Spiritsong's heart procedure * Jupiter sextile Pluto * Great listener questions * New show format! We feature three significant transits this week: Jupiter sextile Pluto , Jupiter quincunx Saturn and Venus conjunct Chiron . In Part 2, we open with Spiritsong talking about her just-completed Mayo Clinic heart procedure , as well as some powerful events in her chart (including a Progressed New Moon!). We also field listener questions about a cuspy Ascendant, natal void-of-course Moons, and why January was so intense. (And why 2010 and the coming years will be even more so!) The show shifts to two alternating formats starting this week. Every show will start with the forecast for the next seven days, followed by a quick preview of the following week's key transits. Format A will additionally feature a Part 1 Listener Chart and listener questions, while Format B will additionally feature a listener's personal question, a celebrity chart or a world event. Hear all about this a...

Here's Part 2 of the 1/25/10 show -- please listen to Part 1 first! We open with a message from Spiritsong , then complete t he first section, including the Part 1 listener chart. In Part 2, we answer listener questions about what might cause extra sensitivity to the Full Moon , why the nodes of the Moon move backwards , and the significance of empty houses . Finally, in a topical Part 3 live consultation, I work with a listener on whether this would be a good time to cancel her health insurance and go without . (Her premium has just skyrocketed!) Hear all about this and more -- click here to listen , or go to www.ThisWeekInAstrology.com to learn about getting the show through iTunes. (We love it when you subscribe through iTunes!) Chart data: Part 1 listener chart (Ruth): 6/26/66, 12:45 am, Melbourne, Australia Part 3 live consultation (Aeolea): 2/14/51, 9:06 am, Evergreen Park, IL Index : Next Week's Transits: 3:27 Part 1 Listener Chart: 3:54 Part 2 (Announcements and lis...

Because I am accompanying Spiritsong on her last-minute trip to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota (more on that in the podcast), this show went up later than I prefer. So that it didn't post even later, this part contains only the forecast for the next seven days (Part 1 of Part 1). The rest of the show should be posted within a couple of days. Sorry for the delay! A potent Saturn-Pluto square , with its "clash of the titans" energy, is this week's mega-highlight. There's also a dramatic Leonine Full Moon and three aspects to Mars (including oppositions from Venus and the Sun). Hear all about this and more -- click here to listen , or go to www.ThisWeekInAstrology.com to learn about getting the show through iTunes. (We love it when you subscribe through iTunes!) Index : Overview: 2:54 Monday: 3:30 Tuesday: 4:38 Wednesday: 5:01 Thursday: 6:02 Friday: 6:53 Saturday: 7:22 Sunday: 9:02 Subscribe to the FREE It's All Good Astrology News , f eaturing Benjamin's...

This week's Part 1 is a welcome respite after last week's cavalcade of major astrological events: we only have Venus and the Sun entering Aquarius , and both planets also trining Saturn . The rest of the show, however, is packed! Not only do we announce one last chance to join the current session of Beginning Astrology Class , but Part 2 contains listener emails galore: feedback from two listeners on their Part 1 interpretations, a listener critique of Mac astrology software , and questions on difficult mothers-in-law, whether potent natal planets are more powerful when transiting, the importance of stelliums, and understanding progressed houses . Plus, we announce not one, but two more free consultation winners! And in Part 3, we present a re-recorded consultation with Mo - the mysterious "ghost in the machine" on last week's show. We discuss whether he should relocate to the Azores, and look at his financial prospects in 2010 . Hear all about this and more -- c...

Messed-Up Mercury Retrograde "Ghost in the Machine" Episode Ready for one of the most eventful astrological weeks ever ? For starters, how about a Saturn Retrograde , a Solar Eclipse , Mercury going direct and Jupiter entering Pisces -- all in the space of seven days? In addition to discussing all that, in Part 2 we have one final chance for you to enroll in the new online Beginning Astrology and Transits & Progressions classes -- if you act now! We also answer questions about whether moving energies should be applied to natal or relocated charts and identifying cuspy house rulers , and hear feedback from the subject of last week's Part 3 listener question . Speaking of Part 3, we had one ready to go for this show, but it was rendered unusable by a computer glitch (combined with possible operator error -- can I blame Mercury Retrograde?). Since there was no time to record a new one, this turned out to be a two-part show. Sorry! Hear all about this and more -- click...