Mercury Retrograde

In episode 381 we present our year ahead astrology forecast for 2023, with astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, Leisa Schaim, and Diana Rose Harper. At the beginning of the episode we give a big picture view of some of the major transits happening next year, such as Mars finishing its retrograde in Gemini, Saturn moving into Pisces, Pluto moving into Aquarius, a Venus retrograde in Leo, and eclipses moving from the Taurus-Scorpio axis to the Aries-Libra axis. Some of the themes we talked about were the emergence of AI (artificial intelligence) with Saturn finishing its transit through Aquarius and Pluto getting ready to start a 20 year transit through that sign, as well as the escape to the imaginal realm with Saturn entering Pisces and beginning a long sign-based conjunction with Neptune. In the second half of the show we go through a quarter by quarter and month by month breakdown of 2023, discussing in more detail some of the quicker astrological transits next year, such as the fact that the three main Mercury retrograde periods will all occur in earth signs. There are timestamps below for when we talk about different alignments and parts of the year. This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. More About the Astrologers ChrisBrennanAstrologer.com AustinCoppock.com LeisaSchaim.com ddamascenaa.com Honeycomb Almanacs and Calendars Our sponsor is the Honeycomb astrological almanacs and calendars: Honeycomb.co Ephemeris Birth Chart Pendant Our other sponsor is the Ephemeris astrological necklace that displays your chart: Ephemeris.co Get a 15% discount with promo Code: ASTROLOGYPODCAST 2023 Astrology Podcast Calendars Available We recently released our annual astrology calendar posters for 2023! TheAstrologyPodcast.com/merch/ Auspicious Election for January The most auspicious astrological date for January is: January 25 2023 7:20 AM local time, just after sunrise with Aquarius rising For more dates in January see our electional astrology podcast. For dates later in the year see our 2023 Year Ahead Electional Astrology Report! Get a 15% discount on the year ahead report with the promo code JUPITER Timestamps Here are some timestamps for topics covered at different points in the episode: 00:00:00 Intro and overview of the major 2023 transits 00:02:41 Recent tech news as Saturn leaves Aquarius 00:03:30 AI generated portraits under Venus-Neptune square 00:13:01 Pluto in Aquarius and the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) 00:26:42 Major development in fusion energy 00:29:42 Armed robots, fear of technology, and Pluto in Aquarius 00:36:22 Technology being used to alter biology 00:43:15 Saturn in Pisces 00:56:18 Saturn's copresence with Neptune 01:22:23 Jupiter in Taurus 01:30:22 Jupiter conjunct Uranus 01:38:38 Venus retrograde in Leo 01:52:53 Honeycomb Almanac Sponsor 01:59:00 Ephemeris.co pendant Sponsor 02:02:21 January 2023 astrology 02:17:42 January auspicious electional chart 02:22:13 February 2023 astrology 02:28:38 March 2023 astrology 02:42:38 April 2023 astrology 02:51:38 May 2023 astrology 03:10:44 June 2023 astrology 03:23:23 July 2023 astrology 03:36:12 August 2023 astrology 03:47:45 September 2023 astrology 03:55:33 October 2023 astrology 04:11:34 November 2023 astrology 04:18:40 December 2023 astrology 04:26:30 Austin's 2023 offerings and events 04:28:04 Diana's 2023 offerings and events 04:28:40 Leisa's 2023 offerings and events 04:30:00 Chris' 2023 offerings and events 04:31:23 Patrons and sponsors Watch the Video Version of Our Yearly Astrology Forecast You can watch the video version of our 2023 year ahead astrology forecast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLDVTOL4TQk - Transcript A full transcript of this episode is available: Episode 381 transcript Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode