I Am Astrology Readings Podcast with Paul Heath

Stacy's family lets her be — no participation, no chastising, just a collective "okay, Mom" whenever she brings up sound baths or vitamins. At the shop, real readings happen on Soul Session Saturdays, but Stacy's own chart has sat untouched — she's got Co-Star on her phone and a habit of closing the app the second it gets overwhelming. She loves astrology, believes fully that the stars map the soul, but admits she's never sat down to actually learn how to read one. So Paul pulls hers up live, and the first placement lands before she even knows what it means. Know thyself. Balance your energy. TakeawaysStacy's immediate family is generally accepting of her spiritual path without actively participating in it — her husband lets her care for him with sound or vitamins however she chooses.The shop hosts "Soul Session Saturday," where an outside reader offers sessions from 11 to 5 most weekends — Stacy herself doesn't do readings.Despite loving astrology and believing the stars map the soul, Stacy had never had her own chart read or properly studied it before this conversation.She uses Co-Star casually but admits to getting overwhelmed by the depth of information and defaulting to just the daily message.Paul pulls up her chart live, revealing her rising sign is Pisces — information she didn't previously know about herself.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Grounded isn't just a shop — it's Reiki, massage, a book club, a lending library, and a store stocked with everything from crystals to kids' yoga mats. But before any of it existed, Stacy was deep inside the medical system, moving from Western medicine into functional medicine, using tools like PEMF and ozone therapy years before she'd ever call herself intuitive. The anxiety built quietly, then all at once — a ruptured colon, a hospital stay, and a soul that wouldn't stop calling her to leave. She didn't walk away with a plan. She walked away broke, sick, and certain of one thing: healthcare shouldn't cost what it costs. What started as an idea for an affordable healing center became a toolbox instead — one shelf, one class, one Saturday session at a time. Know thyself. Balance your energy. TakeawaysGrounded offers in-house Reiki and massage (both intuitive), a lending library, a community board, biweekly metaphysical book club, meditations, sound baths, and a full retail store — books, crystals, candles, incense, oracle cards, and even a kids' section.Stacy's professional path moved from Western medicine into functional medicine, where she used energetic modalities like PEMF, infrared therapy, and ozone treatments.Rising anxiety and a ruptured colon requiring hospitalization became the breaking point that ended her nursing career entirely.Her original vision was an affordable energy healing center — a reaction to watching her previous clinic turn away patients who couldn't afford expensive treatments like ozone therapy.Without the funds to build out full modalities right away, she pivoted the concept into a "toolbox" store instead — the belief that people can learn to heal themselves with the right tools and knowledge.She sees tension between Western and energetic medicine and believes real integration will have to start in medical schools, not clinics.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

No faith allowed growing up, a household that moved every year, a father who left early — Stacy's story opens in Indiana, long before Grounded Energy Center ever existed. She fell into Christianity at the altar of her first husband's faith, stayed nearly a decade, then watched the church turn its back on her the year her brother died. What was buried underneath it the whole time never left — a childhood fascination with angels, a first tarot deck at twelve, a seance that scared her straight for years. Now an RN working the edge between medicine and intuition, she's finally circling back to what she shut off as a kid — one careful step at a time. Know thyself. Balance your energy. TakeawaysStacy grew up in Indiana in a household that moved almost every year, raised by a single mother, with a father who left when she was young and a brother living with disabilities.Faith wasn't permitted in her childhood home — she found Christianity later, through the man who became her first husband, and stayed in it for nearly a decade.The church's rejection of her following her brother's 2006 death became the breaking point that pushed her away from organized religion entirely.Her spiritual curiosity started early — wanting to be an angel as a child, buying her first tarot deck at 12, and having a seance experience frightening enough to shut the whole pursuit down for years.As an RN, Stacy describes her gifts as partly medically intuitive — reading a room and picking up on people physically as much as energetically.She calls herself "a baby stepping into this" — currently Reiki Level 2, still early in reclaiming the path she buried as a teenager.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

The Venus-Pluto cycle plays out under the shadow of the 5 of Swords — a field after the fighting, where nobody walks away looking like they won cleanly. It opens with a conjunction at 3° Aquarius in January, moves through a sextile, a waxing square in Venus's home sign of Taurus, a trine, an opposition in Leo forcing the mirror of a partner, and a return trine in Libra — before landing today in the hardest beat yet: Venus in detriment in Scorpio, squaring Pluto back at that same 3° where the story began, with none of her usual charm to hide behind. The cycle closes in December with a final square where both planets move direct, no retrograde left to retreat into, asking not "what is this" anymore, but "what am I choosing." Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysThe full cycle traces one repeating degree — 3° Aquarius — from the January conjunction through a June opposition in Leo, an August return trine in Libra, and finally today's waning square with Venus in detriment in Scorpio.Today's square is the hardest beat of the year: Venus has none of her usual sign-based comfort in Scorpio, though Pluto still sits in the decan that belongs to her, meaning she has ground to stand on even stripped of charm.The question evolves across the cycle — January asks "what is this?", October's retrograde return asks "what did this mean?", and December's final direct square asks "what am I choosing?" — with nothing retrograde left to hide behind.The cycle closes not with Venus claiming victory, but with her leaving the battlefield carrying what the fight actually cost her — the resentment, the forced mirror, the two returns to the same degree — rather than the swords themselves.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Paul's mom pushed school school school her whole life because she felt inferior watching people with higher degrees come into her field. Paul sits between two women with higher degrees and feels the same thing. Then catches himself — his mom had 150 employees with degrees and they all answered to her. The paper wasn't the point. The experience was. Claudia quietly reveals she has an astrology certification and NLP training she never talks about. The debate lands exactly where it should — you don't need a piece of paper. You need the hours. If you want to be a master ditch digger put 10,000 hours in.Takeaways:Parents often push their children toward the thing they felt insecure about in themselvesA certification can be a confidence booster but it is not a substitute for actual experience and studyUsing the people around you as willing subjects to practice on is how you build real skillYour mom having 150 employees with degrees all answer to her is the certification that actually matters10,000 hours in anything makes you a master — the field doesn't matter the commitment doesLinks referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

This New Moon lands in your 7th house of partnership — what you've built alone eventually has to enter relationship, where someone actually sees it and responds. Venus opposes Chiron in your 3rd house, where something you believe gets challenged by something someone says, exposing a wound you didn't know was active. Jupiter, your ruler, sits in your 6th house, showing the quality of your relationships in how you actually live daily.TakeawaysVenus opposing Chiron in your 3rd house means sometimes the other person is the mirror you actually needed.Jupiter, your ruler, in the 6th house ties relationship quality to daily living, not just how you feel about the connection.When the Sun catches Mars in your 5th house on the 12th, partnership meets creative action — the walk was always his alone, but he arrives at company.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

This New Moon lands in your 8th house of shared resources and trust — independence is valuable, but what happens when it becomes a refusal to need anyone? Venus opposes Chiron in your 4th house, tangling public ambition with something older around home and belonging. Mars sits in your 6th house of daily labor, asking what you're doing every day out of obligation rather than choice.TakeawaysThe swimming race echoes the 8th house lesson directly — you're not swimming alone, everyone's moving through the same water.Venus opposing Chiron in your 4th house raises the question of what's actually yours here, and what you've been carrying that was never yours to carry.When the Sun catches Mars on the 12th, shared obligation meets daily routine — real change happens through a different agreement, not just declaration.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

This New Moon lands in your 9th house of belief and meaning — what have you learned that's ready to become wisdom? Saturn has been running this whole week's lesson for you, and the 9th house now asks what it all actually means — not what you say you believe, but what your behavior demonstrates. Venus opposes Chiron in your 5th house, asking if you hide creative work until it's extraordinary enough to show.TakeawaysThe swimming race points to emulation as the higher move — learning from others further along without needing to be the only authority.Mercury moving into your 10th house before the New Moon suggests something you understand may need to become something you teach or publish.When the Sun catches Mars in your 7th house on the 12th, your beliefs meet a real relationship.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

This New Moon lands in your 10th house of career and reputation — what have you actually built, not what you planned to? Jupiter, your ruler, sits in your 9th house, tying your identity to meaning and the story you want to tell. Venus opposes Chiron in your 6th house, a tension between what you publicly value and what your daily life can actually sustain.TakeawaysThe swimming race corrects the 10th-house instinct — the question isn't whether you're ahead, but whether you're moving toward the right goal with the right people.Mercury crossing into your 11th house before the New Moon shifts the conversation toward the group rather than solo achievement.There's a real difference between building something because it needs to exist and building it to be seen — this cycle tests which one you're actually doing.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

This New Moon lands in your 11th house of friends and allies — the swimming race is almost literal here. The Nine of Pentacles tells a seductive story of not needing anybody; your 11th house says that's not the whole story. Venus lands in your own 1st house in detriment, in the sign your ruler Mars calls home, opposing Chiron in your 7th house of partnership.TakeawaysVenus landing in your own 1st house in detriment makes questions about value and desire personal fast this cycle.Mercury slipping into your 12th house before the New Moon suggests some quiet is needed to know what you actually want first.When the Sun catches Mars in your 9th house on the 12th, your beliefs and your community connect.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

This New Moon lands in your 12th house of retreat — self-sufficiency can look beautiful from the outside and still be isolation with better landscaping. Venus, your ruler, entered detriment in Scorpio, already heading toward a retrograde back into Libra — provisional from the start. She opposes Chiron in your 8th house, asking what you owe and what's owed to you.TakeawaysThe swimming race is almost the opposite of 12th-house withdrawal, which is why this New Moon may feel like an invitation back into life.Venus opposing Chiron in your 8th house raises the question of where sharing has felt safer than claiming your own value.When the Sun catches Mars in your 10th house on the 12th, the hidden work you've been doing starts showing up publicly.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

This one's yours — the New Moon happens directly in your own 1st house. Now that you've built yourself into this version of you, what needs to change? Mercury, your ruler, already left before the New Moon fired on your own Ascendant, while Venus opposes Chiron in your 9th house — a wound about being qualified enough to speak.TakeawaysThe swimming race corrects the perfectionist instinct — you already know how to improve, the question is whether improvement has become isolation.Mercury, your ruler, leaving before the New Moon even fired means your own ruling planet is already ahead of this reset.Mars sits in your 11th house of friends and community — exactly where this New Moon wants to move you, from self-sufficiency into participation.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

This New Moon lands in your 2nd house of money and worth — what are you holding onto out of fear there won't be enough? Mars sits hidden in your 12th house, meaning you may look capable outside while privately depleted. Venus, ruling your 2nd, opposes Chiron in your 10th — a wound about needing to prove your work matters publicly, though your worth isn't the 10th house's to award.TakeawaysThe swimming race says you don't have to possess the whole lane to have value — worth doesn't require public proof.Mars hidden in your 12th house means the depletion behind your capable exterior may not be visible to anyone else.When the Sun catches Mars in your 12th house on the 12th, something hidden finally becomes actionable.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

This New Moon lands in your 3rd house of communication — the Nine of Pentacles says you've cultivated something, and the New Moon says communicate it, not for applause. Because the Moon rules your whole chart, this emotional process is inseparable from how you think and speak. Mars sits in your own 1st house, asking who you're becoming through all this effort, filtered through feeling rather than certainty.TakeawaysMars in your own 1st house means action here is emotional — don't wait until you feel certain to say the thing.Venus opposing Chiron in your 11th house raises a wound about belonging and being recognized by the group.When the Sun catches Mars in your 1st house on the 12th, that's not rescue — it's embodiment.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

This New Moon lands in your 4th house of home and foundation — sometimes the problem isn't what you're doing, it's what you're carrying. Mercury, your ruler, already left Virgo for your 5th house before the New Moon even fired, the story moving outward before the seed is planted. Venus in your 6th opposes Chiron in your 12th — a wound about power tangled in work you don't fully understand yet.TakeawaysThe swimming race reminds you that independence and isolation aren't the same thing — you don't have to swim alone.Mercury, your ruler, moving ahead into the 5th house before the New Moon fired suggests the story is already shifting outward.When the Sun catches Mars in your 2nd house on the 12th, something about value becomes actionable.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

This New Moon lands in your 5th house of creativity and pleasure — what have you made that you're still hiding? Venus, your ruler, just entered detriment in Scorpio in your 7th house, opposing Chiron in your own 1st house, a wound about needing to earn the right to claim value. Mercury already rushed ahead into Libra before the New Moon fired, risking turning creativity into a performance review.TakeawaysThe swimming race says you don't have to compete to prove your creativity has value, but you don't have to hide it as unfinished either.Venus opposing Chiron in your own 1st house makes this a wound about needing to earn the right to claim value in the first place.When the Sun catches Mars in your 3rd house on the 12th, the creative impulse meets communication — something finally gets shared.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

This New Moon lands in your 6th house of work and routine, asking not what you've built, but what the constant work has done to you. Venus runs the real story from your 8th house of shared resources, opposing Chiron in your 2nd house of worth, while Mars, your ruler, sits in Cancer in your 4th, tying the work question directly to home and emotional security.TakeawaysThe swimming race image corrects the instinct to turn being useful into your entire identity — self-sufficiency isn't the same as isolation.Venus opposing Chiron in your 2nd house of worth exposes a wound tied to shared resources and intimacy, not just daily labor.Mars, your ruler, in the 4th house ties this New Moon's work question directly to home and emotional security, not caught by the Sun until the 12th.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Friday asked if you did it. Monday asked if you could keep doing it. Tuesday asked if it was even the right thing. Tonight's New Moon at 18° Virgo — exact at 11:27 PM Eastern — happens right inside the Sun's own walk through the Nine of Pentacles, and asks the harder question underneath the cultivation: now that you've built it, what needs to change? The degree's image is a swimming race, where ego-driven ambition is the actual failure and matching the group's pace is the point — and its numerology collapses straight into the Nine of Pentacles itself, turning self-sufficiency's shadow into withholding, then hardness, then isolation. Venus crosses into detriment in Scorpio hours before the New Moon, opposite Chiron freshly arrived in Taurus, asking what you actually value versus what looks good — while Mercury leaves its own exaltation to cross into Libra, unable to see either of them by whole-sign aspect. Mars, still not fully arrived, waits two days out with an offer of real company. Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysTonight's New Moon at 18° Virgo lands inside the Sun's ongoing walk through the Nine of Pentacles — the degree's swimming-race image says ego-driven ambition to stand out is the actual failure; matching the group's pace is the point.The degree number (18, reducing to 9) collapses directly into the Nine of Pentacles card the Sun has been standing in all week — turning the shadow specific: self-sufficiency walked too far becomes withholding, then hardness, then isolation.Venus crosses into detriment in Scorpio hours before the New Moon, opposite Chiron newly arrived in Taurus — asking what you actually value about your own worth, not what looks good or what you say you value.Mercury leaves its own exaltation in Virgo to cross into Libra the same day, but can't see Venus or Chiron by whole-sign aspect — the mind believes it's negotiating fairness while the deeper story runs entirely outside its view, with Venus as the real dispositor behind both.Mars, still the same fallen Mars from earlier in the week, sits just a degree ahead holding the Three of Cups — a genuine offer of connection that won't be caught until the Sun reaches it exactly on the 12th; tonight, the invitation is close but not yet available to take.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

In the initial installment of a three-part series on trust, this podcast episode undertakes a comprehensive exploration of the intricate layers that constitute trust, particularly emphasizing its origin in early childhood experiences. The speaker articulates that trust is a learned behavior, shaped by the relational dynamics encountered in one’s formative years, especially within the familial structure. The narrative begins with the introduction of the number 'two,' symbolizing the inherent duality present in relationships, which encompasses both the capacity for connection and the accompanying vulnerabilities that arise from such bonds. It is within this context that the speaker addresses the detrimental effects of broken trust, urging listeners to reflect on how early betrayals can distort one’s self-perception and relational capabilities. The dialogue delves into the profound implications of trust disruptions that occur during childhood, highlighting how these experiences can lead to a fragmented sense of self that complicates future interactions. The speaker draws attention to the idea that every relational encounter serves as either a deposit or a withdrawal from one’s emotional reservoir, thereby shaping one’s ability to engage in healthy relationships later in life. Through the lens of numerology, the episode provides a framework for understanding the emotional and spiritual ramifications of these early experiences, suggesting that the path to healing and renewed trust lies in confronting past traumas with courage and self-compassion. As the episode draws to a close, listeners are prompted to engage in profound self-reflection, addressing the pivotal question of self-trust. The speaker emphasizes that true healing is fundamentally linked to one’s capacity to acknowledge and embrace their intrinsic worth, reinforcing the notion that the journey toward rebuilding trust—both within oneself and in relationships with others—necessitates a return to the self, fostering a nurturing and compassionate internal dialogue.Takeaways:Trust is not an inherent trait; rather, it is a learned behavior shaped through life experiences.The foundation of trust begins in the home, where early relationships profoundly influence our sense of self-worth.Healing from past betrayals is essential for developing genuine trust in oneself and others.Vulnerability is a crucial element in building trust, representing the transition from pain to peace.To cultivate trust in relationships, one must first establish a strong sense of self and personal integrity.The journey to trust involves acknowledging past traumas and actively working towards healing and self-acceptance.Links referenced in this episode:spiritiveelevatedlifeformsgmail.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@Sun_In_The_Fleshhttps://www.facebook.com/Gainsta84Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Part two of the Restoration Series. Part one, Spiritual Decay, diagnosed the rust — losing your compass, chasing dopamine over meaning, feeling empty even when life looks good. This episode is the treatment: spiritual maturity, the discipline that reverses the drift. It starts with a flat tire on the way to work — old self would have spiraled and coped; new self caught the test in real time, asked what if this saved me from something worse, and shifted the timing entirely. Five markers of spiritual maturity get broken down: holding two truths at once instead of collapsing into all-good or all-bad, staying grounded without being blown around by every emotion, creating space between trigger and reaction, compassion becoming natural instead of performative, and shifting from what can I get to what can I offer. The Law of Opposites gets real attention — declare peace and chaos shows up, commit to discipline and temptation appears, not as punishment but as a test of whether your frequency actually matches your words. Five practical daily practices close it out: catching yourself in real time, reframing obstacles as protection, identifying your growth edges, checking whether you're chasing validation or impact, and honoring commitments to your future self even when it's inconvenient. Spiritual maturity isn't perfection — it's awareness, one choice at a time. Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysSpiritual maturity means holding two truths simultaneously — like a setback being both an inconvenience and possible protection — instead of collapsing into all-good or all-bad thinking.The Law of Opposites shows up when declaring a new intention (peace, discipline) triggers its opposite (chaos, temptation) — not as punishment, but as a test of whether your frequency truly matches your words.Real growth happens in catching yourself in real time during a trigger, not just recognizing it afterward — closing that gap, even by five seconds of pause, is where the actual power lives.Links referenced in this episode:spiritiveelevatedlifeformsgmail.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@Sun_In_The_Fleshhttps://www.facebook.com/Gainsta84Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Most people run from shadow work because they've been conditioned to see anything in the shadow as something bad, wrong, or worth hiding. Real growth starts with judging yourself honestly first — not avoiding judgment altogether — using mirror work as the tool to face your actions, thoughts, and emotions without excuses. Healing isn't comfortable: it means ripping the bandages off old wounds, letting suppressed anger, grief, and shame finally move through you instead of staying locked inside. On the other side is the authentic self that was always there — not broken, just walled off — and reconnecting with it is what the whole series has been building toward, from decay, to maturity, to this final root-level integration.TakeawaysShadow work starts with honest self-judgment, not avoidance — the ego resists this because facing your own darkness means admitting "I am the problem" in certain situations.Mirror work is the practical tool for shadow work — reflecting on your own actions, thoughts, and emotions without filters, excuses, or blaming others.Healing requires facing suppressed emotions (anger, grief, shame, rage) rather than continuing to keep them locked behind protective walls — the walls that felt like protection are often what actually traps a person.The three-part Restoration series builds in sequence: Spiritual Decay (recognizing disconnection from truth), Spiritual Maturity (daily practices to respond differently in the moment), and Shadow/Mirror Work (facing the root cause and integrating the authentic self) — none of these steps can be skipped or done out of order.Five reflection questions close the episode, covering: what part of yourself you've locked away, what you'd see with total honesty in the mirror, what societal lie about yourself you're ready to challenge, who you are without your wounds, and how you'd live differently knowing you're a soul rather than just a body.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

The primary focus of our discussion centers on the profound inquiry into the nature of self-reflection and the inherent challenges many individuals face when confronted with their own image in the mirror. We explore the notion that such an act transcends mere physical appearance; it is, indeed, a quest for self-understanding. Through our dialogue, we uncover the psychological barriers that inhibit individuals from engaging in authentic self-reflection, as many are conditioned from a young age to avoid delving into their emotional landscapes. This episode highlights the importance of confronting one's emotions and the difficulties associated with sitting in silence, which often reveals deeper truths about oneself. Ultimately, we aim to illuminate the complexities surrounding the question of whether one can genuinely look themselves in the mirror, both literally and metaphorically.Takeaways:The act of looking in the mirror often signifies an individual's quest for self-discovery and self-knowledge.Many individuals are conditioned from a young age to avoid introspection and emotional confrontation.A significant number of people struggle to remain silent and reflect upon their inner thoughts and feelings.The responses gathered from others regarding mirror gazing reveal complexities surrounding personal identity and self-perception.When individuals quickly assert that they can look in the mirror, it often indicates a superficial understanding of the deeper question.The exploration of personal emotions is critical, as unresolved feelings can hinder one's ability to truly confront oneself.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Animals move with the storm instead of running from it — a buffalo charges straight into bad weather and gets it over with, while a cow exhausts itself running away, the same way humans keep fleeing problems instead of standing in them. Ducks fly south not because they've thought it through, but because their senses already know. That leads into a real debate: if living fully means enjoying all five senses, what does it mean when someone's missing one, or more — is that still living, or just the body staying alive while something else goes untouched? Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysDifferent animals respond to danger differently — a buffalo runs straight into a storm to get through it quickly, while a cow runs away and exhausts itself, mirroring how people often flee problems instead of confronting them directly.Animals like ducks migrate on instinct and sense rather than conscious thought — their senses guide them toward warmth without needing to reason it out.A real debate emerged over whether being alive and truly living are the same thing — whether missing one or more of the five senses (as with blind, deaf, or otherwise differently abled people) changes whether someone is fully "living" versus simply alive.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

A real conversation about stepping away from a lifelong Southern Baptist upbringing around age 33 — right in the window of a third Jupiter return, the same stretch traditionally tied to the "Christ age" and a real reformation of belief. What started as research into history and inherited teachings led to a genuine, lonely unraveling — toying with the decision for nearly a year before finally letting go completely, then moving into oracle cards and eventually tarot as new tools for divination. The process wasn't easy or quick, and it wasn't universally supported — family reactions ranged from confusion to outright rejection, framing the new practice as demonic rather than simply a different tool for answers. Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysA real case study: someone stepped away from lifelong Southern Baptist practice around age 33 — right within the window of a third Jupiter return, also traditionally called the "Christ age."The break wasn't sudden — nearly a year of going back and forth preceded the final decision, driven by research into history and a growing sense that inherited religious teaching didn't hold up.The transition moved from Oracle cards (softer, more solutions-based messaging) into tarot (more direct and harsher truth) within a few months of leaving church, illustrating how a belief system in transition often gets rebuilt in stages rather than all at once.The process was described as lonely and isolating — difficult to share with family or close friends without being seen as having "something wrong," with at least one parent framing the new spiritual practice as demonic rather than a legitimate tool for divination.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

How do you love deeply without control? Can intimacy exist without ownership, or truth get spoken without cruelty? The Mars-Mercury conjunction acts as a catalyst here — speak what burns, but mean what you say, because half-stepping isn't an option once the words are out. Venus holds the superior position in this configuration and directs the confrontation herself rather than just enduring it, even while sitting in detriment, stripped of her usual charm and comfort. Think of her as the diplomat turned warrior — uncomfortable, but resolute, acting from raw emotional honesty instead of her usual polish. Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysThe Mars-Mercury conjunction acts as a catalyst for direct, unfiltered speech — the energy demands you mean what you say, not just say what feels powerful in the moment.Venus holds the superior position in this configuration, meaning she directs the confrontation and leads the transformation rather than simply being swept up in it.Venus in detriment is stripped of her usual charm and comfort, forced into raw emotional honesty instead — a diplomat turned warrior, uncomfortable but resolute.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Mercury square Uranus at 27° doesn't promise easy breakthroughs. It promises necessary ones — the kind that require you to be braver than comfortable, to think more freely than safe, to speak more honestly than convenient. There may be grief in that anxiety, even a kind of maiming of who you used to be. But on the other side of that cost is a mind more free, a truth more fully spoken, a self more authentically expressed. Are you brave enough to pay the price for your own evolution? Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysThis transit promises necessary breakthroughs, not comfortable ones — requiring more bravery, freer thinking, and more honest speech than usual.Grief and anxiety in this process may be mourning who you used to be, but the cost leads directly to a freer, more authentically expressed self.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

13 is the number beyond completion — the disruptor, the betrayer at the table, what society marks as taboo. It's transgression, wickedness, plain old wrong. But 13 reduces to 4: foundation, solidarity, power, structure made real. From acknowledged wrongness comes solid ground. The caterpillar has to transgress its own form to become a butterfly. The seed has to violate its shell to become the plant. 13 is the sacred disruptor that makes new order possible — but only when the wrongness is acknowledged, metabolized, consciously integrated. This full moon sits at 13, not 14 — the degree of transgression, not transcendence. Before you transcend, you have to acknowledge what's wrong. Know thyself. Balance your energy.Takeaways13 reduces numerologically to 4 — meaning the acknowledged wrongness or disruption becomes the actual foundation for what's built next.Transformation requires transgression first — the caterpillar breaks its own form, the seed breaks its shell, before anything new emerges.This full moon sits at the degree of transgression, not transcendence — the wrongness has to be named and integrated before real transcendence is possible.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Episode 3 of Brain Repair with Mental Reset and Rafiki breaks down the word "spell" itself — a sequence of letters forming words, a form of words used as a magical charm or incantation. Every word is treated as a spell, cast the moment it's spoken. The conversation moves through English's broken rules (i before e, except after c, breaking more often than it holds), silent letters that scramble pronunciation, and how spelling itself may have been designed to confuse rather than clarify. "Belief" splits into "be" and "lie," treated as a doubt word — believing something means accepting it without actually knowing it. "Possession" gets tied to demonic or spiritual takeover, and from there the conversation turns to religion itself — its etymology tracing to "to bind, to tie down, to hold back." Rafiki shares a real manifestation story: a dream, written down and dated, becomes a goal; broken into steps, it becomes a plan; backed by action, it becomes reality. The episode closes on whether the Bible functions as a book of spells meant to hypnotize and control, and whether thought or spoken word carries more power — landing on neither alone, since it takes intention, words, and action together to manifest anything. Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysEvery word is treated as a spell — a sequence of letters cast the moment it's spoken, with the specific placement of words shaping meaning as much as the words themselves.Manifestation follows a real sequence: a dream, written down and dated, becomes a goal; broken into steps, it becomes a plan; backed by action, it becomes reality.Neither thought nor spoken word alone is more powerful than the other — real manifestation requires intention, words, and consistent action together.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Mental Reset, Rafiki, and Paul go into masculine and feminine energy — not as gender but as universal forces that exist in every human being regardless of biological sex. Electricity is masculine. Magnetism is feminine. God is the union of the two. The sun is masculine, the moon is feminine, and every natal chart contains both because every human is born under both luminaries. The warrior and the nurturer. The builder and the receiver. The yang and the yin. Why a man who has suppressed his feminine energy cannot access intuition, empathy, or emotional depth — and why a woman who has suppressed her masculine energy cannot access decisive action, boundaries, or the protection of self. The divine feminine being suppressed historically and what that cost the world. Why the most powerful human beings in history — the ones who actually changed things — operated from a balanced integration of both forces rather than a performance of one. Mental Reset on how hyper-masculinity is a wound not a strength. Rafiki on how she learned to access her masculine side after spending years performing softness to be accepted. The alchemical marriage — the inner union of masculine and feminine as the foundation of every outer relationship. Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysMasculine and feminine energy are not gender assignments but universal forces present in every human being — electricity and magnetism, sun and moon, action and reception, structure and flow — and the natal chart confirms this by placing both luminaries in every chart regardless of the biological sex of the person born under them.Suppression of either force produces a specific deficit — a man who has shut down his feminine energy loses access to intuition, empathy, emotional depth, and the ability to receive, while a woman who has shut down her masculine energy loses access to decisive action, healthy boundaries, self-protection, and the ability to initiate.Hyper-masculinity is a wound masquerading as strength — the performance of dominance, emotional unavailability, and aggressive self-sufficiency is not masculine power but the defensive structure built by someone who was punished for showing any quality that got labeled feminine, and the healing is not becoming softer but becoming whole.The suppression of the divine feminine across patriarchal history removed from collective human consciousness the qualities of intuition, cyclical wisdom, embodied knowing, relational intelligence, and reverence for the natural world — and the crises of modern civilization in ecology, mental health, and community are in large part the consequence of that suppression playing out at scale.The alchemical marriage — the inner union of masculine and feminine within a single person — is the foundation that determines the quality of every outer relationship, because two people who have not done that inner integration will use each other as substitutes for the missing half of themselves rather than as genuine partners, producing the codependency, projection, and power struggles that define most romantic conflict.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

A full sit-down with Lindy, owner of the Witch Depot in Kenner, Louisiana — eight years running one of South Louisiana's go-to shops for practitioners. She claims the title of witch without hesitation, walks through the pagan umbrella from Wicca to traditional witchcraft, and traces her own path from a Southern Baptist upbringing to working with Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec god of Venus. Along the way: what curses actually cost, why doubt is the crack negative energy slips through, whether Hansel and Gretel holds up, and whether astrologers count as witches too. Then it's inside the shop itself — crystals, herbs, a Mexican black king snake, and the memorable day a customer tried to curse her out loud in front of witnesses. Lindy closes with the one thing she wants every practitioner to remember: everybody's right, and everybody's wrong — take in everything, keep what actually works for you. Paul will be doing live in-person readings at the Witch Depot on September 12th. Know thyself. Balance your energy. TakeawaysLindy defines a witch as a healing-arts practitioner and claims the title outright — the Witch Depot's name reflects that without apology.Her path ran from Southern Baptist upbringing to 20 years in Wicca before transitioning into traditional witchcraft after moving to the New Orleans area.She works with Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec Venus deity — a connection she ties to her own Taurus sun sign and Peruvian ancestry.Real curses are rare, requiring significant time, money, and sustained effort — but doubt alone is enough to let negative energy in.Astrologers count as witches in pagan circles too, since reading the stars to predict outcomes is its own magical skill.Inside the shop: over 250 herbs, close to 300 crystals, a resident Mexican black king snake, and the Chaos Box, the store's top-selling mystery box.Lindy's closing philosophy: on a pagan or witchcraft path, everybody is right and everybody is wrong — take what actually works for you and leave the rest.Paul will be doing live in-person readings at the Witch Depot in Kenner on September 12th.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

A real-time story broke while we were recording this. The UN just voted to replace the 500-year-old Mercator map — the one that makes Africa look roughly the same size as Greenland when it's actually 14 times bigger — with a more accurate projection. The vote was 164 to 1. The one dissenting vote was the United States, calling it "radical" and tying it to a "larger ideological project." We get into why that map distortion mattered in the first place, how it shaped centuries of perception about which parts of the world are "important," and what it says that redrawing borders and maps keeps showing up as a flashpoint for power. That turns into a bigger conversation about surveillance — the Patriot Act, facial recognition, flock cameras — and how safety gets sold as the reason to accept being watched. We close on something harder: why so many people can't sit still in their own choices, and why the wheel — karmic, unavoidable — eventually comes back around whether you look back at it or not. Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysThe UN voted 164 to 1 to replace the Mercator map projection, which shows Africa as roughly Greenland's size despite being 14 times larger, with the more accurate Equal Earth map. The US cast the sole dissenting vote.The US representative called the map change "radical," tying it to a broader ideological project rather than objecting to the cartography itself.Maps aren't neutral — how a landmass is sized and positioned shapes perceived political and economic importance, something cartographers and geographers have flagged for decades.Safety has historically been the packaging used to sell surveillance — from the Patriot Act to modern facial recognition and public camera networks — and most people accept it without examining the tradeoff.Sitting with your own choices, without deflecting blame elsewhere, is uncomfortable specifically because it removes anyone else to point to — and the karmic wheel keeps turning whether or not you're willing to look back.Links referenced in this episode:tarot360astrologyLinks referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Jupiter stations direct at 17° Leo, sitting in its own decan — the 6 of Wands. Victory reconsidered, not confirmed. We get into what happens when applause turns out to be built on borrowed ideas, and why the Dunning-Kruger effect is about to get tested in public. Jupiter climbs back through the 6 and into the 7 of Wands one more time before finally crossing into Virgo on July 26, 2027 — closing out thirteen months of "look at me" with one much harder question: does it actually work? We break the whole year down as a set of questions instead of predictions, and land on the line the entire framework's been building toward: it was never about who gets the crown, it's about who can carry it. Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysJupiter stations direct at 17° Leo, landing in its own decan — the 6 of Wands. This isn't confirmation of a win, it's the point where the retrograde's questions finally get answered one way or the other.The second pass through the 7 of Wands asks a harder question than the first — not "can you defend what you won," but "can you defend what's left, now that it's already been questioned once."Jupiter's exit into Virgo on July 26, 2027 shifts the entire energy from "look at what I built" to "does it actually work" — spectacle giving way to scrutiny.The whole year comes down to a set of questions, not predictions: who gets the stage, who gets crowned, who declares victory and is it real, and who's still holding the position when Jupiter finally leaves.The Wheel can put a crown in anyone's hands — that was never the real test. Strength asks whether you can carry it, defend it, and survive your own ego once you've got it.Links referenced in this episode:tarot360astrologyLinks referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Time to grab your cards. Jupiter's path through Leo maps directly onto three tarot cards by decan — the 5, 6, and 7 of Wands — and every one of them carries both an upright and a reversed face at the same time, not as separate outcomes but as two sides of the same energy. We open with Chiron sitting right on the degree Jupiter entered Leo at, squaring Jupiter as it crossed in — tension between wounding and power right from day one. Then the 5 of Wands: everybody fighting over ground nobody's actually won yet, upright as productive competition, reversed as exhaustion or quietly dropping out. We check in on exactly where Jupiter sits in the sky right now, heading toward its pre-retrograde shadow in mid-September. Then the 7 of Wands — Jupiter hitting 27° Leo in December and stationing retrograde, someone reaching the hill only to find out everyone below still wants the spot. And then the part that matters most: why the Wheel doesn't just stop, it goes backward — an unnatural move for the planet of expansion, and exactly what turns this stretch into a reckoning instead of a pause. Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysJupiter's transit through Leo maps onto three tarot cards by decan — the 5 of Wands (0–10°), the 6 of Wands (10–20°, Jupiter's own decan), and the 7 of Wands (20–30°).Every card in this timeline carries both an upright and reversed face simultaneously — not two different possible outcomes, but the same energy seen from opposite sides.The 5 of Wands upright is productive friction that sharpens whoever survives it; reversed, it's the same conflict without the growth — exhaustion, infighting, or quietly opting out of the competition altogether.Jupiter stations retrograde at 27° Leo around December 12, 2026, right in 7 of Wands territory — the moment someone reaches the hill only to discover everyone below still wants the position.Jupiter moving backward through the sky is an unnatural motion for the planet of expansion specifically — that friction is exactly what turns the retrograde stretch into a real reckoning instead of a routine pause.Links referenced in this episode:tarot360astrologyLinks referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Who actually has Jupiter in Leo in their birth chart? We run through four categories: royalty who inherit the center — including King George VI, who never expected the throne and had to overcome a severe stammer to deliver the radio broadcasts that steadied Britain in WWII. Performers who command the center — Jim Morrison built the "Lizard King" persona so completely that his 1969 onstage arrest in Miami just became part of the myth. Champions who win the center — Billie Jean King's 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" wasn't just a tennis match, it was a national event built around one person proving a point. And builders who create something that becomes the center — J.P. Morgan personally bailing out the US Treasury from his own library. Four different arenas, same instinct: make something big enough the world has to see it. Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysKing George VI never expected the throne and struggled with a severe stammer his whole life — inheriting the spotlight didn't make him a source of light automatically, he had to build that ability.Jim Morrison's 1969 arrest onstage in Miami became part of his "Lizard King" myth instead of undermining it — proof that Jupiter in Leo doesn't just survive spectacle, it absorbs it.Billie Jean King's 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" against Bobby Riggs was built entirely around one person proving a point in front of the largest possible audience.J.P. Morgan personally organized the private bailout that stopped the 1907 financial panic — one man acting as an unelected authority, holding the country's financial system together.Royalty, performers, champions, and builders are four completely different arenas, but they share the same underlying instinct — creating something large enough that the world has no choice but to see it.Links referenced in this episode:tarot360astrologyLinks referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

The final four passes of Jupiter through Leo, and the pattern tying all ten windows together. 1979: the Shah of Iran is dethroned, Khomeini returns from exile, Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first woman PM, and Three Mile Island melts down. 1990–1991: Iraq invades Kuwait, the Gulf War becomes the first televised war in history, the Berlin Wall falls, and the Soviet Union collapses on camera. 2002–2003: 9/11's aftermath leads into the invasion of Iraq, "Mission Accomplished" gets declared way too early, and Saddam's statue comes down. 2014–2015: social media and influencer culture explode, Russia annexes Crimea, and ISIS declares a caliphate nobody agreed to give them. Ten windows, spanning over a century — and every single one comes back to the same question: who holds the center, and who gets to define what happens next? Know thyself. Balance your energy.Takeaways1979 delivered a crowning and a dethroning in the same breath — the Shah of Iran overthrown while Margaret Thatcher became the UK's first woman Prime Minister.The 1990–91 Gulf War was the first war ever broadcast live on television — the same year the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union collapsed on camera, ending the Cold War in full public view."Mission Accomplished" was declared in 2003 the same year Saddam's statue came down — a textbook example of a victory declared before it was actually earned.2014–2015 saw ISIS declare a caliphate nobody granted them, right alongside the explosion of social media — both examples of claiming a throne without anyone actually handing it over.Across ten separate windows spanning over a century, the costume keeps changing — battleships, television, video, social media — but the underlying question never does: who holds the center, and who gets to define what happens next?Links referenced in this episode:tarot360astrologyLinks referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Three more passes of Jupiter through Leo. 1943–1944: the Soviet Union turns the tide at Stalingrad and Kursk, Mussolini falls from power, Allied troops land at Normandy on D-Day, and Paris is liberated from German occupation. 1955–1956: West Germany joins NATO, the Soviet Union answers with the Warsaw Pact, newly independent African and Asian nations meet to oppose colonialism, and Egypt seizes control of the Suez Canal — the same waterway making headlines again right now. Then 1967–1968, maybe the most turbulent stretch of the four: the Six-Day War reshapes the Middle East, the Tet Offensive shocks the world, Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy are both assassinated, and the Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia — a year the world seemed to break open all at once. Know thyself. Balance your energy.Takeaways1943–1944 marked WWII's real turning point — Stalingrad and Kursk broke German momentum on the Eastern Front, Mussolini fell, and D-Day put Allied troops back on Western European soil.Paris being liberated from German occupation in 1944 is a direct example of "who becomes the face of liberation" — a question this period keeps asking in different forms.1955–1956 saw the Cold War's alliance structure lock into place — NATO and the Warsaw Pact forming almost in direct response to each other — while Egypt's seizure of the Suez Canal put a new kind of power on the world stage.The Suez Canal crisis of the 1950s echoes directly into current headlines about control of Middle Eastern waterways and oil routes — the same geography, a different century.1967–1968 stacked the Six-Day War, the Tet Offensive, and the assassinations of MLK and RFK into a single stretch — a year where individual leaders became symbols the entire cultural moment got pinned to.Links referenced in this episode:tarot360astrologyLinks referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

We trace the first three times Jupiter moved through Leo across the last century. 1907–1908: a financial panic nearly collapses US banks, J.P. Morgan personally steps in with a private bailout, Henry Ford's Model T goes into production, and Teddy Roosevelt sends sixteen battleships on a 14-month world tour — pure display of national power. 1919–1920: WWI officially ends, the Treaty of Versailles redraws Europe, the League of Nations is founded, and the 19th Amendment gives American women the vote. 1931–1932: the Great Depression bottoms out, Japan invades Manchuria, the Nazi Party becomes the largest power in the German parliament, and FDR wins on the promise of the New Deal. Same question keeps showing up in different clothes: who has power, who gets a seat at the table, and who can convince a desperate public they're the one who can fix it. Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysIn 1907, J.P. Morgan personally organized a private bailout to stop a US banking collapse — the same year Henry Ford was building toward releasing the first affordable car, the Model T.Teddy Roosevelt sent sixteen battleships — the Great White Fleet — on a 14-month world tour in 1907–08, a pure display of national power dressed up as diplomacy.1919–1920 saw the official end of WWI, the founding of the League of Nations, and the 19th Amendment granting American women the right to vote — a moment defined by who gets a seat at the new table.The Great Depression's worst stretch (1931–32) ran parallel to Japan invading Manchuria and the Nazi Party becoming the largest party in the German parliament — economic collapse creating room for authoritarian rise on two continents at once.FDR's New Deal wasn't just economic policy — it was a promise that won him a landslide, proof that during crisis, the person who can convince the public they'll fix it gets handed real power.Links referenced in this episode:tarot360astrologyLinks referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

We open with the Wheel of Fortune as a karmic card — what goes around comes around, and setting something in motion (good or bad) sets the wheel spinning either way. Then we get into Leo: ruled by the Sun, and that rulership matters more than any personality-trait list. The Sun doesn't ask permission to shine or borrow its light from anywhere else — so Leo was never really about wanting attention, it's about becoming a source. We break down the Strength card and why it's not about beating the lion into submission, but containing it — power that doesn't need to prove itself by crushing what's beneath it. Then we bring Jupiter and Leo together: Jupiter says make it bigger, Leo says make it mine — the Wheel determines what comes around, Strength determines what you do with it. Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysThe Wheel of Fortune is a karmic card — what's set in motion, good or bad, keeps turning. Nothing at the top or bottom of that wheel is permanent.Leo's ruled by the Sun, and the Sun doesn't ask permission to shine or borrow its light — Leo isn't fundamentally about wanting attention, it's about becoming a source instead of a reflection.The Strength card isn't about domination through force — the woman doesn't beat the lion, she contains it. That's confidence at its highest expression, distinct from ego and arrogance.Confidence and arrogance get confused constantly — true confidence is knowing your skill set and walking in it, without needing to look down on anyone else to feel it.Jupiter in Leo combines expansion with sovereignty: the Wheel determines what comes around, but Strength determines what you actually do with it once it arrives.Links referenced in this episode:tarot360astrologyLinks referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Jupiter just entered Leo for the first time since 2014, and before we get into what that means for the sign of the Sun, we're breaking down what Jupiter actually rules — because "Greater Benefic" doesn't mean guaranteed good fortune. It means more. More opportunity, confidence, and belief, but also more ego, excess, and overreach — Jupiter doesn't pick a side. We trace it back to its tarot correspondence, the Wheel of Fortune, and why it's known as a karmic card: what goes around really does come around, and whoever's on top today can end up underneath tomorrow. Know thyself. Balance your energy.TakeawaysJupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, orbiting the Sun roughly every 12 years — spending about a year in each zodiac sign, which is why this transit runs June 2026 to July 2027.Jupiter is called the "Greater Benefic," but that doesn't mean good things automatically happen — it means expansion. Whatever Jupiter touches gets bigger, in either direction.Jupiter doesn't reward virtue, it rewards momentum — the same force behind real growth and confidence can just as easily tip into ego, excess, and overreach.In tarot, Jupiter corresponds to the Wheel of Fortune — a karmic card. The wheel turns regardless of who's on it, and position at the top is never permanent.This isn't a forecast of specific events — it's a lens for recognizing a pattern already in motion, and understanding what "more" tends to bring out once it's set loose.Links referenced in this episode:tarot360astrologyLinks referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Jupiter in Leo activates your 6th house of daily work and routine — a new job or role, or a health routine finally taking hold, with the invitation to bring some pride into work usually treated as purely functional. Sagittarius rules your 10th house of career, so improvements in your daily work life may eventually show up publicly too. Pisces rules your own 1st house, giving Jupiter a personal stake in this transit even while visiting someone else's house.TakeawaysJupiter's 6th house activation expands the practical, everyday machinery of life — a new role or a health routine that finally starts working for you.Sagittarius ruling your 10th house means quiet, consistent daily work may eventually get noticed publicly, building a reputation the slow way.Pisces rules your own rising sign, giving this transit a personal stake even though it's technically visiting someone else's house — a subtler sense of growth runs underneath the daily changes.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Jupiter in Leo activates your 7th house of partnership — a deepening bond, a significant relationship beginning, or an existing one asking more of both people, with the pride here about wanting a partner worth being proud of and being one in return. Sagittarius rules your 11th house of friendship, so your partnership life and friend group may intertwine this year. Pisces rules your 2nd house of self-worth, meaning your value may become tied to how well the people closest to you are treating you.TakeawaysJupiter's 7th house activation directly expands your closest relationships — a milestone this year, with the retrograde testing whether it was built on something real.Sagittarius ruling your 11th house means your partnership life and friend group may become genuinely intertwined this year.Pisces rules your 2nd house, so your sense of your own value may become tied to how well the people closest to you are actually treating you.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Jupiter in Leo activates your 8th house of shared resources and transformation — expansion through merging, a deepening intimacy or financial partnership, a transformation you don't go through alone. Sagittarius rules your 12th house of retreat, so some of this happens privately before it's shared with anyone. Pisces rules your 3rd house of communication, meaning a conversation or piece of writing may be where this deep internal change first gets voiced out loud.TakeawaysJupiter's 8th house activation brings expansion through merging — a deepening intimacy, joint finances, or a transformation processed with someone else.Sagittarius ruling your 12th house means some of this transformation happens privately first, processed alone before it's shared.Pisces rules your 3rd house, so a conversation or piece of writing may be where this internal change first gets put into words rather than staying vague.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

A rare double placement for Sagittarius rising — Jupiter transits your 9th house of belief and travel while also ruling your own rising sign outright, meaning this expansion happens to your whole sense of self, not just one house. Expect real growth through further travel, education, or teaching something with more conviction than before. Pisces rules your 4th house of home, so this outward, philosophical expansion eventually turns inward toward home, especially during the retrograde.TakeawaysThis is a double placement — Jupiter transits your 9th house of belief while also ruling your own Ascendant, making this expansion personal to your whole identity.Expect real growth through travel, education, or teaching — a belief held with more conviction than before, not just louder.Pisces rules your 4th house, so a belief built up all year may need to be brought home and tested against your own foundation, especially during the retrograde.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Jupiter in Leo activates your 10th house of career and reputation — a promotion, recognition, or your name attached to something bigger, with the defensive phase meaning you may have to defend your growing position against people who assume it was handed to you. Sagittarius rules your 2nd house of money, so the career expansion likely comes with a real financial upgrade. Pisces rules your 5th house of creativity, meaning what gets you noticed may be a creative or personal talent finding a public platform.TakeawaysJupiter's 10th house activation is one of the most visible placements of this transit — expect real professional recognition, but also a defense of it.Sagittarius ruling your 2nd house means the career growth likely comes with an actual financial upgrade, not just a title.Pisces rules your 5th house, so a creative or personal talent — not just a conventional career move — may be what actually gets you noticed this year.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Jupiter in Leo activates your 11th house of friendship and community — new circles, a bigger community, or a friendship turning into something more significant, with the pride here about being valued within your group, not just liked in passing. Sagittarius rules your 3rd house of ideas, so an idea or piece of writing may be what draws the bigger community to you. Pisces rules your 6th house of daily routine, with practical shifts running underneath the more visible social expansion.TakeawaysJupiter's 11th house activation expands your social world — the early friction often looks like competing visions inside a group you're already part of.Sagittarius ruling your 3rd house means an idea or piece of writing you share may be exactly what draws a bigger community to you.Pisces rules your 6th house, so unglamorous daily routine shifts quietly support your ability to actually show up for this social expansion.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Jupiter in Leo activates your 12th house of retreat and the subconscious — the biggest growth this year may happen almost invisibly, with rest you didn't know you needed or closure on something old. Sagittarius rules your 4th house of home, so some of this quiet unfolding centers on your household or roots. Pisces rules your 7th house of partnership, meaning relationships may deepen in ways that aren't performed for anyone else's benefit.TakeawaysJupiter's 12th house activation means the biggest growth this year happens privately, out of step with everyone else's louder experience of this transit.Sagittarius ruling your 4th house means some of this quiet unfolding centers on your home or your relationship to where you come from.The retrograde stretch may feel like the most active part of your year — the part of this transit most naturally suited to review and closure.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Jupiter transits your own 1st house — the most direct hit on this whole list, meaning more confidence and presence happening to you personally, not through a house once removed. Sagittarius rules your 5th house of creativity, so your growing confidence pours directly into creative or romantic risk-taking. Pisces rules your 8th house of intimacy and transformation, meaning deeper relationships may intensify alongside your personal growth, for better or worse.TakeawaysJupiter transiting your own rising sign is as personal as this transit gets — the whole year's friction, win, and reckoning happens directly to you.Sagittarius ruling your 5th house means growing confidence pours directly into creative or romantic risk-taking this year.Pisces rules your 8th house of transformation, so deeper intimate bonds may intensify right alongside your personal growth.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Jupiter in Leo activates your 2nd house of money and self-worth — expect real growth in income or in how you value your own talents, with the defensive phase looking like protecting what you've built against pressure to spread yourself thinner. Sagittarius rules your 6th house of daily work, tying the financial expansion to a new role or shift in responsibilities. Pisces rules your 9th house of belief and higher learning, meaning a financial opportunity may come wrapped in further education or a broadened worldview.TakeawaysJupiter's 2nd house activation expands your relationship to your own value — sometimes literally through income, sometimes through recognizing your own worth.Sagittarius ruling your 6th house ties this financial growth directly to daily work — a new role, shifted responsibilities, or health habits affecting your earning capacity.Pisces rules your 9th house, so a financial opportunity may arrive wrapped in further education or a belief in your own worth shifting after a broadening experience.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Jupiter in Leo activates your 3rd house of communication — a bigger mic through writing, speaking, or teaching, with an idea that used to feel small finding a much wider audience. Since Jupiter also rules your 7th house of partnership, your expanding voice may stir up your closest relationships too, testing whether you and a partner can both grow without one shrinking to make room. Pisces rules your 10th house of career, meaning your public reputation may quietly grow alongside your local voice.TakeawaysJupiter's 3rd house activation hands you a bigger mic — writing, speaking, or teaching an idea that used to feel too small to share.Jupiter's rulership of your 7th house means this expanding voice tests whether you and a partner can both grow at once, without either shrinking.Pisces rules your 10th house of reputation — the retrograde is a good window to check whether what you've said publicly actually holds up, or was just well-timed.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday

Jupiter in Leo activates your 4th house of home and family — expect a move, a renovation, or a shift in household dynamics, with the pride here about actually standing behind your home life. Sagittarius rules your 8th house of shared resources, so financial or emotional stakes tied to partnership may expand in parallel. Pisces rules your 11th house of community, meaning the people around you matter more this year, quietly supporting the more private growth happening at home.TakeawaysJupiter's 4th house activation turns expansion inward — toward home, family, and pride in what you've actually built there, not public visibility.Sagittarius ruling your 8th house means shared financial or intimate stakes may deepen alongside whatever's shifting domestically.Pisces rules your 11th house of friendship, so a community or shared goal may quietly support the more private growth happening at home this year.Links referenced in this episode:iamastrologyreadings.comCompanies mentioned in this episode:IamastrologyreadingsPayPalVenmoCash AppSupport the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/supportBook a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading#astrologyrideoftheday