I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING, book podcast thriller edition. A podcast about making meaning through mythology, synchronicity, and the cosmos. Understanding the world and what it means to be human through a wider lens using my new thriller DARKER THAN BLOOD, out Saturday, August 23.

When I talk relationships, it's professional and personal.

Finally saw "It Ends with Us" on Netflix, going beyond the lawsuits in reality, it is obvious the energy on the set was intense.

What rivets me about Ghislaine Maxwell is how she refers to herself in relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

It was the 1990s, when my beat was sex, dating and relationships. People liked to tell me their secrets.

In her mind, Ghislaine Maxwell was "in love" with Jeffrey Epstein, so, nothing she did was wrong because sharing underaged girls was their love language.

From her own words back in 2023, with assistance from the great Tina Brown's Substack, and other sources.

Hope you join me.

...and as I celebrate 10 years in fiction, nearing two weeks until DARKER THAN BLOOD drops!

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Any human who lives by ego can evolve into a psychopath.

Was Jeffrey Epstein a psychopath? Does Ghislane Maxwell deserve the label of psychopath? Virginia Giuffre's family weighs in.

My lens is twisted humans.

This week, a first time FREE thriller announcement starting August 3... Tune in to find out details!

Research over decades makes me an expert on dark energy.

Psychopaths seem to be everywhere in our world today. Why?

Better question is why is everyone, including healthcare experts, terrified of using the label?

Let's talk about it. Hope you join me.

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I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING, The Book Podcast - THRILLER EDITION.

A podcast about making meaning through mythology, synchronicity, and the cosmos. Understanding the world and what it means to be human through a wider lens utilizing my newest thriller, DARKER THAN BLOOD, The Psychic Thriller Experience, out August 23 on AMAZON.

The only thing that matters in this story is the truth.

Epstein and Trump had a bromance that included a "wonderful secret." This is bromance language.

How do I know? In this podcast, I let you in on a little secret. I'm an expert on men and their conspiratorial language. Receipts offered.

Trafficking girls is something Ghislaine Maxwell knew all about. After all, she had fallen in love with a pedophile. How could she become closer to him?

A reading from DARKER THAN BLOOD makes a finer point.

Listen in...

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I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING, The Book Podcast - THRILLER EDITION.

A podcast about making meaning through mythology, synchronicity, and the cosmos. Understanding the world and what it means to be human through a wider lens utilizing my newest thriller, DARKER THAN BLOOD, The Psychic Thriller Experience, out August 23 on AMAZON.

The Jeffrey Epstein MAGA scandal has reached The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and other major outlets. Charlie Kirk, who I mentioned in last week's book pod, hosted the furious MAGA crew and they are furious.

What happens when a lie reaches as far as it can go, then meets up with TRUTH?

The dark energy of lies fractures: some people accept the truth; others will use the betrayal to rise higher. As I said earlier, dark energy never lasts.

A reading from DARKER THAN BLOOD reveals the timing of all this is not happenstance. It is synchronicity.

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The 21st century is here. Someone send a memo to Charlie Kirk, whose brand of 1950s snake oil is repurposed to seduce new generations.

What do you want?

Once upon a time, this was the name of my trademarked column. I was a "Relationship Consultant" in the classified ads department of the LA WEEKLY. Helped hundreds of people find partners, husbands or wives when traditional roles in relationships had been upended.

There is not a trick in the relationship book I have not covered. Every novel I have written includes relationships, modern partnerships built to last. The women in my fiction live in the current era, where women's equality is important.

Enter Turning Point USA and Charlie Kirk...

"Less Burnout, More Babies": How Conservatives Are Winning Young Women, by Emma Goldberg

...Some were also swayed by what has been labeled a “womanosphere” of uber popular podcasters blending lifestyle advice and political polemics.

Many of the young women at the Turning Point conference were drawn to the event because conservative women influencers had helped them remake their lives: start dating seriously and stop eating ultra-processed foods, start taking supplements and stop using birth control...

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Dark energy cannot last forever. Why?

Listen to find the answers.

Our instincts begin the journey.

Psychic ability depends on one huge element.

A reading from DARKER THAN BLOOD offers clues. Hope you join me.

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...and I'm back.

Excited to begin this new season which will revolve around dark energy, light energy, and how our instincts connect to the all powerful energy of our Universe.

Start off with a snippet from my new thriller.

This is the book I wanted to write since fiction slipped into my mind. So, the feedback is encouraging, with some readers enthusiastic.

Stay tuned.

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This weekend begins a memorable shift in energy.

A season of integration and appreciation for what we have discovered this year so far, but also where we desire to go next.

It is a moment of seeding for the future.

The Virgo new Moon this Labor Day weekend opens the eclipse portal.

Endings bring new beginnings, but also trigger human fears. Our emotional world is the guide, as Pisces-Virgo axis comes into view.

There is no reason to make decisions during fated energy because movement in the direction of destiny will come without a human push.

Keep your inner critic quiet to hear your authentic voice.

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Taylor Swift started it. Kamala Harris has captured the "joyful warriors" zeitgeist.

Humanity is due for an evolutionary upgrade, in the middle of galactic change, and an inflection point in American history.

What each of us have been working on since January is about to take a back seat to what we must finish that was started in 2008. We have until the end of November to weed out what cannot come with us in 2025.

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"Kamala broke Zoom."

Welcome to the moment healing begins...

The vibe is JOY.

The guidance is balance. Energies ahead test.

August expands on the transformational moment...with surprises.

If you're about to be a parent, or dreaming of family, your child will enter a brave new world in the making. A better place.

President Joe Biden provides a parable for all time. Like George Washington walking away from the presidency.

Kamala Harris has energy I have not seen since 2008, and I was there when Barack Obama took the world.

Self care, people. August is evolutionary.

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Combustible energy hits our emotions. If you live off shadow energy, action means mayhem.

Four days ago, I posted the following across social media:

“Cannot express the combustible energy gathering, crescendoing between July 14-16. It’s tectonic, as we head into the full Moon.”

Today on social media: “The timing of the shooting synchronized with energy I warned was combustible.”

A rare share. The tectonic energy rolled through as I finished Frank Figliuzzi's new book, LONG HAUL - Hunting the Highway Serial Killers... This is the up side of power energy like we are now experiencing, an epiphany. A corner piece of a puzzle. (NOTE: As an author, I don't review authors publicly, but this one is personal.)

Energies don't make people act. Humans make choices.

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Epic archetypal shift: Lilith left Virgo for Libra.

Vibe shift: The architect of human life goes retrograde, as the keeper of our spiritual flame and creative depths does too.

Through the end of the year, there will be a ripple around the world in favor of an enlivened future for humanity. For women, men, and LGBTQ in America, our futures are at stake.

The Handmaid’s tale Traditional Wife community is drenched in arrogance, out of step with evolutionary winds.

Beyond low expectations lie positive energy shifts, self-acceptance, and synchronicity. Action required.

To spark your imagination...

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Ready? LET GO.

Solstice arrives at 1:50 p.m. Pacific time, and the second half of 2024 begins.

A moment where the veil of the mysterious thins.

Our intuition is the guide. Instincts help us decide.

The Capricorn full Moon is at 6:07 p.m. Pacific time on Friday. This is the first of two full Moons in Capricorn. Part of the story begins, but we won't know all until after the second Capricorn full Moon on July 21.

Saturn retrograde begins June 29.

The American presidential election is bound in this energy that won't abate until November 14. There are signs of what I've talked about for over a year.

Cosmic influence isn't cause and effect.

Humans are responsible.

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No matter what you’re hearing, reading, or your friends are saying -- or TikTok is exploding -- the 34-count guilty verdict was delivered by 12 Americans.

Our main character has come full circle. The verdict is karmic. He will be sentenced on July 11.

Talk about synchronicity.

On July 11, 1804, the Burr-Hamilton duel took place in Weekawken, New Jersey.

For those new to this podcast, it’s important to reiterate, I’m not an astrologer. Experience has taught me the Universe and humans synchronize, which tells a fuller story of our place in the known world.

The archetypal energies involved during the closing arguments through the culmination of the verdict were auspicious.

Evolution demands change and is intolerant of deniers.

On a personal note... The work I do drains my resources in deep ways. Experience has taught me to step back when my instincts tell me to. Subscribe so you won't miss spontaneous episodes over the summer months.

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As we say so long to the grounded vibes of May, the gorgeous Sagittarius full Moon awaits on May 23.

This podcast is filled with news items, and energy information as we downshift into summertime.

Trump trial continues.

Epic SCOTUS scandal erupts.

And then there's NFL Kansas City Chief kicker Harrison Butker versus The Nuns.

But the shift of Jupiter into Gemini brings ideas, quicker events, and questions over how one man will benefit.

On a personal note... The work I do drains my resources in deep ways. Experience has taught me to step back when my instincts tell me to; usually, around Memorial Day. Stay tuned and...

Make sure to subscribe so you won't miss my "Summer Notes" podcasts! Expect spontaneous episodes.

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It's the "nuts and sluts" defense.

The ick factor of Stormy Daniel's testimony had Rachel Maddow shaking her head, but what she said broke through.

Trump's defense is he never had sex with Stormy Daniels.

But something happened on the cross-examination of Stormy...

When you stand in your truth, amid the good, the bad and the embarrassing, most people sense in their gut they're hearing something authentic.

A story of two women. A story of class, privilege, and survival.

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Endings signify evolution at play.

"Better to be dealing with it now. It would have been bad if it had come out during the election," Hope Hicks described Trump saying in a conversation (according to The New York Times reporter Susanne Craig). The criminal trial of Mr. Trump continues.

Serious events compete with the new cycle we've entered.

May is the month for pleasure, joy, and play. IF...we put struggles aside to breathe, integrate, and decompress...for now.

The secret of synchronicity is to become aligned with astronomical cycles. The game of life is creative and mutable.

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What a week. I warned you about April.

Hugh Hefner's legacy sneaks in during retrograde, now past.

First... “Total immunity” at the Supreme Court. Harvey Weinstein’s New York prosecution was overturned.

David Pecker laid out Trump's world inside a New York criminal court. Trump met Pecker in the 1980s:“Mr. Trump was well known as the most eligible bachelor and dated the most beautiful women.”

Lifetime movie stuff in a reality show setting reminiscent of another time...

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The past weeks have led to a crescendo of historic energy we haven't experienced since 1941. Timing matters. An auspicious moment for strategic risk.

In the hush-money election interference trial of Donald Trump, a jury was picked. An auspicious week for American democracy for the jury to form.

Emotions are a magnet for the law of attraction. Listen to Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department release. Again, timing.

How will you tap the historic creative energy afoot?

(Didn't sleep last night? #tsTTPD)

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The past roars back.

Arizona, 1864 and the control of women, before it was a state.

O.J. Simpson and the seduction of America.

A Trump trial dating back to election interference in the 2016 presidential election, via hush money payments to hide the candidate's treatment of women.

The seduction of American voters.

Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale has become a cautionary tale. I relate to Ms. Atwood's process.

This is about imagination...and what the lack of it can cause.

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A total solar eclipse in the sign of the initiator, Aries, is personal. At the same time there is a new Moon, the first since the Equinox.

But let’s back up a minute.

The archetype associated with communication is retrograde. Forget the pop astrology nonsense. Retrogrades can heal and are important to all creatives.

April is about revolution... Within.

NOTE: Off next week, back on April 12.

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Phenomenology has arrived.

We have entered a fated moment in time, eclipse season. Fascinating astronomical events that experience has taught me has ramifications for humans and our collective humanity...

Monday 25th is a penumbral full Moon lunar eclipse.

A period of time when the cosmos weighs in through our most emotional planet, the Moon, with the powerful south node triggered (in a good way), and the subsequent influence of Libra in this placement which begs for release. The full Moon penumbral eclipse coincides with details in our life that need our psychological attention.

What cynics and scientists want is for humans to accept all areas of life as provable, or if not, considered a pseudoscience and not worthy of discussion by Serious People.

Thank the gods Carl Jung ignored Sigmund Freud!

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There are many theories on intuition.

The foundation of doubters is rooted in humanity’s hubris in believing we can solve the mysteries of the intangible world, and that all experience is explainable or solvable.

Experts confuse intuition with instincts, often ignoring the sequential reality of these two creative powerhouses.

Can a person who's experienced with the mind portal draw the information about her partner's planned outing to her through an intuitive download?

Part of the art of life will be the mysterious...

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As we begin the journey out of winter, we face a vista never seen before. A ripe moment of choosing.

On International Women’s Day, the archetypes of Lilith and Virgo are representative of the power women have earned over centuries.

On March 10th, this weekend, the Pisces New Supermoon opens the portal door to the 2024 eclipse season.

This moment is golden to take action. One small step. ...or a leap. Your choice.

Astrology is as old as the ancient Babylonians, who used the first science as a way to mark the seasons and predict the weather. The Greek word for zodiac means “circle of animals.”

The usefulness of astrology is found through its timing mysteries.

“The fact that in most of Western astrology the zodiac signs no longer align with their namesake constellations in the sky fuels critics… But practitioners…disagree, noting that the entire pursuit of astrology is a metaphoric one. The universe speaks in symbols, not exactitudes.” From Taschen’s book on Astrology

The point is to spark our imagination and expand our view of how to understand life as a soul in a body in an ever-shifting Universe.

Archetypes and mythology bring human stories to life...

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Theories come in all sizes, but the self-help world has led to a dead end.

No, it’s not Tony Robbins’ fault. Isn't Katie’s fault! Nor is Tolle to blame. They’re giving people what they want: advice.

We're in an era of new theories, new ideas, and thrilling new ways to see life. I have another theory which puts the power in your hands.

Our creativity depends on our mind... Not on thinking less.

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Emotions are the roadmap to what must be integrated through the physical body.

Spirit wants a word.

The Neptunian vibe of Pisces season is a mythological challenge for humans to interact with Spirit. A reminder of our complex existence.

Our interior world requires tending. Our body reveals our emotions, while we show our feelings through moods. What lies beneath our visual performance we show to the world is the roiling untouched wounds we fear to stir...

The reason I mention Pisces season is not for the astrological import. It’s a challenge to consider how a perceptible difference can be felt as we progress through the zodiac. A challenge for your mind to think in different ways as energies above shift.

To spark your imagination...

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The truth is the most important element of human life. The cataclysmic repercussion of lying results in a contagion of catastrophes.

Where did all the lying begin? What started it? Why do humans lie?

Self-preservation, ego-preservation, manipulation, and a million other reasons, all of which need to be put in the category of sociopathy. The advanced state of sociopathy is psychopathy, but experts and advanced degree psychologists seem confused about both.

The body of research, expert opinion, and psychological study continue to come down to humanity needs lying to survive.

Humanity’s grasp of truth is so untethered, conspiracy theories and fantasies have replaced facts.

Looking at the First Big Lie from the vantage point of 2024, it’s obvious how we arrived at the sociopathic reality of life today.

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Science obsesses about brain function and answers for how the mind works through theories to prove axioms. But science can’t aid humans on how to cope with what happens in private quiet moments when reenactments haunt a person.

The one thing no one tells you is how to navigate the hours alone as your mind spins a psychological thriller in your head.

Locked inside our head, we search for the reason, the purpose of the event.

All people face trauma. Looking from the outside into someone’s life, we can’t imagine what a life is like unless we’ve lived it.

Moving through the fateful dark events in life takes practice...and the imagination.

Our soul nature is not religious. Soul is energy. Soul is singular. The moment we incarnate we are alone.

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There are reasons for optimism. Can we trust the shift in energy?

Why is this important?

The responses to Elmo this week reveal... People think the way they feel can't be changed.

A Baltimore Ravens rookie unleashed his inner ego energy, and a series of events cascaded with force. Frenetic energy expands and destroys.

The contagion of optimism since the year began has been multiplied through the connection between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.

Emotion channeled through what you want is a magnet for the law of attraction.

There's more to winning than athletic prowess, play calls, and Super Bowl experience.

Energy intelligence includes the practice of respecting our emotions, while engaging in exercises to shift how we feel at any given moment...

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Never ceases to amaze me how intelligent humans, especially males, come up with tectonic, partially correct theories about human life, but ignore the ancient wisdom of the Universe, as well as the first science.

People involved in proving every single thing about life call the mysterious I’ve personally witnessed and the experiences I’ve lived untrustworthy, because someone wasn’t there to prove or witness what I’ve lived... Humans are convinced we can explain all of life with one theory. Arrogance is humanity's weakness.

This week, a new book: Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matter, by Brian Klaas.

Establishment ignores what it refuses to consider. We can do better..

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Welcome to SEASON 5.

The Aquarian - Pluto era has arrived. Tomorrow, January 20th, brings the shift of Pluto into Aquarius.

No one alive has ever experienced this transit.

This is a world-wide event. The world will change in ways we can't imagine today.

Whether you’ve thought about this or not, over the last 18 years you’ve built a big part of your life, especially if you're under 35. Mastered the deep dive into what you want for yourself.

And now the last years become part of the foundation on which your future will be built.

The key is synchronicity. Not cause and effect! A moment can be ripe for progress, but humans must take strategic risks to manifest a better world.

The Universe works with humanity, not against, but action is up to us.

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We have entered a portal of possibility.

This is the 2024 moment to tap the authenticity we each hold deep inside. This portal is open for around 3 months, when we then enter eclipse season, and fate takes a turn of the cosmic wheel.

What can each of us do in the days to come that will manifest our deepest hopes for the future?

Evolution is calling. What’s come before is not enough.

We must all challenge ourselves to level up personally and collectively.

Emotions like fun and joy must accompany your dreams. Creativity is meant to inspire, and your emotions are the hook that lassos the law of attraction...

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This is the first podcast I’ve done at the beginning of a New Year. There’s a reason. This is the most important New Year of the last 18 years.

What does 2024 mean?

In non-mythological terms, 2024 is not just another year for America and citizens like you and me who hold the fate of our constitutional republic in our votes.

In astrological terms... The word “anaretic,” derived from the Greek word “destroyer,” is in play. Anaretic refers to the 29th degree of a planet, what I call the end of an era tension.

We see the cosmic tension, and the synchronicity, through world headlines.

Optimism competes with world tensions, as well as challenges in our personal lives.

Humanity is at an inflection point.

The point is to know when action is favored so you can decide when to take strategic risks in a year that shifts us all in a new direction.

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Sometimes it feels like the world is careening in a direction of no return.

It's one reason why TIME's choice of Taylor Swift for Person of the Year felt like a blast of fire energy straight from the sun.

Amid Kate Cox's agony... The war between Israel and Hamas... Ukraine...

The Universe helps us find our bearing.

A quote from Karl Jung…

“The psychology of the unconscious is particularly concerned with archetypal symbolism.” *Jung on Astrology*

Welcome to Christmastime in retrograde. What a fabulous moment for everyone to slow down and absorb the season, whether you celebrate Christmas or another holiday. A moment to take what you’ve envisioned for yourself in the New Year and drill down on specifics.

The plot in our lives has shifted dramatically and we’re not sure what’s next, what’s possible.

Taylor Swift shows a disgruntled world our fondest dreams can come true.

Merry Christmas.

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MAGA Republicans are running a pilot program in Texas to force pregnant women to petition the state for permission to save their own life which they intend to take national if they win in 2024.

We’re at a moment in human history when Christian nationalists, religious leaders, and churches are being exposed as hypocrites, misogynists, and violently anti-democratic forces.

I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning through mythology, synchronicity, and the cosmos. Understanding the world and what it means to be human through a wider lens.

The teachings of Jesus are out. What’s being put in place is something antithetical to Christianity and American democracy.

“The speaker of the House is a collaborator to overthrow the last election?” Jon Karl asked. “Absolutely,” replied Cheney.

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Hello disgruntled World.

I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning through mythology, synchronicity, and the cosmos. How humanity evolves, or chooses to make the same mistakes as past generations.

Christmastime is upon us. There’s Kwanzaa... The Jewish holiday Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, is also celebrated. Regardless of your religion or lack thereof, we are in a cosmic moment of consciousness expansion amid a barrage of lies, disinformation, misinformation, delusion, and fury.

Nothing is more important at Christmastime than doing an inventory of how we each add to the hate, disinformation, and misinformation in the world.

When was the last time you checked your anger and chose not to add more fire to the social media furor?

The news is filled with opportunities to incite our emotions, but we can choose instead to check biases, reflect, and expand our humanity.

The world is drowning in lies, deceit, and cowardice.

Change starts with each of us in our own lives.

Look in the mirror. Are you part of the solution or part of the problem?

If we can't expand our humanity at Christmastime...as the New Year approaches... When will we?

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I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning through mythology, synchronicity, and the cosmos. I weave threads to ignite the imagination and confirm the importance of widening our view of how life unfolds.

After the interior depth of Scorpio season, Sagittarius is the moment where we expand what we’ve learned by interior work going back to Gemini season.

It’s the last chance to break away from what’s expected and do something that lights you up.

Mercury retrograde begins December 12th, the day before the last new Moon of the year. This moment is a natural time to think deeply about choices for 2024.

It makes the Gemini full Moon a moment to break away from the expected and let go of what’s weighed you down.

The north node of the Moon in Aries wants each of us to find our own spotlight leading toward a path we’ve never walked.

A world we've never dreamed could manifest.

The last belch of 20th-century evil... Time for humanity to alchemize the old anger so we can create the change we desire.

You'll want a new playlist for the vibe shift, and there's one date you'll want to mark...

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The 2024 Evolution Election.

Hello, disgruntled America.

I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning through mythology, synchronicity, and the cosmos. I weave threads to ignite the imagination and confirm the importance of widening our view of how life unfolds to include naturally occurring synchronicity.

Malaise happens at the end of an era when predictions, polls, and prayers fall short.

Astronomy is set, predetermined. A roadmap laid out as hints, signposts to the future.

America’s fate is unknown.

What comes through me depends on finding dates to correspond with the information intuited. Making sense of intuition, instincts, and life experiences lived through cycles and astronomy studied for 30 years by mapping my intuition, instincts, and mysterious psychic impulses is my story.

The set-up for 2024 offers hope. Listen and you'll see why.

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I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning through mythology, synchronicity, and the cosmos. I weave threads to ignite the imagination and confirm the importance of widening our view of how life unfolds to include naturally occurring synchronicity.Hurricane Idalia hit during a powerful blue supermoon in the sign of Pisces, which is governed mythologically by Neptune, which the Romans deemed the god of freshwater and the sea.This is synchronicity. When what is going on above impacts what humans & creatures experience on Earth.Synchronicity can provide foreshadowing if we choose to look. If we choose to challenge the traditional way of thinking and widen our view to include our imagination as a deeper way to understand life.This episode, the finale of season 3, is my attempt to explain the world in which we live as 2023 winds down.You won't want to miss this one.COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDPodcast Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators): https://uppbeat.io/License code: A7FCSEDRYZ8X0EDALicense code: FADAMBJUVBCL6VSUhttps://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/ *Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.*

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Welcome, I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning through mythology, synchronicity, and the cosmos. I weave threads to ignite the imagination and confirm the importance of widening our view of how life unfolds.Younger generations are in trouble.The CNN headline: "Suicide deaths reached a record high in the US in 2022, provisional data shows..." To review: The alpha generation was born between 2010-2025; GenZ was born between 1997-2012; Millennials between 1980-1996; and GenX 1965-1980…This is a theoretical discussion and journey through our head space. Your brain is a video game.The mind is where the soul hangs out and where connection to the law of attraction starts. Hope you join me.COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDPodcast Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators): https://uppbeat.io/License code: A7FCSEDRYZ8X0EDALicense code: FADAMBJUVBCL6VSUhttps://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/ *Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.*

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Welcome, I’m Taylor Marsh and this is a SPECIAL EDITION of ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. I weave threads of cosmic possibilities to ignite your imagination and confirm the importance of existence through widening your view of how you see reality and life.Let’s zoom out and down to Earth, where a dramatic political crescendo is in play…“If you go after me, I’m coming after you!” Trump wrote in all caps Friday afternoon on Truth Social, which is run by a media company he co-owns. POLITICOFirst, it’s important to emphasize that the witnesses against Mr. Trump are all Republicans. Every single one. Secondly, what Trump’s team anticipated didn’t happen. There is no First Amendment charge for lying, “inciting violence,” or fabricating a “stop the steal” post-election campaign.America’s Pluto return is about re-making our country by exposing our underbelly, from sexism to racism to our global footprint to our ability to bring international players together for the benefit of humanity’s survival over climate change.Like White supremacy raging in the post-Obama era of Trump, our collective sicknesses must be exposed, confronted, and left behind, just as we do for our personal lives.It’s evolutionary and karmic because the times in which we live are monumental for humanity. We were made for these challenges.As for liars, co-conspirators and Trump, their date with karmic fate has arrived.COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDPodcast Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators): https://uppbeat.io/License code: A7FCSEDRYZ8X0EDALicense code: FADAMBJUVBCL6VSUhttps://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/ *Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.*

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ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING is a podcast about making meaning, the Universe, understanding cosmic timing, and the fated events every year that bring change and freak humans out.Leo is pure sun energy meant to transform. Lilith in Leo is represented by exuberance. The fully alive Lilith in her creative power. Barbie lands at the PERFECT moment. There is nothing more iconic to represent the synchronicity between the shifts above and what’s manifesting below than the film BARBIE. When I was a girl, variety shows were the rage on TV. I was raised in front of the television. Every time I’d see a variety show with all the dancers, I saw my way out. Of course, my version of BARBIE included the Miss Teenage America Pageant, where I was Miss Teenage St. Louis. Then the Miss America Pageant in a seminal year for the pageant. It was 1974, the middle of the feminist revolution, when the first African American contestant arrived. No way to talk about Barbie without talking about the trajectory of my life, including pageants which put me on a collision course with feminism AND feminists!It's just so Barbie... I was interviewed for the book THERE SHE WAS, which I'd forgotten about, but the BARBIE film triggered so many memories. “I realized (director Greta Gergig’s) Barbie world would consist of all body types. - Issa Rae (in Ebony Magazine, and Twitter or is it X? ... Whatever.)...and here's a shout out to all the Black Barbie collectors!We are experiencing rich alignments as we break into August, but we are also looking back and reconciling events of the past.Leo is pure sun energy meant to transform. Lilith in Leo is represented by exuberance. The fully alive Lilith in her creative power. Barbie, well... The film was born to be launched in Leo season.Synchronicity and August is full on... Enjoy!COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDhttps://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/ Podcast Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators): https://uppbeat.io/License code: A7FCSEDRYZ8X0EDALicense code: FADAMBJUVBCL6VSU *Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.*

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Venus is the archetype of the moment as she prepares to go retrograde in Leo, so let’s correct the offensive astro babble that’s all over the web about what this means.We have a perfect duo to use as our example of the energy we’re releasing versus the energy women should embrace.What was Jonah Hill thinking? What made him put toxic psychobabble in print to Sarah Brady? The center of Venus in Leo power is primal TRUTH. The retrograde period lasts into the beginning of September, so the hottest summer days will include heart-centered reckoning for people lying to themselves.Humanity’s survival depends on TRUTH. The linchpin of love is TRUTH... COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDhttps://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/Podcast Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators): https://uppbeat.io/License code: A7FCSEDRYZ8X0EDALicense code: FADAMBJUVBCL6VSU *Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.*

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Hey, I'm Taylor Marsh. This is a podcast about meaning, symbolism, and synchronicity. A way of life for me, but a new theoretical philosophy. “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ― Max Planck, theoretical physicist (1858 - 1947)I'd like to change the way you look at the Universe.Oh, and by the way, the quote above has been attributed to Dr. Wayne Dyer. People forget history, but human history holds keys to questions about life we're asking today.Astrology was the first science, and is a part of my theory of knowledge. I'm in the company of ancients, see Ptolemy. Or listen to this podcast from the start. Ancient civilizations depended on mythology and symbolism to make sense of life and the Universe above. This is my sweet spot.There's an energy buzz building in July and you won't want to miss the moment...COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDPodcast Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators): https://uppbeat.io/License code: A7FCSEDRYZ8X0EDALicense code: FADAMBJUVBCL6VSU https://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/ *Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.*

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I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about finding meaning through symbols, and the mysterious, with focus on instincts, intuition, and synchronicity. Considering how the cosmos above coincides with what happens below through the synchronicity of events.Have your instincts been humming? Have you sensed a need to change your life to focus more on your own needs? As a creative master, I know the challenges through experience which reveal to a person how to drive their life, career, and fulfill their purpose.The vibe shift that began this week begins 6 months of reconciling what we’ve begun, while offering months of inner work, contemplation, and plotting for 2024.Through it all, keep in mind at all times where Saturn is working. Consider me your philosophical guide.I’ve experienced the difference when I choose a date that allows cosmic energy to bolster the natural flow of creativity so the law of attraction can be tapped.These are metaphysical theories meant to be adapted to your own authentic rhythms. No doubt, it’s complicated, because humans are affected by everything around us if we allow the noise to rule our choices.I’m talking about instinctual tugs that come from a mind quieted by meditative practice.IT’S THE ONLY WAY TO TAP MIND CONSCIOUSNESS, A PORTAL WHERE HUMANS EXPERIENCE GREATER KNOWLEDGE, WIDER WISDOM, AND EVEN CONNECTIVITY TO OUR HIGHER SELF.The mysterious challenges our skeptical “prove it” egos. But the knowledge acquired through the mind portal is an experience, not an experiment to be proven...I hope you listen and subscribe.COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDhttps://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/ *Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.*

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I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about finding meaning through symbols, and the mysterious, with focus on instincts, intuition, and synchronicity. Considering how the cosmos above coincides with what happens below. The synchronicity that exists in life.In the midst of tectonic energy shifts we’re experiencing in 2023, there are crescendos before huge change.We are amid one of these crescendos now.Last night, we found out Donald Trump has been indicted by Special Counsel Jack Smith.From Joyce Vance, a former US attorney and 25-year federal prosecutor, about the newly unsealed indictment:“The indictment starts with the stunning revelation Trump showed classified information to people not entitled to view it (and he was not entitled to possess it).”The shift of Pluto into Aquarius in March has evolved into a barn-burner of new energy, with Pluto’s move back into Capricorn coming on Sunday, June 11th.Let's talk about the Presidential Records Act of 1978, compliments of historian Michael Beschloss... ...The times in which we're living are an inflection point in human history.Trump's fate is tied up in his denial of his evolutionary destiny. What's playing out, Trump set in motion himself.The mythology behind the planets, stars and cosmic points goes back thousands of years. Astrology was the first science. A way for ancient civilizations to understand the world. Today, astrology has become an art to understand the present and prepare for the future.Each planet archetype has characteristics. When planets transit one another, the mood of the moment depends on what part of our lives the cosmos is traversing.If you spend a lot of time on social media, the noise will get louder in the weeks ahead. Don't take posts you read, videos you see on TikTok, or hear from people you know at face value.The American system is working....and never forget how we got here.“I’m going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information,” [Trump] declared. “No one will be above the law"...Clinton’s cavalier handling of the sensitive information, he said, “disqualifies her from the presidency.” - Peter Baker New York TimesThe karmic weight by end of summer, once Georgia's DA Willis weighs in, will be epic. Jeopardy of losing personal freedom for the unaccountable Trump was never considered. Title: Pluto’s Final Word.COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDhttps://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/ *Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.*

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This is the spring finale of ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about finding meaning through symbols, and the mysterious, with focus on instincts, intuition, and synchronicity. Considering how the cosmos above affects what happens below, which Carl Jung studied for years.There's no other way to say it. We've reached the moment of choosing. ...and I can't explain it without the astrology, and the underlying energies I sense, as well as the downloads I receive. The mythology for this moment is evolutionary for humans and humanity. The trick is identifying the synchronicity and trusting your instincts and intuition. If you’re sensing an escalation of dynamic forces, you’re right.The synchronicity of cosmic shifts above and shocking events happening on Earth signifies something’s about to shift.This is why we’re here.We’re witness to the unearthing of deep rancorous shadow elements across the human spectrum every day. What is at the heart of the convulsive violence, and panic from anti-democratic, pro-autocratic so-called leaders, and their followers, is lack of control over the Aquarian progress that will change humanity forever over the next 20 years starting now.If you watched the CNN town-hall debacle on May 10th, the New Hampshire audience revealed the deep mental rot of Trump’s cultists.Between now and November 2024 sets the stage for a new world, and those against progress are fighting hard to stop what they can’t control.Toxicity will be expelled, but it won’t be easy. The outcome depends on the choices we each make.The weeks ahead bring fated evolutionary pressure as we cross the bridge to the 20-year Aquarian ride that begins November 2024, after the presidential election.There could be bonus podcasts through the weeks ahead, so, subscribe so you don’t miss one!COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDhttps://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/*Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.*

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This is a podcast about finding meaning through symbols, and the mysterious, with focus on instincts, intuition, and synchronicity. Considering how the cosmos above affects what happens below.If you didn’t believe me when I said Saturn in Pisces would bring consequential Christian change in the church and organized religion in general, the proof, the synchronicity, is in the news.E. Jean Carroll’s rape trial against Trump stands as an inflection point post MeToo. A Christian music sensation and Grammy winner embraces gay people and decides to cross over into mainstream pop, singing about love, and gets pilloried for not saying Jesus’s name enough.Taylor Swift’s “Miss Americana” profile from 2019 proves the power of Mercury retrograde when a TikTok clip went viral on Twitter. This quote went viral too:“This isn’t your father’s Republican part," Taylor Swift in Miss Americana.I’ve waited by whole life for movement on one front. Where women are brought into leadership of The Catholic Church. Pope Francis has approved some changes, although they don't go far enough.At a moment when religion is losing its grip, one reason is Trump and Trumpism and the explosion of Christian nationalism. Fake Christians are everywhere today.So, when I come upon an authentic Christian artist who’s defying Christian nationalism and the hate they profess, I’m interested. See Lauren Daigle, who received a profile recently in the NY Times.“Criticism and rejection reinforced her resolve to follow a personal understanding of Scripture, rather than that of a church or minister, a practice that goes back hundreds of years, to the founding of Protestantism.” – NY Times Not political? Okay, so answer this question: Are you going to stand by while women die? This is what happens when pregnant women are denied abortion healthcare to save their lives. No one can afford to stand on the sidelines anymore.COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDhttps://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/email: astral.soul.lightning@gmail.com*Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.*

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I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING, Season 3. A podcast about finding meaning through symbols, and the mysterious, with focus on instincts, intuition, and synchronicity. How we tap energies in our life, and the impact we see across our world due to shifts above. Season 3 will be different. All the usual topics, but I'll turn my discerning eye and voice toward the world in which we live. Covering subjects that demand attention, while assessing the synchronicity, and polarization. It's Mercury retrograde, so this week I look back when I was a Relationship Consultant at the great LA Weekly, and E. Jean Carroll was the King of advice columnists.The rape trial ran off the track yesterday when Trump's attorney decided to lash out at the woman making allegations against a man who's been accused by almost two dozen women of varying degrees of sexual assault. He denies them all, of course.I reach into my column archives from my LA Weekly Relationship Consultant days to talk about the moment when RU 486, aka Mifepristone, landed in the U.S. for approval. The column that resonates to this day.Hope you join me for Season 3. By the way, if you have a topic you want me to cover: astral.soul.lightning@gmail.com. I'd love to hear from you. COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/ *Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.*

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ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING is a podcast about finding meaning through symbols, and the mysterious, with focus on instincts, intuition, and synchronicity.“There is more in a human life than our theories of it allow.” - James Hillman in THE SOUL'S CODELife begins at birth and your personal horoscope, the astrology at the moment you were born, is your divine soul's code. Here’s the setup: We each possess the twelve astrological signs amid our soul's code. What I call our authentic cosmic tattoo.It’s not a matter of what you believe. It’s accepting organic tools to help decipher your life and purpose. If you’re not including the Universe in your processes, you’re cutting out one of the most important aspects of the mysterious authenticity you were given at birth.Astrology is your secret road map to understanding why you are here. How you decipher and use these tools is a choice, but your life will be more authentic if you understand the cosmic tattoo imprinted on your soul at birth. Life begins at birth, when astral lightning imprints on our soul the secrets of your personal authentic power.As I’ve been outlining for two seasons and at this podcast’s one year anniversary, astronomy and astrology used together, along with many other tools I’ve discussed, can ignite your authenticity and strengthen your resolve in the direction of your purpose. The reason this journey happened was because I walked out of a very good job in 1998 because of content I refused to publish on a soft core website run by women. The climb through the memory goo of the past can hobble a human, but there is only one way out and the portal through is as wide as your thoughts are deep, and knowledge of Self is unbound.Warning: Mastery demands strategic risks.* Translating this mystical process requires alchemy. The transmutational act of changing experience into art, whether it’s life or a business.Authentic creativity starts with truth.I’m no astrologer but have experienced the roadmaps and mythology of planets and stars over many decades. A way to expand our idea about who we are, why we’re here and how to live an authentic life.Archetypes and symbols, from the sun to moon, Venus to Mars, Uranus, and planets, stars, and asteroids, used through a calendar timeline map our personal imprint. Taken as information, or suggestion, with one degree of separation. A looking glass for mortals to view life as if we were gods. The story of life in the language of stars and planets. The mythological key that begins at birth. Life is about unpacking what your horoscope means and how to use the God force power, the law of attraction, to manifest your dreams. COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDhttps://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/ Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.***

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I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about finding meaning through symbols, and the mysterious, with focus on instincts, intuition, and synchronicity. Welcome.Eclipses spur evolution. We're on the ramp to a rare solar eclipse this week which happens during the second new moon in Aries, with Jupiter, and a square, to boot!Eclipses are fated events meant to shake us awake, or deliver a reckoning. We often don't like the experience, but the divine nature of the God force demands we level up.There are dates you need in your calendar as this week begins.Here’s the setup: This week on Twitter a hashtag #WhyAmISoTired trended. Tweet after tweet people were talking about being exhausted. One of the hallmarks of tectonic planetary shifts above is that the building energy with aspect and transit upon transit acts like a weight on humanity, collectively, and on people personally. The shattering news we’ve seen develop in the last ten days is part of this energy. People can feel the push of impactful energy about to break open into change-making moments. We are on the cusp of revolutionary shifts.We're in the eclipse portal, and days before the second Aries new moon, with Mercury "retrograde" (a good thing) coming in to tie the energy bow. New era shifts hit us personally, collectively, and is why retrograde happens: integration. Synchronicity has a starring role as the week starts.The leaking of sensitive military and national security secrets online is the epitome of the shadow side of Pluto in Aquarius.This is synchronicity, with the cosmic alignment and the event in question matching the archetype and mythological meaning of Pluto in Aquarius. The shock-waves this sent through the Dept. of Defense will resound for decades.Special Counsel Jack Smith continues to dig down AND expand his investigation through court rulings. Will there be a karmic comeuppance for Trump? Tune in.What about women's freedoms? Autocratic politicians continue to single out women and our right to be free.Some yahoo in the Missouri state senate thinks it's a great idea for 12 year-old girls to be married. There's so much to talk about and understand. COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDhttps://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/ *Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.*

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I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. Welcome to a special Easter podcast, delivered early to subscribers on this holiday weekend.Here’s the set up… So, what is the psychic mind and what does it have to do with Jesus? Stick around and find out. If you’re a Christian, you likely haven’t heard this story. If you’re spiritual, this story will begin to fill in gaps that were missing, lies that were told, and the broader story of early Christians that was left out. This week’s podcast is spiritual, but it is also revolutionary.It’s Easter weekend for Christians. Lent ended this week for Catholics. Passover began. Ramadan continues. Holy weeks to millions of people around the world. From childhood, I’ve been on a private journey to understand the events around the early Christians, the religion which became the foundation of my life through my mother’s faith. Since childhood, I rejected the Church’s teachings that God was harsh and women were unworthy, that Mary Magdalene was a whore, and that Jesus was joyless and betrayed, and for money Judas turned on Jesus. I’ve been on a secret spiritual quest ever since.Lawmakers in Tennessee belong on a poster entitled “Fake Christians.” The Tennessee legislature expelled two Black legislators, while giving a pass to the White woman legislator who joined them in a gun protest after children and adults were slaughtered by guns. Fake Christians grabbing power through blatant racism.*From Maryland’s attorney general this week, as they announce “*a yearslong coverup of the sexual abuse of 600-plus children, some of whom were ‘preyed upon by multiple abusers over decades.’"From NBC News:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/maryland-ag-documents-widespread-sexual-abuse-least-600-victims-baltim-rcna78378“Time and again, members of the Church’s hierarchy resolutely refused to acknowledge allegations of child sexual abuse for as long as possible," according to the report."When denial became impossible, Church leadership would remove abusers from the parish or school, sometimes with promises that they would have no further contact with children. Church documents reveal with disturbing clarity that the Archdiocese was more concerned with avoiding scandal and negative publicity than it was with protecting children."The 2,000-year-old mythology of Christianity was written by men in ancient times and became the tower from which religious men kept society in check and women in their place. One question haunted me. If people like me can experience the mysterious, how does this impact the story of Christ as written by early Christians trying to amass power for men while institutionalizing women’s inferior status?You may ask, why does it matter? Well, as a Christian, a lapsed Episcopalian to be specific, the experiences I’ve had challenged everything I’d learned about religion and faith through the church.The magic I explained a couple of podcasts ago applies triple to Jesus... ... ...COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDhttps://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/ Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.**

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I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about finding meaning through symbols, and the mysterious, with focus on instincts, intuition, and synchronicity. Welcome.Here’s the set up… Evolution depends on staring down our human shadow side and saying no, there’s a better way. When we don’t, our thoughts darken, and our body feels the whiplash, with a contagion outward into the world. The narcissist can’t afford to reflect.The sociopath isn’t concerned with the needs of others.The psychopath’s lust for the annihilation of enemies he sees everywhere exceeds the ability for him to control his actions and the means calculated to produce what he wants.The synchronicity playing out as Trump’s soap opera explodes into the open is unmistakable.The Trump indictment centers around the primal issue of what it means to be human. The battle between soul journey and ego will. The choice between evolution or evil.As the Libra full moon beacons this week, it’s a reminder of the crucial cog of our soul’s journey. Each of us is responsible for the trajectory of our choices and the repercussions of our cowardice in the face of ego’s tyrannical will in the hands of a human whose shadow side so large it has blighted out all light.Trump’s choices brought the reckoning that has begun.But what is the strength of District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case?No one knows yet, but we do know from news reports that the indictment has at least 30 counts, including at least one felony.This isn’t a conversation on the legal case against Trump. Even the disgraced, twice impeached ex-president deserves the presumption of innocence. He will get his days in court.Important to note that while Trump and his fans will attack the New York prosecutors in this case, they are not allowed to respond. Their documents and evidence will do the talking from now on.The shadow elements of Gemini sun, Leo rising, reveal the embrace of full darkness and shadow side, which is Trump’s foundation now... ...COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDhttps://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/ *Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.*

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Welcome, I'm Taylor Marsh and this is Astral Soul Lightning.Here’s the setup… New 20-year era has arrived. Pluto exposes, so in Capricorn for 15 years, America’s toxic White supremacy couldn’t be hidden, with the American revolution the last time Pluto-Capricorn transit happened. Now in Aquarius, Pluto will reveal corruption in tech, the shadow side of technology and its dangers, as well as benefits. Aquarius favors humanitarian efforts, but it also exposes the evil inside manipulative organizations, and brings a reckoning for malefic forces and humans who wield dark power.Astronomy is science.Astrology is based on the seasons, and the astronomy, with theoretical analyses through mythological and archetypal characters and stories.Albert Einstein in 1950…“The theoretical idea does not arise apart from and independent of experience; nor can it be derived from experience by a purely logical procedure.” – Albert Einstein, IDEAS AND OPINIONS Pluto mythology brings Donald Trump’s date with fate. MSNBC's Joyce Vance, a former United States Attorney from Alabama, explains... ... ... There couldn’t be a more plutonian message than Trump gathering his White nationalist supporters at WACO, as he faces threats of indictment from several U.S. jurisdictions.On the high side, Aquarius archetype heralds a time of collective advancement for people. The mythology behind the Aquarius symbolism includes technological change and breakthroughs, with the shadow side being AI overreach through misinformation and “alternative facts” and silos.Out of Utah, a historic tech bill… From NBC News... ... The bill in Utah is Aquarian in nature. Other states are considering similar laws, with Congress also dealing with their version.The mythology of Pluto being involved signifies deep renovation and recognition of the damage being done by social media on kids’ and teens mental health.I call this synchronicity, the thing Carl Jung pointed to when the cosmic energy above aligns with events on Earth.On another front, Saturn moved into Pisces for two-and-one-half years which I warned would bring spiritual lessons and tests for Christians.From The Atlantic, a piece by Tim Alberta – who writes about the evangelical community – is a doozy this week...Eckhart Tolle is a famous mindfulness teacher. I appreciate the humor Tolle uses in his videos, teachings and writing, and respect how many thousands and thousands of people have tapped his wisdom.Being present is wonderful and God bless people like Eckhart Tolle for his brilliance, but it’s only half the human picture.The visions in your head are what you will attract in your life.*COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDhttps://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.***

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We are in an evolutionary portal.Aries season is Western astrology’s New Year.Think Western astrology is “arbitrary” because it’s a fixed system unattached to the current Earth’s orbit?A fully realized human has components of every zodiac sign within them.Just don't start a conversation with me like this: “I’m a Cancer, with Scorpio rising, and Pisces moon, so I’m [fill in the blank]."I ignore astro babble.Astro babble is communication meant to describe a person using planets and their associated mythology to explain similarities of behavior, patterns, and moods between the human and the astrological signs.A person will say in astrological chats, “I’m a Virgo, with moon in Cancer, and rising sign a Capricorn,” as a way of describing themselves.For people in these discussions, it’s shorthand. When I hear it, my eyes glaze over.I’ve never had my chart read by an astrologer. It’s unimportant to me how a professional astrologer sees my cosmic tattoo (widely known as a birth chart). What I can glean from my birth chart is what matters most.Intuition and instinctual experience are required to utilize astrology, whether Western or any other type.If you don’t know your personal truth, astrology is worthless. The mind - body connection evolves into a mysterious conversation between instinct, and intuition played out through the mind of the sentient soul.Astrology characterizes our journey at a particular moment of time, but it’s our instincts, and intuition that discern what fits.COPYRIGHT 2023 TAYLOR MARSH ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDhttps://taylormarsh.com/https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Marsh/e/B00MCEC3MA/ *Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching.*

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Here’s the set up… Magic is real.

I’m a creative master raised in the Christian religion who found my way to magic through traditional means and I have zero association with the occult world.

The type of magic I’m talking about belongs to average humans of all types, few of whom have any knowledge or interest in the occult.

I’m fascinated by the physics of the metaphysical, and grateful for science which saves lives and gives humanity a foundation for reality, but scientific findings represent a tiny fraction of the human experience.

This podcast is a conversation about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate.A philosophical life hack for the Aquarian Age.

When we watch Everything Everywhere All at Once or Tar or Women Talking, we witness magic through film from the outside. This magic is manipulated by the creators for the audiences’ experience.

What I’m talking about is organic human magic...

Millions of viewers have witnessed the reality of Tyler Henry’s clairvoyant mediumship, now on Netflix.

Theresa Caputo proved her psychic mediumship on The Learning Channel through live reality programming that brought people to her so she could channel beloved relatives who passed away.

The meaning of life won’t be discovered in a scientific lab alone.

We each cull from daily experience our own meaning.

It is a voyage into the mind and how it works to create our daily experiences through what we find meaningful which is different for each of us.

When we hear about the miracles at Lourdes through intentional magic, or see an actor, singer, football, or baseball player point upward or kiss a cross using sympathetic magic, most faith-based onlookers see no problem with the gesture because the assumption is the person is thanking God.

My question to these people is, do you actually believe God – however you define God – is involved in, wants you, specifically, to win an award, score a touchdown, or hit a triple?

These acts illustrate humanity’s number one prejudice: That God is directly involved in each of our personal requests.

This universal religious theory has stymied me since childhood.

We have entered an evolutionary portal... ...

There is much in the human experience that is unprovable today...

Our purpose takes a lifetime to discover and fulfill. In this journey, there will be magic...

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Hello. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING.

MARCH IS LIT!

Here’s the setup… ...

Two ways this could go personally and collectively. Ego can be a protector or narcissist. Spirit can slide into delusion or be guided through transformation. This large Virgo full moon inspires authenticity, so what doesn’t fit is released.

March 7th begins the first seismic cosmic turn that leads to the richest moments of 2023, as Saturn moves out of Aquarius later.

At the same time, Pluto makes its final push before moving into the constellation of Aquarius, foreshadowing the next 20 years between March 23 and June 11th, before moving back into Capricorn.

Whatever you’ve done since 2008, all the changes and transmutations, are reaching the climax.

There's a reason Saturn goes retrograde for five months every year...

What happens if you did the work and are standing with a wide horizon in front and a future that beckons and excites you?

Saturn delivers rewards as the shift into a new constellation begins. For some, karma takes a bite.

And speaking of Saturnian karma… Exhibit A is Fox News Channel. Since 2015, Fox has morphed into a promoter of lies, and the network promoting the “rigged election” and “stolen” election lies.

“At one point, Murdoch explained the decision to let Lindell run ads for his company, MyPillow, as a strictly financial—rather than political—move, saying: ‘It is not red or blue, it is green,’ according to Monday’s court filing.” - FORBES

2023 is the mother-lode of evolutionary inflection points in which March plays a seminal role.

These tectonic mythological archetypes offer understanding of the moment humans are experiencing.

See what's happening in Mexico...and what's happening in Israel....

The era we're approaching supports We the People movements.

The law of attraction is foundational to evolution, but what exactly is it?

It's no longer enough to trust in God without understanding what this means beyond important 2,000-year-old mythology.

If you don’t have a birth chart – or aren’t interested in a birth chart – concentrate on the astrological house that Saturn governs. The tenth house is governed by Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, and concerns destiny, and career.

In my opinion, after the Moon, Saturn mythology and understanding this archetype is essential to study.

What good is fame, fortune, and power if it melts away at the first sign of insecurity?

There's a better way to navigate life.

Join me as I guide you into the Age of Aquarius.

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Taylor Marsh brings receipts in this episode of ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING.

A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate. A philosophical life hack for the Aquarian Age. Taylor's expertise? The shadow side of human beings. Translating humanity’s complex guidance systems. Standing at the leading edge of the religious and spiritual reformation.

The archetypal mythology for the many weeks ahead is buzzing with foreshadowing of change.

Planets and constellations, 1-degree new moons coupled with 29-degree endings amid tectonic shifts in orbits, full moons, a new era ahead that conjures memories of the French Revolution, and the ratification of the US Constitution. Symbolic possibilities to consider and visualize in hopes of understanding the journey we are on personally and collectively.

The duality of Pisces, light and dark, is taken to extremes through Catholic Lent season which began this week with Ash Wednesday. Highlighted by prayer, confession, and voluntary self-punishment known as penance.

Practicing Christians prepare for Easter season...

The New York Times’ Ross Douthat wrote the following in “American Teens are Really Miserable. Why?” Douthat’s emphasis on a “certain kind of social liberalism,” prepares the audience for gaslighting.

Religious conservatives fight against individual independence and personal choice at every opportunity.

Liberals don’t think your personal life is the government’s business, whether federal or state.

Conservatives – especially religious extremists – want to control our lives.

How’d we get here?

Institutional Christianity was exposed over many years and this revelatory exposure continued, as we experienced what’s happened in the last years. (Taylor brings receipts.)

Dissenters like Russell Moore... and "the most prominent evangelical female Bible teacher in history," are among the few who spoke out early.

The Episcopal church has maintained liberal notions about human independence and freedom, with Pope Francis a tower amid a disgraced church. No doubt there are churches who kept the faith of meaning and mission.

Organized religion has defied evolution for decades, even as the sexual deviancy proved their leaders couldn’t live up to their dogma. They can't escape it as the Aquarian age revs up.

The spiritual reformation we’ve entered demands new solutions that are found from the inside out, instead of the top-down patriarchal way of institutional religion. (See “Woodstock” for Christians in Kentucky via New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/us/kentucky-revival-asbury-university.html)

During fated events, how we REACT to influences impacting our life reveals how prepared we are for change which is the centerpiece of evolution.

Taylor offers a personal note on Ukraine at the end you won't want to miss.

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TRANSCRIPT CORRECTION: TM mistakenly says “1920s to the early 2000s,” which should have been "From the 1990s to the early 2000s..."

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I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate. My expertise? The shadow side of human beings.

Welcome to cosmic boot camp.

A philosophical life hack for the Aquarian Age.

Our freedoms hinge on evolution, democracy and truth.

Preparation for what’s to come in which all of us will play seminal roles. Light versus What No Longer Serves humanity and our lives. Your life matters to the tectonic evolutionary transit coming later in March.

The ramp to the future begins now in the sign of Pisces, as we leave behind what no longer serves. Pisces season begins as we feel into the New Moon on February 19th.

On March 23rd, the Piscean era ends and the Aquarian Age begins.

Life is madness through experience unless we work through the maze. Every choice matters and is the only ballast to the powerful forces of Fate.

What's on tap this episode?

Pisces New Moon: Neptune, Jupiter, and the coming Saturn transit.
So long Piscean era, on the ramp to the Aquarian Age.
Truth.
Evolution.
Mental health, teen girl trauma, Thomas Eagleton, Senator John Fetterman.
Fox News Channel, Trump, Tucker Carlson, Hannity, Ingraham and all those LIES, via damaging court reporting.
District Attorney Fanni Willis latest from a Georgia court document.
The 29th degree Pluto jitters.
FUN with synchronicity.
A little tarot talk.
Hamlet, Edmund Burke, astrologer quotes, Golden Rule... AND MUCH MORE.

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Shadow Side: Fox News, Stormy and Donald, Ghislaine, and the Murdaugh Trial

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Welcome. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate. How we create through archetypes, symbols, spirituality, and our instincts and intuition. A philosophical life hack for the Aquarian Age.

My expertise? The shadow side of human beings. And energies like law of attraction at the intersection of culture, spirituality, and politics. We challenge traditional thinking on creativity, culture, and spirituality.

America is in the throes of purging its shadow side.

Insurrectionist Proud Boys revealed their shadow side via text: “We are bigger than Jesus” … The insurrectionists called him, “Daddy Trump.” Now they’re in prison.

Fox News and their cult dig in, even as the April 2023 defamation trial brought by Dominion voting machines looms. On-air lies about the 2022 election being stolen through Hannity, Tucker Carlson, and others, are being exposed. Under oath, Sean Hannity testified, "I did not believe it for one second." (https://www.npr.org/2022/12/22/1144926308/fox-news-sean-hannity-dominion-lawsuit-trump)

Fox News and their cult feed off lies to keep the shadow side strong.

A quote…

“Gods are metaphors of archetypal behaviors and myths are archetypal enactments.” – Carl Jung

Look around at the lives of public people. The truth is a person’s shadow side is often ignored throughout a lifetime. What I’ve uncovered, witnessed, and chronicled is what happens when the shadow elements of our persona lie hidden in the dark, only to be seen in fits of manipulation, hedonism, depravity, perversion, acting out, self-destruction, passive-aggressiveness, self-righteousness, violence, including nihilism and suicide.

I’ve traversed the darkness of shadow side behavior for a long time. The subject infuses my thrillers. The research I’ve done spans decades and goes into subjects that gave me nightmares and brought trauma back in bright colors to make peace, process events, and share what I’ve learned the hard way.

Shadow side unleashed through authority has become a runaway train.

The shadow side of authority has extinguished America’s moral imperative.

Pluto’s back and forth in Capricorn will grow increasingly intense at points where Aquarius enters the picture...

... This doesn’t mean scallywags, psychopaths and sociopaths will drop the shadow side public reflection for humility and truth, which is the only antidote.

What it does mean is that the klieg lights of fate will shine a harsh spotlight on people whose actions don’t comport with the EVOLUTION required for the times.

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Welcome. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate. How we create through archetypes, symbols, spirituality, and our instincts and intuition. A philosophical life hack for the Aquarian Age.

My expertise? The shadow side of human beings. And energies like law of attraction at the intersection of culture, spirituality, and politics. We challenge traditional thinking on creativity, culture, and spirituality.

A quote to begin…

“Yes, the universe had a beginning. Yes, the universe continues to evolve. And, yes, every one of our body’s atoms is traceable to the Big Bang and to the thermonuclear furnace within high-mass stars. We are not simply in the Universe; we are part of it. We are born from it. One might even say we’ve been empowered by the Universe to figure itself out, and we’ve only just begun.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson

Human life revolves around evolution, but also those who refuse to process change.

In February 2023, a little over half the month is about the final throes of progress before we prepare to MOVE ON to the next phase of cosmic weather.

The Leo Full Moon on February 5 is the bonfire of our vanities.

Consider Uranus at this Leo full moon because this planet of change will be square the Leo full moon. Breakthroughs are highlighted, but stubbornness against change could turn the vibe into a breakdown.

You can go about your life without thinking of the astronomy, or the astrology, religion, and its betrayers, but when you add the INFORMATION of the mysterious, choices change, open, and surprise.

Leo full moon is optimistic, supportive, and encouraging.

Uranus is a partner because change is a feature not a bug of this charged cosmic moment.

How does the Leo full moon in Aquarius prepare us for what’s ahead?

Encouragement to leave behind lies wherever they appear in your life.

The path of EVOLUTION. Where higher vibration is revealed.

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Welcome. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate. How we create through archetypes, symbols, spirituality, and our instincts and intuition. A philosophical life hack for the Aquarian Age.

My expertise? The shadow side of human beings. And energies like law of attraction at the intersection of culture, spirituality, and politics. I dare to challenge traditional thinking on creativity, culture, and spirituality.

Why should this matter to you? The process begins with information meant to spark your imagination. Not only in projects, but in your daily life.

We are halfway between winter solstice and the spring equinox.

We are in the open cosmic gateway of planets being “direct.” Are there aspects and angles impacting humanity even if planets are direct. Yes. It’s my opinion most people don’t operate through cosmic minutia, so I offer the broad scope of cosmic energy important to consider and why.

In this podcast, we dig into the psychology of meaning. ...

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Welcome. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING, Season Two. A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate. How we create through archetypes, symbols, spirituality, and our instincts and intuition. Philosophy LIFE HACK for the Aquarian Age.

My expertise? The shadow side of human beings. And energies like law of attraction. To challenge traditional thinking on creativity, culture, and religion.

Throughout my creative career, I’ve maintained privacy, refusing to share personal struggles of my life. But desperation required excavation, which is how my thriller series manifested, even if what I was writing about didn’t become clear until the series was complete.

At some point in your life, your creative work will become a spiritual journey. The heart of being human.

Experience led to knowledge and unlocked mysteries I’d never heard anyone talk about in terms of creativity, religion and faith. So, as uncomfortable as this is for me, the foundation of this podcast starts with a story that changed my life.

What’s behind my creative journey and what led to my psychic thriller series was hard to share and the first time opening up about my story was in WRITER’S SUCCESS STORIES, published by Adam Hogue’s Living Tree Publishing in December 2022, which debuted at #1 on Amazon, and #4 on the Wall Street Journal’s best-seller list.

This who I am, even if nobody knew. Experience is the most powerful teacher. ...

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Trusted free birth charts

NASA - Moon

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Einstein interview

Einstein

Chani Nicholas, Pluto

Sarah Vrba YouTube, Aquarius Season

Heather Eland, Cosmic Community; New Moon in Aquarius

Duke of Sussex (birth time, rising sign - Today Show), Wikipedia, military dates.

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Welcome. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate. How we create through archetypes, symbols, spirituality, and our instincts and intuition. Philosophy for the Aquarian Age, to spark human imagination.

My expertise? The shadow side of human beings. Energies like law of attraction, and the intersection of culture, politics, and spirituality.

The faithful deserve better than we’re getting from organized religious institutions. Their failings began with the depictions of women in holy books, then passed down for generations as tradition that must be respected and accepted.

Whatever denomination you may be, astrological information doesn’t threaten your religion.

If God created man and woman, the creation of the universe above isn’t an accident.

As to gender… Women can create life, so there’s reason to think God can be a woman, but traditionalism rejects this notion.

The 21st century inspires us all to reimagine human mythology and that of the Universe swirling around us. The energies. There is more to life than what we’ve been taught.

There is more to life than what is seen.

Religion isn’t required. Faith is.

Delve into Lilith and the more nebulous she becomes. Black Moon Lilith can’t be contained by definitions.

Lilith is not your shadow side. Our shadow side is revealed when we live, act, react, choose through ego. This is the path of least resistance.

The mysterious archetype of Black Moon Lilith can’t be found on the path of least resistance.

So, what is Black Moon Lilith? Lilith is mysterious dark power until discovered.

Not “shadow side,” as in our nemesis, but vaulted power hidden until a person is brave enough to abandon ego and seek beyond what’s been learned to choose the mysterious untraveled path.

The way of destiny.

The purpose of yet undiscovered dark power is to challenge the status quo. Transmutation of dark energy leads to evolutionary power.

It is the mysterious journey of Black Moon Lilith.

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Welcome. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate. How we create through archetypes, symbols, spirituality, and our instincts and intuition. Philosophy for the Aquarian Age, to spark human imagination.

My expertise? The shadow side of human beings. Energies like law of attraction, and the intersection of culture, politics, and spirituality.

Mars went into Gemini today and will remain in this sign until March 25, 2023!

My favorite quote about this archetypal energy comes from Astrolada on YouTube: “Mars is a jerk in Gemini.”

The title of this podcast encompasses the most important energy archetypes of two women who bookend human history’s obsession with judging women to exalt men.

The decision to reimagine the mythology of Lilith and Mary came out of experience and divine practices that led me into uncharted miracles, and the meaning of spirit and magic.

We begin with Mary Magdalene this week. Part Two will encompass exhaustive research I’ve done on Lilith, experiences I’ve had, and a new way to appreciate her.

What if Mary was a revolutionary too?

Imagine a time without technology. 2000 years ago… You’re in the desert near Jerusalem… Galilee…

You’re a woman… More specifically, imagine being Mary Magdalene.

I know it’s hard but take a leap with me.

What do you imagine ancient life would be like near Jerusalem? The sun is your only light. When darkness comes it’s total, a near black out.

Except for the heavens and stars above…

A woman in ancient times had no freedom, rights, or future beyond her ability to marry and bare children.

It’s about spiritual connection, miracles, and the courage required to trust instincts and intuition, our visions, over ego.

Beware of seeking other’s good opinions.

Practice and keep your own counsel.

There is reward.

Disruption is part of the process, but so is great wisdom.

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Welcome. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate. How we create through archetypes, symbols, spirituality, and our instincts and intuition. Philosophy for the Aquarian Age, in service to spark human imagination.

My expertise? The shadow side of human beings. Energies like law of attraction, and the intersection of culture, politics, and spirituality.

The lightning bolt out of the Department of Justice this week coincided with historic cosmic challenges roiling since August 1st.

The Saturn archetype, with the planet now in Aquarius, offers interesting possibilities to feed our understanding of how these energies work.

For the first time in American history, a former president had a search warrant executed on his private property.

Fascinating it occurred on the same day Nixon resigned, 48 years ago, August 8th, 1974.

This latest bombshell news event puts a wider lens on what’s happening in America at the same time of unparalleled cosmic and planetary action.

I’m not a lawyer, so no need to play one in this podcast...

Donald J. Trump blew the lid off America’s deep seated nationalist fervor that’s been present in our country for over one hundred years. His political bravura performances for the media began when he teed up that Barack Obama wasn’t born in this country.

This is the shadow side of Mr. Trump and coincides with the unleashing of America’s shadow element that includes racism, White privilege, and violence.

The public doesn’t know the details of what’s in the affidavit that accompanied the search warrant on Trump’s private residence.

It’s a fact that no other president ever presumed he had the right to abscond with national defense documents that belong to the US government, then lie about having them.

Sociopaths don’t think rules apply to them...

America’s shadow elements are in full view, which is what the fated Uranus and Taurus alignment symbolize. Uranus comes to change what humans have failed to do. The Taurus element is our foundation...

Fated cosmic events are known well in advance. They are mathematical calculations of planetary or other celestial bodies that NASA and other scientific organizations map.

The assessment of what these events mean is astrological, or philosophical, which is the work I do.

The changing of seasons is fated.

Does your mood change at these fated moments of the year?

Of course, so it’s natural to expand on this concept... ...

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Welcome. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate. How we create through archetypes, symbols, spirituality, and our instincts and intuition. Philosophy for the Aquarian Age, in service to spark human imagination.

My expertise? The shadow side of human beings. Energies like law of attraction, and the intersection of culture, politics, and spirituality.

Whether you follow world events or not, what happens far away ripples through miles of terrain to touch our lives.

To create meaning, humans must work to make sense of our surroundings.

We’ll start with a quote about the event that hadn’t happened before in recorded history. There are many events that took place in the last week that will reverberate for a long time.

Here’s the cosmic set up…

“The conjunction is also going to bring a meetup with Mars, the planet of sex, aggression, and action. With all three of these luminaries in fixed earth sign Taurus, we can expect shake-ups and transformations to take place due to people taking action on the things that they believe in most deeply. These energies have been present since January, and their effects will be felt for decades to come. The specific meeting of Uranus and our north node of destiny happens approximately every 15 years, but it happens in the sign of Taurus only once in a lifetime—the next occurrence isn't until 2357!” – Glamour Magazine

(https://www.glamour.com/story/what-the-uranus-and-north-node-conjunction-on-july-31-means-for-you-astrologically)

I chose Glamour to drill into a point I made a couple of podcasts ago. Gen X and Gen Z are more interested in the astrology than organized religion.

Assessing the world around us won’t come through two-thousand-year-old dogma.

Faith doesn’t require religion.

We are in a moment of human history where nothing secret will be held in the shadows. Exposure, transparency, and truth provide the foundation of the intensity.

The Uranus North Node conjunction in Taurus, with Mars adding fire, has already revealed a myriad of shadow events, plus some shockers. This fated event brings abrupt changes, exposures, and lightning events that push humans to level up.

The large planetary archetypes involved at this moment offer a conversation about world events, and national news, beyond our personal experiences.

My experience in covering foreign policy and diplomacy happened when I moved to Alexandria, VA, and began attending national security think tank events in Washington, D.C. Live tweeting what the power brokers and leaders said. Writing about politics in editorials, and in non-fiction, has been a passion for me. This expertise allows me to cover political events at home and around the world that metaphysical experts don’t.

Timing is the connection, whatever you make of the experience.

There’s another way to see the world and our place in it. This is the purpose of my work.

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Welcome. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate. How we create through archetypes, symbols, spirituality, and our instincts and intuition.

My expertise? The shadow side of human beings. Energies like law of attraction, and the intersection of culture, politics, and spirituality.

Research into my instinctual tugs and intuitive knowing allowed me to pinpoint where psychic downloads could apply. When my instincts validate a future event I’m sensing from downloaded messages, excitement follows.

But there are many aspects, so your inner instinctual guidance must be strong.

Impossible to follow or know all the astrological aspects and influences, so larger themes are helpful to tell the long-term tale.

This begins with emotions grounded through instincts, intuition, and guided by cosmic patterns, but it’s more than mathematical calculations, aspects, and alignments.

This is a cataclysmic weekend in the sky, when fated alignments never chronicled set the stage for upheaval, change, and a burst of energy in a direction we’ve long waited to see.

I’m not an astrologer.

I rely on my instincts and intuitive psychic ability to foresee where my life is headed and the choices forced on me through my passion for revelatory messages, and moments when shifts in my life bring dramatic results.

Since I was a kid, I’ve thrived on abrupt change and revolutionary acts of nonconformity.

I’m on earth to rattle the comfortable and inspire the afflicted that breaking up behavioral expectations is a way through cataclysmic events.

My creative spirit thrives on disruption.

So, when my research reveals a month like August 2022 offering moments of imperfect timing, according to astrologers that offer electional advice, I accept their expertise, but I rebel on the notion of picking the perfect date.

We live life in a dangerous, exciting, and historic time.

Leo’s archetypal heart-centered energy demands we listen to what it’s saying...

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Welcome. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate. How we create through archetypes, symbols, spirituality, and our instincts and intuition.

My expertise? The shadow side of human beings. Energies like law of attraction, and the intersection of culture, politics, and spirituality.

The inner season of the moon and Cancer yields to Leo season, with fire and authenticity in the material world in focus.

What do you want to manifest in 2023? The process starts *now.*

Given the challenges we’ve seen the last months, haven’t we all done enough introspection.

Leo’s archetype stands ready to rock the world through our own brave new choices.

A quote from one of my favorite Leo astrologers and tarot experts on the cosmic season that began on July 22.

“Cancer season gives you this real deep dive. … Then as you move into Leo season, you take whatever it is that you reflected on, calibrated, understood, saw from the internal landscape…and you get to bring it here into the physical world and show it and share it and express it...” – Sara Vrba on Patreon

(Check her out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SarahTarot/videos)

This year, the world is in for transformative change during Leo season. Some astrologers call the energy I talked about last week as “unsettling.”

Astrologer teacher Heather Eland has done a primer video for next week’s historic sky events if you want a deep astrological dive.

(https://youtu.be/0VK1Lymkwgw)

Change is a major facet of evolution. How change manifests can be uncomfortable for we mere mortals who watch these events from a distance.

These fated events at the end of next week require surrender, even if we don’t identify this in the moment.

What they accentuate is whether we are on the path best for our evolution. If we’ve veered off course from our soul’s purpose, these fated events come to right the course whether we like it or not.

If you’re someone who thrives on risk – the heart of creativity – it’s likely you’ll embrace the ride, or at least accept it and let it roll through your life and lift you over to new shores.

Globally, and nationally, one article foreshadows some possibilities: “Next Week’s Category 5 Economic Storm.”

(https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2022/07/22/next-weeks-category-5-economic-storm-00047545)

Since this allegedly cat5 economic storm coincides with fated energies we haven’t seen in modern times – over two thousand years – one reaction is that it’s all synchronistic, even if it will be UNCOMFORTABLE.

FATED EVENTS COME TO CHANGE WHAT ISN’T WORKING.

The timing for the shock and awe planetary alignments couldn’t be more positive, even if humans will balk at the result, which we'll talk about today.

It’s the set up for the Leo New Moon on July 28.

If you’ve been wanting a change in your life, July 28 would be a prime time to begin the process and stand in your authentic power.

As a coach might say, it's go time, people... Evolution calls.

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Welcome. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate. How we create through archetypes, symbols, spirituality, and our instincts and intuition.

My expertise? The shadow side of human beings. Energies like law of attraction, and the intersection of culture, politics, and spirituality.

Let’s venture into the deep unknowable moments before clarity.

“On July 31 and August 1, Uranus collides with Mars and the north node, and from September 15–October 23, Uranus comes close to a square, or confrontation, with Saturn in Aquarius...” (Nylon.com)

No one can predict what will happen, but history’s guide points to one ancient result.

What’s about to occur July 31-August 1 hasn’t happened in over 2,000 years. Around 324 BC, according to experts on these types of historic transits, when Alexander the Great established the Hellenistic era.

Our lives are consequential, or we wouldn’t be here at this moment in human history.

This is the point of archetypes, energy, and instinctual understanding. To appreciate our individual soul evolution matters... ...

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Welcome. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate. How we create through archetypes, symbols, spirituality, and our instincts and intuition.

My expertise? The shadow side of human beings. Energies like law of attraction, and the intersection of culture, politics, and spirituality.

There’s more to creating than the act of doing.

(Insert quotes from author's about so-called "writer's block," as the conversation deepens...)

No creative term has caused more angst than the myth of creator’s block or writer’s block.

When a person decides to create a work of art the success is established before she begins.

Did you pick the subject from your head or your heart?

Is the project organic to you and the life you’ve experienced?

Are the details drawn from your own lived knowledge?

The start time must coincide with supportive cosmic energies, which is different for every person. I’ve only begun to explain planetary shifts that are supportive, but none guarantee a smooth ride unless the questions I just asked have constructive and supportive answers.

Truth magnetizes the law of attraction and manifests our desires.

Creative mastery is commitment to the intensely long journey over a lifetime.

Creativity attached to truth can’t be blocked.

It takes willful participation from the creator to stop the flow.

Fear. Anxiety. Doubt. Cowardice.

Four of the many emotions that a person can lean on instead of trust, truth, and purpose.

There’s also sickness, addiction, etc.

Creator’s block, writer’s block, You Name Your Block are weak off-ramps giving permission to ignore the truth.

A creator who accepts the notion of “writer’s block” has put obstacles in her own way.

Our mind isn’t a dispenser.

Inspiration is required when a tough creative moment arrives.

Meditation is the medicine, but many won’t commit to this process. It’s necessary for all creatives, even Mr. Sorkin.

IT’S ALL A PROCESS, whether the day is flowing, or when content is hard to produce.

Health, diet, and many other things cause the mind to balk.

The answer isn’t to push through.

Instead, dive deep into the silence, listen to music and dream, take a walk in nature.

Sometimes you must wait for your intuition to download the path forward.

THE MIND NEEDS TIME.

It’s not a block, it’s an organic function... ...

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The title to this podcast came instantly to me. A lightning bolt after I witnessed the first January 6th hearing. Doing research, the following link came up during a stream of searches.

The assessment below explains my use of the word “exalted” in the title, although it’s not the definition astrologers use. Exalted is meant philosophically and mythological, not mathematically, a critical distinction.

“The placement of Saturn in Aquarius is so favourable because Saturn is a planet of tangible manifestation while the sign of Aquarius is about new ideas and visions. A vision without manifestation is of no use but when the hard work of Saturn is applied to refine and perfect and implement the vision in the real world the two are a very powerful combination.” (https://astrologyyard.com/saturn/saturn-in-aquarius.php)

Truth.

The compass of all energy.

God’s power.

The January 6th Committee revealed the shadow side of America through truth.

History unfolding becomes mythology.

The January 6th Committee intends to save America from the shadow elements by exposing lies and misinformation meant to instill fear of change.

We are changing the mythology of our country, but to succeed we need people to wake up. Participate.

I’ve become intimate with the Saturn archetype. Change and hard work have been my salvation, my North Star since I was little. Unrelenting quest for truth underpins my creative mastery.

So, I disagree w the main theme of Saturn by most astrologers: taskmaster, destroyer, etc.

Saturn is an incubator, with long & demanding cycles that lead to manifestation beyond what was dreamed.

The January 6 committee became exalted under Saturn’s cycles because of the deep, difficult, daily grind they chose. No shortcut, no flinching, this committee rose to Saturn’s challenge and did brutal lifting against great odds, threats, & career loss.

But still they persevered.

Astrology is a portal, not a belief.

Infinite.

Calculable.

Valuable.

Understandable.

Mutable.

Constant.

Change.

Fated.

Navigable.

Consider there are open pathways and headwinds that can be seen ahead of the present, as if a cosmic weather report can accomplish what a daily weather report offers.

When it’s snowing, a driver puts on chains, she doesn’t cancel a long-awaited trip!

Saturn retrograde offers several months for what’s playing out in Washington, D.C. to simmer, and for people to accept the truth and embrace a new future.

I’M ASKING YOU TO TAP YOUR IMAGINATION to investigate another way to travel in your mind that offers a new key to understanding life.

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TRIGGER WARNING: Subjects discussed in this podcast are disturbing and include spousal abuse, text exchanges in two suicide cases, and the ramifications of women on trial by social media. Caution is advised.

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One woman and two girls in different circumstances felled by social media, and their egos: Amber Heard, Michelle Carter, Inyoung You.

I didn’t watch the trial. I read about it but stayed away from social media until the verdict was announced, then I poured through everything to talk about it with you today.

This trial was so 1997, so I wasn’t surprised to see Monica Lewinsky writing about it in Vanity Fair.

Attacking women public figures has been going on for decades. Research Hillary Clinton. I wrote a book about the sexism and misogyny she faced in the 2008 primary season, which began in the 1990s, before social media, and TikTok.

I don’t doubt Ms. Heard's claims, or the harm she suffered. She admits their volatile relationship turned physical before they were married.

Not even a rich, privileged White woman recovers from poop in the bed, damning testimony by a court psychologist, and police officers on the scene doubting her claims.

It’s gotten harder for women, much worse with internet, and social media, and the rise of TikTok, something Ms. Heard must have considered, right?

I disagree with people who say this verdict has set women back. Women must be smarter. It’s not fair, but it’s true.

Narcissism comes in many forms, one of which is sociopathy.

In the research I’ve done for my psychological thrillers, I’ve found there’s confusion about the definition of sociopath.

In fiction… The psychopathy of the character lives on inside them. The troubled young girl syndrome isn’t labeled for what it is. No help received to exorcize what’s going on inside.

Three women in different situations, propelled into infamy by their own choices.

If I were writing a thriller about two women characters based on the behavior of Michelle Carter, and Inyoung You, the main subject would be psychopathy, not sociopathy.

Given what I know about public women being targeted online, Ms. Heard’s choice to write the op-ed as she did was not in her best interests. A fatal mistake made by her ego. Where were her advisers?

Difficult subjects.

But what happened to the three women mentioned today in this podcast was of their own doing.

This isn't the 1990s.

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Welcome. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, and energies we navigate. How we create through archetypes, symbols, spirituality, and our instincts and intuitions.

My expertise? The shadow side of human beings. The energies like law of attraction, and the intersection of culture, politics, and spirituality.

It’s been a rough week.

We have lost our soul.

A quote from Sky News on the Uvalde gunman’s Yubo app account…

“Referring to (Uvalde shooter’s) conversations with one person on Instagram, (social media expert) said: "If you look at his interactions with people on social media, you can see there's a clear element of aggression, in particular towards the woman he was speaking to. He believes he's entitled to her attention, even though she doesn't actually know him. He uses the threat that he's about to do something, although he didn't say what, as a means of getting attention."

The social media expert referenced earlier claimed the Uvalde shooter couldn’t be an incel, because the first person he shot was his grandmother, instead of a young woman.

Compartmentalization is possible, from my deep research, when the mind succumbs to psychopathy. In fact, it’s central to their façade. The mind and shadow side are my raison dêtre. Experience over many years of life drove me to these subjects.

The horror of Uvalde occurred in the eclipse gateway. Energy at an eclipse point is powerful. Eclipses are the fated portion of life...

The gunman's life is peppered with clues.

Texas Governor Gregg Abbott set the stage when he and his so-called "pro-life" pals put guns before citizens.

I'm pissed. You should be too.

DEDICATION: For my Uncle Dick, who was a hero pilot felled by "battle fatigue," now called PTSD, and the brave military women and men who serve, including first responders, nurses... For all you do.

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A quote from BARNA, a research operation focused on the collision of faith and culture, from their 2018 study:

“It may come as no surprise that the influence of Christianity in the United States is waning. Rates of church attendance, religious affiliation, belief in God, prayer and Bible-reading have been dropping for decades. Americans’ beliefs are becoming more post-Christian and, concurrently, religious identity is changing. Enter Generation Z: Born between 1999 and 2015, they are the first truly “post-Christian” generation. More than any other generation before them, Gen Z does not assert a religious identity. They might be drawn to things spiritual, but with a vastly different starting point from previous generations, many of whom received a basic education on the Bible and Christianity.”

(Source: https://www.barna.com/research/atheism-doubles-among-generation-z/)

The white bearded man in the sky religions say to pray to for answers doesn’t make sense anymore. Men are allowed to communicate directly, while women are forced to accept we need a male conduit to talk to God.

The male church leaders throw down dogma to guilt people, while asking for money, loyalty, and accepting ancient stories that don’t include women as equal partners in holy stories.

The planets and stars when personalized through mythological stories offer a new path to plumb.

The sun sign when discovered seems to nail parts of our personality to an uncanny level, but the sun sign is only a beginning.

A person’s sun sign is how we show up. It’s not where we’re going.

The complexity of astrology offers endless investigation into the question: Who am I and why am I here?

Finding meaning in the ancient science and art of energy begins with who am I?

Astrology is the building blocks to understanding self. A personal journey of mystery, discovery, and evolution. ...

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We’re in the days of what astrologers call the eclipse gateway, between solar and lunar eclipses. The mythology of eclipse seasons, which happen twice a year, every year, is these energy events bring fated shifts, change, and expose shadow side vulnerabilities.

Between April 30 and May 16, 2022, eclipses having an impact weeks before and for many weeks afterward. There’s a contagion effect on both sides of the eclipses. This is true no matter the year or where the eclipses originate.

The nodes of the moon designate what planets are involved, which translates mythologically to certain astrological signs. The nodes are currently in Taurus and its mirror sign, Scorpio.

Think back to the end of 2003 and into the spring of 2004, which was the last time these two signs were in these nodal positions.

When people talk about the law of attraction, it’s couched in mental terms, how you’re talking to yourself. The tape in your head.

I’m laying out another way.

All the positive affirmations will enliven your psyche and soul. Through experience, I’ve learned timing is as important.

Nothing is collectively fated.

Energies exert pressure and pull, but we are the most advanced species in human history.

We each decide, and the majority who’s most committed will write the next 50 years of American history.

The fated surprises, changes, and losses that coincide with an eclipse are challenging and equally liberating and exciting. The less we fight our EVOLUTION, the closer to flow we venture.

I’ve experienced heavy personal losses that began within the “eclipse gateway” timeline but lasted long afterward because the next change was connected to the event that happened in the gateway.

The astral weather report, as I call it, is one component meant to bolster gut instincts and intuition, so choices are attached to them. It’s a personal decision whether you follow a timeline you want to bet on.

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The mythology behind eclipses warns of surprises.

Full moons bring emotions to the surface, as well as things we must release.

Retrograde offers another look at something that needs to be revisited.

Many believed Roe vs. Wade was in danger, but no one could have predicted the case Alito would make.

Don't believe his lies, or the lies of the religious right. "Fetal heartbeat" bills are science fiction, and the fetus feels no pain, according to science.

Alito lied. They all lied. Five religious conservative SCOTUS justices LIED during their confirmation hearings: Alito, Gorsuch, Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.

"When Alito applied for a senior job at the DOJ in 1985, he wrote in his cover letter that as a “life-long registered Republican,” he was “particularly proud” to have worked on cases arguing “that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion.” - Harry Litman on Samuel Alito

Wait until you hear all the ways they lied about their positions on Roe during their confirmation hearings.

Alito states in his draft opinion…

“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one on which the defenders of Re and Casey now chiefly rely—the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. That provision has been held to guarantee some rights that are not mentioned in the Constitution, but any such right must be ‘deeply rooted in this Nation’s history and tradition’ and ‘implicit in the concept of ordered liberty.’”

But Alito is exposed by the argument he makes. He goes back to the 17th century and Sir Matthew Hale, who "presided at one of the most notorious of the 17th century English witchcraft trials where he sentenced two women to death."

Hale believed women had no rights, and that marital rape was part of the matrimonial agreement. It was Hale's prowess that sparked similar witchcraft prosecutions in the American colonies.

Now maybe you understand why Republicans think it's unnecessary to include exceptions for rape and incest, as well as the life of the mother. Religious extremists embrace and rely on the fanatical anti-women dogma of the 17th century.

Jill Lepore in The New Yorker skewers Alito’s sexist religiosity:

"There is nothing in that document about women at all. Most consequentially, there is nothing in that document—or in the circumstances under which it was written—that suggests its authors imagined women as part of the political community embraced by the phrase 'We the People.' There were no women among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention. There were no women among the hundreds of people who participated in ratifying conventions in the states. There were no women judges. … Legally, most women did not exist as persons..."

So, where are we headed?

Sanctuary abortion states.

Tracking women’s periods.

One question: Do you want to live in a free society?

This is what's at stake.

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Welcome. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning, manifestation, spirit, and the energies we navigate. How we create our life through archetypes, symbols, the seasons, timing, and our instincts and intuitions.

We begin on October 26, 1929…from the Saturday Evening Post:

“I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am. When two expeditions of scientists, financed by the Royal Academy, went forth to test my theory of relativity, I was convinced that their conclusions would tally with my hypothesis. I was not surprised when the eclipse of May 29, 1919, confirmed my intuitions. I would have been surprised if I had been wrong.” – Albert Einstein (source pdf)

The total solar eclipse from 1919 was the longest of the 20th century.

This podcast is being recorded amid the partial solar eclipse in Taurus. The aspects today include spectacular lineups with Jupiter and Venus, with the addition of Uranus adding a supercharged element...

I’m concerned with the foundational philosophy of intuition, instincts, and imagination as creative jet fuel for humans, including the likes of Einstein, and Rene Descartes.

The difference between Einstein and Descartes? Einstein was not a philosopher, he admitted, but strictly a physicist. Descartes takes the brain into the territory of the MIND’s calculations.

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” – Albert Einstein

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The Renaissance is where we begin. The setting is Florence, 1480.

The book is Meditations on the Soul: Selected Letters of Marsilio Ficino.

The subject is astrology.

Ficino was a Catholic priest and an astrologer.

Words from the dawn of modernity, the Renaissance… This letter is titled: “Marsilio Ficino of Florence to Lorenzo de Medici, the Younger.” Ficino led the Platonic Academy in Florence in the 15th century, during the Renaissance. He studied and translated the dialogues of Plato.

Ficino wrote to Medici his definitions of the planets and what they stood for. “Swiftness” for Mars, with the Sun as God. Jupiter represents “the law,” while Mercury is “reason.” Venus, according to Ficino, is “human nature.”

Ficino talks about the Moon “within you” in this same letter, that must turn to the Sun which is God. ... ...

NO PLANET MAKES A PERSON ACT. Free will rules…until eclipse season...

What is godlier than appreciating the whole of creation, which is but a puzzle for humans to solve through individual experience.

You can’t solve the question of astrology and spirituality from the outside; it must be an experience led from within.

The inner sanctum of a person’s individual processes.

Meditation and spiritual coupling across portals of the mind, led by symbols and mathematical connections represented across the sky.

There’s a New Moon on April 30th which is a partial solar eclipse, but it’s wise to ignore the word “partial.” All solar eclipses happen on New Moons, but the importance of eclipses is worth emphasis.

This is the FATED portion of the human ride. ...

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Springtime is magical for manifestation.

Easter weekend.

Some of you may observe Passover.

Perhaps for you, it’s Ramadan.

Some of you may be atheists, or into pagan rituals, or perhaps you follow cosmic changes like full moons, and eclipses.

There’s the celebration of Beltane, which comes halfway between spring equinox and summer solstice.

A quote from Wayne Dyer… “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

The story of Easter has obsessed me since my mother took me to church as a child. To understand my own relationship to God or Source – however you refer to the Great Energy – has taken a lifetime. What drove me was how women were depicted in The Bible.

Women were the constant, the power, and the light, but they threatened the legacy of the disciples, who wrote minor roles for women. Yet, it was the women who were more loyal than Peter, more constant than the apostles. They were defamed, or their roles at the time of Christ were marginalized or written out, because women during antiquity had no role but childbirth.

Imagine the Middle East at the time of Christ. Now, imagine a different story…

Asking questions in meditation led me to a different definition of FLOW.

The advice of gurus and self-help individuals, I found, were missing a crucial element.

TIMING.

As sure as my migraines were caused my psychological stress and trauma, they were also compounded by the anatomy of my cosmic tattoo. The birth chart imprinted on our soul at the exact time of birth.

The stars, planets and their trajectory do NOT cause anything in our lives, but they do highlight our choices and whether what we have chosen is in line with the archetypes imprinted on our soul.

There is cosmic timing to follow, but the planets and stars aren’t determinative.

Humans make choices through free will.

I am not an astrologer.

My gifts are cosmic, for sure, but they are also holy.

The messages intuited from my instincts are intellectually translated from an educated base point that has been developed, honed, and articulated in writing through archetypes, downloaded messages, symbols, and astrological stories meant to explain what’s happening in our world, as well as happening around us.

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” – Albert Einstein

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… Populism is an emotional movement.

If you want to grab a person’s attention, grab them in their feelings.

This week has been historic.

Say her name with her new title: Assoc. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed.

Today on the White House lawn, Judge Brown said, “In my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the Supreme Court of the United States.”

When the confirmation was complete—Senators Murkowski, Collins, and Romney were the only Republicans who voted for her. When applause broke out inside the Senate chamber, Mitt Romney was the lone Republican to join the Democrats in a standing ovation.

The response on Twitter from the base who run the Republican Party was swift:

“Murkowski, Collins, and Romney are pro-pedophile. They just voted for #KBJ.” – Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

“Pro-pedophile?” Really? Let’s define Republican “pro-pedophile” hysteria further.

A Missouri Republican sponsored a bill to outlaw marriages to a child under 14. Forty-eight (48) Republicans in Missouri voted against it.

This week in “pro-pedophile” Republicanism continued with the following news:

“A former GOP staffer and Republican National Committee aide who admitted to being part of a ring that traded child pornography involving babies was sentenced Thursday to more than 12-and-a-half years in prison Thursday.”

Involving babies. An affidavit reveals this Republican sought out images of the rape of CHILDREN, and worse…

“Pro-pedophile” is one of Qanon’s favorite conspiracy theories, with Rep. Greene joining Senator Josh Hawley down this rabbit hole.

It was Hawley who unleashed the most unhinged set of questions asked of a SCOTUS candidate in modern times.

Hawley accused Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of being soft on sentencing sex offenders. The contorted way he did it is on tape for all to see. What hasn’t been dissected is the circumstances of the case Hawley was citing. … (Trigger Warning)

… This podcast is about truth.

It’s about being human AND sexual beings with a soul while making sense of predicaments being in a body bring. And one of the most intrinsic aspects of being in these bodies is our sexual persona.

In the case cited by Hawley during the Senate hazing of Judge Jackson, sexual identity of the teen perpetrator was complicated by his mother’s strict religious beliefs.

Coming to a town near you in Florida.

Tom Cotton said Judge Jackson would have defended the Nazis on trial for crimes against humanity at Nuremberg!

Senator Marsha Blackburn from the child bride state of Tennessee… You heard right. GOP legislators are pushing to eliminate the age requirement for marriage, to give Tennesseans “an alternative form of marriage.”

Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader for years, has sent a strong message by refusing to condemn Eric Greitens, Missouri’s former governor forced to resign, over abuse charges leveled by his wife in court documents. He’s attempting to make a comeback in a Senate race. From CNN:

“‘In early June 2018, I became afraid for my safety and that of our children at our home, which was fairly isolated, due to Eric’s unstable and coercive behavior,’ she said, according to court records from the ongoing custody battle. ‘This behavior included physical violence toward our children, such as cuffing our then three-year-old son across the face at the dinner table in front of me and yanking him around by his hair.’

… Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson offered a target rich environment.

Republican senators LIED about her record, then they hazed her… ... ...

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Welcome. I’m Taylor Marsh and this is ASTRAL SOUL LIGHTNING. A podcast about making meaning, spirituality, and creative manifestation through archetypes, symbols, the seasons, and timing.

How we create our life.

The energies we navigate, from the planets and stars in the heavens, to the shadow side of EGO that dominates the world in which we live.

Where I’ve traveled isn’t on a map. What I’ve experienced and learned came through tools that are as ancient as human history.

I’m a Christian who’s experienced the rhythms of life through God’s guidance into the natural world that goes beyond traditionalism and The Church.

Big topics, that’s what this podcast is about. God, religion and spirituality, astrological seasons, timing, and the creative process and truth telling, even when it’s about yourself and might alienate people by the shock of what’s behind the curtain.

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