Our Waking Dream

Does anyone else feel like reality is speeding up faster than the nervous system can comfortably metabolize? Who else feels: - mentally overstimulated, - emotionally flooded, - creatively restless, - exhausted by constant input, - or increasingly disconnected from what actually nourishes them? As we move toward the Taurus New Moon on May 16 and Gemini season beginning May 20/21 — alongside Uranus...

Are you feeling increasingly disturbed by the state of the world right now? Leadership failures, media distrust, technological acceleration, visible cruelty, political division, and the growing sense that humanity feels ethically off can create a constant undertow of anxiety, grief, anger, and hopelessness in the body. Many people are carrying collective stress, distrust in leadership, fear about...

Uranus has moved into Gemini—and we can’t rely on our thinking the same way. More input. More opinions. More speed. More confusion—personally and globally. Information is multiplying. AI is layering over everything. It’s getting harder to know what’s true. Focus fractures. Decision-making gets harder. Even when you’re trying to stay grounded, things don’t land the same way. This is the beginning o...

Who’s feeling a surge of passion, a pull in a new direction—and noticing it’s not landing yet? Ready to move… and it’s not holding? What’s activating in you and what your life can currently sustain aren’t matching. That’s when things get forced, inconsistent, or draining. This is where we overextend or question ourselves. Not because the direction is wrong—but because the capacity to hold it isn’t...

How do you work with anger and passion in a way that creates forward motion — instead of shutting something down or taking you off track? When that energy rises, most people suppress it, project it, or feel it start to distort what they were about to step into. This week, we’re working right at that edge. With the New Moon in Aries in conjunction with Chiron on April 17, the impulse to initiate me...

What's shaken you to your roots over the past 7 years? Work. Money. Your body. What you value. How you live. Things that once felt stable are unraveling. Thank you, Uranus, for rocking our Taurus boat, completing a cycle that's been disrupting stability at its foundation -- your resources,, nervous system, and values. In this episode of Our Waking Dream , strategist and mentor Coco Swanson explore...

It’s easy to feel thrown off in relationships as we near our April 1 Full Moon. You might feel ready to move forward in your life — there’s energy, momentum — and at the same time something in your relationships is asking for attention. Things might feel a bit out of balance. You might notice questions around care — who’s caring for who, where you’re overgiving, where something feels uneven. Resen...

Happy Equinox. Aries season is on — anyone feeling an increase in energy, passion, or pressure? For many of us, it can land as a push to act, initiate, and begin — yes. And, Aries is a trial-and-error sign. That same pressure can show up as perfectionism, hesitation, or impulsiveness that doesn’t quite land. This reflects the nature of Aries. It moves fast. It plays. It initiates. And it learns th...

Anyone feeling emotionally exhausted but strangely fired up at the same time right now? Ideas are returning. Passion is stirring. Projects want to begin. And yet there is still weight in the system — grief, confusion, old chapters finishing. This Pisces New Moon arrives at the very end of the zodiac just before Aries season begins. One cycle closes. Another prepares to start. In this episode of Ou...

Are you feeling emotionally stretched right now? For many of us, the last few months have stirred deeper emotional waters. Feelings and observations about the state of the world that were easier to set aside before may be surfacing again — grief, tenderness, fatigue, or simply the sense that your heart has been carrying more than usual. When emotions build slowly like this, the nervous system ofte...

Emotional overwhelm gets louder during eclipse season. Sensitivity rises. What used to work may suggendly feel insufficient. If you're feeling tender, reactive, or quietly exhausted, it might be increasing due to this March 3 eclipse. Eclipses illuminate misalignment -- especially in the systems needing restoration. On this Virgo Full Moon, it is time to examine our self care routines -- how we ca...

Have you felt a spark lately — the urge to move, change, or finally claim what you want? Not because everything is clear, but because something inside you is waking up? We’re entering an Aries crash course this spring. It’s a bridge between what’s falling away and what wants to be born. This is a time to notice your impulses, name your desire, and let go of attachments to how it “should” unfold. W...

If you’ve been circling what feels heavy, outdated, or relentless, this week may intensify that awareness. In seasons of rapid change, it’s easy to fixate on what’s collapsing — the old patterns, structural fatigue, or the parts of life that no longer align. This episode arrives on the eve of a new moon eclipse on the 17th, squaring Uranus in Taurus and activating our relationship with resources a...

Have things felt heavy, repetitive, and draining? We’ve been moving through a season of old patterns resurfacing — in relationships, money stories, work dynamics, and global leadership breakdowns — leaving many of usfeeling confused, grief-stricken, fatigued, or burned out. This episode arrives during Saturn’s final days in Pisces, closing a long cycle of karmic review that began in 2023 and inten...

If emotions have been close to the surface and old grudges harder to ignore, this week may feel charged. Many people are noticing where the heart has been holding on — to resentment, fatigue, or fixed positions that no longer reflect who they are becoming. This episode lands during a dynamic sequence. A full moon in Leo opens the heart through release and honesty, and shortly after, Uranus station...

If you’ve been feeling the exhaustion of caring deeply while witnessing leadership fail and responsibility diffuse, you’re sensing a collective strain. Many people are carrying fatigue, frustration, and moral pressure as care for the planet and its inhabitants continues to erode. This episode arrives as Neptune enters Aries on January 26, marking a turning point within an ongoing season of confusi...

Divine discontent is in the air. Many people are feeling a quiet but persistent tension — a sense that something isn’t right, paired with a deeper question about where their own power to create change actually lives when systems feel overwhelming. As familiar structures fracture and what was once hidden becomes harder to ignore, ethics and responsibility move to the foreground. This Aquarian momen...

Does life feel like a lot of effort right now? Staying steady, showing up, and being responsible can feel heavy, especially when your system is asking for more softness and space. Many people are carrying pressure while trying not to lose their heart in the process. January heightens this tension between commitment and surrender. Capricorn energy emphasizes responsibility and long-term building, w...

As this week unfolds, many of us feel pressure to stay productive and decisive — even while we're still tired, letting go, or emotionally tender. This tension is heightened right now, as expectations around responsibility and momentum clash with a deeper need for rest, care, and recalibration. Astrologically, we’re moving through a rare Capricorn conjunction with the Sun, Venus, and Mars, alongsid...

This turn-of-the-year moment can intensify the gap between how we’re expected to show up and how we actually feel. The pressure to have clarity, goals, and momentum often collides with very real fatigue, grief, and nervous system overload. Astrologically, the Cancer Full Moon on January 3, 2026 opposes a strong Capricorn emphasis from the Sun, Venus, and Mars — a combination that can amplify theme...

The solstice arrives with a strong Piscean emphasis, as the North Node, Saturn, and Neptune continue their long collaboration in Pisces. This episode explores the deeper work of this season—release, forgiveness, surrender, and the truth that alignment often comes through letting go rather than holding on. With Venus in Sagittarius forming tense aspects to both Saturn and Neptune, questions of valu...

This episode of Our Waking Dream centers on the December 19 New Moon in Sagittarius, a transitional lunation shaped by mutable tension and release. The Sun and New Moon in Sagittarius square Neptune in Pisces, while Venus in Sagittarius squares Saturn in Pisces, continuing a season defined by change, flow, and the clearing of long-standing patterns. With Saturn and Neptune now direct in the final...

This week, the Grand Water Trine returns with Saturn and Mercury newly direct, creating a softer and more harmonious emotional landscape than we’ve felt in weeks. Two weeks ago, something surfaced—emotionally, relationally, internally—and this is the moment to revisit it and notice what has shifted. With water trine support and two planets moving forward, this week offers clarity, emotional nouris...

Saturn and Mercury are direct—just in time for the November 4 Full Moon squaring the moon’s nodes. This combination brings forward momentum after weeks of inner recalibration. Both planets have been retrograde in water signs, reshaping structure (Saturn) and perception (Mercury) in our emotional landscapes. In times of change, it helps to stay aware of how we are with loss, with transition, and wi...

This week, we’re moving through a beautiful grand water trine—with Mercury retrograde in Scorpio, Saturn retrograde in Pisces, and Jupiter retrograde in Cancer all flowing in sync. This is a week of softening, review, and release. Expect old emotions—resentments, unresolved stories, subtle grudges—to rise gently to the surface. Not to overwhelm you, but to be witnessed, metabolized, and cleared. T...