142 | Podcast Day #4: Moon Mates! with Margaret Gray
It’s DAY FOUR of the Third Annual Big Sky Astrology Podathon! This week of five daily episodes is your opportunity to support the podcast and be entered for a chance to win exciting prizes! In today’s astrology news: The Moon in Aquarius stumbles over tough aspects to both its ruling planets, disruptive Uranus and lonely Saturn. Its looooong void-of-course Moon period offers a chance to appreciate your emotional self-sufficiency. Then, the latest in this week’s Mooncentric episodes features an interview with Dublin-based, consulting and teaching astrologer and psychotherapist Margaret Gray, MSW! You'll enjoy Margaret's rich conversation with April about the Moon's role in compatibility and relationships. This Labor Day week, September 5th through 9th, we bring you the Third Annual Big Sky Astrology Podathon, with daily episodes, amazing guest astrologers and prizes … so many prizes! Make a note to check your podcast feed every day that week for a brand new Mooncentric episode! Make your donation no later than Mon. Sep. 12, 2022, at 11:59 pm Pacific time and be entered for a chance to win a reading, course, and other prizes! Love the show? Click here to make a one-time or monthly donation! Read a full transcript of this episode. Timestamps (see full shownotes at the website) [0:35] Welcome to DAY FOUR (September 8, 2022) of the Third Annual Big Sky Astrology Podathon! This is the week each year when April brings you five daily episodes - complete with FIVE very special guests, prizes and a raffle - and not coincidentally, it's when she appeals for contributions to keep this show running. [2:02] Everyone who donates $25 or more, as well as ongoing monthly contributors, will be entered into a drawing to win a 90- or 60-minute reading with April; free registration in one of April’s upcoming courses; or a beautiful astrology poster donated by Patrick Blasa of Tha Elegant Universe! [3:06] To be entered in the drawing, you must make your donation of $25 or more no later than Monday, Sep. 12, 2022, at 11:59 pm Pacific time. [3:21] Donors of only $10 or more will receive access to special episodes for the Equinoxes and Solstices, beginning with the September Equinox episode on September 22nd. [3:52] Can’t contribute financially? Here are a few easy free ways that you can really help the podcast. [5:43] Today, the Moon in Aquarius squares Uranus (in Taurus) at 3:25 am PDT and then conjuncts Saturn at 5:33 am PDT. The Moon is then Void-of-Course for the entire day before entering Pisces at 9:42 am PDT. [10:18] Let's welcome Dublin-based, consulting and teaching astrologer and therapist Margaret Gray to the show! [11:28] What does the symbolism of the Moon say about areas of compatibility or conflict between two people, both from an astrological and a psychological point of view? [18:35] What if there is a shortfall in that emotional understanding of the Moon? That's where Mercury comes in. Mercury is how we communicate and listen to the lunar realm, the pre-verbal feelings. [20:19] What if a couple has two very different Moon signs? What sort of astrological and maybe psychological tools would Margaret offer for working out their differences? What about Venus, Mars or Saturn? [24:53] Emotional intelligence = Moon and Mercury. Emotional intelligence is that ability to regulate ourselves, to be comfortable, to be aware of our emotions, to have that ability to empathize with others and to be able to communicate effectively. [27:31] Margaret has two live, online, recorded courses coming up in October: Psychological Astrology, a collaboration with Psychotherapist, Psychoanalyst, and Astrologer Yvonne Smith Tarnas; and The Astrology of Love and Relationships with Margaret, Yvonne, Kay Taylor, Rachel Lang and Armand Diaz. All the information is at www.relationshipsandastrology.com [28:37] Two diversity scholarships are being offered for each course, plus discounts for members of the main astrological organizations. Don't mi