Welcome to Ghost of a podcast. I'm your host Jessica Lange yato. I'm an astrologer psychic medium and animal communicator and I'm going to give you your weekly horoscope and no bullshit mystical advice for living your very best life. You know by now that I have a book coming out astrology for real relationships understanding you me and how we all get along and it's going to be out December 31st. What you may not know is that if you pre-order the book you can get a free 20/20 astrological calendar that is super cute with images from within the bug and it has a bunch of dates that you really want for your year ahead like Mercury retrograde and direct and eclipses and other good Astro data. All you have to do is Order the book and whenever you can shop small shop local we order the book get your receipt and then follow the link that is in the show notes here and also on my website to enter your receipt and then you will get to download your own free 2020 astrological calendar. You need it. You want it? What are you waiting for? My love's were getting close to the end of the year. And so I thought it was a perfect time to do another episode of how the sausage is made where I answer a bunch of listener questions. I'll give you kind of a shorter answer two more things. So I'm going to do that. But before I do, let me just briefly tell you a little bit about something. I'm doing called Starstruck. It's a global astrology Summit that you can access from anywhere in the world. All you have to do is go to Astro style Dot. Um, / Jessica to buy your ticket and it's going to be really amazing. I think because it's some of the best living astrologers some of your absolute favorites. We're all coming together to give you some meaningful tools for the year ahead, you know astrologically so meet up with me and some of my Astro besties at Astro style.com Jessica. That's what you got to do. Now. Let's talk about how the sausage is made. Made, okay. So here are some questions I got from you guys and I wanted to start off with this one from a about animals a asks. I want to get your take as both an astrologer and an animal communicator on how astrology does or does not affect animals. I'm fostering a kitten who's background. I know nothing about and with the Vets estimate. She is either a Taurus or Gemini Sun. Unfortunately, I have no other information about her birth date or time, but it led me to wonder whether we can cast. Chart for our furry friends and how they react to planetary transits. So I'm really glad you asked me this question a because I have strong feelings about the answer. I do not believe that human astrology applies to cats or dogs or fish or horses. I don't believe that to be the case. Now. I'm not saying that astrology cannot be used in a way that supports or reflects the needs and trends of animals. But I'm not really interested in using astrology which is really the interpretation of astronomy to understand human Trends and applying it to domesticated animals. I don't think that really works. I mean, I don't think it works for non domesticated animals either but certainly not for domesticated animals and I Think It's Tricky when we start projecting astrological attributes to our animal friends, and I know tons of people do it and I know some astrologers are into it. But since you're asking me I say don't do that. Just just chat with your cat support her based on what she's showing you of who she is regardless of whether she's a gemini or a Taurus and whatever you think that means one other thing I can say is if you're concerned about how your furry friend is reacting to astrological transits. There's one easy way to approach that pay attention to the Moon the Moon moves really quickly. It goes through all the zodiac signs every single month so you can pay Mission for the day or two that the Moon is in any particular sign to see if your cat or your dog is responding differently to that lunar Transit. Now, I am going to guess that you're not going to see much of a difference TBH but maybe Newman's and full moons. You'll notice a difference but that just takes several months of paying attention which in my experience most people don't really have the patience to do but it is the most effective way of understanding how the moon impacts you or your furry friends. So you might want to approach it that way. I got a Other fantastic question from Sarah and Sarah says, I recently learned how to pull my solar return chart and I had to logistical questions about it because I'm traveling a lot and don't currently have a permanent home base. I use my location on my birthday this year to pull it which is in Iceland or as I guess you could say my home is in San Francisco, but I'm not there on a regular basis. Is that correct? Or should I have run it for San Francisco instead? My rising sign for the soul return chart is Leo while my name. No rising sign is Scorpio. Should I use this information to read my daily monthly horoscopes. Do I read for Leo all year or both? Does it even matter? Okay, Sarah. I'm so glad you asked me this question because first of all, let me tell you guys the solar return is your birthday. It's when the sun returns to the exact degree of the exact sign it was on the date of your birth. So sometimes your solar return actually happens on your birthday. Sometimes it's a day before sometimes it's the day after but you know, usually it's on your birthday and Is cast a chart called the solar return chart and it gives you a sense of the year ahead. And in fact, its effects can be felt three months before your birthday until three months before the next birthday. And what we do is we pull the solar return chart for the physical location you are in the world at the moment that your solar return is exact. So in other words, you would pull the chart my dear Sarah for Iceland and you can get a nice little picture. Of what your year ahead is going to look like and here's the thing a solar return chart is not the same as a Transit right? In other words. It's not as strong as a Transit. It's a good tool for looking at Trends, but it is not something that you would adjust your horoscopes about now. If you are a Scorpio Rising, then you are a Scorpio rising and no soul returns got to change that. Once you start messing with progress charts and still returns and all this kind of stuff and you start reading Tubal horoscopes you are taking something like sunshine horoscopes, very general astrological practice and then applying these more subtle Trends and more subtle levels of data to a very general astrological forecasts the sun sign horoscope and you're just really diluting everything. So I would not recommend that at all horoscopes and you know, I read horoscopes. I love horoscopes but horoscopes are the most generalized use He's of astrology so generalized and so it's very important that if you're going to read your son sign horoscope, read it for your sun sign, you can read it for your Rising if it gives you value, but honestly unless you have a sun and moon in the same sign. I don't recommend that you read it for your moom and in general I definitely say do not read your progressed anything or your solar return anything. This might be a slightly more advanced astrological question. And if you guys are hearing this in your like rushing out to cast your solar return chart. I would recommend you only do that. If you're in a kind of advanced study moment, you know, if you're not like at your very beginning of study or consult a professional because professionals can retool return charts that said not all the soliders work was solar return charts and what I've noticed with a lot of people who are studying astrology in this Modern Age is that people find out about these esoteric forms of astrology and they get really excited and start using them before they have a solid foundation in the basics. And I understand why you do it. It's interesting. But it's not always the most useful thing to do because then you get this really subtle nuanced information that doesn't actually directly impact you when there's all this data out there that actually does really intensely impact you and that's the stuff you want to get into so that's just that's just my two cents my love's and that brings me to a question from Brianna. She asks after a rough breakup and some transitioning in my career this past Eclipse season. I turned to YouTube and Twitter for some insight. Oftentimes the messages resonate for me and my friends but a lot of times I feel they just give me false. Hope that the lover is returning I've become slightly addicted. How do General readings work and how can I better use astrology to see what's ahead for me? Thank you. And I love you. Thanks, Brianna. I love you too. Okay, this is a really important question because we all do it. I mean TBH I don't do it, but I have done it and most of us when we start getting into astrology get obsessive and honestly, It is not wise my friends my loves. It is not wise I am a person who saves my fortunes from fortune cookies. I do I love them. I am all about receiving guidance, wherever I get it. However, I get it. I don't care if it's from a cookie. I don't care if it's from a horoscope or a Twitter post or whatever, whatever and also if you are in a very real life situation, something is happening that you are heartbroken over or a situation in your life is occurring that is very serious. When you turn to a highly generalized form of support that was not created with you in mind. Then you're only going to get a very generalized bit of data as an astrologer and a content creator on social media and in the world, it is not equal to getting a one-on-one consultation and it's not possible for everyone to you know, pay for a one-on-one consultation or to find, you know, the right kind of practitioner for you at the right moment that you needed. It so we all turn to these generalized things, but you just need to remember that you want to just use a grain of salt with all things like that. If you're finding that you're addicted to seeking answers right to getting predictions about when you'll no longer be in pain or one things will be better for you. Then you are misusing the resource of readings. And so I would encourage you instead to practice tolerating the feelings that come up around uncertainty to stay. Hasn't with heartache. Whenever people ask me this question of will this lover return to me? My first thought is not let's find out. My first thought is is that good for you? Is that why is that healthy wanting to evade pain is natural and human, but that doesn't mean that going backwards going back in time going back to the person who you're hurting over is the right answer and in the generalized reading you can't get that kind of information. So if you are seeking inspiration keep on going and if you're seeking answers, this is not an appropriate way of doing that. It's not a healthy sustainable way of doing that you'll get value for sure every once in awhile, but if you're not using something that is tailored for you, then it's not a reliable resource. So I would encourage you to be really careful and supportive to yourself and not try to skip over the sap of wherever you're at. By seeking an answer even if you got the right answer from like the most gifted astrologer psychic in the world. You still have to go through it girl. You still have to go through it now Swedish Sarah. I so call Swedish Sarah Swedish Sarah because her name is also Sarah and she is from Sweden asked me this really excellent question. Am I a douche bag? Because some part of my birth chart tells me so I have sun in Leo rising in Virgo. And from what I've read. I sound like a total douche and maybe I was when I was younger, but I'm older now and I'm a coach at work. Are there other aspects in my birth chart that indicate otherwise because I feel that my purpose on this Earth and in this life is to help people be the best version of themselves. This is an important question and I got to say you are not a douche because you're a little with a Virgo rising and this is where I kind of like dovetails into Brianna's question because when you are reading about having a son in a sign and a certain rising sign what you're reading is Is an individual astrologer maybe a beginning astrologer maybe an expert. I don't know but you're reading an individual astrologers take on those things. Every individual astrologers. Take comes through the filter of our own birth charts. That's right. You're going to hear me a person who has Sun Moon and Rising all in Capricorn give you a take on astrology that comes through the filter of kept corn cob corn cob corn because that's the only filter I have that. The only way I can process data experience the world. It's the only way that I can open my mouth and speak. We are who we are. So you want to remember that when you're reading about any kind of interpretive data, whether it's astrology or psychology or what color looks best on your skin tone for fall. It is coming through the interpretation of the person who is giving you that data and their agenda. So there are no douchey signs. I There are no do she signs there are no bad signs. There are no broken signs. There's no sign where every person of that sign is a cheater or a liar or a fill in the blank of a negative word that you have used to describe a saint. You don't like sorry guys. That's the reality. The reality is signs aren't douchey people. Are you always have the choice to be your best self? Most mediocre self your worst self. Whatevs. If you are going to be a douche if you are going to be mean if you are going to be kind if you are going to be generous you're going to do it through the style of your birth chart the style of your sun sign and your rising sign and all the other planets in your chart, but it's not like anyone is destined to be a bad person or a douche. We are all Destin's only to live this life in whatever way we choose to with the circumstances conditions. Limitations and resources we have access to right that's all so if ever any of you are reading anything or being told by anyone that you are inherently douchey because of your sun sign. Well, then, you know that they're not very good at astrology. That's all it's okay to not be good at astrology. We can't all be good at everything. Okay. Now one more thing I'm going to say and this is actually about last week's episode that was episode 74 where I talked to a delightful dog named Hank, and we talked about sage and Palo Santo and a listener wrote in and I was so happy that she did and she said that she was concerned about the mention of white sage and that she wanted to really bookmark here for me and I am sharing this because she is absolutely right that unless mallanna or IR native white sage burning should not be suggested native communities have asked non-native folks to not By or burn white sage this is so important and I was so glad like I said that she sent this in because it is something that I honestly I have not done a good job around I have heard this about Palo Santo. I don't buy Palo Santo anymore. But if I'm being totally honest burning sage has something I've been doing for over 20 years in my practice, you know, it's a huge part of my work, but the reality is Sage isn't for me. It's not an herb that I should. Be buying or using and it is for me complicated because it is been a huge part of my psychic hygiene for decades and it has been this invaluable tool that I have. Honestly not found anything else like it is amazing for me and I'm sure it's amazing for many of you. However, not all things are for us. Not all things are for me white sage and Palo Santo are both on that list sadly, but I did want to just first of all Make that correction from last week and I want to just share that it is really important that we are aware of this and that we do not continue to buy and burn Palo Santo or sage and I also as I am saying this want to acknowledge that I am in my own process with this I am not perfect with this at all, you know, I'm going to move forward with thinking about how I can make reparations specific to my use of sage and that's something that I am going to come to in my own process. It is my job to find it. 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I think astrologically there is a lot upcoming and certainly when we just look at the social and political conditions of the world at this time. We can see that this upcoming decade is going to be really important. I would say pivotal to where we go, as you know as a global community and certainly in our smaller more intimate communities, so there's a lot to talk about And there's certainly a lot going on this month. There's a lot of places that I create astrology content for like the month ahead. You can go to my website and check out my monthly horoscope. You can go to girl bosses Instagram account and you can check out the IG T v-- horoscope. I give they're nice and in-depth and then also if you haven't already started to support me on patreon, please do there. I create content that is unique and you can only get there it is what it's what the kids like to call Exclusive. And this month you will get what I hope is really helpful and inspiring content around the solar eclipse in Capricorn that is happening on the west coast of the United States on 1225, which is kind of a big date for a lot of people 1225 at 9:13 p.m. Specifically. So there's like a lot of things that you can check out in addition to the podcast for astrological insight and support how ever my love's as you know use astrology. As a springboard for understanding context strategies insights, but don't compulsively seek answers, you know, this is not life is not meant to be like a game of blackjack. Well, I guess maybe it is meant to be like a game of blackjack. You can keep on seeking advice and answers to a point and then at a certain point it actually it doesn't help the game. So that's something not to lose track of because I think especially around the end of a year. What happens for people's we start freaking out and looking for answers looking for quick fixes. As you know, I do not believe in quick fixes every once in a while they work but as a life strategy, they really don't there is only one way to learn the lessons of Saturn and that is step by step and Saturn is the planet of maturity. It is the planet of wisdom. It is the planet of time it takes time to cultivate wisdom and maturity. 80 and here we are in this very saturnian time. Very saturnian time very Capricorn time in some ways. And that's something we'll unpack throughout the month. Now that all said let's let's start from where we are right now because the future depends on your presence in this moment the future depends on your presence moment to moment. If you think about it too long your present moment is your past save present for the little things the little choices. Because of big successes big growth big Joy is comprised of lots of little choices lots of little moments. So don't be so fixated on the big stuff that you miss out on the little things. It is the little things that comprise your quality of life. It is the big things that are like big stories big memories, but you really want to stay present for the little stuff and that my love's brings me to the first order of business, which is on December 2nd 2019 Jupiter enters into the sign of Capricorn the planet Jupiter spends about 12 months about a year in a sign in any given sign. So once every 12 years it returns to the same sign. So if you wanted to look in history at what happens when Jupiter is in the sign of Capricorn, you can look at about 12 years ago and then 24 years ago and you get the point dial it back 12 years. So Jupiter and Capricorn is a lot of things but With astrology as with all things nothing exists in isolation while we can look back at the themes of Jupiter and Capricorn throughout history the contexts that each individual Transit is occurring in is really important to consider in a deeply impacts what will happen within the world and certainly what will happen to you. How many of us were the exact same person in the exact same circumstances 12 years ago very few months those very few months does so the transit of Jupiter and Capricorn is complicated. I think Jupiter and Capricorn has a lot of amazing potential Jupiter is the planet of growth and expansion. It is one of the many planets that are associated with social change that are associated with philosophy and moralistic ideologies or stances. So Jupiter can be associated with religion and it can be associated with all kinds of ideologies. Jeez, Jupiter and Capricorn can on the positive be associated with bringing more Vision or greater Vision into the structure of Our Lives. When I refer to the structure that might look like our relationship to money our relationship to work our relationship to time and time management or our relationship to institutions that were engaged with in general and you know what your definition of an institution is and how you relate to it is somewhat personal. Well, and of course, it's somewhat societal now when we have Jupiter in Capricorn, we have the potential to bring that largesse of spirit that Jupiter confers to the more pragmatic and Earthbound topics that are Capricorn Ian. That's cool. I am all about that. We really need to bring our humanistic Vision, even our spiritual philosophies and vision to our lives in a way that is really material that we can kind of grow. Into that is awesome. The downside of Jupiter and Capricorn can be that we see a rise in Dogma that we see a rise in religious Dogma specifically that we are so focused on the big picture that we miss out on the details and we miss out on the details in a way where we mistreat people and their feelings as details because unfortunately that happens a lot we think about the big picture and we ignore all the people and all the hearts and all the differences. That exist within that bigger picture. The thing that I think is super important for me to say here is that when Jupiter is in the sign of Capricorn we can work doggedly towards our dreams we can make sure that our dreams are attainable. I'm a big fan of having dreams and taking those dreams and turning them into plans so that we don't have to dream and Escape our lives in order to find Value and meaning within our lives huge fan. Each fan of that and the nice thing about this Transit is it can bring that to the surface? It really can the down side again is that we might see a real conflict of different kinds of people's different Visions for what is right or what is sustainable and whenever we're dealing with the sign Capricorn we are dealing with themes of sustainability. We're dealing with themes of conservation or conservatism. So with Jupiter and cab corners When it's important to not limit your dreams but instead as I like to say step-by-step them Capricorn is a vibe that is all about One Foot In Front of the other. It's a damn go climbing a damn hell, you know, you know Jupiter likes to take a rocket ship to the top of the hill. So we're going to have to find a middle ground here. And that middle ground is having a big Vision that you can set smaller goals within smaller goals. It's doable my love's it is Verbal, you might want to look to your own birth chart to see where Capricorn Falls in your birth chart and know that Jupiter's transiting through that house and that is fascinating because that will bring up themes of excess potential Vision excitement opportunity Jupiter does all those things. You know, what else Jupiter does the thing that people talk about a lot less Jupiter makes us feel like there's so much more I can have more I could do more. It should be more which can be hiring and it can be exciting or it can make you feel low-key depressed. It can make you feel more aware of what you don't have and where you're not instead of what you do have and what you're striving towards so, you know, that's something to pay attention to because the Jupiter Ian depressive Vibe is really kind of distressing because it's demoralizing. So Jupiter's kind of associated with morality as is Saturn and Capricorn in a very different. I so if you find yourself demoralize align yourself with what you've got and the steps you can take right here right now. Even if it's only one tiny little step the steps, you can take towards what you want or where you want to be now on the second. We have another Transit occurring and that's Mercury sextile to Pluto Mercury sextile to Pluto is a lovely transit to be going through after this for a cocktail Mercury retrograde. We've just come out of mercury sextile to Pluto is a Transit that it can kind of just spark your investigative mind it can help you to figure things out. It can kind of motivate you to do the work you need to do to just get through the investigation of something. It can also make it easier to verbally communicate or communicate in writing something that you've been putting off something that feels a little confrontational or sticky the sextile between Pluto and any Planet allows us to go deep and it allows us to go deep in a way that makes it a little bit Easier than it would during a harder Transit which we love now on the third. We have another sextile and again a sec style as I've said before on the show is a 60 degree angle and it is quite harmonious and creative. So the Venus sextile to Mars what it does, you know, it's actually not a lot what it can do especially if it's hitting something directly in your chart or if you love rigid is just kind of create more spark between what you want to do and how you do it effectively Mars is your action and Venus is the style of that action and it can just be you know, give me nice for dating can be nice for socializing. It's not a major push. If you're an artist great day for just like sitting with your Sketchbook or sitting with your medium and seeing where the Muse carries you great time for that if you're dating someone, you know, and you're trying to decide what day should we hang out? Yeah. Go for the third. Why not? The third Venus is forming a sex cell. Tomorrow's its exact its Lovely, but I wouldn't overthink this one. Now finally on the 7th. We have a son Square to Neptune. This Transit will be exact on the 8th, which is a Sunday, which is the day that the next episode episode 76 of ghost of a podcast drops. So I will talk about it more in depth on the 8th, but I want to give you a heads up because you'll be feeling it on Saturday son squared and Neptune. It's not fantastic. I'm not gonna lie to you this Transit can make you feel Depleted it can make you feel anxious. The sun is your vital energies. It is literally the planet that governs Your vitality and Neptune tends to strip our external Vitality in such a way that it forces us to rely on our spirituality. It forces us to rely on our inner resourcing and this square of this 90 degree angle can really just make you feel like I don't have any extra energy. I don't have Enter resourcing and so this is a really important date to practice your boundary work. It is so important to practice your boundary work here. You want to remember that on this date and honestly throughout the holiday season, if you are in fact a person who you know deals with November December January as a holiday season that having compassion for someone doesn't mean you have to engage with their bullshit. You want to remember or that even having compassion for yourself doesn't mean you're entitled to indulge your most self-destructive patterns your most self-destructive habits. It is very hard to have healthy boundaries. It is very hard to know where you have a right to ask for more or ask for less or take a step back. It is really hard to know the difference between compassion and pity and sympathy right but this is really important work to be doing in your purse. Life and its really important work to be doing in public and this particular Transit is a great time to do it whether you want to or not. So connect it to all of that. If you're feeling anxious if you're feeling kind of exhausted or off. Don't worry the transit will be exact on the 8th. You'll be feeling it on the 9th, but it'll be over by the 10th. So it's not too long and it is not happening for no reason it is happening so that you use your inner resourcing you are connected to to something larger than yourself and you remember that you are part of everything you are part of everything Neptune teaches us that we are interconnected and that are interconnection is not hierarchical. It's not judgmental. It is simply you have a place in this world and you deserve to be here and now your job is to Steward this life and this body your job is to show up and keep on showing up in a way that is sustainable and mean Full to you, that's it. That's the horoscope for your week. And you know here I am telling you what your job is that's just that's just how Capricorns think I can help it. I'd like jobs. I like homework. It helps me stay grounded and connected and I hope it helps you to you know, my love's I really appreciate you showing up with me week after week. And as you know, we're like a year and a couple months into having this podcast. I just have to reiterate the feeling that I have of love. For you all and I wanted to say that I hope that you feel that love and that you in turn take that feeling and you really spend a moment dropping into it inside of your own skin inside of your own head. I'm really being in a moment just a moment of feeling connected unloved and like you deserve to be here and then take that moment and just showered upon someone else stranger a cat a Do what you got to do, but try to do some of that because when we recognize the humanity in others, it reinforces our own humanity and when we reinforce our own Humanity, it makes it so much easier to see the humanity in others and to act from a place that acknowledges and highlights that that's what it's all about. You know, you don't exist alone no matter how lonely you're feeling and so many of us are feeling lonely around the holiday time, but you are not alone. You do not exist alone and it is hard to figure out how to connect with others how to let others in how to ask the right people for support how to make eye contact is tricky for a lot of people but it's worth it to keep on trying as always send me questions for the podcast just go to Ghost of a podcast.com. 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In this installment of "How The Sausage Is Made," Jessica talks about solar return charts, pet horoscopes, astrology addictions, and whether a listener is in fact destined to be douchey. She also speaks candidly about her use of sage, and why it's got to stop. It's the first week of the last month of 2019! In the horoscope Jessica touches on boundaries, Jupiter entering into Capricorn, and a sweet reprieve after the rough spell that was Mercury Retrograde. 📚To pre-order Jessica’s book, Astrology for Real Relationships, Understanding You, Me, & How We All Get Along, visit lovelanyadoo.com/relationship-book 📚 On Jan. 1st, 2020, the Starstruck astrology summit will go live, showcasing some of the most important and compelling voices in astrology today. RSVP by 12/12 to get my talk for FREE:  http://astrostyle.com/jessica 📍For exclusive content become a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/JessicaLanyadoo ! 🎀To send your question to be answered by Jessica on the podcast, or to read your weekly & monthly horoscopes, visit www.lovelanyadoo.com. ❤️For daily insights follow Jessica on Twitter at @jessicalanyadoo or on Instagram at @jessica_lanyadoo. 