Change, The North Node, and Astrological Literacy

Something feels different right now, and it is not just you. With the Moon in Leo lighting up confidence and creativity, we talk through a day that can feel bold on the surface while still hitting tender spots underneath, especially with Mercury retrograde stirring up misreads, sharp words, and easy tears. I share how supportive “cradle” patterns from sextiles and trines can protect what you are building, as long as you do not rush the message or force the timeline. 

Then we zoom out to the bigger story: the lunar nodes shifting into an Aquarius Leo axis for the next 18 months. That change points to a real reset in values and direction, where innovation, community, and future thinking challenge old ego habits, control patterns, and the need to be seen as the one in charge. With Pluto in Aquarius in the mix, it can feel like the old guard is fading and the collective energy is rearranging itself in real time, which explains why so many people say the vibes feel “off.” 

We keep it practical: look inward before hunting for external signs, do not overscrutinize every detail, and respond in the most centered way you can. I also break down why “challenged” is the keyword for the day, how to use creative momentum without crashing into real-life obstacles, and why the easy way out is rarely the opportunity you are looking for. If this helped, subscribe, share the episode, and leave a review. What part of your life is asking for a braver choice right now?

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Transcript

Moon In Leo And Key Aspects

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Astrology time, it's Wednesday, the 15th of July. So here we go. Our moon's in Leo, and it's going to be in Leo all day long, right? You know where you're at and you know what you're here for. So let's talk about the big changes that are coming, okay? There are some very important aspects forming. There's sextiles all over the place, right? That are making these things called cradles. And there's trines that are there too, because when you get a bunch of sextiles lined up to make cradles, they form trines as well. 90 degrees versus 60 degrees, right? 60 degrees 90 degrees, uh actually 90 degrees are square. Shane, 120 degrees. There you go. Two two sextiles equals a trine. Oh boy, it's late. I didn't get much sleep last night either. So let's talk about this, okay? There are some uh we talked about the aspects. Cradles that will protect and incubate our nascent endeavors, okay? That's what some of those things are, right? Mercury is still retrograde, so the words can cause tears. And let me tell you that, not because we are jerks, but because the moon and sun and cancer make the tears flow more easily. Especially for people with cancer placements, right? Uh-huh. Um, if you know, you know, right? So uh that's that's kind of an interesting one. Interesting one. The

Nodes Shift Toward Aquarius Leo

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north node is at zero degrees Pisces. Oh, that's one of those key points, right? Yes, it is. And it will slip into Aquarius and Leo. So basically we're in a we just spent our time in a um Pisces Virgo axis, where the North Node and the South Node, the North Node was in Pisces, South Node was in Virgo. Now we're gonna be going from North Node in Aquarius to South Node in Leo, the opposite sign. That's gonna change some stuff up drastically uh over the next for the next 18 months, okay? There cannot be change without a degree of pain. And the pain in in here with that north node, that pain is gonna be karmic in nature. So the spiritual will have to make room for innovation, right? Yeah, it's gonna have to. It's and for the secular, right? It's gonna, you know, we go from a se you know highly sex uh secular and spiritual Pisces into very logical and and um abstract thinking Aquarius, right? We've got some innovation going on there. But you know, the other end of the uh the other end of the spectrum is the Leo willpower, right? That that will, that courage, that desire, that desire to be on top, to be the king of the forest, right? So look, um society will also change with the nodes. You can feel it, right? Especially with Pluto in Aquarius. Uh-huh. Now, the old guard is fading, and globally things will begin to guess what, change. Why so much change in the energy fields? Why is there so much, right? Why why is it why are we feeling it right now? Well, I don't know. Just like that stupid ad block just came up on my computer. Ugh. Okay, so anyway, pop-up windows. Can't stand it. Alright, so there look, here the spiritual will have to make room for the innovation, right? Society changing? Yes, we got

Why The Energy Feels Off

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that. Now, is it the Hadron collider at CERN being powered down? Hmm, not really, okay. Changes in the energy fields are are more i it's the power of change felt on a much larger scale, right? We have large scale change because it's not just a collider, guys, it's everybody. It's the collective, right? There's there's a word that you don't hear me use very much, but the collective is out there, and that's what's changing. It's us, right? We're looking inside, Mercury and in uh cancer, retrograde, looking inside. What are we finding? What is it we're doing? What is it that we're looking for? Well, look, don't overscrutinize your situation. React to it in the purest and most centered way possible. In other words, go in. The divine is within all of us if we only shut up long enough to let it find us. Realizing this is profoundly difficult. The endings have been abrupt in some cases and and quite literal. Uh what seems like a major upheaval to some is just a step in the right direction for others. Think about that. This is why the energy feels so off, right? Because if we see somebody going through something, we c we can't really, you know, but everybody's going through it. Everybody's gonna be feeling this, right? Yeah, and it's it's a different kind of energy, and that's where the difficulty comes in, and that's where we're piecing it all together. Now, are there opp you better believe it. We'll get to all that stuff pretty soon, right?

Smoky Skies And Daily Themes

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Here in New England, our skies are smoky from the canate from Canadian wild wildfires in Quebec. I had to make this thing like huge because my eyes just are are burning from number one from being tired, and number two, because that smoke, you can actually smell it outside and you can feel it in the air, and it's kind of getting to your eyes a little bit. Um today, this Wednesday, is super creative if you decide to go down that route that road, okay? And today's keyword is challenged. We're being challenged, and we're uh let's rise to the occasion. And the color is an orange solar disk in a smoky sky. That's what the sun looked like tonight, or today. You may see pictures on your social media. Now, let's look at our themes, okay? First, we have an intuitive push that will strengthen us financially. That's cancer season, right? Cancer season has been about home security, nurturing, and legacy, right? There's some emotional decisions that need to be made, and we can't move forward if we don't leave anything behind. That's just not the way it works, right? We do we can't bring it all with us. We have to jettison what we don't need and then move forward. That's what that's north node, south node's about. You get rid of the stuff in the south node to make room to come into what's in the north node, right? What we gotta do. We gotta get rid of the the the the kings, right? The the Leo type of things. That that pride, that that that willpower, and find a way to make it innovative, find a way to make it eclectic, and use the ideas that Pluto in Aquarius is trying to make uh trying to bring forward, right? Yep, just another one. We've got a long time to work on that too. Okay, so um let's see.

Creativity Without Boundaries

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There's some uh now the next theme is creativity with no boundaries. What do you mean by that, Shane? Well, this is an outer planet pattern that forms the cradle, and today we find Jupiter and Leo asserting himself in conjunct with the ruler of Cancers. Now, Jupiter just joined this again, right? Last year we had Jupiter conjunct with Uranus for the same thing, right? So it was a it was kind of um electric, right? That expansion. You just it wasn't gonna expand right away, and when it did, it would be you know very, very sudden and very shocking. Well now we have Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus all lined up again, but now 60 degrees uh 60 degrees away. Yes, 60 degrees away. Uh let's see. Yes, we do. Okay. 60 degrees away, we have Jupiter sitting there in Leo. So now with that the fire and the air aspects all being represented, that gives us a chance to really, really just go and um look. Today, Jupiter's gonna be conjunct with the moon. So, Jupiter's a lusty god and will immediately want hit want the moon in a patriarchal and condescending way. That's not gonna happen, right? No, it's not. Also in the mix we have Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, and Mars is actually too far out to even be, it's not close enough to Uranus now. But well-executed plans over the next few months will be realized, beginning with what the point with that point that we talked about yesterday where Venus is in Virgo, and it's just gonna go, you know, from there to um to Scorpio and then to um Capricorn, okay? So we're gonna have three points there for this for growth for the coming season. So we're just just mark that in your mind. So we've got some things to look forward to in Virgo season, Scorpio season, and Capricorn season, all right. So don't sit still though, right? Uh you look, if you find answers to find answers to your spiritual questions from inside, okay? Those node shifting that I mentioned back before, that's gonna be

Choices Obstacles And Inner Guidance

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huge too. So find those answers right now before you go looking for the external signs, and don't sit still. Act and rise up to meet the challenge. Now, zero degrees Pisces is a powerful place where our beliefs are being expressed for better or for worse. What follows is the willpower of Leo with that knowledge of Aquarius, right? We're giv but we we're shedding that, right? We're shedding some of that will, we're shedding some of that that that regalness, that that baggage that it can bring with it, the boasting, the exaggerations and things like that, those negative qualities of Leo. So we have to make sure that we know that look, these are strong forces, right? I will versus I you know, versus what we think and the knowledge of what we know, right? I know. Uh look, giving up some of that control for greater knowledge and understanding is uh gonna be with us for the next year and a half. Okay? So this is something that we're gonna really be working with, with that Aquarian energy, because that's where the eclipses will start falling, right? In that Leo and Aquarius axis. Now with that being said, the moon feels creative urge uh but she'll feel with of Jupiter, right? Because Jupiter is very creative, and Jupiter is in Leo, right? Balance the will of Leo with the vigorous energy of the real life uh and with real life obstacles, right? We have to work through those real life obstacles because that's what's gonna prevent us from uh you know, we we have to make sure that we just don't run up into it, uh up against it, and then say, oh, I don't want to do that. We have to move forward with it, right? Now, at some point later, you're gonna need to make a choice. Don't be seduced by the easy way out. Make sure you're scanning the ground before you act, because you never know where you're gonna find your next opportunity, right?

On This Day And Rembrandt

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So in 1965, Leonard Bernstein premieres his Chichester Psalms for chorus and orchestra at the Philharmonic Hall in New York City. That was on this date in 1965. And our birth is Remvant von Rijn. He's born Rhine, actually Ryan, not Rhine, Ryan. Uh 1606, he was born, and he died in 1669. He's one of those Dutch masters, you know, the guys on the cigar cover. Um, yeah. Uh look, he's a golden age painter, a printer, and a draftsman. He did the Night Watch. He's famous for that. He's born in Leiden in the Netherlands, and that's all I have for

Thanks Sharing And July Birthdays

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you. Thank you so much for joining me. I cannot believe how much uh how popular yesterday's episode was. Umly can or can only hope to replicate it. Don't know if that's gonna happen, but it's been pretty good for the last couple days. Um we're we're talking thousands of impressions, right? And it's all because of you guys liking and sharing and and and doing the things and commenting. Had a bunch of birthday comments yesterday about folks who had birthday birthdays in July. I like that. I I love wishing you a happy birthday. We need more of it, right? If you got a birthday in July, shout it out, right? Doesn't matter if it was at the beginning of July or towards the end of July. Let's get them shouted out a little bit, okay? Let's recap, shall we? Our keyword is challenged because we're everybody's feeling challenged, right? It feels like a challenging time, but it's not. It's just the changes that are coming, right? And without the change, you know, there's no pain, no, no pain, no gain, right? That's that's one of those things. And our color is that orange sun in that smoky sky. It's it's it's it's the sun, but it's orange because it was obscured by smoke. And that's all I have for you. Today's a five. Happy Astra Cating.