Full Moon in Leo brings Uranian Chaos

Welcome back to The Essential Astrocast. I'm your host, Veronica Peretti, and this is the podcast you listen to when you want to know what's going on in the heavens so that you can dictate your fate down here on earth. It has been a week. So I am finally feeling a little bit more grounded. past few days have been rough. I am recording this on the 12th of February. So it's Wednesday.

and this is, we're in the last week of Aquarius season. We had the full moon today. Of course, I mentioned that in last week's episode. And this full moon came with a square to Uranus. So what does that mean? The sun is in the sign of Aquarius. The moon is in the opposite sign of Leo. And they are both forming a square to Uranus in Taurus. And Uranus is the planet that is associated with shaking things up, stirring things up, causing chaos.

It's the rule of thumb with Uranus is expect the unexpected. We've been living in a very Uranian time, so it kind of feels like part of the course right now, but if you feel like your nervous system has been really overloaded, this Square to Uranus from the Sun and the Moon has really amplified

that. So you might be really reaching your edge or have gone over the edge this week if you weren't taking care of yourself. self care is imperative right now and self care does not mean, you know, taking a bubble bath. It really means making sure that you're eating enough, sleeping enough. detaching from the phone, not following every minute of news and protecting your peace. So doing all the things that you need to do, whatever those things are, and you know yourself best.

So if that means moving your body, if that means meditating, if that means being in nature, whatever it is for you and make time for it, for me, it means making sure that I'm only dipping into the news twice a day for short stints. I'm not obsessing all day long. I'm making sure that I'm eating enough. I'm making sure that I'm hydrating. I'm making sure that I'm getting on my mat, even if it's just for a few minutes to stretch it out, to lay on my back, to breathe basics.

It's just really Honor what your basics are and then double down on those.

And if you need help with that, you can join us in Cosmic Yoga Club. And I really, really think this is a time more than any other where Cosmic Yoga Club is really helpful. Having the routine, having the community to support you in showing up for yourself. is really, really helpful. So if you've been thinking about it, come on over, join cosmic yoga club. You can go to cosmic yoga club. com and sign up and join us. You can cancel anytime.

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If you feel like things are a little electrified, that is a signature of Uranus. Uranus is also the modern day ruler of Aquarius. So when we look at rulership in astrology, we generally look at the traditional rulers. So the traditional ruler of Aquarius is Saturn. But we consider Uranus to be the modern day or the co ruler of Aquarius. And so, you know, we are in Aquarius season, we've had a lot of Aquarian energy happening.

We've talked a lot about how Pluto is now in Aquarius, camped out for 20 years. We've talked about how Pluto being in Aquarius is, is we're entering a new era where we're creating something completely new. So this is the beginning of a 20 year transformation in the Aquarius part of your chart and the Aquarius themes of our society. And those themes are science, technology, social movements, humanitarian movements, groups and communities coming together around shared ideals.

And we're seeing more and more of that. As we experience this full moon, amplifying some of those aquarium placements, with the sun and mercury last Sunday joining, we saw that we started to get some fight. We started to get some marching orders from those in power.

needless to say, You know my politics, you know where I stand on this, you know that I feel very strongly that this is a time of fortifying our communities, coming together, taking care of one another, and riding out this period of destruction so that we can be part of the rebirth. And that is what Buddha was always talking to us about. It's always teaching us a lesson in resilience. And we are getting quite a lesson.

And we're going through a Pluto return of our country and that Pluto return some might say started in 2008. I would say it really started in 2020 and maybe 2022, but it's been a few really hard years. We've been experiencing this Pluto return and it's been intense and we're still in it. You know, I think what we're seeing right now is the embodiment of our Pluto return.

I was looking today, at some dates, and of course, when we talk about the U. S. chart, we look at the chart, from July 4th, 1776, but you could also look at the chart for when the Constitution was ratified. The founding of this nation really took place from late degrees of Capricorn all through pretty much about 21 degrees Pluto. And we're at 2 degrees Pluto. So we're, we got a ways to go. So I know it feels chaotic. I know it feels overwhelming.

And you know that is by design, that is what the powers that be want, and you have to take care of yourself so that you have the stamina to run the marathon. So that is my little, you know, self care PSA of which I'm pretty much giving every week because we all need to be

reminded of it. this full moon. Squaring Uranus, it is impacting our fixed sign friends the most. So if you are a Leo, an Aquarius, a Taurus, or a Scorpio, or you have placements in those signs, they are being amped up by this full moon. Full moons in Leo are generally emotional full moons because Leo is the sign of the heart and it's a fire sign. And we fire signs, I can say that because I'm an Aries with a whole lot of Aries, are pretty emotional.

So you might be feeling amped up, you might be feeling emotional, you might be feeling so emotional that you've worn yourself out. that's kind of how I'm feeling. all that is to say that, we're feeling it and the full moon is bringing to light whatever we need to see. It is not only electrifying things, potentially electrifying your nervous system, but it's also illuminating. It's illuminating what we need to see.

And sometimes the things that it's illuminating are not things that we want to see, but we're seeing them, right? Whenever there's a full moon, that means that something is getting illuminated, but then there's still something in the shadow. So that is part of life, working with what's in the light and what's in the dark, working with what's in the shadow, working with the parts of ourself that are darker, working with the parts of ourselves that maybe we don't like so much.

You might feel that this full moon is illuminating where you feel a lack of love or a lack of validation. And where you need to hone in on self love and self validation, because you can't really accept validation from others and love from others until you are giving that to yourself. And that is one of the prime themes of Leo. One of the prime themes of Leo is allowing yourself. to be loved fully, completely unconditionally, and knowing that that has to come from within as well.

and we're all getting a lesson in that, right? So we're all learning that in some way, shape, or form. We all have Leo somewhere in our chart, right? You have all 12 signs in your chart. Even if you don't have planets in those signs, you have those signs in your chart. So we're all going to learn those lessons at one time or another, and this full moon is illuminating that Leo part of our chart where we potentially need to learn those lessons.

Okay. One of the things I'm loving about the full moon is that the full moon really felt like it was a intense lead up because we had Mercury square Uranus on Monday. Then we had the Sun Square Uranus on Tuesday, and then we had the full moon early Wednesday.

And on Sunday night, we had the Super Bowl and we had Kendrick Lamar do the halftime show, which was epic. And I've watched tons of videos analyzing just all the incredible nuance that was layered in that performance and All of the various ways that he's expressing his creativity. that to me is the epitome of Leo that unabashed self expression, that authentic and come from the heart integrity in the way you express yourself.

But I also, of course, had a look at his chart and I was like, Oh, Kendrick Lamar is like the embodiment of Uranus for us right now. He really was shaking things up. He was there on one of the biggest stages in our culture and saying some things that, of course, a lot of Americans didn't understand or didn't agree with, and really taking truth to power. with. The president of the United States sitting in the stands. So it was pretty powerful.

I don't have to explain it There's a million tick tock videos that you could watch about that There's a million articles online that you could read about that. But what I do think is interesting about it is that Kendrick Lamar? Has Mars at 17 degrees cancer and guess where Mars is right now? 17 degrees cancer and it's toward the top of his chart And the top of your chart is your legacy and how the world sees you.

So it was pretty powerful and that is a good example of how retrogrades are not always a bad thing. We are having a Mars retrograde that everyone is bemoaning, including myself. But look, that Mars retrograde is creating. Such a powerful moment for Kendrick Lamar, you know the previous Sunday He won five Grammys and then this past Sunday.

He was on the biggest stage in our culture one might say and Really brought the house down and everybody's talking about it and can't stop talking about it And it's all anyone's talking about this week other than the news the politics so although that is the politics too, but I digress so that is pretty cool that this Mars retrograde, and Mars is slowing down because Mars is going to station soon. So he's really hanging on at that 17 degrees, cancer. So he is experiencing this Mars return.

And it's a long Mars return for him. He's getting three hits of that Mars to his Mars. And sometimes with retrogrades, when we have these planets return to where they were in our chart, and then they're slow because they're retrograde, we experience the essence of that planet even more. And we certainly saw his motivation, his drive, his, his desire to express himself and what's important to him on display. Mars and Cancer also, full disclosure.

Please don't take offense if you have a Mars in Cancer can be kind of petty and really good at holding a grudge. And we know Kendrick Lamar, you know, he can hold a grudge. So, really fun to see that astrology play out in real time. We're gonna dive deeper into his chart on Monday. I will be hosting my next Cosmic Conversation on Monday the 17th of February at 5 p. m. Eastern Time. You can save your seat. It's free. You can save your spot in the show notes below. I'll have the link there.

You can also go to my website. And on the events page, you'll always see the link for the next Cosmic Conversation. Cosmic Conversation is my free gathering. I'm hosting it every other week now. And it's on Zoom. We come together, we talk about astrology of the moment. And something I'm doing now more, because I have a lot of astrology enthusiasts in there. Some people who are getting used to looking at charts. we're sharing. the chart of, you know, people that are notable.

We looked at Chapel Roan last time, because it was right after the Grammys. and we'll look at Kendrick Lamar this next one on the 17th, because of his Super Bowl performance, and because I'm just loving his chart right now, and it's just lit up, and it's so much fun to look at. And a really great opportunity for learning if you are looking at charts. So join us, go save your spot, and I'll see you on the 17th.

Okay, so the Sun and Mercury joined together on Sunday at 21 degrees Aquarius and you notice that you started to get a little bit more marching orders, some organizing going on, people are joining together, we're kind of getting out of that place of despair and moving toward coming together. I put in my calls last week. If you have not started doing this, you can go to five calls. org five, the number five calls c a l l s. org. And just pick the issue that's important to you.

It gives you the phone number of your representatives and a script so that you can make your calls to your representatives and have your voice heard. And this is imperative. Such a small thing that you can do. It takes really one minute of your day to make one call. And the idea is that you can do five calls in five minutes. if you only have one minute, do one call.

It also helps your nervous system because when we sit and we doom scroll, and we obsess about what's going on in the news, we just feel more and more helpless and hopeless. When you take action, even if it's something as simple as calling your representative, it shifts the energy in your body. You start to feel like you're doing something because you are, you start to feel like you have a little bit more power. You have a little bit more control.

So making sure that you are taking actions that put you in a position where you feel like you are empowered. the other thing is that Mars trine Saturn I thought would probably slow things down and that's what's happening. Things are slowing down a little bit thanks to the court. It's not as slow as we would like it to be, but you know, all things considered a little bit of a pause, a little bit of a slowing down.

Okay, so the truth is I'm reviewing a lot of things that already happened because this week was really jam packed on the front end and a couple things are coming up. So first thing.

First, Mercury will enter Pisces on Friday. this is nice because it's Valentine's day. Now Valentine's day, truth be told, should really be a week later. It should really be in Pisces season because Pisces is romance and poetry and music and art, but Aquarius is like, let's join together and. organize the rebellion. so it's not really Valentine vibes, but at least Mercury will enter Pisces on Friday. So, we'll be more apt to enjoy the music, the poetry, the.

Romantic conversation, because at least that's where our brain will be, because Mercury rules, our thought processing and how we take in information and how we express ourselves. So, lean into that, pull up some poetry that feels romantic, put on some music that feels romantic to you, and enjoy that for the next few weeks. The other thing that is going on is that the Sun will enter Pisces next week. So that will be on Tuesday. So I'll talk about that more next week.

But I want to give you a little preview of it and say that the Sun enters Pisces on February 18th. And that will be the beginning of the last Sun season of the year. So that's the last season of the year in the zodiacal calendar. So when we look at the Astrology we see the spring equinox as the beginning of the year. That's when the Sun enters Aries So the Sun in Pisces is generally a time of transition from the winter to the spring It's that last four weeks of hibernation.

It's that time of rest, reflection, turning inward. And it's interesting because, of course, none of us are getting much rest these days, but it is really important to prioritize reflection retrograde now. Mars will station direct on February 23rd. That's when we're already going to be in Pisces season. We'll have a little gap and then Venus will retrograde on March 1st. So this Pisces season is going to host this shifting of energy. Mars going direct, Venus going retrograde.

Now, I mentioned this in my year ahead workshop, my 2025 year ahead workshop, which you can still purchase and watch the replay lots to come this year. So you haven't missed a ton. The first half of the year is really, really taken up with these retrogrades. So I talked about how it's a slow start to the year. Now mind you, it doesn't feel that slow because of what's going on in our world events. But imagine if we didn't have these personal planets retrograde, it would be really head spinning.

I mean, it's already head spinning, but it would be out of control. Sometimes the retrograde save you. So, Just note that, you know, this Pisces season is going to be shifting energy. So on one hand, we'll feel motivated and excited to move forward. But on the other hand, we're still going to be in reflection mode because Venus retrograde is about reassessing what's important to us. Our values, our relationships, our money. Okay. So Venus will be retrograde.

So I want to give you a little tease of Venus retrograde, which I'll be talking about more in the coming weeks as well.

Venus will retrograde in two weeks. she's going to retrograde on March 1st, 2025 at 10 degrees Aries. What's really interesting about this is that Venus retrogrades in the same spot or about the same spot every eight years. And this is something we call the Venus star point. So as Venus makes her path through the universe, she creates the star like or flower like pattern, it's also called a Fibonacci spiral.

So, this is a really unique thing about Venus, and her retrogrades are sometimes said to be the hardest because they are an invitation to reassess the things that are most important and closest to us. So Venus will be retrograding, and eight years ago, guess who was in the White House, just starting his administration, 2017. It was March 4th, 2017, when we had Venus retrograde at 13 degrees Aries.

This time it's going to be 10 degrees Aries, but it's still going to be the same portion of your chart. So anything you have around 10 to 13 degrees Aries, it's going to be lit up again by Venus stationing, just like it was in 2017. You might remember in 2017, we had Elizabeth Warren silenced on the Senate floor when she was trying to read Coretta Scott King's letter about Jeff Sessions and his suppression of black voters when he was up for a G when they were.

Debating his nomination for attorney general and what a difference eight years makes we were in a very different political moment All of that is to say that I remember that so Clearly and when I thought of this when I started researching this Venus retrograde That moment came to my mind and I remember watching it on Facebook live because in 2017 we were all on Facebook That has changed. No one's on Facebook anymore, at least not that I know.

I mean, obviously a lot of people are, but it's not where most of us are spending our time on social media. So what a difference one eight year Venus cycle makes and we are We're going to see some more of those things play out, right? We're going to see women rising up. We're going to see moments of women, taking leadership. And I remember at that time, Mitch McConnell said, nevertheless, she persisted because she wasn't listening to him telling her to stop. Stop reading the letter.

And nevertheless, she persisted became an ongoing rallying cry for women across the country. And I remember because I had I think that was my banner on Facebook and I had a sticker and lots of things that said nevertheless, she persisted. So people took this criticism and made it a badge of honor. That she wouldn't be silenced. Nevertheless, she persisted. She persisted in reading the letter and that's very Venus retrograde taking the criticism.

owning it, making it yours and wearing it as badge of honor. It's the essence of Venus retrograde, especially in Aries where Venus is a warrior. So we'll talk more about Venus and Aries. I'm excited to dive into Venus retrograde stuff. I'm hoping that this Venus retrograde in Aries, Venus entered Aries and we saw people start to get. So I'm really hoping that this Venus retrograde brings us back to some of that energy that we felt in 2017 on the heels of the Women's March and all of that.

Remember, Venus Was in her pre shadow when that happens with Elizabeth Warren We've been feeling the shadow of Venus retrograde in Aries creeping in so it's been coming it's felt different But you know, we're gearing up women are gearing up March 1st, she will retrograde. It'll also be an interesting retrograde because she will retrograde with a sextile to Jupiter, and that chart of the moment she stations is ruled by Libra, which is her sign.

So we'll dive into that deeper in the weeks ahead, but I wanted to give you the teaser.

the takeaway of this week, and can you believe that I thought this was going to be a short episode, and now I'm here closing in at a half hour. The takeaway of this week is that. The intense stuff was in the front end of the week. Friday, Mercury will move into Pisces. We will hopefully allow our brains a rest this weekend. Things will calm down this weekend, I hope.

astrologically it looks like things should be calmer until Sunday evening because we'll have the moon square Mars which will be a little bit sensitive. But overall, things should chill out in the latter part of this week. use that time to take care of yourself, to calm your nervous system. Check out cosmic yoga club, go to cosmic yoga club. com. Save your seat for cosmic conversation on Monday, February 17th. go grab my 2025 year head workshop.

If you want to know what's coming this year, if you want to dive into the astrology, you can do that on my website, but do the things that are going to fill your cup and make you. If you feel a sense of sanity and a sense of peace and a sense of groundedness, you have to prioritize managing your energy at this moment. So if you're not sure what that looks like, please, please, please come to Cosmic Conversation. We can talk about it. Join Cosmic Yoga Club. We will, we do plenty of that there.

I hope you join me on Monday for Cosmic Conversation, as I said. Make sure you're on the email list. If you're not, you can go to my website veronicaperetti. com Join the email list and you will also, when you join the email list, you'll have, you'll get my link for one on one. I don't have a lot of one on one readings available, but I did open up a few slots for this first quarter of the year, and there are some still available.

So you want to make sure that you're on the email list to get the link to sign up for the one on one slots, if that's something you're interested in. And that's it. I will see you next week. I am posting on Blue Sky, so I'll put my link in the show notes below. I'm trying to post some astrology content there whenever I think of it. I thought I would do it every day, and then of course I don't, but I would like to be posting a little astrology content there every day. I really like blue sky.

I like that it's decentralized. I like that we own our words there, and it's just a nicer place to be on the internet. I will talk to you soon. Take care of yourself and remember deep breaths, hydrate, sleep, eat, all the basic things. Bye.