The Awake Space with Laurie Rivers Podcast

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Links:

• The Archivist Report - Each month the archivist reports on Laurie's accuracy rating - September
• Astrology Consults: Wokeastrology.com
• 2027 Prepared: Astrology Based Planner & Workbook Buy Here
• Article: When Life Hits From All Sides

October is officially crunchy.

In this episode of The Awake Space Astrology Podcast, Laurie Rivers gets personal about a difficult week filled with grief, family changes, exhaustion, and the reality that astrologers aren't immune to the transits they forecast.

With Mercury and Mars creating tension and Pluto preparing to station direct in Aquarius, Laurie explores what happens when life pushes us outside our comfort zones. The pressure is real, but so is the potential to use it creatively and deliberately.

This episode also takes a deeper look at anger, spirituality, power, and the idea that being spiritual does not require being passive. Love can be active. Advocacy can be loving. Anger can carry useful information. The question isn't whether you're allowed to feel it. The question is: What are you going to do with it?

Laurie shares reflections on watching people she loves age, saying goodbye to a beloved family dog, and witnessing the strange, painful beauty of life's transitions. She also talks about learning to look for beauty during difficult circumstances and why regulating our emotions isn't the same thing as suppressing them.

As Pluto prepares to move direct in Aquarius, we're entering a period when people may be increasingly unwilling to accept old hierarchies, abuses of power, and systems that depend on silence or passivity.

The challenge this week is to use the pressure rather than letting it consume you.

Create something. Advocate for something. Help someone. Rest when you need to rest. Feel what you need to feel. Then decide where you're going to put your attention next.

Laurie also shares a preview of Living by Luna, her six-month guided process for observing your patterns, reactions, energy, and responses through daily lunar transits. You'll hear a sample from the introductory audio created for participants while they wait for their physical Living by Luna journal to arrive.

00:03 October is crunchy: what to expect this week
02:18 Why spiritual passivity isn't the answer
03:30 Living by Luna and learning to recognize your patterns
08:34 Aging, family, grief, and saying goodbye
22:34 Mercury square Mars: tension, communication and forced pivots
25:34 Why we're still having the same conversations about power and abuse
27:29 Pluto direct in Aquarius and power to the people
28:49 Turning anger and angst into creativity
31:17 Rage against the dying of the light
33:45 Purpose, passion and showing up
36:07 Spirituality doesn't require accepting another hit
39:31 Love isn't passive
40:11 What are you going to do with your anger?
41:20 Ralph Report and Predictions
44:46 Justice can't erase the past, but healing can build something new
45:30 A preview of Living by Luna

This isn't a week for pretending everything is fine. It's a week for recognizing what you feel without allowing those feelings to permanently take you out of the game.

Sometimes you need to fall down. Sometimes you need to grieve. Sometimes you need to rage.

And when one of us falls, the rest of us guard the flame until they can stand again.

Every morning is another chance to reset.

"Knowledge is only power when you know how to use it." Laurie A. Rivers

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This week Laurie breaks down why the internet is getting Venus retrograde wrong and why October is less about fear and more about building systems that help you adapt. She explores how to move through uncertainty without panic, why community matters more than ever, and how astrology can help you make practical decisions instead of emotional reactions. Laurie also answers member questions on astrology, relationships, medical astrology, timing, the houses, and working consciously through major life decisions.

00:00 Why Venus retrograde isn't something to fear

03:15 Climate, adaptation, and preparing for a changing world

08:15 Building like-hearted communities instead of dividing by astrology stereotypes

12:30 A story about surviving two weeks without power and what resilience really looks like

22:20 The Ralph Report and what Laurie is watching in the headlines

25:20 Community discussion: depression-era meals, gardening, and practical preparedness

30:20 Living by Luna update and community rollout

31:15 Magazine Q&A:

• Medical astrology and chronic illness

• Understanding the houses

• Multiple signs across houses

• Timing important decisions

• Working with children during difficult transits

• Making major life decisions using astrology

01:11:30 October's theme: Design for resilience

01:26:00 Headline outlook for late September and early October

01:41:20 Venus retrograde explained: attraction, values, and revisiting what matters

01:47:00 Building confidence through your natural strengths

• Retrograde does not mean bad.

• Strong systems create more freedom and better choices.

• Community is one of the greatest forms of resilience.

• Focus on what you can influence instead of what you can't.

• Small daily actions reduce stress more effectively than doomscrolling.

• Your astrology chart is a tool for understanding yourself, not limiting yourself.

• October rewards adaptability, resourcefulness, and deliberate action.

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This week the conversation shifts...abruptly

A powerful Aries Full Moon, the Autumn Equinox, and Mars changing signs create one of the most dynamic astrological weeks of the year. Laurie breaks down what these major cosmic shifts could mean for world events, your personal life, and how to stay centered when everything around you feels uncertain.

Remember worry is a misuse of imagine, instead of feeding fear, this episode focuses on practical preparation, emotional resilience, and learning to work with change instead of against it.

You'll also hear updates on the new Awake Space community, an early look at Living by Luna, this week's Ralph Report reviewing recent prediction accuracy, and why understanding your own patterns may be one of the greatest advantages you can develop.

BIG SHOUT OUT TO TILLAMOOK CHEESE

00:00 Why this week matters & exciting community updates

04:10 Supply chains, world events & preparing without panic

14:20 Finding humor in difficult times

20:00 The Equinox, Aries Full Moon & Mars enters Leo

28:00 Why Venus Retrograde isn't something to fear

43:20 Free will, astrology & making better decisions

46:55 Lessons from history and what they teach us today

52:50 How to use this Full Moon for personal growth

1:03:20 The Ralph Report: Forecast review & this week's predictions

1:20:40 The Three Layers of Consciousness & introducing Living by Luna

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This week on The Awake Space, Laurie Rivers looks at nostalgia, resilience, technology, AI, water resources, and the importance of knowing your next move during a period of massive systemic change.

Laurie starts with a weekend trip to see Practical Magic 2, reflections on aging parents, family, memory, and why Mars in Cancer has us craving coziness, familiarity, and connection. She also shares updates on Living by Luna, the new LaurieRivers.com website, and how she intentionally worked with a Mercury transit to solve a long-standing technical problem.

Then it’s Q&A: Venus retrograde and cosmetic procedures, how to calculate a solar return, aspect patterns in natal charts, and where astrologers might begin looking when researching AI and emerging technology.

In the Ralph Report, Laurie reviews last week’s predictions against actual headlines before looking ahead at the astrology and potential headlines for September 13–21.

The episode closes with a deeper discussion of AI, data centers, stressed aquifers, climate concerns, and why local action matters. The message throughout: knowledge by itself isn’t power. Power comes from knowing what you can actually do next.

LINKS:

Sign Up for Charts & Channeling with Laurie and Medium Matilda - September 26, 2026 GET YOUR TICKETS

Grab 2027 Prepared by Laurie Rivers CHECK IT OUT

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Practical Magic 2, nostalgia & community
03:13 – AI, technology, water & environmental concerns
06:22 – 2027 Prepared + upcoming events
08:22 – Living by Luna guided experience
10:06 – Using Mercury transits to solve problems
11:15 – Aging, family, mortality & making memories
16:05 – Preparing for winter and creating coziness
17:07 – Daily Insight coming to LaurieRivers.com
22:01 – Astrology Q&A
22:23 – Venus retrograde & cosmetic procedures
23:16 – Solar return charts
24:36 – Aspect patterns in natal charts
26:27 – Where does AI show up in astrology?
33:00 – Laurie’s thoughts on September
36:04 – Simple practices for cultivating presence
37:22 – The Ralph Report: what Laurie got right
40:51 – Astrology and headlines for September 13–21
49:57 – Water resources, aquifers & data centers
53:24 – Will AI kill us all?
54:12 – AI misuse, regulation & human agency
55:01 – Why local action matters
57:04 – Managing heavy energy and finding your next move

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Light Your Torch: The Power of Presence, Purpose & Deconstructing Astrology

The world feels uncertain—but uncertainty doesn't have to become paralysis. This week, Laurie explores how to move beyond fear, reclaim your agency, and become solution-oriented during times of rapid change. Inspired by the legacy of Gloria Steinem, she examines why imagination is an act of courage, why presence is a form of resistance, and how astrology becomes far more powerful when used as a tool for observation rather than prediction.

Laurie also shares a reading of her new essay, "Astrology Deconstructed," answers a listener's question about using astrology for career decisions, reviews recent prediction highlights in The Ralph Report, and closes with guidance for this week's Virgo New Moon.

Show Links:

2027 Prepared: Astrology Based Planner & Workbook

Awake Space Magazine September 2026

00:00 Light your torch: Choosing hope over fear
09:00 Reading Astrology Deconstructed
43:30 Gloria Steinem's astrology and legacy
50:08 Career timing: Can astrology help you choose your next move?
57:07 The Ralph Report: Recent prediction highlights
1:04:42 This week's global forecast
1:17:06 Virgo New Moon intentions and practical guidance

• Why presence is your greatest source of personal power
• Gloria Steinem's lasting influence and what comes next
• Rethinking astrology through observation instead of determinism
• Breaking inherited beliefs and cultural conditioning
• How to use astrology to make better decisions
• Forecast highlights for the week ahead
• Virgo New Moon journaling prompts and intention setting

Knowledge isn't power unless you know your next step.

In This Episode

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This week on The Awake Space Astrology Podcast, Laurie Rivers looks ahead at September 2026, breaks down the fear surrounding claims that the U.S. power grid is about to collapse, and explains the difference between evidence-based forecasting and fear-driven divination.

After an emotionally intense eclipse week, Laurie reflects on loss, legacy, and the inspiration she found in Dolly Parton’s decision to put people before profit.

Laurie also introduces the upcoming 2027 Prepared planner and workbook, explains how the different Awake Space membership levels are evolving, and shares updates on Healing the Money Wound, coming May 6, 2027.

Then it is time to separate fear from fact. Laurie explains why the U.S. does not operate on one single national electrical grid, how the Eastern, Western, and Texas interconnections function, and why localized blackouts do not automatically signal a nationwide collapse.

Ralph returns with the latest accuracy report, including earthquake activity, flooding, power outages, transportation disruptions, nuclear-related headlines, labor actions, extreme weather, and other predictions from the previous week.

Finally, Laurie moves into the September forecast with a look at political shakeups, storms, flooding, transportation disruptions, geopolitical tensions, financial uncertainty, seismic activity, food recalls, regulatory developments, and the changing energy of the first week of the month.

The larger September theme is simple: anchor your authority internally. Strengthen self-trust, increase your tolerance for uncertainty, practice presence, and stop letting fear-based content make your decisions for you.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Eclipse aftermath, Dolly Parton, and choosing people over profit
05:37 2027 Prepared and upcoming Awake Space changes
09:00 Healing the Money Wound and making information accessible
12:40 Understanding the Awake Space membership levels
15:00 Divination vs. forecasting
19:54 Why the U.S. power grid is not about to collapse
27:27 Ralph Report: Reviewing last week’s predictions
31:55 Magazine updates, Saturn cycles, and Virgo guidance
37:27 September 2026 overview and major themes
42:03 Building self-trust during uncertain times
44:24 September 1–7 forecast: weather, politics, markets, and travel
49:06 The energy shift heading into the second week of September
51:23 Moving through systemic change without catastrophizing

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Laurie also introduces a new prediction format organized around weather and geology, politics and global affairs, the economy, travel, and fascinating or unexpected stories.

REMEMBER: Knowledge is only power when you know how to make your next move.

This week on The Awake Space Astrology Podcast, Laurie Rivers breaks down the intense astrology building toward the Pisces Full Moon and partial lunar eclipse, and why this energy does not have to be something we fear.

The pressure has been building. Anxiety, anger, exhaustion, frustration, and uncertainty are running high. But this Full Moon also carries tremendous creative potential. The question is: What are you going to do with it?

Laurie explains how to move out of overwhelm and into applied, sustainable action. Instead of scattering your energy through doom scrolling, outrage, or endless conversations about what is wrong, this is an opportunity to get organized, identify what you can influence, and make your next move.

In this episode:

• The Pisces Full Moon and partial lunar eclipse

• Mercury conjunct the Sun and the square to Uranus

• Why friction can become highly creative energy

• Turning anxiety, anger, and frustration into productive action

• How to stop disqualifying yourself and recognize your actual skills

• Preparing without panic or fear

• Listener questions about house size, the Ascendant, rising signs, sports, and astrology

• The Ralph Report and recent prediction hits

• Laurie's forecast for weather, seismic activity, international tensions, technology disruptions, and other potential headlines

01:14:00 | The Ralph Report + Weekly Predictions
A look back at recent prediction hits followed by Laurie's forecast for August 22 through 30.

01:24:50 | How to Ride the Cosmic Tsunami
Stabilize first. Get clear. Then act. Laurie closes with practical ways to work with uncertainty and intense Full Moon energy.

2027 Prepared releases September 3, with special pricing for Awake Space members. Laurie also shares updates about upcoming astrology classes, the September Awake Space Magazine, readings and consultations, and the next 2027 Prediction & Preparation event.

Knowledge is only power when you know how to make your next move.

Listen in, get grounded, and get ready to use the energy instead of letting the energy use you.

In S7 Ep 41 your host Laurie Rivers is focused on preparing your for the Pisces Full Moon on August 28. This week she helps you see how the current online discourse is the distraction to siphon your energy so that you're not taking action that helps you build your security and make your next moves.

Laurie answers astrology questions from Awake Space Community Members, gives highlights from What's in the Headlines? (Weekly predications) and reads the first section from her article "Retrogrades: The Real Story" from The Awake Space Magazine Aug 2026.

Show Links:

Aug 2026 Issue Awake Space Magazine

Love & Sex in Astrology Seminar (Free For Supporting Members) Click Here

Understand Your Pluto In Aquarius Transits CLICK HERE

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to the episode and core themes

02:11 Upcoming full moon and astrological significance

04:20 The influence of outer planets and astrology methodology

06:29 Understanding Pluto's cycle and generational impact

10:06 Mars in Cancer and current social themes

20:53 The upcoming Pisces full moon and collective revelations

23:42 Deconstructing social programming and patriarchy

30:02 Preparing for cosmic undertow and systemic change

34:45 Historical use of astrology in decision-making

40:14 Why house sizes vary in astrology charts

43:23 Sensitivity to lunar cycles and personal astrology

46:08 Jupiter return at age 48 and personal growth

55:26 Sneak peek into the 2027 astrology planner

01:02:04 The impact of stellium and misconceptions in astrology

01:03:01 Weekly predictions and Ralph's forecast

01:12:28 Astrological insights into global events this week

01:16:34 Virgo season and sample horoscopes

01:29:09 Self-examination and mindful engagement with social outrage

Join the Awake Space to explore how to use astrology in practical and liberating ways!

This week on The Awake Space Astrology Podcast, Laurie tackles the Steven Forrest controversy and addresses the idea that Western Tropical Astrology is exclusionary or a rip off of Vedic. (Find source material links below)

Laurie traces the fascinating development of astrology from ancient Mesopotamia through Greece, India, the Islamic world, medieval Europe, and into modern practice. She explains why Western Tropical and Vedic/Jyotish astrology are distinct traditions, how scholars exchanged knowledge across cultures, and why astrology has always evolved alongside our understanding of humanity.

She also shares why she developed Progressive Evolutionary Astrology, an approach centered on the complexity of human experience rather than rigid binaries, limiting labels, or outdated interpretations.

Plus, Awake Space Magazine Subscriber questions, this week’s Ralph Report, and a look at the August 12 Leo New Moon and solar eclipse.

Chapters

00:00 — Welcome & What’s Ahead
03:49 — The Steven Forrest Controversy
13:15 — Moving Astrology Forward
29:21 — The Real History of Western & Vedic Astrology
47:02 — Mundane Astrology & the U.S. Chart
51:10 — Your Astrology Questions Answered
01:05:00 — The Ralph Report
01:11:01 — August 12 Solar Eclipse & Leo New Moon

Astrology has never existed in a vacuum. It has grown through observation, mathematics, cultural exchange, scholarship, and generations of astrologers asking better questions. This episode explores that history while looking toward what astrology can become next.

Show Links:

July Archivist Report on Laurie's Predictions

Citations: Please note that some information is debated by scholars.

• Encyclopaedia Iranica — Horoscope, David Pingree
• Encyclopaedia Iranica — Astrology and Astronomy in Iran, David Pingree & Christopher J. Brunner
• Encyclopaedia Iranica — Zodiac
• Encyclopaedia Iranica — Planets
• Bill M. Mak — The Date and Nature of Sphujidhvaja’s Yavanajātaka Reconsidered
• Cambridge History of Science — Translation and Transmission of Greek and Islamic Science to Latin Christendom

• Please note he was an astrologer (astronomers and astrologers were not separate occupations until the 18th century) https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Al-Biruni/
• https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-science/islamic-astronomy/DBE63FFD4918F948F362A66DE721C022
• Plato Tiburtinus who translated Ptolemy into Latin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato_Tiburtinus

Also not mentioned directly in the podcast, but given the Islamic Empire was very vast throughout it's history I decided to look up what might be in Timbuktu which still houses literature that goes back over 1000 years. Here's an article that might be very interesting - remember, there was not division between astronomy and astrology until the 18th century. https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2014-12-02-africas-ancient-astronomers-made-their-mark-in-culture-folklore

August is a month that asks a different question than most of us are used to answering. Instead of asking what's happening out there, it asks: Who are you becoming in the middle of it?

This week, Laurie explores the defining astrology of August 2026 and why the coming planetary shifts; from Venus entering Libra and Mars entering Cancer to the powerful Pisces Full Moon eclipse are less about reacting to the world's chaos and more about examining your own beliefs, motivations, and direction before taking action.

Against a backdrop of political upheaval, economic uncertainty, extreme weather, and constant distraction, Laurie shares practical ways to stay grounded, reconnect with your values, and rediscover meaning without becoming consumed by the collective noise.

Along the way, she pays tribute to legendary astrologer Joanne Wickenburg, whose scholarship and lifelong commitment to observation helped shape Laurie's own approach to astrology and reminds us why thoughtful study matters in an age of opinions and algorithms.

Listener questions cover finding joy in uncertain times, the Uranus opposition and midlife reinvention, protecting your energy, grounding practices, and how astrology can become a practical framework for understanding yourself rather than simply predicting events.

If the world feels louder than ever, this episode is an invitation to go within and challenge yourself to shifting your inner landscape to help shape a life experience worth diving into.

Episode LINKS

July Archives: Accuracy Report

AFA Joanne Wickenburg Books

Consultations with Laurie BOOK HERE

Time Stamps

00:00 – Remembering Joanne Wickenburg and her legacy
07:00 – The teacher who changed Laurie's career forever
18:00 – August astrology: self-examination before reaction
23:00 – Finding meaning and joy during uncertain times
33:20 – Understanding the Uranus opposition and midlife reinvention
37:25 – Astrology Q&A: city charts, eclipses and Saturn returns
43:15 – Protecting your energy and grounding during collective chaos
54:25 – Community updates, August classes, The Ralph Report and what Laurie is watching next