Welcome back to the Essential Astrocast.

I am your host, Veronica Perretti, and
this is the podcast that you listen

to when you want to know what's going
on in the heavens, so that you can

dictate your fate down here on earth.

All right.

Folks, it is another big banner
headline, astrology News Day.

Uranus has entered Gemini, so I'm
recording this on July 7th and this week

we have the last piece of the puzzle.

Coming into place that we've
been waiting for for 2025,

which is Uranus entering Gemini.

So if you remember back to the
beginning of the year, I talked

a lot about how this year is like
the big blockbuster movie trailer.

So we're watching the trailer, we're
getting a taste of all of these

outer planets, in these new signs.

Now Pluto is an Aquarius.

For good for 20 years, we know that.

But Uranus and Gemini, that's a visit.

Uranus will retrograde back
in a Taurus later this year.

and Neptune in Aries is a visit Saturn.

In Aries is a visit.

They are visiting the early degrees
of these signs, and then they're

gonna retrograde and go back into the
late degrees of the previous signs.

So this summer we're getting a taste
of what 2026 and beyond is going to

be about, as at least with those.

Three planets.

But there's something else that's
really interesting that's happening

now that Uranus has entered Gemini.

We have this minor grand trine in
the sky that is forming between the

three outer planets, and those are
the planets that have to do with

transcendence because they're the
planets that we need a telescope to see.

They weren't discovered until we, had the
technology of the telescope, so Uranus.

Neptune and Pluto are forming this minor
grand trine, which means that Uranus is

in a trine with Pluto, and then Pluto
and Uranus are both sextiling Neptune.

So these three planets are what we call
generational planets or outer planets.

They give us the big banner arching
themes that tell us about where we are

in the history of humanity in society.

really big arching advancements progress.

Regressions.

So this is big stuff and it's
very interesting that these three

planets are going to be in this
harmonious minor grand trine.

What summer dubbing the Magic Triangle
from now July, 2025 through June, 2028.

So this is a long time and we are going to
unpack this, but it's certainly important.

I'm gonna talk about it
more in the coming weeks.

I have to research it a little
bit more, but I just wanted

to drop that in there because.

A lot of what I'm gonna say about Uranus
and Gemini is going to feel overwhelming.

Maybe it's going to feel frightening.

but Uranus and Gemini, we haven't
seen with this magic triangle,

with this minor grand rine in play.

And with this in for so long, in
ply with the three outer planets,

the three transcendent planets.

so it's really interesting.

It's an interesting thing
to keep your eye on.

and I'm gonna talk about it more.

I'm gonna research it more.

We'll have lots more to say.

as far as last week, just
to take a moment to ground

ourselves in the reality of this.

Last week I was exhausted.

Neptune stationed to retrograde.

We are entering retrograde season.

Hello.

So remember the beginning of the year we
were like, oh my gosh, these retrogrades,

The beginning of the year we had, Mars
and Venus retrograde, and those are

the most challenging retrogrades 'cause
they happen the least frequently.

The outer planets spend about half
the year retrograde every year.

So it's not a big deal.

But last week, Neptune retrograded
and when one of these planets further

from earth stations to retrograde,
it's not a big deal because they

spend half the year retrograde
from our vantage point on earth.

But when the planet stations,
it means it slows down.

It appears to stop and then move backward.

When that planet stations, whether it's
to retrograde or go direct, it can feel.

Like that planet is really
sucking our attention to it.

It really feels like that
planet is just more deeply felt.

And last week several of my yoga
students were saying how they were so

exhausted and I was so exhausted and
my son was so exhausted, and I was

just thinking, how is it possible that
we're all feeling this exhaustion?

And I think it was because.

Not only are we living in quote unquote
unprecedented times, when are we

gonna, I would love to start living
in unprecedented times, by the way.

But, with this astrology, there's
no way there we're gonna be

living in unprecedented times.

So, last week we had, we had Neptune
Station, and not only did we have Neptune

station, but we also had, We also had
Venus join with Uranus at 29 degrees

Taurus the same day on Friday the fourth.

So last week, all in all was a quiet week
astrologically until we got to July 4th.

You did not hear from me
because I was just exhausted.

And then of course, all the
action was on July 4th, which

was a holiday and all that.

So we had Venus joining with Uranus,
which makes for breakup energy.

So you probably heard about someone
breaking up or someone maybe letting

go of a job or someone unexpectedly
deciding that they're going to

do something new in their life or
maybe change their hair color or.

Move across the country.

Venus is our values, and Uranus brings
unexpected change and sudden change.

And that's what we're gonna
be talking about today.

And that was kind of like the last
hurrah, but not quite, because Uranus

will retrograde back into late Taurus
and in 2026, Venus will meet Uranus at.

29 degrees Taurus One more time.

So it's not the last time we're gonna
see it at 29 Degrees Taurus, but.

there was some finality to
something for many of us on Friday.

and it might have been an internal
experience, like I, Uranus is the co ruler

of our nervous system along with Mercury.

So for me, I had some stuff going on.

I was just like, okay, this
is the boundary that I'm gonna

keep in this relationship.

I don't need to say it.

I don't need to talk about it, but
it's clear for me and it's clear for

the way I'm gonna manage my emotions.

And that was my experience
of Venus Conjunct Uranus.

We also had the big ugly bill pass in
Congress, and that made me really angry

It also, you know, feels very
Neptune retrograde because Neptune

is the dissolution, Neptune is
the dissolving of structures,

and we, that was the day Neptune.

The July 4th was the day that
Neptune retrograded, and we

were really feeling that.

And Venus being our values and our money.

Uranus joining with Venus, it feels
like, you know, a big sudden change in.

what is valued by our government and where
our tax dollars Venus money, are going.

So not to get too mired in the past,
but I just wanted to set the stage

because we didn't talk last week.

and those were some big things
that weren't happening on July 4th.

And for a lot of us, July 4th felt
a little bit strange this year,

and it was strange because we had
Venus join with Uranus and we had

Neptune stationing to retrograde.

So it was a strange vibe.

regardless of what's going on in
the news, the astrological cosmic

energy was just a little bit.

Funky.

but today, the seventh, as I'm talking to
you, Uranus has already entered Gemini.

This is the first time since 1941
that Uranus has entered Gemini.

Uranus was in Gemini from 1941 to 1949.

So I want to share a little
bit about that with you.

I'll also mention that Venus,
Venus has really been up to stuff.

She also sex tiled.

Saturn and Neptune yesterday on July
6th, and now she's in a trine to Pluto.

So Venus is.

Getting around.

You know, she's talking to the big guys.

She's like, what's going on?

I'm strategizing over here.

how am I gonna make moves?

Now that Venus is in Gemini and she's
talking to everybody, she's having chats,

she's strategizing, she's making notes,
she's looking at things in new ways.

You might be looking at
relationships in new ways.

You might be feeling differently
about what's important to you.

you might be, shifting your priorities, in
terms of what you spend your resources on.

Those are all things that could be going
on with Venus talking to all the big guys.

Okay, so let's dive
into Uranus and Gemini.

I'm not gonna get, like,
hopefully I'm not gonna get too

mired in too much of it today.

I don't want this to be
an extra long podcast.

But I do want to make sure
that you feel informed.

So Uranus is.

Now in Gemini, Uranus is associated
with words like revolution, breakdown to

breakthrough upheaval, radical change.

Remember, radical doesn't
just mean drastic or dramatic.

Radical comes from the.

Literally the root word root.

So in astrology, the natal chart
is considered the radix chart.

So anytime you have that RAD,
that is from the root word.

Literally root, ROOT.

so it's the fundamental.

So radical change is fundamental change or
change to the fundamental systems change

to something that is the root, the source,
sudden unexpected progress, innovation.

Social change.

These are all keywords and
themes that come up with Uranus.

I think of Saturn as the rule maker
and Uranus as the rule breaker.

And in astrology, many people
consider Uranus to be like

the higher octave of Saturn.

I also think of this as, in art.

I think there is a principle of you
learn the classics of how to draw and

paint and sculpts, and once you are.

Traditionally trained in the classics,
you can break the rules and innovate.

And I think that's the same
probably in the culinary arts

or music or any, any art form.

you learn the tradition, you learn the the
tried and true way, and then once you've

mastered that, you can break those rules

Be effective.

so that is sort of how I feel about
Saturn and Uranus and their relationship.

'cause remember, Saturn was what
we considered to be the boundary

of the universe because for a
long time, Saturn was the furthest

planet that humans could see.

And then with the wide
adaptation of telescopes.

Uranus was discovered in 1781.

Funnily enough, Uranus was discovered in
1781 when Uranus was in Gemini, according

to astrology and the tropical Zodiac.

So that was during, the American
Revolution and the French Revolution.

We had Uranus and Gemini.

at the same time we
had Pluto and Aquarius.

That we have not experienced since
the founding of the United States.

And not to make this like a history lesson
in the United States, but the United

States chart, we are in our Pluto return.

If you've been listening to this
podcast for years, you've heard

me talk about it ad nauseum.

You're probably sick of hearing about it.

but we entered our Pluto return.

There are differing opinions on
this, but let's say we had our,

like true Pluto return 2022.

we were certainly feeling it before that
and now some astrologers have stopped

talking about it because there's a feeling
that, okay, well we've already had the

Pluto return, according to the chart,
what we call the Sibley chart or the birth

chart of the United States of America,
where Pluto was at 27 degrees Capricorn.

But I feel that we are still in
our Pluto return because Pluto was

at eight degrees of Aquarius when
the American Revolution ended.

So at that time we had Uranus and Gemini
and Pluto and Aquarius because both of

those astrological signatures are in
the birth chart of the USA, which is.

July 4th, 1776.

So with that in mind, just keep
that in mind that this is the

first time that as a nation we are
experiencing the a Pluto return

period because we're a young nation.

But along with the Uranus return,
because we've had Uranus return, the

last Uranus return, for the US because
Uranus is in Gemini in the US chart.

So the last Uranus return for the chart
of our nation, assuming you're American.

Of course some people are not
American or don't live in America.

So for those of us that do, for
our country, the Uranus return,

the last one was World War ii.

Previous one was the Civil War, and the
one before that was the Revolutionary

War, the American Revolution.

Um, but that was on a return, that
was the beginning of the country.

So that was the previous time that
Uranus was in, Gemini was when the

country was founded, because Uranus
takes 84 years to go around the zodiac.

So many of us are lucky
enough to get Uranus returns.

and some of us aren't.

some notable people that are having
their Uranus returns Donald Trump

because of course he's very Uranian.

He is a son in Gemini and his
son is conjunct Uranus in Gemini.

He is the embodiment of this
Uranus return for the us.

I would say he's the
embodiment of our Pluto return.

we are experiencing something that
not many people have experienced and

it is exciting and also frightening.

a lot of people are going, a lot of
astrologers are gonna talk about.

How every time Uranus is in
Gemini, the US is at war.

that might be true, but I wanna
widen our perspective on that

because Uranus is a force for change.

That change is sometimes good,
that change is sometimes bad.

But we are here.

We chose to incarnate and be
on the earth at this time.

We get to play a role.

We have power, especially with Uranus
and Gemini at the same time that

Pluto is an Aquarius because they are
creating this trying to one another.

Which means they're working together.

Pluto in Aquarius is also interested
in revolutionary thoughts and ideas

and breaking down barriers and social
activism and all of those things.

Now, nothing in astrology is good or bad.

These are patterns that we see.

These are key words associated
with these transits.

We as human beings have free will.

We are the ones that write the history.

So yes, we can look at Uranus in
Gemini and say, oh, every time

Uranus is in Gemini, there's big
wars that the US is involved in.

Okay, so how are we going
to make this time different?

Maybe we are already in World War iii.

That is something that people are saying.

I'm not saying that to frighten you.

I'm saying that to say.

We have choices right now as to how
we show up as to how we spend our

dollars, as to how we use our resources
as to what we give our attention.

we are not sitting here
victims of the astrology.

The astrology is a mirror
for what is happening.

It gives us an opportunity to reflect
back and to make better choices.

So you're listening to this podcast
'cause you wanna know what's coming,

so now you know what's coming.

You know that it's a volatile time.

Uranus and Gemini often, increases
this feeling of us verse them

because Gemini is associated with
some of these keywords, duality.

Connection, thoughts, language,
communication words, siblings,

neighborhood, children, and
early education, variety,

multitudes and exchange of ideas.

So because Gemini is associated with
the duality, the twins, or variety or

several of something, it often means
that, there can be a hard and fast.

This is what I think,
this is what you think.

I'm right.

You're wrong.

But that's like a very low
shadow experience of Gemini.

The highest vibration of Gemini is
being able to see all of the different

perspectives and see that there
are many ways of seeing one thing.

So I always give this example
that in yoga, the rishis were

the seers because they could see
something from all perspectives.

They were considered wise because they
could see it in all the different ways.

And when you can see something from
various perspectives and not necessarily

judge those perspectives or attach
yourself emotionally to one, then you can

rise above it and be a force for logic.

so I think that.

This is really interesting.

Uranus and Gemini is going to
give us a masterclass in witness

consciousness, how to rise above
the, this is right, that is wrong.

I like this.

I don't like that.

And to watch the movement of not only
our mind as individuals, but watch the

movement of our collective mind and see
where the energy and attention flows.

And with that, Uranus and Gemini,
it's gonna be more important than ever

for you to have a practice in getting
quiet, getting clear, feeling embodied.

Because Uranus and
Gemini is very cerebral.

Anything in Gemini is gonna
make us go into our head.

It's gonna make us feel, A little
bit restless, and it's gonna make

us kind of jump around and think
about lots of different things.

It also is a force for innovation.

It's also a force for creative thinking.

So we wanna make sure that.

We're utilizing the energy in a positive
way that it can help us move forward.

But if we get stuck in allowing our
attention to jump from thing to thing,

which is what we know is already
going on, thanks to social media,

thanks to all the apps, thanks to
the phone, which has us all addicted,

thanks to, all the streaming networks.

Thanks to the fact that.

All of us are getting news and information
from these algorithms that are created

to, um, just have us doubling down on
the same thing that we already think.

Uranus, we, we've already experienced
that Jupiter and Gemini the past

year has been like a preview of
what Uranus and Gemini is gonna be.

So Jupiter and Gemini
expanded that echo chamber.

Type way of getting information.

Uranus and Gemini is gonna hopefully
help us break through that so that we

can experience some form of liberation or
freedom, because at the end of the day,

the whole point of Uranus is to help us
break through and experience liberation.

One of the most fundamental
parts of Uranus.

Is about breaking the boundaries, so.

if you're interested in this and you
wanna, learn more about it, there is,

a wonderful book which is very dense
and very heavy by Richard Tarus called

Cosmos and Psyche, and he talks about
the Uranus Pluto cycle and Revolution.

How every time Uranus and Pluto comes
together, there's big shifts in humanity.

and that book has been created
into a series, like a, a, you

know, movie series, television
series that I think you can buy.

I saw it when it first
came out and it was free.

Um, and it's called The Changing
of the Gods, and you can check

that out if you're interested.

It's super, super interesting and I
think, many of you would really enjoy it.

okay.

So remember, this is a time to double
down on the practices that help you

feel like you can gain some quietude,

to feel some stillness, to remember that

the earth is holding you up.

You're not holding up the earth,
the practices that help you.

Feel that and receive that
are gonna be really helpful.

So if that's meditation, if
that's yoga, that's going for

a run, if that is, you know.

Being with someone you love.

If that's just like having a complete
silent cup of coffee in the morning,

whatever that practice is, that helps
you feel embodied, quiet, calm, grounded,

that's gonna be more valuable than ever.

Okay, so some things you can expect
from Uranus, in Gemini, we will have.

Undoubtedly medical and scientific
advancements because, Uranus

and Gemini is training Pluto
and Aquarius, as I mentioned.

And both these signs are air signs,
and air signs are associated with the

intellect, with the minds with fresh,
innovative ideas, with the exchange of

ideas and the exchange of information.

we're gonna see technological
advancement, of course, that we

can't go without talking about ai.

AI really, sprung up seemingly out of
nowhere, even though we've been using

AI for many years without knowing it.

the large language models
like Chachi, PT, and Claude.

And now Gemini, all of these ones,
they seemingly popped out of nowhere,

even though that's really not the case.

But they really gained steam
once Pluto entered Aquarius.

So while that is a very big Pluto
Aquarius story, Uranus and Gemini

is going to show us how we can.

Experience breakthroughs
using that technology.

And we might experience a lot
of breakdowns, 'cause remember,

Uranus breakdown to breakthrough.

So we're gonna see AI
dependence as well as ai.

Reluctance, people who don't wanna use it.

We're already seeing that.

We have a lot of people
who don't wanna use it.

There are studies that it
makes your brain, lazy.

Basically your brain doesn't,
your brain starts to atrophy

if you use it all the time.

there are people having
obvious using it in.

negative ways that are
negatively impacting their lives.

and you know, that is to be expected
whenever there's new technology and

there's no regulation and, people
are kind of figuring it out and

we're all figuring it out together.

but I think that while AI is
going to completely rewire.

Our ways of connecting with one
another and the ways that we receive

information, the way that we do
research, I think we will learn ways

to utilize it that are profound.

Perhaps, big medical marvels
and advancements when it

comes to medicine and science.

Perhaps the climate crisis.

We saw the climate crisis really.

Come to a peak, come to a head with Uranus
and Taurus, that horrible flood this

weekend in Texas that occurred with Venus
and Uranus conjoin at, 29 degrees Taurus.

so we have to look at what do we
value, what's important to us?

If the life of human beings is
important to us, then we need

to invest in this infrastructure
that will protect human life.

So, Uranus and Taurus was the wake up call
in terms of climate, the climate crisis.

perhaps Uranus and Gemini
will bring some technological

advancements in helping us mitigate.

that situation.

we know that deep fakes are a big
thing, you know, the misinformation

and disinformation from false videos
and false images are a really big

deal and that really expanded in the
past year with Jupiter and Gemini.

And we will probably see the attempt to.

Dismantle that, or at
least regulate it, I hope.

Remember, Uranus breaks boundaries,
but Uranus also helps us

innovate and progress forward.

so radical reinvention is.

Probably on the agenda, on the
menu for lots of different things.

if you have a lot of Gemini in your
chart, if you have Gemini placements,

like your sun, your moon, your personal
planets like Venus, Mars, if your

ascendant or your descendant, or your
midheaven or your IC is in Gemini.

You might experience a radical
reinvention in some part of your life.

If you have a friend with a lot of
Gemini in their chart, they might

radically reinvent themselves.

there might be a big change that comes
suddenly and unexpectedly, and it

could be something really good, could
be unexpectedly getting pregnant or

unexpectedly changing your career.

it also could be.

Something not good?

It depends.

I always say that Uranus is an equal
opportunity, pot stir, and, he really is.

But it's up to us to ground our energy,
stay conscious and utilize this Uranus

and Gemini energy in a positive way.

so be on the lookout for unexpected
changes and, prepare yourself.

Remember being in a grounded, regulated
state and really managing your nervous

system is gonna help with everything going
on astrologically and also in the world.

some other things I just wanted
to note is that we often see big.

inventions pertaining to
communication with Uranus and Gemini.

One of them was the printing press in
1440 and, the other was the Transatlantic

Telegraph cable in 1866, so I'm sure
there were other ones more recently.

I have to do a little more research on
that, but, just to say, I think that.

We will see big shifts in how we're
communicating with one another, even

though that seems sort of impossible
because communication is so easy.

now with FaceTime and everything
else, which we really couldn't

have imagined 20 years ago.

so be open and curious to experience the
change instead of resisting the pull.

That is my best advice to you.

be open and curious to experience the
change instead of resisting the pull.

The purpose of Uranus is to aid us
in experiencing our own liberation.

So we have to come back to that time
and again when things feel chaotic

because they will feel chaotic.

'cause Uranus and Gemini is chaotic.

We have the embodiment of that
in the White House right now.

That chaos, energy, we have been
feeling it for 10 years already.

So yeah.

So that's Uranus and Gemini.

Other stuff going on quickly.

Full Moon is on Thursday, so we
have a full moon on the 10th.

the full Moon is at 18
degrees of Capricorn.

The sun is in cancer, so
of course the full Moon is

exactly opposite in Capricorn.

what's interesting is this Full Moon
is creating a mystic rectangle with the

nodes, which just basically means they're
creating this, rectangle in the sky with

these imaginary points, the lunar nodes.

And generally, mystic rectangles
offer a sense of clarity.

And because it is a full moon in
Capricorn, it's gonna be clarity

around your responsibilities.

It's gonna give you a sense of
pragmatism about what you wanna do.

Capricorn loves a plan.

Capricorn loves to have
a vision of the future.

Capricorn is ruled by Saturn,
which is associated with.

Rules and boundaries and
structure, and this full moon could

illuminate where possibly, the
structures need to be adjusted.

We now have all of this change energy.

We now have this, we've entered.

This period of time where we're
working with all of these outer

planets, talking to each other.

So maybe you get some clarity on what
structures you want to build during

this time, and what needs to be
changed, but also what boundaries and

structures need to be fortified because.

the full moon is an illumination.

Full moon brings illumination to the dark.

So what are you seeing around this
full moon in Capricorn on Thursday?

What are you seeing this week
that needs to be shifted and

changed or fortified and built up?

So let that illumination.

Show you the path forward.

I think this full Moon is gonna
offer us a lot of clarity.

We have a lot of fire and air in the sky.

A full moon in a nice Earth sign
is hopefully going to give us some

grounded, realistic perspective
on what we need to do next.

The right next step.

The other thing to mention is that we
are officially in retrograde season,

which means that all the outer planets
are on their way to retrograde.

So.

we have Saturn now Retrograding
on Sunday, be a Neptune retrograde

last week on Friday, and now we will
have Saturn retrograde on Sunday.

this is an invitation with Saturn newly
and Aries, so he will retrograde back

into Pisces, but he will be in Aries for
a while longer as he slows down, stops

and turns around from our vantage point.

Get honest about what
you're responsible for

and get honest about what you
can have on your plate and what

you can't have on your plate.

I think that's a good use of our
attention being drawn to Saturn

because as I said at the beginning of
this episode, when a Planet stations.

It draws our attention to
that planet and what it rules.

And Saturn rules are
boundaries or limitations, our

responsibilities or structures.

So what is on your plate and
what's not on your plate, and

what can you really handle?

Be really honest about what
you can handle right now.

because Saturn and Aries is
also an invitation to honor our.

Autonomy or individualism.

So if you need help, might
be the time to ask for it.

so that's what I got for you today.

I know it's a long one.

I know there's a lot happening,
but I hope it is helpful.

I'll be back next week and
I hope you are doing great.

I hope you are managing the
shifts and the waves and

everything going on in the world.

And I know everything feels really dire.

I know that I have been
feeling a lot of anger.

change is not easy,

but we know that all of the astrology
is pointing the finger toward change.

Something that Heather Cox
Richardson said the other day is.

In reference to, I think
someone asking when will this

be over or is this country over?

She said something to the effect
of, well, the good guys always

win in the end and the good guys
haven't won yet, so it's not over.

And maybe that is super optimistic, but.

Looking at the astrology, I'm generally
on the side of being an optimist.

'cause remember I have a lot of Aries
in my chart and generally we are

pretty optimistic folks, but that
minor grand rine, what we're calling

the magic triangle, it gives me a lot
of hope that we are in the process.

Of transcendence and things always
feel darkest before the light.

So with that, I hope you have a wonderful
week that you take care of yourself.

It's still cancer season, which
means it's all about nourishing

and nurturing yourself, your body,
eating well, making sure you're

hydrated, getting enough sleep.

Doing the things that make you feel
good and feel safe and feel comforted.

So really prioritize that and
don't feel guilty about it.

Alright, I'll talk to you next week.

Bye.