Astrology Unbound with Evan Nathaniel Grim
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Astrology Unbound with Evan Nathaniel Grim
Finding Your True Power on the Aries Full Moon
Unlock the mysteries of the Aries full moon and explore how this celestial event can transform your life. Join me, Evan Nathaniel Grim, as we unravel the potent energies swirling around this super moon, connected to healing themes that have been unfolding since 2018. This episode promises to guide you through the significance of these astral movements and their impact on self-assertion, autonomy, and personal identity.
Feel the intensity of the cardinal grand cross, a powerful astrological alignment that challenges our sense of leadership and personal drive. With Mars in Cancer opposing Pluto, we'll break down how the resulting tension may manifest as stagnation and competitive energy, but also offer insights into transforming these energies into personal growth opportunities. Through an astrological lens, I'll help you understand how the wounded masculine archetype surfaces, providing a pathway for collective healing through the influence of Chiron.
We'll also navigate the intricate web of planetary transits, highlighting the creative sparks ignited by Venus's opposition to Uranus and the strategic shifts in financial investments suggested by Venus's sextile with Pluto. Discover the transformative power of the number five in astrology, a symbol of creativity, which can help you rise above oppositional forces during these celestial events. Embrace your unique identity as we explore how to channel these mystical energies into self-actualization and personal empowerment.
Hey, there, it's Eben Nathaniel Grimm, and welcome to the latest episode of Astrology Unbound. Today, I'm going to help you make this the most powerful Aries full moon possible. Before I begin, though, be sure to check out my Substack newsletter for an in-depth breakdown of my predictions for the world, my step-by-step manifestation guides for each full moon, intention setting, recommendations for new moons, educational content and more, and I do have a paid service through that, where you can also dive deeper into the sign-by-sign predictions and horoscopes, and you actually can also access a weekly live show on Sunday nights, where I do live birth chart readings. So, first of all, apologies for not doing an episode last weekend. The reason is because I was traveling, but we're going to make this a great episode and make up for lost time. And this is a really, really massive full moon, not only because it's actually a super moon, so the moon will actually appear larger in the sky than usual but also because it is in the sign of Aries and it is creating a lot of dynamic aspects in the sky than usual, but also because it is in the sign of Aries and it is creating a lot of dynamic aspects in the sky that, again, you can capitalize on and turn into a really powerful moment. But there are some challenges along the way that I will help you sidestep throughout this episode.
Speaker 1:So what is a full moon? Just to establish that, this occurs when the sun opposes the moon in the sky, so at that time the moon is on the other side of the earth relative to the sun, and this occurs about two weeks after a new moon, and also it is a climax and culmination of a new moon that occurred in the same sign approximately six months earlier. We can think of full moons as endings, climaxes, culminations, epiphanies or even awakenings, and ultimately, the full moon marks a transition and it is a completion at the same time. So every ending is a beginning, you know, and so there's a lot of complexity to it, but you can think about this full moon specifically as the conclusion of some sort of healing-related theme in your life that you've been navigating since early April. So April 8th there was a total solar eclipse in Aries, conjunct Chiron, and now this full moon is again in Aries conjunct Chiron, but it is a full moon. So again, we are bringing that energy to its height, to its peak and its conclusion.
Speaker 1:So think back to early April and, I would argue, think back even to mid-February, because in mid-February there was a Chiron-North Node alignment and that alignment definitely pointed you in the direction of the healing journey you had to embark on. It may have just marked a pivotal crossroads in a healing journey, and when I talk about healing journeys here I want to specify this, because we are looking at not only the energy of Chiron, which is a minor planet that pertains to the wounded healer, but it's in the sign of Aries, and Aries is our will, it's our self-assertion, our autonomy, our impulses, our courage and our strength. So when Chiron is in Aries, our strength is challenged, potentially Our vitality is challenged, and sometimes even our self-image can feel wounded or we may at times, while Chiron is in Aries, feel as though we can't maybe fully accept something about ourselves. Maybe we've had an insecurity that has been picked out by somebody, maybe we've just had old wounds brought to the surface from any phase of our life that kind of reactivated or re-triggered some of these uncertainties about who we are. Because you also want to think about Aries as not only our strength but, in a lot of ways, our individual identity, because you can think about Aries as having some connection to the first house of the birth chart of the zodiac wheel, and that first house has a lot to do with our individual being being birthed and born into this material reality, so this is not necessarily a foreign theme.
Speaker 1:So Chiron has been in Aries since 2018. It first entered the sign of Aries on April 17th of 2018, went retrograde back into Pisces a few times, but eventually it was in Aries full-time, starting February 18th 2019. And interesting again because around that time of February 2024, we had the Chiron North Node alignment. Because around that time of February 2024, we had the Chiron North Node alignment and hopefully in February, there was a sort of revelation about at least what you needed to heal. And even though that revelation may have coincided with a difficult conversation, maybe even like a moment that made you feel you know alone or lost, or it made you feel like you know someone was trying to put you down, at the very least there was some sort of awakening that happened at that time where maybe either you realized you had to walk away from someone who was creating this toxicity, or you had to look into yourself in a different way, reflect and meditate on the source of maybe insecurities that you have, that you've harbored that have really spilled over into a relationship or that have prevented intimacy, and for some people this could even be, this could have sort of kick-started a healing journey in the physical sense.
Speaker 1:You know, physical health may have suddenly become a theme or a topic for you, which would be very common right now, because Saturn and Neptune are in Pisces and that has a lot to do with, you know, really perfecting our health and taking a really good hard look at our tendencies, our habits, and making sure that we're keeping that temple clean, so to speak, the temple that is our body, because Pisces has associations with toxicity, addictions, escapist habits and so on. But on this area's full moon, for some of you you could finally round out this journey in the sense that maybe you will feel like you've healed. You know you've healed that wound, whether it is psychological or physical. So also on Full Moons, by the way, to continue on this track of you know the sort of underlying themes and meanings of any full moon we do have heightened intuition, we do have the ability to recognize patterns, and this is because when the moon is full, it really is tugging at our emotions and our emotions become more sensitive. We become more sensitive, essentially, and we start to, sometimes we start to feel overwhelmed about something, a situation in our lives, but this increased sensitivity really gives us an extra layer of detail about something. So, again, maybe there's a convoluted aspect of your life right now. You've been trying to untangle something for a while and finally it clicks for you. Or maybe there's an actual moment, something manifests in your life where someone says something or does something, or you do something that finally clarifies what's really been going on. And so what I recommend is, on any full moon, really follow your intuition, follow the signs.
Speaker 1:Now, I talked about this in a video a couple days ago and I did say that you know you should really avoid trying to manifest something, essentially because this full moon is in Aries and Mars is opposing Pluto, which I'll talk about in a second. It does feel very impulsive and usually I recommend that, even if someone is not trying to manifest a particular thing on a full moon, they could still take inspired action. So, again, relying on their present tense intuition, their instincts, and acting accordingly. But at this time, during this full moon, you might actually be led astray by either your desires, your competitiveness, and there is a way, I think around all of this, though. So the answer is not necessarily to try and manifest a specific thing. I still think that that would be a little bit risky. A little bit risky, but I do think there's a way to sidestep some of those energies so that you still find power in magic, and so I'll explain sort of the nuance there, because I understand that it may sound contradictory, but what I'm really just saying is that you shouldn't necessarily expect to manifest again a particular thing sort of ahead of time, where you can plan it and, you know, see it come to fruition immediately. What you should instead do is focus on some of the hidden patterns and messages that may come up and rely on a little bit of luck, a little bit of magic, like I said, and a little bit of divine intervention actually to show you the way at the right moment, which I will talk about in a bit.
Speaker 1:So let's dive into the sign of Aries as well. So remember, this full moon is in the sign of Aries. Some of the key concepts associated with the sign include beginnings, self-assertion, competition, autonomy, boundaries, aggression, impulse and courage. So with these concepts, you know, sort of always connected to Aries, the full moon will illuminate and accent and underscore these concepts. So, on this full moon again, you may feel more competitive than usual, you may feel more independent, you may feel more impulsive, but also you may step up and, you know, act courageously. And so it doesn't have to be negative. But if we look into the defining characteristics and aspects of the full moon, you'll see why there are some risks associated with this full moon.
Speaker 1:And it's number one because there's a cardinal grand cross. And the grand cross is two oppositions in the same modality that create a cross and then a square around that cross. So you could have a grand cross in fixed signs, for example, or mutable signs, but in this case it's in cardinal signs. So we have the sun and moon and Chiron opposing each other from Aries to Libra, and then we have Mars and Cancer opposing Pluto in Capricorn and Cancer. And all of these oppositions, or both of these oppositions, are occurring in the third decan of the cardinal signs, the third decan meaning the final third subdivision of the zodiac of each sign there. So the third decan is 21 to 29 degrees of a zodiac sign and we have the 21st to 29th degree sort of covered in this cardinal grand cross. So we have planets ranging from Chiron at 21 Aries to Pluto at 29 Capricorn, this dynamic tension, especially because we are discussing the cardinal modality, which is very dynamic.
Speaker 1:It is all about assertion, beginnings leading with sort of an executive, action-oriented mindset, but this is creating an intense gridlock where it is a four-way stop sign and nobody really has the right of way and really everyone is trying and especially in this case everyone is trying to signal that they want to be the first car to move forward. Like this is a fairly aggressive full moon, and so there is a feeling, energetically when we talk about a grand cross, of stagnation, coagulation and obstruction, regulation and obstruction. So you may witness that theme in various ways. You may see someone get promoted at your office instead of you and wonder why was it not me? And just sort of like, sit with that energy. You may sit with that energy for longer than you expect.
Speaker 1:Or maybe you, you know, suddenly feel as though there's someone in your life who is putting up a wall, someone in your family, a friend or a partner. Suddenly they're telling you that they want things to be a certain way, they want a certain outcome and they're unrelenting about it. They're not willing to cede any territory they're not willing to change. That definitely is part of the energy of this full moon. So a lot of things and people may present a blockade for you. Some of these things are not externalized, by the way, so it might not be that someone gets promoted instead of you.
Speaker 1:It could be that you just find yourself getting caught up in competitive feelings or frustrating feelings, without necessarily knowing why. So, again, why does this person have X, y, z and I don't? Or why is this person delaying the project? Or you may start to ask these questions that are kind of irksome and maybe you don't even ask those types of questions usually and suddenly you feel as though there is a severe delay towards getting what you want. And so what happens here, when we talk about a full moon in Aries, is that that frustration can really bubble up and again lead to that impulsivity, lead to that boiling point, and that's why, again, I really caution people on this full moon, and this is the first time I've really taken a stance like this in this calendar year regarding a lunation cycle.
Speaker 1:I actually don't think that people should be aiming to manifest a particular thing on this full moon. I do think, again just to reiterate this that there is a very nuanced way to follow the intuition, but it actually requires you to get away from this grand cross, but you still have to acknowledge that it's there in order to sidestep it in the first place. So for those in the world who are not self-investigating, or they don't really follow astrology, they don't care about energy or they don't you know believe that full moons cause emotional changes, they will probably get caught up in this gridlock, they will feel stagnant. But you know, if you're listening to the episode or if you you know, study, divination or you are just a generally reflective person, I think there is a really strong opportunity for you to actually understand, squeeze some value out of this full moon and actually find that you're in a better position afterwards or you feel more powerful. Because that's ideally what Aries wants. It wants to feel more self-directed, it wants to feel stronger, it wants to feel more courageous, it wants to feel that sense of resilience and the assuredness that its own individual will overcome anything, any odds, to a point where you don't feel self-conscious about anyone else's opinion, anyone else's directives. You feel as though your compass is leading you down the right path. So that's ideally where we want to end up, but because it's conjunct Chiron and Aries I think a lot of wounds will surface in the collective. So a lot of and actually Chiron and Aries has a lot to do with the wounded masculine, so the wounded masculine archetype. You may see that coming up in the news a lot.
Speaker 1:So, to continue though, regarding the aspects, remember that Mars rules Aries, so there is an Aries full moon annually, and so the fact that we have an Aries full moon in of itself, you know, will only say so much. So we have to add detail by looking at this grand cross which I just talked about, but also looking at the planet that rules Aries and seeing where it is, because that will definitely characterize where the power can be activated, but also where the frustration may be mounting. In this case, mars is in Cancer, which is in a fallen position for Mars, in a pre-shadow phase, before the retrograde in early December and opposing Pluto, which, by the way, it will oppose Pluto for three and a half months and then again in April. So it's almost like a six-month opposition, and that is not a very helpful position for Mars. Mars is not really giving us a lot to work with here. It's a very frustrating Mars placement.
Speaker 1:Now, if you have Mars and Cancer in your birth chart, you know, don't see this as, see this as necessarily a debilitating thing. I mean, you can learn how to work with Mars and Cancer to be both caring but also protective of those whom you care about. But if we're just looking at the transits and the motions of the planets, the collective would rather not have Mars in a fallen position, especially before retrograde. So Mars, which is our sense of action, again, assertion our power, it does feel like it's being siphoned away, it's atrophying. So if you find yourself exhausted right now to a greater degree than usual, even though we're building up the energy, building up to a full moon, give yourself some grace. It's not unnatural to feel like you just don't have the mojo that you usually have.
Speaker 1:But opposing Pluto, I do see how there could be this again, feeling of an intractable conflict or an oppositional force in your life. That's unrelenting. So just be aware of that and also do not adopt a vengeful mindset. Because Mars opposite Pluto, you know, it can be a good thing, like if it's in a natal chart. It could show that someone is willing to stand up for the underdog or, you know, a marginalized group of people, but it can also show that someone refuses to lose, that they are almost like a sore loser and they won't give up until they get what they want. So if you enter into that sort of wrestling match, just know that any sort of negative energy or oppositional energy that you project out onto somebody will probably be returned two or threefold or more than that. So Mars and Pluto can get people into traps. It can suck people into traps when they lead with that sort of aggressive mindset. So just based on that, remember to avoid any kind of dynamics in your life that are sort of being toxified by revenge or vengeful feelings.
Speaker 1:Definitely don't contribute to the obstinance, but also find something that you are relentlessly going to pursue for the next few months, something that hopefully is just transformative for you or something that drives transformation in the society. We also have Venus opposing Uranus, which is creative and community-centric though. So Venus opposing Uranus is kind of exciting. It can give someone more of a creative outlet. It can give people an outlet in group settings like to collaborate, maybe, with people. It can also help someone invest in technology or technological equipment differently in order to make more interesting content maybe or, you know, to enhance something they're doing, like today, I was setting up my studio to do the 2025 forecast videos that you know are going to launch soon my studio to do the 2025 forecast videos that you know are going to launch soon and it just dawned on me while we were setting up that maybe I should have an ipad. You know, maybe it'd be easier for me to navigate all the variables and the grids and the charts with a, with an ipad, which I've never considered before. Actually I've always been more of like a laptop, I've our phone smartphone kind of guy and I saw ipads as this awkward middle ground that I didn't necessarily need and all of a sudden I'm like maybe it does serve a purpose. That's kind of a Venus-Uranus opposition energy. It's also quite social. So again, you may find yourself wanting to go to a group gathering or a community event or a presentation or something, but mixed in with all the other energy I've mentioned. You also want to make sure that when you go to these things, you are cooperative. You are a cooperative, positive force in those groups and ideally, with the Aries full moon, maybe you are even helping that group find their voice and find their power. Other things to mention.
Speaker 1:Pluto is now direct, meaning it will be marching ahead in Capricorn all the way up till November 19th and hopefully this is actually some momentum for the cardinal signs. I think some of the cardinal signs have been getting momentum since Pluto station direct on the 11th of October and cardinal signs you should start to feel like you are getting out of the muck of Pluto's sort of you know and Pluto's not all bad, by the way, but like it can really steep us in this sort of subconscious muck where you know fears from a long time ago come up or you know really challenging memories come up or we are facing our own demons, we're facing our shadows. But now that it's direct, it's like we're able to externalize our transformation journey and feel as though we can focus on the future. Jupiter is also retrograde here now. So as Pluto moves forward, jupiter moves backwards now and Jupiter retrograde in Gemini is helping us actually connect some dots, whether it's through news or information we may have been relayed in the past. It's also helping us adjust our perspective and it's showing us that there's a lot we still don't know. There's a lot that we still have to mesh together, either through the news or through information we've gathered, and so you are piecing together a puzzle likely, you know, in your life, and especially while Pluto's direct, you're going deeper into some of the information maybe, and realizing that maybe there was something hidden in your life or something hidden in society. So, yep, definitely very powerful sort of juxtaposition when we're talking about especially the United States, with the election coming up in a few weeks. You know, I think there's a lot more revelatory information that will come up.
Speaker 1:Now we also have two planets at the aneretic degree on this full moon. That would be Venus and Pluto, which means that they're forming a sextile. So Pluto is at 29 Cap, venus at 29 Scorpio. So the Pluto-Venus sextile can be financially beneficial. It can help you suddenly realize a new strategy with investing or investments With Venus opposite Uranus, though as well new strategy with investing or investments With Venus opposite Uranus, though, as well. I wonder if there are some shakeups in the economy or in the markets, which I'll talk about in a bit, but I think in your own life it can show some upsides in the investing sort of world.
Speaker 1:And also the 29th degree. We're either squeezing out all the value that we can still in that zodiac sign, but also it can cause that planet to kind of unravel the energy of that sign. It can kind of feel as though it's imploding and it's just been sort of exhausted that energy. So with Pluto-Capricorn that's a much bigger phenomenon than Venus at 29 Scorpio because Pluto has a much longer orbit. But Pluto at the 29th degree direct is also feeding the transformation of institutions, governments, society. The 29th group Scorpio may put a fine point on something economic but also may show maybe some shady business dealings at the top. But it also may show us how we need to transform through others, through groups and through communities. So this feels like a full moon where someone in your life, whether it's in a community setting or in a relationship, could really change your whole perspective towards empowerment, towards this sort of Aries-like courage. But also you may find or discover something about yourself through someone else and that discovery could really promote healing actually. So you could have some really transformative healing sessions or moments with somebody during this time.
Speaker 1:Mars is also squaring Chiron. I want to mention that Mars square Chiron. It will actually square Chiron off and on for many, many months all the way into April. And Mars and Cancer square Chiron in Aries does kind of amplify some of the possible tension you could experience with someone, especially in your home or family. But Squaring Chiron and Aries, it feels like that energy feels like someone is like kind of picking at insecurities in either you or someone that you love and then suddenly you're wanting to like defend or protect that person or yourself. So it feels a little defensive and it feels also like people could kind of become inflamed by very small things, actually like very small, minuscule, you know, matters that usually you could brush off suddenly are getting under your skin.
Speaker 1:So this is again why I hesitate to tell you to manifest anything in particular on this full moon, because because, keep in mind, there are no planets and fire signs right now. So this full moon is going to come out of nowhere, like, as I'm doing, this podcast moons in Pisces. You know that's a pretty docile, a little bit softer, somber type of moon and, um, when it goes into Aries it's like wow, where did this come from? It feels like there's suddenly this influx of fiery, aggressive energy that we can't fully contain. So don't try to, you know, put all the finishing touches on this tiny little dollhouse and then suddenly, you know, the hammer comes in, like that's the energy of the Aries full moon here, and I think you're better off finding what I call the fifth way, which I'm going to talk about in a second.
Speaker 1:The full moon is also conjunct Chiron. So remember that is really bringing up connotations around, or not connotations, it's bringing up just themes around self-love, self-acceptance, self-image. And, again, this is the completion, ideally, of a healing journey that began in early April. Or maybe there's something you've been holding off since early April that suddenly comes back and if you haven't been working, because there's maybe some people listening who haven't been working, because you know there's maybe some people listening who haven't been working on their healing journey at all because they've been busy or whatever it is, this could be a healing journey that you've avoided. That suddenly is like rearing its head and being like, okay, you have to address this. So it could either be the completion or realization of a healing journey.
Speaker 1:So now let's talk about the fifth way. And what is the fifth way? What do I mean by that? So this is a concept that just came to my mind as I was studying this full moon and meditating on it. So when you look at the full moon chart here, remember we have the four-way stop sign, we have the cardinal grand cross, where nobody really has the right of way and it's easy to get stuck in that. And so rather than dealing with these oppositions between Aries and Libra and Cancer and Capricorn, rather than trying to figure out which way is best Because again you will find yourself in these critical junctures where there are equal pros and cons to either direction Rather than trying to like do all the five-dimensional chess with that and like trying to solve you know, it feels like rocket science really I mean it kind of is to try to solve this gridlock. So rather than trying to, you trying to brainstorm a way through that, I think you can transcend it, because if you think about the number four, we're talking about like a box, a square. It's a container, it's a home, it's a foundation, but it's also a limitation inside that box.
Speaker 1:Think about astrology four elements we have fire, air, earth, water. There is a fifth element in classical Greek studies and that is the ether, that sort of permeable, pervasive energy beyond our material plane. But also think about the number five. That number in numerology, yes, can deal with change, but in my conception of the number five, especially from an astrological lens, has a lot to do with creativity. What is the fifth sign, leo? Fifth house, a creative house. What happens after the number four? You break out of the box. But how do you break out of the box? That is four. You get creative. What happens in astrology, or even in geometry, when you divide the 360 degree wheel by five? You get the quintile aspect, the fifth harmonic. The fifth harmonic is, you know, in astrology, the quintile is our unique creative gifts. What happens when Venus forms its inferior conjunctions with the sun across its eight-year cycle? It forms a five-pointed star. And Venus is a planet associated with creativity. And even if you think about the human form, you know we think about the five-pointed star in the context of the human form, the human being, a creative vehicle or creative conduit for the divine.
Speaker 1:So why am I talking about the fifth way so much? Or why am I talking about the number five? We have to harness the energy of the five here in order to escape this cardinal grand cross, this gridlock. So the fifth way specifically means that we are transcending the duality of these oppositions, of these oppositional forces. We are not saying that the four elements are useless, but we are saying that there is something beyond. That is alchemical, really. We are not thinking about things as purely a bifurcation. We are mixing, because we have all four elements here in this grand cross. Right, we are mixing these four elements together, we are tapping into the ether, we are tapping into what makes us soulful, we are finding something that not inflames us but inspires us at a soul level. So how do you find that? Fifth way Well, number one, by rejecting polarization in your life.
Speaker 1:Reject the energy of polarization over the next few days. Polarization is what this Cardinal Grand Cross wants. But if you feed into that, you will get caught up in it and then you will definitely not be in a position to manifest. So avoid the oppositional forces rather than contributing to them. Don't play someone else's game as well.
Speaker 1:Also, be careful about competitiveness. Don't direct your competitiveness in the wrong areas. Remember that someone else's success is not your failure. So if you find that somebody is, you know, touting their accomplishments, especially if they're in the same field as you, don't take the bait and get bitter and say something, because then definitely you will block the manifestation journey, because Chiron and Aries remember, encompasses this idea of self-love, self-acceptance, and through that vehicle we can achieve self-actualization in a lot of ways, and as we accept and nurture ourselves and love ourselves, we don't feed into petty competitiveness. We become our own competition and we try to become one of one, meaning that there is only one person like us and I talked about this in a live show on my Instagram back in April actually and so this full moon can help you revisit those themes of becoming one of one.
Speaker 1:So what makes you unique? What makes you so unique that nobody else can mirror that or mimic that? Because we all have our own energetic thumbprint, as shown in our birth chart, our past lives, our ancestry and so on birth chart, our past lives, our ancestry and so on. So really tap into that and find that Don't try to oppose someone and mirror their energy or mirror their anger or mirror their aggression. Really harness your own brilliant, brilliant identity. Really harness that unique energy and lead by example and become an inspiration for others, and then, as you again try to out-compete yourself, you will reach that summit or that peak and accomplish something again that reinforces this idea that you are unique.
Speaker 1:Also, pay attention to the number five. Recognize fives. Recognize fives in you know whether it's on the clock or it's other numerical sequences, or if it's in geometric sort of like again five pointed stars or something, but like you may see fives in some form over the next few days. If you see those fives, I believe intuitively that you are on the right path. You're getting a signal that hey, like I'm heading the right way, I'm finding the creative way around this grand cross. Also connect with the fifth element, which is the ether. You know, really, really really harness that, your spiritual sort of like. Allow spirituality to be your guide right now.
Speaker 1:And I think that with Venus, the planet of creativity again, and associating with the fifth harmonic, with Venus opposing Uranus, community is maybe where you find these sort of genius solutions. Or maybe you lead a community, or maybe you just tap into a creativity you didn't know you had. Venus opposite Uranus is highly creative. Or maybe you find some kind of really unexpected financial strategy. I mean to bring Pluto back into the sextile there.
Speaker 1:But like overall, I do think that this is kind of an eccentric magical energy that's hiding in this chart. Like anytime I see a client with a grand cross in their chart, I'm not. I will help them try to resolve the oppositions and the squares, but eventually the conclusion leads me to say that they should be sort of an alchemist, they should be non-dualistic, they should be combining these elements in a different way. They shouldn't have to play the game of the Grand Cross, they shouldn't necessarily have to always try to contend with these oppositions and these squares. I do think there's a way to rise above the opposites, the contradictions, because, again, even though in astrology, squares and oppositions, we want to work with them, obviously we want to empower ourselves through them. We also, in the case of the Grand Cross, don't want to get locked up in it, especially if it's just in the transit, so we're not familiar with it in our own birth chart. So, again, tap into the creativity, tap into your creative side. Maybe find other people who think outside the box which is kind of a Uranian thing, by the way and you will, I think, obviate and get around that gridlock and still tap into the Aries, full moon, and it's like you will not be depleted, you will be again empowered and electrified by this and you will again out-compete others that way, because if other people are getting stuck in those polarized energies then really I just see them being again sort of exhausted at this time. So find what really makes you passionate at that spiritual level and you're going to have to get creative to find it.
Speaker 1:So, politically, globally, what are my predictions here? I think there is going to be some political upheaval. There's a lot of world leaders who have the later degrees of the cardinal signs in their chart. I mean really just name the leader and they're pretty much like they fit that description. I could see how certain world leaders will make power moves at this time, while others will recede from the spotlight. I think we may see some economic news, although I don't really believe that the economic news will be earth shattering. I think that it could be like a first domino to fall towards an eventual economic disruption, maybe into next year or something like that, because eventually the North and South node will reach a conjunction with the Saturn-Uranus opposition that occurred during the Great Recession, but that's not happening until next year. I do see escalating tensions in the Middle East, but also between Ukraine and Russia, maybe even like North Korea, china, taiwan. There's actually a lot of moving parts there which I'm not going to unpack in this podcast, but let's just say that this is kicking off the Mars-Uranus or the Mars-Chiron square, which again will continue and perpetuate all the way into next spring. So again, it could be more of a first domino effect, and I can't stress this enough. I mean, I think this week will define the presidential election in the US. I think that this week will be the week that determines the outcome of the election.
Speaker 1:For paid subscribers, you already have access to my political, my presidential prediction who I think will win the election. I still feel that the prediction is, you know, on track. I think it's accurate. But, yeah, if you want to, you know, really dive into that, which I'm just choosing not to, by the way, publish it on my main channels because you know, I think, well, number one, I did a lot of research to come to the prediction. But also, I don't really want to contribute to the polarization, even though I am objective and as objective as I can be.
Speaker 1:Whenever I make predictions, um, for whatever reason, like, sometimes, like people who view those types of content, that type of content believe that you know the astrologer is inserting, or the psychic is inserting, their own bias into it. And you know, honestly, when I make political predictions, my only goal is accuracy. I don't really, um and I and I don't buy into polarization anyway. So I'm not really the type of person who, um, you know, I'm not trying to feed a certain outcome through my prediction. I think that's kind of nonsense, right, like, really, all I'm trying to do is be a messenger.
Speaker 1:So, anyways, you know, in terms of the horoscopes, again, there's not necessarily a specific thing that I think each rising sign should be manifesting. However, there are areas of life that you may see, you know, your emotions rising, you may see certain themes arising for you, but just for this podcast, just know that, again, it's really about recognizing the Grand Cross, witnessing it in your reality and then choosing not to engage with it, choosing the fifth way instead. So, thank you so much for tuning into Astrology Unbound. I am Evan Nathaniel Grimm and I hope you really really find your passion and your sense of direction on this Aries full moon. So, thank you so much and take care.