In episode 138 of the podcast astrologers Kelly Surtees and Austin Coppock join the show to provide an overview of the astrology of 2018.

During the course of the episode we provide an overview of the major planetary transits and aspects this year, such as Saturn spending its first full year in Capricorn, Uranus moving into Taurus, the continuing Leo-Aquarius eclipse series, and more.

The cover art for this episode is from the new 2018 Planetary Movements poster, which is now on sale along with the 2018 PlanetWatcher calendar! You can purchase them both together in our 2018 Astrology Calendar Poster Package.

Below you will find the show notes, followed by links to download or stream the recording of this episode of the podcast.

Timestamps

Timestamps for various parts of the episode, in case you want to skip ahead to a segment:

0:00 – 21:17: News and announcements segment

News and announcements segment 21:17 – 2:12:00: Forecast for 2018

Forecast for 2018 53:50 – 58:50: Auspicious election for January

News and Announcements

At the top of the show we talk about some news and announcements:

Our new 2018 astrology calendar poster package is now available for purchase!

We are giving away 2 copies of the new Bindu Astrology Software program

Also giving away 3 books to patrons: The Greatness of Saturn, The Gods of Change, and Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune.

Scholarships are available for the United Astrology Conference. The conference that is happening in Chicago in May 2018. The conference itself has 12 scholarships available. Each of the sponsoring orgs are offering some separate scholarships as well.



Major Astrological Alignments in 2018

Saturn in Capricorn

Jupiter in Scorpio

Uranus in and out of Taurus

Aquarius-Leo Eclipses

Mercury Retrograde periods all in fire signs

Mars retrograde in Aquarius/Capricorn

Venus retrograde in Scorpio/Libra

Jupiter ingresses into Sagittarius

Weird lack of exact outer planet aspects

Quarter by Quarter Breakdown

Q1:

Eclipses

Jupiter sextile Pluto

Q2:

Uranus -> Taurus

Mars/Sat/Pluto in Cap March 17-May 15 🙁

Mars square Uranus first of 3 (May)

Q3:

Eclipses

Mars Retro

Mars square Uranus twice

Q4:

Venus Retro

Jupiter -> Sag

Uranus back into Aries

Auspicious Electional Chart for January 2018

Here is the primary auspicious electional chart that we highlighted for January, which was picked out by electional astrologer Leisa Schaim:

There are four more electional charts that we found for January, which will be presented in our private subscriber-only podcast on auspicious elections that is released this weekend.

If you would like to get access to that discussion, then all you have to do is become a patron of The Astrology Podcast on the $5 or $10 tier through our page on on Patreon, and then you will get access to the 45-minute Auspicious Elections Podcast as soon as it is released.

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