All the World's a Stage - Leo, Venus in Leo, Venus Rx

In "All the World's a Stage," Shawn Nygaard looks at the sign of Leo, Venus in Leo, and the current Venus retrograde in Leo, drawing from the book by James Hillman, "The Thought of the Heart and the Soul of the World" and various cultural references. The episode covers:

1. A look at the current zeitgeist and Leo's connection to the heart

2. Imagination as the authentic voice of the heart and what keeps us from that

3. The Heart of Beauty

4. Some charts featuring Venus in Leo or Venus Retrograde in Leo

This episode references the following resources:

• The essay "Ognosia" by Olga Tokarczuk.

• The article "Pluto in Aquarius - When the Center Cannot Hold" by Shawn Nygaard.

• The book "The Thought of the Heart and the Soul of the World" by James Hillman.

Thunder & Lightning - A Tribute to Tina Turner

Given the death of singer Tina Turner on May 24, 2023 (1 week into the start of her Uranus Return), and given the singular importance of this artist in my life since I was an early teenager, I felt compelled to record an episode of my podcast in tribute to Tina. The episode, entitled "Thunder & Lightning - A Tribute to Tina Turner" is out now on all the main podcast apps, as well as here, above.

The episode explores Tina's natal chart and the 11 year period of transits from the time she left Ike to when she became a global superstar. I've provided visuals (links included where you download or listen to the podcast, or below) to make it easier to follow along. Tina has quite a chart, and the 11 year period of transits is rather extraordinary!

Tina Turner Charts

Tina Turner Transits

Webinar - Saturn in Pisces & Pluto in Aquarius - Dreamtime & the World to Come

San Diego NCGR Chapter
Saturday April 15, 2023 - 11:00am Pacific Time

Dreamtime & the World to Come

As we head deeper into the 21st century, slow-moving planets continue to make their way through the watery part of the zodiac - the signs of Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. In March 2023, Pluto moves from Capricorn into Aquarius, shortly after Saturn moves from Aquarius into Pisces, all the while Neptune continues moving through the later degrees of Pisces. Like a ship making its way through vast unknown seas at times stormy and violent and at other times calm and occasionally smooth, we gaze behind us at a world fading away and we look ahead into a world not yet formed. 

The question remains, as perhaps asked by Queen Elizabeth to sea-faring Sir Walter Raleigh, "Do we discover the new world, Mister Raleigh, or does the new world discover us?" This webinar looks into the possibilities, potentials, and pitfalls of Saturn and Pluto's significant sign changes - the nature of these shifts and what they ask of us. We'll look more into the watery part of the sky as well as where March 2023 fits into the greater cycles of the last few decades.