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All About Transit Charts – And How to Use One to Prepare for Eclipse Season · 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, Stephanie 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
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SPEAKER_00: chart or were kind of interested in astrology and wished that you understood more
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SPEAKER_00: about it but didn't know where to begin or it seemed too complicated and you didn't
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SPEAKER_00: 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
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SPEAKER_00: way that I can so that you can learn to speak the language of the stars.
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SPEAKER_00: Thank you for learning astrology with me.
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SPEAKER_00: Hey everyone, welcome back.
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SPEAKER_00: We are here again for another round of astrology school.
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SPEAKER_00: Class is in session, if you want to think of it that way.
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SPEAKER_00: Or maybe it's not school.
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SPEAKER_00: Maybe it's just like a fun chat with friends over coffee instead.
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SPEAKER_00: It's whatever you want it to be, I think.
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SPEAKER_00: This is an exciting show today.
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SPEAKER_00: We are shifting gears for this episode,
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SPEAKER_00: at least,
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SPEAKER_00: because we aren't just going to be talking about natal charts today.
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SPEAKER_00: Your natal chart is part of the discussion.
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SPEAKER_00: You'll still need it to proceed with this episode,
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SPEAKER_00: but we are going to take the next step in our astrology journey,
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SPEAKER_00: and we're going to talk about transit charts.
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SPEAKER_00: Some of you, in fact, have been asking if we could talk about transit charts.
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SPEAKER_00: Some people who are relatively new to astrology have wanted to know what astrology charts are.
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SPEAKER_00: Or maybe some of you have been confused about what people mean when they talk about transits.
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SPEAKER_00: How are these other charts, transit charts, different from a natal chart and what are they used for?
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SPEAKER_00: Why do we have them?
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SPEAKER_00: Some of you have wondered why when you look up the meaning of particular aspects on
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SPEAKER_00: a website or in an app,
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SPEAKER_00: if you've ever done that,
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SPEAKER_00: If you've ever Googled a particular aspect to find out more about what it means,
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SPEAKER_00: they might stumble across a definition of an aspect that says Jupiter opposite
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SPEAKER_00: Jupiter or Mars square Mars.
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SPEAKER_00: And then that feels confusing because they're thinking, how can Mars be square Mars?
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SPEAKER_00: A natal chart only has one Mars, right?
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SPEAKER_00: I don't get it.
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SPEAKER_00: So today we'll cover what a transit chart is, what they are used for, why we have them.
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SPEAKER_00: I'll give you some examples of actual transits I'm having right now in my life and
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SPEAKER_00: the ways that they're showing up for me in my day to day.
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SPEAKER_00: And then I'll be talking about an actual transit,
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SPEAKER_00: an event happening in the sky today that you're going to want to pull a transit
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SPEAKER_00: chart for,
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SPEAKER_00: for yourself,
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SPEAKER_00: because this one is going to have an impact on your life over the next several months,
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SPEAKER_00: if not the next two years.
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SPEAKER_00: So if you're listening to this well after the release day, that's okay.
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SPEAKER_00: Don't worry about the timing because it's still going to be relevant for you unless
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SPEAKER_00: you're listening in 2027 or beyond.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay, so what are transit charts?
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SPEAKER_00: Well,
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SPEAKER_00: the word transits refers to where in the sky all of the planets and other celestial
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SPEAKER_00: bodies are right now.
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SPEAKER_00: or at any particular moment in time that you want to look up,
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SPEAKER_00: because you can look up any day of your life,
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SPEAKER_00: past,
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SPEAKER_00: present,
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SPEAKER_00: or future.
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SPEAKER_00: And a transit chart shows you where everything is in the sky, what the sky looks like at a given moment,
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SPEAKER_00: in relation to where everything was when you were born.
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SPEAKER_00: It compares the configuration of the sky at a particular moment in time,
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SPEAKER_00: like say right now,
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SPEAKER_00: with your natal chart.
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SPEAKER_00: And the reason we use them is because while your birth chart is kind of like the
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SPEAKER_00: blueprint of who you are and why you're here and what you came here to work on,
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SPEAKER_00: what's happening in the sky on any day is
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SPEAKER_00: The transits is what's influencing the way that you are experiencing your life at that particular time.
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SPEAKER_00: The current sky is always influencing all of humanity as a collective unit,
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SPEAKER_00: and it's interacting with each of our birth charts differently.
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SPEAKER_00: to create our own unique experiences day to day, week to week, month to month, etc.
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SPEAKER_00: And so you can use a transit chart to see what types of energies you have available
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SPEAKER_00: to you or what types of energies are likely to be coming up for you at certain times.
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SPEAKER_00: If you understand what type of energy you have to work with,
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SPEAKER_00: then you can use it advantageously,
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SPEAKER_00: or at least try to pull the best from it.
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SPEAKER_00: It allows you to understand your current experience of life better and make the most of it.
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SPEAKER_00: So if there's a really positive,
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SPEAKER_00: easy energy coming your way in a certain area of your life,
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SPEAKER_00: you might want to know about that so that you can put some extra energy there and
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SPEAKER_00: make real progress rather than not knowing about it and having it slip by you unnoticed.
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SPEAKER_00: Or alternatively,
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SPEAKER_00: if challenging energy is coming your way,
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SPEAKER_00: you can find ways through your actions and your thinking,
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SPEAKER_00: you know,
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SPEAKER_00: the way you frame things mentally,
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SPEAKER_00: to try and funnel that energy into the more positive possibilities associated with
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SPEAKER_00: that energy,
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SPEAKER_00: rather than blindly sinking into the shadow side of that energy.
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SPEAKER_00: Because we do have choices in this life, right?
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SPEAKER_00: Of course, there are some things that are completely out of our control and life can happen.
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SPEAKER_00: And there's always going to be a certain amount of chaos.
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SPEAKER_00: But we can choose.
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SPEAKER_00: to an extent, how to use the energies and events that come our way.
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SPEAKER_00: Your astrology isn't simply happening to you.
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SPEAKER_00: It's not fixed or fatalistic.
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SPEAKER_00: We can be co-creators in our experiences here, for better or worse.
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SPEAKER_00: So if you ever do see a transit coming in that you don't like the look of, please do not freak out.
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SPEAKER_00: I will be the first to tell you that that can be problematic and unhealthy.
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SPEAKER_00: Instead, focus on what the positive possibilities are in that transit.
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SPEAKER_00: Funnel your energy in that direction as best you can and just watch out for the shadow side.
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SPEAKER_00: Watch out for the pitfalls.
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SPEAKER_00: It will be okay.
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SPEAKER_00: All right.
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SPEAKER_00: So as I've said many times on this podcast,
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SPEAKER_00: your needle chart is a snapshot of where all of the planets and celestial bodies
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SPEAKER_00: were at the moment of your birth in the specific location where you were born.
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SPEAKER_00: Your natal chart is essentially a transit chart for the moment you were born.
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SPEAKER_00: At the moment you were born, what became your natal chart was just a set of transits for everyone else.
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SPEAKER_00: That particular configuration that was in the sky at that moment was affecting
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SPEAKER_00: everyone else on the planet temporarily.
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SPEAKER_00: But for all the other people, it was fleeting.
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SPEAKER_00: It was a short-term experience.
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SPEAKER_00: For you, it's baked into who you are because that's the moment you hopped into this life.
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SPEAKER_00: And that was very intentional, by the way.
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SPEAKER_00: I believe you chose that moment of your birth so that you could have that
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SPEAKER_00: particular configuration to work with and use for the rest of your life.
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SPEAKER_00: That was a configuration that was going to give you the best shot at getting the
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SPEAKER_00: types of lessons you thought you needed.
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SPEAKER_00: And so here you are.
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SPEAKER_00: You were born.
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SPEAKER_00: You have this needle chart now to work with for the rest of your life.
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SPEAKER_00: It tells you a lot about yourself and the life experiences you're going to be working with.
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SPEAKER_00: It tells you what types of energies you've brought into this life with you.
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SPEAKER_00: It tells you what types of energies and patterns you're inheriting from your family.
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SPEAKER_00: and your ancestors.
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SPEAKER_00: It tells you about the energetic patterns and experiences that you were expecting
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SPEAKER_00: to get and probably did get during your childhood.
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SPEAKER_00: It tells you about the types of lessons you wanted to work on in this life and where you wanted to grow.
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SPEAKER_00: It alludes to the types of things you wanted to do in the world or accomplish in
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SPEAKER_00: your life,
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SPEAKER_00: the types of relationships you planned,
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SPEAKER_00: your talents,
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SPEAKER_00: your character traits.
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SPEAKER_00: your shortcomings also,
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SPEAKER_00: the types of struggles or challenges you were willing to take on when you got here,
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SPEAKER_00: all kinds of different things that sort of live inside you and make up your
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SPEAKER_00: personal experience here on Earth.
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SPEAKER_00: But what about the outside world?
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SPEAKER_00: What happens all along your journey here to trigger or activate all of these
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SPEAKER_00: experiences and these growth edges that you thought you'd have or that you planned?
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SPEAKER_00: Well, what happens is that the planets, of course, don't stay where they were when you were born.
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SPEAKER_00: They keep on moving.
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SPEAKER_00: each one according to the patterns that they always follow.
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SPEAKER_00: The sun moves on its path at its particular speed,
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SPEAKER_00: returning to the same spot once a year on your birthday.
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SPEAKER_00: The moon moves all along its path at its particular speed, returning to the same spot once a month.
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SPEAKER_00: And all the other planets move on their paths at their own speed, doing the exact same thing.
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SPEAKER_00: So they keep moving,
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SPEAKER_00: and as they move,
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SPEAKER_00: they interact with your natal chart to create new energetic possibilities.
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SPEAKER_00: While moving along their orbits,
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SPEAKER_00: the planets pass through the different houses of your natal chart,
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SPEAKER_00: giving you a glimpse of those different energies,
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SPEAKER_00: giving you a chance to have the experiences and work on the energies that come up
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SPEAKER_00: with that planet there.
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SPEAKER_00: You still have a natal chart.
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SPEAKER_00: That's the basis of who you are, and you'll always have that.
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SPEAKER_00: But this other chart, this transit chart, adds an additional layer to your current experiences here.
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SPEAKER_00: And importantly, the transiting planets create aspects with your natal planets.
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SPEAKER_00: And these are what trigger the larger events in your life and what triggers your
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SPEAKER_00: learning experiences to actually happen.
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SPEAKER_00: These transiting planets to your natal planets are kind of what set in motion the
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SPEAKER_00: specific lessons you knew you'd be getting when you came into your lifetime.
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SPEAKER_00: So,
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SPEAKER_00: you know,
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SPEAKER_00: some of these transits are pretty quick,
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SPEAKER_00: just short term transits that last a few days or even just a few hours.
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SPEAKER_00: The moon,
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SPEAKER_00: for example,
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SPEAKER_00: travels very quickly,
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SPEAKER_00: and so the transiting moon might create an aspect with one of your natal planets,
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SPEAKER_00: like a conjunction or a trine or any other aspect,
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SPEAKER_00: that only lasts a few hours.
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SPEAKER_00: Those transit aspects aren't insignificant by any means,
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SPEAKER_00: and in fact they can be really meaningful,
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SPEAKER_00: but they tend to have more to do with the mood of the day or the mood of a
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SPEAKER_00: couple of days rather than setting off really big life events most of the time.
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SPEAKER_00: The Sun or Mercury or Venus,
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SPEAKER_00: when one of those transiting planets forms an aspect to a natal planet,
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SPEAKER_00: that'll last a few days.
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SPEAKER_00: Because they're typically moving about a degree every day or so, give or take.
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SPEAKER_00: And aspects always have orbs of at least a couple of degrees on each side, if not more.
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SPEAKER_00: So if you include the entire orb of that transit, they last a bit longer.
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SPEAKER_00: Those have a little more impact, right?
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SPEAKER_00: Because they span over a longer time.
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SPEAKER_00: But what's even more significant are the transits that last a longer time.
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SPEAKER_00: These would be things in the sky that move slowly.
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SPEAKER_00: the lunar nodes move slowly.
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SPEAKER_00: The outer planets.
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SPEAKER_00: And by outer, in this context, I'm talking about Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
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SPEAKER_00: They move slowly.
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SPEAKER_00: Chiron, the planetoid, slow.
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SPEAKER_00: These types of transits can last weeks or months or even years, depending on the planet in question.
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SPEAKER_00: So to use an example, right now, I have transiting Saturn and
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SPEAKER_00: in Pisces opposite my natal Mars in Virgo.
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SPEAKER_00: That means that Saturn,
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SPEAKER_00: the position of Saturn in the sky right now,
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SPEAKER_00: today,
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SPEAKER_00: as of the time of this recording,
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SPEAKER_00: is opposite where my Mars is in my natal chart.
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SPEAKER_00: I have my natal Mars at 17 degrees Virgo, and Saturn is currently at 15 degrees Pisces.
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SPEAKER_00: In fact, Saturn recently went retrograde.
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SPEAKER_00: That means it looks like it's moving backward in the sky, even if it's technically not.
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SPEAKER_00: And that retrograde started when Saturn was at 19 degrees Pisces,
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SPEAKER_00: which means I'd already experienced that opposition a first time earlier this year
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SPEAKER_00: when it moved over 17 degrees Pisces on its way to 19 degrees Pisces.
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SPEAKER_00: But then it passed backward over 17 degrees Pisces again in reverse over the summer.
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SPEAKER_00: And eventually,
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SPEAKER_00: when Saturn goes direct again in November,
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SPEAKER_00: it's going to move forward and then pass over 17 degrees Pisces a third time early
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SPEAKER_00: next year.
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SPEAKER_00: And because Saturn moves pretty slowly...
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SPEAKER_00: This transit is impacting my life over the better part of a year.
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SPEAKER_00: And,
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SPEAKER_00: you know,
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SPEAKER_00: Saturn transits aren't known for being easy,
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SPEAKER_00: by the way,
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SPEAKER_00: especially when they form hard aspects like squares and oppositions.
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SPEAKER_00: Transit Saturn opposite natal Mars is typically going to be a time in life when you
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SPEAKER_00: feel like there are just a lot of things standing in your way.
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SPEAKER_00: There are things you want to do.
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SPEAKER_00: That's Mars.
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SPEAKER_00: There are actions you want to take.
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SPEAKER_00: But there are circumstances in your life coming up that are preventing you from
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SPEAKER_00: being able to take those actions,
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SPEAKER_00: or at least preventing you from taking them in the way you'd prefer to take them.
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SPEAKER_00: But you can't get around them easily because the circumstances are very real.
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SPEAKER_00: Often it comes in the form of responsibilities that have to be met,
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SPEAKER_00: or authority figures that you're bumping up against,
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SPEAKER_00: or systems that aren't working in your favor.
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SPEAKER_00: Right?
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SPEAKER_00: Responsibilities, authority, systems, those are all Saturnian things.
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SPEAKER_00: So what you end up with is a lot of frustration,
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SPEAKER_00: a lot of feeling like you're getting stuck,
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SPEAKER_00: or like things are moving too slowly,
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SPEAKER_00: or they're just really challenging to get through.
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SPEAKER_00: And this can all be really frustrating.
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SPEAKER_00: And indeed,
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SPEAKER_00: someone experiencing this transit is almost certainly going to spend a fair amount
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SPEAKER_00: of time feeling challenged.
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SPEAKER_00: But this transit, like most tougher transits, is not simply here to make someone miserable.
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SPEAKER_00: In fact, despite how hard it feels in the moment, it's really, really useful.
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SPEAKER_00: People tend not to like Saturn transits because they're difficult, but we need Saturn.
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SPEAKER_00: We desperately need it.
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SPEAKER_00: Saturn makes us deal with reality, and it wants us to work with our real circumstances individually.
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SPEAKER_00: as they actually are,
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SPEAKER_00: not as we wish they were,
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SPEAKER_00: and then build something solid out of those circumstances that really works.
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SPEAKER_00: When it passes through a part of your life or a house in your chart,
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SPEAKER_00: Saturn's going to show you where you haven't been up to snuff.
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SPEAKER_00: And it's going to have you deconstruct whatever isn't working or doesn't work anymore and
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SPEAKER_00: And then it's going to bring you lessons that would have you get your act together, be more mature.
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SPEAKER_00: And it's going to ask you to work hard and lay new foundations that can help you
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SPEAKER_00: build something solid and useful that will stand the test of time,
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SPEAKER_00: something that's going to last.
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SPEAKER_00: For me,
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SPEAKER_00: this transiting Saturn and Pisces is all happening in my sixth house of daily
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SPEAKER_00: routines of work and employment and service and health.
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SPEAKER_00: And so far,
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SPEAKER_00: I've been experiencing this as having to find ways to balance all of the spiritual
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SPEAKER_00: types of work that I want to be doing all the time.
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SPEAKER_00: That's Mars in the 12th house, right?
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SPEAKER_00: So...
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SPEAKER_00: balancing all the spiritual types of work I want to be doing and the projects I'd
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SPEAKER_00: like to move full steam ahead with,
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SPEAKER_00: with the practical day-to-day responsibilities and the long-term responsibilities I
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SPEAKER_00: have as an adult human.
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SPEAKER_00: All of my sixth house stuff.
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SPEAKER_00: And so it's been about finding ways of doing justice by both of those things,
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SPEAKER_00: sixth house and twelfth house things,
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SPEAKER_00: and putting structured,
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SPEAKER_00: organized systems in place,
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SPEAKER_00: that's Saturn,
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SPEAKER_00: to make space for as much of it on both sides as I can.
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SPEAKER_00: Oppositions are really about seeing both sides of an issue ultimately and finding ways to balance them.
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SPEAKER_00: It's not easy, though.
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SPEAKER_00: Saturn doesn't make things easy.
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SPEAKER_00: It asks you to be a grown-up and put in a lot of sustained effort.
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SPEAKER_00: But if you're willing to do the work and you're willing to persevere through all
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SPEAKER_00: that hard work,
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SPEAKER_00: you'll end up with something much better and much more solid and worthwhile than
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SPEAKER_00: the things that just get handed to you,
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SPEAKER_00: typically.
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SPEAKER_00: Now,
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SPEAKER_00: additionally,
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SPEAKER_00: and fortunately for me,
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SPEAKER_00: I also have some harmonious aspects occurring with transiting Saturn right now,
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SPEAKER_00: too,
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SPEAKER_00: at the same time as this tougher one.
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SPEAKER_00: Saturn is forming a trine with both my Sun-Jupiter conjunction in Cancer,
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SPEAKER_00: and it's forming a trine with my natal Moon-Uranus conjunction in Scorpio.
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SPEAKER_00: These are all water signs involved here, and trines are easier, more harmonious aspects.
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SPEAKER_00: And that adds another layer to this.
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SPEAKER_00: I won't get into all of the possible astrology here,
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SPEAKER_00: all of the different potential meanings of everything.
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SPEAKER_00: But I'll kind of summarize it by saying that these trines,
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SPEAKER_00: I think,
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SPEAKER_00: are softening my overall experience of the Mars-Saturn opposition.
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SPEAKER_00: Because Saturn trine Jupiter, for instance, can increase one's ambition.
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SPEAKER_00: and give them more stamina to keep going.
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SPEAKER_00: That's really going to help with the work involved in that Mars opposition.
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SPEAKER_00: There's perseverance energy there,
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SPEAKER_00: along with a belief that if you just keep doing the work,
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SPEAKER_00: it's all going to come to fruition.
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SPEAKER_00: which it may very well do with Jupiter involved.
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SPEAKER_00: And with the sun involved also, there's a sense that you don't mind all this work as much.
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SPEAKER_00: You see the purpose in it, so you feel like you can afford to just keep doing it and be patient.
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SPEAKER_00: It's okay.
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SPEAKER_00: Stop your worrying and just keep going.
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SPEAKER_00: The rewards will come later on.
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SPEAKER_00: Saturn trine Uranus,
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SPEAKER_00: on the other hand,
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SPEAKER_00: is also lovely because it can make someone more willing to make the changes they
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SPEAKER_00: need to make in order to restructure things,
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SPEAKER_00: right?
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SPEAKER_00: I was just talking about restructuring daily routines and behaviors and ways of working.
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SPEAKER_00: And with this aspect,
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SPEAKER_00: you can break out of old routines or old ways of doing things and create new
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SPEAKER_00: routines and structures.
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SPEAKER_00: Uranus makes it feel easier to do that.
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SPEAKER_00: Saturn trinatal moon brings in emotional maturity,
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SPEAKER_00: which makes it easier to face the challenges coming from the Saturn-Mars opposition.
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SPEAKER_00: Now,
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SPEAKER_00: the reason I mention all of this is to try and demonstrate the ways in which
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SPEAKER_00: multiple aspects in a chart can work together to create a holistic experience,
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SPEAKER_00: rather than just looking at the meaning of one aspect in isolation.
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SPEAKER_00: The holistic view is what creates an overall flavor of what's going on.
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SPEAKER_00: And in this case, yes, there's one pretty big thing in the transit chart that looks hard.
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SPEAKER_00: But then you can look at other things happening simultaneously and say,
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SPEAKER_00: hey,
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SPEAKER_00: it's going to be okay because look how much support I have with this.
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SPEAKER_00: Sure,
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SPEAKER_00: it's going to feel frustrating some of the time,
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SPEAKER_00: but I have the tools I need right now to work with this.
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SPEAKER_00: Of course, this is just one example using one set of transits.
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SPEAKER_00: Transit charts can show up in all sorts of ways,
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SPEAKER_00: and you will have your own set of transits on any given day of your life.
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SPEAKER_00: So you can go to the show notes wherever you're listening.
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SPEAKER_00: Click the link to the transit chart calculator at astro-seek.com.
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SPEAKER_00: You can use an app if you have an astrology app of some kind on your phone.
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SPEAKER_00: There are so many of them.
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SPEAKER_00: But you're going to put in your birthday, time, location, just like you do with your natal chart.
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SPEAKER_00: And underneath that, you'll put in the day and time that you want to pull up transits for.
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SPEAKER_00: That might be today, if you want to see what's going on for you right now.
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SPEAKER_00: It could be a time from your past,
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SPEAKER_00: if you want to see what was going on during some important time of your life.
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SPEAKER_00: Or it can be some time in the future.
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SPEAKER_00: Once you have that, here's what you'll want to consider.
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SPEAKER_00: First, what signs are the transiting planets currently in?
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SPEAKER_00: What is that energy like?
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SPEAKER_00: This is kind of collective.
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SPEAKER_00: This is the energy the whole planet is feeling because we are all feeling the
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SPEAKER_00: effects of that planet being in that particular sign,
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SPEAKER_00: like how Saturn is currently in Pisces.
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SPEAKER_00: We all get to feel that.
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SPEAKER_00: Next, where are the transiting planets falling in your natal chart?
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SPEAKER_00: Which of your natal houses are each of the planets transiting through?
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SPEAKER_00: OK, so I just mentioned that, you know, Saturn is in Pisces.
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SPEAKER_00: And for me, Pisces rules my sixth house.
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SPEAKER_00: So Saturn is in Pisces, but Saturn is also transiting my sixth house.
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SPEAKER_00: OK,
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SPEAKER_00: what type of energy might each of those planets in those respective houses be
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SPEAKER_00: bringing you given that house locations?
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SPEAKER_00: And,
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SPEAKER_00: and then you'll want to assess what aspects are the transiting planets making to
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SPEAKER_00: your natal planets.
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SPEAKER_00: That will be shown with all the colored lines running through the transit chart,
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SPEAKER_00: just like they do with a natal chart.
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SPEAKER_00: And when you do that,
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SPEAKER_00: you'll really want to think all these positions through and think these aspects
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SPEAKER_00: through to try and find meaning in them.
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SPEAKER_00: How are they showing up for you?
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SPEAKER_00: Putting it on paper helps.
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SPEAKER_00: We've talked about some of the ways of doing that in prior episodes.
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SPEAKER_00: I like to make columns with one planet in the aspect in the column on the right and
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SPEAKER_00: the other planet in the aspect in the column on the left.
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SPEAKER_00: Write down the meaning of each planet in their respective columns.
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SPEAKER_00: And right in the middle of them, note what the aspect is.
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SPEAKER_00: Is it a square?
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SPEAKER_00: Is it a conjunction?
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SPEAKER_00: Write down the meaning of that aspect in the middle.
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SPEAKER_00: and try to come up with some possibilities.
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SPEAKER_00: Is this aspect going to bring out the best in those planets?
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SPEAKER_00: Or is it likelier to bring out the shadow side of the planets and make things a little more prickly?
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SPEAKER_00: And of course, the house and sign are always the where and the how.
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SPEAKER_00: Now, here's what I want you to practice with.
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SPEAKER_00: And this is one of the reasons I'm really covering this topic today.
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SPEAKER_00: Today,
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SPEAKER_00: Tuesday,
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SPEAKER_00: September 17th,
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SPEAKER_00: 2024,
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SPEAKER_00: the day that this episode is being released,
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SPEAKER_00: at least here in North America,
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SPEAKER_00: you might be in a time zone ahead of that.
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SPEAKER_00: It could be the 18th for you.
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SPEAKER_00: But on the 17th here in the U.S., we are having tonight at 1034 p.m.
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SPEAKER_00: Eastern Time.
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SPEAKER_00: or using military time,
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SPEAKER_00: that would be 2234 Eastern Time,
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SPEAKER_00: there will be a partial lunar eclipse in the sign of Pisces.
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SPEAKER_00: 25 degrees of Pisces to be exact.
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SPEAKER_00: Now, this is the first eclipse to take place in the sign of Pisces in many years.
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SPEAKER_00: I think the last time we had eclipses on the Virgo-Pisces axis was eight years ago,
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SPEAKER_00: back in the fall of 2016.
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SPEAKER_00: So it's been a minute.
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SPEAKER_00: Eclipses usher in change.
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SPEAKER_00: They force growth.
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SPEAKER_00: They happen in pairs along the same axis, so opposite signs.
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SPEAKER_00: And where they're taking place has to do with the signs that the lunar nodes are in.
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SPEAKER_00: So for the past couple of years,
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SPEAKER_00: we've been having eclipses along the Aries-Libra axis because of the lunar nodes.
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SPEAKER_00: The north node is currently in Aries, and the south node is exactly opposite that in Libra.
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SPEAKER_00: We're not done with those yet.
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SPEAKER_00: In fact, we'll be having a solar eclipse in Libra in October.
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SPEAKER_00: But we're veering towards this next set of eclipses as the nodes start getting
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SPEAKER_00: ready to change signs in January.
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SPEAKER_00: Remember, the nodes always move in a retrograde fashion.
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SPEAKER_00: They move the opposite direction of everything else on the wheel.
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SPEAKER_00: They move clockwise.
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SPEAKER_00: So the north node is moving from Aries to Pisces,
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SPEAKER_00: and the south node,
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SPEAKER_00: of course,
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SPEAKER_00: is moving from Libra to Virgo early next year.
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SPEAKER_00: And what this is going to do is usher in a new set of experiences for us all to focus on.
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SPEAKER_00: Over the next couple of years, we're all going to be shifting from having a lot of Aries Libra lessons.
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SPEAKER_00: So self versus other,
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SPEAKER_00: independence versus partnership,
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SPEAKER_00: assertion versus cooperation,
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SPEAKER_00: and all these Aries Libra lessons.
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SPEAKER_00: to Virgo Pisces lessons.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's focused,
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SPEAKER_00: detailed perfectionism versus abstract,
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SPEAKER_00: go with the flow,
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SPEAKER_00: blurring of boundaries kinds of lessons.
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SPEAKER_00: It's service of the individual through good work versus service to humanity through compassion.
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SPEAKER_00: It's organized execution of tasks versus imagination and mysticism.
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SPEAKER_00: It's clarity versus confusion sometimes.
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SPEAKER_00: It's cold hard facts versus faith in things you can't see or that aren't tangible, like spirituality.
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SPEAKER_00: It's reality versus dreams.
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SPEAKER_00: Control versus surrender.
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SPEAKER_00: Ooh, that one feels like the crux right there to me.
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SPEAKER_00: Control versus surrender.
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SPEAKER_00: These are the types of collective lessons we're all going to be looking at more
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SPEAKER_00: over the next couple of years.
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SPEAKER_00: And this north node lunar eclipse in Pisces is going to get things going.
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SPEAKER_00: Remember, the north node is where we're headed.
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SPEAKER_00: It's where the growth edge is.
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SPEAKER_00: And that's going to be Pisces very soon.
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SPEAKER_00: So I would go and pull up a transit chart for yourself using the time of this eclipse,
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SPEAKER_00: using your location and your local time zone,
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SPEAKER_00: and see what house of your natal chart this eclipse falls into for you.
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SPEAKER_00: Where is the Pisces ruled house of your chart?
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SPEAKER_00: And is it making any major aspects to the planets in your natal chart?
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SPEAKER_00: The house that this eclipse is in for you is where you are likeliest to feel a
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SPEAKER_00: shift in your life and where you can probably expect to meet changes or have
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SPEAKER_00: developments or things coming up in your life that encourage you to look at Pisces
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SPEAKER_00: Virgo energy.
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SPEAKER_00: This is a part of your life that will become more activated over the course of this
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SPEAKER_00: eclipse cycle starting today.
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SPEAKER_00: Now,
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SPEAKER_00: the eclipse will take place at 25 degrees of Pisces,
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SPEAKER_00: so you'll want to see if you have any natal placements in the later degrees of Pisces.
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SPEAKER_00: If you do,
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SPEAKER_00: this eclipse is going to impact you a little more than most people,
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SPEAKER_00: and the effects could be stronger for you.
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SPEAKER_00: You can even expect the themes of that planet,
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SPEAKER_00: the conjunct planet,
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SPEAKER_00: to become more prominent in your life as a result of this eclipse too.
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SPEAKER_00: I'd also check to see if you have planets around 25 degrees of other signs,
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SPEAKER_00: particularly Virgo because that's the opposite side of the axis,
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SPEAKER_00: but also Gemini and Sagittarius.
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SPEAKER_00: Those will be squares and you could also wind up feeling some of that eclipse
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SPEAKER_00: energy in the houses ruled by those signs too.
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SPEAKER_00: All right, what else can I tell you about this eclipse?
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SPEAKER_00: Well, the eclipse is forming a conjunction with Neptune, and Neptune is a co-ruler of Pisces.
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SPEAKER_00: So it's conjunct its own ruler.
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SPEAKER_00: Remember,
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SPEAKER_00: the ruler of an eclipse,
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SPEAKER_00: or any full moon,
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SPEAKER_00: because lunar eclipses are essentially just full moons on steroids,
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SPEAKER_00: energetically speaking,
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SPEAKER_00: but the ruler...
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SPEAKER_00: is the planet that rules the sign it's taking place in.
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SPEAKER_00: And so this eclipse is conjunct its ruler,
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SPEAKER_00: which is kind of unique and really going to create a doubling down effect in
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SPEAKER_00: regards to this flowy,
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SPEAKER_00: dreamy Neptune Pisces energy.
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SPEAKER_00: It's like extra Pisces, this eclipse.
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SPEAKER_00: which is great for creativity, intuition, spiritual awareness, spiritual growth, psychic proclivities.
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SPEAKER_00: All of these things could come to people a lot easier starting now and unfolding
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SPEAKER_00: over the next several months.
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SPEAKER_00: That's great.
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SPEAKER_00: It's great for imagination, creativity, artistry.
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SPEAKER_00: Any sort of creative or artistic project that you might have been thinking about
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SPEAKER_00: starting or trying to get off the ground could really benefit from the new energy
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SPEAKER_00: that's coming in.
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SPEAKER_00: You might also find that you or those around you
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SPEAKER_00: are becoming more compassionate.
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SPEAKER_00: That would be just wonderful.
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SPEAKER_00: But there are also some pitfalls with Pisces and Neptune.
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SPEAKER_00: There could be more confusion, more blurred lines.
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SPEAKER_00: Sometimes there's a potential for deception because we can't always see things as clearly.
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SPEAKER_00: Things aren't as sharp.
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SPEAKER_00: So it's a good idea to be careful there.
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SPEAKER_00: Escapism frequently comes up with these energies.
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SPEAKER_00: So any of the ways that you might typically use to distract yourself regularly or
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SPEAKER_00: occasionally from your current reality,
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SPEAKER_00: substance use obviously falls under this category,
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SPEAKER_00: but so does watching TV or excessive daydreaming.
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SPEAKER_00: We all like to escape sometimes, and that's fine.
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SPEAKER_00: You just want to be mindful of this energy because Neptune and Pisces can make it
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SPEAKER_00: easier to let things get to an excessive level that might not be healthy for you.
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SPEAKER_00: And also the body can be more sensitive too.
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SPEAKER_00: More sensitive to anything really.
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SPEAKER_00: Drugs and alcohol.
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SPEAKER_00: All chemical substances,
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SPEAKER_00: chemicals in general,
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SPEAKER_00: toxins,
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SPEAKER_00: even emotional toxins like negative energy can feel worse or even intolerable under
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SPEAKER_00: this energy.
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SPEAKER_00: So it can help to focus on your wellness more,
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SPEAKER_00: be good to your body,
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SPEAKER_00: be good to your spirit,
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SPEAKER_00: honor yourself and your needs,
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SPEAKER_00: and hold your boundaries.
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SPEAKER_00: That's important.
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SPEAKER_00: It's also forming a square with its other co-ruler, Jupiter, because Pisces has two rulers.
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SPEAKER_00: And again, this is not dissimilar to the conjunction with Neptune.
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SPEAKER_00: Jupiter expands things.
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SPEAKER_00: So it's going to further expand on that magical, mystical Pisces energy.
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SPEAKER_00: And that's great.
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SPEAKER_00: We just have to be careful to stay relatively grounded and not to lose sight of
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SPEAKER_00: what's real,
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SPEAKER_00: what's solid,
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SPEAKER_00: and get too big for our bridges.
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SPEAKER_00: Also,
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SPEAKER_00: just mention again,
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SPEAKER_00: I was just talking about this,
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SPEAKER_00: Saturn has already been working its way through Pisces for quite a while.
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SPEAKER_00: So it's likely you're already working on tightening things up in that part of your life.
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SPEAKER_00: But this eclipse is going to set off a new phase of that set of lessons.
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SPEAKER_00: Things are going to possibly move a little more quickly here now.
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SPEAKER_00: And they might change direction.
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SPEAKER_00: There could be a course correction involved here.
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SPEAKER_00: So keep that in mind.
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SPEAKER_00: Now, one final word on this eclipse.
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SPEAKER_00: I would caution you not to get too caught up in the day of the eclipse.
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SPEAKER_00: A lot of times people are expecting some big eventful thing to happen on the day or
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SPEAKER_00: during the week of an eclipse.
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SPEAKER_00: And then it comes and goes and it feels like nothing has happened.
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SPEAKER_00: And so they assume there wasn't any impact for them.
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SPEAKER_00: Usually that's not the case, though.
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SPEAKER_00: Eclipses aren't so much about something happening on a day or during a week.
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SPEAKER_00: That certainly can happen, and it does happen to some people.
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SPEAKER_00: You certainly might notice some shifts taking place over the next couple of days or
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SPEAKER_00: during the next couple of weeks during the eclipse window.
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SPEAKER_00: But if you don't, that doesn't mean nothing is happening and nothing is going to happen.
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SPEAKER_00: Remember that eclipse cycles are a process.
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SPEAKER_00: They unfold in six-month increments over a couple of years until the signs start changing again.
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SPEAKER_00: So you have the next six months to see developments in the part of your life that
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SPEAKER_00: the eclipse is activating.
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SPEAKER_00: And you might not notice it right away.
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SPEAKER_00: This has happened to me.
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SPEAKER_00: In fact,
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SPEAKER_00: the thing in my life that has changed the most since the eclipses last spring is
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SPEAKER_00: something that started for sure around the time of the solar eclipse in April.
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SPEAKER_00: It took me six months to get where I am with it all.
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SPEAKER_00: It was a huge transformation, but I didn't even see it taking place until July.
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SPEAKER_00: In hindsight, I see very clearly that it started the first week of April.
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SPEAKER_00: But in early April, I couldn't see it yet.
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SPEAKER_00: What can really help, by the way, is keeping a journal.
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SPEAKER_00: Or if you don't like journaling,
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SPEAKER_00: even just jotting down some bullets each week during the eclipse season or around
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SPEAKER_00: the eclipses,
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SPEAKER_00: highlighting what's going on in your life,
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SPEAKER_00: what you're noticing around you might be helpful to you later on so that you can
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SPEAKER_00: look back and see how these eclipses actually affected you and how they're showing
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SPEAKER_00: up in your life.
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SPEAKER_00: All right.
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SPEAKER_00: All right.
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SPEAKER_00: That wraps up today's episode.
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SPEAKER_00: Happy eclipse season, everyone.
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SPEAKER_00: If you haven't already,
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SPEAKER_00: please take a moment to make sure you're following the show on whatever app you
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SPEAKER_00: That will ensure you never miss an episode,
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SPEAKER_00: and it will also ensure that more astrology lovers can find it.
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SPEAKER_00: That's all for now, everyone.
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SPEAKER_00: Thanks for being here today.
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SPEAKER_00: Have a great week, and I will see you next time.