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Imani Talks Astrology

Imani Talks Astrology

By youwomanyou astrology

This podcast is for astrology lovers and learners alike. Especially politicized healers and individuals working in movement spaces. Each week we take a deep dive into astrological transit in relation to our collective healing and liberation. Many of us hold ancestral traditions where healers and diviners served an integral role in sustaining communities as well as resisting, and surviving domineering cultures. This podcast is where these two worlds meet. A place where we can configure the stars to illuminate the path to tomorrow.
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016. March Madness: Mercury Rx and Uranus in Taurus

Imani Talks AstrologyMar 09, 2019

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02.05 Jupiter in Taurus: Creating New Pathways of Relational and Material Security

02.05 Jupiter in Taurus: Creating New Pathways of Relational and Material Security

Jupiter moved into Taurus on May 16th and will remain there until May 2024. Let’s explore some of the defining aspects to outer planets and some horoscopes for the sign.
May 20, 202301:21:28
02.04 Sun/Saturn: Weight of the Planets

02.04 Sun/Saturn: Weight of the Planets

This week we will be exploring the Sun/Saturn conjunction that culminates at 27 degrees of Aquarius on February 16th. Themes of shame, disillusionment, futility, maturity and perseverance will be explored in the natal chart and in transit. Other things covered were discarding gendered expectations, legacies of families, dealing with haters, and an unrelenting pursuit of what we deem important. This episode features an excerpt from a client reading back in July in which they possessed a natal Sun-Saturn conjunction. The client was also experiencing a Sun-Saturn sub period of a Sun decennial AND experiencing Sun-Saturn conjunction in their 2022-2023 Saturn Return. We will then go through chart examples, I'll share personal experiences in my own Saturn decennial as well as transiting Sun-Saturn; and close out with general horoscopes to examine this in your chart.

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May 20, 202301:31:38
JUPITER/NEPTUNE MEDITATION: COLLECTIVE IMAGINEERING
Apr 13, 202242:23
2.03 october 2021 astrological forecast

2.03 october 2021 astrological forecast

Let’s look at the astrology ahead for the month of October. With Mercury Rx and many planets going direct this will be a month where the Wheel of Fortune will begin to start turning once again and we have an opportunity to remove ourselves from a Sisyphean loop
Oct 01, 202101:12:04
2.02 age of air: community building + the ritual of relating with elmina bell
Jun 04, 202102:18:22
2.01 jupiter in pisces: irresistible revolution

2.01 jupiter in pisces: irresistible revolution

Welcome back listeners. I'm offering my takes on Jupiter transiting the sign of Pisces as well on some updates on where I've been and what I've been doing. A couple of housekeeping pieces throughout the podcast. Jupiter will be in Pisces from May 13th to July 28th, when it will retrograde back into Aquarius. It will re-enter Pisces December 28th to May 10th, 2022. For a final trip through the 3rd decan of the sign, it will revisit Pisces October 28 to December 20, 2022. 


In this episode I discussed:

- Past pandemics under the transit of Jupiter in Pisces; immunity care

- Indulgence and harm reduction

- Reclaiming spirituality technology

- Spiritual bypassing in New Age and wellness worlds

- Radical imagination and the decolonizing/re-indigenizing process


People and organizations mentioned:

@mulema_alchemy - Elmina Bell is an astrologer, medium, sound healer and trauma-informed peer support specialist 

@harmreductioncoalition - Harm Reduction Coalition 

@indigenius_mentalhealth - Indigenius Mental Health Awareness Network International (IMHANI) does work to destigmatize Indigenous psychologies from all continents. 

@moonsofaphrodite - Myrto is an astrologer and herbalist providing information about oregano for anti-viral properties and other herbs for immune system care. 

@decolonizeunconference is working to help POC unpack their internalized whiteness and its effects on our activism, our relationships with ourselves. each other & the natural world. 

@love.and.light.confessionals is an insider expose podcast on the new age and holistic wellness sphere's most bizarre antics


For more of my work please follow me on Instagram @youwomanyou and subscribe to my mailing list for Lunation newsletters, other astrological transits, and updates about my services. Support the creation of this podcast by becoming a Patron

May 23, 202101:13:09
Podcast Update: Season 2 is Coming

Podcast Update: Season 2 is Coming

Some updates on where I’ve been and where the podcast is going. I’ll be back in April 2021 for Season 2. Revamping content and my astrological practice.
Mar 20, 202109:24
1.14 jupiter & saturn enter aquarius + the great conjunction

1.14 jupiter & saturn enter aquarius + the great conjunction

This episode we take a dip into the past and talk about the Age of Earth, Jupiter & Saturn in Capricorn. Then we’ll cover what’s being birthed with this Great Conjunction. As well as a few things to expect with Jupiter and Saturn in Aquarius.
Dec 17, 202001:23:59
1.13 sagittarius szn: creation myths + the power of cultural cosmology

1.13 sagittarius szn: creation myths + the power of cultural cosmology

Sagittarius season is about belief and expansion. In this episode we will cover the 4 major lunar phases during this season. There is a special focus on the Lunar Eclipse on Nov 30th and Solar Eclipse on Dec 14, as well as the struggles illuminated by the quarter moons that anchor them. We will explore creation myths & cultural cosmologies and how they clash and co-exist in our world. How we can use what we know of our own cultural cosmologies to release dogmatic ways of existing in the world to move towards personal and collective freedom. 


Our roots are not just in the ground, they also emerge from the sky. 


Things Mentioned in This Episode: 

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer 

Something Torn and New: An African Renaissance by Ngugi wa Thiong'o 

Stellar Connections: Explorations in Cultural Astronomy - Pt. 4, Babatunde Lawal on Youtube 

Black Panther, film directed by Ryan Coogler Black Power Tarot by King Khan - The Wheel of Fortune 

Philip Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble - El Hajj Malik Shabazz - 1968 - Tribute to Malcolm X 

Dec 01, 202001:28:17
1.12 scorpio szn recap: into the marsh
Nov 11, 202001:31:47
1.11 libra new moon + mercury rx: training wheels
Oct 14, 202001:24:57
1.10 libra szn: love & justice
Sep 26, 202001:26:05
1.09 virgo szn: unlearning perfectionism + embracing the non-linear
Aug 24, 202001:09:37
1.08 aquarius full moon + lion’s gate: the sun is also a star

1.08 aquarius full moon + lion’s gate: the sun is also a star

We’ll talk about fractals, the exciting week full of planetary ingresses like Mercury in Leo, Venus in Cancer and Lion’s Gate this Saturday. All centering around authenticity, the fractal we’re living through and our faith in our ability to return to ourselves.
Aug 05, 202001:17:46
1.07 end of cancer season: last qtr moon in aries, performance vs embodiment
Jul 13, 202056:58
JUPITER/PLUTO CONJUNCTION GUIDED MEDITATION 🧘🏾‍♀️

JUPITER/PLUTO CONJUNCTION GUIDED MEDITATION 🧘🏾‍♀️

Here is a lil gift for everyone. Here is the guided meditation from the Jupiter/Pluto conjunction webinar I hosted back in April.

Here is the slideshow with all the symbols I mention throughout the meditation.  Get a journal and something to write with. Find yourself a seat or somewhere to lay down to complete this meditation. Please do not complete this meditation while operating machinery.

For sound quality, I would recommend wearing headphones. 

Background noise: Solfeggio Frequency 417Hz - heals & balances the sacral, removes negative thoughts and behavior patterns

Jul 03, 202024:01
1.06 capricorn lunar eclipse: leaving behind relics of the past, seeking the permanence of truth

1.06 capricorn lunar eclipse: leaving behind relics of the past, seeking the permanence of truth

“When vision fails 

Direction is lost.

When direction is lost 

Purpose may be forgotten.

When purpose is  forgotten

Emotion  rules  alone.

When  emotion  rules alone,

Destruction...destruction”

This is this week's quote from Octavia Butler's Parable of the Talents, Volume 2.  So much of this year is about vision. How we view the past, present and future. We are asked to embrace non-linear time for we seek something that no one person can conceptualize. We all co-create and the puzzle pieces cannot form something cohesive. Some of the pieces will not exist for decades and some are waiting to be retrieved as they are carried by ancestors. But when we are blinded by rage and anger of the present, we cannot hear and we cannot act in alignment with the future.  This Lunar Eclipse pushes us into an uncomfortable position where we see we are not only accountable to ourselves. Although each of us matters, our needs and thoughts do not supersede those of the collective. It's time to abandon hyper-individualism. There is not just one truth, one narrative. No one. truth or narrative is forever. We must let our physical and emotional inheritance. serve. their. purpose and then let them go. How is this possible when we hold on tight because we fear the future is out of control? Are we able to find solace in the only truth which is change.

"All that you touch

You Change.

All that you Change

Changes you.

The only lasting truth

Is Change.

God

Is Change."

- Octavia Butler


Work referenced this week:

AliceSparklyKat Mars in Aries

Marcella Kroll Spell

Rob Brezny - Imaginal Hygiene

adrienne maree brown article "a word for white people,  in two parts"

God is Change: Octavia Butler Immersion (not an ad, just something that may interest folx)


Jul 02, 202057:38
1.05 the cusp of magic, cancer solar eclipse: reorienting towards liberation
Jun 18, 202001:31:38
1.04 gemini szn, new moon: the magician’s table

1.04 gemini szn, new moon: the magician’s table

This episode we explore the power of curiosity and possibility that comes from Gemini season. We take a deep dive exploring New Moon through the symbols of the Magician’s table in the tarot, Emergent Strategy, and a few other things.
“To know, to dare, to want, to be silent.”
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Here are the sources mentioned during this episode:
Accounts on IG: @verosgotthejuice, @revfambookclub (covers Psychocybernetics in depth)
Books: Psychocybernetics by Maxwell Maltz (audiobook on YT), Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
Movies: The Holy Mountain by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Podcasts: This American Life - Universe Splitter
Revolution Ramblings - Fountain Supremacy
Videos: Amanda Ellis, Duality
May 22, 202001:00:06
1.03 what to expect from venus retrograde 2020
May 12, 202001:09:08
1.02 the makings of you + leo first quarter to scorpio full moon
May 01, 202001:42:59
1.01 reintroduction + taurus new moon to leo quarter moon 2020

1.01 reintroduction + taurus new moon to leo quarter moon 2020

This is a reintroduction. A value realignment. I’ll talk about the changes to expect in the podcast formerly known as “Imani Talks Astrology.” We’ll be centering the lunation cycle as well as the core values of: evolving self awareness, authentic self expression, conscious relationships and collective healing & liberation. This weeks episode will cover the Taurus New Moon on April 22nd and the days leading up to the Leo Quarter Moon on April 30th
Apr 22, 202001:25:43
April 22, 2020

April 22, 2020

Apr 22, 202000:39
050. Libra Full Moon 2020: The Future Requires Integrity

050. Libra Full Moon 2020: The Future Requires Integrity

Neptune, Mars and Uranus are star players in this month’s Full Moon. This full moon awakens our desire for freedom, but we must realize where our desire for liberation is at the expense of others. Where can our possibilities for the future center the needs and others.
Apr 07, 202001:25:45
049. Aries Season 2020: Fight For Possibilities

049. Aries Season 2020: Fight For Possibilities

This season brings a surge of will, purpose and creative energy. Cooped up in a house it can be easy become stir crazy especially with so much energy. We have seen in the last few weeks mobilization of people and resources in the name of caretaking. Aries season asks us to advocate and fight for what makes sense for the collective. Saturn in Aquarius gives a sneak peek of a possible world if we dare to create a new normal.
Mar 19, 202001:41:45
048. Full Moon in Virgo 2020: Mining and Recycling/Decomposer

048. Full Moon in Virgo 2020: Mining and Recycling/Decomposer

For this Worm Moon, we explore some of the self deception that leaves the dreamer uninspired, stuck and looping in old stories. Where can we take what’s dying and reform it into something that will inform our future. It’s not that we don’t have the answers is that our discernment must be used to see where we distort possibilities because of old habit patterns of our mind. The seeds are planted, but we must ensure the soil is nutrient dense enough to grow this powerful thing we’ve planted.
Mar 10, 202059:25
047. Pisces Season 2020: Observing a Deep Excavation

047. Pisces Season 2020: Observing a Deep Excavation

We are asking to be an objective witness of what is emerging from deep within our subconscious. Are we embodying unconditional love and compassion or are we dissociating from our needs. We must know our place and we can only do so if we realize programmed habit patterns that keep us looping in an old version of ourselves we began to give up long ago.
Feb 28, 202001:05:23
046. Full Moon in Leo 2020: Hold the Vision

046. Full Moon in Leo 2020: Hold the Vision

Let’s talk about the Full Moon this morning, embodiment, waiting for ships to come in...assessing next steps and this upcoming Mercury Rx. We do with our fire matters.
Feb 09, 202001:07:48
045. Aquarius Season 2020: Filtering the Water

045. Aquarius Season 2020: Filtering the Water

In a season focused on the big picture, we are asked to remember our unique role we serve in community. We are called to reevaluate how we show up as a partner (to ourselves, to an actual partner, with a community) by chasing down our personal and healing needs by any means necessary. Happy Aquarius season! My books are closed at this time and will reopen in for March.
Jan 25, 202001:36:06
044. Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, Saturn/Pluto: Beliefs & Choices
Jan 08, 202001:15:11
043. Solar Eclipse in Capricorn: Crossing the Threshold
Dec 26, 201901:09:52
042. Full Moon in Gemini: The Magician

042. Full Moon in Gemini: The Magician

The final full month of the year, of the DECADE is on 12/12 at 12:12am EST. Sorry to everyone not living on the East Coast in the US, you don’t get to experience that magic. However, it’s still magical nonetheless. A beautiful culmination phase to look back at the hard fought battles that have resulted in this moment. We cannot succumb to temporary feelings of disempowerment. We are called to remember that we are the architects of our reality.
Dec 12, 201901:19:41
041. Sagittarius Season 2019: Emotional Anarchy
Nov 26, 201901:52:59
040. 11/11 & the Full Moon in Taurus: Blessings
Nov 12, 201901:16:52
039. Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio
Nov 03, 201901:10:08
Quick Update ✨

Quick Update ✨

Episode will be late this week because I don’t have a voice and a one other really exciting thing!
Oct 29, 201901:29
038. Scorpio Season 2019: Beyond Social Niceties
Oct 23, 201901:24:48
037. Full Moon in Aries: Hunter Not The Hunted
Oct 09, 201955:50
036. Pluto Direct 2019: It’s Not Sustainable
Oct 04, 201901:12:32
035. Libra Season 2019: Life Building and Collectivization

035. Libra Season 2019: Life Building and Collectivization

Libra season is the shift from personal to interpersonal. Relationships within us and outside of us serve as testers of our limits and how committed we are to preserving ourselves. Does the life we’re building require us to sacrifice and find the spaces where the scales are off? It absolutely does. Let’s explore it.
Sep 28, 201901:37:28
034. Saturn Goes Direct: Reaffirming Your Guiding Principles

034. Saturn Goes Direct: Reaffirming Your Guiding Principles

After it’s 4-5 month retrograde, Saturn is finally stationing Direct. While we can refer to this as a time of karmic retribution, we can also look at it as the beginning of this “true” way of being leading our lives from this moment forward. It’s a new chapter in our personal narrative that will unfold over the next few years. A new emotional landscape is making way for better relationships, work, money and love of self. It’s an exciting one.
Sep 18, 201901:01:51
033. Full Moon in Pisces: Magnanimous

033. Full Moon in Pisces: Magnanimous

I think we’ve all been waiting for a much needed cycle to end and have looked back to see if there are any ‘I’s to be dotted or ‘t’s so be crossed. There is likely nothing in sight, because the ending of cycle lies within something so small. Forgiveness. Can we make rooms to forgive ourselves and leave the past behind us? An important and yet overlooked part of the healing process that we are all being invited to discover.
Sep 09, 201901:37:26
032. Virgo Season 2019: Creating A New Direction

032. Virgo Season 2019: Creating A New Direction

This week we’re exploring some of the major events that occur during the Sun’s yearly trip through the sign Virgo. We are asked to examine what is worth it. Whether these are ideas, thoughts, people and places; many of us will be asked to sacrifice things in order to grow a long held dream that aligns with a more authentic way of being. Secrets are reviewed that make our path more clear as well as a number of shocking insights and situations. Don’t let the disorientation of now fool you. Things will get REAL clear just in time for Libra season.
Aug 29, 201901:35:47
031. Summer Recap Horoscopes: The Möbius Loop
Aug 20, 201901:31:21
030. Full Moon in Aquarius: Moving the Heart Above the Head

030. Full Moon in Aquarius: Moving the Heart Above the Head

August 15th we experience the Full Moon in Aquarius. We reaching a culminating point pertaining to love and value of self. It’s all about perspective. The transition to the heart space is only as easy as we make it. We get to tackle the reasoning behind a lot of self induced suffering in relationships, work, friends and family. And we get to set the tone for self love, the external will respond accordingly. It’s a heavy one.
Aug 12, 201901:18:42
029. Amplifying Your Inner Light: Uses of Healing Crystals with Rachel of Seed of Light

029. Amplifying Your Inner Light: Uses of Healing Crystals with Rachel of Seed of Light

This week we have our first guest! Rachel is a certified Yoga & Meditation Instructor and Owner of Seed of Light, a crystal jewelry company. She talks about her spiritual journey, how crystals have aided it and some practical uses for crystals for each sign. Follow Rachel and purchase her products on IG @seed.of.light. She does customs! If you are interested in sharing resources for El Plato Shooting Survivors check out @latinxtherapy on IG.
Aug 06, 201955:51
028. Leo Season 2019: Finding a True Way of Being
Jul 30, 201901:14:18
027. The Spiral of Life: Revisiting Fractals and Astrology
Jul 23, 201935:25
026. Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn: Realigning with Your North Star
Jul 14, 201901:04:57
025. Total Solar Eclipse in Cancer: Illumination of the Shadow
Jun 29, 201901:13:26