Moon to Moon

In this Dark Moon Download, Britten comes through with a message that arrived on a run, in honor of Venus retrograde in Scorpio: unpopular opinion, leave him.
The "him" isn't necessarily your husband (although, maybe it is). It's the contracts, arrangements and agreements we've worked so hard to make work.
Britten talks about what Venus is revealing right now, the grief of realizing how much of our lives has gone into trying to be good enough, and what she found on the other side of saying no in her own life.
In this episode, Britten explores:
Why she loves planets in detriment and fall, including Venus retrograde in Scorpio

What's being revealed underneath the polite rituals of respectability

Why believing it's our fault can feel easier than seeing what's true

What "him" really means, and why it doesn't have to be a person

The grief of becoming extraordinarily competent at arrangements that disempower us

What it tells us when naming things doesn't lead to change

The 7 of Cups, meeting Venus at the gates, and the underworld journey of this retrograde

Venus meeting the Sun at 0 Scorpio and heading back to Libra, the land of contracts

How shame erodes self-trust, and why your knowing is enough

When contracts want updates, and when they want to be snipped up and burned

What Britten calls an Emergent No, and the grief and creation that follow it

What Britten left at 39, and the part of her that showed up to take it from there

Underneath it all is the question Venus is asking each of us: is this the contract I want to keep agreeing to?
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Find your Rising Sign here and dive in! Each is about 12-14 minutes, so they're very digestible. Britten stays focused on themes and gives you clear frames and questions for navigating the energies we're inside. The mystical with the practical! ENJOY!
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In this episode, Britten is joined by S.J. Anderson, the astrologer who coined the term Barbault's Basket. 
S.J. takes us into the work of French mundane astrologer André Barbault, the rare convergence of outer planetary cycles, and the story of how a phrase from a tweet became one of the biggest astrological conversations of the summer.
They also talk about what happens when astrological language takes on a life of its own, including the myths and misunderstandings that spread alongside the excitement.
In this episode, they explore:
What Barbault's Basket actually is, and why its planetary configuration is so unusual

The work of André Barbault and his predictions about a new world civilization

How S.J. coined the term in 2021 and watched it become a viral phenomenon in 2026

The misconceptions that circulated about Barbault and the basket

Why July 2026 may be one moment in a much longer astrological story

The possibility of a second basket involving Ceres in June 2027

Saturn and Neptune in Aries as an invitation to create new foundations

The role of AI and technological breakthroughs in the unfolding astrology

How the basket speaks differently through each person's natal chart

Shame, certainty, rebirth, and our capacity to live into new ways of being

Why love and human connection remain essential amid technological transformation

Underneath the outer planets and the AI headlines is a question Britten calls almost urgent: what does it mean to be a human being?
 
About S.J. Anderson:
Hi, I'm S.J. Anderson, an astrologer and writer. In addition to maintaining an astrology consultation practice and YouTube channel, I regularly share ideas on Instagram. My perspective is influenced by studies in Hellenistic astrology, Theravada Buddhism, and Sivananda yoga.
A lifetime member of the International Society of Astrological Research (ISAR), my astrological writing has been featured in publications such as Ignota Press, IAM: Infinity Astrological Magazine, and Wellbeing Astrology Guide; and my insights into astrology have been covered in major publications like India Times, Daily Express, Mashable, and Yahoo! News.
Website: sjanderson144.com 
YouTube: youtube.com/@sjanderson144 
Instagram: instagram.com/sjanderson144 



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What the fuck is a "pop astrologer," anyway?
In this episode, Britten talks with Tasha Beg of The Pop Astrologist about the strange and slippery divide between "pop astrology" and "real astrology," and what that divide reveals about seriousness, legitimacy, visibility, business, and belonging inside the astrological community.
At the center of the conversation is a larger question: why does astrology, a tradition that has itself so often been dismissed as unserious, sometimes seem to need an "unserious astrology" inside itself?
Topics They Cover:
What we actually mean when we call someone a "pop astrologer," and how many different assumptions get collapsed into that label.

Tasha's path into astrology and the creation of The Pop Astrologist, combining astrology with pop culture, headlines, celebrity, sports, and current events.

The difference between accessibility and lack of depth, and why making complex astrology digestible is its own form of skill.

The "real astrologer" versus "pop astrologer" binary, and the ways seriousness, technique, business size, visibility, branding, and legitimacy can become tangled together.

Why commercial success and scale can provoke suspicion inside spiritual and astrological communities, and how large platforms also allow astrology to reach people who might never encounter it otherwise.

Shame inside astrology, including the possibility that a field that has itself been culturally dismissed can reproduce its own hierarchies of legitimacy.

Teachers, authority, and what happens when someone who once shaped us can no longer accompany us into the next chapter.

The difference between rejecting hierarchy and abandoning discernment. 

Visibility wounds, public evolution, criticism, and the reality that people often grow up in public.

Reclaiming authority: asking what we value, what we trust, what resonates, and where we have allowed someone else to tell us what astrology is supposed to be.

This is a conversation about pop astrology, but it is also about much more than that. It is about shame, legitimacy, projection, business, teachers, belonging, and the ongoing work of becoming our own authority inside a tradition we love.

 
About Tasha:
Tasha is a Brooklyn-based evolutionary astrologer who left her Wall Street career during her Saturn Return to help others navigate life with greater intention and alignment with their natal promise. When she's not working privately with clients or hosting retreats, she brings astrology into everyday conversation as the @thepopastrologist, exploring the intersection of astrology, pop culture, and current events.
 
IG: @thepopastrologist
Substack: https://thepopastrologist.substack.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thepopastrologist
 
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In this episode, Britten is joined by Danielle Rothschild of Little Mystic School for a conversation about astrology, childhood, motherhood, and the experience of feeling different from other people. Danielle shares how astrology became a way of understanding herself and validating the things she already knew somewhere inside, and how that eventually led to the work she now does with parents and children.
Topics They Cover:
Danielle's experience of feeling different from her peers, moving throughout Europe as a child, and carrying a deep sense of loneliness and instability.

Finding astrology and discovering that it could validate the things she had stopped trusting in herself.

Danielle's relationship to being a mystic, her early connection to spirit and divinity, and the difficult childhood experiences that shaped her.

How motherhood and inner-child healing have influenced the way both Danielle and Britten understand and teach astrology.

Danielle's Legacy course and using the Moon, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, and the Sun to better understand children, their needs, communication, development, and relationship to limits and authority.

Little Mystic School, Danielle's books and resources for parents and children, and her desire to get the information out of her head and into your hands.

Danielle speaks about astrology with both reverence and humor, while remaining deeply curious about what it can help us understand about ourselves and the children we are raising. 
 
About Danielle:
Danielle Rothschild is an astrologer, spiritual teacher, writer, educator, and the founder of Little Mystic School, a modern mystery school for families. She has been teaching since 2009 and has spent a decade working with children, parents, and educators through astrology, yoga, mindfulness, healing, and early childhood education.
With extensive training in astrology, yoga, meditation, energy healing, and childhood development, Danielle brings together ancient wisdom, mystical teachings, and her real-world experience working with children and families. Her work explores everything from the birth chart to Hermetic philosophy, meditation, ritual, and the deeper questions children naturally ask about who they are and the world around them.
Little Mystic School grew out of Danielle's own healing journey and the transformation that came through becoming a mother. At the heart of her work is the belief that the wisdom many of us had to search for as adults can be given to children from the beginning, changing not only how they understand themselves, but also what becomes possible for the generations that come after them.
WEBSITE: www.littlemysticschool.com 
LEGACY: https://www.littlemysticschool.com/pages/legacy 
 
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In this episode, Britten is joined by Amiya Alexandra of Resonance Astrology to talk about the upcoming Venus retrograde. They begin with the basics of the retrograde itself, then move into relationships, intimacy, jealousy, endings, and what it can mean to consciously engage with Venus rather than treating a retrograde as something that is simply happening to us.
Topics They Cover:
The basics of Venus retrograde, including the pre- and post-shadow periods, the 18-month cycle, and why retrogrades aren't necessarily bad.

Venus as the glue of the zodiac and an opportunity to reassess the relationships in our lives, including our relationships with ourselves, pleasure, health, spirit, and the people around us.

The 8-year Venus cycle and what looking back at the last Venus retrograde in Libra and Scorpio can reveal.

The Libra and Scorpio themes of intimacy, boundaries versus walls, obsession, possession, jealousy, and the unmet needs underneath them.

Personal stories of Venus retrogrades, including relationship conflict and repair, changing self-presentation, returning collaborators, and the grief that can come with endings.

Ways to consciously work with Venus through altars, ritual, the Orphic Hymn, and building a relationship with Venus rather than simply waiting for her to do something for us.

Amiya describes herself as a relational astrologer, specifically in relationship to the planets. For her, the invitation is to engage with Venus, especially during her absence, and come out of the retrograde in an empowered state.
 
About Amiya:
Amiya Alexandra is an astrologer and former psychiatric nurse whose work blends Traditional Hellenistic with Modern Psychological Astrology. 
Through Resonance Astrology, she translates the language of the stars into lived and embodied experience, exploring how we can develop meaningful relationships with the planets and their cycles. 
Her work invites us to move beyond simply interpreting a chart and instead encounter its symbolism as something we can experience, relate to and live.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/resonance.astrology 
Website: https://www.resonanceastrology.com 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ResonanceAstrology  
Spotify Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3A3NjLa2V0l0jLlwI8KoDh 
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Learn More: 
Britten invites listeners to join her in the sixth installment of Mystics Making Money: The Syllabus Is The Chrysalis starting September 11.
She'll be teaching you how to architect transformational spaces that serve exponentially more people and bring her exponentially more revenue. Creating courses takes you out of one-on-one contracts and into something way more expansive and experiential. 
You can learn more and register here: https://brittenlarue.com/course/mystics-making-money/ 
 
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