WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:07.280 Welcome back to another episode of Astrology with Alice. I'm 2 00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:11.599 your host, Alice Bell, and today is a two part episode. 3 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:13.480 So in the first little part, I want to give 4 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:17.239 updates on how my pregnancy has gone in the last 5 00:00:17.320 --> 00:00:21.239 part of it, because I haven't really given astrological updates 6 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.239 on how pregnancy has played out since April, and that 7 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:28.519 now feels so early on, like that was I was 8 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:32.159 less than halfway done with pregnancy when I recorded that, 9 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:36.759 and now I'm thirty six weeks pregnant giving birth this month. 10 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:40.600 So I wanted to kind of look into how different 11 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:45.000 transits have manifested as the pregnancy has gone on. But 12 00:00:45.039 --> 00:00:47.039 then a large part of the episode will be me 13 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:52.920 answering questions that substack subscribers wrote in about various astrology topics, 14 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:56.320 so like what a solar eclipse on your north node means, 15 00:00:57.479 --> 00:01:02.079 how to deal with astrological disappointments, Saturn transits, transits over 16 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:04.359 your send it in mid Heaven. We got a lot 17 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:06.719 of different like a lot of variety of questions that 18 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:09.560 I'll be answering before we get into it. Though, just 19 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:11.879 a reminder, this is the last month I will be 20 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:14.959 podcasting for a while. August twenty seventh will be the 21 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:18.280 last episode that comes out. I'm gonna take a leave 22 00:01:18.319 --> 00:01:20.760 from this podcast when I have my baby, and I 23 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:23.640 likely will not be back to podcasting until the spring 24 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:26.840 of twenty twenty seven. However, I will still be posting 25 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:30.200 regular content to my substack channel, Astrology with Alice, where 26 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:33.200 I do a mix of free and paid content in 27 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:36.760 depth monthly horoscopes at the start of each zodiac season, 28 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:39.799 as well as teaching about niche astrology topics. And I'm 29 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:43.319 also hoping to introduce a new feature there later in 30 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:46.040 the fall, so stay tuned for that. And also I'll 31 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:48.319 be active on Instagram too. Yeah, I just wanted to 32 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:51.640 give a heads up because, yeah, having a child, I'm 33 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:55.000 kind of looking at how I can reorganize my business, 34 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:58.239 what aspects of my business are the most important and 35 00:01:58.400 --> 00:01:59.719 going from there. And I know a lot of this 36 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:02.200 is all so playing into the Mars retrograde coming up, 37 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:05.040 which is big for my chart. I'm sure it's big 38 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:07.159 for a lot of other people's start listening as well. 39 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:09.960 But yeah, when I last spoke about the astrology of 40 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:14.240 my pregnancy solo on here, it was back in April. 41 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:17.479 I just announced I was pregnant, and I spent a 42 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:20.840 lot of time talking about how important six and twelfth 43 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:23.599 house transits are when it comes to pregnancy, because it's 44 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:27.080 such an experience that is about your health, like both 45 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:30.280 your mental health and your physical health. And I mentioned 46 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:33.319 how I had been like super sick with nausea in 47 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:35.919 the first trimester when I had a ton of transits 48 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:39.039 through my six house, and also a large part of 49 00:02:39.039 --> 00:02:43.000 the pregnancy up until like seven months. I believe I 50 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:46.520 had Jupiter through the twelfth house, and so I was 51 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:49.840 pretty curious about how I would feel differently about the 52 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:52.560 pregnancy once Jupiter finally left the twelfth and moved to 53 00:02:52.599 --> 00:02:55.599 the first, and I did notice a difference. It's almost 54 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:58.240 like the fear of becoming a mom, the fear of 55 00:02:58.240 --> 00:03:01.800 giving birth, being in charge of a person, becoming a parent, 56 00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:06.080 that is no longer there. Like I just feel very calm, 57 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:08.479 I feel more confident about it. I'm ready for this 58 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:10.680 next new stage in my life. Also, as I get 59 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:13.479 closer to the solar eclipse in my first house, I 60 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:16.319 just feel myself like I'm ready to embrace this new 61 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:19.960 era and this new identity. Whereas when Jupiter was still 62 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:23.159 in my twelfth house throughout first trimester or second trimester. 63 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:27.159 In a month of the third trimester, it was still 64 00:03:27.159 --> 00:03:30.960 a lot of hesitancy and like fear of what comes next? 65 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:34.240 Am I going to be a good mom? Very overwhelmed 66 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:36.599 by everything that has to get in place before the 67 00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:39.159 baby's born, and like everything certainly is not done yet. 68 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:42.560 But I just like have this inner confidence that I 69 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:44.919 didn't have when Jupiter was still in my twelfth house. 70 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:47.599 And also I haven't had a ton of health issues 71 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:50.759 in the third trimester. You would think, like, I don't know. 72 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:53.800 I guess I had heard stories about how uncomfortable it 73 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:57.280 was and how I don't know, mentally challenging the third 74 00:03:57.280 --> 00:03:59.879 trimester is. And yes, like I can no longer walk really, 75 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:02.599 I can't really leave my home most days because it's 76 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:06.400 just so hard to walk places and feel good. But 77 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:09.560 it doesn't like bother me so much. I don't know, 78 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:12.560 It's like I don't feel trapped at home. It's weird, 79 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:15.960 I will say, like the inability to get out as 80 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:19.319 much and like needing to stay at home more and 81 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:22.519 just feeling more tired on a day to day basis. 82 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:24.879 That really came about with twelfth House transits, and I 83 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:27.199 was so worried about what was going to happen when 84 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:29.839 I had a Twelfth House mercury retrograde during this pregnancy, 85 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:32.560 was something going to go wrong? And then just Twelfth 86 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:36.199 House season in general. Even though Jupiter has left cancer 87 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:37.920 my Twelfth House, it was still like I have a 88 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:40.639 lot of Twelve House transits on the heels of that. 89 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:44.480 As cancer season started, and yeah, it really was more 90 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:47.680 about just needing more rest. I was scared that like 91 00:04:47.720 --> 00:04:51.720 the nausea and the really not feeling good every day 92 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:54.800 would come back, and it didn't. So I feel like 93 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:57.639 I've kind of learned, Okay, how do six House transits 94 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:01.040 manifest a lot differently than Wealth House ones when it 95 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:04.399 comes to health, And in my opinion, I feel like 96 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:06.399 the six House is more about like dealing with these 97 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:10.920 physical ailments that come up and I don't know, focusing 98 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:13.560 on your actual body, where Twelfth House is more of 99 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:15.560 just like, Okay, I need to pull back, need to 100 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:19.480 conserve my energy, need to take a rest. Also, it's interesting, 101 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:22.680 like First House transits too have a lot to do 102 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:25.800 with like your actual body and how you look. And 103 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:28.199 so I've always thought it was interesting how at the 104 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:32.000 tail end of this pregnancy, I would have Jupiter transiting 105 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:36.120 through my first house opposing my son and Aquarius, which 106 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:38.319 rules my chart as my chart ruler, so kind of 107 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:43.079 like a double first house like ascendant transit almost And 108 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:45.560 when you have first house transits, you can kind of 109 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:50.120 blend the meaning of the planet with like the themes 110 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:52.360 of the first house, like your body, your appearance, and 111 00:05:52.480 --> 00:05:55.600 Jupiter is like such an expansive planet like makes things bigger. 112 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:57.639 So a lot of the times people may notice that 113 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:00.879 they do gain weight during Jupiter moving through the first house, 114 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:04.439 or they just feel bigger, and it's just so literal, 115 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:07.120 like I'm at the biggest I've ever been in my 116 00:06:07.160 --> 00:06:10.240 life with Jupiter in the first house. I wanted to 117 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:12.480 bring that up because one of the questions I got 118 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:15.720 on Zubstag was like, what transits are related to weight 119 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:19.040 gain weight loss? And I'd be lying if I said 120 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:21.240 that wasn't on my mind, Like how did a postpart 121 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:23.279 I'm soon? Like when am I going to return back 122 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:27.199 to my body? I miss looking like myself. But this 123 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:29.560 is when it's helpful to know astrology and like get 124 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:32.560 myself grace and not try to like force myself to 125 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:36.279 bounce back immediately, like I know that I'm going into 126 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:40.600 a first house Mars retrograde, Like I'm likely not gonna 127 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:43.360 love how I look in the first few months after 128 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:47.839 giving birth, and it's gonna take a while, probably until 129 00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:50.560 that Mars retrograde lifts in the spring of twenty twenty 130 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:52.480 seven for me to be like, Okay, I'm starting to 131 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:56.879 feel like myself again. And just like with any life transition, 132 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:59.240 like becoming a parent and then dealing in that, with 133 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:02.000 the aftermath of that, of like refinding this new version 134 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:04.199 of yourself after having a baby, or maybe it's like 135 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:05.680 you're moving to a new city and it's like how 136 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:09.040 long does it take until I make friends or form 137 00:07:09.079 --> 00:07:12.360 a community? Like that's what astrology is so helpful with. 138 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:13.959 It's like you're not going to be in this like 139 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:18.199 lonely isolated moment where you don't know if you'll ever 140 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:21.720 get to see people again or return to the level 141 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:23.720 your career was once had. I would say that's a 142 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:26.879 big worry of mine, is like will I have the 143 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:30.720 same ambition with work after becoming a mom? And it's 144 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.160 nice to look ahead into the future and no, yeah, 145 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:36.600 I will return, Like those things will happen. You just 146 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:38.920 have to give it time. It's not something that's going 147 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:41.600 to happen immediately. It's like a slower build over the 148 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:44.839 next couple of years. So I honestly, yeah, I don't 149 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:46.439 know what I would do if I didn't know astrology 150 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:51.680 going into this postpartum experience, because no matter how hard 151 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:54.759 it is in the moment, I can just know that, Okay, 152 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:58.680 it's temporary, and there will come a time when I 153 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:03.480 feel better about my work and my appearance and things 154 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:06.000 happening in my life. And it also kind of allows 155 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:08.560 me to slow down and enjoy the moment because even 156 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:10.480 if I was choosing not to have a child, like 157 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:14.120 my astrology is really not geared towards like professional success 158 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:17.199 for the next few months. So it's like, no matter 159 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:20.800 what decision I would have made here, it's still playing 160 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:23.839 out like, Okay, that's something that's happening further down the road. 161 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:26.240 It's not something I need to force in the moment. 162 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:28.720 But it's also so cool to look back at the 163 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:32.240 last nine months of this pregnancy and see how the 164 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:36.200 transits of the sun and Mars through my chart throughout 165 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:40.159 the pregnancy of really defined the seasons I've gone through, 166 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:42.879 and like how I felt for like several week chunks 167 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:45.120 at a time, like I found out the news that 168 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:48.759 I was pregnant with the new moon in my fifth house, 169 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:51.000 and then when stuff started to move to this sixth house, 170 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:53.879 it was very health intensive and like that was all 171 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:57.519 I could focus on, was just like trying to get 172 00:08:57.559 --> 00:09:00.600 better and feel okay in my body. And then the 173 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:02.960 seventh house transits an eighth house. It was a lot 174 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:06.480 about leaning on my husband for his support and just 175 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:08.799 him being like the only person I was seeing during 176 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:12.120 that time. And then finally regaining energy and wanting to 177 00:09:12.120 --> 00:09:14.399 show up and be more public about my pregnancy and 178 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:16.360 be out in the world like putting out new work 179 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:20.799 projects and finally having energy again with the transit of 180 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:24.039 the Sun and Mars through my ninth, tenth, and eleventh houses, 181 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:27.600 and then as the pregnancy came to a close, those 182 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:30.320 transits started to shift to the twelfth house in the 183 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:32.639 first house, and both of those houses have a lot 184 00:09:32.679 --> 00:09:35.320 to do with like taking time to be by yourself, 185 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:38.679 like more alone time really, and then how this pregnancy 186 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:42.799 will end in the aftermath of a solar eclipse in 187 00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:45.200 my first house, so it's like a new cycle is 188 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:49.000 starting again. With the first house and all those subsequent 189 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:52.279 house transits that follow. And that's something that will be 190 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:54.360 so interesting to look at in my daughter's chart too, 191 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:58.080 like how does her first year of life go? By 192 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:01.440 just tracking the Sun's transit through each of these sides 193 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:03.799 and houses of her chart over the course of a year, 194 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:07.159 Like when does she have more difficulty sleeping? When does 195 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:10.879 she go through a big developmental change? Because it's not 196 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:13.840 something I have a ton of practice with studying astrology 197 00:10:13.960 --> 00:10:18.279 with like such young children, where like the themes of 198 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:22.120 like career or romantic relationships doesn't apply at all. So 199 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:26.559 I'm very interested in getting this different perspective on how 200 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:30.320 astrology plays out for a baby. But yeah, enough updates 201 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:33.159 about me. I want to get into the Q and 202 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:36.840 A portion of this episode. So we're gonna run through 203 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:40.279 a lot of listener questions. Most of them are not 204 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:42.799 related to one another. There's a lot on the nodes, 205 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:45.559 Like a lot of people have questions about transits to 206 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:47.399 the nodes, So there's gonna be a whole section on that. 207 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:51.000 But let's get into it. Starting with question one. This 208 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:55.519 person asks, what's your opinion on common retrograde advice about 209 00:10:55.559 --> 00:10:58.679 not starting anything new during one. So for example, don't 210 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:01.720 travel during a mercury retric don't sign a contract or 211 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:04.799 start a beat, or start a business venture during a 212 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:08.679 venus or mercury retrograde, et cetera. So I try not 213 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:14.559 to place rules around astrology transits like yes, proceed with caution, 214 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:17.720 Like would I plan my wedding to occur during a 215 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:22.600 mercury retrograde? No, but like sometimes these life events are 216 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:25.440 inevitable and they happen when they're meant to happen, Like 217 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:29.720 I met my husband during a mercury retrograde. What would 218 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:31.840 have happened if I had been like, O, it's mercury retrograde. 219 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:34.039 I can't go on a first date, Like that's not allowed, 220 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:37.440 Like then I wouldn't have met my husband, So it's 221 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:40.519 not You don't need to like place so much like 222 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.919 rigid rules on what you can and can't do during 223 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:47.799 these times. I always say, like, when you are entering 224 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:50.879 into something new during a retrograde, maybe be open for 225 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:54.320 like the initial plan of what you thought you were 226 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:58.639 getting into to change slightly. Like one example that comes 227 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:01.000 to mind, I had a mercury retad happened in my 228 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:04.080 tenth house, and I don't know why I decided this 229 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:06.320 would be a good idea, but I had my agent 230 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:10.200 send out my book proposal to publishers during this Mercury retrograde, 231 00:12:10.559 --> 00:12:12.600 and I ended up finding the publisher I went with 232 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:15.360 during this Mercury retrograde, even though the contract didn't get 233 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:18.200 signed until I think after the retrograde was over. But 234 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:21.840 it was like I was really happy with the publisher 235 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:23.799 I picked, but then like a lot of like what 236 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:27.840 they had promised me up front ended up changing or 237 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:31.279 not happening over the course of that process publishing my 238 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:36.080 book with them. So it's not like what was agreed 239 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:39.799 upon during the retrograde ended up falling through or going wrong. 240 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:42.840 It just is kind of like, Okay, make sure there's 241 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:45.320 like a laid out plan of what you're agreeing to, 242 00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:47.879 like if you are starting a new job or signing 243 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:51.519 a contract or at least during this time. Like overall, 244 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:54.960 I would say Mercury retrograde specifically is a lesson in 245 00:12:55.720 --> 00:12:59.000 having an open line of communication and going back to 246 00:12:59.000 --> 00:13:00.720 that example of like, okay, I went on my first 247 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:04.159 date with my now husband during a Mercury retrograde. That 248 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:06.159 brought up a theme of like I was really bad 249 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:08.600 with communicating to people that I liked them or that 250 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:11.679 I was interested in seeing them Saturn in the seventh House. 251 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:15.759 I don't like to show vulnerability in relationships, so that 252 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:18.399 when I had that Mercury retrograde come up, it was 253 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:22.320 like an opportunity to change that way of previous communication. 254 00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:26.000 So you could also view it as that like an 255 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:30.519 opportunity to rewrite the past, kind of like overcome past 256 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:33.279 patterns and also just get very clear about what you 257 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:35.960 want out of an opportunity that arises during that time. 258 00:13:36.759 --> 00:13:39.720 Mars retrograde, in my opinion, is a different story like 259 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:43.840 that one. I would just be very hesitant about making 260 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:47.120 any major life decisions during a Mars retrograde or in 261 00:13:47.159 --> 00:13:49.360 like the couple of weeks leading up to one starting. 262 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:52.279 Like I've just known so many people who've like bought 263 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:55.679 a home right as that retrograde was beginning, and then 264 00:13:55.759 --> 00:14:00.399 like weren't happy with that new home and new doubt 265 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:04.519 or sold it shortly after as an example, or someone 266 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:06.840 that was unhappy with their job and switched during the 267 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:10.159 Mars retrograde, and then that job didn't pan out in 268 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:11.960 the long term, and like a couple months later they 269 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:14.679 were back at their old job. So with that one, 270 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:16.799 in particular, Mars retrograde, I think it just makes it 271 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:19.200 hard to be like, what actually do I want long term? 272 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:20.879 Like what do I want to be putting energy into? 273 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:24.919 What motivates me? And that does not become fully clear 274 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:28.799 until the retrograde lifts, And then with Venus retrogrades, like 275 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:31.320 I don't see a huge problem in like getting married 276 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:35.000 Durnavina structrograde or meeting your partner during Avina structro grade. 277 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:38.919 Like my sister is fully committed to her boyfriend and 278 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:41.240 they've been dating for three years. They started dating during 279 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:43.879 a Vinus retrograde. Again, it's kind of like that experience 280 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:46.679 of how am I going to go about relationships differently 281 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:49.320 this time around? How is this giving me another opportunity 282 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:51.360 to look back at the past and how I've done 283 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:55.639 things previously and learn from that and approach this new 284 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:58.960 relationship differently. With that being said, the one thing I 285 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:01.840 would avoid Durnavina this retrograde is like a haircut, Like, 286 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:05.480 just from personal experience, I bet like all the time 287 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:08.159 this doesn't go wrong during a Vino stretrograde, But I've 288 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:11.679 just had too many instances where like beauty related stuff 289 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:14.519 does not pan out well during a venus retrograde. So 290 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:16.200 that's kind of the one note I would have on 291 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:19.399 that one, Okay, and then we've got two questions on 292 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:22.519 the nodes. One is I would love if you could 293 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:25.600 touch on how a solar eclipse conjunct someone's natal north 294 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:29.279 node placement might play out or its impacts generally. So 295 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:31.440 I did do a whole podcast episode on the north 296 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:33.039 and south node, so if you want like more in 297 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:36.200 depth information on that, I do get into a nodal 298 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:39.600 return nodal opposition this person. If you're having a solar 299 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:43.919 eclipse on your north node, that means you are going 300 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.879 through your nodal return right now. So really you want 301 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:48.759 to look at that whole like year and a half 302 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:52.799 long period that the transit north and south nodes are 303 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:55.279 in the same sign as your natal north and south nodes, 304 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:59.600 and how are you being redirected in that in like 305 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:04.120 the that your nodes represent, Like what are those natural 306 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:08.840 traits or life topics that you may want to lean 307 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:11.960 into more to have greater fulfillment? Like the sign in 308 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:14.440 which your north node is placed is really like what 309 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:16.799 are you here to develop and get better at and 310 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:19.639 where do you find kind of a greater sense of purpose. 311 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:23.639 And then the house placement of the north note is like, Okay, 312 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:27.200 what kind of themes do you want to lean into more? 313 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:29.919 What topics do you want to invest more energy into 314 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:32.279 learning about? And where do you want to like direct 315 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:36.480 the sign qualities of the north node. And you may 316 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:39.360 feel that especially intensely, like at the exact time of 317 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:41.639 an eclipse to your north node, like maybe out of 318 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:45.919 that entire year and a half long period those weeks 319 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:50.279 surrounding that exact eclipse, you might be going through a 320 00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:53.639 more pivotal life change at that time, and that life 321 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:56.720 change likely has to do with the topics associated with 322 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:59.679 the sign and house placement of the node. So to 323 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:03.360 give an example of this, I had a solar eclipse 324 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:06.279 exactly construct my south node in twenty twenty one, So 325 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:08.160 I know it's not the exact same, but it's still 326 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:11.559 kind of like a huge life moment that is very 327 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:15.079 tied into the south note theme, specifically of like releasing 328 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:18.240 something in order to approach an area of life like 329 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:21.480 a healthier way. And at the time of that solar 330 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:24.599 eclipse on my exact south node in the eleventh house, 331 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:27.400 so it's embodying those themes of like Eleventh House. And 332 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:30.759 I used to drink a lot to feel more comfortable 333 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:33.920 in social situations, to the point where sometimes I would 334 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:36.000 get black out and end up throwing up in the 335 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:40.400 bathroom at a bar. By the time I got to 336 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:45.119 twenty eight years old, this was still happening infrequently, but 337 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:48.200 it would still happen from time to time. And I remember, 338 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:51.400 like right around the day of the solar eclipse on 339 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:53.440 my south Note, I had another one of these incidents 340 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:56.839 where I just woke up feeling so horrible about myself, 341 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:59.160 like why do I need that much alcohol to feel 342 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:03.880 comfort in social situations? And during that eclipse period, it 343 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:06.799 was that was when I decided to stop drinking altogether. 344 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:10.799 And I've kept that sobriety for the last five years. 345 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:15.039 So really seeing how change implemented at eclipses to the 346 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:18.519 nodes like is more long lasting. And a whole desire 347 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:21.119 to make that change to stop drinking was because I 348 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:24.039 wanted to be more comfortable being around people I didn't 349 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:26.799 know in social situations. I wanted to like force myself 350 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:30.759 to get over social anxiety without needing to get blackout drunk. 351 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:34.720 So yeah, just to reiterate, it's like bigger changes going 352 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:37.279 on that don't come around often, that are tied back 353 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:42.039 in with the themes of your north or south node natal 354 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:44.400 placement in your chart depending on Okay, as the North 355 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:46.759 note getting activator, is the South node getting activated In 356 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:48.400 the case of this question, you would look at the 357 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:50.759 north node because you were saying you have an eclipse 358 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:53.279 on your north node. And then this second kind of 359 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:55.680 related question someone just asked, I'd love to understand more 360 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:58.759 about transits to your north node. Honestly, go revisit that 361 00:18:58.799 --> 00:19:01.440 past podcast episode where I talked about it. I believe 362 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:03.240 it's like everything you need to know about the north 363 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:06.039 and south nodes. But again, like any transit to your 364 00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:08.640 north node, it is about bringing you closer to that 365 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:12.079 greater fulfillment, greater sense of purpose that you're working towards 366 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:15.160 over the course of your entire life. So like if 367 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:18.480 you had transit Saturn moving over your north note, it's like, 368 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:21.519 how are you bringing greater structure and harder work to 369 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:25.079 the themes represented by that north node placement in your chart. 370 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:28.440 Or if you had transit Saturn moving across your north node, 371 00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:31.039 how are you taking greater action on the topics of 372 00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:33.640 a North node, or having more courage to speak up 373 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:38.480 about that part of your life. This next question is interesting. 374 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:42.160 This person asks, are there any lesser known transits that 375 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:45.319 are generally positive or can create big change but are 376 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:50.000 less spoken about, like compared to an eclipse. I would say, 377 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:53.839 like with more meaningful significant events in your life, you 378 00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:56.880 always have to have the presence of like a longer, 379 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:00.640 bigger transit going on through your chart, whether that's like 380 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:04.079 a Nodle transit, a Saturn transit, a Jupiter transit, or 381 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:10.920 Urins transit paired with shorter transits like Sun, Venus, Mars, 382 00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:15.160 Mercury for that bigger event to get triggered. So, for instance, 383 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:19.400 like it's unlikely you're gonna have a huge job change 384 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:22.200 or career shift if you just have like the Sun 385 00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:25.559 or Mars going through like your tenth house. But let's 386 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:28.920 say you also have like Urinus or the north node 387 00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:32.279 in your tenth house and the Sun in Mars meets 388 00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:34.599 up with that longer transit. That's kind of like a 389 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:38.640 timing of when something more significant would take place within 390 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:42.960 your career rather than the other years where those longer 391 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:46.920 transits aren't there. But I will say, I never underestimate 392 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:49.319 the power of like a new moon or a full moon, 393 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:52.000 even though those are definitely more minor than something like 394 00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:55.440 an eclipse. I did a whole article on subsecond about this, 395 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:59.480 But like years when you have newer full moons hitting 396 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:02.559 on like exact chart placements, like the year of a 397 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:06.240 new moon, hitting like the degree of your ascendant angle, 398 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:09.599 or like a full moon hitting the degree of your 399 00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:13.920 natal venus, kind of noticing how that year overall might 400 00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:17.079 be a bit more significant for you or that specific month. 401 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:19.359