Today Cory walks us through the Gates of Hades (aka the autumnal equinox) with an October forecast, and a breakdown of the ultimate Libra solar eclipse and full moon in Aries. This solar eclipse is conjoined with the south node, Mercury, and Lilith. The asteroid Juno hangs out with this eclipse as well. That’s a lot of Libra material begging to be reckoned with. When do things like diplomacy, the rules of engagement, decorum, and codes of conduct do more to maintain inequities than to resolve injustice? How can the individuating powers or Aries create opportunities for authentic connection? The Aries-Libra situation gets flipped on its head this month and we can use the archetypes more effectively by working with them counter-intuitively. The words “relating,” and “relationship” make up about 60% of the words used in this episode. October really churns with these two big lunations whose rulers (Venus and Mars) are in signs of their antithesis AND configured to each other (and Saturn) by a grand water trine.

In the second half of the episode Cory continues the Aries- Libra-self-other-flip-the-script-fest. Some points to ponder:

When is civility barbaric? When is domestication violent? What is the self? Where is it located? Do I need relationships to build a sense of self? How are repulsion and attraction the same thing? How do divisions within myself show up in my external reality?

Films mentioned: I Heart Huckabees and Triangle of Sadness

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In today’s episode, Cory and shea in the catskills do a deep dive into the sign of Virgo and talk about their latest offering, Getting Through it Together, an astrology and tarot container designed to help everyone work creatively with the intense astrology of the upcoming eclipses and the sociopolitical pressure-cooker we’re in.

*Also, I have some Mercury Rx corrections for the beginning of the show. I was speaking off-the-cuff about some dates w/o notes and am still disoriented after a few weeks of travel:

1.Jupiter-Saturn square and full moon Aquarius took place 8-19 (not 20)

2.The Great Conjunction marks the official shift from a 200-year period during which Jupiter and Saturn made conjunctions primarily in Earth signs into a 200-year period of conjunctions in Air signs (again, not 20)

Topics include:

Brief review of the astrology of summer and Jupiter’s square to Saturn

Archetypal Virgo in pop-astrology, mythology, and ancient astrology

Virgo in the tarot

Fixing, mending, repairing, editing, and organizing...getting our hands dirty

Practical applications, usefulness, devotion and service

Virgo’s role in states of chaos. “Find the helpers”

Critical engagement vs. Bypassing

Skills, techniques, practice, and discipline

Sexual sovereignty

Perfectionism and Martyrdom

The Virgo-Pisces axis

Our personal relationships with Virgo

In the second half of the show Cory offers a short forecast for the month of September, and a primer on eclipses and the upcoming lunar eclipse in Pisces.

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LEO SEASON PART 2: THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD

I love love love this conversation about Leo that I had with Joselia Hughes. It might be my favorite conversation that I’ve had about Leo so far, because we talk about what is NOT visible with this sign. Of all the people I work with, people with strong Leo signatures are the ones who consistently report that they don’t resonate with the pop-astrology significations of the sign. Astrology is a complex story-telling apparatus. If we approach it with a prescriptive intention, it loses its potency. When we excavate the archetype of Leo we find things like deep sensitivities to visibility AND invisibility, and preoccupations with mortality (hence the need to create and express). Those of you who study astrology might look to Scorpio or Capricorn for topics of time and death, but Leo might have them beat when it comes to being focused on the sustenance of vitality and the endurance of its own essence.

Jo is a writer, editor, access worker, and artist. We also talk about the transformation of the archetype, where we see it showing up in the world, organizational structures, art-making, writing, disability justice, authoritarian/celebrity culture and more. I think everyone who has prominent Leo-Aquarius signatures will find themselves somewhere in this conversation.

Jo and I both have complex Leo signatures in our charts that are in tension with Aquarian elements, and that perspective is woven throughout the conversation. Have a listen. Tell us what you think.

Joselia Rebekah Hughes is a writer, artist, consultant, and access worker based in The Bronx. She's a Poetry co-editor at Apogee Journal and a Teaching Artist at Lincoln Center. She is currently pursuing a MFA in Writing at Bard. For more information, please visit joselia.info or follow her on Instagram @joselia_pdf.

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