What happens when an astrologer who doesn't consider herself a gardener decides to just... plant by the moon instead? Her first year, she was giving vegetables away to the whole neighbourhood. Nobody else in Calgary could grow peas. Hers were over her head. That's where this episode starts. Tracy and Lillian are joined by astrologer and Kepler College president Donna Young to dig into lunar gardening — moon phases vs. signs, void of course, the Apogee/Perigee (which most calendars skip entirely), Moon-Saturn aspects, biodynamic gardening, and what ancient Mesopotamian farmers were doing that we've mostly forgotten. It goes to some unexpected places. Birds. The Dust Bowl. Feng shui. A Washington Monument Christmas tree. And a county extension agent with the most practical advice you'll ever hear about when to prune your apple tree.

Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction 0:28 – Meet Donna: her first garden, no experience, incredible results 2:29 – Peas, bad soil, and what the moon might have done 4:26 – Electional astrology and the garden — every day is an opportunity 5:00 – Solar Fire's garden planting guide and what Lillian found 8:00 – Astrology as the original calendar — Alexandria, Rome, Mesopotamia 12:21 – What the Farmer's Almanac and Llewellyn calendar miss 13:52 – Void of course, infertile signs, and Donna's personal rules 15:00 – Why plants are a better indicator of lunar cycles than people are 16:58 – Moon signs and what to plant when 20:02 – Moon-Saturn conjunction vs. opposition for gardening (from a biodynamic book) 21:11 – Callback to the ensoulment episode: what plants can and can't tell us 24:00 – Spring cleanup, Aries season, and why Donna's timing works 27:08 – Companion planting, succession planting, and seed saving 38:26 – Working within real life — the May long weekend gardening problem 42:00 – Phase vs. sign: which matters more? 43:54 – 200-year garden plans, outer planets, and thinking long-term 47:00 – Planetary hours and the long Edmonton/Calgary summer light advantage 49:00 – Your own chart as a gardening indicator — Donna's Sun in Pisces, Moon in Libra 52:25 – Wrap-up and happy spring

Ensoulment by Andrea Gehrz: https://www.abebooks.com/Ensoulment-Tyre-Porphyry-Andrea-Gehrz/30550416545/bd Biodynamic Gardening: https://www.abebooks.com/9781465429865/Biodynamic-Gardening-Grow-Healthy-Plants-1465429867/plp

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Mars is often reduced to drive, ambition, and action—but that’s only part of the story.

In this episode, Tracy and Lillian explore Mars as the force that moves you—and what happens when that energy is reactive, blocked, or misdirected.

You’ll hear:

how Mars functions in the natal chart (beyond just “motivation”) why Mars adds impatience and reactivity to planetary contacts the difference between being stimulated vs. truly energized how Mars operates as both a personal and social force what happens when Mars interacts with Saturn, Neptune, and the Moon how transits (like Mars moving into Aries) shift energy, direction, and momentum and practical ways to work with Mars instead of burning out or reacting

Because Mars doesn’t just show how you take action—it shows what happens when you try.

If your energy has ever felt inconsistent, reactive, or hard to direct… this may help you understand why.

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00:00 Intro + Mars enters Aries 01:30 Mars in Pisces vs Aries (energy shift) 03:20 What Mars does in the chart (drive, impatience, reactivity) 05:00 Using Mars physically (movement as regulation) 07:00 Mars as a social vs personal planet 10:00 Mars “pointing outward” vs inward 12:30 Traditional Mars qualities (heat, inflammation, bitterness) 15:00 Mars + morality (Jupiter/Saturn relationship) 18:30 Mars and tension with other planets 20:00 Stimulated vs Energized (key concept) 21:30 Mars + Saturn (stop/start, internal pressure) 22:30 Mars + Moon (emotional reactivity loop) 24:30 Trauma, reactivity, and Mars patterns 26:00 Mars in the natal chart (drive, sex, assertion) 27:00 Mars + Neptune (spiritual vs physical expression) 29:00 Mars and manifestation / sexual energy 30:00 Mars in Aries vs Scorpio (letting go vs holding on) 31:00 Mars as assertion (not just aggression) 33:00 Hierarchy, order, and Mars in systems 34:30 Mars by element (fire, earth, air, water) 35:30 Conditions of Mars (dignity, placement) 36:30 Mars in detriment (something to prove) 38:00 Mars + Saturn dynamic (gas vs brake) 40:00 Mars as surgeon vs warrior

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Uranus shakes us up, disrupts, and shocks - and if you have a Uranus transit, don't try to predict what's it's going to knock lose.

In this episode of Sky Notes, we explore Uranus in astrology — in the natal chart, by transit, and what it really means as it moves from Taurus into Gemini.

We unpack the difference between the modern interpretation of Uranus and its deeper mythological roots, how Uranus actually behaves in real charts, and why this shift into Gemini may bring rapid changes through information, communication, and competing narratives.

We also talk about:

Uranus as a disruptor vs “awakener” The relationship between Uranus and Saturn Trauma, birth patterns, and Uranian signatures Why Uranus transits can feel shocking (and why that’s the point) Psychological warfare, misinformation, and the War of 1812 AI, data, and the future of information What Uranus in Gemini may mean for all of us

If Uranus has ever hit your chart hard, this one will make sense of it.

Timestamps

00:00 – Intro: Uranus and the shift into Gemini 00:01 – What Uranus represents in astrology 00:02 – Modern Uranus vs traditional perspectives 00:03 – Uranus as trauma indicator (evolutionary astrology) 00:05 – Why some people don’t feel Uranus until transits 00:06 – Birth trauma and Uranus signatures 00:07 – Uranus + communication (Mercury/Moon examples) 00:10 – Uranus as a process, not a fixed trait 00:11 – The myth of Ouranos vs modern Uranus 00:13 – Aquarius: Saturn vs Uranus tension 00:15 – Uranus, Taurus, and the resistance to change 00:18 – War of 1812 + psychological warfare through communication 00:20 – Strategy, Mars, and information manipulation 00:21 – Uranus in Gemini + AI, misinformation, and data 00:24 – Uranus transits: fast in, fast out 00:25 – Why Uranus is unpredictable by design 00:27 – Uranus opposition and midlife shifts 00:29 – Living in alignment vs being forced into change 00:31 – Fixed vs mutable responses to Uranus 00:33 – Overstimulation, nervous system, and grounding 00:35 – Aquarius, electrolytes, and physical remediation 00:36 – Gemini, culture, and shifting perspectives

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