  making their final ingress into new signs, We are starting
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  decade long chapters of life. Saturn and Aries is the shortest
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  epic of time out of these outer planet transits.
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  So it's like this final conjunction between Mercury and
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  Mars and Aries. This is when we finally sign
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  that new lease on life. We are signing the dotted line.
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  We are seeing clearly what we are saying yes to, what we're
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  starting, what we're fighting for, who we're fighting with.
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  This is extra significant because this 8°, it's a hot mark
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  in Aries. This is the same degree mark
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  where we had the final partial solar eclipse in Aries in 2025.
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  It's also the same place where Mercury and Venus had their
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  retrograde cycles in Aries in the spring of 2025.
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  So it's as if everything from before, all of those grand
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  finales, all of those major endings, they're coming full
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  circle to this final point, this final conversation, negotiation
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  and agreement between Mercury and Mars.
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  We are ready. We are clear.
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  And from this point, whatever we say yes to, we're saying yes and
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  living and learning through action as we charge ahead, we'll
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  live through the entire Mercury Mars synodic cycle, and we'll
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  get the next series of conjunction between Mercury and
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  Mars come 2028. So yes, babe, we are truly at
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  the threshold of really tying up our loose ends, of really
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  dropping all the baggage, making really important decisions,
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  decisions that we're going to have to retrace, We're going to
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  have to reflect, revise, and come to a final commitment point
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  in that April of 2026. So if you're somebody who's
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  feeling a little bit hesitant, feeling it a little bit unclear,
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  go ahead and lean into the mystery, lean into the unknown.
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  You don't have to know everything.
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  Just pay attention, keep your Mercury Mars surveillance
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  cameras on, keep listening for signs, messages and omens as we
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  move forward. And just know that by the time
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  we get to April 2026, you might see things in a completely
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  different way with a completely different confidence and who and
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  what you're going to be saying yes to.
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  Thank you so much for being here with me today.
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  If you're somebody who's interested and learning more
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  about how all of this astrology impacts you personally, all of
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  these major changes I talked about how this is all setting us
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  up for these decade long new transits, new timelines, new
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  life stages that we're going to be living on.
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  And it's not going to be affecting us all the same way.
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  That's why getting together in a one-on-one situation, looking at
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  the nuances of your chart can be is so helpful with a
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  professional astrologer. If you're interested in learning
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  more about that, you can find that linked below.
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  I also have an awesome digital product on my website for Saturn
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  and Aries. Alexandra Blair of Nine Lives
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  Astrology and I, we did a live workshop last year and we go
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  deep into all things Saturn, not just Saturn and Aries.
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  With so much Mars and Saturn themes underline these
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  conjunctions, it can be a great time to learn and educate
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  yourself a little bit of preparation for when we get to
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  that final conjunction and you get to say what you're saying,
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  saying yes, what hard lessons you're going to go all in with
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  Saturn come April 2026. I appreciate everybody for being
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  here with me today. I can't wait to hopefully see
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  you all back here on our next astrology forecast episode.
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  That way you're not going to miss the episode when it drops.
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  I wish you all the best and all the magic.
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  Until next time, bye guys.