The Sun and Mercury’s squares to Uranus this week are a kind of planetary chiropractic adjustment. Something has progressed from aggravating to painful, and we need to make a change in order to relieve the pain and move forward. And these aspects are designed to get us off our sofas and engaged with much-needed change.
Author: April
TRANSCRIPT Ep. 277 | Leo Full Moon: Crossing the Desert!
TRANSCRIPT Ep. 277 (2.10.25) Leo Full Moon: Crossing the Desert! « Listen and read show notes Hello, invisible friend, April here, and the date today is February 10th, 2025. Welcome to Episode 277 of the Big Sky Astrology Podcast. This week, you have relatively quiet skies for your Valentine’s Day …
Episode 277 | Leo Full Moon: Crossing the Desert!
Astrology Highlights for Feb. 3-9, 2025: All We See is the Magic
Nearly every dazzling Jupiterian undertaking begins with Mercury, who wonders: How is it to be done? What will I have to learn, and what skills must I acquire, to accomplish this audacious feat? As Mercury trines Jupiter, breathtaking performance achieves the miraculous: Making hours of perfecting and planning disappear, so that all we see is the magic.
Episode 276 | Venus enters Aries: The Thrill of the Chase!
Mercury’s aspects to the Sun and Jupiter bring optimism, hope, and breakthroughs. Venus enters spicy Aries for a good long stay. Jupiter stations direct, the Taurus First Quarter Moon encourages practical action, Mars makes a productive trine to Saturn, and a listener question about trine aspects: Is their fortunate reputation deserved?
TRANSCRIPT Ep. 276 | Venus enters Aries: The Thrill of the Chase!
Astrology Highlights for Jan. 27-Feb. 2, 2025: The Exhilaration of Hard Truths
TRANSCRIPT Ep. 275 | Aquarius New Moon: Fleeting Popularity!
TRANSCRIPT Ep. 275 (1.27.25) Aquarius New Moon: Fleeting Popularity! « Listen and read show notes here Hello, Invisible Friend, April here, and the date today is January 27th, 2025. Welcome to Episode 275 of the Big Sky Astrology Podcast. This week, the New Moon and Mercury enter Aquarius. Mercury comes …
Episode 275 | Aquarius New Moon: Fleeting Popularity!
The Aquarius New Moon and a penetrating Mercury-Pluto conjunction raise difficult truths and are a reminder that popularity is fleeting. The Aquarius Sun basks in the creative flow of confident, risk-taking Jupiter. As Uranus stations direct, the earth moves. Venus conjoins the North Node and connects with Neptune: How much is enough?

As I grow older, I can more easily locate Aquarius on my inner landscape: I recognize it in the sudden, violent protest that lets loose in me when I feel the walls closing in. There is something hard and detached in this sign. But Aquarius is unruly and wild and beautiful, too.
Sometimes we have to let ourselves get good and angry, mad enough to spit tacks, before we feel free to say and do exactly as we please. Just one insensitive person hurting our feelings will often do the trick.