Star Powered®- Astrology for Changemakers with Leslie Tagorda

The June Solstice marks a celestial milestone. In the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day of light and the moment the Sun shifts to its northern-most horizon at the Tropic of Cancer, sparking Cancer Season. In this episode, I guide you through the astrology of the Solstice and invite you into a mid-year reflection designed to reattune your leadership, business, and emotional value. With the Sun conjunct Jupiter, Moon exalted in Taurus, and Pluto stirring transformation, this Solstice isn't just seasonal, it's strategic. Learn how to reflect, prune, and nourish what matters most in your Work. nIn this episode, we also explore how Cancer season reveals the hidden power of emotional labor—and why this often invisible work is central to visionary, heart-centered leadership. It's time to revalue what truly sustains us.

This Sagittarius Full Moon near the Galactic Center invites you to illuminate the stories you believe about yourself, your purpose, and what's truly possible in your life and leadership. Are your beliefs empowering or limiting? Personal or inherited? Expansive or outdated? In this episode, Leslie unpacks the contagious nature of belief and why monocultures in society, in systems, and even in your own thinking can quietly deplete your potential. Drawing from Malcolm Gladwell's Revenge of the Tipping Point, Hawaiian star knowledge, and the fiery astrology of this Full Moon, you'll explore what it means to nurture a polyculture of truths, where many paths and voices matter.

Jupiter in Cancer is here for the next 12 months, and with it, your opportunity to get to the root of what's been holding back your real expansion. We've been taught that growth comes from strategy and hustle. But true expansion of your reach, leadership, and business starts with belief and inner work. In this episode, we'll explore why your emotional rootedness is key to sustainable success, and how soft power, belonging, and emotional safety are the new leadership edge in a world racing toward AI and optimization.

Are you feeling the call to step boldly forward but wrestling with doubt? Saturn in Aries isn't here to hold you back—it's here focus your fire for forging forward. In this episode, you'll learn exactly how to harness Saturn's prioritization and boundaries to turn hesitation into mastery AS well as hear the invitation to crystallize your courage so you can lead confidently, expertly, decisively, and unapologetically.

If you've ever doubted yourself, questioned your path, or wondered how astrology could really support your leadership—this episode is for you. I'm joined by the one and only Debra Silverman, psychotherapist, spiritual teacher, and astrologer, whose work helped me reconnect to my purpose at a major crossroads in my life. We talk about the deeper spiritual layers of the chart, building soulful businesses, and why your rising sign is the key to becoming who you were always meant to be. Debra also shares the incredible story of how she built her global astrology school after her second Saturn Return—proof that it's never too late when you're aligned with your soul's timing.

What does it mean to lead with fire and compassion in a world that's burning for change? Neptune enters Aries in 2025 and stays for 13 years, initiating a bold era of spiritual courage, heart-centered action, and visionary leadership. In this episode, I explore what Neptune in Aries is really asking of us—how to rise to the call of compassionate courage, prepare for the next decade, and tap into the brave spiritual leadership the world needs now.

It's the first New Moon of the astrological New Year, and it's not just any New Moon — it's a Partial Solar Eclipse in Aries, the final Aries eclipse until 2032. This cosmic event is a potent gateway inviting you to leap into your next level of self-actualization, leadership, and personal trailblazing - who you ARE born to be. Eclipses are cosmic catalysts — they break open old cycles and demand bold new beginnings. This Aries Solar Eclipse activates the World Axis point, meaning your personal breakthroughs ripple into the collective story. With Mercury Rx at this potent Aries point, plus Neptune preparing to leave Pisces after 14 years, this eclipse stirs up a perfect storm of cosmic activation, personal recalibration, and collective evolution. This is your cosmic permission slip to stop waiting, stop perfecting — and start becoming. Tune in and learn how to harness the power of this Aries Solar Eclipse to jump into who you are meant to be — without fear.

Lunar Eclipses act like cosmic x-rays, revealing the hidden patterns we can't see under normal circumstances. This Total Lunar Eclipse in Virgo illuminates the ways perfectionism, hyper-criticism, and overcontrol block your flow, wellness, and wholeness — both in life and leadership. In this episode, we explore how this eclipse exposes the shadow of Virgo's need for precision, and how it clashes with Pisces' natural flow and interconnectedness. You'll discover how to shift from harsh self-criticism into compassionate discernment so you can release outdated patterns and reclaim your inner wholeness. We also explore how Mercury's station in Aries adds to the intensity — urging you to pause, reflect, and resist the urge to react from frustration. Whether you're a Virgo, Pisces, or any sign, this episode will help you work with the Virgo-Pisces polarity to balance critical analysis with compassionate flow, leaving you more easeful, more fulfilled and more in flow.

Hey Luminary, this episode is a special replay from a masterclass inside my community, Star Powered Circle—all about the Venus Retrograde in Aries and Pisces. Venus isn't just about love and money. In your leadership and work she's about connecting and attracting the people and resources you value. Her rare retrograde cycle is a call to re-evaluate your values, review your inner worth, realign your relationships, and reconsider what truly matters. This Venus Rx goes beyond recalibrating your individual success, so you can see your worth in relationship to the whole.

The Pisces New Moon isn't just another new moon—it's a gateway to transcendence. With six planets in Pisces, an approaching Eclipse season, and personal planets shifting direction, this final new moon of the astrological year is asking you to rise above, go beyond, and exceed expectations. This New Moon asks you to transcend your leadership—because leadership isn't just about strategy or control. It's about the energy, emotion, and vision you bring into the world. The future isn't built—it's intuited into being. Let's dream big and dive in.