Politics in Retrograde: A Direct Station Podcast

When a Country Meets its Catalyst: America's Birth Chart and its Plutonian Passage


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Happy July 4th, America! 🎆

This week we're doing something special for the country's 249th birthday - a deep dive into America's actual birth chart. Fair warning: this one's longer than usual (about 70 minutes) because we're going full astrology nerd and I couldn't help myself. But if you've ever wondered why a country built by immigrants, led by people who are the children of immigrants is now waging war on immigrants, or why we're simultaneously the land of the free and... gestures at everything... this episode might help you make sense of wtf is happening.

We explore what was written in the sky on July 4, 1776 - America's Sagittarius rising (hello, manifest destiny), Cancer sun (homeland obsession), and Aquarius moon (emotional innovation station) with a twist that explains our eternal fights over whose freedom matters most. Plus we dive into why America is cosmically designed to evolve from cold, detached innovation toward heart-centered, generous leadership that actually celebrates everyone's unique gifts.

We compare Peter Thiel (peak shadow Aquarius energy) with popular young politicians like Zohran Mamdani (bubbly leo vibes) to show the turning point we're facing. We explain why Trump was literally born to activate America's deepest transformation, and reveal why the goddesses gathering in our collective hopes house suggest the resistance movements aren't just reacting - they're midwifing America's rebirth.

Whether you think astrology is brilliant or ridiculous, this is really just archetypal story time about who America is at its core, what it's capable of becoming, and why the current chaos might actually be labor pains for something more authentic and kind.

Featuring wisdom from Rabindranath Tagore, Václav Havel, and a Rumi poem that will make you cry, this episode works for your July 4th reflection on what America could ask for if it stayed awake long enough to know what it really wants (yeah, i said awake lol).

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Politics in Retrograde: A Direct Station PodcastBy Kate Carey