Living the Stars: Meghan Rose on Astrology, Heartbreak, and Starting Over in Rome

29:31Wait, do you resonate with that? Yeah, I am. Okay. Me too. So the constant need for communication and attention. Cause everything was so unpredictable. So it's like, I need to understand what you mean by that. like what's going on, what's going to be happening in five minutes, five hours, five months, five years. Like they actually have a great meeting out in Topanga. I know. You know, I did the meetings when I was little and then I was kind of like, I don't want to talk about this anymore. Just like because I like love my dad so much. He had a brain injury with coupled with, you know what I mean?

30:03So I like I feel very like I right now I'm focused on like like some behaviors I did when I was younger where I feel sad for her. And getting to the point, too, of like, because I'm a huge believer that everything's happening all at the same time. Like, I had a conversation. My mom brings this up a lot when I was like four in the back of her old Jeep Grand Cherokee. And I was like, mama, time is like a roll of film. And I was like, that one's there. That one's there. That one's But like essentially told her like it's all just still there. Like you can zoom in to whichever one, whatever. I'm sure at some point we'll have technology to like help us do that.

30:51But it's like you don't even have to feel bad for her because it's like she exists. Yeah. And I like it's weird because I like don't feel bad. But then I'm like, oh, that was sad that I did those things. But I'm like, that led me to where I am. But like it just feels like a little sticky somewhere. Yeah. So I'm kind of like that I don't really want to talk about it. And then like, and then I'm like, I'm fine. Like, I don't. Dude, the answer is just enjoying the moment that you have. Like my new mantra has been my past doesn't exist. And it's not because it doesn't, but I'm such an overthinker and such like a ruminator and can really go like way too off the deep end of my own life of like trying to figure it all out that I was like, if I just tell myself like my past doesn't exist.

31:41It sets me free. Isn't that amazing? You're like, then I'm just here right now and everything's awesome. We're good. I literally have it on my arm. Yeah, it's amazing. Be here now, you know, like. No, it's really. No, unless you like murdered somebody and you have like guilt over it, like everyone's fine. And even that, like when you see people's like apology, like after going through like jail or rehabilitation or mediation or something like we're all capable of forgiveness and letting go of what has happened. I don't know. That's a whole other. Yeah, it's interesting because I'm happy to like that you're validating because I was like, should I feel I was like, should I feel I didn't even I don't know.

32:24I was just kind of like promiscuous for a little bit. And I was like, should I feel like bad about how? And then I was like, I guess not. I had like kind of just like the best time ever all the time. So it's fine. And if you're in a marriage for, you know, decades, at some point, it's very human to be like, oh, what if? Like, my parents have been together since they were 15 and 17. My mom's only ever slept with my dad. Oh, wow. I was like. So cute. I mean, I know a lot of people who've been like, it's so safe. I know. You know what I mean? I know. but I like sit there and as much as I've been a serial monogamous like when I first came out to LA I definitely let myself have fun like I was 22 that's how I've gotten to the point of being like I'm good I'm good like I could go without but I don't I don't know I think it's good to give yourself the option to explore all of life's expanse I'm a big proponent of that oh my god I've had experiences like that I'm like, that was a movie.

33:31Like that was a fucking movie. Like being on vacation in Mexico, just like amazing. And just like, I think it's so nice to say yes to lots of things when you can. And I would say this to single women, like, like you, you know, I have like two children and a husband it's and businesses. And like, I wouldn't change. I've like, my life is better than I could have ever imagined it would be. And I wake up so happy and good, but so happy every day. but I can't just be like oh I'm gonna go do this no and by the way thank what thank god I don't want to like you know I want to be with my family and consider things and like but enjoy the time that you can yes that's what a privilege and when I like talk with so many different people and look at so many different birth charts too I always come back to this same understanding that I'm like there is no one size fits all to how you're supposed to be living life.

34:24Like the right. That must be so interesting for you. Well, and it takes, it has gotten me so like face to face with the idea of fate and destiny because to me, I'm like, you can't tell someone do this, don't do this, do it that way because it's almost like a staircase. Like that's more of how I visualize somebody's life. And I'm like, if they have to take steps like up this way and around that way, and this step's higher than this one or whatever, it's like everybody's staircase is shaped differently. The length of it is different. So what worked for you and also what you're giving up, like for somebody, they're going to be like, I would never give up being able to say yes to whatever I wanted to do all the time.

35:17Absolutely. And that's their staircase. But there's something so beautiful to me about giving up something that doesn't mean much to you to make space for what does mean a lot to you. Like you're opening that up and making it so much more pliable to come in. And I think that's why a lot of the time you'll see people struggling to like call in love or call in money or calling like whatever it is that they want. And they like keep searching, searching, searching for. And I'm like, try giving up something that doesn't actually belong to you first. Like you don't have to look a certain way. You don't have to dress a certain way.

36:01You don't have to like put yourself down or make yourself feel small when you're in conversations. You also don't have to be like big bulldog. Like you and I were talking about that where it's like there's nothing to prove and the minute you give that up what do you get love yeah yeah because it didn't even actually belong to you to be that way that must be really interesting when you're having conversations with people who are just really trying to call something in and you're like you almost like have lost like definitely not going to come the more that you're searching for it yeah I just think pushing and urging stuff along makes it do the opposite Like I always think about a dog like being pulled on a leash and it's like if you pull it, it's just going to sit back and like kind of give you that protest behavior because it's like I don't want to be rushed.

36:51Yeah, it's truly every time I've like let go of something and been more in a flow state is when everything has come to me. Mm-hmm.

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40:40So the last time we talked was, it was before, when was it? I was trying to think about this. Like a year ago? I think it was late last year because I definitely had my bob. You definitely had your bob. Also, is this your hair grew this fast? Oh, I was like, bitch. Are you getting extensions in Italy? Yeah. I mean, I'm glad that I'm sitting with this side of my face to the camera. It's Italy. the funniest thing and i'll will i'll like i'll post this after this episode comes out is like every time my girlfriends go to italy and get a blowout they're like what just happened to me it's like 80s porn star shit i'm like what are you what are we doing buddy i love it so you were prepping us for what 2025 is gonna have in store and it's been a fucking year girl the amount of people that i've had contact me after listening to that episode and they were like you talked about the borders shifting and now all of this talk about seceding and this like there's so much obviously happening on the world stage right now with that it i mean it's too literal sometimes yeah it's where what are we supposed to do for for when just how we're you know it just seems like every day there's something and and listen i posted something yesterday where i was like i don't want to contribute to outrage culture and someone was like it's really the time to be outraged right now 100 but i think there i think every day everything is like more and more insane and i think watching it and then really sitting with like what is happening and looking at all sides has has freed me from like wanting to be really reactionary totally because the more we scream at each other the worse it's getting yeah it's almost like an algorithm in life like where you are getting what it feels your attention what you're liking saving engaging with there's more of it I'm like we can't lose sight of like how metaphorical it is like we spend all of this time on social media and I'm like that's exactly what's happening in real life you know like exactly what's happening and I also am not big on outrage culture I don't like fear-mongering but at a certain point it's like if you have zero reaction to any of what's going on and you don't have a game plan of how you intend on engaging with it you've almost lost your power yeah because you're not conscious.

43:30You're just constantly putting out fires every time that there's a new thing. It's like now this is a new reality. But if you know, because from an astrological standpoint, we have Pluto, the outer planet of secrets and destruction and power sitting in Aquarius. Aquarius is the opposite sign of Leo. So it's like we have the performer over here, but we have the observer in Aquarius. So what we're getting right now is like the curtains pulled all the way back so we can fully observe all of the secrets of how power has been formed. And into 2026, and I keep saying 2026, 2032 are like two kind of like reprieve years.

44:18Like we're given this chance to sit on the bench rather than be out in the game. And it's not to say like disengage. It's just saying it's not going to be as high intensity. It's not going to be as in your face. We get a little bit of a break. We get that opportunity to recharge so we can go back out even stronger. So when you ask the question of like, what's going on? How do we prep? Like, how do we handle all of this? Give yourself the opportunity to take a beat before you respond. Like if you're doing everything on an individual level, and I always go back to Michael Jackson's Man in the Mirror.

45:01And it's like, if you want to see the world as a better place, take a look at yourself. You know, like it truly is that like it's like, So how can you not see that every person right now is in the middle of psychological warfare, being told to be scared, being told to be angry, being told to be divisive, being told to be hateful? Why do you think the world is like that? It is happening to billions of people on an individual scale. So the world has changed. Do you want to see the world like that? Most people would say no. Disengage. Sit back long enough to take a beat and be like, what belongs to me and what doesn't?

45:53Who do I actually want to be in this moment? Like I had a really big issue the last, I would say, like year or so that I was living in L.A. and I would be so angry when I would walk around and be like, why are people staring at me? Like, why is everybody looking at me? Why is everybody so dumb when you go to the grocery store or whatever? Like it was just like stupid stuff. But then I was like, when was the last time that I struck up conversation with a stranger or smiled at somebody when they were looking at me or like did any of the stuff that I was waiting and anticipating and yearning for other people to do to me?

46:30And it's like, is what I'm asking you to do uncomfortable? A hundred percent. That's why you haven't done it yet, but there is no change unless we're stepping outside of the cycle of what's already happening. And if you're watching yourself, you have to admit, yeah, I do spend a lot of time on my phone. Yeah. A lot of that content is really hateful and divisive. Yeah. The world kind of seems like that because that's all I'm being fed. And then I'm going out and continuing it. And on my medium that has become like a close friend of mine, like called me a couple of weeks ago and was like, I just, she's like, they're telling me, they're just like, really are trying to like, they're, her angels were like screaming at her.

47:13They were, and they, it was so interesting. I was like, what's happened? She's like, they're trying to, I'm like, is everything okay? And she was like, they're telling me to tell you to not even have political conversations in the privacy of your home. Like they were like, and you know, like my family has different political views. And I remember a couple years ago when we all went through this thing on Instagram where everyone's like, if your family member voted for dinner, like you shouldn't even be sharing. It's like, my phone, is my, my brother over for dinner? Like, fuck off. Like, sorry.

47:44You know what I mean? It's crazy. Like, so, you know, and like, I've noticed like the energy shift in our family so much where we had like one of the best family dinners of my adult life on Sunday. And it was because we talked about what was in front of us and we didn't talk and politics came up at one point like about it was kind of interesting like it came up but everybody had this like different perspective on it and it only grew our conversation yes and that was so beautiful yeah and that's where to me like I'm like obviously we're two white women who are able-bodied and able-minded and have enough money to do the things that we want in life.

48:28Big place of privilege. Huge point of privilege. Is that to negate that you can also see that once you've created a loving, safe container that you can bring people with different perspectives together and from that safe, almost like lubricated space to be like, now we can talk about it. like only from that space can you be like I actually don't agree with that and like here's you know my friend's perspective or my colleague's perspective or the perspective of a demographic of people that might not look like this. That's how the conversation went you know it was like someone made like a judgment about something and then someone else was like well I actually did not and it was like oh well what like then it was like you know listen like sometimes it was just like oh here we all are being so mature and really listening to one another and by the way these political conversations have happened in my home at the dinner table where people have argued and left like gotten in their car and screamed at each other yeah which you know i think is pretty normal and that happens oh my god it was so funny last christmas i you know because it was obviously december right after the election yeah and we had like 30 people over something and it's at my house So I stood up and I gave a speech and I said, you know, I cried.

49:49I said, I'm so happy. You know, we have this house and this is why we have this house. And so we can have these moments. And I said, I think we should all go around the table and say who we voted for and why.

50:01I can't fucking deal with you. I was like, I want to kick it off. Bye. I cannot. And everyone just died laughing. And it like set the tone for the evening and like the best way. and I like saw family members talking to each other that haven't talked in a long time. And I was like, see, this is just like, this is what the world needs. Honestly. It's like starting at our dinner table, you know, because that energy just gets really palpable. Yes. And we have to, so the outer planets move at a way slower pace. A lot of them become generational planets. So like any babies that are born during that time, it's like a generation of them because that planet sits there for so long.

50:39and right now we already talked about Pluto being an Aquarius but we also have Uranus which is the planet of chaos and unexpected shifts and change sitting in Gemini which is a very dualistic this girl's moods man but it's like the moods but also like this undying curiosity for everything thing. And when I think about that, and that was the transit that we talked about when I was like, yeah, there's going to be a lot of shifts and changes with the borders and like how things are defined. That's continuing on with us throughout next year. And I just keep seeing us getting over these initial steps of recalibrating to that energy and being like, holy shit, like there's a new change.

51:33There's a new change. There's a new idea. There's a new thought. There's new technology, whatever. Like it's like so much. But then when we realize, oh, we're on like a good momentum, we're making headway. It's like, I think some of the best inventions, art, fashion, music, cultural changes, even changes to a city, like the way that LA's metro system has just finally opened up into LAX. Like I'm like, there's things that are also changing rapidly that are happening slightly behind the scenes. You said that when we spoke last. Yes. That like in conjunction with all this chaos was going to be like a renaissance of so much really incredible things happening.

52:23So much so. And the kind of final touch as we go into 2026 is the fact that Saturn, in the planet of karma and lessons is in Pisces, but it's the final time for almost 30 years. So we get this full transition into Saturn and Aries throughout 2026. And I just keep seeing more people being entrepreneurs, whether that's self-made on social media, But I really am seeing a lot of opportunity next year. And I would say the subsequent two or three after that of the barter system coming back. Like, why are we giving all of this money, attention, energy to conglomerates, whether it's a social media platform, it's a bookstore turned everything store you know what I mean like all of our money is going to places where the funding is being held and hoarded and then we're going we all feel so empty and drained and it's like yeah because we're not playing toss back and forth we're tossing the ball one way and it's not coming back so with enough people woken up to that it gives us the chance to be like, I actually really like reciprocity.

53:48Like, let me help you out. Let you help me out. It's this like, I scratch your back, you scratch mine. That's coming back to us. That's amazing. Yeah. But you have to be willing to scratch other people's backs. Yeah. Well, there's that. Is there anything else that you see coming for 2026 that we need to like set an intention for going into that new year? Yeah. I mean, a lot of the things that we're going to start to see are like, we always have to be aware of the signs that the Mercury retrogrades are going to be in. So there's three to four of them every year. Okay. This is helpful. Yes. So we can't avoid it.

54:29Like we can't get rid of Mercury retrograde. Like we're never going to be able to fully like. But we can navigate it better if we know what planet it's in. Yeah, Exactly. Take us down this path because I'm tired of just being like, Mercury's a retrograde. I want to know more. So I just want to make sure that I get all of the right dates for this because I really want people to prep for this properly. So we have all of them happening in water signs this year. So Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio throughout the year. And the first one in February, second in June, third in October. And there's a lead up period, like a pre-Mercury retrograde, the retrograde period, and then a post-shadow.

55:16So even though it's only two weeks, we technically feel it for around four or five. Of course. With the Mercury retrogrades this year, we had them in fire signs, which is all about spirituality. We can also attribute that to religion because it's kind of like the alternative to the same coin. It's like the same energy going just to a different thing, which seemed to be a huge theme this year. So then when we go into the water signs and having our Mercury retrograde periods all in Cancer, Pisces, Scorpio throughout 2026, there's going to be more of a connection, I feel, to the soma. Like the idea that our emotions are constantly going to be chasing us unless we stop moving and we sit with them and feel it and let it go.

56:15because I think a lot of times it's almost like when you're in grade school and there's somebody pulling your hair and then the old adage was like oh they just really like you yeah I have a crush on you and I think about that a lot of like the things that we're really passionate about even like again not to go here but it's on the main stage right now it's being asked to be looked at is like the hatred that comes towards homosexual relationships and trans people. But then the amount of information that's coming out about like people, like the demographic of people who are watching like gay and trans porn.

56:54And I'm like, babe, babe, like just, you know, I think that's my favorite headline where it's like, yeah, not the downfall of anybody, but I'm like, no, I know it's just be honest. It's not I don't want a downfall of anything. I want a world that's safe enough for everybody to be authentically themselves. And I think that's what we're going to start to see in 2026 is the understanding that a matriarchal society is not the antithesis of a patriarchal one. That's interesting. It's not the opposite. It's not going to be men dominated. We've always grown up being told that. Yeah. Now women are going to dominate.

57:35It's not that. It's a society now that doesn't work on a ladder. It asks everybody to join hands and sit around in a circle. Like nobody wants to judge you. You don't have to live a life of judgment. So I think that's really what we're going to see is like a lot of emotional breakthroughs rather than the breakdown that we've existed in in 2025. Yeah. I love that. Yeah. We need that. Yeah. And I would love for 2026 to also be the year of like falling somewhere on the sexuality spectrum and not judging people when it's like extreme. I think that would free a lot of the hatred that's happening in the world right now.

58:22The uptight sexual country. As I'm like, I don't want to have sex. I think I'm asexual. No. I'll be a better like example of it myself. I'll say yes when I feel like saying yes. Where can people find you? Because you provide a lot of really helpful, continuous information for people. Yeah. So I'm mainly posting video content on TikTok, but all of my social handles are the same. It's at the underscore Megan Rose. And I have the star crossed newsletter and podcast that are both hosted on Substack. And we talked about this at the beginning of the episode, but I'll be sharing classes, workshops, the whole nine about intuitive astrology and how to tap into that yourself before the year is over.

59:12It's, I would encourage everybody to take, I mean, your sub-sac is so incredible. It's just a nice, you know, as we always talk about, like, what are we ingesting? What are we looking at? it's like a it's a really nice guide as to what's going on and then everybody should be taking a class on how to be a little bit more intuitive totally it's just getting in touch with yourself absolutely and my hope like this conversation I feel like is a good example of how my work works where it's like to me it doesn't make sense to do it unless it makes sense and it's actionable So it's not just an onslaught of astrology that doesn't make sense to the everyday person.

59:54To me, it's like, let's make this make sense for everybody so we can use the tool. Thank you so much. So good to see you. So good to see you always.

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