Rising Moon Astrology Podcast: Recent Episodes
Mary Pat Lynch
An astrological overview of each New and Full Moon, exploring the patterns surrounding the Sun and Moon. Astrologer Mary Pat Lynch discusses what we can expect and how we might work with the energies to reach our goals.
We’re about to enter a bright, active, complex eclipse field. We’re looking for signs of the times.
This Full Moon places us up front to see the changes in our world. How will we respond?
The New Moon with Mercury retrograde brings a deep, contemplative mood we’ll try to maintain despite the world’s challenges.
This complex Full Moon brings depth, new quests, and a certain amount of chaos. Let’s ride!
This year’s Taurus New Moon is more intense and complex than usual. We prepare for change.
This New Moon sits at a complex crossing of lunar cycle, zodiacal year, and the Equinox. Change is underway.
A Total Lunar Eclipse with a Full Moon plus Mercury Retrograde is confusing: Be gentle with yourself.
This complex New Moon eclipse ushers us into significant change–something we need right now.
A bold Leo Moon, facing a large Aquarian group, calls us to action to help our communities.
At this first New Moon of 2026, we move through layers of history as we meet with Pluto.
Our first Full Moon of 2026 is a Supermoon, with four out-of-bounds planets in the chart, and Jupiter in full support. We’re starting off with intensity and purpose.
We’re at the end of Virgo, the end of a season, a turning point, with an eclipse. Embrace uncertainty.
With this magical eclipse Full Moon in Pisces, and supported by Jupiter exalted, we sail on magical waters.
A we head into September’s eclipses, it’s time to get organized. This New Moon will help.
In the midst of great change, this Full Moon invites us to explore where we are, what we need, and what we have to give.
Leo is a bright, passionate, creative energy, yet this New Moon comes with challenges. We’re on a journey.
In difficult times, we look to the Full Moon for new clarity on what we long for and how to reach it.
The long-anticipated New Moon conjunct Jupiter arrives in the midst of new world tensions. Finding community helps process big emotions.
This Full Moon is the heart of a complex set of patterns pointing to endings and new beginnings.
This Gemini New Moon conjunct Mercury connects us to some big changes: Pluto in Aquarius, plus Saturn and Neptune in Aries, change the world.
This Full Moon in mysterious Scorpio brings challenge, and also points toward ways to navigate through.
This New Moon in cozy Taurus invites us to find peace–not as an escape, but as a path forward.
This Full Moon in Libra conjunct the lovely star Spica offers perspective on where we, and the world, are now.
This New Moon Eclipse swirls us deeper into a complex and liminal space of eclipses and retrogrades.
We enter the numinous and transitional field of this Eclipse Full Moon, in a time of great change.
We’re in deep waters with this New Moon in a chart filled to overflowing with planets in Pisces. What treasures will we find in the depths?
This quiet, grounded New Moon invites us into a reflective space to build a solid foundation for the year to come.
This magical Full Moon in Gemini creates a liminal space for exploration and transformation.
This fiery New Moon invites us on a grand adventure, while Saturn and the retrogrades remind us to prepare first.
The cozy quiet of the Full Moon in Taurus is upended by a conjunction with revolutionary Uranus. Change is happening!
This intense New Moon in Scorpio challenges us to dive into the deepest parts of our psyche.
This intense Full Moon brings the Aries Moon and Libra Sun into deep conversations with Mars and Pluto. How we will move from the past into the future?
This Full Moon Eclipse in Pisces is filled with portents of change. Time to watch and listen.
The careful, clever Virgo New Moon invites us to get quiet and reflect, to prepare for more change to come.
This complex and interactive Full Moon invites us to explore new perspectives and understandings.
A dramatic but slow-paced New Moon in Leo helps prepare us for some wild weeks to come.
Questions about truth, values, and right action feel really important when the world seems to shift under our feet.
This nurturing New Moon in Cancer, in conversation with Venus, Saturn, Mars, and Uranus, invites us to embrace the world.
As we move into the Solstice and the shift from Gemini to Cancer, our focus shifts from head to heart.
Lots of bright, heady Gemini energy faces Saturn and Pluto to develop an enduring depth.
With this vibrant Full Moon in mutable Fire, we’re ready to dive into our next big adventure.
This intense Full Moon brings us face to face with our desires, inviting us to explore.
We enter 2024’s first eclipse season with some extra challenges and extra magic as well.
With this New Moon, we enter a creative, mystical landscape that might also bring confusion.
With the patient Moon in Virgo anchoring this Full Moon chart, we have a unique view filled with new information.
This will be a magical Full Moon that can open the door to new understandings of dreams and visions.
This New Moon is also New Venus, a shadowed time in which the forces of change are strong.
In the midst of August's changes, where can we find equanimity? Jupiter square the Full Moon can help.
This New Moon in Cancer might long for the close and familiar. Meanwhile, a wider world is calling to us.
Our second New Moon in Aries is our first eclipse of 2023. It will be a passionate, creative, chaotic time. Get ready!
The Full Moon in Libra asks us questions about commitment, and meaning, and how we can find a path of harmony and beauty.
This very Aries New Moon arrives on the heels of the Equinox and is followed by Pluto changing signs: Big change.
In a time when reality itself begins to shift, we look to the Virgo Moon to help us find solid ground.
We enter a time of major transitions as the Sun and Moon meet at the beginning of mystical Pisces.
The Full Moon in Leo offers a variety of perspectives on what our heart needs. A square to Uranus, the Venus–Mars square, and the midpoint between eclipses all ask us to check in.
We're in fresh territory with this New Moon, invited to open our minds to new ideas and challenge ourselves to go beyond the known.
With this emotional Full Moon, we have the chance to reflect on how we give and receive care.
This very Capricorn New Moon arrives in the Solstice, and as Jupiter begins a new zodiac cycle: We're at a pivot in time.
The Full Moon in Gemini is conjunct Mars and square Neptune, bringing us right into some edgy places. Keep your options open!
This Sagittarius New Moon conjunct Venus and Mercury, trine Jupiter, brings in waves of fresh energy and hope.
This Full Moon in Taurus arrives with a full lunar eclipse and enough intensity to take us out of our comfort zone. Take care and dive in. It will be glorious.
This Full Moon in Taurus arrives with a full lunar eclipse and enough intensity to take us out of our comfort zone. Take care and dive in. It will be glorious.
We’ve entered a chaotic field of deep meaning and mystery. A time to pay attention to what the world tells us.
We've entered a chaotic field of deep meaning and mystery. A time to pay attention to what the world tells us.
This beautiful powerhouse of a Full Moon calls us to find our center in the midst of change as we balance autonomy and relationship
Today's New Moon in Libra invites us into wonderful new journeys. Challenges are here, and also hope.
This magical, mystical Full Moon in Pisces invites us to relax, refresh, and reclaim our birthright as children of the universe.
This New Moon in Virgo, ruled by a Mercury preparing to retrograde, focused our attention on the small, ordinary, and vitally important.
Tonight's Full Moon in Aquarius offers us front row seats for the challenges of our times.
Today's New Moon in Leo looks fabulous, if we ignore the wider context. Let's celebrate the creative passion of Leo while staying aware of the challenges of our times.
This Capricorn Full Moon is about power. How can we see clearly what is happening around us and connect to our own power to respond?
This is a high-energy Full Moon that chooses times to play, even in the face of challenge.
This New Moon brings a lightness we've been missing, while offering new choices for addressing key issues.
Tonight’s Full Moon, a total lunar eclipse, is steeped in mystery, depth, and transformation.
Welcome to the portal that is this New Moon, with an eclipse, and Uranus conjunct, on Beltaine Eve.
One humble Full Moon in Virgo balancing many powerful forces? Yet Virgo has exactly the detailed skills we need.
This very Pisces New Moon offers hope and magic, and also power to address the challenges we face.
This Full Moon brings us to a crossroads where we're asked to consider how we might need to change as the world changes.
This Full Moon in Cancer brings our sense up home and tradition up again the transformations of our world.
A Full Moon in Gemini might feel festive, but this Moon also brings opportunities for stillness.
Tonight's Full Moon eclipse brings us the first in the new series of eclipses in Taurus and Scorpio. This one is deep and intense.
In the midst of a Full Moon filled with passionate intensity, keeping our balance may be a challenge.
This New Moon in Libra will not be the calm, charming time we expect. We'll need to pay attention.
Tonight’s Full Moon is magical, immersed in deep waters of the cosmos, of art, mystery, Spirit, and Faerie. This is the Full Moon in Pisces.
This New Moon carries the simplicity of Virgo into a complex set of patterns. We explore the issue of trust.
This Full Moon is intense. With support from Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn, we can consider tough questions. The answers could be wild.
At this New Moon, we're invited to explore our creative side with an eye to supporting our integrity in the world.
Tonight's Full Moon in Aquarius is the first of two, bringing us the opening messages of a longer process of finding our place.
Tonight's New Moon invites us to check in. How are we doing? How can we support ourselves and our circles?
This Full Moon in Capricorn brings us an abundance of Earth and Water. How do we care for ourselves as physically incarnate beings? How do we care for others?
This Gemini New Moon eclipse invites us to pay attention in open, curious, relaxed ways. There's a lot to see here!
Eclipses in Gemini and Sagittarius might want to move quickly, but Mercury and Saturn urge caution and care. It's time for careful steps.
Today's New Moon in Taurus recognizes the challenges we face while inviting us into a deeper and sweeter connection to the Earth itself.
Tonight's Full Moon in Scorpio awakens the Saturn-Uranus square, connecting us as individuals to the big issues of today.
This New Moon combines potent creativity and passion to fuel outer celebration and inner fire.
This Full Moon in Libra focuses our attention on the balance between harmony and freedom while reminding us we are connected to all things.
This magical New Moon is filled with potential. We're beginning new cycles. How will things change? What changes are we ready to embrace?
This Virgo Moon has learned that changes are ahead and searches for the best ways forward, planting seeds for the future.
This New Moon in Aquarius is a radical shift in the astrological landscape and the Lunar New Year. Change is in the air.
This bright, creative Full Moon helps us check in with where we need more passion and joy in our lives, where our hearts want to shine.
Our first New Moon of 2021 brings us back into Capricorn territory and up close to Pluto. What must we learn from the past before we can move in the future?
This Full Moon in Cancer bookends an incredible year. Compared to the previous Cancer Full Moon back in January, this one is calm. Yet challenges remain and much calls out for our care.
At the end of this challenging, intense year, we've entered the most dramatic period. Our current waxing cycle includes a series of big changes.
December, the end of 2020, is filled with transitions and new energies. This New Moon and total solar eclipse in bright, fiery Sagittarius initiates our next adventure.
We've entered the final month of 2020! There's more to explore this year, though, as we enter a new eclipse season.