AIMING TRUE - VENUS & MERCURY RETROGRADE IN ARIES + THE WANING MOON

Lots happening in the lead up to this New Moon and partial solar eclipse on Saturday 29th March and this episode discusses how the astrology of the next two weeks can best be utilised.

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Hi. Welcome back to the Initiations podcast. How was your full moon lunar eclipse in Virgo initiation? Uh, as often happens for me, I really went into the, I guess, the juice of the experience in the days proceeding, and then by the time Friday rolled around, which was the day of the full moon and. Lunar eclipse. I had, I had a lot of clarity about the situation that I was, that that really presented itself for this, um, yeah, full moon experience. As I was saying in the last couple of episodes, this lunar eclipse was directly on my own moon. And so I guess, unsurprisingly, part of my theme revolved around home. And house, like Future home. Future house, uh, and also my mom and, uh, yeah, this amazing, this amazing opportunity presented itself, uh, in tandem with, with her, with my mom. You know, both of these things are representative of the moon. And I noticed, I, at first I was very excited about the opportunity and then as more details came through more of these sort of Virgo details, like, what's really happening here? Um, it, it shifted my perspective and then I found myself kind of being. In that scarcity energy of that almost that desperation, like, well, this is such a good opportunity, I should take this. And it, it was that sort of clinging on energy that I spoke about last week. You know how Virgo can hold on so tightly to things it can wanna control things or to not let go. Um, and by the time, yeah, Friday came around, it was like, no, this isn't it. Here are my standards. Like I need to honor them, and I also need to have a level of, for me personally, faith that an opportunity will present itself like this. Again, that is a lot more fitting and has a stronger foundation. Uh, you know, that I, that essentially that I can have the things that I want, that I can have the things that I desire. Um. Which for me is, I guess it's just a, it's a realization that I've had in the last couple of months. Um, and that's part of my own personal work, this idea that I can have the things that I want. So that was me. I'm interested to hear what came up for you, because I spoke to a number of people and. Uh, uh, who had it playing out interestingly, like in interesting positions of their chart. I had a lot of clients this weekend, so it was really great to check in with them and to see what was presenting itself. And it really felt like that, you know, eclipse as these eclipse cycles or portals, they really do. Uh, it almost feels like they give us access to slip streams. Of potentiality that feel like, especially'cause it was in such an interesting relationship with Uranus and that that feel left of field or unexpected or take you into a perspective that's much grander, let's say, than the one you may have been orienting towards. Especially if you were, as I was just saying, like holding on to. An outcome or an expectation and thus missing so much of what else is possible. And now in my own situation, I feel, yeah, very, very excited. And also just very relaxed and I would say patient and calm. Whereas especially on Wednesday and Thursday, I was like. Rushing. It felt like I had to rush, um, this particular situation. It's just I've never had anything cool come from that, from that energy. Personally, I don't know about you, so I really wanna speak about this week. Start to prepare you for this incredible partial solar eclipse and new moon in Aries, which happens in about a week and a half, no more than that. Um, close to two weeks. And I'll have a whole episode on the solar eclipse next Monday for you, but now we're in the waning moon, moon period. As we lead up from full moon to New Moon, the the moon wanes. It's, starts to release it's light and it it begins to. Go into the darkness over this two week period. I recommend that you just notice it now, at least where I live. It's visible in the morning sky, the full moon, and it's going to start to make itself more present in the sky as it tracks closer towards the sun over this next two week period, E, energetically speaking, the waning moon, and this is this continuation of the release of. The full moon. So what I was saying with regards to the full moon still rings true. Making more space in your physical environment. Uh, there's a whole other set of things in my wardrobe, for example, that I want to get rid of, that I've just been holding onto. I tried on a lot of it this morning. I'm like, it's, it's cool, but it's just not me now. And it's not what I'm moving towards, so I'm going to like donate and, and sell a lot of these things. But yeah, it's this continuation of making space physical, but also internally. And again, how I make space and how I recommend you make space is looking at how you, as an individual best regenerate your energy. How do you best process? Things, life, the day, emotional experiences, whatever it may be. For me, I, I process verbally a lot, and when I have the time, it's certainly taking pen to paper. Uh, I, I need to do those things otherwise. It's like my energy begins to stagnate or it gets so full that there's no room for anything else. And we're really wanting to be making space, uh, because what we're moving towards is a completely new cycle, which is the beginning of a whole new astrological year, which really happens this weekend as we come to the Equinox. Which begins on zero degrees of Aries the first day of the astrological new year, and this new moon and solar eclipse that will have the following week is really like planting the energy of a whole new cycle. And so we don't want to show up to that feeling sticky or stuck or so full of our own. Uh, unprocessed thoughts and energy and emotion that I don't know. It's when that we're not able to utilize it. We wanna show up or I recommend you do what you wanna do, but I recommend that this is a two week period where we. We make moves like we're, we're, we're more in movement where we're generating things, we're we are clearing out, we are processing, we're making the space so that we can be very clear and intentional for airy season, but especially for the New Moon, what's aiding us so beautifully? Over this two week period is both the Venus Retrograde, that's still happening in Aries. And then since Saturday, since, so this is day three, we're, we're now in a, a Mercury retrograde as well. And it also in Aries. So Mercury and Venus are conjunct each other, lined up perfectly in the sky, retrograding together. Through Aries as we lead up to this new moon solar, partial solar eclipse. And one of the things that I'm studying this year is I'm in this amazing 12 month, year long mythological group with my amazing teacher, Maria Souza, and the story that she told us for this month. Was the story of the Frog Prince. And I'm not going to go into the story, um, too much, but I wanted to retell part of it because as I was preparing to speak to you today, this was the story that kept coming through and it feels so true to. Not only Aries, but the retrogrades of Venus and Mercury here. So we're in a reflective zone. We're processing the action that we've taken so far this year, I would say. Uh, and we are really getting so clear. On what our values are, where we want to apply our will, our intention, our energy, where, where do I want to put my life force for this year? Where do I want to put my energy, my action, my fire, my movement this year? And to me, where. While this is in Aries, we're able to see so clearly what isn't it in this story of the Frog Prince. It's interesting because a lot of you will have heard the more modern version of this story where essentially, this is a very, very quick synopsis, but essentially a princess finds. This frog or happens upon this frog. She has to, he retrieves something for her and they make a deal that she has to do a series of things for him. And you may have heard this more modern version of it where she kisses the, the, she kisses the frog and then he materializes into a curse is broken and he materializes into. The hunky prince, and of course they then get married and happily ever after. The more ancient version of this story, the, the OG version of this story is where he retrieved something for her that she's just lost and. Says that he needs to go back with her to the castle. He needs to eat from her plate, drink from her cup, uh, lie in her bath, sleep in her bed, and she very begrudgingly allows him to do these things, and she's disgusted by this frog and her father. Chimes in and essentially says like you have to, if you've made a deal with him, then you're duty bound and you have to follow through with the duties here, which is interesting because astrologically father is satin, which is structure, which is the commitments, which is the discipline, which are these things that kind of hold the fabric of society together. And she. Is back in her room with this frog that she just is so grossed out by. And instead of kissing this frog, she picks him up and she throws him against the wall and. Then she is like, oh my God, I hope he's, I hope he's okay. It's her throwing him against the wall that breaks his curse and he turns into the hot prince. But the curse was, as he explains it to her, he needed to have someone be in an experience that was deeply true. An emotional, energetic experience that was deeply true. And so she goes against her obligations, she goes against the father, the commitment, the Judy, and she fully expresses herself as a very Judy bound princess. You know, there's so many ways that she has to operate and there's so many ways that I'm sure you can just naturally interpret where in your life, and I'm not saying that you should throw your partner or throw anyone against the wall or do anything of violence, but it, as we approach this new moon over the next. Week and a half plus, as we make more room internally and externally, where is our fire wanting to move? For some of you, that fire might be anger. That fire might be rage. That fire might be a whole series of things that you really wanted to say to somebody but couldn't. It might be the removal of yourself from a particular situation. It might be really seeing where your actions have not been aligned with your values and whatever it may be. I, it just feels to me like part of the current that's circle circulating and permeating this two week period is aiming true, being in truth with yourself, being more direct with yourself, first and foremost, and then in the way that you dance with life. You know, it's not holding back, it's not censoring yourself because you're contemplating how somebody else is going to receive what you have to say or valuing the feelings and the possible hy hypothesized reaction of somebody versus your own self and how you feel about things and what you want. Um. You know, it's like if there's anywhere where you're disgusted like this princess, then act accordingly. Um, yeah, I just think there's, there's deep potency in this time period. Something that I've been thinking about a lot personally. Is my values and per specifically, my values in work and my values creatively, and just looking at my own business structure and contemplating how I want to run things. It's very easy, or it could be very easy for me to make what I would call cash grabs. And there's a multitude of ways that I could do that. And I just, I don't want to, um, I don't want to put my energy towards these, these things that, um, you Yeah, I, you know, I'm certainly curious about these other models of how I could run my business, but I'm just very aware of. Not wanting people to be dependent or not wanting people to think that they need to do this thing or they need to buy this thing, otherwise they're going to basically fail, uh, a test or screw up a whole, uh, thing That could be possible. I think that's really tacky. I think that's a really cheap way to run a business, and over time you can really see where people are more geared towards creating dependency or where they're more geared towards the things that personally I care about, which is making you, or reflecting back to you your own. Majesticness and your own self responsibility and the capacity that you have as an individual to write your own script. Uh, versus, I don't know, a workshop for every single a astrological event that's taking place this year, which would be just deeply tiring as well as the astrology'cause there's so much. But that's just sort of what's very naturally been coming up into my mind. And yeah, there's something again with, with Venus in Aries, and I touched on this a couple of episodes back. She's a warrior and there's something very regal about her to me. She holds herself to a standard, and again, that's something that I've really been working to imbibe as a liberal, ascendant as a 12th house moon, as a Gemini, as somebody who's highly can be highly malleable and easygoing, me connecting to my own fire is always a bountiful process. You know, what are my wants? What are my needs? What are my desires? Where do I wanna put my energy? No, I don't like that that person treats me like that, or whatever the thing is, you know? Um, there's just so much for, for those of you who are highly sensitive, connecting to your fire is, is awesome. Part of how I connect to my fire is like physical exercise. It's like it's breaking a sweat. It's having these great outlets for rage. I remember when I was a teenager and I was, uh, semipro athlete. Part of my cross training, uh, each week was boxing and just letting out so much steam, uh, through beating the shit out of something. But it being in a very safe place, you know, is not hurting anybody. Um, those kind of outlets are just, they're so great. And self-expression, creativity, dancing, just movement, physical movement is your ally right now. It's a great way to make space right now. You know, fire regenerates through action, through movement, through expression. So while we're in this last week of Pisces season, there's already a lot going on in Aries, and there's certainly a lot that's going to be happening in Aries. Neptune's going to be moving over there in, in about, I think it's the 30th of March. I'll speak to that in a, in next week's episode, but there's a lot that's about to be happening in fire. There's already a lot that's happening in fire, and as Venus and Mercury begin to are, are moving backward through this archetype, you may feel a propulsion of, um, unspent. Fire that is wanting to be released. So again, movement is your ally. It's an incredible way to be regenerating your energy right now. Don't I? I I wouldn't be keeping things inside. You know, if there's, if there's thoughts that you have, say them aloud to yourself or a trusted mate, write them in your diary. Um. Like screaming, scream into a pillow if you have to, whatever it is. Like, um, we want to have things moving and being expressed so that we can make space, because the more that you are doing that in this two week period, the more obvious your instincts are going to be. To me, fire intuition in fire is instinct. And so there is a real propulsion here around instinct. We still have all of this Piscean energy happening. It's so fertile and potent right now. So your daydreams, your night dreams, your visioning capacity is also naturally dialed up, at least in the sky right now. Whatever your natural intuition is, the more that you are making. Space again, internally. Externally, the more that you are going to hear the call, the calls of your inner world and the more that then you'll be able to utilize that material and plant ritualistically, plant those seeds on this very incredible upcoming New Moon. So that's really all I have to say today. I'll have a, a full breakdown of this solar eclipse on next Monday's episode and, but yeah, just tune in and express, regenerate, move. It's just gonna help you tune in more and more and more to yourself. The last. The last 18 months to two years was really fine tuning. While the north node was in Aries, it was deeply fine tuning your instincts, and now there's a lot of emphasis around your instincts. And to me, instincts is like, it's a body knowing, but it's also I'm naturally attracted or magnetized, like my body is pulled towards this thing, not in an impulsive way. I'll speak more about impulsivity as we enter Aries season, but the, let's say, less conscious expression of Aries is impulsivity. It is, uh, bottled rage. It is losing your, losing your shit about anything. It's being so reactive. And the higher expression is really being able to distill what, what is my true desires, my true wants and needs versus a shiny, impulsive, um, thing. That's, that's far more short term than it is long term. Sometimes short term's. Cool. But. True Aries, like the, the ultimate form of Aries, it is what I always refer to as the slow burn. You know, it can, it can utilize its mastered fire and it can utilize its fire, its intention, its will, its action energy over the long term. Whereas the impulsive, less mature version of Aries blows out all its fire. It, it, it burns bright and then it's, it's gone. It's, it exists in the short term. Um, yeah, I think that's it. This is the last week of astrology school being open. We start on this very potent weekend of the Equinox and Airy season. The first class is this Saturday the 22nd, and then the second class is Sunday, the 23rd one's at 6:00 PM One's at 10:00 AM so it's the same class. I'm just running them twice because we do have such an international group. It's already people from Iceland, the Netherlands, all over the uk, Europe, America, Australia. It's such a cool international gang already. So doors closed for that on Saturday at 5:00 PM an hour before our first class. I won't be running this again until next year, and only the people that are in level one get access to level two, which I'll be running later in the year. So if you want to learn this language, if you want to go on an experiential journey through your natal chart and have this skill. And knowledge and language for the rest of your life. Then join up. There's a new payment plan in there as well, which you'll find on my website. But yeah, I hope it's a, a beautiful, potent week. Just process regenerate, clear space. Move that bod and notice, notice your own intel. It's, it's the most potent intel you're ever gonna receive. Is you're an intel. Sometimes you need other people to hold you, hold that reflective space for you, but the more that you're able to tune into your own magic, that's where everything great happens. Okay, bye.