The Astrology Podcast

In episode 486 astrologer Chris Brennan interviews some listeners of the podcast to talk about the recent retrogrades of Venus and Mars and what changes they coincided with in their life.

Mars is recently coming off of its retrograde in Cancer and Leo, while Venus is wrapping up its retrograde in Aries and Pisces, so it felt like a good moment to check in with some people and see how these retrogrades played out depending on where the transits happened in the chart.

During the course of the discussion we hear about some unique and interesting ways that the transits manifested, especially in terms of the houses that the retrograde periods happened in.

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In episode 485 astrologer Elly Higgins joins the show to discuss the 8-year repetitions of Venus retrograde in Aries and how they tie into queer history over the past century.

In this episode we start with the Venus retrograde in Aries of 1905, and then work our way forward in 8 year increments, discussing how important moments and turning points in queer history keep coinciding with this retrograde.

In the process we ended up finding a bunch of repetitions, many of which give insight into the Venus retrograde that we are currently living through today.

Elly is the host of Star Gays: The Queer Astrology Archives Podcast, and you can find more information here:

https://ellyhiggins.com

https://stargaysastrology.ghost.io

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00:00:00 Introduction 00:16:32 Inanna 00:24:03 1905 00:29:22 1913 00:35:12 1921 00:40:59 1929 00:48:27 1937 00:58:45 1945 01:05:49 1953 01:37:53 1961 01:43:55 1969 02:25:57 1977 02:55:36 1985 03:36:05 1993 04:14:33 2001 04:27:42 2009 04:43:31 2017 04:59:26 2025 05:40:46 Conclusions 06:07:28 Credits

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In episode 484 astrologers Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock look at the astrological forecast for April 2025.

April see the continuation and eventual conclusion of many of the alignments that started in March, with the effective range of the Aries eclipse extending through the first week or so, and then Mercury and Venus wrapping up their retrograde cycles and stationing direct in the second week of April.

The second half of the month becomes intense when Mars moves into Leo and forms an opposition with Pluto, with that energy peaking around the fourth week of the month.

We spend the first 90 minutes of the episode talking about the astrology of news and events that have occurred since our last forecast, and then in the second half we transition into talking about the astrology of April. Timestamps

(00:00:00) Introduction (00:01:02) Quick April overview (00:04:04) News segment begins (01:21:26) NORWAC 2025 (01:25:39) LA Astro Fest (01:27:32) April forecast begins (02:29:33) Wrapping up (02:44:39) Credits

Northwest Astrological Conference Norwac.net LA Astro Fest LAastrofest.com Patreon for Early Access & Bonus Content Patreon.com/AstrologyPodcast Austin’s Website Austincoppock.com Watch the Video Version of This Episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hinoyom1qwo

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In episode 483 astrologers Chris Brennan and Nick Dagan Best discuss what happened in the past when the planets Saturn and Neptune form conjunctions every 36 years, and how these alignments often coincide with important turning points in history.

We spend the first three quarters of the episode going through the seven most recent Saturn-Neptune conjunctions in history in detail, starting with the 1989 conjunction and then going backwards in 36 years increments to 1952/3, 1917, 1882, 1846, 1809, 1773.

In the last part of the episode we highlight recurring themes that have come up across multiple conjunctions, and extending our study all the way back to the year 500 BCE.

By looking at conjunctions from the past we hope to get a better idea of what the current Saturn-Neptune conjunction means, which is forming in the sky now in 2025 and 2026.

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00:00:00 Introduction 00:17:34 2025-2026 Conjunction 00:24:42 1989 01:57:54 1953/3 03:01:00 1917 04:05:28 1882 04:45:00 1846 05:26:52 1809 05:53:36 1773 06:17:28 Recurring Themes 08:17:57 Concluding Remarks 08:48:10 Credits

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In episode 482 features an interview with astrologer Berna Lee about the history, philosophy, and practice of Chinese astrology.

Berna is a graduate of the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology program from the Sophia Centre, with a thesis examining the theory and practice of astrology in modern Hong Kong, and she is a 45th generation Chinese astrologer.

During the course of the episode we discuss the historical development of Chinese astrology, and the different eras in which specific technical practices arose.

We also touch on a number of other topics, including fate and free will, the Chinese zodiac, and the role of comets as omens in mundane astrology.

You can follow Berna through Instagram at:

https://www.instagram.com/astromergency/

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