Ever look back on a year of your life and realize it had a very specific theme? A year centered on relationships. Or work and health. Or deep inner change.

That is not random. It is timing.

In this episode of As Above, So Within: Conversations Under the Stars, we explore one of astrology’s most powerful and clarifying timing techniques: Annual Profections.

This traditional method reveals the main area of life activated each year. Instead of feeling like life is chaotic or unpredictable, profections show us that every year has a focus, a classroom, and a purpose.

We move through all 12 houses as lived experiences, not just keywords, helping you recognize your own storylines through themes like identity, relationships, work, healing, joy, closure, and growth.

If you’d like to follow along and find your own Annual Profection chart, you can use this free calculator.
 🔗 https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/annual-profections-astrology-calculator

 ✨ View chart example here.

This episode is beginner friendly and deeply validating. You do not need to know every detail of your chart. Just listen for what resonates.

Because when you understand the storyline of your year, the question shifts from
 “What’s wrong with me?”
 to
 “What is this year teaching me?”

🌙 Perfect for anyone wanting clarity, timing insight, and a deeper sense of trust in their personal journey under the stars.

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In this episode, we explore what a Saturn Return actually is, when it happens, and why it often coincides with major life shifts and moments of reckoning. We reframe Saturn’s “heaviness” as the weight of incarnation itself, looking at Saturn as the force that brings spirit into form and makes wisdom lived rather than imagined. We discuss Saturn Returns as ancient rites of passage—moving through the archetypal phases of Maiden, Mother, Crone, and Elder—and expand the conversation to include Saturn’s ongoing checkpoints throughout life, including the opening square, opposition, and closing square, which act as moments of alignment review with our soul’s agreement. We also explore natal Saturn as a karmic contract, briefly touching on Saturn through each of the twelve zodiac signs, and close the episode by sharing our own personal Saturn Return stories—how Saturn reshaped our lives, clarified our priorities, and ultimately gave us something enduring on the other side.

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What if your birthday wasn’t just a celebration but a cosmic reset?

In this episode, we’re diving into the Solar Return Chart, a powerful astrology tool that reveals the themes, lessons, and opportunities unfolding in your personal year ahead from one birthday to the next.

You’ll learn
 What a Solar Return Chart is and how it’s calculated
 Does your birthday location matter?
 How to understand your annual focus, emotional tone, and growth edges
 What the Sun, Moon, and Rising sign reveal about your year
 How to work with this energy intentionally instead of feeling swept along by it

Whether you’re new to astrology or already familiar with your birth chart, this episode will help you see your upcoming year through a clearer, more compassionate lens so you can align with your energy, set meaningful intentions, and move forward with confidence.

Your Solar Return is like a soul check in with the universe. Let’s explore what your next chapter is asking of you 🌞✨

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Have you ever noticed that the same months feel harder… lighter… busier… or more emotional every single year?

It’s not random and it’s not “just the season.”

In this episode, we explore how tracking the Sun through your personal birth chart can help you understand your energy, focus, emotional patterns, and life themes throughout the year.

As the Sun moves through the zodiac, it also moves through your twelve houses, activating different areas of your life each month. When you understand this cycle, you can stop fighting your natural rhythm and start planning your year in a way that actually supports you.

Since this episode is released just before Capricorn season, we also use Capricorn as an example, exploring how Capricorn themes show up differently depending on which house the Sun is activating in your personal chart.

This helps you understand how zodiac seasons are not one-size-fits-all and why everyone experiences the same season differently.

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In this fun episode, Mari and Jody walk listeners through an example natal chart reading using Miley Cyrus’s astrology as their guide. This episode shows how to interpret a chart step by step, highlighting what stands out, what it reveals about someone’s personality, and how the elements and placements shape the story of a life.

Together, they explore Miley’s Sagittarius Sun, Scorpio Moon, and Taurus Rising, unpacking how these energies blend into her bold creativity, emotional depth, and magnetic stage presence. They also look at her houses, nodes, and signature Pluto influence to show how transformation, reinvention, and authenticity have been lifelong themes.

Whether you’re learning to read charts for others or simply want a deeper understanding of how a natal chart comes alive, this episode offers a playful, insightful walkthrough. You’ll come away with new tools for interpreting personality, purpose, and patterns — and a fresh appreciation for the cosmic blueprint behind one of pop culture’s most fascinating wild hearts.

For listeners not watching the video version, you can view Miley’s chart HERE.

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In this fun episode, Mari and Jody explore the Astrology of Pets. Because who says the stars only guide humans? 

Together, they look at how your pet’s birth chart might explain their unique personality, quirks, and emotional needs — and what your own chart can reveal about the type of animals you attract and bond with most deeply.

From fiery pups who demand adventure to watery cats who sense your every mood, this conversation celebrates the cosmic connection between humans and their animal companions. You’ll learn how to read your pet’s chart, what your 5th and 6th houses say about the kinds of pets you draw into your life and how the elements and modalities shape your pet’s play style, needs, and training approach.

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What if every zodiac sign had its own theme song? In this episode, we explore the emotional essence and energy of each sign through music — from fiery anthems that scream Aries to dreamy ballads that whisper Pisces. 🌟

Join Jody and Mari as they share the songs that best capture each sign’s personality, lessons, and vibe — and discover how music connects us to our cosmic selves in unexpected ways. Whether you’re a soulful Scorpio, a free-spirited Gemini, or a grounded Taurus, you’ll find your song in the stars.

🎧 Listen along with our YouTube playlist: Songs of the Zodiac Playlist

✨ Tune in for laughs, lyrics, and a whole lot of astrology-meets-artistry magic!

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In Part 2 of our transit series, we zoom out and explore the social and outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto) and how their slow, powerful movements shape major life cycles, soul growth, and important shifts in our lives.

While the personal planets influence your daily mood and momentum, these transits mark your deeper initiations. We explore how to work with the longer rhythms of expansion (Jupiter), responsibility (Saturn), disruption (Uranus), surrender (Neptune), and transformation (Pluto), and how they can show up as life-defining moments, inner awakenings, or long-haul evolution.

These are the transits that ask for your courage, your trust, and your co creation with the universe itself.

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In this episode, we kick off our series on transits by diving into the personal planets the ones that move quickly and shape your everyday moods, thoughts, and interactions. From the fiery drive of Mars to the shifting light of the Moon, these planets set the tone for your daily “cosmic weather.”

We’ll explore what it means when the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars move through your chart, how their transits show up in real life, and why tracking them can give you clarity, timing, and confidence in your daily flow.

Whether you’re brand new to astrology or deepening your practice, this episode will help you see how the personal planets are always whispering guidance for your next step.

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In this episode, we kick off our series on transits by diving into the personal planets the ones that move quickly and shape your everyday moods, thoughts, and interactions. From the fiery drive of Mars to the shifting light of the Moon, these planets set the tone for your daily “cosmic weather.”

We’ll explore what it means when the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars move through your chart, how their transits show up in real life, and why tracking them can give you clarity, timing, and confidence in your daily flow.

Whether you’re brand new to astrology or deepening your practice, this episode will help you see how the personal planets are always whispering guidance for your next step.

Have a question or topic you'd love us to explore? Email us at
📧 [email protected]

Connect with us:
🌿 Jody: earthandskyessentials.com | @earthandskyessentials (IG & FB)
🌙 Mari: yoursoulpurposeastrology.com | @yoursoulpurposeastrology (IG & FB)