December 2024 Forecast featuring Mars’ Retrograde Through Leo

This last episode of the year is all about time: doing time, being a slave to the clock, jumping timelines, time travel, decolonizing time, being a “time millionaire”, liberating ourselves from time, maturation, death, lineage, ancestry, reclaiming time, time served, linear time, time as political tool, time warps, divine timing, and the time that transformation demands.In the first part of this episode Cory is joined by queer artist, tarotist, intuition facilitator, and organizer, shea in the catskills. First they share about their new collaborative readings and a PLANNER (which is really a portal) available in March!They discuss the sign of Capricorn and shea’s experience of it over time (shea has a stellium in Capricorn). This discussion includes:Boundaries, Walls, Thresholds, and /Immature Expressions of CapricornSaturn’s Last Days in Pisces and its New Stint in AriesSaturn’s Square Aspects During December 2025Saturn’s Symbols: Mountain Goat, Sea Goat, Devil +Tarot CorrespondenceIn the second part of the show they are joined by Founder and Director of the Legal Empowerment & Advocacy Hub (LEAH) and the Jailhouse LawyerInitiative (JLI), Jhody Polk, and Participatory Action Researcher & Facilitator chinyere okafor. This discussion includes:What is the The Jailhouse Lawyers Initiative?What is Healing Justice?Why Divination, Oracular, and Esoteric Practice in Prisons?“Time Inside” and “Time Outside”Liberation While Incarcerated and Imprisonment While “Free”Dethroning Prefabricated Models of Healing and SpiritualityEmbodying AbolitionThe Structures that Commodify TimeMore about Cory: https://www.astrologybycory.com/servicesHolistic PT and Somatic Movement: https://www.corynakasue.com/More about shea: Info + book a reading: https://sheainthecatskills.com/bookMore about Jhody: https://www.jhodypolk.com/More about Jailhouse Lawyers Initiative: https://jailhouselawyers.org/Donate: https://givebutter.com/nONXizMore about chi: https://www.chinyereokafor.com/ *Reading Recommendations:Dismantling the Master's Clock: On Race, Space, and Time *Due to character limits full show notes and a recommended reading list can be found here. The Show: The Cosmic Dispatch | Instagram | NewsletterThe Creator: Cory Nakasue | Monthly Horoscopes | InstagramThe Keeper of the Questions: Mandee Sheeler | Instagram

VIRGO-PISCES ECLIPSE SPECIAL (featuring a Uranian deep dive).The month of September is host to two eclipses on the Virgo-Pisces axis. The day before the first eclipse, Uranus stations before going retrograde. In this episode, Cory draws the experiential parallels between eclipses and Uranus transits. Mandee Sheeler joins Cory to talk about their personal Uranus transits, and reflect on its recent ingress into Gemini.WARNING: in true Uranian fashion, we have some uncoordinated audio in a few parts of this episode. Just as Cory remarks on the way Uranus rx can be too loud or too quiet, Mandee’s audio is a little louder than hers, and it might be SURPRISING. Mandee chimes in a few times, but this ep is mostly Cory monologuing. Just trying to keep you on your toes....And, a reminder during this highly emotional month—the planets don’t make things happen. They give context for parts of different cycles that we’re in. No ambulance-chasing astrology here!Topics covered in this episode: The paradox of Uranus and the sign of Gemini How our morality, ethics, and belief systems are rarely, purely objective and howthey’re tied to deeply subjective emotional patterns. What eclipses have in common with Uranus transits Outer/Inner planet retrogrades False dichotomies, and how two conflicting things can both be true Freedom, Liberation, and Accountability Tips for working with Uranian/Eclipse energy Presence and situational awareness vs. projection Nervous system regulation + nervous system capacity expansion Trauma, embodiment, and somatics Echo chambers vs. true engagement + cross-pollination How the south node augments Virgo Astro 101: Uranus in Gemini + September’s eclipsesBook an astrology reading or class with Cory: www.astrologybycory.comNewsletter sign upIG: @bodyintelBook a movement class or private: [email protected]/articles: HoroscopesAstrology 101The Show: The Cosmic Dispatch | Instagram | NewsletterThe Creator: Cory Nakasue | Monthly Horoscopes | InstagramThe Keeper of the Questions: Mandee Sheeler | Instagram

Reality is shaped by our tacit and explicit agreements. Our social systems, codes and organizational constructs only exist because they’re agreed upon. To a large degree, if we experience it, we’re cooperating with it. There is so much creative power, collectively and individually—interpersonally and socially, in owning our decisions about what we agree to. But, deciding well means understanding how we contribute to the narratives of morality and logic. Narratives don’t exist in a solid state; if someone changes their mind about something—poof, that story is gone or altered. There’s so much power in that. I think this month’s astrology is largely about what we do with that power. Venus is the planet of agreements and consensus. It goes retrograde on March 1 st. March starts off with bang and continues to bang around for its entirety—and ends with a big bang. That’s a lot of banging. Take that as you will. Venus stationing retrograde in Aries does not mean that love turns to hate and that we’ll all end up in a barroom brawl—not necessarily. It does mean that we’re embarking on a process of reevaluating of what we’re drawn to and how we connect. We may be preoccupied with the relationships we’re in, changing aesthetic and sensual tastes, questions surrounding what’s worth our time and energy, and shifts in values. Venus in Aries is already edgy, once retrograde, she cares even less about decorum. March also introduces 2 eclipses, Mercury’s retrograde, the spring equinox and Neptune’s first ingress into Aries. March is a game-changer, and a continuation of deepening activity across the Aries-Pisces border.Discussed in this episode:Living with limits on clarity.The breakdown of unifying narratives, attempts to control narratives, and trying to restore old ones.How important is it to “protect my peace” in the quest for change?March forecast at 44:45Aries and Pisces as expressed through the TV show Cobra Kai and the film The Karate KidThe last gasp of Neptune in Pisces: The perversion of religion, spirituality, and esoteric practice  through capitalism.Venus retrograde nuts and bolts 1:09:37The Aries Point (zero degrees Aries) and Botticelli’s Birth of VenusAction vs. PlatitudeBook a consultation or class: https://www.astrologybycory.com/servicesNewsletter sign up: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/2JNX43DVenus Retrograde Workshop Registration: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/beyond-love-and-strifeThe Correspondence booking: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/the-correspondenceBridging Embodied Experience and Narrative in Somatic Practice: [email protected] for a copyThe Show: The Cosmic Dispatch | Instagram | NewsletterThe Creator: Cory Nakasue | Monthly Horoscopes | InstagramThe Keeper of the Questions: Mandee Sheeler | Instagram

In today’s episode Cory delivers a short forecast for February; a squishy, sensitive, and romantic month filled with feeling, but shot through with dazzling moments of Aquarian clarity. She follows that with a segment on understanding the sign of Pisces. Other topics covered include:Emotional bias in a world that thinks it’s objectiveThe chasms and bridges between imagination and realityNationality, belonging, and safetyPisces and Aries as expressed through the novel and film, Fight ClubExpanding the nervous system to better differentiate danger from discomfortWhere true power livesBook a reading: https://www.astrologybycory.com/servicesRegister for Beyond Love & Strife, a Venus Retrograde Workshop: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/beyond-love-and-strifeSign up for our newsletter: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/2JNX43DMonthly forecast and horoscopes: https://www.chronogram.com/category/monthly-forecast-2124623Astrology 101 archive: https://www.chronogram.com/category/astrology-101-21375447The Show: The Cosmic Dispatch | Instagram | NewsletterThe Creator: Cory Nakasue | Monthly Horoscopes | InstagramThe Keeper of the Questions: Mandee Sheeler | Instagram

January 2025 + Capricorn Deep Dive | Myths of StructureToday Cory and shea in the catskills explore the embodied experience of Capricorn, and delve into the less-talked about expressions of that zodiac sign. Especially as Saturn (planetary ruler of Capricorn) spends its last months in Pisces and comes into a landscape-shifting square with Jupiter on Christmas Eve, they consider the mystical nature of the “threshold dwellers,” of which Saturn is the ultimate. It’s said to have its joy in the 12 th house of the excommunicated, the sequestered and the sublime. In the last third of the episode Cory takes a through a brief forecast of January, and the big transits of 2025.Topics include:The experience of the sun, moon, and Mercury in Capricorn and its relationship to CancerRedefining goals, accomplishment, success, and securityElders and CronesThe gross, vulgar and unpredictable nature of reality vs. the manicured, organized, and codifiedHow capitalism changed our relationship and understanding of CapricornTop-down structures vs. collaboratively-built structuresCapricorn as mystical, feminine chaos and the sublimation of that powerCapricorn as symbolized by Pan, god of the wild and the Devil card in tarotThe suit of pentacles in tarot and other images that correspond with CapricornNew offerings for 2025A tarot pull for the winter solsticeand DeathBook a consultation or chart interpretation workshop with Coryhttps://www.astrologybycory.com/servicesNewsletter sign up https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/2JNX43DBook a session with shea https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/Book a reading with shea + Cory https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/the-correspondenceRegister for Venus Retrograde workshop https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/beyond-love-And-strifeChronogram horoscopes https://www.chronogram.com/horoscopes/astrology-report-for-December-2024-22267502Astrology 101 https://www.chronogram.com/category/astrology-101-21375447The Show: The Cosmic Dispatch | Instagram | NewsletterThe Creator: Cory Nakasue | Monthly Horoscopes | InstagramThe Keeper of the Questions: Mandee Sheeler | Instagram

It’s been a long time since I’ve done an “OTC” episode! These episodes are less structured and more illustrative. I invited Anastasia Wasco, writer, editor, and psychospiritual guide to talk about her experience of the Gemini-Sagittarius axis. Not only does she have a Sagittarius stellium (including Mercury in Sadge), but she’s also a Gemini rising. She’s pretty much the embodiment of the current situation along that Gemini-Sagittarius axis this month: Mercury rx Sadge opposite Jupiter rx Gemini (mutual reception in detriment).I kind of just let her run free with her narrative, as I thought it was such an experiential representation of how Mercury moves through Sagittarius, especially when it’s retrograde: it jumps timelines, it explores, it detours, and extrapolates. It doesn’t give what’s expected or asked for, and yet...it does. It does it in its own oblique, philosophical way. Instead of simply answering, it expands.Topics discussed in this episode:Monomyth vs. other story structuresNeurodivergence and animismJupiter rx aspects in December: Jupiter opposite Mercury 12/4 & 12/26, sun opposite Jupiter12-7, Venus trine Jupiter 12/19, Jupiter square Saturn 12-24 (second hit).The 12/7 triple conjunction of Pluto, Venus, and Ceres at 0 degrees Aquarius and thePersephone mythBottlenecks of information“The forest for the trees”Data without meaning, beliefs without factsConfirmation bias and propagandaProjecting our own stories on empty, broken, or incomplete narrativesCoherence and picking things apartCritical thinking vs. indoctrinationPhilip K. Dick via LithubBook a consultation or private group class with Cory: www.astrologybycory.com   *Gift Certificates Available*Body Intelligence class and private session sign ups: [email protected] sign up: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/2JNX43DMore about Anastasia: www.anastasiawasko.comThe Show: The Cosmic Dispatch | Instagram | NewsletterThe Creator: Cory Nakasue | Monthly Horoscopes | InstagramThe Keeper of the Questions: Mandee Sheeler | Instagram

In this episode Cory gives a quick and dirty breakdown of the major transits of December, with an introduction to Mars’ upcoming retrograde through Leo. For a deep and circuitous dive into Sagittarius, Mercury’s retrograde and opposition to Jupiter stay tuned for an Off The Chart episode coming shortly.Book a consultation or private group class with Cory, and buy gift certificates:www.astrologybycory.comBody Intelligence class and private session sign ups: [email protected] sign up Monthly horoscopesAstrology 101 seriesThe Show: The Cosmic Dispatch | Instagram | NewsletterThe Creator: Cory Nakasue | Monthly Horoscopes | InstagramThe Keeper of the Questions: Mandee Sheeler | Instagram

Charles Bukowski’s oft quoted “Find what you love and let it kill you,” always felt very Scorpionic to me. Especially lately, as I witness so much all-or-nothing behavior in the lives of friends, clients, and multiple groups of people. Whether its through martyrdom, power-hoarding, compulsive behavior, or ecstatic surrender, this Scorpio season is probably the most exacting Scorpio season I’ve lived through.In this episode I explore how this double-edged sword of a quote can symbolize unmatched creative and destructive power. Other topics in this episode include:The somatics of the sign of ScorpioInteracting with the dead (or ghosts of memory and history) through astrologyNovember forecast featuring the Mars-Pluto oppositionPluto’s last days in Capricorn, featuring the Pluto return of the USAA bit about Mercury's retrograde in Sagittarius, Pluto’s entrance into Aquarius, and learning to hold multiple truths at the same time (and also let go of them as they change).Books mentioned: The Astrology of Fate by Liz Greene, and The Dream and the Underworld by James HillmanBook a consultation with Cory: https://www.astrologybycory.com/servicesThe Show: The Cosmic Dispatch | Instagram | NewsletterThe Creator: Cory Nakasue | Monthly Horoscopes | InstagramThe Keeper of the Questions: Mandee Sheeler | Instagram

Today Cory walks us through the Gates of Hades (aka the autumnal equinox) with an October forecast, and a breakdown of the ultimate Libra solar eclipse and full moon in Aries. This solar eclipse is conjoined with the south node, Mercury, and Lilith. The asteroid Juno hangs out with this eclipse as well. That’s a lot of Libra material begging to be reckoned with. When do things like diplomacy, the rules of engagement, decorum, and codes of conduct do more to maintain inequities than to resolve injustice? How can the individuating powers or Aries create opportunities for authentic connection? The Aries-Libra situation gets flipped on its head this month and we can use the archetypes more effectively by working with them counter-intuitively. The words “relating,” and “relationship” make up about 60% of the words used in this episode. October really churns with these two big lunations whose rulers (Venus and Mars) are in signs of their antithesis AND configured to each other (and Saturn) by a grand water trine. In the second half of the episode Cory continues the Aries- Libra-self-other-flip-the-script-fest. Some points to ponder:When is civility barbaric? When is domestication violent? What is the self? Where is it located? Do I need relationships to build a sense of self? How are repulsion and attraction the same thing? How do divisions within myself show up in my external reality?Films mentioned: I Heart Huckabees and Triangle of SadnessSign up for seasonal newsletterBook a consultationCory on InstagramThe Cosmic Dispatch on Instagram  The Cosmic Dispatch on YouTubeThe Show: The Cosmic Dispatch | Instagram | NewsletterThe Creator: Cory Nakasue | Monthly Horoscopes | InstagramThe Keeper of the Questions: Mandee Sheeler | Instagram

In today’s episode, Cory and shea in the catskills do a deep dive into the sign of Virgo and talk about their latest offering, Getting Through it Together, an astrology and tarot container designed to help everyone work creatively with the intense astrology of the upcoming eclipses and the sociopolitical pressure-cooker we’re in. *Also, I have some Mercury Rx corrections for the beginning of the show. I was speaking off-the-cuff about some dates w/o notes and am still disoriented after a few weeks of travel:1.Jupiter-Saturn square and full moon Aquarius took place 8-19 (not 20)2.The Great Conjunction marks the official shift from a 200-year period during which Jupiter and Saturn made conjunctions primarily in Earth signs into a 200-year period of conjunctions in Air signs (again, not 20) Topics include:Brief review of the astrology of summer and Jupiter’s square to SaturnArchetypal Virgo in pop-astrology, mythology, and ancient astrologyVirgo in the tarotFixing, mending, repairing, editing, and organizing...getting our hands dirtyPractical applications, usefulness, devotion and serviceVirgo’s role in states of chaos. “Find the helpers”Critical engagement vs. BypassingSkills, techniques, practice, and disciplineSexual sovereigntyPerfectionism and MartyrdomThe Virgo-Pisces axisOur personal relationships with VirgoIn the second half of the show Cory offers a short forecast for the month of September, and a primer on eclipses and the upcoming lunar eclipse in Pisces.Featured Guest: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/Workshop sign up: https://www.sheainthecatskills.com/getting-thru-it-together-seriesShow Host: https://www.astrologybycory.com/The Show: The Cosmic Dispatch | Instagram | NewsletterThe Creator: Cory Nakasue | Monthly Horoscopes | InstagramThe Keeper of the Questions: Mandee Sheeler | Instagram