Our Big Fat Journey Across the Universe

Most people learn the zodiac signs as personality types—but that's only one way of understanding them. In this episode of Astrology Basics, we explore the twelve zodiac signs through three of the most influential approaches to astrology:  traditional ,  psychological , and  evolutionary . You'll learn how each framework asks different questions of the zodiac, why they sometimes describe th...

This episode is a quick introduction to the 12 zodiac signs: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. Instead of treating the signs as disconnected personality types, we look at them as an ordered sequence. Aries begins the cycle with emergence and initiation. Taurus stabilizes what Aries starts. Gemini learns and explores. Cancer bon...

This episode breaks down one of the most important concepts in astrology, the birth chart (also known as a natal chart). (Note: we will cover how to identify the angles and other axial relationships after we've covered the planetary basics episodes.) A birth chart is a symbolic map of the sky at the exact moment of your birth. It shows the positions of the planets, signs, houses, and angles, p...

This episode breaks down the three modalities in astrology—cardinal, fixed, and mutable—and the role they play in the movement of the zodiacal cycle. Where the elements describe the underlying quality of a sign, the modalities describe how that energy operates. They are the structural patterns of movement within astrology: cardinal signs initiate and begin, fixed signs stabilize and sustain, and m...

This episode breaks down the four elements in astrology—fire, earth, air, and water as fundamental building blocks of the Astrological language. Where the zodiac describes a twelve sign progression, the elements describe how each sign expresses itself. They are the underlying qualities that shape experience: fire initiates and animates, earth stabilizes and builds, air thinks and connects, and wat...

This episode breaks down what the zodiac actually is—beyond personality stereotypes, compatibility charts, and pop astrology shortcuts. We start with the foundation: the zodiac as a twelve-part, seasonally anchored cycle based on the relationship between Earth and Sun, not the constellations themselves. From there, we unpack the difference between tropical and sidereal astrology, including the rol...

In this episode, we learn what archetypes are, and how they function with an astrological context. This episode is absolutely fundamental for anyone wanting movie beyond surface-level astrology. Using familiar characters from popular films--like the hero, the maiden, and the warrior--this episode guides us toward an understanding of archetypes underlying patterns, not fixed roles. Then, we begin t...

What is astrology actually for? In this episode, we define astrology as a structured system for recognizing patterns, understanding how different parts of life function, and making sense of experience as it unfolds. Rather than treating it as something abstract or symbolic on its own, we approach astrology as a practical framework for identifying what is happening, how it is operating, and how tho...

We’re introducing something new. Alongside our co-hosted episodes, we’ll now be releasing short, 15–30 minute episodes focused on the  fundamentals of astrology —designed to help you learn astrology from the ground up. This new co-series functions as a  free beginner astrology course , covering the core building blocks of the chart step by step: planets, zodiac signs, houses, and how they all work...

Welcome back to our Natal Planets Overview with Megan. In Part 3, we widen the lens. So far, we’ve been working with the planets as functions, and tracking how those functions show up and develop. Here, we move beyond the personal and into the larger forces shaping the system. We introduce the outer planets—those slower, more collective influences that don’t just describe individual experience, bu...

Welcome back to our Natal Planets Overview with Megan. In Part 2, we're refining the framework a bit. Part 1 introduced the planets as functions, but here we slow that down and get more precise about what that actually means. Stay tuned for more information on how each planet operates, and how they differ from one another. We also start to look at how these functions develop over time. Not eve...

Today we're kicking off Season 2 with our astrology expert, Megan! This season we will be discussing each of the Natal Planets in detail, starting with the Sun and finishing strong with Pluto. But first, we bow at the alter of Megan's brilliance for a 3-part overview. And if any of the loose discussions we have on our main, co-hosted series feel a bit too vague or inaccessible, no sweat! O...

As the final zodiac sign, Pisces is here to blur the boundaries between self and other—between subject and object—between fantasy and reality. In this hour long discussion we explore three Piscean archetypes and their shadow expressions. The Maiden vs. The Manic Pixie Dream Girl, The Mystic vs. The Madman, and The Artist vs. The Addict. As usual, to skip the chitty-chat scan about 3-5 minutes into...

As the fixed water sign, Scorpio is INTENSE. It represents the waters beneath the surface, signified through themes of transformation, depth, power, and occasionally seeing straight through you in the most hypnotizing--and unsettling--ways. In this episode, we unveil the zodiac sign Scorpio beyond the stereotypes and into its archetypal depth. After a little front-end banter, we unpack Scorpio thr...

Cancer isn’t just moody. It’s cardinal water — the waters of the womb — archetypes of nurturance, memory, intuition, and occasionally loving you so hard it becomes a strategy. In this episode, we explore the zodiac sign Cancer beyond the stereotypes and into its archetypal depth. After a little front-end banter, because obviously, we unpack Cancer through three polarities: the Spy versus the Sharp...

In this solo episode, Kelsey explores the water signs—Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces—through Dr. Glenn Perry’s psychoastrological framework. Learn how emotional development unfolds across the lifespan, from the birth of emotional intelligence (Cancer), through midlife transformation and shadow work (Scorpio), to surrender, spirituality, and end-of-life integration (Pisces). This episode covers emotio...

In this episode, we explore the  Air sign Developmental Stages— Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius— as phases of psychological growth. From the emergence of language and perception, to learning how to relate ethically with others, to stepping outside the system to see the bigger picture, these stages map the evolution of how the mind produces thought, how it seeks meaning and balance, and how it prioriti...

Look, we know Gemini has a bad reputation but hear us out... Synopsis: This episode is an invitation into the mind of Gemini — the zodiac sign that notices patterns, asks questions, and finds meaning through conversation. Over the course of the hour we discuss 3 Geminian archetypes, their shadows, and what it's like to inhabit a mind that’s always in motion. (Like... pathologically so) As alwa...

Is Jaimie Sick? Yes. Is that going to stop us?! Yes, it did, which is why this year we're doing a *special* Holiday Special with our enthusiastically hesitant, live-in skeptic, Kelsey's Fiance, Spencer

And finally everyone's favorite alien, Aquarius. Oh, Aquarius... you slithy tove, you.

Libra just loves to be fashionably late... that's our story, and we're gonna run with it. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did <3 Yes, I did just realize hashtags don't work on this platform, but I AM 36 years old sooo...

Friends... enemies... lovers...astro-nerds... and everyone who's pretty sure they're missing a diagnosis or two, welcome. This episode is dense, and nerdy, and I get to dive into Dr. Perry's brilliant theory of the Astrological signs as Social Development Stages and I... I enjoyed every second of it. I hope you it helps illuminate the zodiac archetypes in a way that is as mind blowing...

We're back! Well, not with a typical season episode, but with a b-b-b-bonus episode from Kelsey. As you wait ever so patiently for our Libra episode, we decided to have Kelsey jump on and create a couple bonus episodes to synthesize, summarize, and correlate the Astro-Social Development Stages as penned by Dr. Glenn Perry for the first 6 zodiac archetypes we've covered thus far. Today, our...

In honor of Virgo, everyone's little perfectionists, we gotta admit... this one is kind of rough. Please forgive the sound, and for the growing pains we continue to undergo as we figure out how to be humans doing new, human-y-er things. Much love, and we'll be back next week with Libra

Whew, that was a long couple of weeks' break, but there's no better sign to return with than the warm, cozy, safe sign of... well, you know. This episode will be in the same format as the previous episodes about zodiac archetypes-- we will be using Stephen Forrest's "The Inner Sky" and Dr. Glenn Perry's theory on "Astrological Development Stages" to get super ne...