Speaker 1: Day, twenty twenty three. Go buy sofa it feels like
Speaker 1: yesterday was this July fourth.
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Speaker 2: we stand on the precipice of a new year, it's
Speaker 2: a perfect time to pause, reflect and set our intentions
Speaker 2: for the journey ahead, and what better way to do
Speaker 2: that than through astrology. Joining me today to help decode
Speaker 2: the cosmic Durrance is tbg's resident astrologer and returning guest
Speaker 2: Mecca Woods. Mecca is a New York City based astrologer
Speaker 2: and author. Her writing and astro guidance have appeared in
Speaker 2: places like Bustle, Essence, and on TLC. She is also
Speaker 2: the first black woman astrologer to have a nationally syndicated
Speaker 2: daily horoscope column, which can be found online and in
Speaker 2: newspapers across the US and Canada. In our Conversation Today,
Speaker 2: Mecca provides us with astrological context for some of the
Speaker 2: biggest pop culture even to the year, explains the significance
Speaker 2: of this year's various transits and retrogrades, and shares how
Speaker 2: we can integrate the astrological lessons from twenty twenty three
Speaker 2: into our aspirations for twenty twenty four. If something resonates
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Speaker 2: for Blackgirls dot com. Here's our conversation, Mecca. Thank you
Speaker 2: so much for joining us again this year. It feels
Speaker 2: like such a treat every year to have a conversation
Speaker 2: with you, So thank you for joining me again today.
Speaker 3: Thank you, Joy. It's always a pleasure to be here.
Speaker 3: I'm so happy to be back.
Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, so you gave us lots of great information
Speaker 2: when you were with us earlier this year, but we
Speaker 2: were bringing you back for a conversation to wrap up
Speaker 2: the year and look toward twenty twenty four. Yeah. So,
Speaker 2: when you think back over twenty twenty three, what words
Speaker 2: would you use to describe the year? From an astrological perspective.
Speaker 3: I think that this past year, I think it's been
Speaker 3: a mixture of an awakening. I think a lot of
Speaker 3: people have been able to say that there's still so
Speaker 3: much work to be done with regards to the state
Speaker 3: of the world and where it's at. And I think
Speaker 3: there were people who didn't realize how serious this work
Speaker 3: and how necessary this work is. And so I think
Speaker 3: a lot, a lot of people were very much like,
Speaker 3: this is what we've been saying for a long time,
Speaker 3: and now people are starting to pay attention and see
Speaker 3: with their own eyes just how crucial of a moment
Speaker 3: that we're all in right now. So I feel definitely
Speaker 3: there was an awakening period. I think it also felt
Speaker 3: very chaotic too, like just one day to the next,
Speaker 3: not knowing what to expect, so the unexpected, like embracing change,
Speaker 3: embracing the unexpected. I think those are kind of like
Speaker 3: some of the themes that I think took place this
Speaker 3: past year.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it feels like you've been with us
Speaker 2: every year, I think for the past what two to
Speaker 2: three years, And I know we had a conversation pretty
Speaker 2: early on in the pandemic, and I'm curious to know,
Speaker 2: like what this three year stretch between twenty twenty and
Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, because I feel like you said some
Speaker 2: variation of those same things every year, But it feels
Speaker 2: like there's an extended stretch of chaos and awakening happening
Speaker 2: since the pandemic. Can you speak to that a little Yeah?
Speaker 3: Sure, So if you may remember the last time we spoke,
Speaker 3: I was talking a little bit about planet Pluto. I
Speaker 3: know that astronomers demoted Pluto, but in astrology we still
Speaker 3: use Pluto as a planet. And I mentioned that Pluto
Speaker 3: is one of those planets that tends to coincide with
Speaker 3: like generational events and experiences. So this planet, it's been
Speaker 3: in Capricorn since two thousand and eight, and it had
Speaker 3: a lot to do with a lot of the growing
Speaker 3: increasing institutional power that we've been seeing with regards to
Speaker 3: like authoritarianism and a lot of governments and companies having
Speaker 3: more power than they should or that feels comfortable, right.
Speaker 3: And so whenever you have these really major planets, like
Speaker 3: a planet like Pluto switching signs or changing signs, that
Speaker 3: usually marks a new chapter in terms of like our
Speaker 3: history and our evolution in terms of like human beings
Speaker 3: and the collective right. And so earlier this year, Pluto
Speaker 3: had left Capricorn for Aquarius, and if you might remember,
Speaker 3: I was talking about how Aquarius is a sign that
Speaker 3: it's connected to the collective, the community, and when Pluto
Speaker 3: is in that sign, it's a time when we find
Speaker 3: that people find themselves like fighting back against things like
Speaker 3: tyranny and corruption and wanting to push back. And we
Speaker 3: saw a lot of that taking place with the strikes
Speaker 3: that were taking place, you know, in terms of work
Speaker 3: in labor. We saw that a lot of people over
Speaker 3: the past couple of years becoming more interested in politics
Speaker 3: and government and the way that it works. So when
Speaker 3: we talk about these things that have been happening since
Speaker 3: the pandemic, it feels like the business is unfinished because
Speaker 3: this is a very slow moving planet that we're working with,
Speaker 3: and that coincides with really big, like I said, generational
Speaker 3: experiences and events. So this is like continuation of that,
Speaker 3: and how long might we expect Pluto to kind of right,
Speaker 3: So the thing with astrology is that because there are
Speaker 3: more than one planet, right, there's different iterations of the
Speaker 3: same theme. And like other planets that are doing things
Speaker 3: that we can draw some information from. But with Pluto
Speaker 3: in particular, it has such a wide orbit because it
Speaker 3: moves so slowly. So for example, if we talk about
Speaker 3: how long it takes for Pluto to make a full
Speaker 3: cycle around the Sun, that's two hundred and forty eight years.
Speaker 3: So Pluto can stay in a sign from anywhere between
Speaker 3: like thirteen to twenty years. That's how wide the orbit is.
Speaker 3: And so this Pluto and Aquarius transit. We're going to
Speaker 3: have Pluto Aquarius until twenty forty four, so that's quite
Speaker 3: a long time, right. So over this period of time
Speaker 3: while Pluto's and Aquarius, we're going to start to see
Speaker 3: a lot of different changes in the realm of like technology,
Speaker 3: because Aquarius is also associated with technology, so we're going
Speaker 3: to see a lot more revolutionizing with regards to technology.
Speaker 3: But of course, because Pluto also represents it's like the
Speaker 3: shadowy side of life, or like the underbelly of life,
Speaker 3: we can also see the downsides of that, like, for example,
Speaker 3: I know a lot of people are worried about cybersecurity.
Speaker 3: Right before when we would talk about, for example, war
Speaker 3: and conflict, Now it's a thing where you can actually
Speaker 3: have war and conflict by way of technology and online
Speaker 3: and things of that nature. So that's the downside of
Speaker 3: the Pluto Aquarius this transit, but it can also bring
Speaker 3: about good things too. It can bring about people working
Speaker 3: collectively together to change things and improve things. So yeah,
Speaker 3: this is definitely one of those transits that is fueling
Speaker 3: a lot of what we're seeing right now, and definitely
Speaker 3: it's a long transit, so it's one of those things
Speaker 3: where we're going to have to come strap in and
Speaker 3: really recognize that like this is not It reminds me
Speaker 3: of the phrase it's a marathon, not a sprint in
Speaker 3: terms of where we're going and what we're doing right now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, got it. So I'm wondering if you could give
Speaker 2: us some insights based on astrology related to some of
Speaker 2: the pop culture phenomenon we've seen this year. So the
Speaker 2: first one is there have been a lot of like
Speaker 2: celebrity breakups in like relationshipship. Yeah, yeah, what would you
Speaker 2: say about all of it?
Speaker 3: Yeah, So I had attributed to two things. So we
Speaker 3: had a Venus retrograde earlier this year, took place over
Speaker 3: the summer. And so Venus and astrology is a planet
Speaker 3: that is connected to love, romance, relationships, reciprocity, and of
Speaker 3: course like our personal values, and when we talk about
Speaker 3: romantic relationships, it's always important that partners share values, right
Speaker 3: like we care about the same things, we want the
Speaker 3: same things out of life in terms of having a
Speaker 3: healthy relationship with a partner. And when Venus goes retrograde,
Speaker 3: So anytime a planet goes retrograde, the idea is that
Speaker 3: this planet is retracing its step is going back. We're
Speaker 3: reflecting or reassessing something that planet represents. So whenever Venus
Speaker 3: goes retrograde, it's a time when we are reflecting on
Speaker 3: our relationships. We are assessing what we want in relationship,
Speaker 3: what we want for ourselves, reassessing things that have to
Speaker 3: do with like self worth. And it's not uncommon for
Speaker 3: breakups to happen when Venus girls retrograde because people decide,
Speaker 3: like I think, I want something different. We're not on
Speaker 3: the same page anymore. We don't want the same things
Speaker 3: or I want something. In this past year, if you noticed,
Speaker 3: Venus was retrograde, So it goes retrograde a different signs,
Speaker 3: So this past year it was retrograding the sign of Leo.
Speaker 3: So Leo is associated with like celebrities, actors, creatives, people
Speaker 3: who are in the spotlight right at the same time,
Speaker 3: Leo is also a sign that's connected to the self.
Speaker 3: So you had a lot of people who are like,
Speaker 3: I'm choosing myself, you know, I'm choosing my own happiness,
Speaker 3: my own path, my own way. And that was one
Speaker 3: of the things that I noticed about some of these
Speaker 3: separations that were happening of people being like I just
Speaker 3: want to do me right, So that was one of them.
Speaker 3: The other thing, too, is that we also have the
Speaker 3: transiting nodes, So the South node in a north node.
Speaker 3: In astrology, these are points that have to do with
Speaker 3: where energy is coming in. Like the North node. It's
Speaker 3: kind of the direction, like our destiny, the path that
Speaker 3: we're moving towards. The self node represents something that is
Speaker 3: fading or being weakened or cleared out of our life
Speaker 3: in some way. And so right now the north node
Speaker 3: is in Aris and the self node is in Libra,
Speaker 3: so Aris is a sign that is also connected to
Speaker 3: the South. It's a very meme me kind of sign.
Speaker 3: But the beauty of areas is that it gives us,
Speaker 3: like the confidence, the passion to go for things that
Speaker 3: we want and to establish our own individuality right, our
Speaker 3: own personhood. Libra, on the other hand, is a sign
Speaker 3: that's connected to things like marriage and partnership and relationships,
Speaker 3: and so, being that the self node is currently in
Speaker 3: Libra and Venus is the planet that rules over Libra,
Speaker 3: that also would speak to a lot of relationships right
Speaker 3: now being dissolved at this time because they're not in
Speaker 3: alignment with where we're headed in terms of a person's life,
Speaker 3: it's not in alignment with where someone is headed. So
Speaker 3: that would speak to like why a lot of these
Speaker 3: breakups and things like that were happening.
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, I'm also curious if there is any astrological
Speaker 2: tie into the success of Renaissance, both the tour and
Speaker 2: the movie.
Speaker 3: I know that Beyonce is a Virgo when I think
Speaker 3: about Venus and Leo, even though Venus was retrograde over
Speaker 3: the summer. Like I said, Leo is also a sign
Speaker 3: that's connected to fun, joy, excitement, celebrity, and I think
Speaker 3: sometimes with retrogrades they can also be a good time
Speaker 3: to reconnect with certain parts of ourselves as well. And
Speaker 3: I think coming out of the pandemic with a lot
Speaker 3: of people hungry for connection and fun and being able
Speaker 3: to get dressed up and all these kinds of things,
Speaker 3: I think that might have contributed to some of the
Speaker 3: success with Renaissance was that people are really hungry for concert,
Speaker 3: growing experience, the fund and all of that that goes
Speaker 3: into it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, one more, what about Rihanna and announcing her
Speaker 2: pregnancy at the Super Bowl.
Speaker 3: That day in particular, I do remember that's when Jupiter
Speaker 3: was in Aries, and if I'm not mistaken, Rihanna is
Speaker 3: an Aries rising and I think she also has a
Speaker 3: moon in Aries. So like your rising sign has to
Speaker 3: do with your image, it's kind of part of your
Speaker 3: persona in terms of your public image. And when Jupiter
Speaker 3: comes around, Jupiter can be good in terms of sharing
Speaker 3: big announcements or sometimes Jupiter can also be connected to
Speaker 3: new opportunities or new beginnings as well, so that could
Speaker 3: have played a role. I remember she wore a lot
Speaker 3: of red that night, and red is connected to Aries,
Speaker 3: so she was definitely like embodying that arias rising of
Speaker 3: passion and power and confidence. Those are like things that
Speaker 3: are associated with areas.
Speaker 2: Got it? Got it? Okay? So the other thing that
Speaker 2: we've seen this year is multiple mercury retrograde. Yes, I
Speaker 2: know you talked about this a little bit the last
Speaker 2: time we chatted, But what did that mean for our
Speaker 2: routines this year?
Speaker 3: Right? So when we talk about mercury retrograde, the rule
Speaker 3: of thumb is that it's always about review and reassessment.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 3: Mercury is the planet that's connected to information and communication.
Speaker 3: We are ending twenty twenty three with mercury retrograde. So
Speaker 3: people may have some issues with holiday travel and things
Speaker 3: like that, or buying gifts, the shipping and receiving, and
Speaker 3: there could be mistakes with getting double charged because commerce
Speaker 3: is also a part of something that Mercury has rulership over.
Speaker 3: So whenever Mercury goes retrograde, you always want to cross
Speaker 3: your t's dot your eyes when it comes to information communication, dates, facts, figures,
Speaker 3: because it could be hard to verify those things or
Speaker 3: you might find it there's like mistakes or errors or
Speaker 3: delays or things like that when it comes to a
Speaker 3: Mercury retrograde. With regards to our routine, it's always important
Speaker 3: to be flexible as flexible as possible because usually Mercury
Speaker 3: retrograde will bring up things last minute, things that might
Speaker 3: be outside of our control that we have to pivot,
Speaker 3: or there could be like last minute cancellations or things
Speaker 3: of that nature. So I always find that it's really
Speaker 3: important to be really flexible with our schedule, with our
Speaker 3: plans whenever Mercury goes retrograde, and also to if it's
Speaker 3: possible not to pack your schedule too full just in
Speaker 3: case something comes up, or also to just the Mercury
Speaker 3: retrograde exhaustion because mercury is also connected to our nervous system,
Speaker 3: so sometimes when mercury is really busy or active in
Speaker 3: the sky, it can also be a time where we
Speaker 3: just feel like overwhelmed, like our circuits are fried. So resting,
Speaker 3: taking time out, unplugging, all of those things are good
Speaker 3: things to do routine wise when it comes to mercury retrograde.
Speaker 2: Now, Mecca, you given the folks a little bit of
Speaker 2: travel PTSD because wasn't it last year where people were
Speaker 2: like stranded in the airports and like these at a
Speaker 2: time there were no flights? Was there retrograde then too?
Speaker 3: Yeah, So mercury went retrograde on December twenty ninth of
Speaker 3: twenty twenty two, so that would have been around the
Speaker 3: holiday season right carrying into the new year of twenty
Speaker 3: twenty three. Yeah, that would have definitely been attributed to
Speaker 3: the holiday travel mess. So yeah, so we have that
Speaker 3: coming around again this time because mercury is retrograde this
Speaker 3: time from December twelfth to January first, So this is
Speaker 3: definitely going to be a time where people are going
Speaker 3: to have to be as flexible with their travel plans
Speaker 3: as possible.
Speaker 2: Okay, so Mecca when you're looking at your calendar, what
Speaker 2: exactly are you looking at? What details are there?
Speaker 3: Oh? Yeah, So I have a planetary calendar that tells
Speaker 3: me where the planets are going to be each day,
Speaker 3: so it allows me to go back in time and
Speaker 3: see what was going on a certain day. I mean
Speaker 3: have an app for that too that I use for
Speaker 3: looking at charts, and charts have to do with like
Speaker 3: where the planets are, where they're positioned in the sky,
Speaker 3: and that gives us information in terms of what's going
Speaker 3: on from day to day, months and months, year to year,
Speaker 3: even hour to hour. There's something I don't know if
Speaker 3: you've ever heard of something called planetary hours, but basically,
Speaker 3: there's a planet that rules each hour of the day,
Speaker 3: and based on what that planet represents, if you are
Speaker 3: doing something during that hour, based on that planet, it
Speaker 3: can give you some extra help or boost in terms
Speaker 3: of what you're doing. So, for example, if you're doing
Speaker 3: something during a mercury hour, it could be good for
Speaker 3: correspondence and like reaching out to people and phone calls, emails,
Speaker 3: meetings like that kind of thing. If you are doing something,
Speaker 3: let's say during a moon hour, the moon is connected
Speaker 3: to families connected to women, it's connected to emotional wellbeing
Speaker 3: and nourishment. Food, it could be those kinds of things.
Speaker 3: So there's actually a couple of different apps that people
Speaker 3: can use that is specifically for planetary hours if they
Speaker 3: want to learn how to like work with the planets
Speaker 3: day to day.
Speaker 2: Okay, wow, so we get really granular now, yeah, I
Speaker 2: love it. So what do we have to look forward
Speaker 2: to in twenty twenty four in terms of mercury retrograde?
Speaker 2: It's like, how many should we be expecting next year?
Speaker 3: That is a good question. So let me see. I'm
Speaker 3: looking at my calendar here, so one, two, three, Yeah,
Speaker 3: we have three. We'll starting the year with a murcury
Speaker 3: retrograde because right like, it ends on January first, twenty
Speaker 3: twenty four, and then the next mercury retrograde will be
Speaker 3: on April first, and that'll allows from April first into
Speaker 3: April twenty fifth. Then again we have another mercury retrograde
Speaker 3: that happens on August fourth, and it depends on like
Speaker 3: if you're on the East or West coast, So like
Speaker 3: if you're on Pacific time, it's August fourth, if you're
Speaker 3: on East Coast time, it's August fifth, and that will
Speaker 3: run until August twenty eighth, and then we end the
Speaker 3: year again with another retrograde, Mercury retrograde from November twenty
Speaker 3: fifth to December fifteenth.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: So, I mean when we talk about retrograde, like murcury retrograde,
Speaker 3: it's not uncommon for it to go retrograde about three
Speaker 3: or four times a year because Mercury travels. It's one
Speaker 3: of the fastest moving planets that we have, so it's
Speaker 3: constantly going back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.
Speaker 3: So usually during those times is when we have issues
Speaker 3: and breakdowns with communication. Sometimes cars travel, you know, all
Speaker 3: those kinds of things. So yeah, so those dates or
Speaker 3: when Mercury will be retrograded for twenty twenty.
Speaker 2: Four, got it more from our conversation after the break Okay, Mega,
Speaker 2: So how else might twenty twenty four look different? From
Speaker 2: an astrological perspective?
Speaker 3: So we have planet Jupiter moving into Gemini in May
Speaker 3: of twenty twenty four and the May. So Jupiter is
Speaker 3: a planet that's connected to growth and expansion, some of
Speaker 3: the ways in which we grow. When we're working with Jupiter,
Speaker 3: it could be going to school, getting a degree, learning
Speaker 3: new skills or learning new things. Traveling can also be
Speaker 3: a very Jupiter thing. Jupiter also helps us to seek
Speaker 3: out things that inspire us, things that puts us in
Speaker 3: search for, like meaningful experiences. So with Jupiter moving to Gemini,
Speaker 3: Gemini is a sign of communication. So the last time
Speaker 3: Jupiter was in Gemini would have been about twelve years ago,
Speaker 3: so that would have been I think, what twenty twenty twelve. Yeah,
Speaker 3: so if you guys can think back to like new
Speaker 3: experiences or new things that you did back in twenty twelve,
Speaker 3: if you can think back, like what was happening for
Speaker 3: you in terms of like school, were you in school
Speaker 3: at that time, were you interested in trying new things
Speaker 3: like we did, any like new experiences that you have.
Speaker 3: Because with Gemini it's a very multifaceted sign. So when
Speaker 3: Jupiter gets there, we find that we have a lot
Speaker 3: of different interests all at one time. We may want
Speaker 3: to try a lot of different things. Jupiter and Gemini
Speaker 3: also encourage us to open and broaden our mind, so
Speaker 3: it could be a time for taking classes and meeting
Speaker 3: new people and engaging in experiences that help us to
Speaker 3: see the world through a different lens or perspective. Gemini
Speaker 3: is also a sign that teaches us it's okay to
Speaker 3: change our mind and that we're made up of all
Speaker 3: these complex, different moving parts. So when Jupiter enters that sign,
Speaker 3: it's a time to not necessarily make up your mind
Speaker 3: about things, you know, is it time to like entertain
Speaker 3: different perspectives and different schools of thought and to meet
Speaker 3: different people, go to different places. It can be a
Speaker 3: really wonderful transit in terms of just like exploration and
Speaker 3: feed your curiosity.
Speaker 2: Okay, got it. I was trying to think, like, oh,
Speaker 2: it feels like something happened in twenty twelve. I got
Speaker 2: married in twenty twelve, So I'm like, what a want?
Speaker 2: What's your what's your rising sign? Again? Now, Mecca, I
Speaker 2: have no idea. I was on October tenth, so I'm
Speaker 2: a Libra and already anything beyond.
Speaker 3: It because I'm trying to think about, like, so if
Speaker 3: we just go with your son sign Gemini rules your
Speaker 3: ninth house to ninth house. Stuff can sometimes be connected
Speaker 3: to like growth and opportunity or new experiences of course,
Speaker 3: like we grow, you know, if we get married, like
Speaker 3: that's something new. So for anyone who's listening, if you
Speaker 3: want to know what kind of gifts Jupiter and Gemini
Speaker 3: is going to be bringing you next year. You want
Speaker 3: to get a copy of your birth chart. You want
Speaker 3: to find the house or the area of your chart
Speaker 3: that Gemini influences or resides, and that's where Jupiter is
Speaker 3: going to be bringing you some joy or some luck
Speaker 3: or some help next year.
Speaker 2: So the other thing that we have happening in twenty
Speaker 2: twenty four is an election, an election season. So is
Speaker 2: there anything that you can tell us or anything astrology
Speaker 2: was that you're thinking about in terms of an election cycle?
Speaker 3: This is the problem, right, Like this happened with the
Speaker 3: last presidential election when you have mercury retrograde, right, And
Speaker 3: what happens is mercury retrograde like happening around an election
Speaker 3: usually brings up stuff where the election gets contested in
Speaker 3: some way. And the reason why is because mercury, like
Speaker 3: I said, rules over information. Mercury is like the ballots
Speaker 3: that we cast and the machine is that count the
Speaker 3: ballots and all of that. So I don't know who
Speaker 3: does this. I don't know, like why do we plan
Speaker 3: elections around mercury retrograde? I wish that some of these
Speaker 3: politicians people in government actually worked with astrolleris to be like,
Speaker 3: this is not an ideal time to do an election,
Speaker 3: you know, or something that this is important because we
Speaker 3: need the planet of information to be strong and moving
Speaker 3: forward in the sky so that we can make sure
Speaker 3: that we can verify the votes and the facts and
Speaker 3: things like that and there won't be someone being like, oh,
Speaker 3: we need to do over or we're contesting that or whatever.
Speaker 3: So that is one thing that does give me pause
Speaker 3: with regards to the election. I mean, just watching some
Speaker 3: of the stuff that's been going down this past year
Speaker 3: with regards to the Republican Party and Democratic you know,
Speaker 3: this is definitely going to be another sort of battleground
Speaker 3: situation I think where we really are going to have
Speaker 3: to stay vigilant in terms of what happens, like in
Speaker 3: terms of the outcome. I imagine that it's going to
Speaker 3: be another chaotic situation like it was before because again,
Speaker 3: a lot of the planetary alignments that are in place
Speaker 3: right now, they are repeating themes that we've seen in
Speaker 3: the past with regards to like revolutions and wars, and
Speaker 3: just think that feel scary right now, you know. I
Speaker 3: think when we spoke before, I can't remember it was
Speaker 3: this past year or the year before, but I was
Speaker 3: saying that we have a planetary signature that's taking place
Speaker 3: that was also happening around back in the thirties and
Speaker 3: forties when Hitler rose to power. We're having a repeat
Speaker 3: of that cycle now, which is why we're seeing a
Speaker 3: lot of authoritarians take over and a lot of these
Speaker 3: governments taking place in the rise of fascism and things
Speaker 3: of that nature. And just thinking about all of that
Speaker 3: with regard to the United States election, I think that
Speaker 3: we should be prepared for some twists and turns and surprises,
Speaker 3: and that we're not out as a clear yet with
Speaker 3: regards to what's going on right now.
Speaker 2: So what else might we be on the lookout for
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty four, Like either things to be excited
Speaker 2: about or maybe things to be cautious about.
Speaker 3: I think it's a mixture of both. I remember having
Speaker 3: a conversation with someone earlier this year and they were
Speaker 3: asking me, will this year be hopeful? And I was like, yeah,
Speaker 3: kind of yes.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: It didn't didn't sound very convincing.
Speaker 1: I know.
Speaker 3: I know for me, when I think about what to
Speaker 3: look forward to, like I said, I think the Jupiter
Speaker 3: and Gemini transit can be something to look forward to
Speaker 3: because wherever Jupiter goes and brings some gifts with it.
Speaker 3: And I think this could be a great time to
Speaker 3: engage in activities and interests that like feed your curiosity.
Speaker 3: Things you want to learn, new things, you want to try,
Speaker 3: new places you want to go. Right, that could be
Speaker 3: a place where we can derive some joy or pleasure from.
Speaker 3: I think that when we talk about the idea of hope,
Speaker 3: like after just watching certain things transpire over this past year,
Speaker 3: you know, hope is one of those things we're definitely
Speaker 3: going to have to work at.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 3: It reminds me of another planetary transit that's taken place
Speaker 3: where we have Saturn and Pisces. And Saturn is a
Speaker 3: planet that has a lot to do with hard work, responsibility.
Speaker 3: Saturn is the planet that helps us to achieve goals,
Speaker 3: but in order to reach those goals, it often requires
Speaker 3: a lot of time, sweat, discipline, reality checks, if you will.
Speaker 3: Pisces is a sign that is connected to dreams, things
Speaker 3: that we envision, inspiration, hope, spirituality, and while Saturn is
Speaker 3: in Pisces, they moved there earlier in the spring of
Speaker 3: twenty twenty three, and it'll be there until early twenty
Speaker 3: twenty six, like around the spring of twenty twenty six,
Speaker 3: And while Saturn is in Pisces, we might find that
Speaker 3: we might not feel as joyful that finding like that
Speaker 3: sense of inspiration, finding compassion, even maybe something that's a
Speaker 3: little difficult to do with all the things that are
Speaker 3: going on in the world right now. But when we
Speaker 3: deal with Saturn, Saturn rewards us for the hard work
Speaker 3: that we put in, right, and that's usually that satisfaction
Speaker 3: of achieving a goal, like I've been through this, I
Speaker 3: put in the time, and now I've mastered this thing,
Speaker 3: and now I'm here right like that started from the bottom.
Speaker 3: Now we hear. That's kind of like the Saturn model, right.
Speaker 3: And so I think when we talk about what to
Speaker 3: look forward to this year, I think we're really going
Speaker 3: to have to invest time and energy into creating things
Speaker 3: to look forward to. I was talking to a friend
Speaker 3: of mine last night and they had experienced like a
Speaker 3: really bad health crisis this past year, and we were
Speaker 3: talking because they were considering moving to a new state.
Speaker 3: And as we were having a conversation, I was saying,
Speaker 3: you know, I think that for black folks, black women,
Speaker 3: where we're at in terms of thinking about the future,
Speaker 3: I think it's important to still dream and to still
Speaker 3: envision something beautiful, right because I think those are things
Speaker 3: that keeps us hopeful, that keeps us going and wanting
Speaker 3: to see tomorrow. So I think, you know, as we
Speaker 3: think about this new year, this could be a good
Speaker 3: time to think about what do you want to create
Speaker 3: for yourself? You know, what do you want to create
Speaker 3: for the future, and also not only just for our
Speaker 3: own personal lives, but also like, is it something that
Speaker 3: we can share with others. I think when we talk
Speaker 3: about the idea of hope right now, this is something
Speaker 3: that we're going to get from each other, watching each
Speaker 3: other when and work together, and sharing our energy and
Speaker 3: our courage to change things or to live a better life.
Speaker 3: So yeah, I don't think it's impossible, but I do
Speaker 3: think in terms of like creating something better, I think
Speaker 3: it's definitely going to take time and effort.
Speaker 2: Got it, got it? Thank you for that. So I
Speaker 2: want to ask you about some major themes in our
Speaker 2: lives and see if you have any ideas about what
Speaker 2: we might be paying attention to or need to think
Speaker 2: about in twenty twenty four, So what major themes arise
Speaker 2: when you think about our love lives in twenty twenty four?
Speaker 3: For love, I think that again, So I'm just thinking
Speaker 3: about like the South nodes, because we'll still have the
Speaker 3: South Noe and Libra. We'll also have some eclipses next year.
Speaker 3: So like every year we have eclipses, and eclipses, they
Speaker 3: always bring change. They have like a collective meaning in
Speaker 3: terms of what they mean, but they also have more
Speaker 3: personal meaning depending on where those eclipses are activating someone's
Speaker 3: birth chart. So when we talk about the collective meaning
Speaker 3: of these eclipses, especially with Venus ruling that South node
Speaker 3: and Libra being on the South node and South node
Speaker 3: energy being weakened right now, I think that what it
Speaker 3: is going to do in terms of helping us in
Speaker 3: our love life is to change old patterns when it
Speaker 3: comes to love and dating and relationships, like helping us
Speaker 3: to improve our love lives, helping us to get clearer
Speaker 3: about what we want with regards to love and relationship.
Speaker 3: I think a lot of people coming out of the
Speaker 3: pandemic are now in a place where they're kind of like,
Speaker 3: I'm not willing to compromise on certain things that I
Speaker 3: may have compromised on before prior to the pandemic, right,
Speaker 3: like it was a make it or break it moment
Speaker 3: for many of us. And so with regards to love
Speaker 3: and romance, I think that it's going to be crucial
Speaker 3: to be very thoughtful and intentional about that part of
Speaker 3: our lives. For sure. I think it's just going to
Speaker 3: be important to be very intentional there. What about money, money, So,
Speaker 3: like I said, one of the plans that we look
Speaker 3: at when it comes to money is Jupiter. Jupiter moves
Speaker 3: into Gemini when we get to the Spring in terms
Speaker 3: of money, so money could probably come through just thinking
Speaker 3: about like where people can find money. It will most
Speaker 3: likely come through perhaps freelancing or working like a side
Speaker 3: job or side hustle. Because again Gemini is multiples, so
Speaker 3: when we talk about making money, you may need to
Speaker 3: think about having multiple streams of income for next year.
Speaker 3: Also thinking about different skill sets that you have that
Speaker 3: you might be able to utilize and putting to work tech, education, communications, media.
Speaker 3: These are also going to be areas to watch worth
Speaker 3: regards to employment or making money and things of that nature.
Speaker 3: Jupiter and Gemini also makes me think about how important
Speaker 3: it is not only to diversify your streams of income,
Speaker 3: but also thinking about different ways to save your money too,
Speaker 3: so like having like different accounts for different things, Especially
Speaker 3: because right now people are really trying to figure out
Speaker 3: money and like the financial market has been so up
Speaker 3: and down. I think it's going to be important to
Speaker 3: think about diversifying where you're making money, how you're spending it,
Speaker 3: how you're saving it, those kinds of things.
Speaker 2: So you've already talked about this a little bit. It
Speaker 2: sounds like in the money answer, but anything to add
Speaker 2: related to a career.
Speaker 3: Yeah, So the other planet I was talking about a
Speaker 3: little bit is Saturday m Pisces. Those two planets are
Speaker 3: often associated with career and like aspirations, and I think
Speaker 3: that we've been already kind of seeing this shift, especially
Speaker 3: like with the year of like the Great Resignation, where
Speaker 3: you had like people leaving their jobs because they were like,
Speaker 3: you know this, this makes me miserable. I'm not into
Speaker 3: this anymore. So I think as we continue on, as
Speaker 3: we go into this new year, I think a lot
Speaker 3: of people are going to be thinking about what is
Speaker 3: fulfilling to me? What do I want to do? With
Speaker 3: my time and energy, not only just for a paycheck,
Speaker 3: but that I feel fulfilled in what I do and
Speaker 3: that it feels meaningful to me. And I think that's
Speaker 3: going to be a continuation of the themes that people
Speaker 3: are going to be thinking about in terms of career and.
Speaker 2: What about travel with travel.
Speaker 3: So it was interesting. I was on social media last
Speaker 3: night just looking around, and I had saw a tweet
Speaker 3: about how Brazil is reinstating their visa application, like if
Speaker 3: you are traveling there for less than ninety days, you
Speaker 3: have to complete a visa application in order to get
Speaker 3: into the country. Apparently they were saying that this was
Speaker 3: like a new thing because this goes in effect, I
Speaker 3: believe on January tenth, twenty twenty four, and a lot
Speaker 3: of people were thinking that this was new. But from
Speaker 3: just doing a little bit more research, I had found
Speaker 3: out that this was something that was in place prior
Speaker 3: to the pandemic and that it's being restated again. So
Speaker 3: you might see a lot of companies, especially with the
Speaker 3: different conflicts that are going on in the world right now,
Speaker 3: you may see companies, I'm sorry, countries being a little
Speaker 3: bit more stringent about like their borders. You know, in
Speaker 3: terms of being able to freely move and getting in
Speaker 3: and out of the country, So that could be something
Speaker 3: that could affect travel plans. You may have to planned
Speaker 3: more in advance, you know, in terms of whatever like
Speaker 3: visa requirements or entry requirements that countries might have. I
Speaker 3: think that when we talk talk about like the travel
Speaker 3: industry as a whole, it's still going through a lot
Speaker 3: in terms of infrastructure and labor shortages and things of
Speaker 3: that nature. So that definitely is going to continue to
Speaker 3: be something to be mindful of as you're planning travel.
Speaker 3: So again, I think, you know, when it comes to
Speaker 3: travels is really going to be about being as flexible
Speaker 3: as you can with regards to like your plans and
Speaker 3: travel dates and things like that. And there could be
Speaker 3: like last minute cancelations and delays and worse than we've
Speaker 3: seen before. So yeah, got it.
Speaker 2: Got it? Okay, so buckle up, everybody, because yeah, a
Speaker 2: little more. Yeah, So I want to read off each
Speaker 2: of the signs and see if you have any keywords
Speaker 2: that you might highlight for each sign for twenty twenty four,
Speaker 2: So what about for aries?
Speaker 3: So for areas, I think this is going to be
Speaker 3: a year to really build and grow community. Areas are
Speaker 3: also going through a period two because I was talking
Speaker 3: a little bit about that North node being in aries
Speaker 3: now and like how the north node points us into
Speaker 3: the direction that we need to go, kind of like
Speaker 3: our north star. So a lot of areas, you know,
Speaker 3: they're going to be coming up in terms of like career, money, love,
Speaker 3: Like this is a time for there's things that you
Speaker 3: want to accomplish, things that you want to do. The
Speaker 3: Cosmos is really behind areas right now in terms of
Speaker 3: being able to get that done and having community support,
Speaker 3: being more involved in your community. Like these may also
Speaker 3: be themes that you see playing out over this new year.
Speaker 3: What about Taurus for Taurists, So money, money may improve
Speaker 3: for tauruss I know this past two years or so,
Speaker 3: since like November twenty twenty one, tourists have been going
Speaker 3: through a lot of change, a lot of ups and downs.
Speaker 3: So they may finally start to see some of that settle,
Speaker 3: which I know a lot of tourists is like because
Speaker 3: Taurus is like stability and comfort and peace of mind.
Speaker 3: So things have been really in flux for tourists, you know,
Speaker 3: over the past couple of years, So they may start
Speaker 3: to see things quieting down a bit in their life
Speaker 3: and money can definitely be something that they can improve
Speaker 3: for this year.
Speaker 2: What about Gemini, So Geminar gets.
Speaker 3: Jupiter, right, So every time Jupiter visits your sign, which
Speaker 3: is once every twelve years, you get some extra luck
Speaker 3: or opportunity. It's almost like being visited by Santa Claus
Speaker 3: for the year. So with Geminis and Gemini, Risings also
Speaker 3: will experience this. But getting Jupiter means that this is
Speaker 3: a great time to think about self development, self growth,
Speaker 3: and expansion, new things that you want to try and do.
Speaker 3: You'll have more going for you this year in terms
Speaker 3: of like being able to get some of those things
Speaker 3: off the ground.
Speaker 2: Okay, what about cancer.
Speaker 3: Okay, so let's see with cancers right now? Cancer cancer
Speaker 3: risings right career right now is a big focal point
Speaker 3: for them, So this could be a time where they
Speaker 3: can really level up in their career, or maybe they're
Speaker 3: thinking about switching careers and going in like an entirely
Speaker 3: new direction. This will be a great time for them
Speaker 3: to do that. Just thinking again about the Jupiter and Gemini,
Speaker 3: this will be a great time to go back to
Speaker 3: school or to even do some self study. In terms
Speaker 3: of like a new interest or topic or field that
Speaker 3: you want to get into. This can be a great
Speaker 3: time to invest in like your skills and learning training
Speaker 3: or just seeing like where your ideas take you.
Speaker 2: Okay, what about for Leo?
Speaker 3: Leo? So I'm thinking about where those areas and liber
Speaker 3: eclipses are happening for Leo for this year. So Leo
Speaker 3: travel definitely is going to be a big thing for
Speaker 3: Leo's this year. Traveling if you work in communications or
Speaker 3: media or even thinking about maybe there's a book you
Speaker 3: want to write, or thinking about a podcast you want
Speaker 3: to start, or places that you want to go, this
Speaker 3: is a year for like more adventure and exploration.
Speaker 2: Okay, what about for virgos?
Speaker 3: Virgos? So, Virgos right now are working through some relationship
Speaker 3: stuff and like redefining what partnership and relationships mean to
Speaker 3: them because they have Saturn and Pisces hanging out in
Speaker 3: their partnership zone right now, and whenever Saturn visits your
Speaker 3: partnership zone, it's a time when you are working on
Speaker 3: relationship issues, So how to strengthen them. Perhaps there's maybe
Speaker 3: more boundaries needed with regards to relationships because Virgos tend
Speaker 3: to be people who love to help others and do
Speaker 3: things for other folks, sometimes to their own detriment. And
Speaker 3: so now that Saturdays in Piscy, Saturdays is like, Okay,
Speaker 3: do you have enough time and energy? Like are you
Speaker 3: over extending yourself? Maybe we need to step back a
Speaker 3: little bit and allow other people to take care of themselves.
Speaker 2: So this could be a.
Speaker 3: Time where virgos are working on improving their relationships and
Speaker 3: making their relationships better.
Speaker 2: Okay, more from our conversation after the break. What about
Speaker 2: libra libra?
Speaker 3: So libra are also another sign that's impacted by these
Speaker 3: libra and areas eclipses. Right now, Libras are also thinking
Speaker 3: about partnership, but from a different perspective. I think with
Speaker 3: libras it's going to be being more intentional. I think
Speaker 3: about partnership because libras tend to be very social, very social,
Speaker 3: very friendly folks, but sometimes I find that they can
Speaker 3: be a bit indiscriminate about who they allow out into
Speaker 3: their life or their circle. So I think this is
Speaker 3: a good time to be a little bit more intentional
Speaker 3: about who you're partnering with and pitching your wag into.
Speaker 3: But there can also be some key partnerships that you
Speaker 3: can make throughout the year that could also like help
Speaker 3: you to further your goals.
Speaker 2: Got it? What about Scorpio.
Speaker 3: It's a couple of things that come up when I
Speaker 3: think about Scorpio. I'm just thinking about Saturn being in
Speaker 3: Pisces for scorporeal risings, that's impacting their zone in their
Speaker 3: chart that has to do with creativity and romance. So
Speaker 3: romance may be a little bit like right now for scorporalizings,
Speaker 3: but with Saturn being in the picture, it could be
Speaker 3: a wonderful time to really work on or invest in
Speaker 3: something creative, like your creative project that you might be
Speaker 3: working on, Like maybe if you're a musician or a
Speaker 3: writer or a dancer, Saturn being in that part of
Speaker 3: your chart can be a wonderful time to really like
Speaker 3: invest time in something that you want to share with
Speaker 3: an audience later. I think also too, when we talk
Speaker 3: about these eclipses for Scorpio, it's going to be taking
Speaker 3: place in their health and wellness zones. So this might
Speaker 3: be something that they might want to think about, like
Speaker 3: is it time for a lifestyle change, which just thinking
Speaker 3: a little bit more about work life balance because most
Speaker 3: Scorpios that I know they will push themselves into their
Speaker 3: batteries are completely empty, and so doing things in that
Speaker 3: kind of extreme way may not work right now in
Speaker 3: terms of thinking about like how to have a little
Speaker 3: bit more balance.
Speaker 2: Okay, what about Pisces.
Speaker 3: Pisces right now? So they have Saturn right so they're
Speaker 3: dealing with Saturn. Pisces when Saturn visits your sign, and
Speaker 3: this may be true for all the mutable signs. So
Speaker 3: like when we talk about Pisces, there's also Virgo, Sagittarius,
Speaker 3: and then Gemini is the fourth one. When Saturn visits,
Speaker 3: it's not really a fun time unfortunately. You know, Saturn
Speaker 3: is like, you know, you gotta work, you have responsibilities.
Speaker 3: So I think with Pisces right now, if you're not
Speaker 3: having any fun, I'm sorry. I know it's because Saturn
Speaker 3: is in your sign. But know that whatever you're working
Speaker 3: on right now, whatever you're investing time and energy into,
Speaker 3: this can be a wonderful time to really build yourself
Speaker 3: up and make something of yourself, depending on what it is,
Speaker 3: whether it's building a business or building more self confidence
Speaker 3: or building better relationships, like whatever it is that you like,
Speaker 3: I want to fix this. I want to change this.
Speaker 3: I want to make this better, or I want to
Speaker 3: succeed or I want to accomplish this. Saturn will help
Speaker 3: you do that. But know that it's going to feel
Speaker 3: like I don't want to do this work, but I
Speaker 3: know that it is necessary. But know that when you're
Speaker 3: done with Saturn, you're going to be in a much
Speaker 3: better position than you are now. So that's the thing
Speaker 3: to keep an eye on.
Speaker 2: Okay, what about Aquarius.
Speaker 3: Aquarius has Jupiter and Gemini in their fifth house, right,
Speaker 3: Charis gets to have more fun this sh So when
Speaker 3: we talk about the fifth house, this is an area
Speaker 3: of a life for folks that have to do with
Speaker 3: things like romance, creativity, love, pleasure, enjoyment, taking risks. So
Speaker 3: when Dribridg gets to Semini, you might find you're going
Speaker 3: to be having a little bit more fun, a little
Speaker 3: bit more romance, maybe more creative inspiration. Sometimes this area
Speaker 3: of life can also be connected to children, So maybe
Speaker 3: there are Aquarians who are starting families this year, so
Speaker 3: making an addition to the family. So yeah, I think
Speaker 3: that this will be a little bit more joyful than
Speaker 3: it may have been over the past couple of years.
Speaker 3: And then you have Pluto Pluto going into Aquarius. So
Speaker 3: for a lot of Aquarians, it's going to be like
Speaker 3: the person that you were before versus the person that
Speaker 3: you're becoming. It's going to be very, very different. So
Speaker 3: you're undergoing like a total rebirth transformation, which can be
Speaker 3: really exciting.
Speaker 2: Okay, what about for Capricorn.
Speaker 3: With Capricorn family, home and family are probably like the
Speaker 3: big things right now coming up for Capricorns. Most Capricorns
Speaker 3: that I know are very goal oriented people. Capricorn Capricorn
Speaker 3: Rising mostly their goal oriented people. I know that when
Speaker 3: you read about them, they'll talk about like how they
Speaker 3: like work a lot, and they're very business oriented, business
Speaker 3: savvy and things like that, and that can be true.
Speaker 3: Not all Capricorns care about work at the end of
Speaker 3: the day. It's more about caring about being the best
Speaker 3: at whatever it is that they do, whatever they're passionate about,
Speaker 3: and may not necessarily be connected to like work. But
Speaker 3: when we talk about this year, Capricorns are being encouraged
Speaker 3: to invest more in like family connection, building a support
Speaker 3: system for themselves, maybe thinking about moving or relocating. That
Speaker 3: could be a part of it. In terms of like home,
Speaker 3: they could also be Capricorns also thinking about starting families,
Speaker 3: but also too, I think above all and a lot
Speaker 3: of Capricorns always do this, I think is paying more
Speaker 3: attention to your emotional well being. That's going to be
Speaker 3: huge for sure.
Speaker 2: Okay, and then Sagittarius, Sagittarius, that's my sign, shout out
Speaker 2: to my fellow sages.
Speaker 3: So what do we got going on? Well, when we
Speaker 3: talk about that Saturday and Pissy story, that's taking place
Speaker 3: in a lot of sagt Sagi rizings in their home
Speaker 3: and family zone. So a lot of sages might be
Speaker 3: feeling like they have a lot more family obligations and
Speaker 3: responsibilities right now, or like home related things happening with
Speaker 3: their home or living situation that might be kind of stressful.
Speaker 3: I think that for sages this is going to be
Speaker 3: a time to kind of approach life more from a
Speaker 3: place of planning versus just going with the flow. Because
Speaker 3: as Sagittarians, like, part of our gift is that we
Speaker 3: take risks and we just say like, all right, let's
Speaker 3: just do let's just see. We're not a signed that
Speaker 3: necessarily unless our chart says otherwise. But we're not necessarily
Speaker 3: a sign that looks before we leap. So what's and
Speaker 3: being in even with Jupiter and Gemini will be helping
Speaker 3: us with regards to bringing in support and bringing in
Speaker 3: help from other people because it'll be in our partnership
Speaker 3: and relationship zone. So it can be an opportunity to
Speaker 3: get more comfortable with asking for help or receiving support
Speaker 3: from other people as opposed to like trying to do
Speaker 3: everything on our own. But I think part of the
Speaker 3: year is also going to be about like having a
Speaker 3: plan for something, so being more thoughtful strategic about our
Speaker 3: decisions and choices and thinking ahead versus just doing things.
Speaker 2: In the moment. Got it. So you've given us so
Speaker 2: much information, Mecca. As we wrap up twenty twenty three
Speaker 2: and look into twenty twenty four, how can we take
Speaker 2: some of the lessons from this year and use that
Speaker 2: to kind of move into the new year.
Speaker 3: Oh that's a great question. I think that one of
Speaker 3: the things that keeps coming, like one of the phrases
Speaker 3: like I get like sometimes like thinking phrases. I don't know,
Speaker 3: maybe it's because I'm a gen X kid growing up
Speaker 3: watching sitcoms and commercials, Like it just makes me think about, like,
Speaker 3: you know, I always have like these pop culture phrases
Speaker 3: or things that I've heard that I kind of use.
Speaker 3: But the idea of like taking things one day at
Speaker 3: a time, I think that that's probably going to be
Speaker 3: really necessary in terms of getting through a lot of
Speaker 3: the humps and hurdles and being able to take advantage
Speaker 3: of like opportunities and new experiences that come our way.
Speaker 3: I think that the downside of being steeped in internet
Speaker 3: culture is that it makes everything so immediate, and we
Speaker 3: get inundated with a lot of news and just seeing
Speaker 3: all these different things that are happening all at one time,
Speaker 3: and it can often lead to this feeling of helplessness,
Speaker 3: like how can I do something to change if everything
Speaker 3: is on fire all at one time? But I think
Speaker 3: again that just speaks to what I've been talking about
Speaker 3: before about like how this is going to take a village.
Speaker 3: It's going to take a community for us all to
Speaker 3: work together in our own individual ways to make change
Speaker 3: wherever we can, in any way that we can, so
Speaker 3: especially for black women, because oftentimes we're the first to
Speaker 3: jump in when people need support and help, but we
Speaker 3: don't always feel like we get that same support reciprocated.
Speaker 3: And I know with a lot of different things going on,
Speaker 3: both in our personal lives and also in the world
Speaker 3: at large. It can feel really overwhelming to feel like,
Speaker 3: oh God, Okay, here's another battle that I need to fight,
Speaker 3: or here's another thing that I need to show up for.
Speaker 3: But I think that again, taking that one day at
Speaker 3: a time approach is going to be really helpful in
Speaker 3: terms of maintaining our own sense of sanity and well
Speaker 3: being right and just thinking about what is in within
Speaker 3: your power to control, What do you have within your
Speaker 3: power that you can do something about, whether it's within
Speaker 3: your own life or for something for the greater good,
Speaker 3: and not feel like you have to shoulder every single burden,
Speaker 3: take up every single mantle that you come across. So
Speaker 3: really taking your time, especially like I said, because Jupiter
Speaker 3: will be in Gemini next year, and sometimes Gemini energy
Speaker 3: can be very like a lot of things going on
Speaker 3: at one time. So taking that slow, steady, pacing yourself approach,
Speaker 3: I think is going to be really helpful for us.
Speaker 2: All beautiful, Thank you so much for sharing all of that, Mecca,
Speaker 2: So remind us where we can stay in contact with you.
Speaker 2: I people want to work with you, get a reading done.
Speaker 2: Where can we buy your books tell us all the information.
Speaker 3: Sure, So you can find me at my website. It's
Speaker 3: my life Created dot com and that's where you can
Speaker 3: book a reading with me. You can also find my
Speaker 3: social media handles on my website as well. I also
Speaker 3: do monthly horoscopes for a Scape, so if you want
Speaker 3: to check out what's happening from month to month, you
Speaker 3: can check out my monthly scopes Thereandscape dot com. And
Speaker 3: my books, which there is a couple of them. The
Speaker 3: first one is Astrology for Happiness and Success, which is
Speaker 3: out wherever books are sold. And then I also have
Speaker 3: another book called the Astrology Journal for those of you
Speaker 3: who are interested in journaling but also want to know
Speaker 3: how the stars apply to you Like that's a really good,
Speaker 3: like useful tool to use. And then I also have
Speaker 3: adult coloring books for each of the zodiac signs that
Speaker 3: you can also find as well. Yeah, that's where you
Speaker 3: can find me perfect.
Speaker 2: We will be short to include all of it in
Speaker 2: the show notes. Thank you so much for spending some
Speaker 2: time with us again today, Mecca. Thank you, I had
Speaker 2: a pleasure, always a pleasure. Thank you. I'm so glad
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Speaker 2: Elise Ellis, and Zaria Taylor. Editing was done by Dennison Bradford.
Speaker 2: Thank y'all so much for joining me again this week.
Speaker 2: I look forward to continuing this conversation with you all
Speaker 2: real soon. And before we wrap up today, I want
Speaker 2: to share a special message from two very special guests
Speaker 2: who I have the joy and honor of sharing the
Speaker 2: microphone with for the last episode of every year.
Speaker 1: Oh wasn't that a great Christmas yesterday? I hope y'all
Speaker 1: all got some good times yesterday and got to Spamcoim
Speaker 1: with your family, and then twenty twenty three go by
Speaker 1: so fast it feels like yesterday was this July fourth.
Speaker 1: Now we all should love Christmas and Santa, be kind
Speaker 1: to everybody and speak up in speak out, and when
Speaker 1: you're nervous to take a deep breath and embrace your feelings.
Speaker 1: And then when you have courage this bring it all
Speaker 1: out onto the stage. And we love everybody equally. You
Speaker 1: should love your parents too, equally, So just walk it off,
Speaker 1: don't listen to what other people say, and remember that
Speaker 1: you are the one that you need. Happy New Years.
Speaker 2: Would you like to see Jackson?
Speaker 3: Well?
Speaker 1: Over this past year, I've learned a lot not to
Speaker 1: take something for granted. Like my dog. I thought Arlo
Speaker 1: would live for ever, or at least until I'm getting
Speaker 1: out of college, and then on a Wednesday in September
Speaker 1: slept us and it was heartbreaking. So with that, remember
Speaker 1: to spend the time with your loved ones because tomorrow
Speaker 1: or three years from now, they might be gone. Merry Christmas,
Speaker 1: Happy New Years. Love Jackson,