Star Powered®- Astrology for Changemakers with Leslie Tagorda

This energy invites us to look beneath the surface… pierce the veil… and dissolve the limiting beliefs that keep us from caring for ourselves, building capacity, and taking meaningful leaps toward our purpose. While many astrologers focus on prediction (and yes, we're all wondering what will happen when the Epstein files drop), I share why I don't find prediction useful, and how it can actually give away your power. Astrology isn't here to tell you what will happen. It's here to invite you into an energy… and give you the free will to decide how you want to work with it. This Scorpio New Moon + Mercury Rx midpoint is your moment to: Rewire your beliefs Break cycles that aren't yours Burn away old illusions Reconnect to your purpose and joy Build the nourishment and capacity you need to lead Practice doing things differently Honor the gifts that came from your past challenges I walk you through a powerful Scorpio ritual to identify where your limiting beliefs come from, thank them for the protection they once offered, reclaim the strength born from those experiences, and safely burn the illusions that are no longer aligned with who you're becoming. This is your invitation to do the shadow work, attune to your truth, and move toward your purpose with courage, clarity, and care. If you're ready to explore your chart, your purpose, and your Star Powered® leadership, learn more at starpowered.com.

Discover how creativity, joy, and spiritual practice fuel true leadership. In this Star Powered® Podcast episode, Leslie Tagorda talks with Colette Baron-Reid about her new book The Art of Manifesting and the AM Method—an accessible practice that blends art, gratitude, and energy. Learn how to use manifestation as a tool for resilience, emotional wellness, and shining your one-of-a-kind leadership light.

In this powerful episode of the Star Powered® Podcast, I sit down with astrologer, author, and Akashic Record reader Narayana Montúfar to explore the divine timing of personal planetary cycles. From midlife awakenings to lunar nodes and spiritual evolution, Narayana shares stories and insights from her new book, Written in Your Stars, a stunning and soulful guide to understanding your life's rhythms through astrology. Whether you're new to astrology or a seasoned chart-reader, this conversation will inspire you to embrace your cosmic path and make meaning of every phase.

If you've been feeling burned out, dimmed down, or disconnected from your joy—this Mercury Retrograde in Leo is your invitation to reignite your radiance and remember: joy isn't extra. It's leadership. In this episode of the Star Powered® Podcast, we're diving into Mercury Retrograde in Leo 2025, a fiery, heart-centered transit from July 17 to August 11 that wants you to reclaim joy as your leadership fuel.

Uranus in Gemini is here to shake up how we think, speak, and connect. In this episode, explore what this 7-year transit means for your message, community, and future as a thought leader. We'll dive into the astrology, history, key aspects, and horoscopes for all 12 signs—plus how to work with this energy now. Want to plan with Uranus and other major planetary shifts? Join Celestial Cycles at starpowered.com/celestial-cycles.

This episode is a powerful replay I recorded back in February during a wave of collective chaos and five months later, it's still just as relevant. As we move through Cancer season, a time ruled by the Moon, it's the perfect moment to tune into your Moon sign as a leadership tool. Your Moon reveals what you need to feel emotionally safe, grounded, and regulated especially when the world feels uncertain. In this episode, I'll guide you through how your Moon sign holds the key to emotional regulation, self-soothing, and courageous decision-making. Whether you're navigating big changes, launching something new, or simply trying to stay steady through the unknown, this episode will help you stop spiraling and return to your emotional center.

This Cancer New Moon conjunct Jupiter is about expanding your soft power. It's about growing and rooting your emotional capacity so you can play bigger, without fizzling out or hiding your head in the sand. The inner work is your leadership development. In this episode, we'll explore the signs you're ready for a big leap, how to choose possibility in uncertain times, and what your Moon sign reveals about how to self-soothe while doing brave, meaningful things. Because when fear, scarcity, separation, and shame try to keep us small, astrology reminds us: we have a choice: the freedom to choose possibility and hope in an abundant Universe.

The June Solstice marks a celestial milestone. In the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day of light and the moment the Sun shifts to its northern-most horizon at the Tropic of Cancer, sparking Cancer Season. In this episode, I guide you through the astrology of the Solstice and invite you into a mid-year reflection designed to reattune your leadership, business, and emotional value. With the Sun conjunct Jupiter, Moon exalted in Taurus, and Pluto stirring transformation, this Solstice isn't just seasonal, it's strategic. Learn how to reflect, prune, and nourish what matters most in your Work. nIn this episode, we also explore how Cancer season reveals the hidden power of emotional labor—and why this often invisible work is central to visionary, heart-centered leadership. It's time to revalue what truly sustains us.

This Sagittarius Full Moon near the Galactic Center invites you to illuminate the stories you believe about yourself, your purpose, and what's truly possible in your life and leadership. Are your beliefs empowering or limiting? Personal or inherited? Expansive or outdated? In this episode, Leslie unpacks the contagious nature of belief and why monocultures in society, in systems, and even in your own thinking can quietly deplete your potential. Drawing from Malcolm Gladwell's Revenge of the Tipping Point, Hawaiian star knowledge, and the fiery astrology of this Full Moon, you'll explore what it means to nurture a polyculture of truths, where many paths and voices matter.

Jupiter in Cancer is here for the next 12 months, and with it, your opportunity to get to the root of what's been holding back your real expansion. We've been taught that growth comes from strategy and hustle. But true expansion of your reach, leadership, and business starts with belief and inner work. In this episode, we'll explore why your emotional rootedness is key to sustainable success, and how soft power, belonging, and emotional safety are the new leadership edge in a world racing toward AI and optimization.

Are you feeling the call to step boldly forward but wrestling with doubt? Saturn in Aries isn't here to hold you back—it's here focus your fire for forging forward.  In this episode, you'll learn exactly how to harness Saturn's prioritization and boundaries to turn hesitation into mastery AS well as hear the invitation to crystallize your courage so you can lead confidently, expertly, decisively, and unapologetically.

If you've ever doubted yourself, questioned your path, or wondered how astrology could really support your leadership—this episode is for you. I'm joined by the one and only Debra Silverman, psychotherapist, spiritual teacher, and astrologer, whose work helped me reconnect to my purpose at a major crossroads in my life. We talk about the deeper spiritual layers of the chart, building soulful businesses, and why your rising sign is the key to becoming who you were always meant to be. Debra also shares the incredible story of how she built her global astrology school after her second Saturn Return—proof that it's never too late when you're aligned with your soul's timing.

What does it mean to lead with fire and compassion in a world that's burning for change? Neptune enters Aries in 2025 and stays for 13 years, initiating a bold era of spiritual courage, heart-centered action, and visionary leadership. In this episode, I explore what Neptune in Aries is really asking of us—how to rise to the call of compassionate courage, prepare for the next decade, and tap into the brave spiritual leadership the world needs now.

It's the first New Moon of the astrological New Year, and it's not just any New Moon — it's a Partial Solar Eclipse in Aries, the final Aries eclipse until 2032. This cosmic event is a potent gateway inviting you to leap into your next level of self-actualization, leadership, and personal trailblazing - who you ARE born to be. Eclipses are cosmic catalysts — they break open old cycles and demand bold new beginnings. This Aries Solar Eclipse activates the World Axis point, meaning your personal breakthroughs ripple into the collective story. With Mercury Rx at this potent Aries point, plus Neptune preparing to leave Pisces after 14 years, this eclipse stirs up a perfect storm of cosmic activation, personal recalibration, and collective evolution. This is your cosmic permission slip to stop waiting, stop perfecting — and start becoming. Tune in and learn how to harness the power of this Aries Solar Eclipse to jump into who you are meant to be — without fear.

Lunar Eclipses act like cosmic x-rays, revealing the hidden patterns we can't see under normal circumstances. This Total Lunar Eclipse in Virgo illuminates the ways perfectionism, hyper-criticism, and overcontrol block your flow, wellness, and wholeness — both in life and leadership. In this episode, we explore how this eclipse exposes the shadow of Virgo's need for precision, and how it clashes with Pisces' natural flow and interconnectedness. You'll discover how to shift from harsh self-criticism into compassionate discernment so you can release outdated patterns and reclaim your inner wholeness. We also explore how Mercury's station in Aries adds to the intensity — urging you to pause, reflect, and resist the urge to react from frustration. Whether you're a Virgo, Pisces, or any sign, this episode will help you work with the Virgo-Pisces polarity to balance critical analysis with compassionate flow, leaving you more easeful, more fulfilled and more in flow.

Hey Luminary, this episode is a special replay from a masterclass inside my community, Star Powered Circle—all about the Venus Retrograde in Aries and Pisces. Venus isn't just about love and money. In your leadership and work she's about connecting and attracting the people and resources you value. Her rare retrograde cycle is a call to re-evaluate your values, review your inner worth, realign your relationships, and reconsider what truly matters. This Venus Rx goes beyond recalibrating your individual success, so you can see your worth in relationship to the whole.

The Pisces New Moon isn't just another new moon—it's a gateway to transcendence. With six planets in Pisces, an approaching Eclipse season, and personal planets shifting direction, this final new moon of the astrological year is asking you to rise above, go beyond, and exceed expectations. This New Moon asks you to transcend your leadership—because leadership isn't just about strategy or control. It's about the energy, emotion, and vision you bring into the world. The future isn't built—it's intuited into being. Let's dream big and dive in. 

How often do you catch yourself wondering, What's wrong with me? If you've ever felt trapped in cycles of shame—you're not alone. In this episode, I sit down with David Bedrick, author of The Unshaming Way, to explore how shame shapes our lives, how power and privilege protect themselves, and why unshaming is the real path to healing. We talk about how gaslighting (both internal and external) keeps us small, why recognizing our own privilege is essential as healers and leaders, and how we can rewrite the narratives that have been imposed on us. We also take a look at David's astrology, including his Chiron in Aquarius, and how the "wounded healer" archetype plays into his life's work. If you've ever struggled with internalized shame or questioned your place as a leader, this episode is for you.

Have you been holding back—afraid to make waves, afraid to be noticed, afraid to be 100% unapologetically you? Well, the Full Moon in Leo is here to illuminate your inner flame, crank up your radiance, and push you to own your brilliance—even when it feels nerve-wracking. This Full Moon is a spotlight on where you've been playing small, second-guessing yourself, or hiding your unique spark. And with Uranus in a tense T-square, it's bringing electric, unpredictable energy—the kind that shakes things up and demands change. It might feel a little uncomfortable, but that's how you know it's working. This isn't about waiting for permission. It's about stepping into your own unique power—because when you shine, you give others permission to do the same.

The world feels more uncertain than ever. Maybe you're waking up to another devastating headline, another disaster, another blow to your freedoms and rights. Maybe you're carrying the stress of making the right leadership decisions—decisions that go against the status quo. In those moments when you need to take bold action—whether you're speaking up, launching something big, or standing firm in your truth—you may feel the tight grip of fear keeping you stuck. But here's the truth, It benefits those in power to keep you scared & in inaction and courage isn't the absence of fear—it's staying emotionally centered despite uncertainty. Without emotional self-regulation tools, fear can control you—keeping you small, silent, and stuck. That's where your Moon sign comes in. Your Moon sign holds the key to your emotional security & resilience, helping you feel grounded and clear-headed even in the most chaotic times.In today's episode, we're diving into how your Moon sign is the powerful key to emotional resilience—and why nurturing the needs of your moon it is essential for navigating the unknown and uncertainty to take big, change-making action. If you're a leader, change-maker, business owner or revolutionary, you need what I'm about to share about your moon sign, to self-soothe, self-regulate, and cultivate self-care in these uncertain times.