Our Waking Dream

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...

This week, let’s pause and gently notice what—within you, or around you—needs extra care, love, or attention. As Mars meets the South Node in Virgo and the North Node in Pisces, it’s a reminder to soften your focus on details, to loosen the grip on lists and plans, and simply let yourself surrender into the beauty of right now. Ask yourself: What are you carrying that’s ready to be released? Which...

This week, Saturn stations retrograde alongside Neptune at the very start of Aries—a rare astrological moment that signals it’s time to step back, reflect, and realign. Rather than pushing ahead, the cosmos invites you to ask: What are you truly called to build? Which dreams and structures are ready for a gentle review? What to Expect in This Episode Spiritual Strategist Coco Swanson unpacks the c...

After seven years of Uranus shaking up our values and sense of home in Taurus, this week marks a real threshold: Uranus moves into Gemini. This isn’t just an astrological headline—it’s a call to notice how the disruption and change in our values might reshape the way we perceive, communicate, connect, and understand truth. Each week Spiritual Strategist Coco Swanson delivers a timely astrology for...

This week on Our Waking Dream, we dive into the astrology of June 29, 2025, as Venus conjuncts Uranus in Taurus—a rare cosmic invitation to reimagine and embody our values. Since 2018, Uranus in Taurus has pushed us to break old patterns and rethink what truly matters. In this episode, Coco Swanson unpacks the meaning of this powerful alignment, guiding you through beginner-friendly astrology, pra...