January 2025 + Capricorn Deep Dive | Myths of Structure

Today Cory and shea in the catskills explore the embodied experience of Capricorn, and delve into the less-talked about expressions of that zodiac sign. Especially as Saturn (planetary ruler of Capricorn) spends its last months in Pisces and comes into a landscape-shifting square with Jupiter on Christmas Eve, they consider the mystical nature of the “threshold dwellers,” of which Saturn is the ultimate. It’s said to have its joy in the 12 th house of the excommunicated, the sequestered and the sublime. In the last third of the episode Cory takes a through a brief forecast of January, and the big transits of 2025.

Topics include:

The experience of the sun, moon, and Mercury in Capricorn and its relationship to Cancer

Redefining goals, accomplishment, success, and security

Elders and Crones

The gross, vulgar and unpredictable nature of reality vs. the manicured, organized, and codified

How capitalism changed our relationship and understanding of Capricorn

Top-down structures vs. collaboratively-built structures

Capricorn as mystical, feminine chaos and the sublimation of that power

Capricorn as symbolized by Pan, god of the wild and the Devil card in tarot

The suit of pentacles in tarot and other images that correspond with Capricorn

New offerings for 2025

A tarot pull for the winter solstice

and Death

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It’s been a long time since I’ve done an “OTC” episode! These episodes are less structured and more illustrative. I invited Anastasia Wasco, writer, editor, and psychospiritual guide to talk about her experience of the Gemini-Sagittarius axis. Not only does she have a Sagittarius stellium (including Mercury in Sadge), but she’s also a Gemini rising. She’s pretty much the embodiment of the current situation along that Gemini-Sagittarius axis this month: Mercury rx Sadge opposite Jupiter rx Gemini (mutual reception in detriment).

I kind of just let her run free with her narrative, as I thought it was such an experiential representation of how Mercury moves through Sagittarius, especially when it’s retrograde: it jumps timelines, it explores, it detours, and extrapolates. It doesn’t give what’s expected or asked for, and yet...it does. It does it in its own oblique, philosophical way. Instead of simply answering, it expands.

Topics discussed in this episode:

Monomyth vs. other story structures

Neurodivergence and animism

Jupiter rx aspects in December: Jupiter opposite Mercury 12/4 & 12/26, sun opposite Jupiter

12-7, Venus trine Jupiter 12/19, Jupiter square Saturn 12-24 (second hit).

The 12/7 triple conjunction of Pluto, Venus, and Ceres at 0 degrees Aquarius and the

Persephone myth

Bottlenecks of information

“The forest for the trees”

Data without meaning, beliefs without facts

Confirmation bias and propaganda

Projecting our own stories on empty, broken, or incomplete narratives

Coherence and picking things apart

Critical thinking vs. indoctrination

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In this episode Cory gives a quick and dirty breakdown of the major transits of December, with an introduction to Mars’ upcoming retrograde through Leo. For a deep and circuitous dive into Sagittarius, Mercury’s retrograde and opposition to Jupiter stay tuned for an Off The Chart episode coming shortly.

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Charles Bukowski’s oft quoted “Find what you love and let it kill you,” always felt very Scorpionic to me. Especially lately, as I witness so much all-or-nothing behavior in the lives of friends, clients, and multiple groups of people. Whether its through martyrdom, power-hoarding, compulsive behavior, or ecstatic surrender, this Scorpio season is probably the most exacting Scorpio season I’ve lived through.

In this episode I explore how this double-edged sword of a quote can symbolize unmatched creative and destructive power. Other topics in this episode include:

The somatics of the sign of Scorpio
Interacting with the dead (or ghosts of memory and history) through astrology
November forecast featuring the Mars-Pluto opposition
Pluto’s last days in Capricorn, featuring the Pluto return of the USA
A bit about Mercury's retrograde in Sagittarius, Pluto’s entrance into Aquarius, and learning to hold multiple truths at the same time (and also let go of them as they change).

Books mentioned: The Astrology of Fate by Liz Greene, and The Dream and the Underworld by James Hillman

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Today Cory walks us through the Gates of Hades (aka the autumnal equinox) with an October forecast, and a breakdown of the ultimate Libra solar eclipse and full moon in Aries. This solar eclipse is conjoined with the south node, Mercury, and Lilith. The asteroid Juno hangs out with this eclipse as well. That’s a lot of Libra material begging to be reckoned with. When do things like diplomacy, the rules of engagement, decorum, and codes of conduct do more to maintain inequities than to resolve injustice? How can the individuating powers or Aries create opportunities for authentic connection? The Aries-Libra situation gets flipped on its head this month and we can use the archetypes more effectively by working with them counter-intuitively. The words “relating,” and “relationship” make up about 60% of the words used in this episode. October really churns with these two big lunations whose rulers (Venus and Mars) are in signs of their antithesis AND configured to each other (and Saturn) by a grand water trine.

In the second half of the episode Cory continues the Aries- Libra-self-other-flip-the-script-fest. Some points to ponder:

When is civility barbaric? When is domestication violent? What is the self? Where is it located? Do I need relationships to build a sense of self? How are repulsion and attraction the same thing? How do divisions within myself show up in my external reality?

Films mentioned: I Heart Huckabees and Triangle of Sadness

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In today’s episode, Cory and shea in the catskills do a deep dive into the sign of Virgo and talk about their latest offering, Getting Through it Together, an astrology and tarot container designed to help everyone work creatively with the intense astrology of the upcoming eclipses and the sociopolitical pressure-cooker we’re in.

*Also, I have some Mercury Rx corrections for the beginning of the show. I was speaking off-the-cuff about some dates w/o notes and am still disoriented after a few weeks of travel:

1.Jupiter-Saturn square and full moon Aquarius took place 8-19 (not 20)

2.The Great Conjunction marks the official shift from a 200-year period during which Jupiter and Saturn made conjunctions primarily in Earth signs into a 200-year period of conjunctions in Air signs (again, not 20)

Topics include:

Brief review of the astrology of summer and Jupiter’s square to Saturn

Archetypal Virgo in pop-astrology, mythology, and ancient astrology

Virgo in the tarot

Fixing, mending, repairing, editing, and organizing...getting our hands dirty

Practical applications, usefulness, devotion and service

Virgo’s role in states of chaos. “Find the helpers”

Critical engagement vs. Bypassing

Skills, techniques, practice, and discipline

Sexual sovereignty

Perfectionism and Martyrdom

The Virgo-Pisces axis

Our personal relationships with Virgo

In the second half of the show Cory offers a short forecast for the month of September, and a primer on eclipses and the upcoming lunar eclipse in Pisces.

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LEO SEASON PART 2: THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD

I love love love this conversation about Leo that I had with Joselia Hughes. It might be my favorite conversation that I’ve had about Leo so far, because we talk about what is NOT visible with this sign. Of all the people I work with, people with strong Leo signatures are the ones who consistently report that they don’t resonate with the pop-astrology significations of the sign. Astrology is a complex story-telling apparatus. If we approach it with a prescriptive intention, it loses its potency. When we excavate the archetype of Leo we find things like deep sensitivities to visibility AND invisibility, and preoccupations with mortality (hence the need to create and express). Those of you who study astrology might look to Scorpio or Capricorn for topics of time and death, but Leo might have them beat when it comes to being focused on the sustenance of vitality and the endurance of its own essence.

Jo is a writer, editor, access worker, and artist. We also talk about the transformation of the archetype, where we see it showing up in the world, organizational structures, art-making, writing, disability justice, authoritarian/celebrity culture and more. I think everyone who has prominent Leo-Aquarius signatures will find themselves somewhere in this conversation.

Jo and I both have complex Leo signatures in our charts that are in tension with Aquarian elements, and that perspective is woven throughout the conversation. Have a listen. Tell us what you think.

Joselia Rebekah Hughes is a writer, artist, consultant, and access worker based in The Bronx. She's a Poetry co-editor at Apogee Journal and a Teaching Artist at Lincoln Center. She is currently pursuing a MFA in Writing at Bard. For more information, please visit joselia.info or follow her on Instagram @joselia_pdf.

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LEO SEASON PART 1: Royal Reversals and A Meaningful Conversation with Possibility

You are getting your Leo season content in 2 parts this season. In this episode Cory delivers the August 2024 forecast and shares a treatise on Mercury retrograde which is prominent in the astrology of August. Yes, things are busting loose and feel out of control...because they are. Chaos is a natural phase in the process of change. Real change does not arrive in neatly manageable packages that make everyone comfortable. If that happens to occur, chances are that the only thing we’re changing is the packaging. Chaos aids in the pulling up of structures by their roots. There is not a polite way to do this. There is grace, however, in letting go of outworn structures, processes, and perspectives, and allowing for movement. When we don’t allow for movement and being in right relationship with each other and our environment on a regular basis we can experience change as cataclysmic. Life will clear the path for movement in a very forceful way if we can’t do it for ourselves. August’s astrology is definitely in conversation with July’s astrology, asking and answering, “what can be built with new tools and new designs?” and “WHY are we attatched to the things we can’t let go of?”

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Transits covered:
Mercury retrograde in Virgo-Leo
Mercury’s cazimi
Full moon Aquarius
Mercury’s squares to Uranus
Jupiter’s square to Saturn
Sun and Venus’ ingress into Virgo
Venus’ outer planet alignments in late August
Venus’ ingress into Libra

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