In today’s episode, Cory and shea in the catskills do a deep dive into the sign of Virgo and talk about their latest offering, Getting Through it Together, an astrology and tarot container designed to help everyone work creatively with the intense astrology of the upcoming eclipses and the sociopolitical pressure-cooker we’re in.

*Also, I have some Mercury Rx corrections for the beginning of the show. I was speaking off-the-cuff about some dates w/o notes and am still disoriented after a few weeks of travel:

1.Jupiter-Saturn square and full moon Aquarius took place 8-19 (not 20)

2.The Great Conjunction marks the official shift from a 200-year period during which Jupiter and Saturn made conjunctions primarily in Earth signs into a 200-year period of conjunctions in Air signs (again, not 20)

Topics include:

Brief review of the astrology of summer and Jupiter’s square to Saturn

Archetypal Virgo in pop-astrology, mythology, and ancient astrology

Virgo in the tarot

Fixing, mending, repairing, editing, and organizing...getting our hands dirty

Practical applications, usefulness, devotion and service

Virgo’s role in states of chaos. “Find the helpers”

Critical engagement vs. Bypassing

Skills, techniques, practice, and discipline

Sexual sovereignty

Perfectionism and Martyrdom

The Virgo-Pisces axis

Our personal relationships with Virgo

In the second half of the show Cory offers a short forecast for the month of September, and a primer on eclipses and the upcoming lunar eclipse in Pisces.

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LEO SEASON PART 2: THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD

I love love love this conversation about Leo that I had with Joselia Hughes. It might be my favorite conversation that I’ve had about Leo so far, because we talk about what is NOT visible with this sign. Of all the people I work with, people with strong Leo signatures are the ones who consistently report that they don’t resonate with the pop-astrology significations of the sign. Astrology is a complex story-telling apparatus. If we approach it with a prescriptive intention, it loses its potency. When we excavate the archetype of Leo we find things like deep sensitivities to visibility AND invisibility, and preoccupations with mortality (hence the need to create and express). Those of you who study astrology might look to Scorpio or Capricorn for topics of time and death, but Leo might have them beat when it comes to being focused on the sustenance of vitality and the endurance of its own essence.

Jo is a writer, editor, access worker, and artist. We also talk about the transformation of the archetype, where we see it showing up in the world, organizational structures, art-making, writing, disability justice, authoritarian/celebrity culture and more. I think everyone who has prominent Leo-Aquarius signatures will find themselves somewhere in this conversation.

Jo and I both have complex Leo signatures in our charts that are in tension with Aquarian elements, and that perspective is woven throughout the conversation. Have a listen. Tell us what you think.

Joselia Rebekah Hughes is a writer, artist, consultant, and access worker based in The Bronx. She's a Poetry co-editor at Apogee Journal and a Teaching Artist at Lincoln Center. She is currently pursuing a MFA in Writing at Bard. For more information, please visit joselia.info or follow her on Instagram @joselia_pdf.

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LEO SEASON PART 1: Royal Reversals and A Meaningful Conversation with Possibility

You are getting your Leo season content in 2 parts this season. In this episode Cory delivers the August 2024 forecast and shares a treatise on Mercury retrograde which is prominent in the astrology of August. Yes, things are busting loose and feel out of control...because they are. Chaos is a natural phase in the process of change. Real change does not arrive in neatly manageable packages that make everyone comfortable. If that happens to occur, chances are that the only thing we’re changing is the packaging. Chaos aids in the pulling up of structures by their roots. There is not a polite way to do this. There is grace, however, in letting go of outworn structures, processes, and perspectives, and allowing for movement. When we don’t allow for movement and being in right relationship with each other and our environment on a regular basis we can experience change as cataclysmic. Life will clear the path for movement in a very forceful way if we can’t do it for ourselves. August’s astrology is definitely in conversation with July’s astrology, asking and answering, “what can be built with new tools and new designs?” and “WHY are we attatched to the things we can’t let go of?”

Cory begins the episode with news about multiple offerings!

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Transits covered:
Mercury retrograde in Virgo-Leo
Mercury’s cazimi
Full moon Aquarius
Mercury’s squares to Uranus
Jupiter’s square to Saturn
Sun and Venus’ ingress into Virgo
Venus’ outer planet alignments in late August
Venus’ ingress into Libra

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Cancer Season (embarking on Leo season): From Safe Spaces to Brave Spaces

Today’s episode begins with an embodied conversation about the sign of Cancer with Marléne Ramirez-Cancio, artistic director of Brooklyn Arts Exchange, tarot practitioner, process doula, and arts educator and activist on many fronts. In the second segment of today’s show, Cory takes us through the major (and explosive) transits of Cancer season, as well as sharing a sneak-peek of the entire month of July. That segment starts around the 1hr/22min mark. There are two extraordinary full moons in Capricorn during Cancer season that pull in Neptune and Pisces so consistently that towards the end of the show Cory keeps referring to that second full moon in Capricorn as the full moon in Pisces. This gaffe is actually quite emblematic of the whole Saturn-Neptune situation! In Cory’s conversation with Marléne, they explore and expand on the more familiar archetypes of Cancer. They also talk about their personal experiences working in the arts as educators, collaborators, and facilitators.

Other topics include:
Matriarchal archetypes
What does it mean to incubate
How safety and care enable risk-taking
What is a “process doula?”
Inter/multigenerational sources that create identity
Marginalized identities in art spaces
Restoring, reclaiming, and developing Latinx culture
Marléne’s tarot deck and practices
Live analysis of Marléne’s Mercury in Cancer placement
Cultural iconography
Bodily intuition

In the second part of the show Cory shares the transits of Cancer season. She asks us to think about how, in the name of the illusion of safety and protection, we create false others to protect ourselves from.

Marlène Ramírez-Cancio is a Puerto Rican cultural producer, artist, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. As Artistic Director of BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange, a multigenerational arts organization nurturing creative expression and artistic process, she creates spaces of inquiry and praxis for artist-led initiatives. Since 2008, she has directed EmergeNYC, an incubator and affinity network for socially engaged artists to develop their creative voice, explore the intersections of art and activism, and connect to a thriving community of BIPOC, migrant, and LGBTQIA+ practitioners.

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Gemini Season (featuring Jupiter in Gemini)
Fragmentation, Synthesis, Narratives, and So Much Information.

In this episode of The Cosmic Dispatch Cory Nakasue is joined by Camille Michelle Gray, Mandee Sheeler, and shea in the catskills to slice, dice, and reconfigure the many working parts of Gemini season.

Topics discussed:
The interplay of narrative, truth, fact, and information.
Faith and the questions that upend it.
Thought-energizers and thought-stoppers.
Rehashing dominant narratives, confirmation bias, and propaganda.
How conflicting elements depend upon each other.
The radicalizing of Jupiter.
Mercury as psychopomp, trickster, and interlocutor.
Jupiter’s 1-year tenure in Gemini from the perspective of the tarot.
Pedagogues and devil’s advocates...and so much more!

Everyone in this discussion has Gemini placements, and they all describe the myriad ways they work with Gemini in their personal lives and in the work they do.

Transits covered:
Sun enters Gemini 5-20
Full moon Sagittarius, Venus-Jupiter conjunction, and Venus enters Gemini 5-23
JUPITER ENTERS GEMINI 5-25
Mercury enters Gemini 6-3
**APOLOGIES: In the swirl of discussion, we skipped the new moon in Gemini on 6-6. It’s conjoined with Venus and Square Saturn

BIO: Camille is an astrologer, musician, writer, civil servant from Washington, D.C. To her, Astrology is a marriage of the human condition with the cosmic condition. As above, so below. As below, so above. Over several years, she has seen hundreds of clients and has built a practice that celebrates that connection to the cosmos. Her consults are steeped in the soulful concepts & archetypal poetry of Evolutionary Astrology & are informed by the technical & traditional techniques of Hellenistic Astrology. www.camillemichellegray.com -https://www.instagram.com/millymichelle/

BIO: shea (all pronouns) is a queer artist, tarotist, intuition facilitator, pleasure activist, organizer + contemplative. From 2010-2019, they lived in full-time residential training at a zen buddhist monastery, where they did a lot of meditation + liturgical training and experienced the joys + challenges of communal religious living. They are the author + illustrator of Tarot as Questions + offer 1:1 tarot consultations, workshops, online + in-person circles + study groups.

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Taurus Season 2024 featuring The Jupiter-Uranus Conjunction

Breaking Free and Liberating Power

In this episode of The Cosmic Dispatch Cory Nakasue and Nate Speare cover the major transits of Taurus season. They give special treatment to one of the biggest transits of 2024, the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction. Disruptive change, rebellion, and power to masses are discussed at length, as well as experiential reflections on the sign of Taurus.

In the second part of the show, Nate and Cory discuss Nate’s work with astro-erotics, a course informed by archetypal psychology, astrology, bodywork, psychomagic and theatre/performance art. He has an upcoming workshop! They weave in Taurus themes of sensation, pleasure, and embodied knowledge.

In the third part of the show they are joined by Mandee Sheeler and the three of them discuss their Taurus placements and the experience of having Uranus and Jupiter transit them. As usual, Mandee shares Taurus-themed audience questions which produce some really deep meditations on astro consultations, Chiron, and the ego’s need to attach to “good” or “bad” outcomes.

Transits covered include:

The sun’s ingress into Taurus 4-19

Jupiter-Uranus conjunction 4-20

Multiple aspects to Pluto 4-21 through 5-17

Full moon Scorpio 4-23

Mercury’s station direct 4-25

Taurus ingresses: Venus 4-29, Mercury 5-15

Mars conjoins Neptune 4-29 and enters Aries 4-30

New moon Taurus 5-7

Uranus conjunctions: 5-13 sun and 5-18 Venus**

**There is also a Jupiter cazimi that takes place on 5-18 as well, that we did not cover. Apologies. There is so much going on in the sky! But May 18th is a day to circle on the calendar. Astro nerds, check it out!

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In today’s episode Cory is joined by astrologer Camille Michelle Gray to tease out the many facets of this eclipse season, which happens to define this year’s Aries season. They discuss the relationship between the naked desire of Aries and the intellectual accoutrements of Libra, how we develop our sense of worth and agency, and all the ways we might manipulate the feedback we receive in our relationships.

This eclipse season is heavily toned by planets in Pisces, and the eclipses themselves are ruled by Venus and Mars in Pisces. This adds an enormity of sensitivity, idealism, and confusion surrounding bold actions we may want to take at this time. As if that weren’t enough, Mercury retrogrades through Aries during this season, adding more heat, demands, and (seemingly) urgent communications. The asteroid Chiron in Aries is also deeply influential in this series and points to places that could use some healing, especially around topics of force, conflict, and basic existence.

Towards the end of the show they answer some audience questions:
-What is the role of fate/free will in astrology and during eclipse season?
-How are the Aries-Libra eclipses different from the Taurus-Scorpio eclipses we just had?
-What are some recommended practices for this eclipse season, including helpful media to consume?

Transits covered include:
Vernal equinox 3-19
Mars enters Pisces 3-22
Lunar eclipse Libra 3-25
Mercury stations rx 4-1
Venus enters Aries 4-5
Total solar eclipse Aries (conjunct Chiron) 4-8
Mars conjoins Saturn in Pisces 4-10
Mercury cazimi 4-11

Media mentioned:
The Will to Change by bell hooks
Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos (spoiler alert)

CAMILLE MICHELLE GRAY: Camille is an astrologer, musician, writer, civil servant from Washington, D.C. To her, Astrology is a marriage of the human condition with the cosmic condition. As above, so below. As below, so above. Over several years, she has seen hundreds of clients and has built a practice that celebrates that connection to the cosmos. Her consults are steeped in the soulful concepts & archetypal poetry of Evolutionary Astrology & are informed by the technical & traditional techniques of Hellenistic Astrology.

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Pisces Season 2024: Personalizing the Co-Presence of Saturn and Neptune in Pisces

Some alternative titles for this episode included: “The Wisdom in the Suck,” “You’re Over it Because it’s Over,” and “Reality and Illusion: Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together.” All joking aside, this Pisces season is a murky, heavy wall of fog, with the crackling energy of disruption trying to break through.

Today, Cory is joined by astrologers Mandee Sheeler and Jillian Sweeney to talk about the ways that the big transits of the season might register in our personal lives. This episode is especially good for anyone with personal planets or angles in Pisces, people with strong Saturn-Neptune signatures, and people with strong Aquarius-Taurus signatures.

Topics discussed:

• Saturn/Neptune conjunctions to natal suns/moons in Pisces
• The Saturn-Neptune story for the next two years
• Transposing the traditional significations of Saturn and Neptune
• Fact, Dis(Illusion), and Projection
• Overwhelm, Malaise and Entropy
• Emotional Engulfment and Self-Parenting
• The Organic-Synthetic, the Human-Machine, and Sustainable Designs for the future/collective

Transits covered:

• Full moon Virgo 2/24
• Mercury Cazimi triple conjunction w/ Saturn 2/28
• Venus conjoins Mars Aquarius 2/22
• Aquarius Venus square Taurus Jupiter 2/24
• Aquarius Mars square Taurus Jupiter 2/27
• Aquarius Venus square Taurus Uranus 3/3
• Aquarius Mars square Taurus Uranus 3/9

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Jillian Sweeney: on Instagram - www.jillian-sweeney.com

BOOKS MENTIONED:

Tao: The Watercourse Way - Alan Watts

Days of War, Nights of Love

OTHER RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

The Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption - Liz Greene

Saturn: A New Look at an Old Devil - Liz Greene

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