Because a planet doesn’t seem to function as expected while retrograde, astrologers tend to issue dire warnings about not getting your computer repaired while Mercury is retrograde and not buying a house while Venus is retrograde. There’s something to these warnings, but proclamations like that always make me feel rebellious, and at the very least it’s fair to ask “Why?”
Author: April
Episode 299 | Mercury Retrograde: Permission to Pause!
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TRANSCRIPT Ep. 299 (July 14, 2025) Mercury Retrograde: Permission to Pause! « Listen and read show notes Hello, Invisible Friend, April here, and the date today is July 14th, 2025. Welcome to Episode 299 of the Big Sky Astrology Podcast. This week, Mercury stations for its latest retrograde period. An …
Astrology Highlights for July 7-13, 2025: Big Changes on a Human Scale
Grow attached to too many routines, and you run the risk of getting bored, stale, sleepy, uninspired; of losing your temper over unimportant things that have resisted your need for them to stay the same. Uranus is anathema to routines, especially in Gemini, which revels in variety, new ideas, new messages. Without change, without disruption, forward motion isn’t going to happen. We’ll just keep telling the same old stories and doing the same old things in the same old way.
Episode 298 | Capricorn Full Moon: A Big Shopping Bag!
Episode 298 | Capricorn Full Moon: A Big Shopping Bag! This week, Uranus enters the sign of Gemini for the first time since the 1940s. Venus and Pluto examine power and control in the realms of relationship and money. The Capricorn Full Moon and its ruler, Saturn, stationing retrograde, explore …TRANSCRIPT Ep. 298 | Capricorn Full Moon: A Big Shopping Bag!
Astrology Highlights for June 30 – July 6, 2025: Charm School
Libra has a way of persuading others to do its bidding while making them believe it was all their idea. It feels good to do things for someone who is smiling, flattering you, and making you feel smart and good-looking.TRANSCRIPT Ep. 297 | Venus Enters Gemini: Flirty!
TRANSCRIPT Ep. 297 (6.30.25) Venus Enters Gemini: Flirty! « Listen and read show notes Hello, Invisible Friend. April here, and the date today is June 30th, 2025. Welcome to episode 297 of the Big Sky Astrology Podcast. This week, it’s Independence Day in the United States, and it is a …Episode 297 | Venus Enters Gemini: Flirty!
Astrology Highlights for June 23-29, 2025: Home Away from Home
The process of becoming part of something means that the scrappy, individualistic, Aries part of us is in some way broken down. Warriors aren’t necessarily comfortable in their own village, at supper with the people they have fought to defend. This New Moon asks the question: How much of your individuality are you prepared to set aside so you can sit comfortably at that supper table?