The Refated Podcast | Astrology for Shaping Your Fate

This week brings a cosmic confidence boost and a bright spot between eclipses. Feel some courage? The desire to experiment? A tickle to make a move? Don’t let the retrogrades stop you from taking advantage of this bold, va-va-voom solar energy.

• 02:59 Week overview
• 03:47 Eclipse PSA
• 05:09 Sun conjunct North Node
• 08:56 Sun conjunct Neptune
• 11:11 Sun in Aries
• 13:23 Venus retrograde sextile Pluto
• 15:32 Sun conjunct Venus retrograde
• 18:11 Sun sextile Pluto

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During Venus retrograde I’m experimenting with a weekly show that highlights the major astro events. In this episode, we talk all about the week of March 10th—and, my oh my, it’s busy! From an eclipse to Mercury retrograde, this week is great for getting clear on what you want and making space for it to land.

• 03:20 Week overview
• 04:37 Mercury conjunct Venus retrograde
• 08:40 Sun conjunct Saturn
• 12:13 Total full moon lunar eclipse in Virgo
• 17:33 Sun sextile Uranus
• 18:15 Mercury retrograde in Aries

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Intensity. Extremes. Depth. Death?! These are some of the words we kick around when we talk about Pluto. In this episode, we dismantle the somewhat negative reputation that Pluto carries and explore how it can actually be constructive. I also show you how to tell if you’re having a Pluto transit (it’s not as common as you think) and give you examples of how Pluto transits unfold in real life.

• 03:00 Pluto 101
• 12:17 Pluto in Aquarius
• 14:22 Identifying a Pluto transit
• 19:26 Interpreting a Pluto transit
• 21:46 Personal Pluto transit examples

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Let’s celebrate the end of Mars retrograde! One of the best ways to learn astrology is to take some time to reflect when a cycle completes. In this episode, I recap the major retrograde themes and help you identify them in your own life. You’ll also hear from listeners with natal Mars in Cancer. Then we pivot to the future and chat about what the upcoming Venus retrograde in Aries and Pisces might mean for you. These signs are so different that it’ll almost feel like two separate retrogrades! 

• 01:48 Mars retrograde recap
• 23:00 Venus retrograde basics
• 26:45 Venus retrograde in Aries
• 28:55 Venus retrograde in Pisces

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What’s the next new or full moon going to mean for you? In this episode, I give you a step-by-step formula for making sense of any moon, and finish up with a look at the Leo Full Moon happening on February 12th, 2025. This episode is like a mini workshop and one that you’ll want to revisit again and again.

• 02:08 Basics
• 04:28 Step one: zodiac sign
• 10:22 Step two: natal house
• 14:33 Step three: aspects
• 23:14 Step four: birth chart activation
• 25:14 Step five: look at the ruler
• 27:26 Leo full moon on February 12

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Have you ever looked forward to an astrological transit only to be disappointed? Transits are probably the most popular timing technique used in astrology today, and although powerful, sometimes transits just fall flat. In this episode, we explore three reasons why transits don’t do anything and how to identify the ones that matter the most.

• 02:51 What’s a transit?
• 04:58 Reason one
• 06:36 Annual Profections
• 08:44 Reason two
• 12:36 Reason three

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A Saturn transit can be one of the most productive cosmic seasons of your life if you work with it instead of against it. In this episode, I get vulnerable and share what really happened during my most recent Saturn transit. I also share seven strategies that you can incorporate next time Saturn pays you a visit. 

• 04:14 Listener question about Mercury square Mars
• 07:49 What a Saturn transit feels like
• 10:42 Saturn and the ascendant
• 12:39 What really happened during my Saturn transit
• 18:16 Seven Saturn transit strategies

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How do you learn astrology? By observing it out in the wild! In today’s episode, listeners share what really happened during Mercury retrograde, eclipse season, and the recent stations of Jupiter and Pluto. 

• 03:32 Mercury retrograde and eclipse stories
• 13:28 Stationary planet refresher
• 15:44 Jupiter station retrograde stories
• 21:49 Pluto station direct stories

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Astrology fear. Unofficial definition: when you hear something about your chart or the upcoming astrology that makes you say, Oh f*ck! In this episode, learn how to handle and redirect astrology fear in six steps.

• 04:52 What’s astrology fear?
• 07:19 Step One-Pause
• 10:22 Step Two-Talk to it
• 13:23 Step Three-Point to the evidence
• 16:09 Step Four-Flip the script
• 19:22 Step Five-Make a plan
• 20:53 Step Six-Prevent

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So you think you don’t have any retrograde planets in your chart? Think again! You might have a stationary planet. Stationary planets are thought to be less effective, slower, or hesitant to do their jobs. In this episode, I show you how to check if you have this sneaky thing in your birth chart and offer a great reframe on what it means.

• 03:49 Listener question
• 06:38 What’s a stationary planet?
• 11:09 How to know if you have a stationary planet
• 12:28 Gifts of stationary planets
• 16:42 Community challenge: Jupiter and Pluto stationing soon
• 18:46 What you might notice during the station

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