Hello, and welcome to episode number 325, the Astrology
Alchemy Podcast.
This is for the week of August 11th, 2025, and I'm your host
and guide, Sheila Lange.
We have some dynamite cycles kicking off the beginning of
this week, and overall the whole week gives support for a time of
release, renewal, and bold expression.
Multiple planetary alignments offer breakthroughs in thinking,
love, structure, and soul purpose.
First one we wanna honor is one that most people celebrate,
which is the planet Mercury turning forward in Leo on August
11th, mercury, the storyteller communicator, bridge maker
archetype has been seemingly retrograde seeming to move
backwards in its orbit for the past three weeks.
And retrograde cycles always invite slowing down, timeout.
Reconsider things, review things, and this is.
A bit gnarly for most of us because Mercury is the fastest
moving planet other than the moon in our solar system.
And it's very quick in terms of let's do this, let's do this.
What about this?
And so when we slow it down, it kind of like a is a log jam and
Mercury, because it's about communication has, when it's
retrograde, there's a review of all kinds of communication.
Interpersonal communication, talking to yourself, texting,
emailing, the usual scheduling, and it just means slow down,
slow the roll.
It's hard for all of us to do that, but here we go.
Celebrate Mercury goes forward on August 11th, and it isn't
just the end of a retrograde cycle.
It's really a kind of cosmic pivot point for your mind,
voice, and clarity of purpose.
Mercury now begins a new phase of forward momentum, but with a
twist.
It re-triggers all the connections it made to the outer
planets during the past New Moon in Leah, which is a couple weeks
ago.
So we get a chance to act on what's been revealed, what have
we discovered in this past three weeks as we've been recognizing
our old narratives or old ways of telling stories and
communication needs some upgrading.
Now, you may find as Mercury goes forward that your mental
focus.
Communication and inner narrative begins to move forward
also, but not in the same way as before.
This station direct, that's what it calls when it looks like the
planet stops and then goes forward.
This station directive, mercury reactivates, its recent contacts
with four important outer planets.
Uranus in Gemini, Uranus is the Maverick Awakener, so it brings
this new thought frequencies, unexpected downloads.
Be open and pay attention.
Mercury also connects to Saturn, retrograde, Aries, and Saturn is
the structure maker, the one that holds the ground, the
responsible one.
It all often represents authority.
So this Mercury Saturn connection lets you have a
confrontation with inner and outer authority as needed.
That's a very big gift for all of us in the, in the United
States right now.
The third planet Mercury has a connection with, as it goes
direct is Neptune, which is retrograde areas also, and it is
the planet archetype of the dreamer, the mystic, the
visionary, the altered state one.
So this one, mercury, the nep, mercury, and Neptune together.
Help you to release illusion and invite deeper, intuitive
knowing.
And then the fourth planet that Mercury is connected with as it
goes forward is Pluto, which is retrograde and Aquarius.
Now Pluto is the great Transformer, the one that says,
go do your basement work.
I talk about that.
Dig out the old files, the old stories, clean them up,
transform them, let them go, let them die.
So Mercury, Pluto is a very powerful dynamic'cause it's, it
can be a laser mind and letting, helping you to shred old,
outdated mental control patterns.
And open to deeper soul truths.
Now, this rare confluence of five planets, as Mercury goes
forward this week, offers you a multidimensional opportunity to
recalibrate how you think, speak and share your vision.
It's a green light, but one that asks you to lead from the heart
of your truth, not the mask of performance.
What that comes from is Mercury is in the sign of Leo in its
healthy expression.
Leos about our creativity and our sovereignty and our ability
to be visible in its wounded side.
It's where we get caught in narcissistic patterns or we
perform for others'cause we wanna get outer validation
rather than inner validation.
So this Mercury going forward says.
You know, lead from the heart of your truth, not the mask of
performance.
And here's a reflection question for Mercury going forward.
What inner clarity are you now ready to voice with courage and
creativity?
Keep in mind, you can check out the show notes for all of these
reflection questions if you wanna journal or have more time
with them.
Now Monday, August 11th has two more big cycles happening.
So this week just starts out juicy and alive and full.
Second cycle on that day is a very rare cycle between Saturn
and Aries, which trines, Uranus and Gemini.
Remember, Saturn is the responsible one, the structured
one.
Uranus is the maverick.
The Destructuring one, this rare, harmonious aspect, they're
120 degrees away from each other.
Between the planet of discipline and the planet of liberation
Offers a bridge between old structures and new
possibilities.
It's an invitation to evolve tradition, not just reject it.
This is a moment to build innovative systems that support
true freedom.
And I wanna say, especially, even though they're exactly
trining the two planets on August 11th, the energy of this
connection is more, much more than one day.
As Saturn has gone into Aries new sign, Uranus has just
recently gone into Gemini new sign, this is a very potent,
archetypal opportunity to bring both structure and radical
change together in a good way personally and collect.
Send prayers for our collective that we can ride the energy of
this archetypal cycle to find radical new ways for structure
that serves all.
Here's a reflection question for the Saturn trying Uranus cycle
for you.
How can you become a mature steward of the changes your soul
is ready to live?
And then finally, also on August 11th, Venus is conjunct Jupiter
in cancer.
Venus, the relational archetype, the lover, the magnetic one, the
one connected to values and desire and beauty and
connection.
Jupiter.
The teacher guide wise, one, expanding us, expanding our
awareness, sharing our wisdom, conjunct.
They're together in the heavens, in the sign of cancer.
A lush, an expansive moment in the heart realms.
Venus and Jupiter.
Planets of love and abundance unite in the deeply feeling sign
of cancer.
This opens a portal of nourishment, emotional
generosity, and sacred connection.
A beautiful time to restore your sense of belonging.
And remember, Venus about relationships is not just with
external relationships, external people.
It's with yourself and all your inner figures.
Can you nourish them?
Can you be generous emotionally with yourself?
It's also about relationship with the more than human, our
precious world under so much stress and pain right now,
ecologically with climate crisis.
Can you open your heart and your emotional generosity to the
plants and the animals and the elements in the weather in all
beings?
Here's a reflection question for Venus Conjunct Jupiter this
week.
Where can you say yes to love that nourishes your body, heart,
and roots?
And then finally, one more present from the universe from
the archetypes.
A really unusual one on both August 14th and August 17th.
Mercury in Leo is what's called Sextile Mars in Libra.
Remember, mercury is the communicator, storyteller, and
Mars is that action taker, that sacred yang go after what I
want.
Stand up for it advocate.
It also can be in its unhealthy expression, aggression and
violence.
However, it's in the sign of Libra now, which asks for
harmony and fairness.
So Mercury now moving direct forms, a double sex style to
Mars.
F Sextile means they're 60 degrees away from each other in
the heavens.
First, as it mo begins to move.
And again, once it picks up speed, this gives you momentum
to take aligned action on what you've been reflecting on during
the retrograde period of Mercury The last three weeks, mercury in
Leo gives voice to your creativity.
Mars in Libra empowers you to act with grace and strategy.
That has especially sent that prayer out to all beings, and
particularly in, uh, countries where there's struggle with
authoritarianism and impulses to keep the freedom away from the
people, let's find a way to act with grace and strategy and to
give our voice forward.
Here's a reflection for you.
With Mercury Sextiling Mars, what message or idea are you
ready to activate?
With both heart and harmony.
So there are some very potent cycles This week I invite you to
really be with him in a way that is most congruent for you and to
all my audience.
You listen to this podcast'cause you're deeply sensitive to the
archetypal currents.
So I want to empower you to lean in and surf those waves in a
good way.
The podcast poem is actually a prose poem that just jumped out
to say, you must speak me with these cycles.
Very much so, and it's one that many people find beloved.
And if you've not heard it before, you are here for a very
big blessing.
And if you know this one, enjoy it once more.
It's called The Invitation by Uriah Mountain Dreamer.
It doesn't interesting.
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of
meeting your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are.
I wanna know if you will risk looking like a fool for love,
for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me.
What planets are squaring your moon.
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own
sorrow.
If you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become
shriveled and closed from fear of further pain, I wanna know if
you can sit with pain mine or your own without moving to hide
it.
Or fade it or fix it.
I wanna know if you can be with Joy Mine or your own, if you can
dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of
your fingers and toes with without cautioning us to be
careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of
being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is
true.
I wanna know if you can disappoint another to be true to
yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your
own soul, if you can be faithless and therefore
trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not
pretty every day, and if you can source your own life from its
presence.
I wanna know if you can live with failure, yours and mine,
and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver
of the full moon.
Yes.
It doesn't interest me to know where you live or much money you
have.
I wanna know if you can get up after the night of grief and
despair, weary and bruise to the bone, and do what needs to be
done to feed the children.
It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here.
I wanna know if you will stand in the center of the fire with
me and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest me where or what with whom you have studied.
I wanna know what sustains you from the inside when all else
falls away.
I wanna know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly
like the company you keep in the empty moments, the invitation.
From Mariah Mountain Dreamer, so dear ones, may your week truly
be a blessed one despite all that is going on.
Remember that the power of your heart and the beauty of your
voice makes a difference.
And thank you for all the support you continually give me.
Thank you for listening.
Thank you for the donations.
Thank you for telling others about the podcast.
I love giving this gift to my people.
Thank you for receiving it.
I wanna remind you one more gift.
I have a special free two hour workshop on Saturday, August 6th
from nine to 11 Pacific.
And it's a taster of my transformation journey roadmap,
my signature course that is designed to help you liberate
from toxic smallness and activate the power of your
visionary nature.
You're welcome to come just to taste it.
No pressure to sell.
I'll let you know about the course, but the main thing is
it's a offering to you, my people.
And you can sign up and join us live on August 16th, or you can
just sign up and get the replay.
To get information and register, go to my website on the edges of
change.com/homepage and go the homepage.
You'll see it right there midway down.
It's about transforming toxic smallness and liberating into
your visionary nature.
Again, the website on the edges of change.com/homepage.
Thank you.