👣 The Step Into the Unknown

A couple of phrases I didn’t get to in my eclipse video, but they’re worth flagging now:

• Saturn combined with Uranus and Pluto means “abrupt disruption of development. Separations that suddenly bring overnight change.”
• Neptune combined with Uranus and Pluto yields “the sudden beginning of a process that can’t be judged for its duration or direction. A step into the unknown.”

That’s where we are: a sudden step into the unknown. The kind of uncertainty that feels impossible because the last nine months have already been one long parade of chaos — and yet somehow, things tip into even more uncertainty. Overnight, the world feels different.

🔒 Locked In, For Better or for Worse

Here’s the part that unsettles me: the Saturn/Neptune/Node combination. In Uranian astrology, the Moon’s Nodes represent intimate connections — the people we encounter and traffic with in life. Tie that to Saturn and Neptune, and you get diseased connections. Sick people. Miserable, disappointing ties. It’s a malaise, a deep freeze over the world: Saturn’s cold plus Neptune’s water locking us in place. Things come to a grinding halt. I don't like it one bit.

However, that doesn’t mean every moment of life sucks. Humans are resilient — in every miserable era of existence, people will still laugh, create, and love. If the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic showed us anything, it was that joy finds a way.

🌪️ Stay Ready So You Don’t Have to Get Ready

This is the moment to build community. Know your neighbors. Plan for emergencies. Prioritize offline life.

Because Uranus in Gemini is showing us the duplicitous nature of technology itself. Not just the internet — AI, automation, surveillance, all of it. Both friend and foe. A cruel mistress. It can be a lifeline and the very thing that destabilizes us. It moves so fast that it paralyzes people.

I often find myself saying: Don’t make fixed plans based on mutable people. And right now, that applies to the mutability of Gemini itself.

Companies, employees… people in general are struggling to put stakes in the ground. Technology shifts so quickly that no one trusts their next move. People are asking: If I’ve lost my job, what role can I even apply for that will still exist in five years — or even five months?​
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At the end of the day, technology won’t save us. People will. Build with those who steady you when everything else feels unstable.

💔 Where Pain Meets Malice

And one more thing I missed in the eclipse video: Chiron/Hades is baked into this eclipse. It’s a combination tied to terrorism and plain old evil-doing. People with it in their charts include Jim Jones (cult leader and murderer), The Boston Strangler (serial killer), Timothy McVeigh (Oklahoma City bomber), and Adolf Hitler (genocide orchestrator). Victims of such violence often have it too (Congresswoman Gabby Gifford). That’s the even shadowier side of this moment.

So no — I’m not here to sugarcoat it. Chiron/Hades shows the absolute worst humanity can do. But eclipses also crack things open. And even in dark times, people still create, connect, and care for each other. That’s the part of the story worth leaning into. I can't stress it enough. Find community.

🔮 Big Deck Energy: Tarot Card Pull for the Week

Welcome to Big Deck Energy—where I pull a tarot card each week on behalf of our collective to offer insight, reflection, or a much-needed reality check. Think of it as a weekly reset, a moment to pause and take in what’s unfolding. This week, I asked: How do I keep creating joy, even when the world feels locked in misery?

Here's what the Tarot had to say: Temperance

LOL. The tarot had words.

Temperance is about titration. The careful art of mixing extremes until you find the right dose. It’s chemistry, it’s alchemy, it’s experimentation. Joy comes from trying things out, adjusting the formula, seeing what resonates now that the old thing doesn’t.

When life feels like it’s ending or the familiar systems stop working, maybe that’s exactly the moment to test a new recipe. Swap the routine, explore the unexpected, let the mix surprise you.

And yes, this still ties back to moderation and flow. It’s about letting things unfold instead of forcing — but it’s also about not being afraid to stir the pot. Too much of one thing dulls the spirit. Joy comes from experimenting with the proportions until you hit the sweet spot.

Temperance reminds us: balance isn’t static, it’s a process. A dance. A blend. The world is different now. You’re different now.
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​There's also something to be said for the definition of temperance that means avoiding alcoholic drinks. I'm Team Mocktail, but do what works for you. 😇