Snapping Out of It

Tonight's Full Moon see-saws us between surprise, sentimentality and sobriety

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THE ASTRO WEATHER TONIGHT is wild.

The full Moon in Taurus is conjunct the fixed star Algol. The Moon’s light is also pulling Uranus in Taurus into the mix. All of this occurs while Saturn stations direct in Pisces. And it’s that shift that I want to focus on in this post.

How to untangle Saturn and Neptune in Pisces—an astrological koan of sorts. As I parse it, this is the struggle between vaporous ideals (Neptune) and the hard outlines that define what and how reality is configured (Saturn).

Naturally, it’s easy to see how this dynamic showed up after the US election. And not just for left-leaning folks. MAGA people are also processing this combo, and maybe in an even more unsettling way than the Dems. Why? Because when the balance is thrown so heavily onto one side of the scale, the only options left are various versions of a crash landing.

I can’t predict how these particulars will play out, but Saturn stationing direct tells us it’s ‘back to work’ time. I read that as turning away from the pundits, journalists, and ‘experts’ defining ’what happened’ for us.

Own your maturity. Sober up and reengage with life with purpose. Focus. Discriminate. Neptune in Pisces is akin to shaking up a snow globe and trying to track where each particle is floating and landing. It’s impossible to do. Reel everything in, return to the jurisdiction of your sovereignty. Make an effort to understand your longings for salvation. Is that a politicians responsibility? Projecting your aspirations on others makes you doomed for disappointment.

When Uranus and the Moon combine forces in a lunation like this, you will likely be surprised or unnerved by what your nocturnal life shows you. I know I was.

Last night, after going to bed early and then sleeping for ten hours (something I’ve been doing every night since the election—a response to the world that reminds me of my early 20s when I was constantly wrangling with existential angst—becoming depressed and then attempting to sleep it away) I immediately had a dream where I was on the top level of a bunk bed. I was studying a financial budget on a small whiteboard. Suddenly, as dreams are apt to do, Donald Trump was there with me.

Oddly, I had a fraternal, friendly vibe toward him while I engaged him in a convo about the numbers I was sharing with him on the board. Several times, I patted him on the back in a guy-guy sort of way.

When I woke up, I knew instantly that I had to confront my hatred towards Trump and start to reel that projection back in. Why? Well, because of the Saturn-Neptune-Pisces thing.

My shadow (Saturn) became active in the reverie (Neptune), and I needed to honor the dream and assume a more mature attitude. Meaning, who the fuck knows what Trump is going to do over the next four years. Do any of us? Do you?

And what about the fixed star Algol in the mix? Honey, I’m going to stop here. And you’ll thank me later.

Kulture Klatch

WHAT I’M WATCHING: I took a break last night from binging season 3 of Apple TV’s Slow Horses (if you are longing for television that is both thrilling, intelligent and expertly performed, Slow Horses is your new show for the rest of the month) and got sucked into the HBO Max (what is HBO now, is it Max, or HBO Max, or just Max? No wonder streaming services are struggling, no one knows what platform they’re fucking watching) documentary Breath of Fire. This is another deep dive into another embarrassing and cringe-making cult, this one centered around grift queen Guru Jagat (gag), real name Katie Griggs. As a child and teen, Griggs was one of those obnoxious kids that their parents describe as ‘born to perform.’ The fact that her mother worked as a ‘therapeutic clown’ couldn’t have helped much. Griggs longed for a career that would put her in front of millions, and failing that, she gravitated into some kundalini yoga guru’s burgeoning scam and then ran wild with it as she sucked up more and more personal power (and money from clueless imbeciles). I recommend this show if you want a textbook accounting of how off-the-rails the entire New Age ‘wellness’ (gag) movement has become. But of course, it’s a story as old as the first bottle of snake oil. It amazes me how folks let their greed for ‘more’ get the best of them. More insight, heightened states, enlightenment, wellness, etc. What in the fuck is wrong with reality as it exists? It’s pretty strange, unfathomable, and fascinating on its own. The documentary is a sobering lesson in spiritual materialism made literal. Talk about more Saturn-Neptune mishegas. Oy.

WHAT I’M LISTENING TO: I’m preparing to wrap up my aptly titled Titanica: 2024 playlist on Spotify. Presently, it’s clocking in at 49 hours. Follow along here (and set to shuffle for optimal bliss.)

WHAT I’M PREPPING FOR WOODRUFF FOR THE WEEK AHEAD: Sunday, I’ll record a convo with astrologer Nick Dagan Best, who, as you might recall, predicted Donald Trump for 2025 as way back as 2012 (if I’m remembering correctly). We’ll be discussing—well, take a guess! This will be a podcast for paying members.

Also slated: Astrologer Jessica Murray and I will sit down soon for a stream-of-consciousness close read on not only the election fallout but the fallout from the fallout. Imagine it! I also want to set up a Zoom date with Tarot scholar

Cynthia Giles

to discuss her fascinating work with AI and the Tarot, and her takes on the election, especially as it relates to the readings we both did right before the election.

Love,

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