This Full Moon in Gemini is a lunar eclipse, when the Moon slips into the earth’s shadow and is hidden from view. It reminds us that even in the age of constant contact, there are moments when the world’s comforting voices diminish into unsettling silence.
Author: April
Highlights for Nov. 23-29, 2020: Shifting Sands
“The invisible world would like to help,” writes Caroline Casey, “but spiritual etiquette requires that we ask.” Ritual is the way we ask for help from the gods, and Mercury’s journey through Scorpio is a powerful time to summon powerful, invisible forces to our side.
Episode 57 | Learning from Neptune, Giving Thanks, & Our One-Year Podiversary!
April and Jen celebrate our one-year podiversary, Neptune encourages us to go with the flow, Venus opposes Uranus, and a mini-lesson on the Gibbous Moon! Plus: Giving thanks to you, our listeners.
Episode 56 | Sagittarius Season and TP On Your Shoe
A tired, post-election April & Jen discuss this week’s planetary hubbub: A final (at last!) Mercury/Uranus face-off, Venus entering Scorpio on the same day that the Sun enters Sagittarius, and a nice Pisces First Quarter Moon. Plus: a mini-lesson on out-of-sign aspects!
Highlights for Nov. 16-22, 2020: Love What Scares Us
Venus in Scorpio compels us to love what is not conventionally lovable….to love what scares us and to revive what’s broken.
Scorpio New Moon: Love Life Anyway
Through hardship we learn the limits of our strength. Through loss, we learn what is essential. And through darkness, we come to a greater appreciation of light.
Highlights for Nov. 9-15, 2020: Forward
Forward Downriver t can be so tiring, being human – inhabiting an identity, having a biography, carrying so many memories and grudges and sorrows. What would it be like if we were amnesiacs and had no idea who we were supposed to be? How light it would feel, with none of the emotional burdens and […]
Episode 55 | Scorpio New Moon: Rolling in It!
Recording on Election Day, April & Jen muse over the upcoming week, which includes a lovely New Moon in Scorpio, a mellow Sun/Neptune trine, a final Jupiter/Pluto meetup, Mercury re-entering Scorpio, and Mars in Aries FINALLY turning direct.
Highlights for Nov. 2-8, 2020: Join the Choir
The Leo Last Quarter Moon asks us to decide whether we’re going to give up, demoralized, or whether we’re going to move ahead and live with our whole hearts.
Episode 54 | Mercury Gets Our Vote – Hopefully!
April & Jen welcome our new listeners and bring everyone up to speed on terms like “stationing,” “retrograde,” “transit,” “square,” and “aspect”! This week, Mercury comes to a halt, faces forward, and confronts Saturn; there’s a Last Quarter Moon in Leo; and we peek ahead at next week’s Venus/Mars opposition.