1 00:00:49,685 --> 00:00:55,805 Hello, and welcome to episode number 325, the Astrology 2 00:00:55,805 --> 00:00:57,125 Alchemy Podcast. 3 00:00:57,816 --> 00:01:03,036 This is for the week of August 11th, 2025, and I'm your host 4 00:01:03,036 --> 00:01:04,445 and guide, Sheila Lange. 5 00:01:07,281 --> 00:01:11,271 We have some dynamite cycles kicking off the beginning of 6 00:01:11,271 --> 00:01:15,831 this week, and overall the whole week gives support for a time of 7 00:01:15,831 --> 00:01:19,040 release, renewal, and bold expression. 8 00:01:20,210 --> 00:01:23,930 Multiple planetary alignments offer breakthroughs in thinking, 9 00:01:23,930 --> 00:01:27,831 love, structure, and soul purpose. 10 00:01:29,825 --> 00:01:33,006 First one we wanna honor is one that most people celebrate, 11 00:01:33,245 --> 00:01:37,445 which is the planet Mercury turning forward in Leo on August 12 00:01:37,445 --> 00:01:42,426 11th, mercury, the storyteller communicator, bridge maker 13 00:01:42,426 --> 00:01:46,656 archetype has been seemingly retrograde seeming to move 14 00:01:46,656 --> 00:01:49,266 backwards in its orbit for the past three weeks. 15 00:01:50,346 --> 00:01:55,805 And retrograde cycles always invite slowing down, timeout. 16 00:01:58,536 --> 00:02:01,835 Reconsider things, review things, and this is. 17 00:02:02,180 --> 00:02:05,631 A bit gnarly for most of us because Mercury is the fastest 18 00:02:05,631 --> 00:02:09,110 moving planet other than the moon in our solar system. 19 00:02:09,110 --> 00:02:13,790 And it's very quick in terms of let's do this, let's do this. 20 00:02:13,790 --> 00:02:14,631 What about this? 21 00:02:14,631 --> 00:02:20,091 And so when we slow it down, it kind of like a is a log jam and 22 00:02:20,330 --> 00:02:23,450 Mercury, because it's about communication has, when it's 23 00:02:23,450 --> 00:02:26,270 retrograde, there's a review of all kinds of communication. 24 00:02:28,056 --> 00:02:33,036 Interpersonal communication, talking to yourself, texting, 25 00:02:33,066 --> 00:02:37,086 emailing, the usual scheduling, and it just means slow down, 26 00:02:37,086 --> 00:02:37,776 slow the roll. 27 00:02:37,836 --> 00:02:40,716 It's hard for all of us to do that, but here we go. 28 00:02:40,716 --> 00:02:45,515 Celebrate Mercury goes forward on August 11th, and it isn't 29 00:02:45,515 --> 00:02:47,586 just the end of a retrograde cycle. 30 00:02:48,276 --> 00:02:51,786 It's really a kind of cosmic pivot point for your mind, 31 00:02:52,656 --> 00:02:54,920 voice, and clarity of purpose. 32 00:02:56,496 --> 00:03:00,545 Mercury now begins a new phase of forward momentum, but with a 33 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:00,881 twist. 34 00:03:02,091 --> 00:03:05,631 It re-triggers all the connections it made to the outer 35 00:03:05,631 --> 00:03:10,131 planets during the past New Moon in Leah, which is a couple weeks 36 00:03:10,131 --> 00:03:10,431 ago. 37 00:03:11,061 --> 00:03:14,781 So we get a chance to act on what's been revealed, what have 38 00:03:14,781 --> 00:03:18,561 we discovered in this past three weeks as we've been recognizing 39 00:03:18,561 --> 00:03:21,980 our old narratives or old ways of telling stories and 40 00:03:21,980 --> 00:03:24,681 communication needs some upgrading. 41 00:03:26,241 --> 00:03:29,786 Now, you may find as Mercury goes forward that your mental 42 00:03:29,876 --> 00:03:30,225 focus. 43 00:03:31,086 --> 00:03:34,235 Communication and inner narrative begins to move forward 44 00:03:34,235 --> 00:03:37,536 also, but not in the same way as before. 45 00:03:38,705 --> 00:03:41,256 This station direct, that's what it calls when it looks like the 46 00:03:41,256 --> 00:03:42,906 planet stops and then goes forward. 47 00:03:42,906 --> 00:03:47,466 This station directive, mercury reactivates, its recent contacts 48 00:03:47,675 --> 00:03:50,256 with four important outer planets. 49 00:03:51,216 --> 00:03:56,855 Uranus in Gemini, Uranus is the Maverick Awakener, so it brings 50 00:03:56,855 --> 00:04:00,066 this new thought frequencies, unexpected downloads. 51 00:04:00,786 --> 00:04:02,135 Be open and pay attention. 52 00:04:04,325 --> 00:04:08,436 Mercury also connects to Saturn, retrograde, Aries, and Saturn is 53 00:04:08,795 --> 00:04:14,256 the structure maker, the one that holds the ground, the 54 00:04:14,256 --> 00:04:15,306 responsible one. 55 00:04:15,665 --> 00:04:17,735 It all often represents authority. 56 00:04:17,735 --> 00:04:21,156 So this Mercury Saturn connection lets you have a 57 00:04:21,156 --> 00:04:24,245 confrontation with inner and outer authority as needed. 58 00:04:25,310 --> 00:04:28,355 That's a very big gift for all of us in the, in the United 59 00:04:28,355 --> 00:04:29,180 States right now. 60 00:04:29,930 --> 00:04:32,630 The third planet Mercury has a connection with, as it goes 61 00:04:32,630 --> 00:04:37,130 direct is Neptune, which is retrograde areas also, and it is 62 00:04:37,130 --> 00:04:40,850 the planet archetype of the dreamer, the mystic, the 63 00:04:40,850 --> 00:04:43,401 visionary, the altered state one. 64 00:04:43,911 --> 00:04:47,211 So this one, mercury, the nep, mercury, and Neptune together. 65 00:04:47,706 --> 00:04:51,516 Help you to release illusion and invite deeper, intuitive 66 00:04:51,516 --> 00:04:51,995 knowing. 67 00:04:53,466 --> 00:04:56,255 And then the fourth planet that Mercury is connected with as it 68 00:04:56,255 --> 00:05:00,036 goes forward is Pluto, which is retrograde and Aquarius. 69 00:05:00,605 --> 00:05:04,235 Now Pluto is the great Transformer, the one that says, 70 00:05:04,266 --> 00:05:05,466 go do your basement work. 71 00:05:05,466 --> 00:05:06,216 I talk about that. 72 00:05:06,216 --> 00:05:09,576 Dig out the old files, the old stories, clean them up, 73 00:05:09,576 --> 00:05:11,701 transform them, let them go, let them die. 74 00:05:12,555 --> 00:05:15,855 So Mercury, Pluto is a very powerful dynamic'cause it's, it 75 00:05:15,855 --> 00:05:21,045 can be a laser mind and letting, helping you to shred old, 76 00:05:21,375 --> 00:05:23,355 outdated mental control patterns. 77 00:05:24,290 --> 00:05:26,180 And open to deeper soul truths. 78 00:05:27,591 --> 00:05:31,281 Now, this rare confluence of five planets, as Mercury goes 79 00:05:31,281 --> 00:05:36,411 forward this week, offers you a multidimensional opportunity to 80 00:05:36,411 --> 00:05:41,571 recalibrate how you think, speak and share your vision. 81 00:05:42,380 --> 00:05:46,011 It's a green light, but one that asks you to lead from the heart 82 00:05:46,011 --> 00:05:48,255 of your truth, not the mask of performance. 83 00:05:50,406 --> 00:05:54,516 What that comes from is Mercury is in the sign of Leo in its 84 00:05:54,516 --> 00:05:55,536 healthy expression. 85 00:05:55,536 --> 00:05:59,586 Leos about our creativity and our sovereignty and our ability 86 00:05:59,586 --> 00:06:02,165 to be visible in its wounded side. 87 00:06:02,615 --> 00:06:05,766 It's where we get caught in narcissistic patterns or we 88 00:06:05,766 --> 00:06:09,456 perform for others'cause we wanna get outer validation 89 00:06:09,456 --> 00:06:11,045 rather than inner validation. 90 00:06:11,435 --> 00:06:14,286 So this Mercury going forward says. 91 00:06:14,511 --> 00:06:18,620 You know, lead from the heart of your truth, not the mask of 92 00:06:18,620 --> 00:06:19,430 performance. 93 00:06:20,661 --> 00:06:23,930 And here's a reflection question for Mercury going forward. 94 00:06:24,831 --> 00:06:29,630 What inner clarity are you now ready to voice with courage and 95 00:06:29,630 --> 00:06:30,411 creativity? 96 00:06:34,100 --> 00:06:36,920 Keep in mind, you can check out the show notes for all of these 97 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,620 reflection questions if you wanna journal or have more time 98 00:06:39,620 --> 00:06:39,920 with them. 99 00:06:43,355 --> 00:06:47,646 Now Monday, August 11th has two more big cycles happening. 100 00:06:47,646 --> 00:06:51,935 So this week just starts out juicy and alive and full. 101 00:06:52,776 --> 00:06:57,696 Second cycle on that day is a very rare cycle between Saturn 102 00:06:57,696 --> 00:07:00,815 and Aries, which trines, Uranus and Gemini. 103 00:07:01,386 --> 00:07:03,875 Remember, Saturn is the responsible one, the structured 104 00:07:03,875 --> 00:07:04,115 one. 105 00:07:04,355 --> 00:07:05,886 Uranus is the maverick. 106 00:07:06,216 --> 00:07:10,446 The Destructuring one, this rare, harmonious aspect, they're 107 00:07:10,446 --> 00:07:12,576 120 degrees away from each other. 108 00:07:12,906 --> 00:07:16,716 Between the planet of discipline and the planet of liberation 109 00:07:17,255 --> 00:07:20,735 Offers a bridge between old structures and new 110 00:07:20,735 --> 00:07:21,906 possibilities. 111 00:07:23,165 --> 00:07:27,456 It's an invitation to evolve tradition, not just reject it. 112 00:07:28,446 --> 00:07:31,836 This is a moment to build innovative systems that support 113 00:07:31,836 --> 00:07:32,411 true freedom. 114 00:07:35,180 --> 00:07:39,350 And I wanna say, especially, even though they're exactly 115 00:07:39,711 --> 00:07:43,880 trining the two planets on August 11th, the energy of this 116 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,610 connection is more, much more than one day. 117 00:07:47,630 --> 00:07:51,651 As Saturn has gone into Aries new sign, Uranus has just 118 00:07:51,651 --> 00:07:55,670 recently gone into Gemini new sign, this is a very potent, 119 00:07:56,271 --> 00:08:00,230 archetypal opportunity to bring both structure and radical 120 00:08:00,230 --> 00:08:05,091 change together in a good way personally and collect. 121 00:08:06,065 --> 00:08:09,636 Send prayers for our collective that we can ride the energy of 122 00:08:09,636 --> 00:08:15,365 this archetypal cycle to find radical new ways for structure 123 00:08:15,365 --> 00:08:16,326 that serves all. 124 00:08:17,076 --> 00:08:20,706 Here's a reflection question for the Saturn trying Uranus cycle 125 00:08:20,706 --> 00:08:21,096 for you. 126 00:08:22,656 --> 00:08:27,725 How can you become a mature steward of the changes your soul 127 00:08:27,725 --> 00:08:28,865 is ready to live? 128 00:08:36,905 --> 00:08:41,436 And then finally, also on August 11th, Venus is conjunct Jupiter 129 00:08:41,436 --> 00:08:42,245 in cancer. 130 00:08:43,176 --> 00:08:47,765 Venus, the relational archetype, the lover, the magnetic one, the 131 00:08:47,765 --> 00:08:52,086 one connected to values and desire and beauty and 132 00:08:52,206 --> 00:08:53,135 connection. 133 00:08:54,186 --> 00:08:54,875 Jupiter. 134 00:08:55,280 --> 00:09:00,110 The teacher guide wise, one, expanding us, expanding our 135 00:09:00,110 --> 00:09:02,900 awareness, sharing our wisdom, conjunct. 136 00:09:02,900 --> 00:09:05,480 They're together in the heavens, in the sign of cancer. 137 00:09:06,620 --> 00:09:09,471 A lush, an expansive moment in the heart realms. 138 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:11,600 Venus and Jupiter. 139 00:09:11,990 --> 00:09:16,551 Planets of love and abundance unite in the deeply feeling sign 140 00:09:16,551 --> 00:09:17,270 of cancer. 141 00:09:18,260 --> 00:09:21,711 This opens a portal of nourishment, emotional 142 00:09:21,711 --> 00:09:23,541 generosity, and sacred connection. 143 00:09:24,905 --> 00:09:28,176 A beautiful time to restore your sense of belonging. 144 00:09:29,706 --> 00:09:33,125 And remember, Venus about relationships is not just with 145 00:09:33,456 --> 00:09:35,645 external relationships, external people. 146 00:09:36,245 --> 00:09:38,436 It's with yourself and all your inner figures. 147 00:09:39,035 --> 00:09:40,416 Can you nourish them? 148 00:09:40,475 --> 00:09:42,905 Can you be generous emotionally with yourself? 149 00:09:43,416 --> 00:09:46,446 It's also about relationship with the more than human, our 150 00:09:46,446 --> 00:09:50,015 precious world under so much stress and pain right now, 151 00:09:50,466 --> 00:09:53,316 ecologically with climate crisis. 152 00:09:54,321 --> 00:09:57,831 Can you open your heart and your emotional generosity to the 153 00:09:57,831 --> 00:10:03,051 plants and the animals and the elements in the weather in all 154 00:10:03,051 --> 00:10:03,770 beings? 155 00:10:04,910 --> 00:10:08,120 Here's a reflection question for Venus Conjunct Jupiter this 156 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:08,510 week. 157 00:10:09,321 --> 00:10:14,421 Where can you say yes to love that nourishes your body, heart, 158 00:10:14,691 --> 00:10:15,740 and roots? 159 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:27,620 And then finally, one more present from the universe from 160 00:10:27,620 --> 00:10:28,400 the archetypes. 161 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:33,711 A really unusual one on both August 14th and August 17th. 162 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:38,301 Mercury in Leo is what's called Sextile Mars in Libra. 163 00:10:39,321 --> 00:10:41,900 Remember, mercury is the communicator, storyteller, and 164 00:10:41,900 --> 00:10:46,610 Mars is that action taker, that sacred yang go after what I 165 00:10:46,610 --> 00:10:46,971 want. 166 00:10:46,971 --> 00:10:49,191 Stand up for it advocate. 167 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:54,230 It also can be in its unhealthy expression, aggression and 168 00:10:54,230 --> 00:10:55,010 violence. 169 00:10:55,191 --> 00:10:58,581 However, it's in the sign of Libra now, which asks for 170 00:10:58,581 --> 00:11:00,410 harmony and fairness. 171 00:11:01,341 --> 00:11:05,451 So Mercury now moving direct forms, a double sex style to 172 00:11:05,505 --> 00:11:05,666 Mars. 173 00:11:06,096 --> 00:11:09,755 F Sextile means they're 60 degrees away from each other in 174 00:11:09,755 --> 00:11:10,385 the heavens. 175 00:11:10,745 --> 00:11:13,115 First, as it mo begins to move. 176 00:11:13,206 --> 00:11:17,525 And again, once it picks up speed, this gives you momentum 177 00:11:17,525 --> 00:11:21,966 to take aligned action on what you've been reflecting on during 178 00:11:21,966 --> 00:11:26,796 the retrograde period of Mercury The last three weeks, mercury in 179 00:11:26,796 --> 00:11:29,346 Leo gives voice to your creativity. 180 00:11:30,005 --> 00:11:34,535 Mars in Libra empowers you to act with grace and strategy. 181 00:11:35,676 --> 00:11:38,556 That has especially sent that prayer out to all beings, and 182 00:11:38,556 --> 00:11:43,235 particularly in, uh, countries where there's struggle with 183 00:11:43,235 --> 00:11:48,635 authoritarianism and impulses to keep the freedom away from the 184 00:11:48,635 --> 00:11:53,316 people, let's find a way to act with grace and strategy and to 185 00:11:53,316 --> 00:11:55,206 give our voice forward. 186 00:11:56,046 --> 00:11:58,145 Here's a reflection for you. 187 00:11:58,265 --> 00:12:02,765 With Mercury Sextiling Mars, what message or idea are you 188 00:12:02,765 --> 00:12:03,816 ready to activate? 189 00:12:04,505 --> 00:12:06,785 With both heart and harmony. 190 00:12:12,515 --> 00:12:17,105 So there are some very potent cycles This week I invite you to 191 00:12:17,105 --> 00:12:20,556 really be with him in a way that is most congruent for you and to 192 00:12:20,556 --> 00:12:21,666 all my audience. 193 00:12:21,995 --> 00:12:24,936 You listen to this podcast'cause you're deeply sensitive to the 194 00:12:24,936 --> 00:12:26,135 archetypal currents. 195 00:12:26,885 --> 00:12:31,596 So I want to empower you to lean in and surf those waves in a 196 00:12:31,596 --> 00:12:32,135 good way. 197 00:12:33,816 --> 00:12:38,706 The podcast poem is actually a prose poem that just jumped out 198 00:12:38,706 --> 00:12:42,365 to say, you must speak me with these cycles. 199 00:12:42,395 --> 00:12:45,816 Very much so, and it's one that many people find beloved. 200 00:12:45,816 --> 00:12:48,995 And if you've not heard it before, you are here for a very 201 00:12:48,995 --> 00:12:49,686 big blessing. 202 00:12:49,926 --> 00:12:52,355 And if you know this one, enjoy it once more. 203 00:12:53,046 --> 00:12:57,395 It's called The Invitation by Uriah Mountain Dreamer. 204 00:13:00,051 --> 00:13:01,400 It doesn't interesting. 205 00:13:01,551 --> 00:13:04,280 It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. 206 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:09,860 I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of 207 00:13:09,860 --> 00:13:11,480 meeting your heart's longing. 208 00:13:12,860 --> 00:13:15,291 It doesn't interest me how old you are. 209 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:21,561 I wanna know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, 210 00:13:22,341 --> 00:13:25,971 for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. 211 00:13:27,605 --> 00:13:29,105 It doesn't interest me. 212 00:13:29,255 --> 00:13:31,265 What planets are squaring your moon. 213 00:13:32,586 --> 00:13:35,975 I want to know if you have touched the center of your own 214 00:13:35,975 --> 00:13:36,605 sorrow. 215 00:13:37,865 --> 00:13:42,725 If you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become 216 00:13:42,725 --> 00:13:48,846 shriveled and closed from fear of further pain, I wanna know if 217 00:13:48,846 --> 00:13:55,051 you can sit with pain mine or your own without moving to hide 218 00:13:55,051 --> 00:13:55,171 it. 219 00:13:56,466 --> 00:13:58,806 Or fade it or fix it. 220 00:14:01,416 --> 00:14:06,936 I wanna know if you can be with Joy Mine or your own, if you can 221 00:14:06,936 --> 00:14:10,836 dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of 222 00:14:10,836 --> 00:14:15,066 your fingers and toes with without cautioning us to be 223 00:14:15,066 --> 00:14:19,505 careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of 224 00:14:19,505 --> 00:14:20,285 being human. 225 00:14:21,995 --> 00:14:25,025 It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is 226 00:14:25,025 --> 00:14:25,416 true. 227 00:14:26,750 --> 00:14:30,620 I wanna know if you can disappoint another to be true to 228 00:14:30,620 --> 00:14:31,250 yourself. 229 00:14:32,990 --> 00:14:37,581 If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your 230 00:14:37,581 --> 00:14:42,561 own soul, if you can be faithless and therefore 231 00:14:42,681 --> 00:14:43,041 trustworthy. 232 00:14:45,785 --> 00:14:49,341 I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not 233 00:14:49,341 --> 00:14:54,051 pretty every day, and if you can source your own life from its 234 00:14:54,051 --> 00:14:54,260 presence. 235 00:14:57,321 --> 00:15:01,461 I wanna know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, 236 00:15:02,181 --> 00:15:05,841 and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver 237 00:15:05,841 --> 00:15:06,860 of the full moon. 238 00:15:07,191 --> 00:15:08,091 Yes. 239 00:15:10,431 --> 00:15:15,051 It doesn't interest me to know where you live or much money you 240 00:15:15,051 --> 00:15:15,291 have. 241 00:15:16,850 --> 00:15:21,380 I wanna know if you can get up after the night of grief and 242 00:15:21,380 --> 00:15:27,441 despair, weary and bruise to the bone, and do what needs to be 243 00:15:27,441 --> 00:15:28,941 done to feed the children. 244 00:15:32,030 --> 00:15:36,650 It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. 245 00:15:37,821 --> 00:15:41,301 I wanna know if you will stand in the center of the fire with 246 00:15:41,301 --> 00:15:43,041 me and not shrink back. 247 00:15:46,041 --> 00:15:49,880 It doesn't interest me where or what with whom you have studied. 248 00:15:51,171 --> 00:15:55,701 I wanna know what sustains you from the inside when all else 249 00:15:56,030 --> 00:15:56,900 falls away. 250 00:15:58,581 --> 00:16:03,350 I wanna know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly 251 00:16:03,350 --> 00:16:11,120 like the company you keep in the empty moments, the invitation. 252 00:16:12,171 --> 00:16:19,760 From Mariah Mountain Dreamer, so dear ones, may your week truly 253 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,510 be a blessed one despite all that is going on. 254 00:16:24,110 --> 00:16:27,110 Remember that the power of your heart and the beauty of your 255 00:16:27,110 --> 00:16:28,865 voice makes a difference. 256 00:16:31,910 --> 00:16:35,331 And thank you for all the support you continually give me. 257 00:16:35,571 --> 00:16:36,711 Thank you for listening. 258 00:16:37,130 --> 00:16:38,750 Thank you for the donations. 259 00:16:38,990 --> 00:16:41,600 Thank you for telling others about the podcast. 260 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:44,630 I love giving this gift to my people. 261 00:16:44,870 --> 00:16:46,221 Thank you for receiving it. 262 00:16:47,541 --> 00:16:49,250 I wanna remind you one more gift. 263 00:16:49,791 --> 00:16:54,860 I have a special free two hour workshop on Saturday, August 6th 264 00:16:54,951 --> 00:16:56,600 from nine to 11 Pacific. 265 00:16:58,926 --> 00:17:02,885 And it's a taster of my transformation journey roadmap, 266 00:17:03,666 --> 00:17:08,105 my signature course that is designed to help you liberate 267 00:17:08,465 --> 00:17:11,675 from toxic smallness and activate the power of your 268 00:17:11,675 --> 00:17:12,695 visionary nature. 269 00:17:13,655 --> 00:17:15,695 You're welcome to come just to taste it. 270 00:17:16,385 --> 00:17:17,465 No pressure to sell. 271 00:17:17,465 --> 00:17:19,715 I'll let you know about the course, but the main thing is 272 00:17:19,715 --> 00:17:21,395 it's a offering to you, my people. 273 00:17:21,891 --> 00:17:26,181 And you can sign up and join us live on August 16th, or you can 274 00:17:26,181 --> 00:17:27,590 just sign up and get the replay. 275 00:17:28,730 --> 00:17:32,750 To get information and register, go to my website on the edges of 276 00:17:32,750 --> 00:17:38,240 change.com/homepage and go the homepage. 277 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:39,800 You'll see it right there midway down. 278 00:17:40,611 --> 00:17:45,171 It's about transforming toxic smallness and liberating into 279 00:17:45,171 --> 00:17:46,086 your visionary nature. 280 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