In this raw and nostalgia-packed episode of Rhythms & Retrogrades, host Schyler takes you on a time-traveling deep dive into the chaotic mid-1990s—a five-year window of planetary upheaval and cultural disillusionment. We explore the cosmic shifts between 1993 and 1998, a period where Pluto pendulum-swung between Scorpio and Sagittarius, Saturn wrapped up its time in Aquarius, Uranus moved into Aquarius, and Neptune entered Aquarius in 1998, marking the beginning of a whole new digital dreamscape.
But this isn’t just about astrology—it’s about how those transits echoed through our music, media, and collective psyche. From the Tonya Harding–Nancy Kerrigan scandal, the rise of AOL chatrooms, and the “ASL?” era of ICQ and AIM, to the OJ Simpson trial, the death of Notorious B.I.G., and the rise of the Latin music wave post-Selena—this was a time when our sense of self and reality was shifting fast.
Schyler covers the cultural saturation of MTV’s reality TV boom, the birth of online identity, and the surreal wave of celebrity deaths including Kurt Cobain, Tupac, Bradley Nowell, Kristen Pfaff, and more. This episode also zooms in on the the “Macarena” phenomenon and the fading illusion of the American Dream.
Listen in for the astrology, stay for the sharp cultural commentary.
Throw in the 1996 Summer Olympics bombing, the loss of major musical icons, and the early days of reality TV, and you’ve got a storm of transformation—culturally, musically, cosmically. And yes, these outer planet shifts? They’re happening again right now.
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