TRANSCRIPT Ep. 285 (4.7.2025)
Libra Full Moon: An Unbalanced Butterfly
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Howdy, Invisible Good friend, April right here, and the date in the present day is April seventh, 2025. Welcome to Episode 285 of the Massive Sky Astrology Podcast.
This week, Venus and Mercury each station direct – for which, oh, be joyful! However first, Venus comes along with critical Saturn, makes a sextile to thrilling Uranus, and is in command of the Libra Full Moon. And I reply a listener query about medical astrology.
Venus conjoins Saturn (April 7, 2025, 4:01 am PDT)
Venus makes a conjunction with Saturn on April seventh at 4:01 am Pacific time, at 25º15’ Pisces. That is the second in a collection of three conjunctions Venus makes to Saturn. The primary was on January 18th, and the final shall be on April twenty fourth.
The mixture of Venus with Saturn generally is a little powerful. We could discover ourselves feeling unloved, unsupported, or perhaps as if we are going to by no means have the funds for or be capable of get the issues which can be important. Saturn’s plan to vary these emotions is about taking accountability and being clever about how we handle what we have already got. When occasions are powerful, that is the sort of facet that may assist us acquire readability about what we really want versus what we would like. And if we discover ourselves actually fighting what’s important, a spot to dwell, meals, clothes, typically we do greatest to ask for some assist. Perhaps we’re near somebody who can provide good recommendation about managing our affairs – the clever married cousin, the financially astute uncle.
And if we’re really on our personal, we are able to at all times flip to the universe for assist. As astrologer, Carolyn Casey as soon as stated, the universe needs to be useful, however religious etiquette requires that we ask. And the best way we let the universe know that we’re asking for assist is thru ritual.
This collection of Venus and Saturn conjunctions may very well be serving to us determine whether or not a relationship we’re in ought to get extra critical, or whether or not perhaps it ought to finish. These may be relationships with vital distinction in age or standing, and these can work out so long as they’re approached in a respectful manner.
So, Venus may be very typically related with relationship points or, once more, with cash points. That is a part of an ongoing collection of conversations that Venus and Saturn are having and that we’re having with ourselves about how you can make ends meet and how you can assist ourselves successfully, each financially and in issues of the guts.
Mercury stations direct (April 7, 2025, 4:08 am PDT)
Mercury stations direct on April seventh at 4:08 am Pacific Time at 26º49’ Pisces. Mercury went retrograde on March 14th at 9º35’ Aries. Particularly because it’s retrograded again into Pisces, an indication wherein Mercury could be artistically impressed and really intuitive, however not essentially actual clear, it has not been a really useful Mercury in day-to-day life over the previous few weeks. So, I’ve to confess, I’m not unhappy to see it proper itself and transfer towards Aries, which has issues of its personal, however at the least it’s easy in its communication.
Whilst Mercury turns direct, we are going to nonetheless most likely see some delays and misunderstandings in communication, journey, fluctuations within the inventory market, till Mercury escapes its shadow interval round April 26th. However the finish of each Mercury retrograde interval is an acceptable time to look again at what we’ve realized from this temporary interval of introspection and to contemplate the concepts and connections that we could have recovered, by following the trail of breadcrumbs that we had left in our path to seek out our manner again to them whereas Mercury was retrograde.
So, it’s sort of acceptable that Mercury turns direct on Sabian image 27 Pisces, A Harvest Moon. In that shining image, we see the sunshine by which what we planted, what we put into place throughout this retrograde, will start to be harvested.
Venus sextile Uranus (April 7, 2025, 9:48 pm PDT)
Additionally on April 7th – which is a reasonably full day, by the best way – Venus, nonetheless retrograde, makes a sextile with Uranus at 9:48 PM Pacific Time. Venus retrograde, and particularly in Aries, is already a sort of a rebellious Venus, and this spunky high quality might actually be taken up a notch or two when Venus meets up with Uranus, which after all has a freedom-loving, unpredictable, and rebellious high quality. Simply keep in mind that should you get too wild, Venus’s conjunction to Saturn ensures that there shall be penalties.
There may very well be one thing that you’re wanting. That may make you’re feeling such as you wanna run away from house in an effort to have it. There may very well be a reconnection with any person out of your previous who tended to carry out your wilder facet. And Venus along with Uranus is a not unusual signal when relationships are ending and specifically, if it’s a relationship the place one individual or the opposite feels that their independence isn’t being inspired. Now this can be a actually good transit for motivation, particularly to realize extra monetary freedom, however particularly with Venus nonetheless retrograde, there may very well be a bit extra of the sort of monetary volatility that we’ve been seeing these days.
Mercury conjoins the North Node (April 10, 2025, 6:01 pm PDT)
Mercury makes a conjunction with the Moon’s North Node on April tenth at 6:01 PM Pacific Time at 27º23’ Pisces. Now, what the North Node represents is actually one thing about what we aspire to, and typically these are issues that we don’t even notice that we aspire to till we stand up near them. They signify a street to development or to changing into a greater model of ourselves. And when Mercury makes a side up to now, new data can come to mild about how you can go about attaining these needs, these targets. It may be one thing that you just learn, one thing you even see on a TV present or a film, one thing you hear on a podcast that triggers outdated reminiscences about how you can proceed in a route that can fulfill this North Node in Pisces. So it’s one thing maybe of a religious nature of an inventive nature, a inventive nature.
Mars trine North Node (April 11, 2025, 7:27 am PDT)
On April eleventh at 7:27 am Pacific Time, Mars makes a trine to the North Node. It’s pointing us in roughly the identical constructive route, however with motion somewhat than data.
And should you take a transfer, a step within the route of one thing that’s been calling to you for the longest time and doesn’t essentially really feel comfy, that feels as if it may be value taking a threat once more, of the character of Pisces. What’s it that might spell religious satisfaction to you? Creative achievement? That’s what to step towards as Mars trines the North Node. Each Mars and the Node are in water indicators, so that is probably about interpersonal relationships or emotional breakthroughs.
Libra Full Moon (April 12, 2025, 5:22 pm PDT)
And now it’s time for the Moon report. And we start, as at all times, with the key lunation of the week, and this week that’s the Full Moon in Libra, on April twelfth at 5:22 PM Pacific Time. That’s at 23º20’ Libra.
Now, Full Moons normally, and a Full Moon in Libra specifically, are intently related with one-on-one relationships. What we think about on the Libra Full Moon is whether or not or not {our relationships} really feel honest and harmonious and in steadiness. Does what we’re placing into the connection really feel equitable when it comes to what we’re getting again? Curiously, the Moon’s Sabian image for this Full Moon is 24 Libra, A 3rd wing on the left facet of a butterfly, and it depicts imbalance. And typically the important thing to sustaining steadiness in a relationship is to claim your personal distinctive, imperfect self.
Libra usually favors surrounding ourselves with music and artwork, beautifying ourselves and our environment. Take into consideration performing some feng shui to your property. Collect individuals you understand who’ve an inventive temperament, perhaps to your property for a potluck or a dinner.
The Solar and Moon at this Full Moon are forming a T-Sq. with Mars. This introduces a certain quantity of, we’ll say, ardour to the Full Moon, but in addition the potential for battle, particularly in our closest relationships. If issues get a bit too contentious, the important thing to discovering our footing and regaining our steadiness comes with issues associated to Capricorn. That’s the solely cardinal signal that’s not concerned on this T Sq. configuration. Do Capricorn issues, steadiness your checkbook, do your taxes, make checklists.
Lunar Section Household Cycle
That is the Full Moon in a lunar section household cycle that started with the New Moon on October 14th, 2023, at 21º07’ Libra. The way in which the lunar section household cycle works is, at every New Moon, rely ahead and each 9 months, you’ll see a serious lunation that’s near the identical diploma of that New Moon.
And what this tells us is, it’s a three-year cycle of working by the very same points that emerged at that New Moon. The First Quarter Moon on this cycle, the primary motion level, was on July thirteenth, 2024, at 22º00’ Libra, and the Final Quarter, the ultimate motion level, shall be on January tenth, 2026, at 20º24’ Libra.
So suppose again to that New Moon in October 2023, and take into consideration the sorts of issues that have been crucial to you at the moment, that you just have been making an attempt to provoke. They’re typically relationship-oriented, with Libra. They’ll additionally typically be business-related.
Take into account in your chart, the place does 21º07’ Libra go away or fall? That’ll offer you an thought of the world of life that this Full Moon is continuous an ongoing story about.
Void-of-Course Moon Durations
Let’s take a look at the Void-of-Course Moon intervals for this week. On April seventh, the Moon in Leo squares Uranus at 9:08 pm Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for 9 hours and 32 minutes, after which enters Virgo on April eighth at 6:40 am. When the Moon squares one other planet on its technique to going Void-of-Course, we all know we’re a interval of battle, of issues that we have to overcome. With the Moon and Uranus each in fastened indicators, in case you are a bit bit set in your methods, should you actually take pleasure in being the focus with that Leo Moon, it may be time throughout this Void-of-Course interval to attempt to see issues from different individuals’s perspective and to share the highlight.
On April tenth, the Moon in Virgo opposes Mercury at 12:49 PM Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for five hours 23 minutes, then enters Libra at 6:12 pm. The Moon opposing one other planet because it goes void speaks to a chance for consciousness. There can at all times be a little bit of a battle if we’re pitting the Moon towards Mercury, between feelings and logic. After all, Void-of-Course Moons are a terrific time to interrupt outdated habits and provoke good ones. And I feel that is the proper Void-of-Course Moon interval, to provoke a behavior of taking trip to meditate on powerful choices.
There are many free meditations on YouTube that will help you do that work of putting a steadiness between the top and the guts. A meditative movement could be actually efficient.
Now, the Moon in Virgo doesn’t at all times go that manner. And it may very well be one thing extra alongside the traces of organizing one thing in your house, tidying one thing up, which may really put you in a bit little bit of a meditative state if that’s the sort of individual you might be. However put some consideration towards that in this Void-of-Course Moon interval.
On April thirteenth, the Moon in Libra squares Mars at 3:01 am Pacific time. It’s Void-of-Course for 3 hours and 53 minutes, after which enters Scorpio at 6:54 am.
Once more, this can be a Void-of-Course Moon that begins with a battle, with a sq. facet. The Moon is in Libra, which is an indication that we all know likes to take care of its steadiness, and that’s not straightforward when the Moon in Libra is sq. Mars. This Void-of-Course Moon might not be an outwardly fiery, tempestuous one, just because the Moon in Libra and Mars in Most cancers are in indicators that basically should be pushed fairly laborious earlier than they lose their tempers.
The message of this Void-of-Course Moon interval is solely about maintaining our equilibrium, and if that tends to be tough for you, this can be a good, four-hour window to apply getting higher at it.
Venus stations Direct (April 12, 2025, 6:02 pm PDT)
And eventually – lastly! – Venus stations direct on April twelfth at 6:02 pm Pacific Time. That’s at 24º37’ Pisces. Venus first stationed retrograde on March 1st at 10º50’ Aries, and that’s been sort of a scorching diploma lately. Mercury stationed close to that diploma. The March twenty ninth photo voltaic eclipse was at 9ºAries, very near that diploma. Even after Venus turns direct, any transits which can be on, opposed, or sq. this diploma of Aries will most likely proceed to be fairly delicate for some time.
When Venus is retrograde, our needs, our aesthetics lean extra towards the unconventional, and that may typically put relationships out of concord. Cash issues have additionally been unstable. Now that Venus is popping direct, we are able to ultimately anticipate to settle a few of that strife in relationships to steadiness our funds a bit extra simply, and a extra favorable atmosphere for any everlasting beauty modifications, both in your look or different components of your life.
The Sabian image for this station is 25 Pisces, The purging of the priesthood. I like this image as a result of it suggests letting go of individuals and even simply objects in your life or routines and habits that basically aren’t congruent with who you end up to be. And actually, that was what the Venus retrograde interval was particularly about: discovering inside ourselves what we worth, what it’s that we actually need.
Now we’re ready to do away with no matter actually isn’t a part of our path ahead. This may very well be a incredible time for a storage sale – we’re planning one in our family! – to do away with the issues which can be now not needed or now not actually match our existence, and to make room for issues that basically do.
Listener Query: Medical Astrology
On this week’s listener query, Listener Helio writes: “However faint hints about your lurid obsession with a number of male forged members of the tv collection ER (no judgment!), you haven’t indicated that you’re a physician or play one on TV. Even so, might you present your loyal listeners with some understanding of the workings of medical astrology?
What kind of questions can a medical astrologer reply? What, if any, types of cures can they and do they have an inclination to suggest to prospects in want? How do medical astrologers ply their commerce with out being charged with training medication, with no license? If a local doesn’t have an Aries first home, does Aries nonetheless signify the natives head?
If Billy Porter’s Venus have been in Taurus, would he stun in an off-the-shoulder ball robe on the White Home Correspondence Dinner? If Capricorn is intercepted in a Supreme Court docket Justice’s chart, does that represent a license to put on kilts or miniskirts when issuing preliminary injunctions (Chief Justice Roberts, name your stylist)?”
My goodness, that’s one heck of a listener query. No, I’m not a health care provider. I don’t play one on TV. I’m not even a medical astrologer! However to the extent that I work with medical astrology in any respect, which is pretty casually, I’ll attempt to stroll you thru how somebody like me works with medical astrology.
Medical astrologers don’t apply medication except, after all, they produce other coaching and licensing in training medication. Medical astrologers use astrology to grasp an individual’s well being tendencies based mostly on their astrological chart. Every a part of the physique is related to an indication of the zodiac and its planetary ruler, or rulers.
And as listener Helio identified, Aries is related to the top, in addition to the face, the higher jaw, the adrenal glands. Taurus is related with the throat, the thyroid, the vocal cords – and all the best way down the physique, till you get to Pisces and the toes. I’ll create a bit cheat sheet that reveals all of those correspondences and we are going to hyperlink to that within the episode description.
The primary home of the chart does have some overlap with Aries, however they’re not synonymous when it comes to medical astrology. The signal on the primary home cusp would describe your general structure, your physique kind, your look. For instance, any person with Sagittarius Rising is regarded as fairly lucky in well being, could are typically a bit bit taller perhaps than others of their household, they usually look sort of outdoorsy and cheerful. Nevertheless, loads depends upon the situation of Jupiter, which is the planet that guidelines Sagittarius. If in case you have Jupiter in a really totally different signal like Virgo, that’s going to switch the Sagittarius symbolism quite a bit.
The sixth home is the one which’s typically related to well being. And the best way I interpret that’s that the sixth home describes your day by day routines, and that could be a actually good predictor of general well being – the signal that’s on the cusp of that home and that signal’s planetary ruler, plus any planets in the home itself, will give some proof about areas of potential weak point or sensitivity.
It’ll additionally level towards ways in which we are able to address that. Somebody with Aries on the sixth home cusp, for instance, may tend towards complications or hypertension, and we’d suggest that they examine getting extra train, adopting some methods for managing stress and speaking to their physician about methods to handle issues like blood stress.
Medical astrologers really do typically collaborate with healthcare professionals or very generally advise purchasers to hunt typical medical take care of any critical well being considerations.
Briefly, medical astrologers apply astrology, not medication.
If I see a shopper with a tough transit shifting by their sixth home and they’re asking about their well being, I’ll discuss in regards to the areas which can be susceptible to sensitivity or weak point based mostly on the indicators and planets related to that sixth home, and recommend astrological cures to strengthen these areas. And if it seems critical, suggest that they see their physician. And naturally, astrology is excellent at offering a timeline and that may assist our purchasers anticipate a bit little bit of the ebb and movement of any sort of bodily illnesses.
Saturn transiting by the sixth home in Pisces, for instance, may be involved with joint ache as a result of Saturn guidelines the joints and inflammatory issues are related to Pisces, so that may have an effect on the joints as nicely. And likewise, issues like power colds or flu or foot issues, that are all related to Pisces.
During the time Saturn is within the sixth home, the astrologer may advise common and well-structured train, particularly one thing like swimming – as a result of Pisces is a water signal – meditation, loads of relaxation and loads of time alone, particularly if the individual is an introvert. Plus, exploring a weight-reduction plan that’s wealthy in anti-inflammatory meals.
So, I hope that that helps. Once more, that’s a really basic method. There definitely are astrologers who focus on medical astrology, and should you’re actually thinking about it, I might suggest checking one in every of them out. And Listener Helio, as for kilts and night robes, simply look to the signal on the primary home cusp and gown accordingly. If worn responsibly, these don’t represent a well being disaster.
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