It's the first day of our Sixth Annual Big Sky Astrology Podathon! In this week's special daily episodes, we'll cover the day's major astrological news and feature an interview with an astrologer about their astrological specialty! Today: Saturn backs into Pisces, a Void-of-Course Moon in Sagittarius, and an interview about Evolutionary Astrology with Dabney Lawless of Lawless Astrology! And all the Podathon news, including how to make your donation, receive special gifts, and be enrolled in a drawing for one of six fabulous prizes! Plus: Past lives, factual vs true, and The Pluto Thing!

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[0:37 ] It’s the 6th Annual Big Sky Astrology Podathon, with five daily episodes, all the week’s planetary news, some special podathon segments, and a chance to win prizes!

[2:54 ] Donate $25 or more to be entered into the drawing for a 90-minute or 60-minute reading with April, or a copy of April’s Followed by a Moonshadow Eclipse Report, to help you prepare for the upcoming eclipses.

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[6:42 ] Saturn retrogrades back into Pisces on Mon. Sep. 1 (1:07 am PDT), until it returns to Aries on Feb. 13, 2026.

[7:35 ] With Saturn in Pisces, the focus returns to spiritual foundations, emotional boundaries, rather than that outer-focused, “let's get it done” quality of Aries. This return of Saturn to Pisces overlaps with eclipse season, which begins at the end of this week with a Full Moon lunar eclipse in Pisces, and the Solar Eclipse at 29 Virgo on September 21, making a close opposition to Saturn in Pisces.

[8:51 ] The Moon squares Saturn (Sep. 1, 6:38 pm PDT) and is then Void-of-Course (VOC) for 6 minutes, when it enters Capricorn (6:44 pm PDT). Use this brief VOC Moon period to get in the habit of being kind to others.

[9:45 ] Interview: Evolutionary Astrologer, Dabney Lawless. OPA and Anne Ortelee were mentioned.

[13:19 ] How does Evolutionary Astrology differ from other approaches to astrology, especially in how it looks at the birth chart? What sets it apart from other schools of astrology? Jeff Wolf Green and Steven Forrest were mentioned.

[15:32 ] The roles of the Nodes and Pluto in Evolutionary Astrology.

[21:40 ] What kind of an experience can a client expect from an Evolutionary Astrology reading? Why would someone choose to have this type of reading?

[26:16 ] What does Pluto bring to an Evolutionary Astrology reading?

[32:36 ] Final thoughts on Evolutionary Astrology.

[34:04 ] Make sure to check out Dabney’s website and YouTube channel!

[35:11 ] And that's a wrap for the first day of The Sixth Annual Big Sky Astrology Podathon! A tribute to this week’s donors! And be sure to make your donation at BigSkyAstropod.com. Join April tomorrow morning for another Podathon episode, including an interview with Vedic astrologer Kenneth Miller!