The Blunt and The Beautiful

This week on Astro Talk, Kate Forster breaks down the astrology of September 7–13 — and there’s a lot going on.

A Virgo New Moon brings a practical fresh start, Venus enters Scorpio and begins a deeper story around relationships, money, intimacy and self-worth, while Uranus retrograde asks us to rethink the ideas and information shaping our lives.

But this isn’t a week for blowing everything up.

It’s about noticing what keeps repeating, removing friction from your life and taking one idea seriously enough to actually begin.

Plus: creative confidence, relationship reality checks, brain fog, online scams and some very unexpected lightbulb moments.

You don’t need perfect conditions. You just need to show up.

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The Week That Was: Sheep Heists, Sugar Babies & Practical Fucking Magic

Kate and Tansy are limping towards the weekend, but thankfully the news has absolutely no intention of calming down.

This week, the Practical Magic press tour has the girls ready to grow their hair to their arse cracks and embrace their witchy era, while reports that Kendall Jenner may be bankrolling Jacob Elordi spark an important investigation into one of society’s great double standards: why is a male gold digger apparently just a classic Australian man?

Then things take a more serious turn as Kate and Tansy reflect on the death of former Bondi Rescue lifeguard and mental health advocate Matt Dee, and why sometimes the people doing the most checking in on everyone else are the ones we need to check on too.

Elsewhere, 5,500 sheep worth $1.7 million have somehow disappeared from a Queensland property - launching an immediate investigation into what Kate is calling Paddock’s 11. There are questions. There are logistics. There may have been subcontracted border collies.

Plus, they unpack the government’s $600 million crackdown on cocaine trafficking while women escaping domestic violence still face enormous waits for safe accommodation, before moving seamlessly into the truly pressing affairs of state: the absolutely cooked new US Dancing with the Stars cast.

Practical fucking magic. Jacob Elordi’s alleged sugar-baby era. 5,500 missing sheep. Cocaine. Dancing with the Stars. Mormon Wives. Courtroom conspiracy theorists. Glee covers.

Just another completely normal week.

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We have made it through the Pisces lunar eclipse, but theemotional dust may still be settling. This week begins quietly before theenergy shifts and we are asked to consider what comes next.

Jupiter in Leo trine Saturn in Aries brings one of theyear’s most constructive transits, helping us turn a hopeful idea intosomething real. However, Mars square Saturn reminds us that delays are notalways rejection, and sometimes the plan simply needs adjusting.

In this episode, Kate takes you through the astrology of 29August to 5 September, with practical guidance on what to lean into and what toavoid each day. Expect honest eclipse recovery, a return of motivation, aclearer plan and permission to go home when your nervous system has alreadyleft the building.

This week we farewell the absolute icon that was Dolly Parton, before moving seamlessly — and we use that word very loosely — into Vanity Fair’s questionable Best Dressed list, James Franco’s spectacular descent into vertical werewolf drama, and some AFL Mad Monday behaviour that has us asking, once again: are the men okay?

We get into Richmond’s Mad Monday antics and the bigger conversation about footy culture, before ARIA’s ban on fully AI-generated music sends us down a rabbit hole involving robot sex music, AI slop and one deeply unfortunate sentence about a shaved pussy.

Plus, we unpack the Jackie O and Kyle Sandilands court case, workplace bullying and what happens when bad behaviour becomes part of the brand.

Dolly. Fashion crimes. Jimmy Frank. Pissing footballers. AI madness. Workplace bullies. Terrible segues.

As Tansy so eloquently puts it: “This is the dumbest fucking episode.”

She may be right.

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This week on Astro Talk, we’re deep in the eclipse corridor and heading towards the Pisces lunar eclipse on 28 August, the final Pisces lunar eclipse in a story that has been unfolding since 2024, so let's look at what happens when people reveal themselves, or perhaps when we finally become willing to see what they’ve been showing us all along. We talk about the difference between empathy and evidence, why understanding somebody’s behaviour doesn’t mean you have to keep experiencing it, and why an old pattern returning around this eclipse doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going backwards.

Mercury moves into Virgo and gives us the gimlet eye, helping us separate what actually happened from the elaborate story our brain has constructed around it. The Sun and Mercury squaring Uranus around the eclipse can bring sudden realisations, surprising conversations, and the urge to change something immediately.

Plus, I take you through the astrology day by day with practical Do’s and Don’ts for working with each transit, including what to lean into, what to leave alone, and why the 32 minute voice note should probably remain in Drafts until the eclipse weather clears.

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This week we've got AFL controversy, TikTok detectives, Taylor Swift's apparently newsworthy haircut, royal relocations, Elton John's KNEECAPS and a groom who outsourced his wedding vows to ChatGPT.

So... another completely normal week.

Come for the week's biggest stories.

Stay for Elton John's kneecaps.

✨ The Sydney Swans allegations and the conversation we're NOT having

✨ Why true crime TikTok has gone way too far

✨ Taylor Swift got a haircut... apparently this is breaking news

✨ Are Harry and Meghan heading back to the UK?

✨ Elton John's extraordinary kneecap accessory

✨ Is "kinda chic" officially over?

✨ Why wedding dress codes have become completely unhinged

✨ The bride who realised her groom's vows were written by ChatGPT

✨ Plus what Kate & Tansy are watching and listening to this week

This week on Astro Talk, we’re coming out of eclipse intensity, but the sky isn’t exactly giving us the week off.

We’ve got Mars square Neptune bringing foggy energy and energy vampires, a gorgeous Venus-Jupiter connection that could bring a little luck and opportunity, a Scorpio Moon pushing us towards a transformation we’ve been avoiding, and a Venus-Saturn reality check around relationships and where we’re giving too much.

Then we finish with Virgo Season and a Capricorn Moon, giving us the cosmic kick up the arse we need to get organised and decide what we’re actually doing next.

I’ll tell you exactly what to lean into, what to watch out for, and how to use the astrology of the week ahead.

Brad Pitt’s drinking again, Usher may or may not have a clone for his concerts, Anne Hathaway is apparently faking her pregnancy and Armie Hammer has found someone willing to hire him.

Just another completely normal week on the internet.

Plus: Robert Pattinson’s latest career move, why celebrity conspiracy theories have officially gone too far, and the very serious issue of Julie Andrews not returning for The Princess Diaries 3.

Kate and Tansy unpack The Week That Was, the stories worth talking about, the ones absolutely nobody asked for, and the PR spin you’re probably meant to believe.

This week on Astro Talk, we’re heading towards the Leo Solar Eclipse and New Moon on 12 August. Mercury enters Leo, Mars moves into Cancer, and Venus gets tangled up with Pluto, Neptune and Uranus, bringing relationships, boundaries and desire into focus.

We’re talking self-talk, old emotional pathways, confidence, creativity and the courage to be seen before you feel completely ready.

Plus, Patreon members have journal prompts for every rising sign to work with the eclipse.

August begins with a powerful invitation to heal, simplify and prepare for what's next.

This week, Chiron stations retrograde, encouraging us to see our wounds as sources of wisdom rather than something to fix. The Last Quarter Moon in Taurus helps us clear physical and emotional clutter before next week's Total Solar Eclipse in Leo, while Venus enters Libra brings more harmony to our relationships and reminds us to create more beauty and balance in our lives.

It's a week to slow down, let go of what you've outgrown and make space for the next chapter.