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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to your astrological Energy with psychological astrologer, licensed clinical
social worker and author Karmen Turner Shot. Each episode, Carmen
guides you through the planetary cycles, energies, and spiritual insights
shaping your week. Get grounded, get inspired, and align with
the energies of the stars. This is your astrological energy.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Hi everyone, Welcome to your astrological Energy. I'm your host,
Carmen Turner Shot and this is a show about astrology,
energy and spirituality. Every week, I'm here to give you
guys the astrological forecast that's affecting all of us here
on Earth. And this week we're specifically looking at July
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fifth through eleventh, and this is going to be a
big week. Before I get into that, I want to
just reflect on last week. There was a lot of
major astrological events that happened last week. One of them,
the biggest one, is that Mercury, the planet of communication,
is now retrograde, and it was already kind of affecting
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us even the week before. And for those of you
that are new to astrology, you know, I want to
tell you a little bit about why Mercury retrograde is
so important it's the planet of travel. It affects travel,
it affects communication, it affects technology, it affects how we
perceive information, how we process information. It can really make
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it can really affect people in a great way. And
the biggest thing to know is the effects of it
and how it affects people. So these are some things
just research wise that I have found since I started
studying astrology that always affect me specifically at work and
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my coworkers. You know, there's often you know, this this
thing where everything seems chaotic. You know, we just feel
this unsettled energy with communication and with email, and we
just feel a little uneasy and it. You know, people
often tell me that they they miss emails, they have
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gadget glitches. Uh, they get into more arguments. They're like,
that's not what I said, That's not what I meant.
You know, it gets into this really weird I call
it weird energy. Uh maybe even like the energy is blocked.
I tell you what, you know, anyone out there that
has Virgo or Gemini, you guys specifically, are going to
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be affected. I'm a Virgo stallium, So anyone that's Sun
signed Virgo Gemini Sun anyone with Virgo rising Virgo on
the ascendant or Gemini as your ascendant or rising sign.
The planetary ruler of both of those signs is Mercury.
So all Virgos and Geminis out there are going to be,
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I say, a lot more affected than the average person.
And I know that that's true for me because I'm
usually I love to talk, I love to communicate. I
typically spend my whole day on telehealth, on doing therapy, online,
on doing astrology charts of people on Zoom, and on
the phone all day for hours with my friends and
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people that call me to talk about all kinds of things.
But as soon as Mercury went retrograde last week, I
felt completely I know the word for it is blah
b lah, and just felt like I don't want to talk.
I don't want to think, I don't want to communicate.
I just want to lay here and do nothing. I
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just got, you know, very introverted, and it kind of
it's like I just can't I don't want to talk.
I don't want to talk. I don't want to have
to answer the phone. That's how it affects me. It
completely changes how I feel, and it's usually that way
for me the whole four to six weeks. And so
this is always a hard time for me specifically, and
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a lot of my clients that have Virgo and Gemini
Energy tell me this. So but for those of you
that are out there, it is going to affect you,
and what it's going to do is I want just
to give you some tips. So some of the things
to watch for is that there can be a lot
more misunderstandings. So I always tell people double you know,
double check text messages, confirm meeting details before sending, recheck times,
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recheck email, people's email addresses, recheck you know, anything you mail.
Make sure you got the right address, you got the
right name, you got a stamp, you know, just anything
like that. Anything with travel, anything with your vehicle. Sometimes
our cars, you know, lights come on in our car,
that engine needs looked at, you know, during Mercury retrograde.
You know, all these tech things start coming up during
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that time. So it's just it's really, you know, really
a big deal. And some things to look at as
well are internet outages, you know, canceled appointments, delayed plans.
This past week, I was supposed to see several clients
on telehealth, and I would say half of them had
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technology issues where there wasn't a good signal on the
on the zoom, or they had a work conflict, or
they got mixed up on the appointment time and they
had to cancel, or you know, all kinds of crazy stuff.
So this week has been very interesting and and there's
just a lot going on. So yesterday and even into today,
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we could be feeling this as well, that the planet
the planet Uranus in Mars are both in Gemini and
they're gonna be They were conjunct in the sky yesterday.
I you know, complete eclipse means that they're completely working
as one unit. Their energies are completely conjunct in the sky,
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and and that that could have that can still cause
some unexpected events and and it can cause some shocking
things to happen because you know, even some accidents, some
different things like that. And we may be filling that
even today. And so you know, people are saying be
careful when you travel, but that was already an issue
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with mercury retrograde. So we kind of have like a
triple wa amy going on, you know, today and for
the next couple of weeks with mercury retrograde and everything.
It's just a very a very distracting time, you know,
where we can just feel like things are just not
going the way we want. You know, I just laughed
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because so many people are saying, I don't have Internet
or the platforms down. It's not you know, it would
you know, lock up and it would say, you know,
need to reconnect. And people are like, let me give
you my phone numbers so you can call me because this,
you know, this system isn't working and all this kind
of stuff. And I just had to laugh because you know,
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I didn't tell them that it was murcury retrograde, but
I'm telling you guys. And so some things to do
during this time is to is to is to reflect, redo, reevaluate,
re examine things from the past that you've already been
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thinking about doing or things that we're on your to
do list. It's a good time to get the motivated
to do all those things that you've been procrastinating. Mercury retrograde.
The positive thing about it is it gives you the
ability to knock out stuff that you've been putting off
for a while. And example is I have a friend
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of mine the two friends of mine I'm writing some
books with and we literally meant, you know, literally met,
but you know, this week during Mercury retrograde and we
were able to finally knock out a bunch of stuff
and ideas what this book were doing. I was able
to finally get an introduction written. I haven't felt like writing,
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haven't felt like talking, you know, all those things that
Mercury rules have been had to push through it a
little bit, but I was because it was stuff that
was already being delayed. I was able to get it done.
Another thing that happens is things that you committed to
during the last retrograde, or things that you committed to
prior to Mercury going retrograde can come up and you'll realize,
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I don't really want to do that, or you notice
that there's a lot of issues with you know, whatever
it is that you were thinking of doing. And that
happened to me too. I decided not to do a
project that I was asked to be a part of
last March. It's just been a lot of things have
played out and I just didn't have a good film
about it. I had to reassess it, evaluate it, and
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I realized I took on too much and I'm too
busy to do it, and so I had to let
them know that I'm not gonna be able to be
a part of it. And that happens. We change our
mind a lot during Mercury retrograde, when it has to
do with projects and things could even be a job.
Sometimes people tell me they get job offers during mercury retrograde.
That happens a lot, but it's because you've already been
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looking for a job you put in and that is
when it comes to fruition. So Mercury retrograde can bring
a lot of great things your way. Things that you've
already been working on can kind of come all to
the head, you know, come up into fruition and actually
be offered and done. Now, it's okay to do those things.
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But if there's any new things, new contracts, new purchases,
especially cars or electronics, be a little cautious and think
twice and read the fine print three or four times
before you do it.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
You know.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
I always tell the story that that there were several
times when we had bought a house, actually signed and everything,
and it was during Mercury retrograde and I was worried
about that, and as soon as mercury went direct, the
owner decided she didn't want to sell the house, and
we had already signed the contract and bought it. And
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our realder said, in thirty years of reality, I've never
had this happen. She said, just it's either walk away
or get a lawyer and fight it. So we walked away,
and I kid you not. The next retrograde cycle that
happened that year, that same owner was thinking of putting
on the market again and had the realder call our
realder to see if we were interested still, and we're like, no,
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you know, we already reevaluate. So we didn't buy that house.
We ended up buying a different house, which all it
all became meant to be. But it's pretty pretty interesting
how this plays out in our lives, and you'll start
seeing it. So many people are telling me they don't
feel good and things are crazy. And even today I
was supposed to get on a zoom with a friend
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of mine from the UK, and I told her, let's
meet at eleven am Central my time, and that would
be you know, nighttime in the UK for her, And
I said, you know, I can meet at eleven instead
of twelve, we can meet for two hours. So she
sent me a new link. So I'm on a telehealth
session today and she's texting me something's wrong. I've been
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on here forty minutes. You know, you're not on is
the link working? And I'm I'm in the middle of
hotel because it was really only ten o'clock my time,
so apparently the time difference was not what she thought
it was. So just little miscommunication on that and so
it was panic. So that's what kind of happens, just
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a lot of you know, little details aren't seen and
things are mixed up, which is very common. Another funny
thing that happened last week. I just have to share.
You just can't make this up. You know. I was
on Facebook and I saw my picture posted and I'm like, oh,
what is this? And it was this this project I
was going to be a part of that I ended
up deciding not to do. But it was my picture
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with someone else's bio. It wasn't me, but it was
my photo. So I had to contact him and let
him know that, you know, there's been a snafu. That's
murcury retrograde. So I just laughed because it kicks my butt.
I just it's been really getting me, guys, So I
hope you guys aren't having as many issues with it
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as I have been. I just feel like it's been
a lot, a lot of stuff going on, and you know,
want to share that with you. Some other main things
going on this week. You know, we're looking at is
you know right now, you know we are in cancer season,
and so the sun is in cancer. You know, we
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have all of this, you know, energy shifted from Gemini
to cancer. So it's more about focusing on the home
and family being home being you know, connected to our
to our roots, focusing on you know, maybe cooking some food,
cleaning the house, getting yard projects done. I know that
I've been on my husband, you know, uh, you know,
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there's a we need to fix our bathroom. We got
some rose bushes that we need to cut out and
put some rock out, and just things around the home
has been now my to do list, and I've just
got a little list I made of things that it
all has to do at the house. So I'm laughing
because it's cancer season. Cancer rules the home and family.
Cancer rules our childhood, our mother, our our home. What
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kind of home, we have, where we live, what matters
to us, and all those things that have to do
with responsibilities on the home front. So I think all
of us are going to be a little bit more
want to stay home a little more, wanting to unwind,
relax a little bit more with our pets and cuddle
with our dogs and cats and just be inside. It's
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so hot out. I know, we have a heat wave
here in Illinois where I'm at near Saint Louis. It's
been so hot it's hard to even get out in
this heat. So just trying to make it through, but
definitely notice the vibe of wanting to be home more
like I don't really want to leave my house, which
is it's interesting. Another thing that happens on July seventh Neptune,
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the planet of spirituality, illusion, idealism, imagination, artistic abilities, creativity.
Neptune is really mystical and magical kind of an energy
of a planet, and it's going to go retrograde, which
is similar to mercury, where it's going to be spinning backwards,
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so the energy is blocked and it's going to be
retrograde in the sin areas, which is where it's been
and that can turn the energy inward. And that's why
I think a lot of times mercury retrograde makes us
more introverted, not as talkative as usual, avoiding communication, maybe
get irritated a little bit more, just not feel ourselves.
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And neptune retrograde's gonna make us really think about, you know,
what is true love. We're gonna be more magicative. We're
gonna also maybe be more forgetful. This could add to
the murcury retrograde where we're forgetful of things, We're zoning
out more, we're in a dream world, we're not paying
attention or we you know, my husband will he'll try
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to say something to me and I'll be like, I
have no idea what you just said because I was
so deep in thought. Like that's neptune retrograde. That's kind
of how you know we're gonna be feeling is really
deep in our mind and deep in our heart, and
we might be a little more emotional, more sensitive during
this time as well. So I'm gonna take a quick
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commercial break and we will be right back. Thank you
for listening, and see you after the break.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
You're listening to your astrological energy. I'm Carmen, licensed clinical
social worker, author and psychological astrologer. I've written several books
about the eighth and twelfth astrological houses, including Phoenixes and Angels.
If you have planets in the eighth or twelfth or
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Speaker 2 (16:27):
Hi, this is Carmen Turner's shot, author and psychological astrologer.
My newest books are Your Astrological Energy and Astrologies Magical
Nodes of the Moon. Both offer powerful insights to help
you understand your emotions and your spiritual journey through astrology.
Discover how your birth chart can help you heal, transform
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and become more resilient. Visit my website today at carmenturnershot
dot com and grab your copies on Amazon, Barnes and
Noble and online stores. Welcome back to Your Astrological Energy.
I'm Carmen, and we're talking about the astrological forecast of
July fifth through July eleventh. As I was saying, you know,
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we have been. We're in mercury retrograde, which is affecting
all kinds of travel, communication and everything. Guys, we're also
in Neptune is retrograde, and that's affecting our imagination, idealism,
are you know, sensitivity to the environment. That's another thing
that I forgot to mention. You know, Neptune can be
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where we don't see clearly and there's kind of like
a fog illusion and so sometimes we just don't really
know what's going on. It can represent represent deception and
lies and things that are hidden in secrets and stuff,
and so when it goes retrograde, it might expose some secrets.
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It might bring things to light that we're not aware of.
So that's something to think about. We've also got Venus,
the planet of love and relationships, is going into Virgo,
which is you know, the sign of the analyst, the
the perfectionist, the servant, and it means that we're probably
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going to be a little bit more focused on taking
care of the needs of others, thinking about our health,
thinking about you know, being of service and helping our
partner maybe doing some things for them, and being more
detail focused when it comes to our relationships. You know,
we might even start analyze if you're not in a
committed relationship or you're dating or something, you might be like,
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you know, this is not what I thought it was,
and I don't like this that and this about what
they're doing, and I'm going to end this because it's
not exactly what I want. So Venus and Virgo can
make us a little bit more particular, a little bit
more picky about people and how they act. And so
just want to caution you guys about that. So some things,
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that's the main energies as far as major transits. Let's
see what else is going. So, you know, we talked
about the sun being in cancer on July. On July sixth, Monday,
the sun is gonna aspect Saturn and that's just gonna
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kind of make us a little bit more heavy and
a little bit feel a little bit more cautious and
realistic about things. And then we talked about July seventh,
Neptune is gonna retrograde in areas. It's gonna bring a dreamy, intuitive,
disorientinge energy and it could just really make us more
zone out illusion and our imaginations more. But it's a
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good time to get real creative it might help you
write or paint, or if you're a musician, it might
help you with your creative pursuits. So doing hobbies and
things might be elevated during that time. And it's really
going to be a time of deep introspection for a
lot of people. And then with you know, mercury retrograde,
we're gonna be re reassessing, revamping, rethinking, redoing things that
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we thought were done, or getting things done that we've
been putting off. So that's the good thing. And we
talked about Venus, you know, on you know July. Let's
see when that is. Uh, Venus goes in there, and yeah,
Venus changing things up a little bit, and it's gonna
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leave Leo into grounded Virgo as we talked about. So
we've been more playful when Venus was in Leo and
now it's going to be more serious. So we've been
romantic and passionate and all this stuff, uh for the
past couple weeks with Venus and Leo, and now it's
going to be in cautious, practical, resource and realistic Virgo.
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So that's the big energies this week. Now I want
to tell you where the moon is going to be
this week. We've got on Monday, the moon will be
in Aries on Monday the sixth, seventh, in the eighth
it'll be in Aries. So we're going to be you know,
more active, maybe a little bit impulsive, a little bit impatient,
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a little bit irritated. Maybe speak up, be more bulb,
more assertive than we typically are. Take action. It's a
good time to get things done and to take action
on things who've been you know, putting off. And then
the moon enters Taurus on Wednesday afternoon around four thirty
one PM, and Taurus is going to give us a
grounded energy the Taurus moon on Thursday and into Friday,
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and then we have the moon enters Gemini on Friday night,
the tenth, and then on the eleventh Saturday, we'll have
the moon and Gemini. Still so a good time for communication,
being social Friday Saturday. Might want to get out, do
something fun, go meet with some friends, know, flirt, socialize, Uh,
take a class on zoom or something that you've been
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interested in. Uh, all those kind of things are going
to be heightened. And so that's kind of the main week. Now.
I want to share with you guys some information about
a class that I'm gonna be teaching coming up on
July July twelfth. Actually it's gonna be a basic astrology course,
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but it's going to be a deep dive if you
want to really learn more about the sun signs. It's
it's called Harnessing the Twelve Zodiac Signs. It's July twelfth,
which is a Sunday, and it's from twelve to two
pm Central actually six it's six to nine pm UK time,
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so it'll be a three hour course based on your
time zone. You can register at the College of Psychic
Studies dot co dot uk, or you can go to
my website Carmen turnersh and go to classes and you
can click on Harnessing the Towelzodac Signs. You can register
right there to join me on July twelfth. I would
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love you to do that. I'm also offering another a
series of basic courses coming up. I'm going to offer
astrology zodiac archetypes on September thirteen, and then October and
November I'm going to start a series deep Dive into
the water Houses, Deep Dive into the Firehouses, deep Dive
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in the airhouses, a whole series, but I'd love to
have you in the harnessing the Twelzodex signs and the
stralgy zodiac archetypes. We're gonna talk about how Carl Young's
archetypes and how the tarot archetypes are all connected to
the astrology twelve signs and it's going to be a
lot of fun. I also want to put a plug
out there if you're interested in learning more about your
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soul mission. The North and South nodes of the moon,
you know, which we talk about a lot on the show.
Worth node is your soul mission this lifetime. It's you know.
You can get your chart calculated. I can take a
look at it. I can do a consult for you
if you're interested. You can book a consult on my
website at karmaturnershot dot com and go to the consultations page,
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and or you can reach out to me tell me
you heard the show and I can give you a
discount on a consult with me. But I would love
for you to learn more about the nodes and if
you want to take a class, I have a self
paced course that is in on my website karmaturnershot dot com.
If you go to classes and events. You'll scroll down
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and I have a self paced online astrology course about
the nodes of the Moon that you can purchase. It's
built on Thinkific, it's videos of me, exercises, all kinds
of stuff in there. WOULD love to have you sign
up and love to have you be a part of
that course so you can do it at your own pace,
and it's very inexpensive and you can learn more about
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all of the nodes. So I really appreciate you guys
listening into the show and each week and supporting me.
I have you know, Your Astrological Energy is one of
my newest books. I also have Astrology Zodiac Archetypes. I
have the books Sun Science Houses and Healing and Moon
Science Houses and Healing that are out there as well
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if you're interested. They're on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, all
those places. And you know, if you want to learn
the basics, my book Your Astrological Energy is a great start,
and so is my Son Signs book. But I hope
you enjoy the show, and if you have any ideas
of different topics or things you want me to cover,
you can message me on through my website. Carmaturnershot dot
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com and share and you know, download this episode on
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I hope you have a great rest of the week
and I will see you next week. Take care.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
You've been listening to your astrological energy with Carmen Turner Shot.
Join Carmen to prepare for the energies impacting you each week.
Carmen has written twelve books and offers consultations. Find out
more on our website, Carmen turnershot dot com. Until next time,
stay grounded, stay inspired, and let the energy guide your journey.
Welcome to your astrological Energy with psychological astrologer, licensed clinical
social worker and author Karmen Turner Shot. Each episode, Carmen
guides you through the planetary cycles, energies, and spiritual insights
shaping your week. Get grounded, get inspired, and align with
the energies of the stars. This is your astrological energy.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Hi everyone, Welcome to your astrological Energy. I'm your host,
Carmen Turner Shot and this is a show about astrology,
energy and spirituality. Every week, I'm here to give you
guys the astrological forecast that's affecting all of us here
on Earth. And this week we're specifically looking at July
(00:49):
fifth through eleventh, and this is going to be a
big week. Before I get into that, I want to
just reflect on last week. There was a lot of
major astrological events that happened last week. One of them,
the biggest one, is that Mercury, the planet of communication,
is now retrograde, and it was already kind of affecting
(01:13):
us even the week before. And for those of you
that are new to astrology, you know, I want to
tell you a little bit about why Mercury retrograde is
so important it's the planet of travel. It affects travel,
it affects communication, it affects technology, it affects how we
perceive information, how we process information. It can really make
(01:37):
it can really affect people in a great way. And
the biggest thing to know is the effects of it
and how it affects people. So these are some things
just research wise that I have found since I started
studying astrology that always affect me specifically at work and
(01:58):
my coworkers. You know, there's often you know, this this
thing where everything seems chaotic. You know, we just feel
this unsettled energy with communication and with email, and we
just feel a little uneasy and it. You know, people
often tell me that they they miss emails, they have
(02:20):
gadget glitches. Uh, they get into more arguments. They're like,
that's not what I said, That's not what I meant.
You know, it gets into this really weird I call
it weird energy. Uh maybe even like the energy is blocked.
I tell you what, you know, anyone out there that
has Virgo or Gemini, you guys specifically, are going to
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be affected. I'm a Virgo stallium, So anyone that's Sun
signed Virgo Gemini Sun anyone with Virgo rising Virgo on
the ascendant or Gemini as your ascendant or rising sign.
The planetary ruler of both of those signs is Mercury.
So all Virgos and Geminis out there are going to be,
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I say, a lot more affected than the average person.
And I know that that's true for me because I'm
usually I love to talk, I love to communicate. I
typically spend my whole day on telehealth, on doing therapy, online,
on doing astrology charts of people on Zoom, and on
the phone all day for hours with my friends and
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people that call me to talk about all kinds of things.
But as soon as Mercury went retrograde last week, I
felt completely I know the word for it is blah
b lah, and just felt like I don't want to talk.
I don't want to think, I don't want to communicate.
I just want to lay here and do nothing. I
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just got, you know, very introverted, and it kind of
it's like I just can't I don't want to talk.
I don't want to talk. I don't want to have
to answer the phone. That's how it affects me. It
completely changes how I feel, and it's usually that way
for me the whole four to six weeks. And so
this is always a hard time for me specifically, and
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a lot of my clients that have Virgo and Gemini
Energy tell me this. So but for those of you
that are out there, it is going to affect you,
and what it's going to do is I want just
to give you some tips. So some of the things
to watch for is that there can be a lot
more misunderstandings. So I always tell people double you know,
double check text messages, confirm meeting details before sending, recheck times,
(04:39):
recheck email, people's email addresses, recheck you know, anything you mail.
Make sure you got the right address, you got the
right name, you got a stamp, you know, just anything
like that. Anything with travel, anything with your vehicle. Sometimes
our cars, you know, lights come on in our car,
that engine needs looked at, you know, during Mercury retrograde.
You know, all these tech things start coming up during
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that time. So it's just it's really, you know, really
a big deal. And some things to look at as
well are internet outages, you know, canceled appointments, delayed plans.
This past week, I was supposed to see several clients
on telehealth, and I would say half of them had
(05:24):
technology issues where there wasn't a good signal on the
on the zoom, or they had a work conflict, or
they got mixed up on the appointment time and they
had to cancel, or you know, all kinds of crazy stuff.
So this week has been very interesting and and there's
just a lot going on. So yesterday and even into today,
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we could be feeling this as well, that the planet
the planet Uranus in Mars are both in Gemini and
they're gonna be They were conjunct in the sky yesterday.
I you know, complete eclipse means that they're completely working
as one unit. Their energies are completely conjunct in the sky,
(06:09):
and and that that could have that can still cause
some unexpected events and and it can cause some shocking
things to happen because you know, even some accidents, some
different things like that. And we may be filling that
even today. And so you know, people are saying be
careful when you travel, but that was already an issue
(06:30):
with mercury retrograde. So we kind of have like a
triple wa amy going on, you know, today and for
the next couple of weeks with mercury retrograde and everything.
It's just a very a very distracting time, you know,
where we can just feel like things are just not
going the way we want. You know, I just laughed
(06:52):
because so many people are saying, I don't have Internet
or the platforms down. It's not you know, it would
you know, lock up and it would say, you know,
need to reconnect. And people are like, let me give
you my phone numbers so you can call me because this,
you know, this system isn't working and all this kind
of stuff. And I just had to laugh because you know,
(07:13):
I didn't tell them that it was murcury retrograde, but
I'm telling you guys. And so some things to do
during this time is to is to is to reflect, redo, reevaluate,
re examine things from the past that you've already been
(07:33):
thinking about doing or things that we're on your to
do list. It's a good time to get the motivated
to do all those things that you've been procrastinating. Mercury retrograde.
The positive thing about it is it gives you the
ability to knock out stuff that you've been putting off
for a while. And example is I have a friend
(07:53):
of mine the two friends of mine I'm writing some
books with and we literally meant, you know, literally met,
but you know, this week during Mercury retrograde and we
were able to finally knock out a bunch of stuff
and ideas what this book were doing. I was able
to finally get an introduction written. I haven't felt like writing,
(08:14):
haven't felt like talking, you know, all those things that
Mercury rules have been had to push through it a
little bit, but I was because it was stuff that
was already being delayed. I was able to get it done.
Another thing that happens is things that you committed to
during the last retrograde, or things that you committed to
prior to Mercury going retrograde can come up and you'll realize,
(08:39):
I don't really want to do that, or you notice
that there's a lot of issues with you know, whatever
it is that you were thinking of doing. And that
happened to me too. I decided not to do a
project that I was asked to be a part of
last March. It's just been a lot of things have
played out and I just didn't have a good film
about it. I had to reassess it, evaluate it, and
(09:00):
I realized I took on too much and I'm too
busy to do it, and so I had to let
them know that I'm not gonna be able to be
a part of it. And that happens. We change our
mind a lot during Mercury retrograde, when it has to
do with projects and things could even be a job.
Sometimes people tell me they get job offers during mercury retrograde.
That happens a lot, but it's because you've already been
(09:22):
looking for a job you put in and that is
when it comes to fruition. So Mercury retrograde can bring
a lot of great things your way. Things that you've
already been working on can kind of come all to
the head, you know, come up into fruition and actually
be offered and done. Now, it's okay to do those things.
(09:46):
But if there's any new things, new contracts, new purchases,
especially cars or electronics, be a little cautious and think
twice and read the fine print three or four times
before you do it.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
You know.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
I always tell the story that that there were several
times when we had bought a house, actually signed and everything,
and it was during Mercury retrograde and I was worried
about that, and as soon as mercury went direct, the
owner decided she didn't want to sell the house, and
we had already signed the contract and bought it. And
(10:21):
our realder said, in thirty years of reality, I've never
had this happen. She said, just it's either walk away
or get a lawyer and fight it. So we walked away,
and I kid you not. The next retrograde cycle that
happened that year, that same owner was thinking of putting
on the market again and had the realder call our
realder to see if we were interested still, and we're like, no,
(10:43):
you know, we already reevaluate. So we didn't buy that house.
We ended up buying a different house, which all it
all became meant to be. But it's pretty pretty interesting
how this plays out in our lives, and you'll start
seeing it. So many people are telling me they don't
feel good and things are crazy. And even today I
was supposed to get on a zoom with a friend
(11:04):
of mine from the UK, and I told her, let's
meet at eleven am Central my time, and that would
be you know, nighttime in the UK for her, And
I said, you know, I can meet at eleven instead
of twelve, we can meet for two hours. So she
sent me a new link. So I'm on a telehealth
session today and she's texting me something's wrong. I've been
(11:24):
on here forty minutes. You know, you're not on is
the link working? And I'm I'm in the middle of
hotel because it was really only ten o'clock my time,
so apparently the time difference was not what she thought
it was. So just little miscommunication on that and so
it was panic. So that's what kind of happens, just
(11:46):
a lot of you know, little details aren't seen and
things are mixed up, which is very common. Another funny
thing that happened last week. I just have to share.
You just can't make this up. You know. I was
on Facebook and I saw my picture posted and I'm like, oh,
what is this? And it was this this project I
was going to be a part of that I ended
up deciding not to do. But it was my picture
(12:09):
with someone else's bio. It wasn't me, but it was
my photo. So I had to contact him and let
him know that, you know, there's been a snafu. That's
murcury retrograde. So I just laughed because it kicks my butt.
I just it's been really getting me, guys, So I
hope you guys aren't having as many issues with it
(12:30):
as I have been. I just feel like it's been
a lot, a lot of stuff going on, and you know,
want to share that with you. Some other main things
going on this week. You know, we're looking at is
you know right now, you know we are in cancer season,
and so the sun is in cancer. You know, we
(12:52):
have all of this, you know, energy shifted from Gemini
to cancer. So it's more about focusing on the home
and family being home being you know, connected to our
to our roots, focusing on you know, maybe cooking some food,
cleaning the house, getting yard projects done. I know that
I've been on my husband, you know, uh, you know,
(13:15):
there's a we need to fix our bathroom. We got
some rose bushes that we need to cut out and
put some rock out, and just things around the home
has been now my to do list, and I've just
got a little list I made of things that it
all has to do at the house. So I'm laughing
because it's cancer season. Cancer rules the home and family.
Cancer rules our childhood, our mother, our our home. What
(13:37):
kind of home, we have, where we live, what matters
to us, and all those things that have to do
with responsibilities on the home front. So I think all
of us are going to be a little bit more
want to stay home a little more, wanting to unwind,
relax a little bit more with our pets and cuddle
with our dogs and cats and just be inside. It's
(14:00):
so hot out. I know, we have a heat wave
here in Illinois where I'm at near Saint Louis. It's
been so hot it's hard to even get out in
this heat. So just trying to make it through, but
definitely notice the vibe of wanting to be home more
like I don't really want to leave my house, which
is it's interesting. Another thing that happens on July seventh Neptune,
(14:25):
the planet of spirituality, illusion, idealism, imagination, artistic abilities, creativity.
Neptune is really mystical and magical kind of an energy
of a planet, and it's going to go retrograde, which
is similar to mercury, where it's going to be spinning backwards,
(14:45):
so the energy is blocked and it's going to be
retrograde in the sin areas, which is where it's been
and that can turn the energy inward. And that's why
I think a lot of times mercury retrograde makes us
more introverted, not as talkative as usual, avoiding communication, maybe
get irritated a little bit more, just not feel ourselves.
(15:07):
And neptune retrograde's gonna make us really think about, you know,
what is true love. We're gonna be more magicative. We're
gonna also maybe be more forgetful. This could add to
the murcury retrograde where we're forgetful of things, We're zoning
out more, we're in a dream world, we're not paying
attention or we you know, my husband will he'll try
(15:29):
to say something to me and I'll be like, I
have no idea what you just said because I was
so deep in thought. Like that's neptune retrograde. That's kind
of how you know we're gonna be feeling is really
deep in our mind and deep in our heart, and
we might be a little more emotional, more sensitive during
this time as well. So I'm gonna take a quick
(15:50):
commercial break and we will be right back. Thank you
for listening, and see you after the break.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
You're listening to your astrological energy. I'm Carmen, licensed clinical
social worker, author and psychological astrologer. I've written several books
about the eighth and twelfth astrological houses, including Phoenixes and Angels.
If you have planets in the eighth or twelfth or
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Speaker 2 (16:27):
Hi, this is Carmen Turner's shot, author and psychological astrologer.
My newest books are Your Astrological Energy and Astrologies Magical
Nodes of the Moon. Both offer powerful insights to help
you understand your emotions and your spiritual journey through astrology.
Discover how your birth chart can help you heal, transform
(16:48):
and become more resilient. Visit my website today at carmenturnershot
dot com and grab your copies on Amazon, Barnes and
Noble and online stores. Welcome back to Your Astrological Energy.
I'm Carmen, and we're talking about the astrological forecast of
July fifth through July eleventh. As I was saying, you know,
(17:10):
we have been. We're in mercury retrograde, which is affecting
all kinds of travel, communication and everything. Guys, we're also
in Neptune is retrograde, and that's affecting our imagination, idealism,
are you know, sensitivity to the environment. That's another thing
that I forgot to mention. You know, Neptune can be
(17:33):
where we don't see clearly and there's kind of like
a fog illusion and so sometimes we just don't really
know what's going on. It can represent represent deception and
lies and things that are hidden in secrets and stuff,
and so when it goes retrograde, it might expose some secrets.
(17:56):
It might bring things to light that we're not aware of.
So that's something to think about. We've also got Venus,
the planet of love and relationships, is going into Virgo,
which is you know, the sign of the analyst, the
the perfectionist, the servant, and it means that we're probably
(18:17):
going to be a little bit more focused on taking
care of the needs of others, thinking about our health,
thinking about you know, being of service and helping our
partner maybe doing some things for them, and being more
detail focused when it comes to our relationships. You know,
we might even start analyze if you're not in a
committed relationship or you're dating or something, you might be like,
(18:40):
you know, this is not what I thought it was,
and I don't like this that and this about what
they're doing, and I'm going to end this because it's
not exactly what I want. So Venus and Virgo can
make us a little bit more particular, a little bit
more picky about people and how they act. And so
just want to caution you guys about that. So some things,
(19:05):
that's the main energies as far as major transits. Let's
see what else is going. So, you know, we talked
about the sun being in cancer on July. On July sixth, Monday,
the sun is gonna aspect Saturn and that's just gonna
(19:25):
kind of make us a little bit more heavy and
a little bit feel a little bit more cautious and
realistic about things. And then we talked about July seventh,
Neptune is gonna retrograde in areas. It's gonna bring a dreamy, intuitive,
disorientinge energy and it could just really make us more
zone out illusion and our imaginations more. But it's a
(19:48):
good time to get real creative it might help you
write or paint, or if you're a musician, it might
help you with your creative pursuits. So doing hobbies and
things might be elevated during that time. And it's really
going to be a time of deep introspection for a
lot of people. And then with you know, mercury retrograde,
we're gonna be re reassessing, revamping, rethinking, redoing things that
(20:12):
we thought were done, or getting things done that we've
been putting off. So that's the good thing. And we
talked about Venus, you know, on you know July. Let's
see when that is. Uh, Venus goes in there, and yeah,
Venus changing things up a little bit, and it's gonna
(20:35):
leave Leo into grounded Virgo as we talked about. So
we've been more playful when Venus was in Leo and
now it's going to be more serious. So we've been
romantic and passionate and all this stuff, uh for the
past couple weeks with Venus and Leo, and now it's
going to be in cautious, practical, resource and realistic Virgo.
(20:55):
So that's the big energies this week. Now I want
to tell you where the moon is going to be
this week. We've got on Monday, the moon will be
in Aries on Monday the sixth, seventh, in the eighth
it'll be in Aries. So we're going to be you know,
more active, maybe a little bit impulsive, a little bit impatient,
(21:17):
a little bit irritated. Maybe speak up, be more bulb,
more assertive than we typically are. Take action. It's a
good time to get things done and to take action
on things who've been you know, putting off. And then
the moon enters Taurus on Wednesday afternoon around four thirty
one PM, and Taurus is going to give us a
grounded energy the Taurus moon on Thursday and into Friday,
(21:43):
and then we have the moon enters Gemini on Friday night,
the tenth, and then on the eleventh Saturday, we'll have
the moon and Gemini. Still so a good time for communication,
being social Friday Saturday. Might want to get out, do
something fun, go meet with some friends, know, flirt, socialize, Uh,
take a class on zoom or something that you've been
(22:05):
interested in. Uh, all those kind of things are going
to be heightened. And so that's kind of the main week. Now.
I want to share with you guys some information about
a class that I'm gonna be teaching coming up on
July July twelfth. Actually it's gonna be a basic astrology course,
(22:27):
but it's going to be a deep dive if you
want to really learn more about the sun signs. It's
it's called Harnessing the Twelve Zodiac Signs. It's July twelfth,
which is a Sunday, and it's from twelve to two
pm Central actually six it's six to nine pm UK time,
(22:48):
so it'll be a three hour course based on your
time zone. You can register at the College of Psychic
Studies dot co dot uk, or you can go to
my website Carmen turnersh and go to classes and you
can click on Harnessing the Towelzodac Signs. You can register
right there to join me on July twelfth. I would
(23:11):
love you to do that. I'm also offering another a
series of basic courses coming up. I'm going to offer
astrology zodiac archetypes on September thirteen, and then October and
November I'm going to start a series deep Dive into
the water Houses, Deep Dive into the Firehouses, deep Dive
(23:33):
in the airhouses, a whole series, but I'd love to
have you in the harnessing the Twelzodex signs and the
stralgy zodiac archetypes. We're gonna talk about how Carl Young's
archetypes and how the tarot archetypes are all connected to
the astrology twelve signs and it's going to be a
lot of fun. I also want to put a plug
out there if you're interested in learning more about your
(23:53):
soul mission. The North and South nodes of the moon,
you know, which we talk about a lot on the show.
Worth node is your soul mission this lifetime. It's you know.
You can get your chart calculated. I can take a
look at it. I can do a consult for you
if you're interested. You can book a consult on my
website at karmaturnershot dot com and go to the consultations page,
(24:16):
and or you can reach out to me tell me
you heard the show and I can give you a
discount on a consult with me. But I would love
for you to learn more about the nodes and if
you want to take a class, I have a self
paced course that is in on my website karmaturnershot dot com.
If you go to classes and events. You'll scroll down
(24:40):
and I have a self paced online astrology course about
the nodes of the Moon that you can purchase. It's
built on Thinkific, it's videos of me, exercises, all kinds
of stuff in there. WOULD love to have you sign
up and love to have you be a part of
that course so you can do it at your own pace,
and it's very inexpensive and you can learn more about
(25:03):
all of the nodes. So I really appreciate you guys
listening into the show and each week and supporting me.
I have you know, Your Astrological Energy is one of
my newest books. I also have Astrology Zodiac Archetypes. I
have the books Sun Science Houses and Healing and Moon
Science Houses and Healing that are out there as well
(25:24):
if you're interested. They're on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, all
those places. And you know, if you want to learn
the basics, my book Your Astrological Energy is a great start,
and so is my Son Signs book. But I hope
you enjoy the show, and if you have any ideas
of different topics or things you want me to cover,
you can message me on through my website. Carmaturnershot dot
(25:45):
com and share and you know, download this episode on
all the podcast platforms and share it with others. And
I hope you have a great rest of the week
and I will see you next week. Take care.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
You've been listening to your astrological energy with Carmen Turner Shot.
Join Carmen to prepare for the energies impacting you each week.
Carmen has written twelve books and offers consultations. Find out
more on our website, Carmen turnershot dot com. Until next time,
stay grounded, stay inspired, and let the energy guide your journey.
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