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In episode 456 of the podcast Chris Brennan does a retrospective analysis of predictions made about the Mars-Uranus conjunction in mid-July 2024, and how that worked out in light of the attempted assassination of former President Trump.

During the course of this I play some clips from past episodes of The Astrology Podcast over the past year where we talked about the Mars-Uranus conjunction and predicted the types of events we expected to align with it, and then providing some commentary in between clips.

The purpose is to study and understand the process of making our predictions about the conjunction, and what we can learn from it in retrospect.

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In episode 455 astrologer Chris Brennan does live chart readings with listeners to talk about the meaning of 1st house placements in their birth chart.

This workshop was recorded a few weeks ago in preparation for the longer episode on the 1st house in astrology that was released last week, titled The First House in Astrology: Planets in the Rising Sign.

The purpose of the livestream was to gain a deeper understanding about what the first house means by interviewing some people with prominent 1st house placements about their life.

During the course of the livestream we discuss some examples of people with planets in the first house, those who have the ruler of the Ascendant in different houses, and also some people who had major transits through the first house.

I also put out a call for examples from Twitter/X, and read a number of examples that were sent in live at different points.

By the end of the episode we ended up learning a lot about what the first house means by hearing about the lived experience of people with prominent placements involving that house in their chart.

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Timestamps



* 00:00:00 Introduction

* 00:01:05 1st house meaning

* 00:10:44 Mars in 1st house example

* 00:13:44 Mars in 1st house interview

* 00:28:29 Third Mars in 1st house example

* 00:31:10 Miscellaneous listener examples

* 00:36:52 Jupiter in 1st house interview

* 00:50:12 Saturn 1st house transit interview

* 00:59:33 Uranus & Pluto conjunct ASC transit

* 01:03:17 Uranus conjunct Ascendant transit

* 01:07:03 Miscellaneous examples

* 01:11:47 Eclipses in 1st house interview

* 01:19:34 Ruler of 4th house in 1st interview

* 01:33:01 Saturn transit in 1st house interview

* 01:49:01 Ruler of the Ascendant in houses

* 01:56:12 Ruler of Ascendant in 7th house interview

* 02:11:39 Final thoughts

* 02:16:43 Credits



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In episode 454 astrologers Chris Brennan and Nick Dagan Best explain the meaning of the first house in astrology, and explore its significations by looking at different planets in the rising sign and Ascendant.

We open the episode by talking about the general meaning of the first house, and then we transition into discussing each of the planets in the 1st house, starting with the Moon and then working our way through the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.

We also spend some time talking about the ruler of the Ascendant in the houses, the rulers of other houses in the 1st house, and planets transiting the first house.

This is the start of a new series where we will do a deep dive into the significations of each of the 12 houses of the birth chart, explaining what each house means and showing how different placements in that house have manifested in the lives of individuals.

Astronomically the 1st house is the rising sign in the whole sign house system, which is the zodiac sign that was rising over the eastern horizon at the moment a person was born.

The first house is associated with the degree of the Ascendant, which represents the dividing line between sky and earth, and acts as a particularly powerful and personal point within the first house.

Here are some of the significations of the first house:



* Self

* Body

* Health

* Appearance

* Spirit

* Character

* Helm

* Life direction

* The which arises from you

This episode is meant to act as a foundation for the rest of the houses series, which will be made over the course of the next year.

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Timestamps



* 00:00:00 Introduction

* 00:02:59 Meaning of the first house

* 00:36:08 Moon in the 1st house

* 00:53:40 Sun in the 1st house

* 01:05:42 Mercury in the 1st house

* 01:25:35 Venus in the 1st house

* 01:40:42 Mars in the 1st house

* 02:05:44 Jupiter in the 1st house

* 02:25:06 Saturn in the 1st house

* 02:35:42 Uranus in the 1st house

* 02:51:09 Neptune in the 1st house

* 03:01:45 Pluto in the 1st house

* 03:21:37 Concluding remarks

* 03:29:05 Credits



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In episode 453 astrologers Chris Brennan and Austin Coppock look ahead at the astrological forecast for July 2024.

We spend the first 53 minutes reviewing some news stories that had interesting astrological connections, and then we transition into talking about the astrology of July.

July opens with Saturn and Neptune stationing in Pisces within 10 degrees of each other, then in the middle of the month Mars conjoins Uranus in Taurus, and finally at the end of the month Mercury moves into a square with Mars as it begins slowing down in preparation for a retrograde.

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Timestamps



* 00:00:00 Introduction

* 00:00:45 Quick overview of July astrology

* 00:02:41 Welcoming Austin

* 00:07:27 Astrology news stories

* 00:08:22 Venus cazimi & Gemini stellium stories

* 00:27:34 Trump and Hunter Biden convictions

* 00:37:10 Explosion of AI video generators

* 00:45:28 Presidential debate

* 00:53:12 July forecast begins

* 00:54:13 Saturn & Neptune station in Pisces

* 01:11:20 Mercury into Leo July 2

* 01:16:32 New Moon in Cancer July 5

* 01:26:05 Venus into Leo July 11

* 01:31:00 Mars conjunct Uranus July 15

* 01:45:30 Electional Astrology Chart for July

* 01:49:00 Mars into Gemini July 20

* 01:52:00 Full Moon in Capricorn July 21

* 02:02:50 Mercury into Virgo July 25

* 02:08:35 Summarizing main July themes

* 02:12:35 Austin and Chris’ projects

* 02:17:56 Credits



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In episode 452 astrologer Chris Brennan hosts a live chart reading session with listeners exploring how Jupiter’s transit through Taurus manifested in their lives based on the house it activated in their birth charts.

The premise of the discussion is that since Jupiter just recently completed its one year transit through Taurus, I asked listeners to send in stories about how that transit played out in their lives, especially in terms of which of the twelve houses it went through in their chart.

This was recorded as a live webinar with patrons of The Astrology Podcast, and during the course of the webinar a number of patrons joined me on video to share their birth chart and talk about their Jupiter transit experience.

I also read a number of written listener submissions different astrologers who shared their experiences of positive and negative events that coincided with that transit.

The purpose of this workshop is that by looking at what Jupiter transits have meant when they went through different houses for people over the past year, you can then take that information and project it out into the future as you try to anticipate what the transit of Jupiter in Gemini will mean for you over the next year.

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Timestamps



* 00:00:00 Jupiter transits through houses

* 00:05:55 Becca: Jupiter 4th house transit

* 00:07:55 Bethany: Jupiter 9th house transit

* 00:15:44 Olabimpe: 4th/5th house transit

* 00:26:25 Malou: 6th house transit

* 00:38:13 Nataliya: 9th house

* 00:40:48 Victoria: 8th house

* 00:42:49 Julie: 10th house

* 00:57:11 Learn to read birth charts

* 01:00:03 Elisabeth: 2nd house

* 01:12:27 Debbie: 7th house

* 01:14:04 Carly: 7th house

* 01:24:35 Cherokee: 1st house

* 01:26:23 Marissa: 2nd house

* 01:28:25 Shannon: 3rd house

* 01:31:08 Sunny: 1st house

* 01:32:47 Janice: 1st house

* 01:43:08 Alison: 11th house

* 01:51:43 Dawn: 6th house

* 01:53:25 Michelle: 5th house

* 01:56:30 Jessica: 6th house

* 02:09:45 Andy: 5th house

* 02:13:44 Kristen: 4th house

* 02:20:54 Jenny: 8th house

* 02:22:04 Erin: 4th/5th house

* 02:24:14 Adriana: 2nd house

* 02:26:00 Maria: 10th house

* 02:29:26 Maud: 1st house

* 02:33:58 Jenny: 8th house

* 02:35:17 Rae: 7th house

* 02:36:43 Amiyrah: 7th house

* 02:55:39 Concluding remarks

* 02:59:56 Credits



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In episode 451 Chris Brennan does a live birth chart reading session with patrons of the podcast where he looks at their charts and discusses how recent transits have impacted their lives.

This was an impromptu livestream done with patrons of The Astrology Podcast who signed up for the livestream tier through our page on Patreon.

Before the livestream I put out a call asking for people who had a good example of one of the transits we talked about in the recent forecast episodes, such as the eclipses in Aries and Libra, the Mars-Saturn conjunction in Pisces, or the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Taurus.

Then during the course of the livestream people people joined me on camera and shared their stories of recent transits, and we talked about their charts and lives for 5-10 minutes each.

This ended up being a really fun and interesting session, and it set a nice template for other chart reading sessions in the future.

If you would like to join us for the next live chart reading session and have a chance to share your chart, sign up for the livestream tier through our page on Patreon:

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