It's Astrological by Cosmic Moves

Pisces season is the pre-beginning of the zodiac year. It is the liminal space before Aries, when things are still forming, dissolving, clarifying, and choosing. In this episode, I walk through what Pisces season tends to stir up, and why this particular Pisces season matters in a bigger, longer arc.

The headline is the Saturn–Neptune conjunction at 0° Aries (Feb 20). We have been building toward this since last summer. Neptune brings the dream, the vision, the imagination. Saturn brings the structure, the commitment, the foundation that makes something real. I talk about how I’m working with it in practice: writing it down, making a plan, building scaffolding, and taking tangible steps so the vision actually has somewhere to land.

From there, we move into the rest of Pisces season’s timeline: eclipse season, Mercury retrograde in Pisces, Mars entering Pisces, and the Virgo lunar eclipse that highlights the Pisces–Virgo polarity (oneness vs discernment, spirituality vs practicality, intuition vs the calendar). I close with the pivot point that changes the temperature entirely: March 20, the astrological new year, when the Sun enters Aries and Mercury stations direct, lighting up one of the most Aries-activated days I have ever seen on a chart.

Episode timestamps

00:00 Pisces Season Begins: Big Transits, Eclipses & the ‘Grand Finale’ Energy

00:48 What Pisces Really Means: Endings, Pre-Birth, Purpose & Interconnectedness

03:11 Saturn–Neptune at 0° Aries: Turning Dreams Into Reality (How to Work With It)

06:03 Practical Manifestation Tips: Lists, Plans, and Building Saturn Scaffolding

09:10 Key Dates Kick Off: Mars–Chiron + Venus Trine Jupiter (Healing Meets Ease)

12:36 Mercury Retrograde in Pisces: Shadow Clues, Re-words, and Water-Sign Caution

14:58 Feb 27 Power Day: Mars Square Uranus + Sun Conj North Node + Mercury Conj Venus

19:10 Mars Enters Pisces: Motivation in the Mist & Acting With Compassion

22:24 March 3 Lunar Eclipse in Virgo: Pisces vs Virgo, Discernment, and Jupiter Release Valve

27:33 Eclipse Family Themes: Looking Up Bernadette Brady’s Take

28:07 Mercury Retrograde + Eclipse Season Wrap-Up: Slow Down & Communicate

29:55 Early March Sweet Spots: Venus–Uranus & Sun–Jupiter Good Vibes

31:16 Venus Enters Aries: Passion, Risk-Taking & Relationship Heat

32:35 March 7–8 Clarity & Magnetism: Mercury Cazimi + Saturn–Neptune Activation

35:24 Transformation & Forward Motion: Venus–Pluto + Jupiter Stations Direct

38:24 Fated Action Points: Mars–North Node & Mercury–Mars During Retrograde

39:45 March 18–19 Tension, Breakthroughs & Healing Closure (Chiron–Eris)

42:58 Astrological New Year Ignition: Sun into Aries + Mercury Direct

45:45 Chart Rundown & The Most Aries Day Ever: 7 Planets in Aries (March 20)

50:14 Final Takeaways: Choosing the First Step Into Your New Identity

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Dana and I are back for April chatting all things Aries and Fire signs (neither of us have very much Fire in our charts!) and have some surprising insights about Mars, the ruler of Aries. We pulled a card from the Starseed Oracle Deck that helps us align with the initiating energy of April.

We also talk about:

• Continuing conversation about Pluto's move into Aquarius
• The softer side of Mars and how it can lead to connection and love instead of anger and separation
• Aries as an expression of knowing yourself and having conviction, which allows for confident and quick action
• Unlearning conditioning around what is "selfish"
• The new moon solar eclipse in Aries
• Mercury's going retrograde this month and it's all going to be okay
• Flowing from fiery Aries energy to grounded Taurus this month
• Asides about revolutions and Bravo

“I think the other side of Mars that people forget, in terms of traditional rulership in Scorpio, is that softer side. Now we associate it with Aries and the fire and the battle, and the God of war and all of that stuff. But it's also that passion, Scorpio is the ultimate, sexy, passionate sign and we don't really associate that with Mars, but it is part of Mars is."

Shared on the episode:

• Starseed Oracle Deck
• Kira Sutherland
• Predictive Astrology by Bernadette Brady

Find Lynnette:

• IG: @cosmic.moves

• Website

• Get on the waitlist for the Cosmic Moves Membership and get your At-A-Glance Astrology Guide!

Find Dana:

• IG: @selfhelpwitch

• Website

• Grab Dana's Cosmic Witch 2023 Astrology Almanac

• Podcast

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This month, Dana and I join forces to chat about the zodiacal seasons, energies, key astrological moments, and important aspects. We also pulled a card from Lily Ashwell's Heavenly Bodies deck to get insight and support on how to handle the month ahead.

Change is afoot with Mars, Saturn, and Pluto changing signs this month and lots of Neptune transits.

It’s also Dana’s solar return and she welcomed her sweet baby last month, so it’s an extra exciting and joyful Pisces season 🥰!

We also talk about:

• The support of a trine and it’s connection to Jupiter
• Aligning with your values in your every day actions with Venus in Aries
• Pisces planetary rulers and friends, Jupiter, Neptune, and Venus
• Pisces as a mutable water sign and its connection to the subconscious
• Aries season and the astrological new year
• Saturn’s move into Pisces and why imagination is essential
• The light and shadow of escapism
• Pluto’s move into Aquarius and why we’re not making a big deal about it
• Why we don’t actually know when the Age of Aquarius starts/started
• Mars moving into Cancer, a passion for being cozy
• Mars, the Sun, and Mercury conjoining Neptune the week of March 12th
• The magic of confusion
• Dana’s growth into embracing her Pisces Sun (and stellium) and understanding Pisces energy
• Pisces' gift: reminding us to stay present

“Piscean energy is very much the opportunity to say, what have I learned as I've gone through these previous 11 signs, and how am I integrating it to become the next version of myself?”

Shared on the episode:

• Lily Ashwell’s Heavenly Bodies Astrology Deck
• Shawn Nygard

Find Lynnette:

• IG: @cosmic.moves

• Website

• Get on the waitlist for the Cosmic Moves Membership and get your At-A-Glance Astrology Guide!

Find Dana:

• IG: @selfhelpwitch

• Website

• Grab Dana's Cosmic Witch 2023 Astrology Almanac

• Podcast

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This month, Dana and I dive deep into the Neptunian and Piscean waters that will be the energetic background for February ahead of some big shifts in March. There’s not a ton of action in the skies ahead of next month’s adventures, so we’re exploring our native Sun signs, Aquarius and Pisces, and talking about different ways to work with your Moon. We also introduce a new segment with a card pull for the month!

We also talk about:

• The significance of Venus conjuncting Neptune on February 15th
• Venus entering Aries on February 20th.
• Why Aries brings a focus on ourselves
• Why understanding your natal lunar phase can help you better understand yourself
• The astrology for squares and oppositions and how they can be opportunities for growth
• The connection between each zodiac season and sign

“So you've got these three energies of Neptune, Venus, and Pisces all coming together, and they have some really important key similarities that are allowing us to make really beautiful connections. I think that's the catchphrase I would use, beautiful connections, revelry, just embracing and enjoying the moment and getting really swept away in it.” - Dana

Find Lynnette:

• Get on the waitlist for the Cosmic Moves Membership and get your At-A-Glance Astrology Guide!

• IG: @cosmic.moves

• Website

Find Dana:

• IG: @selfhelpwitch

• Website

• Grab Dana's Cosmic Witch 2023 Astrology Almanac

• Podcast

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This month, I'm teaming up with my astro BFF Dana of Self Help Witch (peep her as my first guest on the podcast in episode 2!) to talk about the key energies for January. We are keeping things simple and focused on the planetary events that are going to affect us the most: planets exiting retrograde and planets changing signs. January is a month of big shifts, with three planets stationing direct (hello end of retrograde season!). We give you the exact dates of each planet's pre-retrograde shadow, retrograde period, and post-retrograde shadow so you can see what was/is/and will be going on in your life during each time.

We also talk about:

• Why I am leaving horoscopes behind and my astrological renaissance
• The energetic evolution with the shift from Sagittarius season to Capricorn season to Aquarius season
• How to use our intuition to guide us
• Our own personal ideals of Mars retrograde and how it actually turned out
• The opportunity retrograde planets give us
• Dana's experience with the Uranus-Pluto transit, which has been more about boundaries and karmic obligations than financial issues
• The full moon in Cancer
• Why the planetary energies are inviting you to be flexible with any new year's resolutions
• Venus changing signs twice this month
• The Sun moving into Aquarius

"Go ahead and set your intentions if you want, on January 1st, and then let it be okay if they change and let it be okay if new stuff comes up that makes you wanna recalibrate as we move through Aquarius season and into the Equinox."

Find Lynnette:

• IG: @cosmic.moves

• Website

• Podcast: It's Astrological

Find Dana:

• IG: @selfhelpwitch

• Website

• Grab Dana's Cosmic Witch 2023 Astrology Almanac

• Podcast

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In this episode, Lynnette covers the basics of how to understand the degrees in your astrological chart. She reviews how to find the degrees that a planet is at in your chart, and why this knowledge is important for self-care and understanding yourself.

You'll learn why the degree of a planet is important, how to find the degrees of the planets in your chart, and how you can use this knowledge to live and love your chart! She also discusses:

• What are degrees in astrology?
• How can you find the degree of a planet in your chart?
• The importance of the number twelve in astrology
• Why this knowledge is important for self-care and understanding yourself.
• Why is it important to know the degree of a planet?
• What are the different types of aspects?
• How do the planets move and the aspects change?
• How can aspects be used to understand the energy between planets?

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people and resources mentioned

Ultimate Guide to the Houses

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If you want to learn about the astrology of habits and how you can work with them as self-care, this podcast is for you!

Kelly Carlson is a certified habits and empowerment coach and the host of the One Bad Habit podcast.

Kelly is a Gemini Sun, Taurus Rising, Cancer Moon

In this episode, she and Lynnette discuss the power of habits, how they show up in your astrological chart, and how to connect with Saturn to make sure that you don’t live your life according to “shoulds”.

Kelly opens up about her rock bottom experience that transformed her view of habits, self-care, and body image and talks about her approach to changing habits one by one, little by little. Habits aren’t just something we should do, they are daily actions that we can choose with intention to honor and uplift ourselves.

Lynnette and Kelly also get astrological, talking about where habit and routine is in your birth chart, what it means to have empty houses in your chart, and making friends with Saturn, the planet of responsibility.

• How our cultural background can shape our views on habits and self-care
• The astrology of habits and how they can be used as self-care
• The importance of choosing one habit to focus on at a time
• How trying a new habit for a set period of time can help us decide if it's something we actually like
• The importance of understanding why we want to take on a new habit
• How to change our perspective on habits
• Kelly's intuition and connection to Spirit
• The importance of finding balance between our North Node and South Node

I started to realize that habits aren't really, like I am, staying in affirmation every day or like I have this really beautiful aesthetic, like morning routine. It was really just how each week in small ways can I choose myself and how I can honor myself. And it doesn't really matter what that is. - Kelly Carlson

Where to find Kelly:

ChelseaRiffe.com

In My Non-Expert Opinion Podcast

@onebadhabitatatime

@onebadhabitpodcast

TikTok

PEOPLE AND RESOURCES MENTIONED

Kelly's Chart

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How Astrology Can Be Used For Self-Care

October 9th, 2022

In this episode, I talk about how we can use astrology as a form of self-care. Self-care is not just about bubble baths and $17 smoothies, but about aligning with your cosmic blueprint and moving to the next level in your life.

Astrology and self-care have more in common than some people think, it can provide insights into our individual needs and how we can best take care of them. For example, understanding our birth chart can help us understand our natural strengths and weaknesses, and how we can use this knowledge to take care of ourselves in a way that is tailored just for us.

Astrology gives us a cosmic roadmap of our energetic blueprint, that helps us proactively and intentionally take steps toward the kind of self-care that helps us discover more about ourselves and continue our personal evolution.

I also remind you that you are so unique that the planets won't be in the exact same place in the sky a they are in your chart for 25,000 years!

time stamps

00:00:00 Solo Episode: An Introduction to Astrology as Self-Care

00:02:39 What Is Self-Care?

00:05:29 The Relationship Between Astrology and Self Care

00:07:19 Astrology and Self-Care: Discovery

00:08:17 The Power of Astrology in Understanding Yourself and Others

00:10:17 How Astrology Can Help Us Understand Ourselves and Care For Our Shadow

00:12:49 Astrology and Self-Care: Validation

00:16:37 If It's In Your Heart, It's In Your Chart

00:18:32 Contemplation Prompts

00:22:49 Places In Your Chart Where You Shine

00:23:47 You Are Perfect

where to find lynnette

cosmicmoves.com

weekly newsletter

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people and resources mentioned

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Anne Ortelee

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Have you ever felt like you’re not meant to do just one thing for the rest of your life? Or felt the pull of escaping the corporate grind to travel the world and be your own boss?

Well podcast queen and host of In My Non-Expert Opinion, Chelsea Riffe, is on the pod today and has done both of those things! She and I chatted about her journey as a shape-shifting, globetrotter and entrepreneur and how she taps into her spirituality to support her in making some pretty big decisions.

Chelsea is an Aquarius Sun, Virgo Moon, and Virgo Rising

She is currently in the first month of a four-month trip with remote year starting in cape town and ending in Split, Croatia, so if you haven’t yet gotten to know her podcast now is the perfect time to start so you can hear all about her adventures…and see how it aligns with the locational astrology we talked about on her podcast last week!

This episode is for you if you’re looking for a fresh perspective on living your life to the fullest and breaking out of societal programming.

As I get older, it kind of ties back to the conversation we're having of embracing the fluidity instead of trying to stick to one thing and be known as one thing. I want to be known as someone that always evolves and is shedding their skin and like, yeah, you can expect me to change in a few years and maybe even a few months! - Chelsea Riffe

Chelsea and I also chat about:

• Her current 4-month trip with Remote Year, travelling to Cape Town, Valencia, Lisbon, and Split
• Her journey from corporate America to starting her own business
• Living out her very own Eat, Pray, Love journey in Australia, Bali, and Europe
• The importance of community when you’re an entrepreneur
• How travel really shows you that time is just a construct
• Balancing our extraverted and introverted sides
• How future visioning can help you make decisions about what’s right for you
• Using spirituality to guide you in leading the life you want to live
• Questioning why we’ve been told we have to do one thing for our whole life
• How she embraces the energy of transformation and wants to be someone who changes regularly
• What it’s like to have Pluto in Scorpio in the 3rd house
• What it’s like being a Reflector in Human Design
• How she might over identify with her Sun sign and how she’s working to integrate other parts of her chart
• What it’s like having a Capricorn stellium in the 5th house
• Questioning the 40-hour week and 9-5 work day
• Who decided on the symbolism of astrology and where does it come from?
• The advantage of exploring her locational astrology ahead of her transformational trip around the world

Where to find Chelsea:

ChelseaRiffe.com

In My Non-Expert Opinion Podcast

Instagram

PEOPLE AND RESOURCES MENTIONED

Chelsea’s Chart

Remote Year

glographics

The Archetypal Cosmos by Kieron Le Grice

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Have you ever wondered what the big deal is about your Saturn Return? Technically, it just means that Saturn is back to the same spot in the sky as it was when you were born, but it has quite the astrological reputation that rivals mercury retrograde!

Well, my guest today, Lucy Jobe, is at the tail end of hers and is sharing all about her experience with this and a couple other milestone transits.

Lucy is a Leo Sun, Sagittarius Moon, and Libra Rising

She is a project manager by day, word lover by night. A formerly grounded yogi still searching for roots in a new city. She’s lived all over the place with so many different people, and for the first time doesn’t know what’s coming next, so is learning to relax about that. She’s coping using at-home lattes, outside time, the Nashville dog rescue Instagram, Formula 1 races, and FaceTime, of course.

We dig into the milestone transits that come before a 30th birthday and how to navigate them instead of being afraid of them. We also talk about Chiron and how it’s so much more than just the wounded parts of ourself.

This episode is for you if you’re navigating or reflecting on your own Saturn Return or learning how to work with “challenging” planets or aspects.

Over the past few years, I’ve lived in, I don’t know, three, four different places. And it’s very interesting to settle down now and to not have a next step in mind. I move really fast and I’m always like, what’s coming up next, and right now I don’t know what that is. And so sitting with that and just being comfortable being stagnant…that’s probably not the word for it…the word is probably settled, but that’s new to me. And so I’m trying to figure out what that means. - Lucy Jobe

Lucy and I also chat about:

• Her background as a midwesterner and oldest of 4 sisters
• Living abroad in Chile and Madrid and spending several years in California
• Selling everything that didn’t fit in her car and taking a 4-month road trip across the Southwest before moving cross-country
• How her time in Chile taught her a love of being outdoors
• Transitioning from constantly moving and looking toward what’s next to not knowing what’s next and feeling settled
• Not fully identifying with being a Leo Sun and having a Leo stellium
• Resonating with having a Libra rising and creating harmony between groups of people
• Having a Sagittarius Moon and loving travel and adventure
• Having your Sun conjunct Chiron in Leo
• Feeling “cursed” by not connecting with your Sun sign
• Astrological stereotypes
• Why we should go beyond our Sun sign
• Why astrologers shouldn’t guess your Sun sign
• The connection between astrology and yoga
• Why Chiron can feel scary and how to work with it
• A really poor rendition of the Greek mythology behind Chiron
• How we often overlook the aspects of teaching, healing, and guidance with Chiron
• How ignoring your Saturn Return and Chiron can cause them to show up more fiercely
• The basics of what a Saturn Return is
• How your Saturn Return and Uranus Trine are setting you up for your midlife transits
• Why Saturn is like a father in your chart
• Why your Saturn Return is your entry into being a grown up
• How to navigate a Saturn Return that retrogrades
• How long you might feel your Saturn Return
• What happened to Lucy on the exact day of her Saturn Return
• How having natal Saturn retrograde may support you in working with your Saturn Return
• How to work with an opposition energy in your chart
• How to read your horoscope based on what time of day you were born
• What is your Uranus trine?
• Why a line a day journal is one of the best habits you can start!
• Using ritual to separate your work day from your home life when you work from home

Where to find Lucy:

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PEOPLE AND RESOURCES MENTIONED

• Lucy’s Chart
• Line A Day Journal
• Touchnote App

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