8.Full Moon Musings

The Moon is full and so am I.

In this 8th episode of The Astro Garden, I share my thoughts about the current full moon, Mercury cazimi, Saturn-Venus-Jupiter love triangle via a series of personal stories and reflections on making space energetically.

I also talk a bit about what is to come on The Astro Garden, upcoming guests and some of the secondary outcomes of starting this project.

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Show Notes:

A big thanks to Practical Astros (https://practicalastros.com) for always sharing her thoughts on the flow of energy and ways to play with that, inspired by Feng Shui

Upcoming guests referenced: Freyja Morgan (https://www.freyjaastrology.com), Camille Michelle Gray (https://camillemichellegray.com) and Tarah of Love & Luna Astrology (https://www.loveandlunaastrology.com)

The Astrology Podcast episode referenced: https://theastrologypodcast.com/2023/10/05/united-astrology-conference-1986-documentary/ (In the episode, I referred to it being NORWAC. It is actually the United Astrology Conference.)

Mid-August

Some reflections on the current astrology, my favorite season, and upcoming eclipses plus Pluto’s last dip into Capricorn

Jupiter in Gemini so far

some personal anecdotes on having more space and straddling two worlds

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In this episode, I am trying something a little different. I am going solo to record the astro thoughts at the top of my mind at the moment. This episode is focused on Jupiter in Gemini and how it is going for me personally so far, and two of my keywords for this transit being capacity and paradox.

How is Jupiter in Gemini showing up for you? Let me know if this is resonating and what you think of this new episode style.

xoxo,

Janessa

In this episode, I reference the work of Nightlight Astrology, where I have received the majority of my formal astrological education, and Britten LaRue and her book, Living Astrology: How to Weave the Wisdom of All 12 Signs Into Your Everyday Life.

The Astro Garden: Fionn

Allowing in the "woo", synastry and the astrology of families, and doing things even in crunchy astro weather

Join us for another episode of The Astro Garden, this time featuring the lovely Fionn Cleary.

While Fionn is not offering services at this time, you can stay updated on his projects and offerings via Twitter (@fionn_cleary) & Instagram (@fionnclearyastrology) and maybe glean a laugh or two while you’re at it. You can also support Fionn while he receives treatment and prioritizes his health by contributing to his GoFundMe.

New moon musings

What do you think the Sun and the Moon talk about when they meet up? 

I like to think about the Moon making her way around the zodiac, picking up the hot goss along the way. Collecting secrets and stories from the other signs and planets she steals a moment with throughout her monthly travels.

I wonder if meeting up with the Sun feels like reuniting with her lover after a long trip. A respite from the splendor and atrocity she's witnessed. A few fleeting hours before she's back on the road again. And the sun ever steady, opening his arms to welcome her, patiently listening to her recount her adventures. 

The Moon says, “I've missed your warmth.”  And the Sun says, “I've missed having you to keep warm.” And they stay in bed all day dreaming of what will come next. 

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Just some new moon thoughts that fell into my head the other day... We've got a new moon happening in Leo on Sunday. What courageous things are stirring in you?

Mary says…

I was exhausted the day after dealing with back-to-back crises all weekend, one on the national level and one in my own home where we lost power for 18 hours thanks to a violent storm that same night.

It was not that big of a deal that we lost power. We had a generator and were safe, albeit a little hot. And the news of the assassination attempt on that former president was wild but also every news event feels wild the past few years. So I said out loud to my husband after the kids were finally asleep Monday night, “I don’t know why I'm so tired, it wasn't that big of a deal, but it felt like we were back in 2020 this weekend. Back in survival mode.”

And the minute the words came out it was clear. It was the trauma that was bubbling back up from what I have been through personally and as a member of the collective throughout the past few years.

Some tears came and the abrupt realization not only helped me acknowledge what I was feeling, but to release it. Isn’t it crazy that we can just do that? To be able to say yes, this hurts, but now that I understand it I can move forward because I have felt this before and I have remembered the path out of this dark cave.

As a Scorpio moon, I am no stranger to survival mode. Give me the minimum and I will not only make it work, but thrive. I can do so much within the confines of so little. But what I have learned the past few years, thanks in large part to astrology, is that it does not need to be this way. It does not need to be hard. I do not have to walk on my knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting (thank you, Mary Oliver). It can just be easy if I choose it to be. If I create a way for it to be easy.

Now, this is not to dismiss the very real peril and difficulty that lies before us. It is to say that a shift in perspective can go a long way. As much as it feels hopeless or out of our control at the moment, we have to remember we can literally createthe world we want. It is so magically mundane and so mundanely magical. It really is that simple. And it is up to all of us to decide we want something different and to make it happen.

And no, I’m not talking about just voting. It’s become abundantly clear that is not enough.

I am talking about creation, people. 

Giving form to something new. Bringing things into existence. The act of taking two completely separate ideas and making a third completely unique one.

Sometimes creation happens in a flurry of activity or a magical gnosis that plops completely formed into your brain. And sometimes it happens slowly through concrete baby steps, stacking on top of themselves into an exponentially effective final product. The process is irrelevant so long as you do it.

But we cannot create when we are preoccupied by our fear. We can acknowledge the fear and then do it anyway. But we can’t create when we are sitting in it and letting it overtake us. 

Where should we look for hope, then? The answer, for me, is always Jupiter. And even though it’s in detriment in Gemini for the next 10 months or so, it’s still Jupiter, baby. It may mean our hope is scattered or fleeting or uncommitted or spread thinly to many things, but there is still hope and we can still find a silver lining there. Especially in our thoughts and ideas. 

Being both mutable and ruled by Mercury, Gemini is a place where we can hold an enormous amount of conflicting and paradoxical thinking. Throw Jupiter in the mix and we’ve got a capacity for this that we haven’t seen since 2013 (literally the last time Jupiter was here).

How can we broaden our horizons to include truths and their opposites, and more importantly, how can we use these expanded ways of thinking to create new possibilities for our existence?

This is what I am thinking about today. And I hope it inspires you to join me.

The Astro Garden: Olivia

Olivia (@astroabolitionist) and I chat about astrology as a tool for liberation, energetic hygiene practices, and more in this episode of The Astro Garden. You can find more of Olivia's work at her brand new, beautiful website, www.astroabolitionist.com, and you can also find her on Instagram and Substack as Astro Abolitionist.

I highly recommend checking out her local offerings if you are in the Twin Cities area. She hosts some unique events at We the Starborne in St. Paul and has some coming up in July and August. To find more information and register, visit https://wethestarborne.com/classes.

For more information about my work, please visit www.byjoveastrology.com. You can book a reading, check out my blog, and find other handy resources and links there.

Venus Cazimi New Moon Magic

It’s been a potent and magical week. I’ve personally witnessed so many plantings of seeds of change around me, and it all feels so exciting and fresh and full of endless possibility.

With Venus visiting the very heart of the Sun in Gemini, specifically, and receiving secret messages for us to unfurl over the next 8 years, the ideas coming during this time are blessed with the cleverness of Mercury at home in Gemini. And we even have Jupiter co-present, confirming our inklings and boosting our confidence in them!

But what really gives this week legs is Saturn squaring the entire situation from Pisces, giving us some healthy restraint and enough criticism to skillfully edit our thoughts, and not only that but we also get a New Moon infused with all of this to plant our seeds in a rich soil just teeming with magic. I like to think of the moon in any transit as where and how we see the surrounding ideas brought into the real world. So, in this case, literally bringing the start of all of these Venus/Jupiter/Mercury infused ideas into fruition as we move through the lunar cycle.

TL/DR; We’ve got the plan, the support needed to carry it out, and that “special sauce” required to take an idea from good to great.

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In honor of this magical season, I have a pair of new things I am offering:

Goddess Reading: 

In this 20-minute, pre-recorded reading, I will take a look at your chart and share my thoughts on how the goddesses show up for you. To do this, I will focus on your Moon, Venus, and 3rd house and will include ways to incorporate their wisdom into your daily life.

A Year in Four Parts:

In this series of 4 pre-recorded readings, I will send you a 20-minute, quarterly reading looking at your astrology for the upcoming 3 months, including important transits and dates for you to watch for.

You can order your readings or book a 1:1 session over on my booking page, byjoveastrology.com/readings. Enjoy the sparkly astro weather this week! :)

The Astro Garden: Shawna

Join me for a chat with Shawna Middleton of @smart_asstro! We talk book recs, dark houses and all the fun things that come with them, and of course, learning astrology.

You can find Shawna’s work and book a reading with her at her beautiful, brand new website, www.smartasstro.com.

Saturn Returnt

Earlier this week, one of my besties and favorite writers, Ask Adri, reached out to see if I would be interested in collaborating on responding to a question she received for her advice column that was very astrology related. Of course, I jumped at the chance to get to work with her, especially on something so specifically up my alley. I’m so grateful for this opportunity and excited to share with you what we came up with below.

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Dear Adri,

I’m reaching out for advice on how to survive my Saturn Return. I just turned 29. My Saturn is in Pisces in the tenth house and I’m losing my mind… kind of over everything, but especially career stuff. I switched from very draining non-profit work to film and tv 4 years ago and have gotten some good “foot in the door” jobs on a popular streaming show and my ultimate goal is to be a writer but the whole industry is still in shambles right now so now I feel like I should just give up.

I don’t even know if my screenwriting is good enough to keep pursuing this dream. I have two short film scripts that I consider finished. I’m proud of them and have gotten really positive feedback from professional producers and directors on one of them. I have 3 tv pilots and 2 features that I got a few drafts into but I’ve struggled to figure out how to crack them. To be honest, screenwriting doesn’t come naturally to me and I find the process gets kind of torturous after the first draft or so (sometimes during).

Writing for a small digital pub was the most in flow I’ve ever felt creatively and I really miss that era. I haven’t felt inspired in that medium or had any pop culture takes since then but I might try to start a substack to bring some of that energy back.

It doesn’t feel strategic to just continue this pattern of switching careers every 3–4 years, but here I am once again asking if this is really what I want. It’s also really hard to choose between all of my creative interests and to know whether they would work better as a hobby or a career.

Recently I’ve been wanting to work more in environmentalism and I’ve been enjoying volunteering with a nonprofit but I don’t think it’ll be a paid opportunity any time soon. I’ve also tried to break into podcasting but no luck.

I’ve been applying to jobs and have gotten to the final round of an Executive Assistant position at a production company — a DOPE place with some networking and growth opportunities but it feels like a demotion b/c it’s all admin work. It would come with a slight raise but it’s still way less than I want to be making at this age.

I’m scared to say no to any opportunities because I have friends in the industry who have been unemployed for over a year because it’s just such a weird and nebulous time right now. I feel like I should be grateful and take what I can get, but I also don’t want to settle.

Career stuff is so hard. Adulting is so hard. I don’t even really wanna work forreal. I’d rather be an Oak tree or something. Anyway, all this brings me to my questions:

1. Should I pivot and change careers again?

2. How do you know when to pursue your passion as a hobby or a career?

3. Should I try to find a soulsucking job that pays a lot and is not creatively fulfilling?

4. Should I take one of these entry level jobs I’m interviewing for that feel somewhat misaligned with financial/career goals? If so, which opportunity seems like a better option?

5. Do you have any broader advice for weathering these Saturnian career changes as I go through the last year of my twenties?

XO,

Saturn Returnt

Dear Saturn Returnt,

I love writing this column, but when I started it I promised to STAY IN MY LANE! And this question quite simply is not in my lane, as I love but know very little of astrology! With that said, so glad I have friendssss, including the brilliant @byjoveastro, who I absolutely trust with your question! See her response below :) Adri

Saturn Returnt,

You are right On Time! Literally. Before we dive in, I just want you to know right off the bat that Jupiter is just about to enter your 1st house and bring you a much needed dose of optimism and hope. And maybe a little bit of luck, too. This is literally happening like right now, Saturday, May 25th.

Next, I need you to take a big deep breath. From what I’ve been able to gather from the small amount of chart details you’ve included, you are likely a day chart, meaning that Saturn (and Jupiter, for that matter) are on “your team.” Jupiter is more helpful in a day chart, and Saturn is less unhelpful in a day chart. This is good.

That being said, a Saturn Return is no joke. For those unfamiliar with the term, the Saturn Return is when Saturn… returns to the place in your chart where it was when you were born. For Returnt, this is in Pisces in the 10th house, a house associated with career and public image. Saturn is the planet associated with things like limitations, boundaries, rules, and authority, and when it comes back to the place it started, between the ages of 27 and 30, it is a checkpoint or evaluation on how we’ve been doing with those topics in the area of life covered by the house it is in.

Saturn returns, and any Saturn transit for that matter, can go two ways: 1. We bury our head in the sand and don’t deal with the responsibility that Saturn is asking us to take on. As you might imagine, this does not usually end well. Or 2. We build a relationship with our responsibility and are proactive about it, building in routines or structures to set ourselves up for success within the given parameter.

As someone who also has Saturn in the 10th house in a Jupiter-ruled sign, I could guess even without your well-written, thoughtful email that you are probably Someone Who Has Their Shit Together and has had no choice but to perform in that 10th house career and public facing space. Saturn has demanded it all your life and will continue to. The question for you now is, do you want it to keep going this way?

Before I dive into more chart analysis, I will caveat this all with the fact that I cannot give a complete answer without knowing more of the details of your chart. I’ll do my best to fill in the blanks with what I can infer from the information you provided. If you want more specific astrology answers, I highly recommend getting a reading with a professional astrologer. Find someone you vibe with, do some due diligence to make sure they are legit, and book it. Your Saturn Return is a perfect time for this.

At risk of sounding like one of those “when I was your age” people, when I was your age, with a 10th house Saturn, I really thought my career was everything. I felt the immense pressure to not only succeed but to over-achieve. I hear this in your email, too.

Now, I don’t want to come off as callous or to undermine the very real threat of capitalism if we are unable to perform in this 10th house space. That shit is real and with us all the time. We all need to make money and support ourselves in a time when that feels tougher every day.

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The “secret” I learned on the other side of my Saturn Return is that careers are really just these silly little things. In other words, it’s not that serious.

Your 10th house is Pisces, a mutable, flowing, ever-changing water sign. You are supposed to be wandering in this area of life. You don’t need to change this about yourself to try to fit some mold of what you “should” do or be. It is ok to change your mind. Even in public. Even in your career.

Saturn does not have a lot of strength in Pisces. It’s the planet that wants to help you establish some kind of structure in those wishy-washy Piscean waves. It’s a guest in an unfamiliar place, and what that might look like for you is trouble hearing your personal No’s. Saturn is typically a No that makes room for a Yes. When Saturn is in Pisces, that No gets drowned out and fogged up a little bit. It needs you to listen closer. To quote an astrologer I admire, Britten LaRue, “Not every No is a Fuck No.” Some No’s are quieter or less concrete, but still a No, nonetheless. Are you listening?

Pisces is ruled by Jupiter. It wants to expand and explore, to revel in its bigness. It does not want to be contained by Saturn. This is Hard, and the answer is likely not in denying either of those parts of you. If you deny the Jupiter part and take something just because it pays more or gives you a better social status over something fun and creative, you are not going to be happy. The same goes for denying the Saturn part of you that longs for stability and recognition.

Other pieces of the current astrology are also speaking to this moment. Jupiter entering your first house is going to be all about expanding who you are, your interests, your likes, your dislikes, along with a renewed sense of confidence or belief in yourself. And it is squaring Saturn in Pisces, meaning it can see what is going on there in the 10th house for you and lend you some help with that via those first house topics of selfhood.

At the same time, we have Pluto in Aquarius, your 9th house, for the first time in 225 years. This is screaming major upheavals in your beliefs. It’s a slow burn with Pluto, but you may have already started to notice a subtle shift in this area back in March of 2023 that might only be getting louder for you with Jupiter entering Gemini.

I think your answers are really going to be found by going inward. I’m not saying to sleep on making decisions or to pass up opportunities until you have all the answers (real talk: we never have all the answers), but take some time to really get to know yourself. Try to identify any patterns you might keep perpetuating. What is a No for you? What is a Yes? We can’t always change these and we may not even want to, but we can gain more insight into what we are truly searching for when we start to see the themes and make decisions from a place of more self-awareness. Astrology is one of many great tools for that.

These are major shifts for you. This is life — some good, some bad, a whole lot of neutral. Stepping back and getting some perspective is key. And if you really want to get into it, a big part of learning astrology is coming to terms with the concepts of fate and free will. When you start to piece together their implications, it can lead to a bit of an existential crisis. There is also comfort to be found here, though, the comfort of knowing you really can’t mess it up, and you are always on time.

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You can find more of Adrienne’s work at https://medium.com/@askadri101 and follow her on Twitter at @yoadri_n and Instagram at @ask_adri101. If you would like to submit a question, email her at askadri101@gmail.com.

The Astro Garden: Sonia

Join us in the Astro Garden for a chat with astrologer Sonia Geary of @CelestiaAstrology! We talk about learning astrology, friendship, and how she incorporates mindfulness into her her own unique astrological offerings. You can find more of Sonia's work at her website, www.celestiaastrology.com, around social media at @CelestiaAstrology, and on Patreon & Substack as @CelestiaAstrology .

The Astro Garden: Christa

In this inaugural episode of The Astro Garden, Christa of Practical Astros ( @PracticalAstros  ) and I chat about how she initially got into astrology and her winding path to becoming a professional astrologer, along with some great tangents about her philosophy on how it all might work.

You can find Christa's work on Substack, Patreon, and at her website, www.practicalastros.com, and on social media @practicalastros.

The Astro Garden

As many of you may know, I recently started a podcast I’ve named The Astro Garden. The idea behind this started as a place for astrologers to have casual conversations about astrology and astrology-related things. You know, just like if you were to come over for a beverage and a chat IRL, where we could ramble and go on tangents all while hanging out in my actual garden.

It’s been a great excuse to reach out to and record conversations with my astro friends, and also an even better excuse to reach out to a few astrologers I’ve admired, but never really had the opportunity to get to know.

Since I’ve started recording these and meeting with people, I’ve also had the realization that in addition to this being fun and informative project for me and others, there is an additional layer of this being a work of modern archiving. Capturing the current zeitgeist of astrology while also preserving the stories of how individual astrologers found their way to the field and began their studies.

As a true mutable rising, I’m staying open to the evolving nature of this project and have many ideas for different iterations or directions to take this in, so stay tuned for that. If you’d like to follow along, you can find the podcast wherever you like to get those and video versions on YouTube and Substack. I’ll keep updating here as well.

If you are an astrologer or astro-adjacent person and would like to chat in The Astro Garden, send me an email and let’s chat!

Mercury Cazimi in Aries: Brief thoughts and horoscopes

Mercury is Cazimi again today, meaning it is meeting up exactly with the Sun, this time in the sign of Aries.

This is an opportunity for important messages, ideas, or dreams to reveal themselves or become more clear.

These messages may be about topics in your Aries house and may come through or play out via your Gemini house, thanks to the Moon being in Gemini and ruled by Mercury during the Cazimi.

Read your brief horoscope below:

♈️ Aries: messages around self via your local community

♉️ Taurus: subconscious thoughts revealed via your resources

♊️ Gemini: downloads about your goals via facets of your identity

♋️ Cancer: career ideas via your subconscious

♌️ Leo: messages informing your beliefs via your friends and networks

♍️ Virgo: reflections around how you are perceived via your public life

♎️ Libra: insights about your closest relationships via your studies or spiritual beliefs

♏️ Scorpio: ideas around your responsibilities via a dream

♐️ Sagittarius: concepts of fun via your lover

♑️ Capricorn: ideas of home via what is required of you

♒️ Aquarius: reflections on your environment via your hobbies

♓️ Pisces: images about your resources via your family

Venus in Scorpio for the Holidays: Yikes! Or...

A good friend asked me about Venus being in Scorpio during the holidays back in 2023. She was worried about this transit happening at a time when we are expected to be cheerful and take part in a never-ending barrage of gatherings and events. Her concerns were totally valid, and I appreciated the prompt to dig a little deeper and reflect on how this could actually be a refreshing take on the season. Here are the ideas I shared with her:

Since Venus is considered "in detriment" in Scorpio, she does not do as well here in a traditional role. It is a dark and dirty journey for her through the swamps, bogs, and backwaters of Scorpio, and this requires her to get creative in how she puts her benefic prowess to use. To endure this successfully, she needs to play by the rules of Mars, ruler of Scorpio, and take on a bit more of an edge. No one escapes this transit without getting a little mud on their boots. 

Mars being the planet associated with war and strife in many ways is the opposite of Venus, the planet of beauty, relationships, and love. When in Scorpio, Venus can see clearly her home sign of Taurus directly opposite her, giving her a birds eye view of her ideal state while also being as far away from home as possible. She longs for the green, idyllic pastures of the sign of the bull as she traipses through the muck-filled landscape of the scorpion. As difficult as this might be for Venus, it also provides an incredible opportunity for a unique point of view, filtered through the lens of Mars. Venus in Mars’ house sees the benefit in conflict, the beauty in the ugly, the romanticism of duty, and the magical properties of compost.

And just because she has to work a little harder here doesn’t mean Venus won’t bring good things. This transit happening while we are supposed to be celebrating and getting along and avoiding conflict lest we disturb family and societal traditions that uphold patriarchal white supremacy provides a moment to go deeper. This is a chance to solidify connections, commit to those who reciprocate, and celebrate our ride-or-die relationships. There is a choosing in Scorpio, a selectiveness. It is the perfect time for re-evaluation. Who are you making room for in your lifeboat? Who are you bringing with you as we move forward into a new year? 

As with all things, there is a flip side. For Venus in Scorpio, it is the inability to have surface-level conversations or relationships, something family gatherings and social events absolutely hinge on. It is the inability to perform pleasantness. It is the tendency toward revenge when those same deep connections go unreciprocated, are betrayed or are avoided all together in favor of the surface. The Scorpionic gift of closeness and truth in relationships has a dark counterpart of vindictiveness that can be all too easy to fall into without some self-restraint. 

If we can make choices from a healthy, grounded place, Venus in Scorpio this season may just be the transit needed to finally drop the toxic traditions or “required” gatherings. It may give us the boldness needed to speak up at family dinner or reject the invite once and for all. While this breaking of societal norms might feel really good to go about doing with reckless abandon, we do need to make sure action is being taken from a place of love and not spite. In the home of Mars, it is easy to lose our tempers and take things too far very quickly, causing more damage than good. 

In terms of productive uses, Venus in Scorpio might be a great chance to find a way to go deeper with someone you have only stayed on the surface with. Consider gifting yourself or a loved one a hard and kind conversation, one that can bring your relationship to another level of understanding or makes it apparent that this is not a good use of your energy. Utilize the cutting quality of Mars to pare back joyless customs, creating more space for new ones. Cultivate newer relationships by consistently showing up for them. The benevolence of Venus combined with the aggressive nature of Mars gives us the fierceness and courage to really go there and to live authentically, to celebrate in a way that honors what is true to us.

Double the boldness, double the fun, double the Mars in Aries I

Aries starts with a Mars decan. Like an explosion, an uncontrolled fire, a volcanic eruption, this decan is where we encounter instinctual power. It is impulsive and without constraint. It is a power we access without thought because it taps into something primal, something that operates not on the level of consciousness but somewhere deeper, in our brainstem, the hindbrain and medulla. Here we are focused on survival. 

While this way of operating might sound a little unnerving in the world we live in, it is an integral part of our daily lives. This is our fight or flight response, and we absolutely need it in many situations. It’s what keeps us alive, what fuels us, what drives us forward. 

But in addition to furthering our survival as individuals and as a species, our instinctual power can move us to a place of boldness and push us beyond our perceived limits. We have all heard stories of adrenaline-induced feats of strength in situations of extreme stress, but we can also exceed our expectations for ourselves in more abstract ways. When we access that primal energy and get to the heart of what drives us as an individual, we can produce powerful results: transcendent art that inspires and ignites others. 

I use the term “art” very loosely here. All of life is art. Every choice, an act of creation.

To live boldly and instinctively is so rare in our modern, social media-driven, prefrontal cortex world. Fuck your farmhouse chic Instagram, “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver is not asking you to stop and think about this. She is not asking you to create a vision board with a five-year plan. She is not asking you to poll your friends or compare notes with what everybody else is doing. She wants you to tell her right now what passion is burning deep in your soul and for you to immediately start doing it. 

I am no stranger to the fear and avoidance of exercising this type of power. And as a woman, I’ve been conditioned to reject it all together. But as I have aged and played all the games and followed all the rules set before me, it has become clearer and clearer that the only path to freedom is to remember that I have this power, too. And so, at 36, I'm left asking myself, “What do I desire? What would I do if I were unafraid?” And little by little, creating a life that includes those answers.

For more information on what the decans are, I highly recommend this post by Marlene Seven Bremner introducing them to start off a collective Journey through the Decans with the future Astrologers’ Co-op:

https://astrologerscoop.substack.com/p/an-introduction-to-the-thirty-six?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

Why a foundational understanding of astrology is important

I put together a little video on why I think it’s important to learn a little something about astrology :)

Virgo Season Thoughts and Announcements

Hello!

Happy Virgo New Moon, Happy Venus Day, Happy Mercury-Stationing-Direct!

I hope the summer season has been good to you and full of joy, sunshine, nature, adventure, and slowness. I'd say those are all accurate pieces of mine, in addition to lack of routine, a little bit of chaos, and an abundance of learning opportunities as an astrologer and parent.  With the return of Virgo Season, I'm re-establishing my routine, and I am excited for what lies ahead. 

As a truly basic bitch, autumn has always been my favorite time of year, thanks to the weather, the colors, and the general darkening of the ambiance and flavors. It invites a time for more reflection and introspection. Now that I have an astrological view of the world, I only appreciate this time more. 

Front porch decor after a thorough sweeping in honor of the Virgo New Moon

There is something so special about seeing the myths tied to Virgo fully animate our physical world as it prepares for harvest. The celebration and anticipatory grief of another summer coming to an end coexist in the same way that Mercury flits seamlessly between the underworld and the heavens. The excitement for what is to come and the nostalgia for what was coexist in the same way the virgin and the whore archetypes necessitate each other. This time of year is about "both, and," and it feels slightly more possible for a society that struggles deeply with grey areas to embrace the in-between.

What are your Virgo Season reflections? Venus/Mercury retrograde lessons? I'd love if you'd drop me a line about what has been coming up for you.

As part of refreshing my routine, I've updated my services to now include year ahead and short, topical consultations, as well as an offering specifically for those of you who are returning clients. Feel free to book through my website or reach out with any questions!

Looking ahead at Libra Season, I've got a few tricks up my sleeve. Keep your eyes peeled for some announcements as it draws nearer. 

Janessa