Mercury symbolizes knowledge, and knowledge is power. While others beat their chests and holler, be quiet and polite. Listen sympathetically. Keep your own counsel. Forget nothing.
Author: April
New Moon in Libra: Towing the Gondola
This New Moon is as passionate as it gets. This is no romantic gondola ride through Venice; it’s a season for rolling up your pants legs and wading into the stinky, swampy waters of the canal.
Highlights for Sep. 27-Oct. 3, 2021: Melancholy Around the Edges
A Cancer Last Quarter Moon is likely to find us a bit melancholy around the edges, with one foot in the past as the other steps toward the dazzling unknown.
Ep. 99 | Libra New Moon: We Need a Siesta!
April and Jen bring you a Last Quarter Moon and the Libra New Moon – TWO chances to sing Moonwatch with us! Three planets change direction, Venus enters Sagittarius, and Mercury, the Sun, and Mars join up in a Libra mosh pit. Plus: Hazel!
Episode 98 | Podathon Day 5: What Accents?!
April & Jen celebrate a Venus-ruled Friday and the Venus-ruled Moon in Taurus! We talk about the VOC Moon and the Moon in Gemini, and answer questions from non-imaginary sponsor Shellie Crow and listener Lara in Denmark, who inspired our episode title!
Episode 97 | Podathon Day Four: Cosmic Camaraderie!
It’s Day Four of the second annual Big Sky Astrology PODATHON! In this episode: The Moon in Taurus, and Venus in Scorpio opposed Uranus in Taurus, trigger the larger theme of the ongoing square between Saturn and Uranus – which is the subject of a timely listener email question.
Episode 96 | Podathon Day 3: Sun Psych!
It’s Day Three of the second annual Big Sky Astrology PODATHON! In this episode: April psyches Jen out with a new Sunwatch segment to celebrate the Libra Equinox! A Moonwatch shoutout to today’s Aries Moon. Plus: peace, positivity, and puppies!
Episode 95 | Podathon Day 2: Sunstruck!
It’s Day Two of the second annual Big Sky Astrology PODATHON! In this episode: a feisty, energetic Moon in Aries; April reeks of Mars; and listener voicemails with eerily similar questions!
Episode 94 | Podathon Day 1: Full Moon Funfest!
It’s Day One of the second annual Big Sky Astrology PODATHON! In this episode: today’s Pisces Full Moon; Mercury trine Jupiter; today’s Aries Moon. Plus: secret knowledge, Neptune’s effect on cogent thinking, and revisiting March 2020.
Highlights for Sep. 20-26, 2021: The Antidote to a Virgo Overdose
There is a soothing, romantic quality to Libra’s season; it’s a relief to lay down the burden of the Sun’s zealous self-discovery. It’s a time of magic, when the softness of the light makes strangers more attractive, and the crispness of the air makes us long for the warmth of another’s arms.