Fire at Your Back, It’s Time: Astrological Forecast Apr 17 - May 7, 2026

In this episode of Mystics at the Grocery Store, we chat through the astrological forecast for April 17 through May 7, 2026. We burst into the start of the episode with the powerful New Moon in Aries at 27 degrees on April 17, emphasizing mature, fire-driven momentum to initiate dreams and projects, supported by multiple planets in Aries and Pluto-themed transformation in Aquarius. Key dates include Mercury’s conversation with Pluto (April 18), the Sun entering Taurus (April 19), Venus entering Taurus and conjunct Uranus (April 23), Uranus moving into Gemini (April 25), an air trine involving the Moon in Libra, Venus in Gemini, and Pluto in Aquarius (April 28), and a Full Moon in Scorpio on May 1. We wrap it all up at the end with helpful themes to keep in mind as you travel through these weeks and encouragement to fully embrace the fire, your uniqueness, and what we feel passionate to create.

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Additional Astrology Readings and Videos 

Melinda: 

https://www.instagram.com/cirquemelinda/

https://www.instagram.com/speakeasyreiki/ 

https://www.moodystreetcircus.com/speakeasyreiki

Rosalyn: 

https://www.instagram.com/twowolveswellness/

www.twowolveswellness.com

Free Meditations: www.twowolveswellness.com/meditations 

Elemental Energies Class: https://twowolveswellness.com/elemental-energies-class/ 

00:00 Welcome And Schedule Shift

00:55 Neptune Mars Reality Check

01:38 Aries New Moon Ignition

02:25 Fire Stellium Push Forward

06:16 Mercury Pluto Check In

07:28 Sun Enters Taurus Grounding

09:27 Venus Conjunct Uranus Soften

11:01 Uranus Enters Gemini Curiosity

14:03 Jupiter Mercury Dinner Talks

14:56 Air Trine Fairness And Change

15:50 Venus in Gemini Sharing

16:32 Scorpio Full Moon Reflection

17:30 Pluto Retrograde Recheck

19:37 Squares and Cosmic Alignment

20:11 Main Takeaways Courage

22:31 Pluto Theme and Air Trine

24:06 Embrace Fire Into Taurus

24:36 Try Anyway Mindset

26:16 Closing Encouragement and Support

Feeling energetically or emotionally off? There’s so much going on in our bubbles, our communities, and our world that it can feel overwhelming and sometimes we don’t want to sit through a meditation or a deep spiritual practice to lighten our energy.

This week our episode is more casual. We chat through how we’ve been feeling - tired, overwhelmed, thrown off by world news and even daylight savings - and we share different, practical, easy, and light tools that we use to stay balanced and aligned. We chat about how important sleep is and whether or not you should be scheduling rest, especially with demanding work schedules like Adrienne has as a veterinary ER nurse. Plus we also talk about energy clearing habits and the importance of laughter and light entertainment, in-person connection, and creative expression.

We know you may be feeling out of sorts too so we hope this brings you comfort in knowing you’re not alone. Plus if you have any tried and true ways to lighten your energy let us know in the comments.

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Additional Astrology Readings and Videos 

Melinda: 

https://www.instagram.com/cirquemelinda/

https://www.instagram.com/speakeasyreiki/ 

https://www.moodystreetcircus.com/speakeasyreiki

Rosalyn: 

https://www.instagram.com/twowolveswellness/

www.twowolveswellness.com

Free Meditations: www.twowolveswellness.com/meditations 

Elemental Energies Class: https://twowolveswellness.com/elemental-energies-class/ 

00:00 Feeling Out of Sorts

01:29 Checks In

02:04 Sleep and Time Change

05:14 Shift Work Survival

07:38 Moon Cycles and Journals

09:57 Track Sleep and Laugh

11:29 Comfort Shows and Comedy

13:57 Offline Social Recharge

15:26 Creativity as Medicine

19:11 Adrienne Builds New Projects

22:36 Childlike Joy and Bubbles

25:41 Share Joy

27:10 Final Love and Goodbye

In this Mystics at the Grocery Store episode we chat through the astrological forecast for March 27 - April 9. We discuss moving out of eclipse season and Mercury retrograde review into Aries season momentum, encouraging courage to look into the dark and work with shadow while keeping energy moving. Adrienne highlights key transits: the Sun entering Aries and Mercury going direct around the astrological new year, with supportive aspects pointing to transformation, sudden but sustainable change, and creating from dreams. Venus entering Taurus on March 30 brings comfort, pleasure, and moderation; and the April 1 Full Moon in Libra emphasizes diplomacy, clarity, and negotiation about what to carry forward after eclipse emotions. Listen through to hear how the cosmos are ready to support you in this exciting Cardinal Fire energy of the new astrological year.

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https://www.instagram.com/cirquemelinda/

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https://www.moodystreetcircus.com/speakeasyreiki

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https://www.instagram.com/twowolveswellness/

www.twowolveswellness.com

Free Meditations: www.twowolveswellness.com/meditations 

00:00 March Forecast Setup

01:38 Aries Season Ignition

03:06 Venus Enters Taurus

04:19 Libra Full Moon Talks

07:27 Mercury Trine Jupiter

09:21 Venus Square Pluto

10:19 Sun Square Jupiter Reset

12:39 Mars Sextile Uranus

15:38 Balancing Water and Fire

21:48 Water Trine as Purification

23:55 Plant Pot Closing Message

26:05 Wrap Up and Goodbye

This episode focuses on energetic cleansing and how to recognize when you’re out of alignment, especially when staying informed becomes overwhelming and leaves your mind fuzzy or your body tense. We share ways to take inventory through intentional check-ins, breath, and self-inquiry to notice tension, looping thoughts, stress sensations, and emotional flags, then ask what’s yours to carry and what can be set down. We chat about practical tools to rebalance, including journaling, hydration, rest, salt baths, movement and dance, slow purposeful strength work, motivational music, essential oils, cards for reflection, smudging with sage or palo santo, incense, Reiki-style chanting and humming/toning for vibration, and simple practices like coloring. It’s all about keeping it simple, building daily energy hygiene, and asking for support because when we care for our own energy it supports both you and those around you.

Kitaro Waga breathwork that Melinda mentions within this episode.

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https://www.instagram.com/cirquemelinda/

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https://www.instagram.com/twowolveswellness/

www.twowolveswellness.com

Free Meditations: www.twowolveswellness.com/meditations 

00:00 Why Energy Cleansing Matters

02:25 Taking Inventory Within

05:57 Stop Powering Through

08:16 Red Flags and Shadow Work

11:10 Quick Breath Cues Anywhere

12:33 When Clarity Takes Time

14:16 Body First Rest and Hydrate

15:57 Four Elements Reset Routine

17:36 Mind Body Balance

18:44 Coffee Crash Reset

20:11 Elemental Rebalancing

21:23 Movement, Journaling, Oils

24:22 Breathwork And Toning

26:33 Body Signals Elimination

29:02 Reiki Smudging, Salt Baths

32:10 Energy Impacts Others

33:17 Ask the Universe and Visualize

34:54 Keep It Simple, Take Out the Colors

36:41 Closing Support And Farewell

Are you feeling the Retrograde Soup? From Mercury’s mischief to Jupiter finally going direct in Cancer, the stars are asking us to stop broadcasting and start building. In this episode of Mystics at the Grocery Store, we’re breaking down the astrological forecast for March 13th through the 26th. While Mercury retrograde usually gets a bad rap, we chat about how this is actually prospector season: a time to sift through the noise and find the juicy nuggets of wisdom hidden in your past.

We dive deep into:

✨ Jupiter Direct in Cancer: Why it’s time to stop judging your progress and start expanding your sense of home and self-care.

🔥 Mars Conjunct the North Node: The rare energy pushing you toward your dreams.

🌑 New Moon in Pisces (March 18th): How to use this thin-veil energy to bridge the gap between fantasy and reality.

📝 The Power of the "Why": Why journaling and introspection are your best friends before the initiating fire of Aries season begins.

If you’re interested in Rosalyn’s Elemental Energies class on March 14th at 10:30am CST, find out more here. This class will continue monthly if you can’t make the first one. But if you’re interested in the Cardinal Fire themes, the class will be recorded and available after the day so you can purchase and rewatch even if you miss it live.

Interested in diving into your first three months of the year with Adrienne? With awareness, we create structure. With structure, we ensure embodiment. With embodiment, we evolve. This is how we build a year of sovereignty and alignment. Join Adrienne as we integrate, solidify, and strengthen what you have built because what you integrate, you become.

Sign up for the Life Chapters: Brick by Brick class happening on March 22nd at 9:30am CST. Classes will occur quarterly after that.

Interested in watching the journaling episode we mentioned? Head over to Awakenings Airwaves and listen to Aligned and Whole with Efunlayo.

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https://www.instagram.com/cirquemelinda/

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www.twowolveswellness.com

Free Meditations: www.twowolveswellness.com/meditations 

00:07 Forecast Kickoff

01:02 Jupiter Direct Reflections

02:57 Retrograde Reframe

03:36 Mars Meets North Node

07:25 Mercury North Node Talks

10:28 New Moon Pisces Dreams

13:42 Solstice And Venus Tease

15:11 Journaling Takeaways

17:46 New Moon Rituals Setup

17:57 New Moon Soap Magic

18:49 Winter Reflection and Pisces Dreams

21:09 Moon Altar and Intuition Themes

23:38 Elemental Energies Workshop

25:01 Show Up for Yourself

26:29 Retrograde Mirror Mantras

27:54 Life Chapters Integration Class

In this episode the mystics are back to explore numerology, repeating numbers, symbolism of numbers and more all as tools for presence, playfulness, and spiritual support. We discuss how numerology appears in daily life (clocks, birthdays, tarot/oracle) and share brief history across cultures including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece/Pythagoras, India, China, and Jewish gematria. We dive into the foundational meanings for numbers 1–9 (alignment, balance, creativity, stability, change, harmony, spirituality, power, completion), touch on 0 and 10, the specialness of 11:11 as a master intuitive “portal” and sign of alignment, and more. Melinda even surprises us with fun examples of name-based numerology by calculating our pets’ numbers and we chat about just how accurate it really is. Listen in and let us know the fun ways you find numbers representing you or following you in your daily life.

Melinda’s Mythic Mel Athena episode

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www.twowolveswellness.com

Free Meditations: www.twowolveswellness.com/meditations 

00:00 Numerology Intro

01:40 Adrienne on Being Present

04:40 Melinda on Playfulness with Numbers

06:45 Rosalyn on Reminders of Mystical Experience

09:50 Ancient Roots of Numerology

12:44 Numerology Across Cultures

18:38 How to Calculate Your Numbers

19:20 Number One Alignment

20:54 Number Two Harmony

23:13 Number Three Amplification

25:37 Number Four Stability

26:49 Number Five Freedom

28:47 Number Six Harmony

30:28 Number Seven Seeker

32:08 Number Eight Infinity

34:46 Number Nine Completion

37:37 Zero Cosmic Egg

38:41 Eleven Eleven Portal

42:27 Pet Name Numerology

46:33 How To Calculate

47:40 Play With Numbers

49:16 Thank Yous and Goodbyes

Eclipses, portals, retrogrades, and dinner parties! Grab your snacks, because the next two weeks are a whole mood. We’re diving into the Pisces Soup as the North Node, Mercury, and Venus all huddle up to ask: Are you following your intuition, or ignoring true awareness?

The Highlights:

The Re-Everything: Mercury goes retrograde in Pisces (Feb 26), turning the vibe from doing to reviewing. You may hear everyone shouting from the rooftops that the sky is falling when Mercury goes retrograde but we provide a different perspective.

The 3/3 Eclipse Portal: We’re walking through a major eclipse portal on March 3rd. We’re breaking down the 331 angel number and why this Full Moon is a massive reset button.

The Dinner Party: Imagine a table where Saturn (the strict teacher) and Aries (the impulsive kid) are trying to eat together. We discuss how to balance that "let's go!" energy with the actual discipline needed to make it happen.

The Big Hug: Jupiter finally goes direct in Cancer on March 12th. If you’ve been feeling stuck, this is your reminder to look at your accomplishments and how far you’ve come and how far you can go.

The Bottom Line: You aren't behind. Whether you’re running toward your goals or just starting to be inspired by them from the couch, you’re exactly where you need to be.

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https://www.instagram.com/cirquemelinda/

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Free Meditations: www.twowolveswellness.com/meditations 

00:00 Welcome and Introduction

00:33 North Node in Pisces

03:13 Mercury Retrograde Explained

04:26 Venus and Mercury Conjunction

05:16 March Eclipse Portal

05:58 Saturn and Aries Challenge

07:39 The Spiritual Dinner Party

08:01 Mars Joins the Party

09:15 Theme of Alignment

10:14 Planets in Fall

11:03 Venus Exalted in Pisces

11:37 Finding Balance and Structure

13:20 Venus Moves into Aries

14:18 Jupiter Direct in Cancer

16:00 Embracing Impulse and Movement

18:05 Venus and Mars Mythology

20:31 Divine Masculine and Feminine

21:51 Dreams into Reality

23:42 Key Dates Recap

24:40 Final Thoughts and Farewell

In this episode of Mystics at the Grocery Store, we talk about how to support yourself on your spiritual journey through community, tools, and services that match your personal flavor. We share our own paths following golden breadcrumbs like therapy, journaling, yoga, chakra study, Reiki, sound therapy, essential oils, mediumship, hypnosis, and intuitive development. As you can see the list is expansive and we hope that makes you excited that you can find something that really strikes a cord.

We talk about what led us down these paths of exploration like fear, anxiety, loneliness, and out-of-body moments that sparked deeper seeking. And we share that even though these journeys are individually our own, some of our greatest growth came from the communities we found and experiences we had with others on similar paths.

00:00 Welcome: Finding Support on Your Spiritual Path

02:13 Melinda’s “Golden Breadcrumbs”

04:57 Body as a Guide

08:09 Adrienne’s Wake-Up Call

11:22 Therapy Breakthroughs

14:53 Rosalyn’s Path

19:14 Community & Reiki Circles

24:28 Movement as Medicine

30:52 You Don’t Have to Do This Alone

33:16 Melinda’s Speakeasy Reiki

35:51 Inside a Session

40:27 Adrienne’s Offerings

46:33 Mantras in Action

48:26 Rosalyn’s Two Wolves Wellness Offerings

55:39 Gentle Support, Free Resources & Meeting You Where You Are

01:00:46 Final Takeaways

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Life Chapters Class with The Energetic Alchemist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2debLSx5ug 

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www.twowolveswellness.com

Free Meditations: www.twowolveswellness.com/meditations 

Join us for an exciting episode as we delve into the astrological forecast for February 13th-26th, 2026. We cover major cosmic events, including the first eclipse of the year and significant planetary shifts. Discover the influence of Saturn's entry into Aries for the first time since 1999, the impact of Uranus in Taurus, and the transformative energy brought by the solar eclipse on February 17th. Gain insights into the historic Saturn-Neptune conjunction and what it means for personal and collective growth. Learn how to navigate these powerful energies, align with your passions, and take bold actions. Stay tuned for practical tips on maintaining stability and grounding amidst these cosmic changes. Don't miss out on this comprehensive guide to understanding and harnessing the astrological influences in the weeks ahead!

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In this episode, we explore the mystical connection between animals and spirituality. Join Rosalyn, Melinda, and Adrienne as we discuss the extraordinary bonds humans share with animals, touching on personal stories, ancient cultural beliefs, and the unique roles animals play in our lives as guardians, healers, and companions. From service dogs and therapy horses to wild animals encountered in nature, we delve into how animals have impacted our emotional and physical well-being throughout history. Join us as we share our love for these magical beings and their profound influence on our hearts and souls.

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