THE FORCES AT PLAY THIS WEEK

The personal planets and the Sun all change signs this week. In this episode we discuss the movements and I share my own Taurus New Moon receipts. 

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Transcript

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Hi, how are you? I'm well, thank you. Uh, this week I want to talk about the weather, uh, in a fun way hopefully. Uh, there's a lot happening. All of the personal planets, Mars, Mercury, and Venus, are all changing signs this week. And the sun is also moving into my home territory of Gemini. So time to think about what you're gonna gift me. That's a joke. Um, I thought I should start, I, I put up a post about the Taurus new moon, and I was saying how so much of it is about receipts. You know, like we were saying in last week's episode, Taurus is a very grounded, earthy sign. It wants to see the evidence. It want, like, it wants to know that you are reliable. Uh, so if you know any Taureans, they're really looking at that and monitoring that. But then as an archetype that we all hold within ourselves, if you think about it in terms of how you tend to yourself, this part of us is looking at, is she reliable? D- from my case. Like, do I have my own back? And how can I show the receipts for that? So for me, uh, on Friday afternoon, I went and saw Sarah, uh, my great acupuncturist and friend. I have an interview with her, uh, from several months ago now. But it's worth having a listen if you haven't. And I love her. I haven't been to see her for a little while. And my favorite part, well, there's several, but she will, like, feel around in my belly and then, like, gives you a... It, you know, structures the sesh around that. And so I'm always, you know, being curious and like, what's, what's my diagnosis this week? And this week she was like, "Mate, you're knackered." And I got teary. Because, you know, as a, as a Gemini, uh, I can really live in my head and... But beyond that, I'm busy. I'm a parent. I have a business. I have responsibilities. I'm spinning quite a lot of plates at the time, at this time, and really growing how much I can hold at once. And yeah, having that reflection back from my own body- Through such a trusted source as Sarah really kind of set the tone for my weekend, and she really helped to revitalize me in that session. Today, it's Sunday as I'm recording this. Last night, I went classic self-care in the sense of I had a magnesium bath with rose petals, which I still have to get out of the bath. Uh, and I made a face mask with honey and turmeric. Um, and I just had to wash my hair then 'cause I just saw that all of my hairline, it was turmeric yellow. And today, I, I just f- this weekend, I've been feeling run down. It, it's funny, isn't it? It's like Sarah reflected that back that my body was really tired, and it's true. Like, it, it is. And then having that reflection back, it's like my body was able to be like, "Here you go. Let's, let's get embodied in it." Like, "I want you to be here and experience this." And so I have just felt run down, and I have been taking it really slow. This is the first thing I've done today, and it's 3:00 PM. I have been watching a thousand vlogs and doing some reading. Uh, and I had some great clients yesterday. Uh, I mean, all of my, all of you, all of my clients are so incredible. Uh, but I got to speak to somebody who... a beautiful, um, sound healer in the UK who's in her first Saturn return. And then I did a synastry reading for this beautiful couple that I did, I feel like it's a couple of years ago, and they have, they now have a child. And I looked at the synastry, so the relationship between both of them and their beautiful Taurean child, which was so fun. And, you know, both of the relationships with the child were distinct. You know, you can really see. Astrology shows us patterns, very, very clear, distinct patterns. It's like a, it's almost like an energetic temperature shift, which we've all felt. Like, you know, you meet somebody. There's some people that just feel almost like instantly grating, and then there's other people, you meet them, and it's like you've known them forever. And beyond forever. And that's all really reflected in our synastry, which is our astrology, our birth chart, uh, superimposed with the other person's. It's really, really fascinating. It's very enjoyable. It's quite technical and nerdy, but it's a lot of fun. So that was great. That was my Saturday afternoon and night. Anything else I wanna say about that? I don't think so. I feel all the better for just really chilling out. I do find that quite difficult to do. So they're my receipts. They're my Taurus new moon receipts, okay Uh, and tomorrow actually... Sounds like I do a lot of self-care, but I really just accentuated it for this time period. Um, I do take good care of myself. Uh, I've really l- I've had to learn how to do that. I have my Chiron in Taurus, which might be worth mentioning here. So for me, you know, Chiron is incredible. I have a, I think, quite a good workshop explaining Chiron, his mythology, and then astrologically what he symbolizes. Uh, and I run through what that looks like, what that, quote-unquote, wound looks like in each of the signs and the houses. But mine's in Taurus, and it's in the seventh house. And so while it was moving over my... While the sun has been moving over my Chiron this week, there in the seventh house, uh, friendships have really been coming up. And then again, like I've, I've learnt, I've had to learn how to take really good practical care of myself. It wasn't necessarily something that came naturally to me. But through that process of really leaning into the practical experience and the practical application of Taurus, I have really grown my relationship to myself. And something that I say to quite a lot of clients is, you know, I, I'm often just checking in, like, am I living under a glass dome? Uh, have I, have I put myself under this sort of, uh, limitation of what I think l- life can be, or how I can feel? And what I've just noticed is there's such a direct relationship between when I'm taking, uh, genuine nourishing care of myself, and then breaking through my own ceilings, and being able to hold more. Um, yeah. Oh yeah. So tomorrow, I don't think I said that. Tomorrow is Monday. Moon day, and I don't have clients on a M- Monday. I don't... I try not to do any work on a Monday. That's really my day to chill out, do any meal prepping, be in the home as much as I can, and really just tend to my domestic environment, and take it easy, and get prepared for the week. Like, do a little clean, et cetera. Uh, but tomorrow I'm also getting a very good massage from my massage therapist, Beck. So that's exciting. Uh, and it's worth saying to you, like, the New Moon was direct, what, five hours ago? Maybe six hours ago. We're in this New Moon in Taurus phase, this New Moon phase, uh, all of Monday, all of Tuesday, and half of Wednesday. That's in Aussie time. So, you know, i- if, if... Like, I'd, I'd never want anyone to feel like they need to tick off a checklist of, "Oh my God, I've gotta take care of myself this weekend," or, "I've gotta take care of myself at the beginning of this week." Like, completely, um, com- that's completely oppositional to what the receipts are about. You know? 'Cause it's meant to be, uh, genuine and true, and not, uh, like a self-flagellating exercise or, yeah, or like a, a checklist. It's, it's how do, how can I best care for myself? It certainly not, doesn't have to be anything that you spend money on. Uh, so this week there's a lot happening. Tonight, Sunday night, so by the time you're listening to this, Mercury enters, and will be, in Gemini. So for the first, um... Well, for, for this week, Mercury will be conjunct, so lined up with, Uranus, which entered Gemini a few weeks ago, a couple of weeks ago, in Taurus season. So that's the mind, Mercury, how we're... Our perceptual lens, how we create that, uh, how we take in information, how we communicate ourselves, is in Gemini. Very, very fast. Very, very cerebral. Mercury in Gemini. Gemini is ruled by Mercury. The air version of it is whip-fast. This is witty, doesn't wanna talk to you about the details- But it's ideas, ideas, ideas. It can move through things incredibly quickly, and is very absorptive of information. Takes in so much information, more than, uh, when it's in most other signs. But here it's like, uh, certainly cerebral, but this is... Um, Mercury in Gemini is taking in tone of voice, body language. Very, very good body language reader. And Gemini is where we've learnt how to label reality. You know, like chair, drink bottle, candle. I'm just looking at my immediate, uh, environment. And so in developmental psychology, that's the stage that Gemini represents. It's when we begin to label reality, and thus form our perceptual, uh, lens that we view reality through. So we can do a lot of magic, and really play around with our perceptions when Mercury is here, and certainly when the sun is here as well. But I just wanna point out that all of this week it's going to be in a close relationship to Uranus. So because Uranus moved into Gemini when we have been in this really grounded, embodied, stable, slower paced sign of Taurus, now and this week we may really begin to experience more of that Uranian, uh, w- whip fast, like lightning fast, uh, energy. It's a very claircognizant week, I'll just say that. And we really, really want to be ensuring that we're curating what comes into our pers- field. Like, what is the information that I'm taking in? Am I Because in, because in Gemini, it's information is food. Information soothes it, and also fries it. And so we really wanna be aware of, am I doing extra scrolling, and what limitations can I put in to ensure that I'm present? Uh, and then, you know, as I've said several times, this is where it feels like Let's imagine like your field, your energetic field, and even just like the field or the fields of your mind. If we're taking in a lot of information but we're not processing it, which is really what we do when we're scrolling, it's like space junk that's just flying through your field. Uh, it's not It's harder to get clear signals in or out, I think, when there's a lot of unprocessed data flying around. Because we're just about to enter Gemini season, which happens on Thursday, I Part of how this energy best regulates is, yes, the writing, the journaling, if you have the time, um, which I do when I have the time on the weekends. But for me, it's verbally processing things. So it's like when I'm in the car by myself, rather than listening to a podcast, I'll just speak aloud to myself and process through things. Uh, you know, this is the archetype of the conversationalist. And so even if that conversation is just with yourself, it's a great way to move through things. On Tuesday evening, um, Venus moves into Cancer, that little sweet softie. And Venus in Cancer really shows her love through nurturance. This is the sign of the cook, the chef, family chef. You know, it's like, how can I take c- me taking care of you is me showing my love for you. Um, but it's also, it's a softie. It, Venus in Cancer really, really needs, and I'm underlying the word need, needs to feel emotionally safe and secure to fully blossom and, and fully reveal itself. You know, otherwise the crab will read the room and stay in the shell. Also on Tuesday evening, Mars will move into Taurus. So that's interesting. Like, it's been in, it's been in Aries. I feel like everything's been in Aries, and that's really starting to dissipate now. And this is kind of I like that. Like, there was just so much, there was just so much Aries energy. Even though I, I'm a fan, uh, it just, there was just a lot going on. Whereas now it's like our will, that action-orientated energy is going to be moving, or has the potential to move at a mu- a, a slower pace. Taurus goes at its own pace, as we've been talking about during Taurus season. I think my episode a couple of weeks ago was on time, earthly time versus, let's say, cerebral time or internet time. The relativity of different time, timely experiences. And Mars in Taurus might make moves that appear slower, but they're often more fertile because they're less, uh I was gonna say erratic. Not erratic. They're less impulsive in the sense of I see what I want, I'm charging towards it, I've got what I want. Here in Taurus, it's like, all right, how does this feel in my body? What do I need to shore up and build, and how can I tend to the soil before I plant these seeds? Um, so there's, yeah, there's just The personal planets are all moving signs this week, so it's gonna feel like a shifting of worlds. And then on Thursday, the sun will move into Gemini, and will immediately be conjunct Uranus and Mercury. And that will really take us into next week. So when the sun is there, and the sun is in that conjunction to Uranus and Mercury at the same time, it's an, it's, it's very fast. It's very fast-paced. It's very cerebral. There's a lot of ideas. Again, it's very claircognizant. And what I'd love to recommend is to just notice the shift. This is something I tell, uh, all of my astrology school legends to do, is to really notice the shifts between these seasons. So Thursday we go from sun in Taurus, the world of sun in Taurus, into the world of the sun in Gemini. Notice the shift in pace. It's a very sizable one. When we go from earth to air, it's a launchpad. It's such a faster pace. And we'll really want to bring in these grounded rituals that we have been, um, practicing in Taurus season, especially within that first week of Gemini, because it will be so quick. You know, we wanna be grounded when the, when so much of the energy is in the sky is so cerebral and fast-paced, and sort of moving us into our head, or even above our head, you know, into this, like, superhighway of ideas and, and quickness. So it's a great week to continue to practice that grounded-ness, 'cause that's what makes a good conduit. Otherwise, we get fried. Okay. That's all I have to say. Hope you have a great week. Thank you so much for all the beautiful feedback about last week's episode, and also the quiz. It's been great to read everything that you're saying. Sorry I haven't got to everyone yet. Uh, I need to clone a few more of me. Uh, and I'll link it below if you haven't done the, the quiz yet. It's really looking- very clearly at what, uh, how your intuition, where your intuition is dominant at this point in time, and how to, yeah, to, it's, it's giving you a reflection back of that. Okay, see you next week