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This Week’s Astrology: Full Moon in Libra + Venus Meets Pluto

This is one of those weeks where emotions peak… and the truth comes out.

If something’s been building in one of your key relationships, this could be the moment it reveals itself. We’re heading towards a powerful Full Moon in Libra, the sign of partnerships, balance and fairness, and it’s being activated by some intense energy.

Full Moon in Libra: Relationship Truths

Full Moons bring things to a head. They illuminate what’s been hidden and ask us to release what’s no longer working.

With this Full Moon in Libra, the focus is firmly on your one-to-one relationships. That could be romantic, business or even friendships.

Ask yourself:

• Where am I giving too much?
• Where am I accepting too little?
• What feels out of balance?
  

If a relationship is strong, this energy can deepen it. If something’s off, it’s likely to become very obvious.

Venus Square Pluto: Intensity, Power and Truth

This Full Moon comes with a twist.

Venus, the planet of love and money, is clashing with Pluto.

This can bring:

• power struggles
• emotional intensity
• buried truths rising to the surface
• issues around control, obsession or self-worth
  

If something has been simmering beneath the surface, this is when you may finally see it clearly.

Venus into Taurus: A Return to What’s Real

At the same time, Venus moves into Taurus, one of its home signs. This is a grounding influence. It brings a desire for:

• stability
• comfort
• sensuality
• real, lasting love and financial security
  

You may find yourself craving something more solid and meaningful now.

Mercury Trine Jupiter: Talk It Through

Here’s the good news. Mercury harmonising with Jupiter means communication flows more easily. This is your chance to:

• say what needs to be said
• have the conversation you’ve been avoiding
• find solutions and move forward

Even if things feel intense, there is real potential for breakthroughs.

What To Do This Week

• Notice where your life feels out of balance
• Let go of old emotional patterns or relationship dynamics
• Be honest with yourself about what’s really going on
• Choose what feels safe, solid and true
• Have the conversation, if you know it’s time
  

Final Thought

If something shifts this week, trust it.

Try asking:

What is this showing me about what I truly want?

Lilith Untamed, healing the feminine, and a powerful week of astrology

This week on the Mainly Moonology podcast, Yasmin is joined by astrologer Christina Rodenbeck, also known as the Oxford Astrologer. Together they explore the astrology of the week ahead and dive deep into one of astrology’s most fascinating archetypes: Black Moon Lilith.

If you’re feeling intense emotions, powerful insights, or a push to make real changes in your life, the astrology this week may well explain why.

The week begins with a beautiful and dreamy combination as Mars harmonises with Jupiter while the Sun meets Neptune. This energy can feel uplifting, imaginative and expansive. It’s ideal for dreaming big, visualising what you want to create and reconnecting with your intuition. Just be mindful of over-indulgence, because Neptune energy can blur boundaries and make everything feel a little bit hazy.

Later in the week the tone shifts as the Sun aligns with Saturn before forming a supportive connection with Pluto.

This brings the perfect moment to move from dreaming to planning. Saturn helps us get serious, organise our ideas and create a strategy. Pluto then adds the power of transformation, encouraging us to take action and start making real changes.

One of the most meaningful moments of the week comes when Venus meets Chiron, the wounded healer. This alignment invites us to look honestly at our relationships, our self-worth and our experiences of love. It can bring old wounds to the surface but also offers a chance for deep healing. In fact, this may be the final Venus-Chiron conjunction in Aries before Chiron leaves the sign, making it a symbolic moment for releasing long-held pain and choosing to move forward with greater self-understanding.

The conversation then turns to the larger backdrop of the year: the powerful Saturn–Pluto sextile. These two planets working together can bring real momentum for change. Saturn represents discipline, structure and effort, while Pluto represents deep transformation and the clearing away of what no longer serves. When they cooperate like this, it’s a reminder that meaningful change often comes through commitment and steady work.

Finally, Yasmin and Christina explore Black Moon Lilith, the focus of Christina’s new book Lilith Untamed. Lilith is not a physical body but a mathematical point in the Moon’s orbit, often associated with the untamed, wild or rejected aspects of ourselves. Christina describes Lilith as the part of us that refuses to conform, the raw and instinctive side of human nature that may be hidden beneath social conditioning.

The message for the week is clear: dream big, make a plan, do the work, and be willing to transform.

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 Podcast Episode: Saturn, Neptune & The End of the Dream? with Mark Jones 

Episode Summary

In this special episode, Yasmin Boland welcomes world-renowned astrologer, teacher, and transpersonal psychotherapist Mark Jones to explore one of the most anticipated alignments of our time: the 2025 Saturn–Neptune conjunction in Aries.

Mark shares his deep insights into this rare event, which he sees as a potential "End of the Dream" — a moment when we are asked to release outdated visions, illusions, and fantasies in order to open to deeper truth and alignment. Drawing from decades of client work, psychological training, and astrological study, Mark offers a grounded, soulful view of how this conjunction might unfold both collectively and personally.

Yasmin shares a different take — seeing Saturn–Neptune as a cosmic gateway to manifesting dreams, where Neptune provides the vision and Saturn helps to make it real. Together, they explore how these seemingly opposing interpretations might actually complement one another, and how listeners can navigate this energy with clarity and intention.

This episode is a beautiful invitation to reflect, reimagine, and re-create your life as the dream transforms.

  What We Cover in This Episode: 

• Who Mark Jones is and why his work bridges astrology and healing
• Mark’s take on the Saturn–Neptune conjunction as a period of dissolution and sober realignment
• Why Yasmin sees this transit as a powerful manifesting window
• The spiritual tension between Saturn’s structure and Neptune’s surrender
• How creative work and astrology itself may evolve during this cycle
• Tools for navigating confusion, endings, and spiritual breakthroughs
• Why this alignment could mark the end of one dream and the birth of a new one

  Resources Mentioned: 

• Mark Jones’ books: Healing the Soul, The Soul Speaks, Planetary Nodes and Collective Evolution
• Mark’s counselling and astrology courses: Mark Jones Astrology
• Yasmin’s Jupiter + Moon Manifesting tools: www.moonmessages.com/jfree   

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This week, we are now on the Waning Cycle of the Moon! This phase of the Lunar Cycle invites us to release control and shed things that no longer serve us.

As the Moon decreases in brightness every night, so too must begin to turn inwards and allow your energies to "dip a little".

This week, the skies are predominantly positive with a few harmonious planetary alignments that will hopefully make life a little bit easier for all of us, remembering to trust in the belief that the Universe is on your side.

On Tuesday, we are having a planetary shift where Venus is moving into the sign of Gemini. This could mean a more playful, communicative energy, making it easier to communicate with someone you love (or even an ex-lover!)

On top of Venus moving into Gemini, it forms a harmonious aspect with Pluto, the planet of passion and power. This offers us a powerful opportunity for transformation and abundance. As Pluto works on a more psychological level instead of a tangible one, the shift might happen internally - shifting in your financial mindset, meditating on our abundance, and clearing your money blocks.

Join Yasmin's New Moon Eclipse Alchemy Masterclass and learn how to make the most out of the upcoming Eclipse and how it will affect your chart. The event is happening this coming April 20 at 5am UK time.

Register at moonmessages.com/alchemy and secure a spot before it runs out! This event is free for MMM members.

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Did you know there’s such a thing as the astrology of menopause? Yasmin explores how Saturn, Uranus and Chiron cycles in our 40s and early 50s symbolise themes like reassessment, disruption and healing, and asks whether those line up with real-world menopause.

To reality-check the astrology, Yasmin invites her oldest friend, journalist and TV producer-turned-author Fiona Clark, whose new book MenoWars dives into the medical, cultural, and political landscape of menopause today.

In this conversation

Yasmin and Fiona discuss:

• The idea of “astrology of menopause” and key midlife cycles

• Why Saturn themes of reassessment and low mood match many women’s symptoms

• The “no more fucks to give” threshold and Uranus-style liberation

• How trauma affects menopause severity and why research is lacking

• The politics, commercialisation, and medical gaps around menopause care

• The Maiden–Mother–Crone framework and whether a “wise elder” stage exists today

• Why Fiona started a menopause charity to tackle research funding and education gaps

• HRT confusion, risk, and why “it depends” is the only honest answer

• Laughter, honesty, feminism, and reclaiming the Crone

Key takeaways

 Midlife astrology mirrors lived experience more than you might think.

Saturn’s heaviness, Uranus’ rebellion, and Chiron’s healing themes show up in mood, identity, health and boundaries.

Menopause is not just hot flushes.

There are silent changes to the brain, heart, and bones that need attention beyond symptom management.

The cultural moment is messy.

Social media, medical arguments and commercial influences have created what Fiona calls the “Menowars.”

Feminism matters here.

Access, research, education and respect are still uneven. Menopause is a women’s health equity issue.

There is power in the Crone.

The idea of the wise elder resonates, but culture hasn’t caught up yet.

About Fiona’s book

“MenoWars: Why menopause’s moment has gone horribly wrong, and how you can navigate your way through it”

The Times called it “fascinating.” It looks at menopause through science, politics, media, money and medicine, and includes humour plus real stories from women.

Available in the USA this week, and already in the UK and Australia.

Where to find Fiona

• Instagram: @fiona_clark_writes

• Menopause Research and Education Fund: (Instagram, Facebook, YouTube)

• Book: MenoWars: Why menopause’s moment has gone horribly wrong, and how you can navigate your way through it

A final piece of advice from Fiona

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This week is a time to have those difficult conversations you may have been putting off and to continue reevaluating your life and your past with the Super Full Moon happening in the Sign of Aquarius and Venus Retrograde.

We start the podcast with an excerpt from my Moonology Diary 2023 - these are unfortunately sold out, but if you would like, you can still order my Moonology Diary 2024 here and get access to the bonuses this week.

moonologydiary2024.com

One of the pressing questions we've been getting is:
"Are there two full Moons this month? YES, there are!"

These are the Super Full Moon Times around the world.

London: August 1,  7:30 PM
Sydney: August 2, 4:31 PM
L.A: August 1, 11:31 PM
NY: August 1, 2:31 PM

I will be doing a FREE Full Moon Ceremony on my Page and HayHouse's page. 
This week, our keywords are:

• Speak your truth
• Slow down
• Make an effort
• Try your luck

 
During the Super Full Moon, have a look at where Aquarius is in your chart as that will be triggered during this Full Moon.  

Get your free chart at moonmessages.com/freechart

During this particular Full Moon, Mercury will be going clashing with Saturn. It's not a very nice energy but on the positive side, it is an ideal time to be firm and speak your mind. 

When Mercury opposes Saturn, people tend to get serious or to have those difficult conversations. Mercury is all about communication and Saturn is about difficulties - put them together in the Full Moon and you get a chance to have those difficult conversations you may have been putting off.

Focus on speaking your truth while not hurting the person you are talking to if you possibly can. Be mindful of the impact your words are having on someone else.

Get in a strong mindset. Meditate, meditate, meditate! It can help you get mentally balanced.

Try to use some humor to diffuse the situation. There's also a very lovely Mars in the sign of Virgo making a Trine aspect to Jupiter the sign of Taurus - it will happen literally hours after the Full Moon. If emotions start to run high, as it does during the Full Moon, you have a chance to use humour to diffuse and make that Mercury-Saturn clash a little bit easier.

On top of that, Venus is Retrograde still up until September.

These are some of the things you can do this Venus Retrograde:

• Weigh what really matters to you, 
• Who is important to you? 
• Are you doing enough? Are you doing too much
• Let important people in your life know they are valuable.

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In this episode, we also talk about the ritual called Fire and Ice. At the time of the Full Moon, find a place where you can light a fire and have some ice on standby.

Remember, August brings double the chances to release and let go because of

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This episode features Brigit Esselmont, a renowned Tarot reader and 

educator, known for her ability to demystify the ancient wisdom of 

Tarot for modern spiritual seekers. Brigit, the founder of Biddy Tarot, 

shares her insights on the power of Tarot as a tool for self-discovery 

and decision-making. Together, we delve into the 

intricacies of Tarot readings, discussing various spreads, the 

significance of each card, and how listeners can apply Tarot insights to 

navigate life's challenges more effectively.

Key Takeaways:

00:00 Intro

00:26 Astrology for the Week

03:33 Managing Relationships and Financial Challenges

08:14 Quarter Moon in Leo

17:45 Q & A

More about Brigit:

Pre-order her book Intuitive Manifesting: Align with Your Inner Wisdom and Attract Your Dream Life

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This week, we have an amazing guest who is at the forefront of Tarot Cards!

Before that, here's what's in the skies this week. 

The week begins in the New Moon Cycle - if you want to join us every New Moon, we hold a ceremony together to celebrate the Moon's change-making energy on my Facebook account: https://www.facebook.com/yasminbolandmoonology

"Things are really electric right now, take a breath!"

On September 19,  my new Moonology Messages deck comes out.
Order your own copy at https://www.moonmessages.com/messages If you  order your Oracles Cards on or before the 20th, you will get a free workshop on "Can Oracle Cards change your life?"

On that same day, the Sun will be going opposite  Neptune.  Neptune is all about mysticism, intuition (which my cards are all about!), meditation, chanting, The Divine, and sacred connection. A very nice energy for everybody who wants to get in touch with their Higher Self.

We are still in the post-shadow of Venus Retrograde and Mercury Retrograde. And if during that time you were able to reflect and ask yourself if you're prioritising what matters most to you - now is the time to make those changes.  Thursday is a good time to work towards those changes.

The weekend opens up opportunities to heal fractured relationships with the Sun moving into Libra and Venus trining Chiron.

I am also doing a launch party for my new cards  at https://www.moonmessages.com/party2023

This week, in celebration of my Moonology Messages cards launch, we have the amazing Brigit Esselmont from Biddy Tarot!

How does Tarot work?
 
Brigit explains beautifully how cards are a tool to help us get in touch with our intuition.

"We are using the visuals of the cards to tap into our subconscious. It's symbolism, images, and stories that help us bypass the conscious and get into that more intuitive space. I used to think that you had to be psychic or intuitive to read Tarot well, but over time,  I realised that Tarot is the thing that helps you become more intuitive."

Throughout the episode, we talk about how cards can be used in the present and to manifest. She also gets into how to deal with more challenging cards and keeping an open mind to understanding the messages and having a growth mindset. Remembering that life happens for your long-term good.

Brigit integrates Tarot and the lunar cycles on her Instagram at https://instagram.com/biddytarot

We also talk about one-card reading, and multiple spreads and how they can help you attune to your subconscious mind.

Get your printable cheat sheet from Brigit at https://moonmessages.com/biddy

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I first met Zach Rehder in Sedona where we did an interview and I received a healing session.

In an interesting twist, the first time we recorded a session with Zach, the files did not come out properly and Zach has been very gracious in doing a second take, and funnily enough when we re-recorded this episode, Mercury was Retrograde.

In this interview, we talk about Zach's journey toward becoming a Healer. From his roots in martial arts to learning about healing intuitively.

 "The breath is everything. To breathe and feel is the most powerful healing that any one of us could do." 

What is Breathwork? (and how is it different from breathing?)

• Breathwork is a general term for any conscious breathing practice - anything, where we are mindfully breathing 
• an example of this is Pranayama in yoga 
• there are specific breathwork exercises that are meant to expand your consciousness
• it can help connect to the life force, and that life force heals through emotional release

Zach also shares a quick breathwork practice to look at areas in our body that we notice the least and bring more awareness and breathe life force into it.

He invites us to allow us to feel our feelings - even the uncomfortable ones.

"every single feeling can heal you if you let it"

Zach Rehder is an international teacher, speaker, and healer. Through a series of awakenings, he became a channel for messages and energies that heal, unlock and awaken human potential. His work enables individuals to dissolve barriers and free themselves from negativity, limitation, and lack.

Zach's mission is to support others in their awakening process. He assists people in removing physical, mental, emotional, and physical obstacles. So they can see, hear, and follow their own divine guidance with grace and ease. And fully embody who they came here to be.

Zach holds virtual and in-person events. Stay updated through his events page 
or his social media channels
https://www.facebook.com/zrehder/


P.S. Yasmin's new deck the Moonology Messages Oracle Card Deck is featured in Hay House USA's Card Deck Club. Subscribers will get early access before the cards' sale release on September 19. This is a U.S-exclusive offer and they're only opening a few slots, so grab a box before they run out! 

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Every year, around August 8, it is said that a cosmic event called "Lion's Gate Portal" opens up.
 
For years, the Astrology community has been divided on whether this is an Astrological event or not. I even got "reported" when I gave my opinion on it a few years ago.

Last year, instead of just presenting one (my) opinion, we interviewed two amazing Astrologers Kelly Surtees and Divine Harmony to weigh in. And they explained their sides so brilliantly, we are bringing them again today so that you can have a listen and make your own opinion on how you feel about the Lion's Gate Portal 8/8/2023 Activation.

So what IS Lion's Gate?

It is said, the Lion's Gate portal opens once a year on 8/8. This is a time when the sun is in Leo, Orion's belt, the star Sirius, as well as the earth all line up.  In numerology, 8 also carries a lot of significance, so two 8s when August 8 (8/8) happens,  it gives the practitioner a potent opportunity to manifest their deepest dreams and desires.

For non-believers, 8/8 doesn't add up. It seems to be a miscommunication about an Aquarius lunar eclipse in 1998 and is not considered Astrology.

Whichever side you stand, If there is an important takeaway we can all agree on it is that it really is about the intention we put behind things and the sacred space we create around ourselves.

"Power is generated when many minds are focusing on the same thing collectively."

Make the most out of this event, no matter which side of the coin you stand, by meditating on the majesty of the lioness.

Roar less, love more.

Want more from my amazing guests?

Kelly Surtees can be found at www.kellysastrology.com, where she teaches an 18-month astrology training program - a mix of prerecorded videos with live Q and As. She also offers separate a monthly astrology membership, which provides subscribers with weekly videos about all the astrology that's going on that week.

Join Kelly's monthly astrology guide membership:
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And the full astrology training program:
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Kelly in Social Media:
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https://twitter.com/keldreamer

 Divine Harmony holds Astrology classes through her website.
She is doing a donation-based masterclass on Lion's Gate at
https://divineharmony.mykajabi.com/offers/L7Pj6dRK/checkout?fbclid=IwAR2oXdJ7fJ7YsYMQa_BkPc-wyiC4WHLgK9zalDo3RRQ14TvTi317-KH0-Js

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