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.

So happy Leo season.

We are officially in the heart of summer.

We are in the fixed fire sign season, The
sun enters Leo, which is its home sign.

It's where the sun can shine the brightest
'cause it's where he is the ruler.

Happy birthday to all you.

Leos.

I know you love to celebrate, and
Leo's season is wonderful because the

sun being in Leo allows all of us to
remember that it's okay to shine bright.

That it is okay to stand out, that
it is okay to want validation to be

applauded, to be adored, to be cherished,
to be appreciated, to be loved.

Everyone with Leo signatures in
their chart, whether you have

a sun in Leo or Moon in Leo, or
rising a Venus in Leo, et cetera.

There is some life lesson for you
around allowing yourself to be, not

only appreciated, adored, and loved
by others, but realizing that that

desire is really just a mirror for.

Needing to give yourself
that validation and love.

So all of us, regardless of our charts,
regardless of whether we have Leo

planets, this season is an invitation
to love on yourself a little bit

more, to take good care of yourself.

You know, cancer season is about feeling
safe, secure, nourished, and nurtured.

Leo season is about allowing yourself
to be bright, to shine, to be

seen, so allow yourself to be seen.

Don't be so hard on yourself.

Give yourself the grace to show
up even if things aren't perfect.

we got time to make things perfect
when we get into Virgo season.

So Leo season, I'm here for it.

I love it.

I do not love the heart of summer.

Summer's not my season,
but I do love Leo season.

I love the energy of the sun being in Leo.

Right after the sun entered Leo
yesterday, on Tuesday, I'm recording this.

On Wednesday, July 23rd,
we had, the sun enter Leo.

And right after that we will have
the New Moon in Leo on Thursday.

So again, I am recording this on
Wednesday in the dark of the moon.

the last.

Hours, days before the new moon is
considered the dark of the moon, and

it's an optimal time for releasing.

And speaking of releasing, we had Mars
conjunct the south node on Sunday.

So I talked a little bit about last
week, but now that it's occurred,

it was really interesting to me
because two notable figures that.

I saw passed away.

Ozzy Osborne died and
Malcolm Jamal Warner died.

And both of them were people that I loved
watching on tv 'cause I grew up with

the Cosby Show and then I was in college
when the Osbornes came on and everybody

was obsessed with that show on MTV.

And it just feels like,
you know, parts of our.

Cultural family have passed on,
obviously very tragic with Mark

Malcolm, Jamal Warner, and expected,
but still sad with Ozzy Osborne.

And I just wanted to share that because I
feel like you might be noticing people or.

Things passing on in your life.

There might be people that are leaving
this plane of existence, or there might

be just things that are ending jobs or
relationships or projects, and you might

just be noticing that things are ending
and it's particularly potent because

we had Mars, which is an activator.

Mars likes to get stuff done.

Mars joining with the South node is.

Active release, actively
letting something go.

And we are also in the dark of
the moon, which every month is

the time to do some releasing.

So if you're listening to this on
Wednesday, before the New Moon and

there's something that you wanna
actively let go of, this is a good time.

The New Moon will occur at two degrees
Leo on, Thursday, July 24th at 3:11 PM

So after 3:11 PM you wanna be focusing
on setting intentions for the new moon.

You're bringing something
in, not letting something go.

So that's what I wanted
to share about that.

a release point is certainly,
was certainly activated.

Last weekend into the early this week.

We also know that there's so much going
on in the news with the Epstein files.

I did an Instagram reel about
that, which is interesting 'cause

it hasn't had so many views.

I'm wondering about that wink, wink.

if you're following me on Instagram or
if you're not, you can request a follow.

I'm private, but I did share
a little bit about Jeffrey

Epstein's chart and, I might do.

A little bit more on that and
cosmic conversation on Monday.

So every other Monday I offer
this free gathering on Zoom.

We talk about the astrology of the moment.

Sometimes we talk about public figures.

so on Monday if people are interested,
we might talk a little bit more about

Jeffrey Epstein's chart and what's going
on with him and him being in the news.

And I do think that this,
release, the active release is

also release of information.

And we have eclipsed
season coming in September.

So anticipate that this
story is not going away.

As I say in the Instagram video watch for
September 7th because we're definitely

gonna be still talking about it and more
information will be coming to light.

Okay, so let's take a moment
and just ground ourselves in

where we are astrologically.

We've got the son in Leo.

We've got the new moon
occurring this week, but we've

also got Mercury retrograde.

So Mercury retrograded last Friday
in the sign of Leo and will be

retrograde until August 11th.

So this is a wonderful week
for setting intentions.

I really love this week astrologically.

I love this new moon.

There's an intensity and a passion
to it, but I feel like that.

Fits the feeling of a New Moon in Leo.

I am personally very biased because
I love the New Moon in Leo every

massively good thing in my life.

Has really been born out
of a new moon in Leo.

So there is a system, a methodology
of looking at the moon phases

called lunar families, and it is,
or lunar phases lunar families.

the gestational lunar phase, I
think she calls it, but it's from

an astrologer named Dietrich Pessin.

You can look her up and her
book is a little bit heady, but.

There are some articles
online you can read about it.

All of that is to say that in her
methodology, which I find to be incredibly

potent and accurate, the new Moon
corresponds with the first quarter moon

nine months later in the same sign at a
very close degree, and that corresponds

to a full moon nine months later.

Then a last quarter moon, nine
months later, and all of these moon

phases are occurring in the same
sign, very close to the same degree.

And basically what that gives you
is, you know, nine months from now,

where will you be 18 months from now,
where will you be 27 months from now?

Where will you be?

And then three years from now,
you'll be starting a new phase

in that part of the chart.

Now, hypothetically, you could go really
bonkers with this and do this every month

and constantly be looking at the VAs.

I don't do that, but I do pay attention
when there are these things happening

in Leo because it's been prominent
for me, because of my own chart,

and I do pay attention when I've
got big stuff going on in my life.

What moon phases are we in?

What does this relate to?

What was I go doing nine months ago?

And even if you just notice when
there's a lot coming up in your

life, if you think back, Hey,
what was I doing nine months ago?

Usually there will be some sort
of theme that you can pull out.

So.

All of that is to say that this new moon
is a really nice one, in my opinion.

it's intense and passionate
and exciting and inspired and

electric and all those things.

So a really good one for setting
some intentions, particularly in this

moment where I feel like everyone
is a little bit lost, for lack of

a way of better way of putting it.

We all feel a little bit lost
because we're living in this.

Very crazy moment in human history, and
something about this week makes me feel

like it's a great new moon for setting
intentions for how you wanna feel and

where you wanna be nine months from now,
18 months, 27 months, and three years.

And it doesn't have to be specific.

Allow yourself to be wide open
and vast in your creativity

because the astrology is really.

Letting you do that this week.

And so if you're like, I'm not
sure, but you know that there's

a little, um, I love this word.

I, I learned it from watching
Traitors UK a little niggle.

If there's a little niggle of something
that you were passionate about, deep in

your heart, deepen your soul, deepen your
gut, however you wanna think about it,

you know, just open yourself up to like.

What if I followed that,
what would that look like?

What would I wanna create?

What would I wanna cultivate?

And so I wanna talk about that this
week, but to ground it in the actual

astrology that's happening, we are in
Mercury retrograde, so there's going

to be a little bit of reevaluating
of what has worked because Mercury is

retrograde and Leo, so what has worked?

What, you know, things might
you be picking up again that

you dropped for a while?

For me, I'm feeling this deeply because
this is the closing of a three year

cycle from when I conceived my son.

So I conceived my son right before the
new Moon in Leo and then found out.

Three days after the New Moon
and Leo that I was pregnant I had

a really hard time conceiving.

So, it was pretty amazing.

it was predicted by one of my
astrologer friends, Catherine Urban.

So if you're looking for someone who
does really wonderful predictive work,

you can check out Catherine Urban,
now this new moon is the finishing.

It's the releasing, it's the letting go
of this three year cycle that started with

conceiving my son, and now my son is two
and a half, and it's like he is a human.

He's a grown human.

He's becoming his own person.

He has likes and dislikes.

He tells us what he wants.

He is, starting to be sarcastic.

He has a sense of humor, like it's crazy.

And just thinking about that,
three years ago, I was literally,

just hoping that I was pregnant.

So anyway, all of that is to say that when
you follow these lunar phases, it can be a

really, potent practice and really useful.

So think on, you know, what
do I wanna be creating?

Where do I wanna be?

How do I wanna feel in 18 months?

Three years, et cetera.

Okay.

So Mars retrograde, of course, is
going to ask us to reevaluate where

we've been and what we have done when
it comes to this part of the chart.

But this week we're also
activating all of these new

energies we have, the sun in Leo.

Is sex tiling, Uranus and Gemini.

Uranus recently moved into Gemini.

I talked about that two episodes ago.

If you have not yet listened to that
episode, please go back and listen

to the Uranus and Gemini episode
because everything I talk about is

gonna be pertinent for years to come.

but that Sun sextile, Uranus, it
is, activating or illuminating

our inspiration and our spark.

Then the sun is also trining Saturn
and Neptune who are conjunct in Aries.

Months ago I started talking about
this Saturn and Neptune in Aries

is like the pinnacle thing that we
are talking about in 2025 and 2026.

They are co-presence in Aries.

This is really big stuff.

Saturn is our boundaries and Neptune
is the dissolving of boundaries.

So having these two together is really
funky feeling and the sun trining

them is giving us a little insight
into how we might work with this.

I think it might be manifesting
as with the sun in Leo, which is

a very confident fixed fire sign.

It's steady.

It burns steady over a long time.

It's sustained fire, it's persistent
passion, having the sun trine Saturn,

in Aries, which is the initiating fire.

It's the lighting of the match.

It's like we're stepping
into being our own authority.

And then the sun also
training Neptune with Saturn.

It's allowing your creativity to emerge.

So in addition, we have the sun
joining with the moon for that new

moon on Thursday, and that New Moon
will be opposite Pluto and Aquarius.

And you may recall, Pluto moved
into Aquarius in November.

To stay for 20 years.

This is reflecting our survival
instincts, the sun opposite Pluto.

It's illuminating the places where you
might drop back into those primal urges.

And that can be a fun thing, and
that can also be a scary thing.

So just notice if some of those survival
instincts are coming up where you want to,

where you have an urge to make a sudden.

Decision or change or action.

on the other hand, Pluto can help us be
strategic and find strategic solutions,

and it can help us to step into our power.

And because the sun and the
moon are in this sign of Leo,

Leo is a committed fire sign.

It's committed to its passion.

So.

There is a transformative
quality to Pluto.

There might be an opportunity with
this new Moon to set some intentions

that will be transformative in how you
take that niggle, that little light

within that little passion that is
asking to be, Developed asking to be

that fire that's asking to be fueled.

There might be an opportunity for
that to be really transformative.

the intentions that you set this
week might be something that is

transformative over, you know, again,
nine months, 18 months, 27 months,

three years, or maybe 20 years because
Pluto is in Aquarius for 20 years.

So not to make it feel heavy.

'cause I sometimes feel like when I give
you guys these cycles, it might feel heavy

like, oh my God, am I really choosing
what I'm gonna do for the next 20 years?

No, but you are with intention deciding
how you wanna direct your energy.

So with that, Those planets are all in
what we're calling the magic triangle.

So there's this thing we're
talking about, I talked about it

two weeks on that Uranus episode.

We've got Uranus and
Gemini, Pluto and Aquarius.

They're in Arine to one another.

And then we've got Saturn and
Neptune sextiling them both.

So this is a really interesting.

Alignment that's happening in the
sky that we're going to be working

with for the next couple years.

So I think it's actually present for
more than a couple years, but we are

really working with it for a while.

we've never seen this before,
not in our lifetime, and not

in maybe several lifetimes.

So I.

Really urge you to lean in this week.

Take some time to be quiet.

Take some time to meditate, to
journal, to be with yourself.

Notice what comes up
from the subconscious.

All of these outer planets, what
we call transcendent planets.

Generational planets, they're
being activated by the sun.

They're being activated by this new moon.

We are getting little
breadcrumbs about what this.

Major shift is that we are in the process
of, this is a shift not just for each

of us individually or collectively.

This is a shift for humanity.

This is a shift in human history,
so really paying attention

to what's coming up for you.

What, what are you here to create?

What are you here to create?

What.

Are you here to lend your passion
and your energy to, mercury is ruling

Uranus and Mars right now because Mars
is in Virgo and Uranus and Gemini.

And those are two signs
that are ruled by Mercury.

Mercury is the messenger planet.

Mercury is our thoughts, how we understand
things, our ideas, our communication,

our connection with one another.

Mercury is retrograde.

So he does have us reevaluating
our drive and our bandwidth.

So while I want you to dream big, lean
into your imagination this week, Mercury's

gonna keep us honest about what we can
manage at this moment and what we actually

have the drive to do at this moment.

Doesn't mean that you're
not gonna have the drive.

Nine months from now.

But just at this moment, Mercury's gonna
keep us honest about what we can actually

handle, and that's because you know,
we're being prepared for the eclipses.

The eclipses are coming in
September, as I previously mentioned.

So this is all preparing us for the
eclipses because when the eclipses come,

that is a time when whatever's been
in the shadows becomes illuminated.

So pay attention to what's coming up
this week and then just maybe write

it down in your journal and check back
with it when we get to Eclipse season.

Okay, so the new moon's
at two degrees Leo.

you wanna focus on what brings you
joy, how do you express your creativity

and what fire is brewing within you?

What fire is burning within you that
is asking for more fuel in addition.

To all of this.

We have Venus and Gemini squaring
Mars and Virgo this week,

specifically on Wednesday the 23rd.

And this is going to ask us what's
important to me and how do I go after it?

Because Venus is our values.

What's important, whether it's money,
relationships, love, friendships, our

community, our ideals, whatever it is.

Venus, what's important
to you, your resources.

Your energy, your time,
your money, all of it.

Mars is how we go after what we want.

So Venus allows us to receive it.

Mars allows us to go after it.

So with these two in a square,
that's actually really helpful.

It's helpful homework before
this new moon to just.

Notice, what do you want right
now and how are you gonna get it?

And can you set some intentions
with this new moon that will

help you cultivate that?

So this week is ripe
for intention setting.

I want you to be very, very open
as to how the universe steps

in and helps you manifest it.

I know I'm feeling a little new agey
today, so I apologize if it feels like I'm

being a little law of attraction today.

that's not my intention.

I'm gonna give you some, helpful ways
that you can set an intention here.

you wanna be very open with
your intention setting this week

because we are in this big shift.

Mercury is retrograde and.

You wanna give yourself the opportunity
to imagine big, be creative, and not

necessarily hold yourself back by what
you have the bandwidth for right now.

Because I know pretty much all of us
do not have much bandwidth at this

moment because emotionally, mentally,
spiritually, physically, we are

living through such an intense time.

And if you.

Are not angry, upset, crying,
and completely beside yourself.

It's probably because you're not paying
attention, which I'm assuming is not you

because you're listening to this podcast.

So yeah, I just want to say that
give yourself space, give yourself

grace, and allow yourself to
believe in the magic of there are

some things we just don't control,
and that can be a beautiful thing.

And one of the ways that I do this
is when I set intention, sometimes,

I will take a piece of paper and draw
a line down the middle, and on one

side I put all the things I'm going
to do, all the actions I'm going

to take to manifest that intention.

And on the right side.

I write all the things
that the universe can do.

The universe can put the
right people in my path.

The universe can help me
believe that it's possible.

The universe can

bring me the right circumstances.

You know, there are lots of
ways, depending on what you're

manifesting, that you can ask the
universe to come and help you.

And if the universe is not a term
that aligns with you, you can say

God, you can say spirit, you can say,
um, source energy, whatever it is.

Some of the questions to think about this
week are, where do you wanna be in nine

months, 18 months, 27 months, three years?

What do you want to create?

In that time, in those timelines.

And how do you wanna
feel in those timelines?

So again, if we're looking at
lunar families, we're looking

at nine months from now for the
first quarter, that's the opening.

That's when we start to see
things kind of coming up.

It feels like if we planted the
seed at the new moon, the plant

is starting to push up through
the soil at the first quarter.

And then the full moon, it's like the
flower has bloomed and we get to enjoy it.

We get to fully, embody the fruition.

And the last quarter is like,
we've been enjoying it, and

now it's starting to release.

And then we begin the process
of letting it go, of allowing

it to go back to the earth.

And then three years from now,
that's when we start a new cycle.

So that is according to
the Lunar family method.

Again, I can talk about that more at a
later date or do a workshop on it, or we

can talk about it in cosmic conversation.

I will be doing cosmic
conversation on Monday, so make

sure that you sign up for that.

I'll put the link for
that in the show notes.

You can always go to my website.

Which is my name, Veronica perretti.com,

and then go to the events page
and you can sign up for it there.

It's free.

We have a wonderful crew that
comes regularly to talk astrology.

And finally, I put together this little.

Affirmation that might help you after you
go through your intention setting process.

And that affirmation is, dear Universe,
thank you for helping me cultivate my

passion through the paths of my choosing
and the paths I've not yet envisioned.

So I'll include that in the show notes,
and I will, write up some more detailed.

Information on attention
setting in my newsletter.

So make sure that you're on
the email newsletter list.

And that's it.

I hope you have a wonderful week.

be open for the universe
to fill in the blanks.

Resist the urge to have it all
figured out and lean into your

creativity and your imagination and
follow the little niggles of passion

that you feel deep in your heart.

And I'll talk to you next week.

Bye.