1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:15,760 Hello everybody and welcome to the Awaken Together podcast. I'm Jen and I'm Kat. And 2 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:22,120 today I could not be more excited. I feel like this is very overdue for the level of 3 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:31,840 passion I have for this subject and that is our astrology episode. Kat has heard me nerd 4 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:38,040 out about this many a times and I'm sure if you follow along you've definitely seen my 5 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:46,040 love for it shared on social media. And I am just very excited to get into what it means 6 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:52,760 to me, what I think you can use astrology for practically, and we're also going to review 7 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:57,960 kind of the shadow side of it and what to be kind of cautious with because it is a very, 8 00:00:57,960 --> 00:00:59,760 very vast world. 9 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:06,400 It really is. And when many people think of astrology these days, I feel like just for 10 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:13,320 the common public an image of a white woman with flowy white clothes, mala beads, and 11 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:20,280 Apollo Santo in her hand comes to mind. But we want to smash that a little bit because 12 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:26,880 this is not new age, even though it's become really more popular and common nowadays I 13 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:32,400 think. It's something that's been around forever and actually can be traced back to 14 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:38,920 the third millennium BC ancient societies have turned to celestial systems to help them 15 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:46,800 bring more meaning to human life, to gain understanding of the seasons and consciousness. 16 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:53,800 So it's really a study that goes deep and I'm so excited because Jen is really well 17 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:58,560 versed in all of this. I'm like maybe some of you I'm still kind of dipping my toe in 18 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:03,680 the water. I've known about sun signs like predominantly and I'd say in the past two 19 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,080 years I've learned more about my moon sign and my rising sign and they've brought me 20 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:14,040 a lot more understanding and just having a birth chart reading from Jen has illuminated 21 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:18,600 this whole experience for me. So I'm really excited for everyone to learn more, including 22 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:19,600 me today. 23 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:27,000 Yeah. And I think to go over kind of that sun sign astrology concept too, I really believe 24 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:33,480 that that's kind of the reason we have maybe, well, I guess some of us have dismissed it 25 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:39,440 is the sun sign astrology has been taken, I believe like way too far and as funny as 26 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:46,600 the memes can be. And yeah, there's so many TikToks about, yeah, signs together. It's 27 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:53,240 all very honed in on just the sun sign alone. So sun sign is for everyone that has the same 28 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:58,920 birthday as, you know, around the same birthday as you that birthday month. And I've always 29 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:03,760 heard sun sign described as being in a blank canvas of your life. The sun sign would just 30 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:12,560 be those large initial strokes on the canvas. It is one piece to a very detailed birth chart. 31 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:17,840 So when we say birth chart, we're talking about that moment you took your first breath, 32 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:23,560 wherever you were located, wherever it kind of like takes a screenshot of the sky. So 33 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:30,000 a quick little screenshot and then everything keeps moving. And from that moment, I think 34 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:35,240 the more you dig into it and the more you've deeply studied your birth chart, you start 35 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:40,660 to really see that that could have been the sole energetic blueprint that you came here 36 00:03:40,660 --> 00:03:50,040 to kind of work through. I was the biggest skeptic of astrology ever. I, you know, for 37 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:55,280 those who listen, you already know that I have my religious background, but I had always 38 00:03:55,280 --> 00:04:02,160 been told, yeah, stay away from astrology. It's very tied in with psychics and fortune 39 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:07,160 telling. So I was like actually very scared of it. Even when I would like see horoscopes 40 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:13,000 and stuff, I was like, oh no, like be careful. So I had such an aversion to it. Devil's work. 41 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:21,640 So I had such an aversion to it. So I really came in to it very, very carefully even to 42 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:27,880 start with. And then as I've also shared, I'm a very like logical person. I needed it 43 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:36,640 to make so much sense to even kind of start believing in it. So one of my early like skeptic 44 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:40,920 experiments, you know, I read my own birth chart, which I finally heard what a birth 45 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:46,920 chart was versus like daily horoscopes, which I think daily horoscopes just all seemed absurd 46 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:51,680 to me. I'm like, someone is typing that up. And I'm just like, that just seems very generalized 47 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:55,440 for every single person in the month of June. We're all going to find the love of our life 48 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:01,480 this year. Like it doesn't seem right. So I was like, this just seems so stupid. And 49 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:06,600 then once I heard what a natal chart or birth chart was and I read mine, I found a lot more 50 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:11,960 context behind what astrology could be, I think. And then from there, I really started 51 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:18,840 deeply studying kind of the cultural background of it and where it started. And I think the 52 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:24,680 big upswing in all of it, the reason it's become so popular is because we really have 53 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:32,800 the technology now to be able to run patterns a lot more. I think we can look at not only 54 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:37,920 where everything was in the sky through different historical events, but we also can study people 55 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,760 that have passed away. We can look at their birth charts, what kind of happened in their 56 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:48,840 life. And I think we've been able to run a lot of similarities. So I think our technology 57 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:53,920 world has been able to amplify the accuracy of things as well because we've been able 58 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:57,880 to run so much cross data. If that makes some sense. 59 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:03,560 Yeah, totally. It's a great point. I think with time, we just gained so much more insight 60 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,040 and we're able to go deeper into these topics. 61 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:13,160 Yeah, yeah. And I think that's really the uptick in it. So yeah, so as I was saying, 62 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:20,320 I was super skeptical and I read my birth chart and then I literally decided to, I had 63 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:24,840 a bunch of, I worked at a nursing home and I had all these elderly patients and some 64 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:29,920 love astrology actually and would be like, oh no, she's a Gemini, I have a crazy therapist. 65 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:34,880 You know, I used to get that all the time from a few of them. And then I started talking 66 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:39,920 about birth charts and they had never heard that concept. So I printed out some of these 67 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:45,000 elderly people's birth charts and I was thinking in my head, like, if it's inaccurate, like 68 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,720 their life would not match their chart, you know, because they're at the end of their 69 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:53,080 life. Like I have a really good scale to be able to see. So I had literally printed like 70 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:59,480 multiple faces birth charts. I was going over it with them and it was like so accurate to 71 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:05,800 their life. And I was like, okay, that's weird. Maybe I should keep looking at it. 72 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,880 It's incredible. And it's probably the least surprising thing you've ever said. 73 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:17,280 I have like wheelchairs surrounding me with packets of birth charts. So funny. So classic 74 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:27,480 Jen. So anyway, yes, I started getting so into the study of it pretty much at that point. 75 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:34,320 And then I'm years in now. I love listening to different podcasts on the topic studying. 76 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:39,200 There's also different branches of astrology too. And I try to, you know, be respectful 77 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:45,440 of the there's kind of like different lineages to look into too. And I just think it's all 78 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:53,360 super fun. Super fun. I so agree. I so agree. Go ahead. 79 00:07:53,360 --> 00:08:01,800 Here, I'll go. So we wanted to go into birth chart analysis with you. So if you have never 80 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:06,240 looked at your birth chart, we are going to recommend a couple sites because we're just 81 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:12,880 going to go into a cut and dry on a lot of concepts with you and then kind of, yeah, 82 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:19,200 explain them a little further. So the couple sites I recommend, if you're using your phone, 83 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:24,280 CoStar is an app you can download. You have to have your birth time right. That is like 84 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:29,400 one of the biggest things in astrology because it's that sole blueprint. If you're guesstimating 85 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:35,920 the time, some of the stuff in your chart can shift even with a small time difference. 86 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:41,520 But CoStar has a really clean, easy read layout of your birth chart when you download it. 87 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:47,920 And I also love CafeAstrology.com. That will give you also an easy layout that you can 88 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:54,720 follow. Yeah. Yeah. So if you want to pause this podcast and pull up your birth chart, 89 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:59,640 we're going to go through in just a moment how to really be able to interpret this for 90 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:05,040 yourself. Yeah. And I would say, so if all of this is very new and you've never even 91 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:11,320 heard of the other planets, like you're like, what is a Jupiter? What does that even mean? 92 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:16,240 Like I don't even know what that means in context to my chart. As I said, it's that 93 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:22,640 sole screenshot, but every single planet has a different energetic effect. Every single 94 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:28,760 sign. So when you hear like the terms Aries, Gemini, Taurus, every single sign comes with 95 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:35,020 its own energy as well. And then when you look up into the sky, we've divided it into 96 00:09:35,020 --> 00:09:41,600 kind of a 12 piece pie chart. And within that, you're seeing which planet lands in which 97 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:47,700 segment. And that determines a lot of where you see the energies, not only of that planet, 98 00:09:47,700 --> 00:09:51,920 but also of that sign. And then what area of your life you're going to see that play 99 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:57,680 out the most common. So that is what you are looking into when you look at the houses of 100 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:03,560 astrology as well. And then within that, there's layers more deep. That's why I highly recommend 101 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:09,800 going to a professional to get a reading because they can integrate all of these concepts together. 102 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:14,840 I will definitely share my info. I love looking and helping people with their charts. But 103 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:22,000 yeah, it gets so much more deep too, because you know, all the planets, the way they relate 104 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:27,400 to each other and degrees can make a difference. Those are what we call aspects. And yeah, 105 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:32,240 there's a lot of layers to it. But if you know, you don't have the time or resources 106 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:37,120 to be able to do a professional reading, the online birth charts you can pull up can definitely 107 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:42,840 be a good start just to at least get some fun context on some of the energies that are 108 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,160 at play in your life. 109 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:50,760 Yes. So what we're going to do now, I'm going to give you a high level overview of some 110 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:56,200 of the qualities of these planets. And then we'll go deep dive into the zodiac signs, 111 00:10:56,200 --> 00:11:01,480 not too deep, just digestible enough so that when you hear your friend say, I'm a Taurus, 112 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:05,480 and you're like, what the heck does that mean? At least like a couple qualities will come 113 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:11,560 to mind for you. So starting with the sun sign, the one that we all probably know about 114 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:18,500 ourselves, this is a sign that is all about your ego or your sense of self. 115 00:11:18,500 --> 00:11:25,680 Next up is the moon. And this rules your emotions and your moods. Next is your rising sign. 116 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:30,920 And this is the mask that you wear, the mask that you show people. I've also heard that 117 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:38,040 this is the one that kind of aligns with how you work in your career or work. Correct me 118 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:39,520 if I'm wrong, Jen. 119 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:45,280 Yeah, it really is the way you move through the world. So the rising sign is how you're 120 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:51,000 going to show up in society and whatever area of your life that's the strongest. You usually 121 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:56,400 meet people's rising signs a lot more than you meet their sun signs. 122 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,520 Such good information. Thank you for that. 123 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:07,340 Next up is Jupiter. And this rules prosperity. Next is Saturn. This is all about your limitations. 124 00:12:07,340 --> 00:12:15,100 So things that might hold you back. And then Mars is your confidence. This is your warrior. 125 00:12:15,100 --> 00:12:19,720 And your passion. Passion as well. That's a good... 126 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:27,120 Passion. Yes. Awesome. And then Venus is all about love, just like the goddess Venus. It's 127 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:35,880 about matchmaking, harmony, all of those heart-centered feelings. And Mercury, this is all about communication. 128 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:37,880 This one's known as the messenger. 129 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:44,600 And how we talk. So looking at where your Mercury is and what sign really shows how 130 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,600 you probably communicate with others as well. 131 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:52,240 Right. And that saying, or not that saying, but Mercury is in retrograde. I feel like 132 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,720 people who aren't even into astrology understand what that means now. 133 00:12:55,720 --> 00:13:01,200 Yeah, we'll talk about that too. Mercury can be a biggie. 134 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:06,640 Yeah. If you recognize your communications, just totally off or you're unable to verbalize 135 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:12,920 what you really mean, take a look at the calendar. Maybe Mercury is in retrograde. 136 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:20,280 And then next up is Pluto. Pluto rules power or transformation. Then Uranus is all about 137 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:27,080 your individuality. And then finally Neptune, which rules idealism and compassion. 138 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:32,820 Yeah. So I'll just kind of give a little bit of information. So if you have your birth 139 00:13:32,820 --> 00:13:39,860 chart in front of you, you're going to see all of those planets lined up in your chart. 140 00:13:39,860 --> 00:13:45,560 And yeah, it's really fun to look up each planet and then whatever sign it's in. So 141 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:52,920 if your sun is an Aquarius researching what that looks like, if your Jupiter is an Aries 142 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:58,960 researching what that looks like, if your Venus is in Gemini researching what that looks 143 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:06,820 like. And you can kind of combine the qualities of the sign with the qualities of that planet. 144 00:14:06,820 --> 00:14:13,760 One of the more interesting things that made astrology even have another level of depth 145 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:19,200 to me is we have our generational planet. So we say big three. If you've heard that term, 146 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:24,800 what's your big three? That's talking sun, moon and rising sign. And those are because 147 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:29,880 those are just really powerful in your chart. The moon is sometimes more prevalent in your 148 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:35,280 childhood because we live out of our moods and emotions, which is what the moon represents. 149 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,840 The rising sign comes kind of comes into play because that's how we start to move through 150 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:44,240 the world. That's what we show people. And then the sun sign is usually they say that 151 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:48,440 sometimes that can even show up a little bit later. It's kind of that backdrop still. So 152 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:52,920 you'll definitely relate to it, but that's kind of our sense of ego. But there's a lot 153 00:14:52,920 --> 00:15:04,960 of prefect preference, preface. There's a lot of, there's a lot of importance behind our 154 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:10,520 rising sign, though, because the rising sign also determines our chart ruler. So whatever 155 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:18,920 sign it is in, it's a little high level, but I'm a Virgo rising and Virgo is ruled by Mercury. 156 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:25,200 So looking at what sun or what planet rules the sign of your rising sign can also show 157 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:30,860 another huge, um, emphasized thing in your chart. So Mercury is really powerful for my 158 00:15:30,860 --> 00:15:38,080 chart for that very reason. And Kat, I think yours, you're an Aries rising. So your Mars 159 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:43,760 has a lot of emphasis in your chart as well. A little extra sprinkle because of that rising 160 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:50,160 sign. But as I was saying, big three, then you have your big six that a lot of people 161 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:57,520 talk about, which adds in your Mercury, your Venus and your Mars, because all of those, 162 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:02,800 um, yeah, kind of are strong at play too. As we said, all these characters come together 163 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:08,400 and matter. But then you have your generational planets, which is Pluto, Uranus and Neptune. 164 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:16,280 And all three of those really clump us in in larger groups. So it is so fascinating 165 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:22,400 because each one takes, you know, a lot longer to orbit. So it chunks us together. So if 166 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:29,080 you look at the history of kind of generations, goals and what mattered to them, you can trace 167 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:33,840 that back to a lot of astrology because all those people could have been ruled by the 168 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:39,560 same sign and how they felt in their sense of who they were or what their goals were, 169 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:44,040 what they were working on transforming, where they got their power from. Some of those qualities 170 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:50,520 of Pluto, Uranus and Neptune play out in much larger chunks. So it also groups, yeah, a 171 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:56,480 lot of your peers together, which is really cool to see why some things collectively matter 172 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:01,920 to different age ranges. So yeah, that's the add a little fun. 173 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:10,760 So fun. And so I will now go through a little breakdown of the zodiac signs. So listen carefully 174 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:15,120 if you want to journal, make some notes. I'll try to go slow enough if you want to do that. 175 00:17:15,120 --> 00:17:22,680 But yeah, let's start with the first sign of the zodiac calendar and that's Aries. 176 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:28,160 Aries is a fire sign. If you have a strong Aries placement, you might notice feeling 177 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:35,280 eager, dynamic, quick and competitive. I definitely resonate with some of those. 178 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,240 And Kat is an Aries rising. 179 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,240 Kat is an Aries rising. 180 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:46,880 Yep, I've definitely operated through life with that, some of these feelings. And then 181 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:53,000 next up is Taurus, which is an Earth sign. I love Taurus's. They are known for being 182 00:17:53,000 --> 00:18:00,200 strong, dependable, sensual and creative. One of my... 183 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:01,600 I'm married to a Taurus son. 184 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:08,640 Yes, I love it. I have a really good friend who's a Taurus son and she is such an artist. 185 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:14,240 Super creative. I was just at her house this weekend and I was totally in awe of this workshop 186 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:21,800 area that she has. Like, oh my gosh, I didn't even know. It just blew my mind. 187 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:28,280 I think Taurus's are also known for being kind of stubborn. Is that right? 188 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:34,640 Oh yeah, they definitely have a more stubborn. And so yeah, that's a good thing to preface 189 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:40,120 as we're working down the list. Your Earth signs are a lot more fixed in some of their 190 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:48,400 mentalities. It's kind of a more calm vibe, but it's usually very sturdy. So not as quick 191 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:55,160 as the upcoming one of Gemini, which I am the most Gemini person you can possibly know. 192 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,120 And so yeah, we can continue on. 193 00:18:57,120 --> 00:19:04,280 Yeah, I love that idea too of imagining the elements embodied, like Earth is a mountain, 194 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:10,040 like kind of stuck in the way, like sturdy, whereas fire is powerful and can burn you 195 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,360 and air is super flowy. 196 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:16,600 And can initiate really fast. 197 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:24,000 Yes, Gemini, air, really flowy, versatile, can be gone with the wind in a second. Very 198 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:29,680 expressive, curious, and kind. So you. 199 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:34,600 My mom is also a Gemini. And yeah, I don't know, I get along really well with Gemini 200 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:38,720 as that fellow air sign. 201 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:44,880 I have a Gemini stelum, so it is so strong in my chart. Like it is a powerful, powerful 202 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:45,880 thing. 203 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:53,160 I love that. Next up is Cancer. Cancer is a water sign. These people tend to be intuitive, 204 00:19:53,160 --> 00:20:01,240 sentimental, compassionate, and protective. In my life, it's funny because I'm an Aquarius, 205 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:07,800 that's my son, but I like all a lot of the people who are closest to me in my life are 206 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:12,480 cancers. And I just love that because whenever, whenever I meet someone new now, I'm like, 207 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,840 what's your son sign? If I get a vibe from them that I really connect with on a soul 208 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:20,720 level and when they say they're a cancer, because nine times out of 10 they are like, 209 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:24,680 yeah, I wasn't surprised I was getting that from you. I just love my little cancers. 210 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:31,400 It's so funny. Yeah, looking who we attract is a whole other thing. 211 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:38,200 Next up is Leo. Leo is a fire sign. Leo, I always imagine the lion. These people tend 212 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:45,640 to be dramatic, outgoing, self-assured, lots of confidence emanating from this sign. 213 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:47,680 I'm a Leo moon leaf. 214 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:50,520 Love it. I can see that. 215 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,680 I'm a Leo moon, so I feel that very strong. 216 00:20:53,680 --> 00:21:01,960 Yes, your moods and your emotions, there they are. Next is Virgo, which is an earth sign. 217 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:08,280 If you're a Virgo, you might be practical, loyal, gentle, and analytical. Some more of 218 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:17,000 those earthy qualities. Next up is Libra. Libra is an air sign. I picture the scales 219 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:24,120 when I think of Libra because they're very fair-minded, known for being social, diplomatic, 220 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:28,680 and gracious. They will hear anyone out. 221 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:34,720 And next is Scorpio, which I always thought was a fire sign, but it's water. And I think 222 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:40,400 the reason I thought it was fire for so long is because this sign is super passionate. 223 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:47,880 It can also be stubborn, but also resourceful and brave. 224 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:55,120 Next up is Sagittarius, which is a fire sign. This sign is extroverted, optimistic, and 225 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:58,840 known for being funny. 226 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:03,400 Next is Capricorn, which is an earth sign. This is my moon sign. 227 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,480 Cough, cough, cats, Stella. 228 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:13,080 I got a lot of cap, which is funny because I don't identify with some of these at first, 229 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:18,720 but when I think about it deeper, I'm like, oh, there it is. So Capricorn is serious, 230 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:23,240 disciplined, and independent. 231 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:29,320 And then next up is Aquarius, which is an air sign. It's also my sun sign, so it's 232 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:34,000 interesting to see how my Aquarius and Capricorn interrelate and intermingle. 233 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:41,760 But Aquarius is known for being deep, imaginative, also independent and original, kind of like 234 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,520 the rule breakers. 235 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:50,080 And then finally, the last sign of the zodiac is Pisces, which is a little fish, so you 236 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:56,320 can imagine it's a water sign. Pisces are so sweet. They're very intuitive, affectionate, 237 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:58,280 wise and artistic. 238 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,560 Yeah. So that's all 12. 239 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:07,680 Yes, a lot of info, but that is definitely just to give you kind of a general blueprint. 240 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:14,200 I still highly recommend getting the depth of what each planet and each sign looks like, 241 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:18,320 which is an easy Google if you just kind of check it out and read some articles so that 242 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,800 you can see the context a little bit deeper. 243 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:27,280 Me and Cat's charts, we've looked at them together and it's very funny. Me and Cat are 244 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:37,120 two dominant elements are air and earth. So we both have four air signs. Cat has three 245 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:43,000 air signs. I have four earth signs. So we both bring that kind of sense of groundedness, 246 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:47,880 but also that kind of versatility of our air signs. And we definitely feel that together 247 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:55,500 when we are doing anything. And so I thought it was so funny when I first read her chart. 248 00:23:55,500 --> 00:24:00,920 And yeah, maybe we can post our charts up too for fun on the Awaken Together Instagram. 249 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,080 So if you want to nerd out on them. 250 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,560 Yeah, yeah. And shocker that we met in Colorado. 251 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:13,280 And so I feel such an earthy and airy state when compared to other places. Like, yeah, 252 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,800 I love thinking about that. 253 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,800 We needed our mountains. 254 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:29,320 Yes. And yeah, so one of the other, I'm going to try to keep it, you know, not to over share 255 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:34,160 too much information. But as we said with each of the signs, each of them fell into 256 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:40,600 a different element. So fire, earth, air and water. And there's even an energy kind of 257 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:46,400 behind each of the elements. So calculating how much of each element you have in your 258 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:54,000 chart can be a fun way to start to dissect your own birth chart. Fire represents our 259 00:24:54,000 --> 00:25:00,600 passion, energy, enthusiasm, inspiration. It stands for a lot of initiation. And then 260 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:08,640 earth is more stability, realism. They definitely can help more with the material, materialistic 261 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:13,160 kind of goods because they're steady and resourceful. 262 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:19,640 Air is all about our languaging, intellect, communication. It's a very social sign. It's 263 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:28,600 constantly, it can just move a lot quicker. But without that, fire tends to like blast 264 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:34,640 off and then kind of burn down. Air is just like kind of endlessly flowing. And then water 265 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:41,100 represents emotional mysticism, intuition. Our water people usually, if you have high 266 00:25:41,100 --> 00:25:49,000 water, usually probably experience a larger array of emotions up and down too. Yeah, there 267 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:54,800 are people that are feeling a lot of things and it's, I love, I tend to find, I don't 268 00:25:54,800 --> 00:26:01,000 know, this actually explains your cancer attraction there too, Kat, is me and you don't have a 269 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:07,160 whole lot of water in our charts. And so I crave water people too. Like I love when I 270 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:12,300 meet someone watery because they feel like they're embracing what I am lacking. So when 271 00:26:12,300 --> 00:26:17,280 I have people that are very emotionally charged around me, I love it because I don't really 272 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:22,880 fall into that as easily. So when I feel someone like feeling it all, I'm like, yes, I love 273 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:29,400 it. So we sometimes seek our balance. Yeah, exactly. We need to surround ourselves with 274 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:33,600 people who have what we don't and not in the way of like, I want what they have, but in 275 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:39,480 the way of like, this kind of rounds me out. It makes me feel balanced. Yeah, it creates 276 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:45,240 so much more balance. I feel like, yeah, I've attracted so much of that too, because I'm 277 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:50,840 lacking it in my chart without even knowing it. But it's funny to look at the people you 278 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:54,400 have attracted around you very naturally. And when you start to kind of piece together 279 00:26:54,400 --> 00:27:00,280 their own birth chart with yours, it's just very funny to see the gaps that people play. 280 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:07,600 Yeah, it's like intuitive knowing. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. One of the things I had once read, 281 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:12,280 they're like, have you ever attracted people with a similar birthday or very close to each 282 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:19,760 other? And I had three friends growing up that were all born on July 23rd. And I just 283 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,520 thought that was so interesting because I had never really thought of that, like attracting 284 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:29,880 three people of the same birthday. Not the charts still not much deeper than those initial 285 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:34,880 sun signs. But it was fascinating that I had three childhood best friends that came in 286 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,040 order with the same birthday. That was super strange. 287 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:44,200 No, you know, it's so funny. I resonate with that too. Like growing up my two best friends, 288 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:48,560 one was born two days after me, so she was also an Aquarius. And then my other best friend 289 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:55,840 is a Cancer. And then my mom is a Gemini. And so I don't have like any Sagittarius 290 00:27:55,840 --> 00:28:01,440 in my life. I do not either. Like you're a Gemini, my mom. Like my husband Kyle is a 291 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:05,400 Cancer and my best friend. And then I'm an Aquarius and so is my other. Like it's just 292 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:11,880 wild when you really look at it at that level. Yes. And so we encountered talking before 293 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:20,120 just so yeah, there is a lot of apps. I highly, highly recommend the pattern app. The pattern 294 00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:26,880 kind of simplifies astrology in general. It doesn't throw in any of the terminology of 295 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:34,600 sun, any of the signs. It just gives it to you very digestibly. So if you have skeptics 296 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:39,000 of the patterns also great because you're reading without seeing like some of the woo 297 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:44,200 hoo triggers of like hearing signs. It just kind of gives you like a blueprint. You're 298 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:49,640 like, Whoa, this is how does this app know who I am? It knows it from all the astrology, 299 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:54,240 but it kind of hides it in the app. But you can also run charts together really smoothly 300 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:59,200 on that app. And I love that too. Because looking at yeah, how you piece together with 301 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:04,960 the people around you is is super fascinating. We were talking a little bit before my husband 302 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:12,000 sun sign is a Taurus and I am a Gemini, which those two would be really, really bad together. 303 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:17,080 But if you look at our whole charts together, we fit perfectly. So that's one of the other 304 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:22,480 downfalls of sun sign astrology only is you might feel like someone's not good for you 305 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:27,480 if you get too deeply into context with astrology because of what their sign is. But it's so 306 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:33,720 important to look at the whole thing in general together because that's going to show a lot 307 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:37,840 of what they can bring into your life, what you bring into them and see what your strengths 308 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:41,240 are, as well as maybe what some of your blind spots will be. 309 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:48,640 It's a great point. So what else? What other juicy things are in our charts? 310 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:54,800 Yeah. So the only other thing I was going to kind of go over, which this is also getting 311 00:29:54,800 --> 00:30:01,120 a little bit higher level, but we've talked to before on this podcast about masculine 312 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:07,640 and feminine energy. And there's definitely ways to like look up if you fall more into 313 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:12,880 yang energy or into yen energy, masculine versus feminine and kind of the qualities 314 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:19,880 behind those two things. I do think that looking at which one you fall into can really show 315 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:24,280 a lot of the drive behind your actions, but it's actually in your astrology chart too. 316 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:31,680 And for me, it was very accurate. Fire and air fall into masculine placement. So they 317 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:39,980 are more of that yang energy. And then earth and water fall into the more feminine energy. 318 00:30:39,980 --> 00:30:44,120 And so when you look in your chart, if you go through your fire signs and mark down how 319 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:49,120 many fire you have, how many air you have, how many water, how many earth, you can also 320 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:54,640 determine then from there, if you fall into more masculine or more feminine placements. 321 00:30:54,640 --> 00:31:00,980 And that can be so fascinating. I don't think I've shared this before, but I have eight 322 00:31:00,980 --> 00:31:13,840 masculine placements in my chart and two feminine. And Kat's dynamic. So Kat, you are six masculine 323 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:20,640 and five feminine. So you are very closer in balance. But it was so funny because Dani 324 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:28,840 is the exact opposite. My husband has eight feminine, two masculine. This is so funny. 325 00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:36,720 We piece in together. So looking at that is also just another, I won't go super into Cardinal 326 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:42,800 fixed and mutable that that is just kind of another thing you might see kind of pop up, 327 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:48,900 especially on cafe astrology. That's just another set of things that give you quality. 328 00:31:48,900 --> 00:31:55,680 So there's basically like tons of way to dissect a birth chart, which once again reemphasizes, 329 00:31:55,680 --> 00:32:00,400 it's very hard to study every single one of these topics because it is high level. It's 330 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:04,960 its own like course of study for sure. They say usually have to study astrology about 331 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:12,760 seven years to be able to be like an astrologer. I have worked really hard on studying birth 332 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:18,520 chart readings and it goes so much more vast than that. And yeah. 333 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:24,600 Yes, it's amazing. Looking into the depths behind it is, I don't know, I feel like it's 334 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:29,640 things that intuitively and maybe subconsciously you might know, but having the vocabulary 335 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:35,320 and the systems to validate it is everything for me who's still like on the newer front 336 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,320 of all this. 337 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:46,640 Yeah. So let's talk a little bit about the shadow side of it. I think, you know, you 338 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:53,200 can look as I, yeah, as I said, you get your birth chart. What you then can do is take 339 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:58,200 where the sky currently is and apply it with your chart and look at what things are being 340 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:05,000 emphasized. This is where some cultures get very strong on timing for big events. Like, 341 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:10,120 should I take this job? Should I get married now? Should I be on the dating scene? Like 342 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:17,600 it can get very high level on what's currently happening and you can usually find some rationale 343 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:23,800 behind most things that are occurring in your life when they occurred. I do not think it's 344 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:31,720 best to use astrology as a future predictor. I think in that case, we're kind of maybe 345 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:39,400 over seeking a sense of control and I think that can get very ego kind of back to that 346 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:45,080 ego concept. If you're trying to hyper control every single aspect of your life, I think 347 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:52,080 you're really forgetting that ability to surrender and trust and honor the flow of your life. 348 00:33:52,080 --> 00:34:00,960 So I never look at what's coming except for maybe some really major aspects that are coming 349 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:08,080 like such as Mercury retrograde like Kat shared, which is coming January 14th. I look at these 350 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:12,640 kind of bigger aspects that I know affect my chart. I have a very strong Mercury rule 351 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:17,840 chart between my Virgo rising and my Gemini Stellum. So when Virgo goes into retrograde 352 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:25,280 for me, it's very palpable. So now I do kind of just like look and see when that's coming. 353 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:31,480 But if you're using it to base every decision, you can get so caught up in anxiety from that 354 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:37,240 because that is, I do not think that's the point. I think you're meant to use it to show 355 00:34:37,240 --> 00:34:42,260 that life is in flow, that you, you know, there's this beautiful kind of system looking 356 00:34:42,260 --> 00:34:46,520 out for you and that your soul came here to learn certain lessons. And that's probably 357 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:52,320 why some things matter to you that don't matter to other people. For me, it like added to 358 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:57,280 my sense of surrendering. Now, if something really weird happens in my life, sometimes 359 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:02,120 I'll peek and be like, well, what's going on up there? Just so I have like a way to 360 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:08,320 kind of rationalize it. I will do that after, but I do not use it to look at what's coming 361 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:12,920 because I think you can get a little mad at that. A thousand percent. No, I totally agree. 362 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:20,120 And I think it's a really important conversation to be had for that reason. I use it as a means 363 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:25,280 for surrender as well, because for me, it's helpful to think that some crazy things that 364 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:31,640 are happening in my life aren't all because of my own doing, but rather that it's a collective 365 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:37,300 consciousness going back to our last episode of like, we are all plugged in, in playing 366 00:35:37,300 --> 00:35:43,280 a part and here's this thing that's manifesting for me, maybe similarly to someone else, maybe 367 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:47,480 differently, but it just helps give me some more awareness and understanding. And the 368 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:52,680 shadow side of that, of course, is when you feel like it's taken all your power away and 369 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:58,460 that you are just this floating little blob in the universe that just has to kind of hunker 370 00:35:58,460 --> 00:36:03,320 down when bad things are coming your way. And that's not at all what it is. So just 371 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:07,920 like that little air of caution of, yeah, maybe you don't check your horoscope every 372 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:13,760 single day. Maybe you look at it like Jen said, when you want a little bit of help or 373 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:18,120 validation explaining what is currently going on for you. 374 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:27,080 Yeah. Yes, absolutely. And it should add ease. It should add ease because you're realizing 375 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:32,680 that what is important to you really is supposed to be important. I think when you can get 376 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:40,080 some peace about that in a world that definitely tries to define who we are all the time, I 377 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:47,000 think that can bring like, yeah, just a tremendous amount of comfort. And yeah, I mean, we've 378 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:54,200 done so many episodes sharing different avenues that show just the beauty of nature in cycles. 379 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,680 And it's so beautiful to think, you know, there's all these planets just rotating in 380 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:03,320 a solar system around us and that they can matter for our just general, general essence. 381 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:09,320 It's not dictating every single action necessarily of your life, but it definitely is a guiding 382 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:14,720 energy force. And I just love that thought just as, yeah, we've talked about the trees 383 00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:22,080 being connected and the cycles of the seasons and the cycles of the moon and just all this 384 00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:27,120 beautiful nature within our own body, but around us. And when you just see that, I just 385 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:32,500 think it emphasizes like the beauty of this higher power and just kind of brings us back 386 00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:36,240 to the beauty of life versus getting so stuck in the minutia. 387 00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:41,760 So beautifully said. I love it. I love thinking of it that way. 388 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:46,560 So a few apps that I want to recommend, I already said the pattern, I've already said 389 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:53,040 CoStar. There's an app called Charts that I recently was recommended. That's also a 390 00:37:53,040 --> 00:38:01,080 really fun, clean layout too. And yeah, send your questions. We'll do a post on our page. 391 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:06,740 I would love to hear people's big three and any thoughts you have on this episode. And 392 00:38:06,740 --> 00:38:13,000 if you ever want to do a more in-depth chart reading, I offer that at SensefulWellness.com. 393 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:17,420 I absolutely would love to help guide you and explain some of the more in-depths of 394 00:38:17,420 --> 00:38:18,800 your chart as well. 395 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:24,720 Yes, please do that with Jen. My reading was amazing. I still think about it a lot. So 396 00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:30,240 you definitely won't regret that. And yeah, message us on our Awaken Together podcast 397 00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:35,800 Instagram page with your top three, your big three. And we'd love to hear from you. In 398 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:40,160 closing, this was such a fun episode to do with you, Jen. I loved it. 399 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:44,040 Thanks. I love it. I loved your charts. 400 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:50,800 So well said. And we wanted to give you a little reminder that our Awaken Together retreat 401 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:57,360 is coming up as being a part of our inner circle, which we so appreciate. We're giving 402 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:03,200 you all first dibs on signing up. There's a 10 person cap. It's taking place in Breckenridge, 403 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:10,800 Colorado, April 27th to May 1st. We have a beautiful spacious place booked. It's my aunt 404 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:11,800 and uncle's place. 405 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,320 Insane. I'm not kidding. 406 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:18,560 It's incredible. I've been there many times. We eloped. My husband and I eloped there in 407 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:23,000 the backyard. So it's really near and dear to my heart. Can't find a better spot. It's 408 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:28,320 right next to the Nordic Center. So we're going to have lots of nature exploring. 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