Reality is shaped by our tacit and explicit agreements. Our social systems, codes and organizational constructs only exist because they’re agreed upon. To a large degree, if we experience it, we’re cooperating with it. There is so much creative power, collectively and individually—interpersonally and socially, in owning our decisions about what we agree to. But, deciding well means understanding how we contribute to the narratives of morality and logic. Narratives don’t exist in a solid state; if someone changes their mind about something—poof, that story is gone or altered. There’s so much power in that. I think this month’s astrology is largely about what we do with that power. Venus is the planet of agreements and consensus. It goes retrograde on March 1 st. March starts off with bang and continues to bang around for its entirety—and ends with a big bang. That’s a lot of banging. Take that as you will. Venus stationing retrograde in Aries does not mean that love turns to hate and that we’ll all end up in a barroom brawl—not necessarily. It does mean that we’re embarking on a process of reevaluating of what we’re drawn to and how we connect. We may be preoccupied with the relationships we’re in, changing aesthetic and sensual tastes, questions surrounding what’s worth our time and energy, and shifts in values. Venus in Aries is already edgy, once retrograde, she cares even less about decorum.

March also introduces 2 eclipses, Mercury’s retrograde, the spring equinox and Neptune’s first ingress into Aries. March is a game-changer, and a continuation of deepening activity across the Aries-Pisces border.

Discussed in this episode:

Living with limits on clarity.

The breakdown of unifying narratives, attempts to control narratives, and trying to restore old ones.

How important is it to “protect my peace” in the quest for change?

March forecast at 44:45

Aries and Pisces as expressed through the TV show Cobra Kai and the film The Karate Kid

The last gasp of Neptune in Pisces: The perversion of religion, spirituality, and esoteric practice through capitalism.

Venus retrograde nuts and bolts 1:09:37

The Aries Point (zero degrees Aries) and Botticelli’s Birth of Venus

Action vs. Platitude

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In today’s episode Cory delivers a short forecast for February; a squishy, sensitive, and romantic month filled with feeling, but shot through with dazzling moments of Aquarian clarity. She follows that with a segment on understanding the sign of Pisces. Other topics covered include:

Emotional bias in a world that thinks it’s objective
The chasms and bridges between imagination and reality
Nationality, belonging, and safety
Pisces and Aries as expressed through the novel and film, Fight Club
Expanding the nervous system to better differentiate danger from discomfort
Where true power lives

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January 2025 + Capricorn Deep Dive | Myths of Structure

Today Cory and shea in the catskills explore the embodied experience of Capricorn, and delve into the less-talked about expressions of that zodiac sign. Especially as Saturn (planetary ruler of Capricorn) spends its last months in Pisces and comes into a landscape-shifting square with Jupiter on Christmas Eve, they consider the mystical nature of the “threshold dwellers,” of which Saturn is the ultimate. It’s said to have its joy in the 12 th house of the excommunicated, the sequestered and the sublime. In the last third of the episode Cory takes a through a brief forecast of January, and the big transits of 2025.

Topics include:

The experience of the sun, moon, and Mercury in Capricorn and its relationship to Cancer

Redefining goals, accomplishment, success, and security

Elders and Crones

The gross, vulgar and unpredictable nature of reality vs. the manicured, organized, and codified

How capitalism changed our relationship and understanding of Capricorn

Top-down structures vs. collaboratively-built structures

Capricorn as mystical, feminine chaos and the sublimation of that power

Capricorn as symbolized by Pan, god of the wild and the Devil card in tarot

The suit of pentacles in tarot and other images that correspond with Capricorn

New offerings for 2025

A tarot pull for the winter solstice

and Death

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