Have you felt like some aspect of your life has been simmering beneath the surface lately, as if something within you has been waiting for its moment? That’s because we’ve been moving through a retrograde season, when several of the outer planets appeared to move backward in the sky (see The Retrograde Planets of 2025: A Collective Turning Point Toward…
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How to Find Meaning In Life: The Empowering Journey From Pain to Purpose
How can we find meaning in life, beyond our challenges and suffering? Pain is an inevitable aspect of our human experience. Whether it comes through disappointment, betrayal, loss, or unfulfilled dreams, suffering touches each of us at some point. And yet, as difficult as it feels in the moment, it can also be the doorway to discovering what we want…
The Hidden Cost of Being a People Pleaser: Your Inner Freedom and Power
Are you being a people pleaser? On the surface, people-pleasing looks harmless. You want to be polite, kind, or helpful. You say “yes” when asked for a favor, smooth over (or avoid) conflicts, or bend yourself into what you think others expect. You may even convince yourself that this is what being a good or spiritual person is all about;…
The Retrograde Planets of 2025: A Collective Turning Point Toward Freedom
As I’ve mentioned before, the astrology of 2025 marks the beginning of a powerful collective shift. Several (outer) planets have moved into new signs, planting seeds of transformation that will shape the future for decades. Saturn and Neptune stepped into Aries, beginning the dissolution of outdated spiritual and structural paradigms. Uranus entered Gemini, triggering a radical change in how we…
Uranus in Gemini: A Reset of the Mind Toward Reinvention and Freedom
As Uranus, the cosmic rebel, moves into Gemini (from July 7th, 2025 to May 22nd, 2033), the winds of change will start a new era that will completely reshape the ways we think, speak, learn, and engage in the world. Uranus brings revolution wherever it goes, and in the air sign of Gemini—the sign of duality, language, thought, and youthful…
From Fear to Truth and Love: Where Your Real Power Lies
Most of us live trapped in an invisible prison of fear: fear of rejection, fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of disease, and so on. This fear-driven reality keeps us entangled in the limited perception of external circumstances, reinforcing the illusion that power exists outside of ourselves. We cling to different identities, people, and achievements, unaware that the very…
Venus Retrograde: A Portal to Self-Love and Inner Freedom
This year’s Venus retrograde happens between March 1st and April 12th (plus the shadow periods right before and after). When any planet goes retrograde, that is, when it gives the impression of slowing down and moving backwards, it invites us to turn inward. So, when Venus—the planet of love, beauty, values, and money—does this, we are called to re-examine the…