In episode 360 astrologer Nick Dagan Best joins Chris Brennan in the studio in Denver to talk about his work in astrology, including research on the Uranus return of the United States, Venus retrograde cycles, and more.

Nick flew out to Denver from July 7-11, 2022, and this was the first in a series of episodes we recorded. A lot of the episode ended up being biographical, talking about Nick's life and career in astrology.

We ended up spending a good chunk of the episode talking about the upcoming Uranus return of the United States when Uranus moves into Gemini in 2025 through 2033, and how that connects to the two previous Uranus returns that coincided with the Civil War and World War II.

Later in the episode we also ended up talking about some important new research Nick has done in tracking Venus retrograde cycles, and creating a new model for classifying different sequences.

You can find more about Nick on his website:

NickDaganBestAstrologer.com

This episode is available in both audio and video versions below.

Timestamps

Timestamps for different topics discussed in the episode:

00:00:00 Intro and how Chris Brennan and Nick Dagan Best met

00:15:02 Nick's astrology background

00:19:53 Nick's natal chart

00:23:52 Noon vs. midnight ephemeris

00:32:02 How to put in "10,000 hours" as an astrologer

00:34:11 "Breaking news" approach to astrology

00:41:11 Nick's focus on biographies

00:55:55 Astrology books

01:00:46 How Nick was drawn to Hellenistic astrology

01:06:33 The Einstein intensives and Robert Schmidt

01:14:07 Star IQ website

01:17:25 Astro Live Link phone service

01:24:14 Eclipses

01:35:10 Demetra George

01:38:48 How to build a library of charts

01:49:56 Uranus in USA history

01:56:50 Working with national charts - France and Russia

02:09:19 Venus retrograde cycles

02:46:09 The last time Mars was retrograde in Gemini

02:51:50 2016 election

02:56:30 2020 pandemic

03:17:20 Nick's website and social media

03:20:53 Patrons and sponsors

 

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Transcript

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