Star Powered®- Astrology for Changemakers with Leslie Tagorda

What if astrology was colonized too? In this episode I trace colonial mentality back to my Ilocano grandmother in Hawaii, the plantation caste system, and the Hawaiian sovereignty movement, then connect it to the real history of Johannes Kepler and Galileo as court astrologers before what I call the Great Separation. I get into why astrology got pushed out because it was bad for business, not because it was wrong, and I share the eight ways I decolonize how I practice and teach astrology today. If you have ever felt like parts of your chart were "in fault," this one is for you.

On July 26, the lunar nodes shift signs for the first time since 2020. The North Node moves into Aquarius, the South Node into Leo, and I sit down with business astrologer Sheri Moise to break down what this means for your leadership, your business, and the next two years. We trace this shift back to 2007-2009, when social media exploded and Bitcoin was born, and we look at what history tells us about where we are headed this time. Sheri shares her financial cycle research and explains why decentralization keeps showing up at these moments. We talk about what it takes to move from seeking applause to contributing to the collective. This is one of the biggest astrological shifts of the decade, and I think every changemaker needs to understand it.

This Cancer New Moon lands inside a Mercury retrograde and a rare planetary pattern I call the cosmic cradle, and it is asking every leader to do something we do not usually associate with power: soften. In this episode, I break down why Cancer's real power is not the power to protect, it is the power to feel safe enough to actually feel. I map the astrology behind why this quiet New Moon is anything but, and I go sign by sign through what this New Moon is asking each of you to plant, now that the guard is finally down.

I sit down with Dr. Sarah Webb, founder of Colorism Healing and an internationally recognized expert on colorism, the day before her brand new book hits shelves. We talk about colorism as more than a social issue. To Sarah, it is soul work, ancestral work, the kind of healing that runs through generations. I pull up her natal chart and we trace her Chiron placement, the wounded healer, and how the very thing she struggled with most became the foundation of her life's purpose.
We get into the courage it took for her to publish her very first blog post, the morning she woke up and finally heard "I love you" instead of fear, and the difference between fitting in and truly belonging. Sarah shares the story behind one of her most viral posts, the one she almost never wrote, and what it taught her about speaking up even when it is uncomfortable.
This conversation moved me deeply, and I think it will move you too. If you have ever felt like the lowest version of yourself trying to fit into a family, a culture, or a community that was never built for your full self, this episode is for you.

Mercury Retrograde in Cancer doesn't happen in a silo. It enters its shadow zone near the Gemini New Moon, stations retrograde on the Capricorn Full Moon, goes combust with the Cancer New Moon, and stations direct the same day the Sun enters Leo. Every cycle is a flower strung onto the one before it and the one after it, like a lei. In this episode, recorded live inside the Star Powered Circle masterclass, Leslie Tagorda strings together how this retrograde connects to Jupiter entering Leo and Venus entering Libra, breaks down what this transit asks of your leadership on a personal, community, and collective level, walks through the exact stations and degrees (and how this cycle compares to the last time Mercury moved through this same stretch of Cancer, back in 2020), and goes house by house through what this retrograde wants you to re-root.