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Author: Sheila Bélanger

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The Astrology Alchemy podcast gives you inspiring insights from current astrology cycles that support your path of turning your personal “lead” into “gold.” Hosted by archetypal astrologer Sheila Bélanger.

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This week marks a quiet but pivotal turning point — not dramatic, but consequential. It’s a hinge moment where one era completes its handoff and another begins asking for our consent. Rather than forecasting outcomes, this episode offers orientation: how to stand inside change with maturity, discernment, and care. We explore the larger context shaping this week: • The completion of a long Capricorn chapter and the collective shift toward Aquarius — from endurance and survival toward pattern a...
January is doing essential groundwork for the year ahead. Before the Saturn–Neptune threshold we meet next month, this week asks a quieter—but no less consequential—question: What are you actually standing on, and what are you standing for? This is not an abstract inquiry. It’s a lived one, shaping how we meet both our personal choices and the world we’re participating in right now. This week unfolds in three distinct movements, helping us integrate January’s larger work: stabilizing what’s e...
This week concentrates powerful Capricorn energy, activating themes of commitment, responsibility, desire, and relational truth—all tested through tension with Jupiter in Cancer and Chiron in Aries. The question underneath it all: What are you truly willing to tend, protect, and build? Tuesday, Jan 6 — Venus conjunct Sun in Capricorn Archetypal Dialogue: The Lover meets the Sovereign A renewal of values and relational orientation. What you love seeks alignment with what you are responsible f...
This final week of the year carries a sober, luminous tone. Mind, faith, and healing are tested against reality, mystery, and emotional truth. What remains after illusion falls away is not certainty—but something more trustworthy. Mon, Dec 29 — Mercury in Sagittarius square Saturn in Pisces Beliefs meet consequence. Words meet responsibility. This is a moment to discern which truths can be lived—and which were aspirational but ungrounded. Sobriety sharpens wisdom. Reflection Question: Which ...
This is a quieter week and that feels deeply appropriate. Across many spiritual and faith traditions, this is a time of holy pause—a moment when outer striving softens and inner meaning comes forward. Rather than dramatic turning points, the sky invites integration: What has been learned this year? What is ready to be carried forward with greater maturity, honesty, and care? Tuesday, December 23: Venus in Sagittarius square Neptune in Pisces This is a tender, permeable alignment—beautiful, bu...
Vision, Discernment, and the Turning of the Seasonal Year This week carries us toward the Solstice through a series of profound conversations between Sagittarius vision and Pisces depth. Beliefs are tested, dreams are refined, and intentions are asked to mature. Rather than pushing forward, these cycles invite listening, discernment, and a quieter kind of courage as the light begins its return. Tuesday, December 16: Sun in Sagittarius square Saturn in Pisces The Seeker meets the Elder of Cons...
This is a week of threshold tensions and clarifications as Mars activates the mutable waters of Pisces and the fiery vision of Sagittarius, while Neptune turns direct at the final degree of Pisces, completing a 14-year collective initiation into dissolving old paradigms. Meanwhile, Mercury completes its transformative Scorpio cycle and re-enters Sagittarius—shifting us from excavation to meaning-making. Expect friction, truth-revelations, and a growing sense that something long dissolving is ...
This week brings a blend of illumination, deep integration, and expansive guidance as several personal planets align with larger cycles of change. Venus and Mars in Sagittarius open new pathways of meaning, while Mercury helps you synthesize emotional wisdom with renewed clarity. A Gemini Full Moon lights up fresh options and perspectives, inviting you to balance curiosity with deeper truth. Threshold energies are subtle but present: you’re being asked to see more, feel more, and choose with ...
This week brings a quiet but potent shift. Both Saturn and Mercury turn direct, creating a double-threshold moment where orientation returns and the path ahead steadies. Meanwhile, Venus in Scorpio acts as the key weaver of the week. She links the social planets (Jupiter–Saturn) with the transpersonal ones (Uranus–Neptune), inviting emotional honesty, relational truth-telling, and a deeper sense of the soul’s timing. This is a Threshold Gate where the larger arc becomes perceptible. Mon Nov 2...
This week we’re in a sea of transformation. The Grand Water Trine between Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn deepens emotional wisdom and soul maturity. Mercury retrograde dives back into Scorpio for revelations that rewrite the story. The New Moon in Scorpio seeds new emotional intelligence for the next cycle. The Sun moves into Sagittarius, light begins to rise from the depths—invite clarity, perspective, and renewed faith in the journey. Beneath it all, Uranus and Neptune continue their slow journ...
This week’s Theme: The Pause Between Depth and Flight This week we stand in the still point between deep water and wide sky. Jupiter turns inward in Cancer, inviting a review of how we grow through care and belonging. Mercury retrograde meets Mars in Sagittarius—rekindling the courage to speak truth that liberates. And the Sun’s trines to Jupiter and Saturn offer calm integration after months of intensity. Beneath it all, the long dance of Uranus and Neptune hums below the threshold—reminding...
This week pulses with strong Mars energy—action, will, courage, and the drive to live from truth. Mars connects with several outer planets, activating an alchemical dance between personal intention and larger evolutionary forces. The Taurus Full Moon and Uranus’ re-entry into Taurus turn your attention to what stability and security really mean in these times of change. Courage now looks like grounded authenticity. Monday, November 3: Mars in Scorpio trines Neptune in Pisces Your actions alig...
This week’s astrology invites deep reflection and spiritual attunement as we cross into the sacred threshold of Samhain—the ancient Celtic festival honoring the ancestors and the unseen realms. The veils are thin now. It’s a time to listen between the worlds, to commune with the Mystery, and to release what must die so the new can be born. With Mars and Mercury both journeying through Scorpio, the cosmos calls you to courageously meet transformation. Water trines weave through the week, helpi...
Overview: This week invites a deep turning inward. The New Moon in Libra opens a portal for recalibrating relationships and restoring inner balance after months of disruption. As Neptune re-enters Pisces, we begin the final chapter of a 14-year collective dream cycle—time to dissolve what’s illusion and harvest what’s true from our spiritual and creative evolution since 2011. The Sun’s move into Scorpio and a cascade of aspects between Jupiter, Chiron, and Pluto intensify the alchemical...
Mon. Oct. 13: 1) Pluto (The Transformer) turns Direct in Aquarius There's a shift from inner shadow excavation to outer empowerment. In Aquarius, the Transformer reanimates collective renewal — systems, technologies, and communities are being reborn. You may feel the tectonic plates of your psyche moving: what inner underworld work have you done since May that now wants to express in service of the greater good? Reflection Question: What truth about your power or your purpose is now rea...
This week brings powerful turning points. A fiery Full Moon in Aries spotlights the dance between self-assertion and partnership, while Mercury’s entry into Scorpio begins a season of deeper truth-telling that will echo into November’s retrograde. The Mercury–Pluto square midweek demands honest words that can catalyze transformation, and the Venus–Saturn opposition challenges us to bring discernment and commitment into love, money, and values. As we move through these passages, we prepare for...
This week’s cycles invite you to find your voice in the tension between self and other, and to alchemize old wounds of belonging into courageous self-expression under the light of the Full Moon. Wednesday, October 1 – Mercury in Libra squares Jupiter in Cancer The Storyteller (Mercury) in Libra, sign of balance and relational harmony, encounters tension with the Teacher (Jupiter) in Cancer, the sign of belonging, lineage, and emotional roots. This square can amplify conversations about fairne...
This is a threshold week—Autumn Equinox initiates a new season of balance, while Mars dives into Scorpio and squares Pluto, calling us into deep transformation. The Sun’s opposition to Neptune brings dreams and confusions to the surface, but also opens portals of vision. This week asks: how do you align yourself at the edge of change—with clarity, courage, and creative power? Monday, Sept 22: Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox) The Equinox turns the wheel—day and night balance. Libra seas...
We’re moving toward the second eclipse of this month—the New Moon Solar Eclipse in Virgo. The week is alive with relational tension, deep healing themes, and mental shifts that prepare the ground. Think of it as an initiation: the cosmos is rearranging old patterns so you can enter a new level of discernment, clarity, and alignment. 00:00 Welcome to Astrology Alchemy 00:55 Episode Overview: September 15th, 2025 02:56 Venus, Mars, and Chiron: Relationship and Healing Reflection: How can you ap...
We are now inside the eclipse corridor, a liminal space between what has dissolved and what is still forming. Saturn’s return to Pisces reminds us that integration is part of completion: this six-month apprenticeship asks you to gather the wisdom of the past cycle. With only a few exact aspects this week, the cosmos invites us to pause, digest, and choose daily practices that align body and spirit. This is a time to let the in-between do its quiet work. 00:00 Welcome to Astrology Alchemy 00:5...
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