Episode 362 | Podathon Day #5: Relationships in Your Chart, with Dorothy Oja!
In the final day of the 7th Annual Big Sky Astrology Podathon, we’re wrapping up five days of special fundraising episodes with an in-depth conversation with relationship astrology expert Dorothy Oja. Dorothy shares her approach to understanding relationships through the birth chart — covering the three stages of relationship astrology, how Saturn is the “glue” that holds relationships together, why Venus and Jupiter are the “liking” planets, and how Mars provides the spark. Plus, April covers the week’s planetary news (a flurry of Mercury aspects) and makes her annual fundraising appeal!
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Episode 361 | Podathon Day #4: Money in the Birth Chart, with Donna Stellhorn!
It’s a packed day of planetary news, with Venus entering Scorpio, Mercury entering Libra, Uranus turning retrograde, and the Virgo New Moon. And we welcome astrologer and author Donna Stellhorn for an in-depth conversation about money in the birth chart!
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Episode 360 | Podathon Day #3: Health in the Birth Chart, with Kira Sutherland!
On Day 3 of the 7th Annual Podathon, April sits down with naturopath, nutritionist, herbalist, and medical astrologer Kira Sutherland to explore how medical astrology can help us understand and support our physical health. Plus, today’s planetary news and Podathon fundraiser details!
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Episode 359 | Podathon Day #2: Career in Your Chart, with Samuel Reynolds!
Day 2 of the 7th Annual Podathon! April welcomes astrologer Samuel Reynolds to discuss how astrology guides career decisions one of the most common client questions. Sam shares his approach to vocation vs. job, key chart factors, and timing tools for career transitions. Plus, planetary news and Podathon fundraiser details!
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Virgo New Moon: Solitude and the Contented Heart
Where Virgo falls in your birthchart, you are complete. Here, you’re absorbed in the happy work of problem solving, figuring stuff out, and making things work. In this part of your life, you don’t need a report card from anyone else. You’re grading yourself on an entirely different (and probably much more punishing) scale….
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Episode 358 | Podathon Day #1: Moving House, with Linea Van Horn!
Episode 358 | Podathon Day #1: Moving House, with Linea Van Horn! Welcome to Episode 358 of the Big Sky Astrology Podcast, and the first day of our Seventh Annual Big Sky Astrology Podathon! In this week’s special daily episodes, April will cover the day’s major astrological news and an …
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Astrology Highlights for Aug. 31-Sep. 6, 2026: Bleep!
Coming on the heels of a hot-tempered Mercury-Mars aspect, this Last Quarter Moon is a moment to focus on and tame not only our tongues, but our busy, chattering, Mercury minds. The calmer the mind, the more control we have over what we say, and the fewer regrets we’ll have to live with in the long run.
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Episode 357 | Last Quarter Moon in Gemini: Letting Go!
Mars is in conflict with, and Jupiter makes a soothing aspect to, serious Saturn. Mental faculties and manual skills get a supercharged boost with the sextile between Mercury and Mars, and the Gemini Last Quarter Moon manages to express the ideas that the Virgo Sun has given a lot of detailed thought. And tune in next week for the Podathon!
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Episode 356 | A Pisces Lunar Eclipse with Uranus: Shaken, Not Stirred!
Mercury enters Virgo and comes into a scintillating cazimi conjunction with the Sun. A Pisces lunar eclipse is flavored by disruptive Uranus, and Mercury and the Sun square off with Uranus. Plus, April answers a listener question about haircuts.
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Pisces Lunar Eclipse: How to Survive Quicksand
Gentle motion, flexibility, and floating: These are your survival tools for this Pisces Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse. If there is an astrological equivalent of quicksand, a Pisces eclipse would pretty much have to be it. At times like this, surrender—not struggle—is the key.
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