What Wound Are You Bringing to Your New Beginning?

About this episode

This episode discusses how various current events reflect unresolved issues as we attempt new beginnings, framed through astrological insights.

What do the Artemis II splashdown, the US-Iran ceasefire, the Epstein files, $4 gas, and the wave of AI-driven layoffs all have in common? This week, we argue they’re all the same thing: old wounds arriving inside new beginnings. This is one of the most astrologically loaded weeks of the year. Mars, Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Chiron, and a New Moon are all stacked in Aries — the sign of identity, initiation, assertion, and the self. Each planet is adding a different dimension to the same collective story: we are trying to begin something new. And we are bringing everything unresolved with us. In this episode: ➚ Why every major news story this week is a version of the same astrological pattern ➚ Artemis II: what it means that humanity’s biggest new beginning carried grief over 250,000 miles ➚ The Iraq-Iran conflict and the wound of geopolitical repetition ➚ The Epstein files: when a “new beginning” of accountability lands on the same old wound ➚ What $4 gas and the Strait of Hormuz tell us about who pays the price of assertion ➚ The AI employment paradox: layoffs, new roles, and the identity crisis hiding inside the restructuring ➚ Soul Pillars breakdown: where this week’s energy…

Topics covered

• astrology
• new beginnings
• collective wounds
• geopolitical issues
• identity crisis
• AI employment
• reflection and self-improvement

Keywords

• astrology
• new beginnings
• collective wounds
• AI layoffs
• geopolitical conflict
• identity
• reflection questions

Mentioned in this episode

Products: $4 gas

Books & works: Epstein files

Places: US, Iran, Iraq, Strait of Hormuz

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