Synastry: a very common astrological term describing the relationship between two people, as defined by the stars.As if two humans aren't already complex enough, looking to the sky to further contextualize how we interact is a whole 'nother level!So, in this episode, we get into the absolute basics, and get into:how synastry can be applied to all different kinds of relationshipsthe elements and how those interact with each other on the most basic levelhow innate the elemental knowing is within us alla handful of real-life examplesa handful of tangents that entertain more than educate (keepin' it real!)some examples of how different signs and placements relate to love& more!Until next time… Stay Curious!–The excerpts read in this episode come from:cafeastrology.comSkymates by Steven Forrest - check out this book and all the rest on his website: https://www.forrestastrology.com/collections/books–Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
What does the "happiest place on earth" have to do with Libra season? Why, dooo let us tell you all about it!We know that Libra is all about love and relationships, and balancing scales, too... So, what does that have to do with a theme park?In this episode, we get into:Walt Disney World's Libra Season opening in 1971A couple of other important dates that have interesting astrological significance to the parkWalt Disney World's chart himselfPractical Libra season advice and considerations& a few good laughs ;)Enjoy!! And until next time... Stay Curious!--Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
It's fall time! The leaves are turning, the air is a bit more crisp, and there's a certain energy about... What is it?! Balance, amongst other things:How the tendencies of humanity are naturally paradoxical and seek balanceCurrent events and how we're feelingThe relational focus and energy of stepping into this zodiac seasonPractical tips for how to celebrate the Autumn equinox intentionally... there's an herb for that!And some good laughs :)We hope you enjoy & thanks for being here.Until next time… Stay Curious!–Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
In this episode, we are joined by powerhouse, Lisa Morton, a Feng Shui Master Teacher, and a self-proclaimed 150% Scorpio. We invited Lisa to come on and chat with us for Virgo season, because what more perfect archetype than the purist to discuss the ways you can clean up your environment and life...We get into:Lisa's personal story; how she got into Feng Shui and all the amazing things she does with it (hint: it's a lot!)How to practically, and *simply* use Feng Shui in your lifeThe intersection of Feng Shui and astrology, and how Maggie and Lisa have collaborated to create some practical tools for using these ancient systems togetherThe Bagua map and fascinating ways to use it Interesting stories about how Feng Shui shows up in every day lifeA dive into Lisa's natal chart and current transitsa lot of laughs. :)Lisa Morton is the founder of her business, Pure Living with Lisa Morton; her podcast, Feng Shui Living: Tips for Busy Women; and the Elevated Living School of Holistic Design & Feng ShuiClick on the links above to work with her and show her some love, and shoot her a follow over on Instagram!Thanks for being here and...Until next time… Stay Curious!–Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
For our Virgo season movie review, we chose Good Will Hunting for its Mercurial nature, but we were in for so much more...juicy synastry between Matt Damon and Robin Williamsclear archetypal signatures in the characters that get more detailed than our usual!some good laughs, as always :)and a whole lot of Boston accents!Until next time… Stay Curious!–Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
For as "woo" as many think astrology is, the reality is that there is so much practicality around the ways that it can be applied in everyday life. From big decisions to your literal day to day, in this episode, we break down the general categories of what is called electional astrology: when to decide to do something, as well as:the difference between electional and horary astrologydifferent days and times that are used to work with certain planetary and zodiacal energeticswhat the void-of-course moon is and how to use it to your advantagehow using these kinds of astrological practices can couple with also being a human being with free willreal-life examples on larger and smaller scalesand some other juicy insights!-Links from this episode:Choices and Inceptions: Traditional Electional Astrology bookMaggie's planner!Steven Forrest's Book of the MoonAstroSeek's Void Of Course (VOC) moon calculator&& Until next time… Stay Curious!–Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
What do the Virgo archetype and the Guinness Book of World Records have in common? Tune in to hear about that and:fun facts about all the fun facts!chart synthesis on the founders of the Book and the actual launch dateits relationship with the beerour weird obsession with the Guinness Book of World Records (& the Scholastic Book Fair!)and more!Until next time… Stay Curious!–Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
We are thrilled to welcome renowned astrologer, Penny Thornton, on the pod today. To wrap up Leo season in this incredibly astrologically charged year and season, we get into so much juiciness and get to hear Penny's take and wisdom on:the current energies that are affecting our daily lives, and what's to comeall things Leo and its connection to the Royal Familyhow Penny would go about choosing an electional chart for major eventssome of her predictions and thoughts around Princess Diana and her life happeningsfascinating connections between the Royal Family over centuries and what they meanLeo season advice!and so much more...Be sure to check out all of Penny's offerings at:-> her website, astrolutely.com-> her youtube channelUntil next time… Stay Curious!–Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
Leo season movie review coming in hot!! It's the mean girls we all learned to love, Regina George, Cady Heron and more, who inspired us to dive into all things Leo + figuring out what other astrological archetypes we found. With a fair bit of important characters packed into this movie, this episode is jam-packed with:some iconic movie clips (including a deleted scene!) that we use as supportive evidence for our astrological education as mean girls meets the zodiacour astrological breakdowns for several of your favorite charactersa look at the movie release chart alongside Rachel McAdams and Lindsay Lohan's birth chartsand some good laughs, as always. :)Until next time… Stay Curious!–Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
The world of astrology is so layered and it's not uncommon to be years into your journey in the space to suddenly hear about a concept for the first time, and have that one concept send you down a rabbithole...That is precisely what it was like to discover the Lots and to learn more about them... Tune into this episode to hear:what the Lots of Fortune and Spirit arehow they started/where they came fromthe official steps for interpreting their placement in your chart and what they're trying to tell you!all sorts of tangents we couldn't help ourselves from going off on because there is just too much interesting stuff to get into!Until next time… Stay Curious!–Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
Leo = lion = royalty, right?! Basically... Leo season makes us think of a lot of things, but a royal wedding seemed like a particularly appropriate event to look into around Leo energy. In this episode, we interpret the chart of the wedding of Charles & Diana on July 29th, 1981... And:we get into our interpretations of their charts separately, plus their synastryand also predictions that astrologers in their day madehow not only Leo, but fixed energy played a big role in their connectionmaybe some brief conspiratorial remarks, generally...and more!Until next time… Stay Curious!–Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
To put a bow on the end of Cancer season, we bring you our chosen Cancer movie review... The movie Stepmom came out in 1998 and brought every mom to tears... But there were many more reasons we chose it for our review, and had a blast choosing archetypes for the five primary characters. Join us to hear:how & why we felt this movie perfectly represents Cancer, and which of the characters most exudes Cancer characteristicsthe signs we chose for the family and how they all jive, from a synastry standpointthe details of this movie's Christmas release date very much still staying in line with Cancer energy, along with a few other key placementshow much we cried while watching this movie!!Until next time… Stay Curious!–Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
When you hear the word "retrograde" do you immediately think about Mercury?? While the Mercury retrograde hype has become very real and mainstream over the years, there is so much more magic to retrogrades, across all of the planets!We get into all of that magic in this episode, diving into:each planet; its themes, retrograde schedule and practical ways to work with each energysome mythology around the planets and how that connects with the retrograde energythe difference between retrogrades in transit versus retrogrades in a natal chart, as broken down in our own natal charts, as well as current and upcoming retrogrades in transit.some fun, related anecdotes, and more!--Links from this episode:German New Medicine (GNM):Dr. Melissa Sell’s websiteMelissa podcast interviews with Joel & Yerasimos on Here for the TruthMelissa podcast interview with Dr. Kelly BroganUntil next time… Stay Curious!–Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
July 4th, 1776 - one of the most iconic dates in American history... What did the astrological chart on that day look like? Beyond the Cancer sun, there was plenty of other interesting stuff going on. We get into:several other planetary configurations and how we interpret their energies playing out on that daya few other dates related to July 4th and how those charts compare to each othersome historical info about the importance of this date and the revolutionaries who were involveda couple of stories about cats :)story time around the synchronous energy of how the pod started, this chart, and where Meli is when recording...Until next time... Stay Curious!--Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
It’s time to celebrate… Summer is here! Not only is it the start to the hottest season, but on the Summer Solstice we experience the longest day of the year, when we have the *most sun* and everything is illuminated! Tune into this episode to hear:Some more facts about the Summer Solstice and other Solstices and Equinoxes…Ideas for ways to celebrate and enjoy the Summer SolsticeAbout things like flower and gem essences, solar tea, and other things you can create yourself at homeFrom our very first guest on the pod and all the plant wisdom she has to bring!And so much more :)Links from this episode:Check out Friends of the Truth (FoTT) that Meli mentions, where she is hosting a monthly virtual Astrology call, and you get so much more → Join here!Book: Sacred Plant initiations: Connecting with Planets for Healing and Higher Consciousness by Carole Guyett and Pam Montgomery–Until next time… Stay Curious!–Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
For Gemini season, is it super basic or wonderfully appropriate that we chose a twin movie?? Probably both, but come on now... Where are all our 90s-2000s girlies at?!Tune into today's episode to hear:all the reasons this is a Gemini flick through and through, from chart review of premiers, Lindsay Lohan, and more!Hallie & Annie's big 3 along with their mum & dad's!some of the most beloved and hated supporting actors get our guesses on their sun placements, too...some of the epic music and clips from the movie itself...all music and movie clips are used for educational and informational purposes only; all credit goes to the wonderful artists and creators of used content!Until next time... Stay Curious!--Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
In this episode, we get into some of the minor aspects (the way planets communicate with each other) in the astrology chart!If you haven't yet listened to episode #22: Aspects 101, we recommend starting there for the proper foundation to understand what we discuss in this episode.You'll hear us talk about:The inconjunction/quincunx and how its energy can manifestsome semi-aspects, that can be easy to understand when you understand the non-semi versionshow we feel some of these aspects manifest in our charts, as well as some othersrecommendations on how to work with some of these aspects if you see them in your chart, a transitory chart and/or a synastry chartAnd we play a fun game at the end. :)Until next time... Stay Curious!--Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
For our Gemini season event, we get into the founding of one of the most well-known organizations within the US government: the CIA.In this episode, we get into:how any/all of this is oh-so Geminithe history of the CIA's founding (it was called something else at first!)how its original leader's astrology relates to the organization's chartthe differences between the creation and dissolution of the original org, and the CIA in its current formother curious musings inspired by the conversation. :)--Links we mentioned:Check out Veda Austin's work --> hereKelly Brogan's podcast episode with Byron Katie --> hereChaos by Tom O'Neill --> here--Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
Our Taurus season movie choice is such a classic! Sensuality, love, and some good ol' staying power. We get into all the reasons we think Dirty Dancing exudes Taurus & Venutian vibes! Tune in to hear:Our interpretation of Baby & Johnny Castle's Big 3ssome fun and appropriate facts about the movie release itself and Taurus sznclips of some of the most iconic music of the 80s/ever!Is this one of your favorite movies, too!? What did you think of our interpretation?? We love to hear from you! Check-in with us somehow with the info below, and until next time...Stay Curious!--Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)
We've talked about 'em before, and in this episode, we finally dive a bit deeper...What is up with degrees in the astrological chart and what do those numbers mean?!In this episode, we discuss:which of those numbers pack more of a punch than othersthe energy that these numbers carrywhich numbers are more significant in which signssome different ways of interpreting these numbers when you see them in charts...Until next time... Stay Curious!--Explore our first full season (Episodes 1-50) to explore our living astrological library!Ready to look at charts in the most beautiful and functional way? Look no further than → LUNA Cloud Astrology Software ← this link saves you 10%.Follow us on → InstagramDrop us some love in the form of a 5-star review and follow. :)