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The Personal Planets, Pt. 1 · Astrology for Beginners

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  SPEAKER_00: Hello everyone, welcome back to the Astrology for Beginners podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm your host Stefanie Kate Boucher and I am so happy to have you here.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the podcast for you if you have ever wanted to learn how to read a natal chart or were kind of interested in astrology and wished that you understood more about it but didn't know where to begin or it seemed too complicated and you didn't have the time or the resources to invest in learning it.
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  SPEAKER_00: my goal is to break things down for you episode by episode in the most simplified way that I can so that you can learn to speak the language of the stars thank you for sharing your time with me now today we are going to start discussing the planets and how each of the planets in your chart
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_00: This kind of marks a new chapter in this show, in fact.
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  SPEAKER_00: I, for one, am really excited for it.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think it's time to tackle some new content.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, before we get into the heart of today's discussion, though, I want to deviate just very quickly to make you all aware of another project that I am also working on.
• 1:23
  SPEAKER_00: It's separate from this podcast, but still related to astrology, and that is my Moon Circle newsletter on Substack.
• 1:32
  SPEAKER_00: Very excited about this one, too.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_00: Now this, much like this podcast, is still pretty new.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's only about a month old right now as of this recording, maybe not even a month in fact, but this is going to be a program designed to help people manifest their goals and intentions and improve their well-being and quality of life by working with the lunar cycle.
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  SPEAKER_00: We haven't talked about lunar cycles and the phases of the moon on this podcast yet.
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  SPEAKER_00: We definitely will.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you've heard of moon circles and the lunar phases already.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you haven't, though, then essentially the basics are that a new lunar cycle begins about every month with the new moon.
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  SPEAKER_00: The New Moon is a great time to plant new seeds and ideas out into the universe.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that's when you want to set new intentions, begin working towards specific goals and start new projects somewhere in your life.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then, each new phase of the moon has a distinct type of energy that, if you know what it is and how to work with it, can help you determine the appropriate and most useful course of action while you work towards those goals.
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  SPEAKER_00: It sounds a little quirky, I realize, to people who aren't familiar with this idea,
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  SPEAKER_00: But working with moon phases really, really works.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lots of people do it, and people have been doing it for millennia.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is an extremely ancient practice, and it was used by our ancestors to plan everything from farming to travel to waging war.
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  SPEAKER_00: Anything where people wanted to leverage the energy that was available to their advantage.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we're going to be working with the lunar cycle in the moon circle.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what you'll get every month is an in-depth newsletter, several pages long.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think the last one was eight pages or something like that.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you'll be getting that at the time of the new moon.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it will detail all of the astrological energy of that particular new moon
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  SPEAKER_00: based on the sign that it's in and any aspects that the new moon is making with other planets anything at all that impacts its energy or the energy overall for the next month and it will also include a personalized forecast and set of suggestions for you based on your rising sign because
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is the other thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Each new moon will take place in a specific house of your natal chart, and you're going to want to leverage the energy particular to that house.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you'll get this newsletter to work on setting your intentions for the month.
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  SPEAKER_00: You'll also get seven more little mini newsletters or shorter emails for all the other moon phases.
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  SPEAKER_00: to help you track the energy and make progress throughout the cycle.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now beyond that, the rest of this is still evolving and it's going to be growing.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm hoping to build some kind of chat feature into this.
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  SPEAKER_00: I would really love to build a sense of community around it.
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  SPEAKER_00: There will also likely be other blog posts coming about topics related to manifestation or wellness or
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  SPEAKER_00: Anything that Pertains to the Energy of the Month.
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  SPEAKER_00: Again, it's still developing, but it's an exciting time to join because I'll be taking feedback from those who want to let me know what they hope to get out of the group.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like many other substacks, this is going to be based on a subscription model.
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  SPEAKER_00: If You Want to Be Able to Unlock All of the Features.
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  SPEAKER_00: But it's pretty minimal at this point, just $5 a month for the big newsletter.
• 5:34
  SPEAKER_00: If you want to get an idea of what that new moon newsletter looks like, the edition from last month, the month of February, is available on the Substack page for free.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you can find that at mooncircle.substack.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I encourage you to check this out if this is something that interests you.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've wanted to run a moon circle for a very long time now and I'm very excited about it and eager to keep developing it and watching it grow.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay now
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's talk about the planets, shall we?
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  SPEAKER_00: I think it can help to know that for astrological purposes, all of the planets in our solar system are placed into three different groups based on their distance from the Sun.
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  SPEAKER_00: And those three groups are the personal planets, or sometimes called the inner planets, which are the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I realize those aren't all
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  SPEAKER_00: Astrology for Beginners
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  SPEAKER_00: Then there are the social planets Jupiter and Saturn which represent your individual connection to the larger world or society in which you live.
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  SPEAKER_00: So they influence us in terms of the way we feel about and respond to cultural norms and structures.
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  SPEAKER_00: So they're like the rules and values that allow you to get by in society and live a fruitful life and that type of thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: And last are the transpersonal planets or the outer planets which are Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
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  SPEAKER_00: The energy of these planets tends to affect us more at the collective level and tends to influence what is happening in society as a whole.
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  SPEAKER_00: They can impact us personally, for sure, especially if they're prominent in your chart, like maybe you have an outer planet that's conjunct one of your angles, like the Ascendant or Midheaven, or maybe you have an outer planet that's conjunct with your Sun or your Moon, or it's in your first house or something.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you do, you will feel the traits associated with that planet more acutely.
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  SPEAKER_00: but in general they impact the collective of humanity more often and specifically they're known for impacting generations that's because they move very very slowly and
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  SPEAKER_00: and stay in the same sign for many years at a time so you have entire generations of people like for example Gen Alpha all being born with Pluto and Capricorn or something and so what it does is it creates the flavor of a generation or the zeitgeist of a particular era and shapes the common themes or issues that become important to a whole generation of people.
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  SPEAKER_00: For today, however, we are going to start covering the personal planets.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the personal planets, again, still, are all about honing in on who you are, what you came here to learn and to be, what your natural talents and interests are, how you react to things and behave, and all those other things about you that make you unique.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, we already talked a lot about the Sun and the Moon in the last episode about the Big Three.
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  SPEAKER_00: I am going to add a bit more about them today too, though, and specifically how to interpret their placements just because they are so integral to who we are.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then after we do the two luminaries, I'm going to start on the other personal planets.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what I'm thinking I'm going to do is to just cover one, Mercury, I think today, and do a kind of deeper dive on what that planetary energy might look like or how it would manifest in the houses and the signs since we haven't really translated house energy and sign energy into any of the planets before.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I just want to make sure I give you a good feel for that.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then next week we can wrap these personal planets up by covering Venus and Mars, which incidentally are kind of nice to talk about together anyway.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I think that should work well.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that way, I won't worry about rushing things too much.
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  SPEAKER_00: Five planets is a lot to try and remember or blend together all at once.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the Sun and the Moon.
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  SPEAKER_00: These two luminaries work together to create your core identity, even though you probably haven't thought as much about your moon sign and moon placement before.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the Sun and the Moon are equally important.
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  SPEAKER_00: They Are Yin and Yang Energy, respectively.
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  SPEAKER_00: The sun represents your life's purpose, your core nature, what tends to be most important to you, what you focus on, what keeps coming up for you in your life again and again, and what you're meant to be working on and developing over the span of decades.
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  SPEAKER_00: It also shows you what you find to be the most fulfilling in life.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Moon Placements show us what a person needs in order to feel safe and secure.
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  SPEAKER_00: It shows us how we experience our own emotions, how and where we direct those emotions.
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  SPEAKER_00: It shows us what's happening in our subconscious, what our patterns are, whether or not we're aware of those patterns.
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  SPEAKER_00: It shows us how we nurture because the moon is very much tied to nurturing and caregiving.
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  SPEAKER_00: And interestingly, because the moon is also so closely tied to cycles, lunar cycles, it also plays a role in the cycles that take place in our minds and bodies.
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  SPEAKER_00: So menstrual cycles, for example, have a very strong lunar connection.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hormonal or endocrine cycles of all kinds do, in fact.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sleep cycles and circadian rhythms are another, as well as cycles related to digestion, even.
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  SPEAKER_00: So with all of this in mind about the Sun and the Moon,
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  SPEAKER_00: you'll want to take a look at your natal chart to see where the sun and the moon are for you what house are they in and what signs are they in the house that the sun is in this is really important tells you what part of your life you are here to focus on where in your life you are or will be having a lot of experiences what you are learning to do really well in this lifetime it shows you
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  SPEAKER_00: Where You Have the Potential to Grow and Shine and Be a Light for Other People.
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  SPEAKER_00: So for example, if you have your son in the first house, the house of self, well, you are here to focus on yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: That would be a set of life experiences tied to developing qualities like independence and having a strong sense of identity.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's about understanding who you are,
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  SPEAKER_00: what you like and don't like and what you want learning how to stand fully and authentically in that space to make sure that your needs are met and the place where you as a Sun in the first house person would really be able to shine is just by being yourself developing your true personality being yourself and letting other people see you for who you are
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  SPEAKER_00: It's possible that someone like this would have had other lifetimes where their needs and desires got lost or shoved aside because they were overly identified with their relationships or with the groups or communities they were in and maybe they didn't get to prioritize themselves or even develop into their full potential.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe they had talents that went unrealized.
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  SPEAKER_00: So now this is going to get remedied by them becoming a more confident and assertive person who can really make an impression on people and someone like this might even become a prominent person.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is someone who is going to be seen.
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  SPEAKER_00: now by contrast if your moon were in the first house instead of your sun that would be something different having your natal moon in the first house of self would typically indicate a more emotional type of person because the moon is full of emotion and
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  SPEAKER_00: This might also be a person whose emotions are strongly tied to issues of self.
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  SPEAKER_00: For example, they might have a lot of emotions around their own identity or even around their physical body.
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  SPEAKER_00: They may be very concerned about their image or the way people see them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe they even worry about that a lot, or maybe they have a lot of feelings or concerns about how their personality or their behavior is coming across to others, or they may have emotions tied to the way they look physically and have some anxiety about their physical appearance, or they love their physical appearance.
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  SPEAKER_00: That can be the case too, but either way they have emotion around it.
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  SPEAKER_00: this is probably also someone who just in general would have a lot of emotions and feel all of the big feels and and what they will also have is an innate need to express themselves and express their feelings making sure they can express their feelings would be a really important part of well-being for someone with this placement keeping feelings shoved down or bottled up would
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  SPEAKER_00: Really Not Be Great for a Person with Their Natal Moon in the First House.
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  SPEAKER_00: This would be an expressive person, probably, and their emotions may in fact be very visible to other people.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's likely that people can tell how they're feeling.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you've heard that old saying about someone wearing their heart on their sleeve, meaning everyone can tell exactly what type of mood someone is in all the time, that would be this person.
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  SPEAKER_00: Alternatively, because the moon is tied to nurturing, they may also be viewed as a very nurturing and compassionate person as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now these first house placements would be very different from having the sun or moon in the opposite house which is the seventh house and the house of partnership, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Someone with the sun in their seventh house would be doing the opposite thing of the first house person and they would be learning to develop their identity through the lens of their closest relationships.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a partnership lifetime.
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  SPEAKER_00: They would be placing a lot of focus on how to create harmonious connections with other people and how to balance their own needs with the needs of another.
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  SPEAKER_00: That would feel fulfilling to them when they're able to do that.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this would be someone who really shines ultimately when it comes to finding compromises and being very fair and very diplomatic.
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  SPEAKER_00: Finding Win-Win Situations would be really big here.
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  SPEAKER_00: And relationships could end up being something they're really good at and really expert at.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, with the moon there, that would mean that you'd probably find your sense of emotional security through intimate connections with other people.
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  SPEAKER_00: This isn't really someone who's going to want to go it alone in life, so to speak.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what they need emotionally is for the relationships that they're in to feel balanced and harmonious, I should say.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because their emotions will also be influenced by those of their partner.
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  SPEAKER_00: So being in a very discordant relationship or partnership is not going to be very healthy for someone with the moon in the seventh house.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, so those are just a couple of examples.
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  SPEAKER_00: Same Houses, Same Themes, regardless of whether we're talking about the sun or the moon, but you can see how each planet or planetary body is going to work with that same space a little bit differently.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can go back and re-listen to the episode on the 12 houses if you need to.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe you want to zone in on whichever houses are relevant to you in the recording and
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  SPEAKER_00: and you can also find the cheat sheet or the house wheel that I made for you there that has a briefer summary of the life areas that are covered by each house
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, just keep in mind that most houses can mean different things all at the same time, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Like the second house can be about earning money and accumulating resources, or it can be about building self-esteem and focusing on personal values.
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  SPEAKER_00: And similarly, the fourth house can be about home and family, but it can also be about nurturing or it can be about ancestry or your roots.
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  SPEAKER_00: Patriotism Even.
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  SPEAKER_00: That could be a fourth house issue as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you aren't sure immediately which themes in a particular house apply most to you, I recommend that you just, you know, get quiet for a minute, let all of your thoughts and presumptions and biases go, and just take a moment to focus in on each issue or theme separately, figure
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  SPEAKER_00: Feel Into It.
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  SPEAKER_00: See if the idea of that thing resonates in your body somewhere.
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  SPEAKER_00: See if you get an energetic hit on what feels true for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm thinking that you're going to know, subconsciously or consciously, you're going to know if your eighth house placement is about shared monetary resources, or if it's about going through deep transformations in your life, or if it's about exploring very deep levels of intimacy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Something, one of those, in whatever house you're talking about is going to ring true for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or maybe multiple things in the house will seem true for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: It doesn't have to be just one.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes we deal with a couple of them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes we deal with all of them.
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  SPEAKER_00: But whatever it is, trust it.
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  SPEAKER_00: The study of astrology is as much about intuition and learning to trust your own insights as it is about any sort of technical knowledge.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then, of course, after you have a grasp on the house placement for your sun and your moon and what they mean to you, you're going to want to look again at the sign, which shows you the style that the planet is going to use to carry out its objectives in that house.
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  SPEAKER_00: So again, example.
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  SPEAKER_00: If someone has their son in the fourth house in Sagittarius, how can we interpret that?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, we can tell that that could be someone who will be focusing a lot on issues and themes pertaining to home and family, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Because fourth house issues, that's going to be a big part of their identity and something that's fulfilling to them.
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  SPEAKER_00: But how will they accomplish that exactly?
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  SPEAKER_00: With the placement in Sagittarius, I would imagine that
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  SPEAKER_00: In focusing in on home and family, they're going to be doing that by trying to create a home environment that feels really jovial, really fun-loving, really a warm and optimistic and accepting place to be.
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  SPEAKER_00: They might try to infuse the home or the family with a sense of adventure and a love of learning.
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  SPEAKER_00: philosophy and worldviews might be important to this person or certainly would be so there would probably be lots of lively and interesting discussions around the dinner table and all of this would come together to create their personal nurturing style and their way of leading and shining on those whom they nurture.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay now we get to cover some new planets which is exciting.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's the first time we've done that on this show.
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  SPEAKER_00: We are veering off into new territory everybody.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's talk about Mercury first because we're going to start at the innermost part of the solar system and work our way outward.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mercury or the winged messenger in Roman mythology is the planet closest to the sun and
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  SPEAKER_00: And because of that, it's the planet that makes its way around the Sun the fastest.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mercury changes signs about every two weeks and completes one full revolution around the Sun in just 88 days.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now compare that to the Earth, which takes 365 days or one year.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, if you've paid a bit of attention to astrology in the past, you may have heard of Mercury or know of Mercury, astrologically speaking, in terms of the much discussed and often dreaded Mercury retrogrades, which happen about three to four times a year when Mercury appears to be moving backward in the sky, although it's not actually moving backward at all.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we get to experience all kinds of minor inconveniences such as travel snafus, miscommunications, and technological or mechanical breakdowns.
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  SPEAKER_00: We'll get into all of that and discuss planetary retrogrades another time.
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  SPEAKER_00: But what I want you to know for today is how Mercury functions in your chart.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mercury in your natal chart represents your intellect your thinking and your communication style it shows you how you think and how you communicate it also shows you what types of things you like to think about
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  SPEAKER_00: It's the planet of logic and reason.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Mercury is the planetary ruler of the signs Gemini and Virgo.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so those signs naturally exhibit a lot of mercurial traits such as being intellectually sharp, curious, quick, and agile, things like that.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mercury is also about communication so those signs can also tend to be very articulate and have a way with words either through writing or speaking.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, interpreting Mercury in your chart is going to provide you with a lot of valuable information about yourself in terms of understanding things like how you learn, what your learning preferences are, the way you think and process information, what you like to think and learn about, and what your communication style is.
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  SPEAKER_00: So look at your chart again.
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  SPEAKER_00: or maybe you already know where your natal Mercury is but if you don't you'll definitely want to take a look and once again you'll find out what house Mercury lives in for you and the house that Mercury is in will tell you about the part of your life or where in your life it's easiest for you to express yourself and your ideas.
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  SPEAKER_00: It can also tell you where you like to direct your cognitive energy and where you tend to apply your brain power.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, the house in question is the stage or the set where the actor, which in this case is Mercury, gets to play its role and the role is its sign.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I do feel like the house meanings should be pretty straightforward with this planet.
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  SPEAKER_00: The ones I do feel like people could get tripped up on might be the first house, because if that's you, I'm imagining that you could be thinking, okay, what does that mean?
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  SPEAKER_00: Does that mean I'm only good at communicating with myself?
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  SPEAKER_00: Fortunately, no, that is not what that means.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you have that placement, it actually means that you're likely to be
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  SPEAKER_00: Really Good at Self-Expression
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  SPEAKER_00: it means that the qualities that are associated with Mercury would be a very important component of who you are and other people are going to notice this about you and will see you this way because the first house is what people notice about you.
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  SPEAKER_00: that's the case for any planet in the first house by the way having a planet in this house means that the energy it represents is a very visible and important part of who you are that energy gets kind of infused into you as a person
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  SPEAKER_00: Now the other tricky one I think might be the 12th house because it's so solitary and this often signals a really deep thinker but maybe someone who tends to be shy or has trepidations about sharing too much with other people
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  SPEAKER_00: or it might be difficult for them to express themselves verbally things that are in the 12th house can be hard to access sometimes they get hidden or they feel a bit fuzzy and intangible somehow
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  SPEAKER_00: But alternatively, Mercury in the 12th house might be very good at communicating through art.
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  SPEAKER_00: It might find its way out through very creative outlets, or it might indicate that prayer becomes important for this person, or some kind of spiritual form of communication, perhaps, because the 12th house is the most spiritual house.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, the sign, again, is the style that Mercury is going to use to carry out its objectives, just like with the Sun and the Moon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's just run through the signs super quick.
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  SPEAKER_00: Since the energy of Mercury is so much more specific or narrow, I guess, than that of the Sun or the Moon, I think that would be helpful.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mercury in Aries would denote a style of thinking and communication that is very assertive and very direct.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's going to be sort of unfiltered perhaps and maybe a little reactive because remember that Aries is kind of we talked about it being that that bang that you know it's off to the races so it's kind of a reactive sign.
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  SPEAKER_00: Also though a very proactive sign and just kind of just bold
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  SPEAKER_00: For Better or Worse.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is a bold communicator and they will experience benefits from being a bold communicator and also sort of the, I guess, less beneficial components of being a bold communicator at other times.
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  SPEAKER_00: With
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  SPEAKER_00: Mercury in Taurus, thinking would be centered a good deal around security and comfort.
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  SPEAKER_00: There could be a tendency toward looking at things in a more conventional or traditional way, and their communication would be very patient, I think.
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  SPEAKER_00: It would be very deliberate, perhaps, and not to be rushed.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you have Mercury in Gemini, Mercury rules Gemini.
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  SPEAKER_00: So you get to double down here on Mercury's innate traits.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is someone usually with a very strong intellect who is articulate and may also be a very good writer or even a public speaker.
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  SPEAKER_00: They would probably also communicate with a fair amount of wit because Gemini is pretty witty.
• 30:15
  SPEAKER_00: In Cancer, Mercury is going to filter communication through their emotions.
• 30:22
  SPEAKER_00: This is going to be someone who communicates in a way that is very sensitive and in a way that really helps them connect with people.
• 30:32
  SPEAKER_00: Mercury in Cancer really wants to connect with other people.
• 30:38
  SPEAKER_00: With Mercury and Leo, a person would likely want to express themselves and get their thoughts and ideas out into the world.
• 30:48
  SPEAKER_00: This could be a performer of some kind or maybe someone who communicates in a way that entertains people or holds their attention somehow.
• 31:00
  SPEAKER_00: There could be a flair for drama even.
• 31:03
  SPEAKER_00: because this is a communication style that fosters being seen and heard.
• 31:10
  SPEAKER_00: Now in Virgo, the other sign that Mercury rules, a person will be a very analytical thinker with a strong focus on precision and organization.
• 31:22
  SPEAKER_00: These folks make really good problem solvers and they're capable of putting out very high quality detail-oriented work.
• 31:32
  SPEAKER_00: Mercury in Libra communicates with a lot of tact and a lot of diplomacy this would be a very fair person in their thinking who wants to weigh all sides of a situation before they take action and they're probably someone possibly who enjoys communicating with a lot of people because of course Libra is all about making connections as an air sign
• 31:58
  SPEAKER_00: In Scorpio, Mercury shows up as intense and tenacious and probing and really wants to use that intellect to get to the bottom of whatever is going on.
• 32:12
  SPEAKER_00: And they will
• 32:14
  SPEAKER_00: Enjoy thinking about and talking about the more uncomfortable subjects or be willing to have the more uncomfortable conversations that other people don't necessarily want to have.
• 32:27
  SPEAKER_00: They like going really deep in their communication with other people.
• 32:32
  SPEAKER_00: So small talk isn't something that's all that exciting to someone with this placement.
• 32:37
  SPEAKER_00: Mercury in Sagittarius likes to explore new ideas.
• 32:55
  SPEAKER_00: In Capricorn, if you have Mercury in Capricorn, a person's thinking is going to be very disciplined and very, very strategic.
• 33:05
  SPEAKER_00: Mercury here is pretty traditional, typically, but it thinks about the long-term goals and achievements that it wants and it's really good at making plans and strategizing on how to get there.
• 33:21
  SPEAKER_00: communication styles here would be more serious but also pretty authoritative.
• 33:29
  SPEAKER_00: An Aquarius Mercury alternatively would be a more unconventional thinker, a person with innovative and revolutionary ideas.
• 33:39
  SPEAKER_00: They may communicate about issues around progress or humanitarianism or social change.
• 33:45
  SPEAKER_00: They may like communicating with the human collective.
• 33:49
  SPEAKER_00: But they also tend to be kind of detached or aloof in their interpersonal communication style.
• 33:55
  SPEAKER_00: This isn't really someone who's going to get whipped up into a frenzy all that often.
• 34:01
  SPEAKER_00: And finally, a Pisces Mercury placement is going to have a very imaginative thinking.
• 34:09
  SPEAKER_00: This is dreamy thinking, abstract thinking that kind of blurs the boundaries of fantasy and reality.
• 34:17
  SPEAKER_00: fiction writers for example could do really well here and so would artists and other creatives and indeed these people may communicate through their art whatever that ends up being so that hopefully gives you a bit of an idea on
• 34:36
  SPEAKER_00: What a Planet Looks Like Through the Different Signs and How to Apply the Energy of the Signs to a Planet.
• 34:45
  SPEAKER_00: You sort of just have to take the two things and fuse them together.
• 34:48
  SPEAKER_00: You have that sign energy and you have that planetary energy and then you really just have to use some critical thinking skills to blend them together and figure out how that's going to look and show up.
• 35:01
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, that's about time to wrap up for today.
• 35:04
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• 35:08
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• 35:47
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• 35:51
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