Our Waking Dream

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...

This week on Our Waking Dream, we’re exploring the sextile between Uranus in Taurus and Neptune in Pisces. Although this isn’t just a weekly transit; it signals a seasonal invitation to gently look at what’s shifted in you: your values, what you care about, how you spend your energy, and how your current practices, hobbies, and care routines are feeding your soul right now. Join spiritual strategi...

Mercury stations retrograde today in Sagittarius and conjuncts Mars this week. It’s a potent time to notice where your belief systems are shifting and how your passions may be changing as part of a larger era of growth. Pause and reflect before acting—consider how these changes relate to your service to the greater good. The first half of the show is an astrology lesson. In the second half, you’ll...

This week's show is guided by the Taurus Full Moon on November 5. As the outer planets stir up big changes, this is an invitation to use lunar energy and earth-based ritual to anchor what’s shifting in real time. Gentle lymph drainage lets the body flow, helping you support growth as change moves through both the physical and emotional layers. Join spiritual strategist and mentor Coco Swanson for...

This week, Coco reviews a longer transit that we’re all probably feeling right now: Uranus moving retrograde at 0° Gemini. It’s a time to look at awakenings—both disruptive and illuminating—around ethics and communication. Uranus is in Gemini until its last brief return to Taurus, before settling in Gemini on April 26, 2026. This is an invitation to notice intense patterns in how we connect, and t...

This week, Neptune retrogrades into Pisces for its final passage, October 22 through January 26. This rare window marks the closing of a 13–14 year cycle—a sacred chance to integrate the spiritual, creative, and emotional growth seeded since 2012. The invitation is forgiveness, surrender, letting go, softening, and preparing for the new reality in 2026 when Neptune shifts into Aries. The shadows a...

This week, Pluto stations direct in early Aquarius. It’s a moment for honest observation, letting go of structures and beliefs that can’t stand the test of time, and facing the collective question: Are your/our ethics fit for the future? Simple rituals—like creating an altar for what you’re ready to release, or writing a love letter to the old ways—can help honor what’s ending and invite a new beg...

This week’s Full Moon in Aries illuminates the energy of inner peace warriors everywhere. The fire, the tension, and the opportunity for transformation rise both personally and collectively. The call is to honor both those on the front lines—like Greta and fellow activists—and each inner warrior working toward peace and balance. Listeners receive transformational practices: Ujjayi breath and Shake...

How is everyone feeling as we shift out of eclipse energy into Libra season? It's a gorgeous week to take note—what feels harmonious and balanced in your life? What patterns need attention to bring about more beauty and balance? This week's episode of Our Waking Dream invites listeners to gently clear and tone the voice—and to literally sing with others as a playful, sweet practice for harmonizing...

This week, we close out this season’s eclipse cycle with a rare Blue Moon—our second New Moon in Virgo—opposing Saturn retrograde at the last degree of Pisces. It’s a call for radical honesty and intentional release: notice which karmic patterns want to be completed, and focus your energy on a radically honest look at what needs tending and care in your live. Join Spiritual Strategist and Mentor C...

If you’re feeling unusually wobbly, confused, or emotionally electric right now, you’re not alone. This eclipse energy—plus Mercury and Saturn both perched at the very end of their signs—has even the most grounded among us feeling unstable, overwhelmed, and extra judgmental (of ourselves and others). The urge to fix, the noise of old criticism, and questions about boundaries are peaking. This week...

The first eclipse of the season is complete, yet we're still in its tide. During this powerful window, Saturn retrogrades in Pisces and opposes Mercury in Virgo this week, amplifying a collective season of BIG letting go. This is not a week for striving, but for release and redreaming—allowing what’s unraveling to guide gentler ways forward. In this episode, Coco Swanson shares practices for softe...

This week, Our Waking Dream is all about preparing—emotionally and energetically—for the Pisces Full Moon Eclipse on September 7. Join Spiritual Strategist and mentor Coco Swanson to explore why this window is ultra-charged: as the Full Moon meets the North Node, you have a rare opening to pause, feel what’s stagnant or delusional, and release it—making space for a new level of dreaming. Listeners...

Feeling like nothing is going according to plan? If heartbreak, overwhelm, or major pivots keep throwing you off balance, this isn’t failure—it’s a sacred cue that you’re being asked to tend what matters most, right now. Your losses and breakdowns can become the seeds of your next major breakthrough. Join spiritual strategist Coco Swanson, 25+ year leader, mentoring visionaries, creators, and fami...

As late summer pivots in the northern hemisphere, this episode of “Our Waking Dream” invites you to consciously shift from Leo’s exuberance into the authenticity and embodied care of Virgo season. You are guided to let your present-day light reveal how your values and needs have honestly changed. The episode clarifies what is ready for gentle release— as a meaningful act of care. With the North No...

Venus and Jupiter unite in Cancer—a cosmic summons to expand our sense of emotional safety, care, and belonging. Jupiter magnifies whatever it touches. With Venus conjunct Jupiter in Cancer, we’re invited to slow down and tend to ourselves and each other on a deeper level. It’s a time for reassessment and radical emotional care—a season to soften old shields, clear lingering resentments, and give...

The sun’s in full swing in bold, radiant Leo, and Mercury Retrograde (until August 11) spins its communicative lessons. This episode invites you beyond astrology basics—straight into the heart of courageous self-expression, leadership, and true connection. Explore Leo’s highest callings: -Authentic, heart-centered leadership -Creative courage, generosity, and vulnerability -Real self-love that rad...

Hosted by Coco Swanson, Spiritual Strategist —this week’s Our Waking Dream dives deep as Saturn and Neptune retrograde together in Aries, forming a harmonious sextile with Pluto in Aquarius, and all three move backwards through September. This rare cosmic window supports collective and personal reconfiguration, inviting you to pause, review, and let your dreams or ambitions shift into new, more au...