April and Jen break down this two-week period in a sequential, Virgo-approved manner! In week one, MVP Uranus brings excitement and breathing room to relationships, a healthy disruption of stale routines, and a chance to rethink who we want to be. And the Leo New Moon is the best chance all year to set intentions of creativity and joy! Week two finds Mercury entering detailed Virgo, a magical Scorpio First Quarter Moon, and Venus sliding into home base in Libra. Plus: cheese puffs, destructive bunnies, and a Libran theme song!

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00:30 – April celebrates a milestone birthday! (Head to Ep. 37 https://bit.ly/3l9Eydc for more tips about the Solar Return chart! You can buy your own Solar Return report at https://bit.ly/3xl81n2.)

01:41 – April is teaching this year! For info on her upcoming Practical Astrology course, sign up for email updates here.

03:11 – This episode brought to you by new imaginary sponsor GE, who brings good things to life (and Jupiter, who brings good things to April’s career area)! https://bit.ly/3rLiQNG

04:28 – And welcome imaginary sponsor Barbara’s, maker of the official cheese puff of the BSA Podcast https://bit.ly/3fcB6uk!

05:01 – A reminder: Our summer schedule features new episodes every other Monday! If you’d like weekly updates, sign up for April’s great newsletter! https://bit.ly/3yktn4Y

05:16 – Despite popular demand, we will NOT be bringing you our top hits of the 90s! But you can hear all our 80s favorites! https://bit.ly/3fHbbKY

06:22 – Aug. 2-8 features Uranus, signaling unexpected developments (or maybe snacks on the couch with Ted Lasso https://bit.ly/3fe4JvE)! As Venus trines Uranus (Aug. 2) look for excitement and breathing room in love, or possibly unexpected income. Mercury (Aug. 3) and the Sun square Uranus (Aug. 6), challenging us to make beneficial changes.

12:02 – Last week, the same planets aspected limiting Saturn. This week, Uranus enforces change to free us from constraints. Cooperate by changing small habits.

13:55 – *MOONWATCH!* The Leo New Moon (NM) is great for setting creative intentions (Aug. 8). It connects with Saturn/Uranus, representing the struggle to get unstuck from situations that don’t encourage joy or creativity. A new 2.5-year cycle begins and reaches critical points May 2022, Feb. 2023, and Nov. 2023.

18:30 – Mars squares the Nodes and provides a kick out of certainty and toward curiosity.

19:34 – The Scorpio First Quarter Moon (Aug. 15) is on the symbol, “A bunny metamorphosed into a fairy.” Scorpio the magician pulls a metaphorical bunny out of a hat to help our NM intentions succeed! Take action, too, on matters conceived around Nov. 14, 2020.

24:04 – For a quick review of all the lunar phases, revisit Ep. 34 (https://bit.ly/3C10o8A).

24:28 – Communicative Mercury enters Virgo (Aug. 11-29). Venus in Virgo opposes Neptune (Aug. 9) and seeks the sweet spot between earthy minimalism and spirituality (or maybe colorful chaos)!

29:07 – Venus trines Pluto (Aug. 11): Take relationships to a new level of intimacy and evaluate whether the things you have are in keeping with who you are. Or, this could bring a change in appearance, so your outsides fit your insides!

30:25 – Venus enters Libra (Aug. 15 - Sep. 10). In true partnership fashion, April and Jen sing a new collaborative song for the sign of Libra!

33:03 – Thanks for listening, and BIG thanks to donors CATHY SULLIVAN-THOMPSON, ELIZABETH ROJAS, and TEINA LICHTWARDT! If you like the show, you can always contribute at https://bit.ly/3zZOfyP. (Donate $5 or more and we’ll send you our Cancer Solstice episode and our BSA Podcast bingo card!) See you in two weeks!