The Stars Were Born

Hey everybody, sadly this is the end of an era for the pod with our last episode. We're enjoyed every minute of making this pod and hope it has brought you some joy and maybe even learned a thing or two along the way.

M+B recap their last month, including Taylor Swift and Angele's concert weekends in ATL and NYC, Marlee's moving preparations, and the farewell surprise part Brenna threw.

In astrology, we check in on how our saturn return is going so far, gemini season musings, and dealing with change and transition. We also discuss the upcoming venus retrograde happening later this summer.

In pop culutre, we discuss Taylor and Matty's month long "relationship, Brenna's thoughts on scandival, and our excitement for Niall's new album.

Love you lots, keep looking up at the stars!! xoxo

Timestamps:

Intro: 0:00 - 16:28

Astrology: 16:30 - 26:30

Pop culture: 26:35 - end

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Hey everybody! Marlee starts off the show with a big announcement she's been waiting and working toward for a long time!! M+B are buzzing with excitement over the next two weeks of Taylor Swift and Angele, and can't wait to return with a recap!

In astrology, we discuss what's been happening in the sky with the first Aries solar eclipse and the last Scorpio lunar eclipse (MAJOR beginnings and endings!)

In pop culture, we break down Coachella season, Sofia Richies south of France wedding, and our sadness about the Taylor and Joe breakup.

Love you all see you soon xo

Timestamps:

Intro: 0:00 - 10:06

Astrology: 10:07 - 21:14

Pop culture: 21:15 - end

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Hey everybody!! M & B are back, and today we're discussing how your venus sign may influence your style. Venus is the planet of love, femininity, and materials, so it only makes sense that you may align with you personal style with your venus sign attributes.

In pop culture, we discuss Harry and EmRata out and about in Tokyo, and the Bachelor and the future of the franchise.

We are also continuing our Taylor Swift album breakdown with 1989 this week, enjoy!! xo

Timestamps:

Intro: 0:00 - 13:32

Astrology: 13:37 - 40:00

Harry&EmRata: 40:04 - 46:30

Bachelor: 46:30 - 50:22

1989 breakdown: 50:23 - end

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Hey everybody!! Apologizes for being a little late to upload but we're here and back after 2 weeks! 

On March 7, something very big happened in the sky - Saturn has officially moved into PISCES! So that means that if you were born from 1994-1996, we have entered our Saturn return! But even if that's not you, we are breaking down what the past 2.5 years meant while Saturn was in aquarius, and how Saturn in pisces will change the energy and events on both a global and personal scale for the next 2.5 years, as well as unpacking what themes your specific rising sign will encounter. 

In pop culture, Brenna our resident Bravo expert breaks down the Vanderpump Rules drama among Tom, Tom(?), Ariana, and Raquel, so if you were in the dark about this like Marlee was, Brenna is here to enlighten us. After the past few weeks of the Selena and Hailey discourse, M+B have some fresh perspectives on the whole thing, both in astrology terms, and who is really to blame for all of this.  

Lastly, M+B have been breaking down each Taylor album, week by week, and this episode we are discussing all THIRTY songs of RED. Tune in next week for our thoughts and hypotheses on her Eras Tour setlist. Enjoy, love you all!! 

Hey everybody! 

In today's episode, M & B are discussing the upcoming Pisces new moon and what it means for your specific rising sign. 

Then, we are discussing all things Rihanna. She officially made her comeback at the SuperBowl with an incredible performance, we are breaking down the symbolism and thought behind the colors, blocking, song progression and overall storyline throughout *so genius!* We continue with recapping her hot off the press British Vogue article, discussing her transition into motherhood and prioritizing family, her businesses, and her potential new music. 

We are also discussing: 

• MGK and Megan Fox's drama 
• Niall Horan's new album announcement "The Show"
• Our thoughts on Speak Now, song by song break down (BEWARE, controversial opinions ahead, process with caution!) 

Love you all, see you soon xo 

Time stamps:

Intro: 0:00 - 9:28

Astrology: 9:30 - 25:03

Rihanna: 25:07 - 41:30

MGK & Megan: 41:31 - 45:28

Niall: 45:29 - 48:57

Taylor's Speak Now breakdown: 48:58 - end 

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Hey everybody!! 

The Grammys happened this Sunday and we have a LOT to discuss. Buckle in, this episode is full of tea, shade, and hot takes, and clearly we are massive Harry fans, so we are breaking down each major moment of the Grammys. 

We have a long overdue astrology segment where we first deep dive into Harry's birth chart, and what makes him his unique Aquarius self. 

In pop culture... 

• Grammy's recap (Harry's fashion choices, performance, album of the year discourse, Beyonce breaks record, Lizzo record of the year, etc) 
• Rihanna's Superbowl performance predictions 
• Louis Tomlinson documentary announcement 
• Taylor Swift debut and Fearless thoughts and predictions for Eras tour 

Enjoy, love you all xo 

Timestamps: 

Intro: 0:00 - 10:56 

Astrology: 11:00 - 32:15 

Pop culture: 32:20 - 1:33:27 

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hey everybody!! 

We're back after 2 weeks, this episode we discuss the differences in the generations and what astrology is behind it. 

In pop culture, we're discussing 

• Jeffree Star and NFL boo rumors 
• Mikayla's mascara gate controversy 
• One Direction member updates 
• and more 

Love you all xo 

Hey everybody!! 

Welcome or welcome back, M+B are off to a great 2023 and today we're diving into some birth charts of the hot it people of the moment: Alix Earle, and Prince Harry and Megan Markle (H+M to you). 

Marlee and Brenna take a brief interlude to discuss 1D and just be a bit nostalgic, and then get back to regular programing with a rundown of the golden globes. Enjoy friends, love ya

Hey everybody, happy 2023!!
M+B are so excited about the new year and we're breaking down how we are approaching our goals this year in terms of one month focuses at a time. We also discuss the major collective themes and shifts that are happening in astrology this year. In pop culture, we came up with predictions we think will happen, will they won;t they?? Who cares it's fun to speculate either way. Enjoy, see you soon xoxo

Hey everybody! Checking in for our last episode of the year!!

M + B recap their Christmas season highlights and excitement for 2023, including superstition practices to do at midnight! 

In astrology, we deep dive into White Lotus (and why it's the best show of 2022!), and speculate on each character's astrology sign. We'll put up polls in a couple days on the instagram to see your thoughts as well! 

Pop culture segment is chock full of recommendations from us and our favorites of the year, include best new artist, album, tv show, movie, podcast, internet persona, and books, Love you all, thank you for your support in 2022, here's to an even better 2023!!  

Time stamps: 

Intro: 0:00 - 19:19

White Lotus astrology (beware spoilers included!!): 19:25 - 1:01:58

Best of 2022 pop culture: 1:02:05 - 1:42:56

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Hey everybody! It's Marlee's birth week, we're recapping the last two weeks and discussing our strategy for going into our new years resolutions for 2023. Marlee goes over 10 lessons she's learned this year (check out last years and brenna's in march if you haven't yet!) . In pop culture, we beak down our thoughts on Harry and Meghan's new docuseries, SZA's new album, and Dua Lipa and Jack Harlow dating rumors. 

love ya see you soon xo 

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Hey everybody! We're back after a long November hiatus due to Brenna's wedding activities. Brenna recaps her whole wedding experience and honeymoon, Marlee is recalling her fight to get Taylor Swift tickets, and we discuss our hopes and dreams for tiktok stardom, getting into exclusive Berlin clubs, and our Spotify wrapped. 

In astrology, we discuss solar returns, what they mean for us, and how we can make the most of them! 

In pop culture we break down...

- Emily Ratajkowski and Pete Davidson public 

- Harry Styles and Olive Wilde "on a break" / Hendall rumors 

- Greg Grippo and Victoria Fuller and BIP finale 

- Balenciaga holiday and spring campaigns backlash 

Enjoy, we'll see you soon! xo 

Saggy sag radio is here! Sag season is about to be upon us on Nov 22, hope you all enjoy! Love you all xoxo

Enjoy the rest of your scorpio szn loves! xo Marlee 

Hey everybody!! It's our Midnight special episode, and we are joined by the biggest Swiftie we know, Megan McLane! We first dive into eclipse season and why we might have been feeling a bit different since Tuesday, now heading into the second bookend eclipse on Nov 8 and what it means for us.

Then, we take a deep dive into all things Taylor with Megan! She recounts how she became a fan, how she got invited to a secret session in 2017, her thoughts on all the Taylor conspiracies and tiktok rabbit holes, and a track by track break down of all 20 tracks and how she interprets them!! Buckle in, this is jam packed with lots of Taylor tea that us surface level Swifties wouldn't have picked up on. Enjoy!!

Timestamps: 

Intro: 0:00- 7:00

Astrology: 7:09-16:00

Megan: 16:10-2:00:00

    Megan's background with Taylor and secret session: 16:10-28:34

   Taylor conspiracies: 28:25-43:27

    Midnights breakdown: 43:28-2:00:00

Hey everybody! We're back with episode 45, and M+B are catching up on the last two weeks. It's month countdown to Brenna's wedding!! 

In astrology, we categorize all the signs with reality shows. Let us know if you agree or disagree! 

In pop culture, we discuss the controversial decision of Karl Lagerfield as the Met theme, Kanye's stunts during Paris fashion week, the new voice judges, and why so many big names in music canceled their tour dates all on the same weekend ~spooky~ 

Love you all sm, see you on the next one!

Hey everybody! Welcome back we are so excited to be back after a 2 week hiatus. Marlee is recapping her Arizona trip and Brenna recaps her Annapolis trip and happenings the past 2 weeks. 

In astrolgy, we are breaking down the current transits happening in the first half of October, including mercury and pluto retrogrades ending and a full moon in aries as well as all things libra season.

We include a spoiler free and spoiler version of our review of Don't Worry Darling that we went to see this week, let us know what you thought if you've seen it! Much love, see you next week! 

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Heeyyy everybody!! Episode 43 is a fun one, we're finally catching you up and recapping our NYC weekend two weekends ago when we saw Harry at MSG. Look out for the virgo radio show with Marlee this week! We're in full swing virgo season and really feeling the motivated energy. We're recapping how we're preparing for mercury retrograde this year and the full moon on Saturday. We're also discussing all the different ways we can manifest, feeling our feelings, and the law of attraction vs the law of assumption.

In pop culture, we're still talking about Don't Worry Darling, because all the tea that has gone down at the Venice Film Festival, including Harry's press conference comments, spitgate, Nick Kroll, and Chris Pine's face the entire time. In other news, Kim K was on Interview mag's spread, and Justin Bieber cancels the rest of his tour due to mental and physical health concerns.

Love you all, see you next week! xo 

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Hey everybody!! We went to NYC this weekend for Harry, but tragically, the whole intro got deleted! However, the show must go on and we still have a jam packed episode for you on all the updates happening with the stars in the sky and the stars on the ground. 

In astrology, we highlight the rare astrology event happening from Aug 31-Sept 4 where every planet will be in a different sign and what it means for us, as well as guessing NYC's and LA's sun moon and rising signs. 

In pop culture so much has gone down!  We talk about . . . 

• VMAs recap
• Taylor and everything encompassing MIDNIGHT  
• Olivia/Harry/Shia/Florence drama from Don't Worry Darling 
• Harry queerbaiting allegations 

Enjoy, don't forget to rate and review and share this epi with your friends, we appreciate and love you all, See you next week! xoxo 

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IT'S COHN!! Hello dear listeners, we are so excited to be back for season 3 (arguably the best season according to history)! This one is a fun chatty catch up episode about our ever evolving mission, what we're into right now, and the big pop culture moments of the summer, enjoy!! 

Happy Leo season everyone! This is a fun one and it's basically all my guilty pleasures so you are sure to recognize some faves too. Enjoy and much love! 

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Hey everyone happy cancer season! Sweet sweet cancer season is all about feeling our emotions deeply, surrendering to the universe, and not forcing anything. Marlee has picked out some songs that embody this season and the energy of cancers and an ode to the divine feminine! Enjoy, much love xo 

Hey everybody!!

You're not gonna miss this epi... we are honored to welcome professional astrologer Sofia Adler to the pod this week!! We cover a range of astrology topics including

• How astrology found her and pivoting in your career, listening to your pings and living in authenticity  
• Misconceptions about astrology 
• Saturn returns and what we can expect for people going through it  
• How the moon affects us throughout the month 
• Any much more juicy tea!! 

For a quick pop culture recap to top it off, we're recapping BTS's announced hiatus, Zayn's response to Liam's digs at him, Post Malone fiancee and baby, and Marilyn's historic dress worn by Kim damaged, and Love Island's new fashion sponsor! 

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We're back with episode 39 and this time we're discussing numerology, specifically life path numbers! If you haven't heard of life path numbers they are similar to astrological placements to know our purpose in life and understand our place in this world deeper. It's easy to figure out, an we go through each one. Let us know which one you are! 
In pop culture, we reminisce on our time as directioners while discussing the recent events from Liam Payne, Johnny Depp's arrival to tiktok and Kanye and Chaney Jones breakup, and our unpopular onions!! We'll put up stories and let us know if you agree! 
Love you all talk soon xo

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Hey everyone!! Marlee has a brand new segment for you to enjoy during this gemini season. She's picked out songs that embody gemini essence and we're breaking down each one together. I've always wanted to be a DJ/radio host as my many passions, and I'm getting to fulfill this dream in part thanks to this segment - next up is DJ'ing a party on a Croatian yacht ;) Enjoy, happy gemini season!!  

Hey everybody!! 
We missed you last week and are so happy to be back with another episode for your ears. We want to acknowledge and send love to all of the people affected in the shootings over the past two weeks and are asking for actual change to be made. Hopefully, this pod will add a little extra brightness to your day because we're here for funsies and to take your mind off of the sadness of current events. 

We are recapping how we fared during this last eclipse and how we have recovered since. Big transformational energy for everyone! We are excited to be categorizing American Girl dolls as their signs (sun+rising) and whatever doll you had, what kind of girly you are now! Let us know if you agree and if we were accurate for the doll you had! 
In the sky, we're also discussing Jupiter in Aries and what is means for us, as well as the May 30th new moon in Gemini. 

In pop culture we're discussing

• Apologizing for not being real Taylor Swift fans
• Kravis's wedding weekend in Italy
• Liam Payne and Maya Henry's engagement being called off
• Full album breakdown of HARRY'S HOUSE

Enjoy, we'll see you next week for some gemini fun!! xoxo

Timestamps: 
Intro: 0:00 - 16:43
Astrology: 16:50 - 41:17
Pop culture: 41:16 - 
      Taylor: 41:16 - 42:55
      Kravis wedding: 42:55 - 54:18
      Liam Payne and Maya Henry: 54:19 - 59:00
      Harry's House album breakdown: 59:00 - 1:24:44

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Hey everybody!! At the top of the epi, M+B characterize legumes as the signs, let us know if you relate to your legume and what other nice categories we should choose? 

We're back with another special taurus guest, Robert Morris! Robert is an astrology skeptic, but in this conversation we discuss the nuances of each person's individual chart, how he relates to being a taurus and not, the challenges of being a scorpio moon, and to what extent nature vs nature impacts each of us. 

In pop culture, we are doing the full breakdown of the highlights of the Gilded Age Met Gala, including the iconic Marlyn dress Kim wore, Blake Lively's statue of liberty transformative dress, Emma Chamberlain's amazing interviewing skills, Lizzo's flute, and how a gold dress does not a gilded age theme make!!

Enjoy, we'll talk to you next week! xoxo 

Time stamps:

Intro (legume astrology): 0:00 - 16:03

Robert interview: 16:13 - 59:54

Met Gala breakdown: 59:58 - 1:35:59

Heeyy everybody! 

Welcome back to another episode of TSWB, today we're discussing the upcoming eclipses happening April 30 and May 15, what energy to expect, and how to navigate them according to your rising rise.

In pop culture, we're recapping Coachella (Harrychella), the evolution of what it has become in the year of our lord 2022, and the Revolve festival fiasco. We also cover breaking news of Nick and Priyanka's baby name, (trigger warning at this point r/t domestic abuse 42:30-46:33) Johnny Depp and Amber Heard lawsuit, and ASAP Rocky getting detained once touching down in LAX. 

Enjoy, love to you all. Dont forget to share, follow, and rate us on iTunes and Spotify if you're loving the pod! xo

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Hey everybody! We did our best to make this episode sound good, but Brenna sounds like Marlee's producer in some parts of this episode, hope it doesn't distract your listening experience! 

Today we're celebrating Marlee's UX graduation and talking about astrocartography! Astrocartography is a method to help us understand how certain locations  can strengthen planets in your chart and explains why you may feel more at home, more aggressive, or see more beauty in certain places of the world over others. You can find your map by going on astro.com, clicking free horoscopes, location astrology, then astroclick travel. We go over how the different planet lines can affect you and use Brenna's map for an example.

In pop culture, we discuss Kim and Pete's continued publicity and instagram post, Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus divorce, Britney's pregnancy, and J Lo and Ben Affleck's engagement. 

Enjoy, we'll see you next week with a fresh episode!! xx 

We're back full on with the pod this week! Our dear aries friend and loyal listener, Molly Stine joins us this episode to discuss her experience getting her birth chart read, on being an aries, and play a celeb game!

Big pop culture catch up this week, M + B, along with Molly recap the Grammy's award and fashion, Harry Style's new song, the astrological reason behind Will Smith's behavior, Ye dropping out of Coachella, and Kourtney and Travis Vegas wedding. 

Enjoy, see you next week! 

Hello dear friends, we are back and missed you so much last week! (happy st. patrick's day!)

This week we are discussing the intersection between true crime criminals (serial killers, crimes of passion, and con artists) and astrology. We want to make it clear that these are big generalizations and just because you are a particular sign, does not make you more likely to be a criminal, and there is so much more that goes into it. However, this is just for fun and entertainment purposes and it's interesting to see the patterns that we discover in this episode.
In pop culture with some lighter topics, we discuss the new day light savings law, the breakdown from the bachelor finale and the new bachelorette(s), and all things Kim and "Skete."
Much love, talk to you soon! xo

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We're spacing out this episode, where we discuss the planetary rulers with a little side of second grade level astronomy! 
In pop culture, we discuss Kim's new singledom, Dua Lipa's legal allegations, Joey King and Sydney Sweeney engaged, and SAG award rundown. Enjoy! xo 

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We wanted to gift our busy bee listeners who are always on the go with this short and sweet epi for love week in under 40 minutes! 
M + B start with a run down of what our  venus placement serves in our birth chart, and then break down a dear friend's/listener's astrology compatibility with her partner and baby!  
In pop culture we hit the headlines of the week of Kayne's continued antics, Wolf Webster, and Sophie Turner's second pregnancy! 
Enjoy! Let us know if you're vibing with the shorter epis to mix it up every so often! See you soon xo 

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Oh baby, it's our enneagram epi!! M + B are celebrating the last day of mercury retrograde together and have figured out how to solve world peace! 

In our usual astrology segment,  we take on a new topic for us, enneagrams! We break down what they are, what the similarities and differences are between them and astrology, and go over each type and what astrology sign it might relate to. Marlee and Brenna each took the test for ourselves and for each other, and we reveal what our type is and what we think each other's type is. (How well do we really know each other??) 

In our pop culture segment, we start by discussing a quick ~life hack~ that can solve world peace and start your day on the right foot. We continue with baby news from Rihanna and ASAP announcing their pregnancy, and Ashley Iaconetti and Jared Haibon's new baby! 
M + B round out the show by rating every reality dating show and defending our rankings.

Enjoy! We'll see you next week!! 

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Happy aqua season bbys!! M+B welcome our long time BFF and real life aquarius, Mary Alyce this episode! We break down the stats, what our experience with aquarius's are, and best occupations. Then Mallz takes the stage and talks about her experience being an aquarius and we play a celeb game.

Mallz continues the party into pop culture where we discuss Nick and Priyanka Chopra Jonas's new baby announcement and Brenda Song and Macaulay Culkin engagement. Then we switch the roles from last week and Marlee quizzes Brenna and Mallz on some pop culture trivia.

Welcome or welcome back to another epi of TSWB! M + B are on zoom this episode, but the audio differences are barely noticeable, we hope you agree! We discuss our mercury retrograde moments of the week and Brenna's wedding updates.
We breakdown how your birth chart can tell you a lot about your strengths, weakness, and points of interest that you might excel at in a professional setting! If you don't know how to come up with your birth chart, refer back to the TSWB pod instagram highlights! We break down what planets and placements to look out for and even break down a dear friend and listener's birth chart and our take on what career would be ideal for her! 
(follow the insta for future opportunities to have your chart read by us on the pod!) 
In pop culture, we discuss the euphoria hysteria happening on the internet currently, Brittney's current feud with Jamie Lynn, and Brenna quizzes Marlee on pop culture trivia! 
If you enjoyed, be sure to share this pod with a friend, on social media, or rate and review on apple and spotify, see you next week! 

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Hello hello! Reporting live from Cap season! M + B top the show with how our 2022 intentions are going 1 week in, some recent musings involving vaccines, tik tok stars, and Marlee's updated morning routine. We deep dive into cap stats, how capricorn plays out in the personal planet placements, good occupations for our goat friends, and then invite our dear cap friend Kathleen Patterson to talk all about her experience and play a celebrity game! 

It's here, our last episode of 2021!! This episode means so much to both of us and we really hope that you are able to gain some nuggets of wisdom or recommendations from this episode. It's Marlee's birthday episode, and she reviews all the lessons she has learned about herself and the world this year. Then, to give you all a little astrology flair, we discuss the lesser known connection between Christmas and astrology. M + B then break down all our favorite artists, albums, songs, movies, tv shows, podcasts, and internet celebrities of the year. Thank you for investing the time to listen to this out little podcast this year, we love you all, and have much more in store for 2022!!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

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It's the big sag blowout episode!!! M +B catch us up on their past two weeks and thanksgiving celebrations. They get into sagittarius stats, positive and negative traits, and play a sagittarius celeb game! Throughout the epi Marlee defends why sag is objectively the best sign, while Brenna tries to keep her in check. In pop culture we discuss the new bachelor, Clayton, and the Grammy nominations. Enjoy!

M + B are checking in for a big week, including a big beginning to a new taurus/scorpio eclipse cycle, Harry Styles new beauty line and Dazed magazine interview,  Taylor Swift's Red re-release, Britney is FREED, Paris Hilton is married,a d Kendall Jenner's wedding guest dress choices. All good news this week! We'll be taking the next week off, so enjoy your Thanksgiving to our fellow Americans! We'll see you in December for our SAG SEASON BLOWOUT! xoxo

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We CAUGHT A VIBE in this episode! M + B took last week off (and we missed you all!) but we're back to bless your ear drums this week. This episode, we are gearing up for eclipse season coming later this month and talk all about NODES both north and south - and in our throats! We go over what the node mean in our chart and what we can learn from them. We go over each north node placement, so let us know if you resonate with your north node! 
In pop culture, we discuss Kim and Pete's relationship (true love or PR stunt?), Travis Scott's Astroworld concert, and Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo casted in the new Wicked movie.
Enjoy and be sure to leave a rating review, and keep sharing the pod with socials and friends, ilysm!!

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Welcome to our 15th epi! This week is THE scorpio episode, where M + B are doing a deep dive on what makes scorpios the way they are and even have a guest appearance with a scorpio moon who shares his experience!! In pop culture, we discuss two big break ups between Katie Thurston and Blake Moynes, and John Mulany and Olivia Munn. Happy halloween, enjoy the epi and be sure to rate, review, and follow the insta if you're loving the show!
See you next week! xoxo