Our Waking Dream

How is everyone feeling as we shift out of eclipse energy into Libra season? It's a gorgeous week to take note—what feels harmonious and balanced in your life? What patterns need attention to bring about more beauty and balance? This week's episode of Our Waking Dream invites listeners to gently clear and tone the voice—and to literally sing with others as a playful, sweet practice for harmonizing together. Join spiritual strategist and multi-sector mentor Coco Swanson for grounded, plain-English insight into the week’s astrology and effective tools for self-observation, somatic release, and attuned communication. Ready for deeper support or connection? Meet Coco, learn her approach: https://www.cocoswanson.com/aboutcoco Book a discovery call or connect for 1:1 mentorship: https://www.cocoswanson.com/connect Get weekly insights and resources: https://www.cocoswanson.com/newsletter

This week, we close out this season’s eclipse cycle with a rare Blue Moon—our second New Moon in Virgo—opposing Saturn retrograde at the last degree of Pisces. It’s a call for radical honesty and intentional release: notice which karmic patterns want to be completed, and focus your energy on a radically honest look at what needs tending and care in your live. Join Spiritual Strategist and Mentor Coco Swanson for grounded, plain-English insight into the week’s astrology and practical tools rooted in energy healing and contemplative practices. Ready for deeper support or connection? Meet Coco, learn her approach: https://www.cocoswanson.com/aboutcoco Book a discovery call or connect for 1:1 mentorship: https://www.cocoswanson.com/connect Get weekly insights and resources: https://www.cocoswanson.com/newsletter

If you’re feeling unusually wobbly, confused, or emotionally electric right now, you’re not alone. This eclipse energy—plus Mercury and Saturn both perched at the very end of their signs—has even the most grounded among us feeling unstable, overwhelmed, and extra judgmental (of ourselves and others). The urge to fix, the noise of old criticism, and questions about boundaries are peaking. This week, Coco Swanson invites you to pause and breathe before reaching for old habits. Instead, discover gentle, body-based rituals for healing communication and letting go. ~Why eclipse season always brings emotional chaos and how to meet it with compassion ~A curative ritual for listening beyond judgment and confusion ~How to know when to set a boundary, and when to surrender with care Please help this show grow by subscribing, liking, and asking any questions:) Join community support at cocoswanson.com (Free meditation in newsletter this week!)Beloved teachers and guides Coco referred to this week: Steven Harper: https://www.stevenkharper.com Pat Heavren: https://livingsource.us

The first eclipse of the season is complete, yet we're still in its tide. During this powerful window, Saturn retrogrades in Pisces and opposes Mercury in Virgo this week, amplifying a collective season of BIG letting go. This is not a week for striving, but for release and redreaming—allowing what’s unraveling to guide gentler ways forward. In this episode, Coco Swanson shares practices for softening, forgiving, and finding new possibility—especially for leaders, deep-feelers, visionaries, and anyone navigating change. With North Node ☊ in Pisces ♓︎ and Mercury ☿ in Virgo ♍︎, there’s support for organizing the small things while letting go of what can’t be controlled. You’ll find permission to unclench, explore your own redreaming, and rest in the knowledge that healing happens in the messy middle too. If this resonates, you’re always welcome to share your experience or reach out at cocoswanson.com. These tides are best navigated together.

This week, Our Waking Dream is all about preparing—emotionally and energetically—for the Pisces Full Moon Eclipse on September 7.Join Spiritual Strategist and mentor Coco Swanson to explore why this window is ultra-charged: as the Full Moon meets the North Node, you have a rare opening to pause, feel what’s stagnant or delusional, and release it—making space for a new level of dreaming.Listeners practice the cycle: Feel, Release, Dream Big, Release Again, Care for What Matters—so that come eclipse, your growth is grounded and true.Coco is currently offering a limited amount of free, 30 minute sessions for people curious about their current transits and what might best support you during these wild and unpredictable times. https://www.cocoswanson.com/connectTo receive more free material, sign up for her weekly newsletter: https://www.cocoswanson.com/newsletterHere's what she's been up to the last 30 years.... https://www.cocoswanson.com/aboutcocoAnd here's Coco's top astrology mentor: https://www.wisestarsastrology.com

Feeling like nothing is going according to plan? If heartbreak, overwhelm, or major pivots keep throwing you off balance, this isn’t failure—it’s a sacred cue that you’re being asked to tend what matters most, right now. Your losses and breakdowns can become the seeds of your next major breakthrough. Join spiritual strategist Coco Swanson, 25+ year leader, mentoring visionaries, creators, and families across the globe—blending practical wisdom, trauma-informed healing, real work strategy, and embodied astrology for systemic change. This week, as Virgo season sharpens our focus and Pluto, Neptune, and Saturn retrograde pull us into deep cosmic review, you’ll learn how to reframe setbacks as genius data, use simple rituals to anchor clarity, and find the heartbeat of your true mission—no matter what life throws at you. Thank you for being an important part of this community. Please subscribe, comment, and share your insight below—or visit https://www.cocoswanson.com for mentorship and upcoming offerings.

As late summer pivots in the northern hemisphere, this episode of “Our Waking Dream” invites you to consciously shift from Leo’s exuberance into the authenticity and embodied care of Virgo season. You are guided to let your present-day light reveal how your values and needs have honestly changed. The episode clarifies what is ready for gentle release— as a meaningful act of care. With the North Node in Pisces and the South Node in Virgo, Coco Swanson shares practices for consciously returning outdated patterns to source and tending what still matters with real, grounded presence. Practical prompts and embodied rituals are offered to help you make this seasonal transition clear, actionable, and true. Guided by spiritual strategist Coco Swanson.Work with Coco: For 1:1 guidance, rituals, or mentoring, visit cocoswanson.com Currently offering a limited amount of 30 minute FREE consultations per week. email hi@elizabethcocoann.com

Venus and Jupiter unite in Cancer—a cosmic summons to expand our sense of emotional safety, care, and belonging.Jupiter magnifies whatever it touches. With Venus conjunct Jupiter in Cancer, we’re invited to slow down and tend to ourselves and each other on a deeper level. It’s a time for reassessment and radical emotional care—a season to soften old shields, clear lingering resentments, and give our heart’s true imagination a safe place to land.Instead of analyzing our feelings, we simply make space to feel them.Check In: Hold emotional space—for yourself or someone else. No fixing, no rushing, just honest noticing.Somatic Release: Let emotion drop into sensation. Move, sense, dance it through, layer by layer, releasing what’s ready.Deliberate Doomscrolling (with Presence): As you move through your feed, pause. Offer genuine care and compassion—let your love travel, digitally and energetically, gifting safe space to those in need.This is a week to cultivate a heart that is both powerful and beautiful—not by bypassing life’s reality, but by feeling fully. For ourselves, and for the world.Join 25+ year spiritual strategist Coco Swanson—guide for conscious leaders, creatives, and changemakers who crave soul-rooted strategy, emotional clarity, and practical spirituality. My work blends astrology, somatics, ritual, intuition, and real talk into healing practices that fit actual life.Connect with me:Website: www.cocoswanson.comInstagram: @cocoswanson_Book a session: intro.co/CocoSwansonConnect with Coco's teacher Fern at Wisestar Apothecary:Fern: Evolutionary Astrologer, Herbalist (30+ years)Website: www.wisestarsastrology.comI'm here to support your journey into practical magic, sacred strategy, and embodied transformation every week.

The sun’s in full swing in bold, radiant Leo, and Mercury Retrograde (until August 11) spins its communicative lessons. This episode invites you beyond astrology basics—straight into the heart of courageous self-expression, leadership, and true connection. Explore Leo’s highest callings: -Authentic, heart-centered leadership -Creative courage, generosity, and vulnerability -Real self-love that radiates, not performs Yet watch for the shadow....Ego, inflated pride, performance for applause, and drama-driven attention. With Mercury in retrograde, communication drama is turned up: old wounds, overreactions, or feeling unseen can suddenly take center stage. Practical tools you’ll learn: -Mirror work to truly see your light and trace where self-love or self-critique shows up. Purposefully noticing and growing the good—what we focus on expands. -Strategies for “rupture & repair” in relationships... making space for mistakes, messy conversations, and humility, starting with yourself. Is there room for error and grace in the story you tell about yourself—and in the way you lead and love? Coco Swanson Spiritual Strategist | Mentor https://www.cocoswanson.com Contact: https://www.cocoswanson.com/connect #astrology #leoseason #mercuryretrograde #heartcenteredleadership #selflove #ruptureandrepair #spiritualleadership #mirrorwork #consciouscommunication #businesspivot #newparadigm

Hosted by Coco Swanson, Spiritual Strategist—this week’s Our Waking Dream dives deep as Saturn and Neptune retrograde together in Aries, forming a harmonious sextile with Pluto in Aquarius, and all three move backwards through September. This rare cosmic window supports collective and personal reconfiguration, inviting you to pause, review, and let your dreams or ambitions shift into new, more authentic forms. It’s a gentle reset for anyone feeling the world—or themselves—changing beneath the surface. This is astrology made accessible and supportive for all levels.✨ Receive a free guided meditation when you sign up for Coco’s newsletter.🌱 Book a complimentary 30-minute consult (launch special!): connect here.Discover more about Coco’s work: About Coco#astrology #saturnretrograde #neptuneretrograde #pluto #OurWakingDream #reconfiguration #transformation #reflection #spirituality #podcast

This week, let’s pause and gently notice what—within you, or around you—needs extra care, love, or attention. As Mars meets the South Node in Virgo and the North Node in Pisces, it’s a reminder to soften your focus on details, to loosen the grip on lists and plans, and simply let yourself surrender into the beauty of right now.Ask yourself: What are you carrying that’s ready to be released? Which parts of you feel overlooked, or in need of loving care? Can you allow some worries and old habits to fall away, making space for moments of connection and presence?This episode is an invitation to recognize what’s truly calling for your tenderness, to trust that letting go of what you can’t control may open the door to deeper ease and beauty.My teacher Fern, who I mention in the episode, is amazing! More about her at:https://www.wisestarsastrology.com/aboutFor a free audio meditation to help you release worries and embrace the marginalized parts within you, I send it out with my newsletter: https://www.cocoswanson.com/newsletter love, coco swanson

This week, Saturn stations retrograde alongside Neptune at the very start of Aries—a rare astrological moment that signals it’s time to step back, reflect, and realign. Rather than pushing ahead, the cosmos invites you to ask: What are you truly called to build? Which dreams and structures are ready for a gentle review?What to Expect in This EpisodeSpiritual Strategist Coco Swanson unpacks the current retrograde energy, bringing you:Clear astrology insights on the Saturn–Neptune retrograde and why this pause is so significant for 2025–2026.Practical tools for soul-led living—including reflection prompts and somatic practices to help you let go of what’s no longer serving.Guidance on cosmic timing—how to work with, not against, the retrograde flow, and why there’s no pressure to have everything figured out right now.Why Tune In?Discover why this retrograde is a powerful reset for your goals and creative plans.Learn simple, actionable practices to support deep release and honest self-check-in.Get inspired to recalibrate your vision before the next big leap.Take ActionSubscribe and sign up for the newsletter for your free meditation and weekly tools: www.cocoswanson.com/newsletterLearn more about Anaïs Bock: www.letsworkmagic.com/about-anais-bock#astrology #horoscope #zodiac #saturnretrogradeGrounded guidance, practical tools, and cosmic clarity—press play and realign with your soul’s timing.

After seven years of Uranus shaking up our values and sense of home in Taurus, this week marks a real threshold: Uranus moves into Gemini. This isn’t just an astrological headline—it’s a call to notice how the disruption and change in our values might reshape the way we perceive, communicate, connect, and understand truth. Each week Spiritual Strategist Coco Swanson delivers a timely astrology forecast, blending basic astrology lessons with practical tools rooted in energy medicine, somatic awareness, and wisdom traditions. Discover how to bring esoteric wisdom into your daily life and navigate the current astrology with clarity and purpose.

This week on Our Waking Dream, we dive into the astrology of June 29, 2025, as Venus conjuncts Uranus in Taurus—a rare cosmic invitation to reimagine and embody our values. Since 2018, Uranus in Taurus has pushed us to break old patterns and rethink what truly matters. In this episode, Coco Swanson unpacks the meaning of this powerful alignment, guiding you through beginner-friendly astrology, practical somatic tools, and simple rituals to help you ground these changes in your body and daily life.