Author: April

Astrology Highlights for Aug. 31-Sep. 6, 2026: Bleep!

Coming on the heels of a hot-tempered Mercury-Mars aspect, this Last Quarter Moon is a moment to focus on and tame not only our tongues, but our busy, chattering, Mercury minds. The calmer the mind, the more control we have over what we say, and the fewer regrets we’ll have to live with in the long run.

TRANSCRIPT Ep. 357 | Last Quarter Moon in Gemini: Letting Go!

TRANSCRIPT Ep. 357 (8.31.26) Last Quarter Moon in Gemini: Letting Go! « Listen and read show notes Hello Invisible Friend, April here, and the date today is August 31st, 2026. Welcome to Episode 357 of the Big Sky Astrology Podcast. This week, Mars is in conflict with, and Jupiter makes …

Episode 357 | Last Quarter Moon in Gemini: Letting Go!

Mars is in conflict with, and Jupiter makes a soothing aspect to, serious Saturn. Mental faculties and manual skills get a supercharged boost with the sextile between Mercury and Mars, and the Gemini Last Quarter Moon manages to express the ideas that the Virgo Sun has given a lot of detailed thought. And tune in next week for the Podathon!

Pisces Lunar Eclipse: How to Survive Quicksand

Gentle motion, flexibility, and floating: These are your survival tools for this Pisces Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse. If there is an astrological equivalent of quicksand, a Pisces eclipse would pretty much have to be it. At times like this, surrender—not struggle—is the key.

Eclipse Astrology: Lunar Eclipses, Earthly Instincts

At this lunar eclipse, know that the Earth is offering you something, some smooth block of marble, a piece of wood, a section of clay. Open your instinctive mind, and ask yourself: What is it that wants to be brought into being? And what is the right tool with which to carve it out?

Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Eclipse?

Though eclipses are dramatic and interesting, few of them are truly life-changing. For many of us, this Solar Eclipse will come and go with some mild emotional disruption and perhaps some unexpected developments in some area of life, and that’s about it. But watch your chart closely over a number of years, and you learn to identify its hot spots.

TRANSCRIPT Ep. 355 | The Sun enters Virgo: Back to School!

TRANSCRIPT Ep 355 | The Sun enters Virgo: Back to School! « Listen and read show notes Hello Invisible Friend, April here, and the date today is August 17th, 2026. Welcome to Episode 355 of the Big Sky Astrology Podcast. This week begins with Mars square Neptune, and the conflict …