Welcome back to The Essential Astro Cast.

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.

It has been a wild couple of weeks.

We are in the midst of a grand water
trine in the sky that is kicking

up a lot of stuff, just a lot of
feelings coming to the surface.

A lot of feelings that
need a way to be expressed.

But of course with water, it's not
necessarily about expressing with words.

Sometimes we feel things we don't
know what to do with the feelings,

sometimes that is needing to
take a bath or go for a swim.

Sometimes that is needing to just go out
with some friends and feel some fun vibes.

Sometimes that is being alone and cuddling
up and watching a Christmas movie.

Whatever it is, your feelings need
to be tended to and expressed.

And it's really hard when we have
so much water because it's really

helpful when we have air, because
air helps us to talk it out.

water is more about feeling the
feelings and not necessarily

as much about expressing them.

Grand Water trine.

We're feeling it now.

The reason that this Grand Water trine is
hanging out in the sky for two weeks is

because Mercury stationed to go direct.

So that means that Mercury is
now direct, but he slowed down,

stopped, turned around to go direct.

That means that he's in that
same portion of the sky for a few

extra days, and that means he's.

S keeping this grand trine going
because he is in Scorpio in a grand

trine with Saturn and Neptune at the
late degrees of Pisces and Jupiter

at the late degrees of cancer.

So right now, as I record this,
it's December 3rd, and so we have.

Mercury at 22 degrees of Scorpio
approaching a trine to Saturn at 25

degrees of Pisces and Neptune at 29
degrees of Pisces, and approaching a trine

with Jupiter at 24 degrees of cancer.

So all of those planets are
forming a triangle in the sky,

what we call a grand rine.

They're all in the same
element of water now.

Jupiter is in cancer where he's exalted.

He's feeling good, he's
making some good stuff happen.

You know, Mercury's talking to Jupiter
and they're getting some things

done and they're talking to people
and they're vibing, and you might

have some blessings coming through.

Maybe some things.

That you've been working on since
Jupiter entered cancer in May.

They might be really
come into fruition now.

Because Mercury is in this
long conversation with Jupiter.

That's a possibility.

So back in June, Venus and Jupiter
came together, which was one of the

more sweet spots of the astrology
of the year, and certainly the sweet

spot in the astrology of the summer
because the summer was really intense.

I don't need to tell you,
you live through it as well.

But back then, Venus and Jupiter
met, and whenever the benefits

get together, it's notable.

When Venus and Jupiter comes
together each year, it's like,

Ooh, that's gonna be a good day.

Note what happens.

And on that week, I made some connections
with some different women in my

community and they have percolated into.

New and exciting projects
that I'm involved with now.

So it's really nice to see.

Mercury is the messenger,
mercury is our mind.

Mercury helps us communicate
with other people.

So now Mercury is in that trying to
Jupiter and it's like, oh, you're

working on that thing with Jupiter and
cancer, and now we're communicating it.

We're making plans, we're putting
the spreadsheets together.

So that could be happening for
you now, This week we have a.

Full Moon in Gemini and that
full Moon in Gemini, because

Gemini is a Mercury ruled sign.

It is answering to Mercury.

So Mercury stationing and being in
this grand water trine is really like.

Really a big part of the
energy we're feeling right now.

And remember, as I said, mercury
is the mind in our communication.

So all the feelings that are getting
kicked up, Mercury's trying to express

them, but he might be having a little bit
of trouble because Mercury is in Scorpio.

Mercury and Scorpio is answering
to Mars and Sagittarius.

Now Mars and Sagittarius
likes to have a good time.

He likes to party.

So you might be feeling
like, Ugh, screw this.

I want to go out and have a good time.

I wanna spend some money.

Venus just moved in Sagittarius last week.

Venus also wants to have a good time.

She wants to spend some money.

So if like me, you said you were not
gonna buy anything on Black Friday.

Because of the economic boycott,
which I totally support.

But then you saw the deals and you have
a problem with buying Christmas decor

like I do, you might have bought a
few more things than you anticipated.

'cause Venus and sad, she
likes to have a good time.

She wants to celebrate, she wants that
the twinkle lights to be twinkling.

You might be working through your
emotions with a little retail therapy.

You might be working through your emotions
with a few extra slices of pumpkin pie.

You know, it's okay, Sagittarius.

It's about having a good time now.

Mars and Sage is answering to Jupiter.

Jupiter is in cancer.

Jupiter's answering to the moon,
and the moon is going to be in

Gemini answering to Mercury.

All of that is to say that is a
method or something we do in astrology

called diss leadership, looking at
who the planets are reporting into.

So you can kind of think of it
as in this situation, everybody's

reporting into each other.

There are a bunch of
peers working together.

So all of that is to say that Mercury and
Scorpio, we're looking at him and we're

having a lot of conversations this week.

The full Moon in Gemini is
really encouraging us to look at

where we need to make changes.

I am making some changes in my own life
and business for 2026, and I am utilizing

the energy of this week to make those
announcements and have those conversations

with the people that are impacted.

And I think it is a really great week
for having the conversations that you

want to have and putting some plans in
motion for 2026 with this full moon.

And I believe this is the
last full moon of the year.

So we're feeling this apex of energy.

Full moons are an apex of energy.

Full moons occur when the moon is
opposite the sun, so the sun is in sag.

That means the full moon is in Gemini.

And Sagittarius is this sign of reaching
toward our higher consciousness,

our higher truth, also expanding
our mind, expanding our horizons.

Taking on new adventures, being interested
in things that are different, and

being excited about new possibilities.

Expansion is probably the number one
word I would associate with Sagittarius.

It.

loves to expand the mind.

It also loves to expand its horizons
when it comes to tasting new flavors,

visiting new places, learning
foreign languages, there's something

about this Full Moon in Gemini.

Gemini is a very curious sign.

It likes to also take
in lots of information.

It likes to have conversations
with lots of different people.

It likes to understand lots
of different perspectives.

So there's something about this Full
Moon in particular, which of course

always occurs this time of year that
encourages us to embrace the change.

And make some plans for what
those changes are gonna look like,

because again, mercury rules,
Gemini and Mercury likes the plans.

It likes to talk to people
and get plans going.

So with that.

The other reason change is on a lot
of our minds is that Mercury in his

retrograde had or will have one more,
but has three oppositions to Uranus.

Uranus is the planet of change.

Uranus is the shaker, upper Uranus
is the planet that teaches us.

That it is sometimes necessary to
break down, to have the breakthrough.

It is always interested in you feeling
liberated, being freed from whatever binds

you, restricts you, or holds you back.

Mercury in opposition to Uranus
means that we are having.

A conversation about
what is restricting us.

We're having a conversation.

Maybe it's internally in your
own mind about where you need to

feel unburdened, where you need
to make a shift, make a change.

Feel liberated in some way.

So the first opposition between
these two planets was October 29th.

The second one was November 19th, and
now the third one will be December 10th.

So something to keep in mind is that
with Mercury retrograde, we often see

a lot of new information come to the
surface, but we don't necessarily.

We collect the puzzle pieces as we
move through the retrograde, but we

don't necessarily complete the puzzle
until Mercury clears its shadow, and

that will happen on December 17th.

Okay, so we talked about mercury.

We talked about the grand water trine.

We have a lot of planets in late
degrees of earth and water right now.

And that means that they are
finishing up a lot of business.

So a lot of people feel like,
oh my gosh, I have this intense

desire to declutter, or an intense
desire to finish something up.

And that is because we
have a lot of planets.

A lot of outer planets, a lot of
transformational planets that are

sitting at late degrees of their signs.

Late degrees of the sign are often
an invitation to finish something.

And because this has been such a notable
year, this is once in a lifetime astrology

to have five planets change signs
within a short time, five outer planets.

The outer planets are considered Uranus,
Neptune, and Pluto, and they don't change

signs that often, and they all change
signs within a few months of each other.

And Jupiter and Saturn also change signs.

So we really had this lineup from
November last year through this

summer of 2025, where all these
outer planets were making moves.

And we really felt it.

You felt it this summer when
everything got into those new signs.

It was like, whoa.

Uranus and Gemini was the last one.

And it was like, whoa,
this is some energy.

We had a, it felt like we were
all in the cosmic spin cycle.

It just so much going on this summer.

These planets retrograde and so
every year the outer planets.

Spend a good number of months,
almost half the year retrograde.

So it's not unusual and
it's not a big deal.

So they retrograded back into the
science that they were in previously.

So now this fall, we've been
feeling a little steadier in the

sense that we're back in an old
energy that feels familiar to us.

So Saturn went back into Pisces.

And Uranus went back into Taurus
and Neptune went back into Pisces.

Pluto, of course, did stay where he is.

So Pluto is in Aquarius for good.

He moved into Aquarius for
good in November of 2024.

Jupiter stayed in in cancer, he's
in cancer until he moves on to Leo.

Basically, he spends a year on a sign.

Uranus

and Saturn and Neptune and Pluto.

They've also been creating this minor
grand trine figuration that I talked

about in the summer, and I'll bring it
up again when we get closer to 2026.

But all these outer planets
shifting in this way, it's

bringing stuff up, you know?

So we had this moment in the
summer where it was like, oh

my gosh, this is new energy.

There's so much fresh
energy and fire and air.

Energy is young energy.

It's about pushing energy out.

Water and earth.

Energy is a yin energy.

It's about receiving and taking energy in.

So we went from that yin energy to this
moment of being just like blasted in the

face, like as if someone just opened a
hose of cold water on your face with all

of that young energy in the summer, and
now we're back in more of that yin energy.

And so we're finishing up a lot of things
that have been with us for a long time.

We're finishing that stuff up while these
planets are in these late degrees of these

signs, so that in 2026 when they enter
these new signs and stay there, Saturn

will move into Aries and stay there.

Neptune will move into
Aries and stay there.

Uranus will move into Gemini.

We're gonna be really in that energy
for a while, for many years to come.

We will be looking back at 2025 as
the preview, as the movie trailer,

but the movie really begins in 2026.

So if you are a person that
is feeling unsteady right now.

That makes sense 'cause we're about
to move into a new era that is,

really defined by air and fire.

Very different.

We've been living in a world with a lot
of water and earth for a long time and

the earth and water wants
to give you stability.

The air and fire wants to
bring newness and change.

If you feel stuck in the muck right
now, but you wanna move forward,

that could be some of this energy.

But the Full Moon, luckily, is
here to show us where we need to

make the changes, because the Full
Moon is in Gemini at 13 degrees.

It perfects on Thursday,
December 4th at 6:14 PM.

It is creating a grand
cross with the nodes.

That means that the sun is opposite the
moon, of course, and then it's creating a

cross in the sky with the nodes of fate.

That means that when the sun is
square, the nodes, we are halfway.

Between eclipses, so three months ago
we had eclipses and three months ahead

we will have another set of eclipses.

The nose.

Were actually at the spot where they
were during the September 7th eclipse.

You might remember back
the September 7th eclipse.

We had a lot of stuff coming up.

It was in Virgo.

We had a lot of stuff coming up around
Epstein that has been in the news a lot.

Not so much the past week, but a lot
since the nodes came back to this spot.

So that's interesting.

But think back in your own life and
say, what was September 7th about?

What was going on September
7th, around that time?

What was I thinking about?

What was I working on?

What was coming up in my life?

What was the most important thing?

What was giving me energy
or sucking my energy?

And those things might be coming
up and having more clarity now, and

they might even be some of the things
that this Full Moon is about for you.

So the Full Moon, it's creating the
Grand Cross and the mutable signs.

So mutable signs Sagittarius, Gemini,
and Pisces Virgo, they are the signs that

transition us from one season to the next.

So we are in a mutable season.

We're in the season of Sagittarius.

Sagittarius transitions
us from fall into winter.

Mutable signs help us transition.

They help us move, they
help us make changes.

They help us finish things up
and get ready for the next thing.

And so this full moon creating
this grand cross in the mutable

signs, it really feels intense.

It really feels like, ugh, that
change, it's long been coming.

I have been resisting
it, but now it's time.

I just gotta do it.

So you might be feeling that there is
something when we have the nodes of

fate involved, there's a feeling of this
is faded, this is part of my destiny.

So pay attention to those kinds
of things that come up this week.

So it's a big week.

That full Moon is a big part of it.

The Grand China water is a big part of it.

It's all working together.

We.

Have an opportunity to really shift
some things this week, so utilize the

energy in a way that is helpful to you.

One of the other things I wanted
to mention is that Saturn station

last week, and one of the things
I just noticed in my own life.

Is that the feeling of pressure or
the feeling of responsibility or

the feeling of having to adult in
some way just came to the forefront?

For me personally, and I'm sure
for many of you, and that is.

You know that was Thanksgiving day,
so if you had some tough stuff coming

up with your family over Thanksgiving,
please know that we have this grand

water trine kicking up all the feelings.

And we had Saturn Station direct
and why I thought it was a good idea

with Mercury retrograde and Saturn
stationing and the grand water trine

to go to Florida and see my mother.

I do not know.

But I made that decision
knowing all of that information.

So just because you know the astrology
doesn't mean that you make good decisions.

So with that, I wanted to share with
you that Saturn, while he is now

direct and moving forward, thank
goodness he's not done making us

feel a little burdened because on
Monday the eighth, we will have.

Mars Square Saturn.

So if this week feels a little heavy
or a little burdensome to you, if the

responsibilities of your life are feeling
a little heavier than they normally do,

it could be because this Mars Square
Saturn is approaching Mars Square.

Saturn often feels like you want to
go and something is stopping you.

I sometimes describe this as.

Pressing the gas pedal, but you
don't know the parking brake is on.

It's you're all ready to go forward,
but something is holding you back.

Those can be internal or external
forces, something that is

keeping you feeling bound in.

It could be an inner belief.

It could be some story that
you're telling yourself.

It could be.

An actual authority figure in your life.

It could be your boss, so anyway,
with that, just know that Mars

Square Saturn is one of the toughest
transits that we experience.

So if you're having a tough time.

Know that if you're feeling restricted, if
you're feeling overwhelmed or overburdened

also if you feel this strong desire to
take on responsibility, I mean, that's

a more positive experience of it.

But that also is Mars Square
Saturn, that feeling of.

You know what I'm gonna take that on.

I'm gonna do that hard work.

I'm gonna make it happen.

So that is something that
we're looking toward.

So I wanna go through the week just
a little bit with you so that you

have an idea of what's going on.

So as I'm talking to you, it's.

It's December 3rd, we'll have
the full moon on Thursday.

It's at 13 degrees Gemini.

So if you have something at 13 degrees
or near 13 degrees of the mutable

signs, you're definitely gonna be
feeling this in a very intense way.

All of us are feeling it for sure, but
you guys definitely will be feeling it.

Then on Friday the fifth, we
have Mars in a trine to Chiron.

So while we talked a lot
about the Grand Water trine.

We also have these guys talking, so
Mars and S talking to Kyron and Aries.

This is about really working with
the wounds, working with where you

feel a sense of not enoughness, not
good enough, and letting it be fuel.

Not a fault, not a flaw.

Finding some wisdom in that wound.

That's what Chiron helps
us do, taking action on.

Some healing work is
gonna be really helpful.

On Friday, on Saturday we have that grand
trine and water activated, so this weekend

we are going to be feeling the fields.

the moon will be full in Gemini
on Thursday, but then the moon

will be in cancer in its home
sign on Saturday and Sunday,

It'll be kicking up
this Grand water trine.

The moon is gonna come through
and talk to all those planets.

So this weekend, give
yourself a lot of space.

Allow your emotions to be expressed
in the way they wanna be expressed.

Maybe you are feeling a lot of feels
and you wanna go hear some live music.

Maybe that's just the thing.

Maybe you want to.

Go out and have a really luxurious dinner.

Maybe you want to stay home and
have a pint of ice cream while

you watch a Hallmark movie.

Just listen to what you are really
craving because the moon and

cancer will help you move toward.

Tending to those emotions.

It also could be really positive, this
Mercury talking to these to, in a, trying

to Jupiter and to Saturn, it could help
you feel cnce in the plans that you're

making and that is really helpful.

So all in all, I think this
is some good astrology.

I think it's intense astrology,
but it's helpful astrology.

There's a lot going on.

I know it can be overwhelming, so
make sure that you're giving yourself

plenty of space to do what you need
to do to take care of yourself.

Okay?

I mean, I always tell you that, but
certainly when we have a grand water train

in the sky, you wanna really make sure.

That you're taking care of yourself and
listening to those urges and cravings

that are coming from your body because
maybe you really need a little extra rest.

I know for me this week, I know I feel
better when I work out and go to the gym,

but I also know that I'm feeling really
exhausted, and so I'm giving myself some

extra space to rest because my life is.

Super full and busy this week and
spending that little bit of extra

energy and working out, it usually
gives me more energy, but we have to

listen to ourselves and if that means
extra rest, then take the extra rest.

I will be back hopefully next week.

Life has been lifeing traveling and
Thanksgiving and all of that stuff, so.

I will be back soon.

Lots to share.

Lots is coming up in the next few weeks,
so make sure that you're on my email list.

You can go to veronica perretti.com

to sign up.

I will be putting up the link
for my year ahead workshop soon.

That will be the first Sunday in
January, so you don't wanna miss that.

Tell you about all the cool
stuff that's happening in 2026.

So we're gonna get into that then.

I am looking forward to it.

I'm ready to dive in and
share it all with you.

Okay, so I'll talk to you soon.

Thanks so much for being here
and take care of yourself.