Cosmic Clues & Cosmic Cues: Astrology for Self-Awareness

What if your birth chart held the key to deeper self-awareness and emotional growth?

In this episode of the Inside OUT Podcast, Jojo dives deep into the real purpose of astrology—beyond the clichés and cosmic scapegoats. She unpacks how astrology can be a powerful tool for self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and spiritual growth.

Jojo explores recent planetary shifts, the impact of Venus and Mercury retrogrades, and how understanding your natal chart can help you decode your patterns, triggers, and purpose. Whether you're astro-curious or already chart-obsessed, this episode will help you reframe astrology as a mirror—not a map.

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Transcript

Jojo (00:07.192)
Welcome to the Inside Out Podcast. I'm your host JoJo and this is where we will navigate the mess together that is mental, emotional and spiritual. So let's get into it.

Jojo (00:27.63)
Hey guys, welcome back to Inside Out. Thank you so much for tuning in today. And today we're gonna get a little cosmic because astrology is not just a TikTok trend or something you see on social media or like a horoscope in the back of a magazine. It's actually a mirror. It's like a guide or a language that the universe speaks to us through. So whether you're a total beginner to astrology or you have

Co-star or my favorite app the pattern or you have an astrologer on speed dial, which I know some of you do This episode is for you. Here's the thing astrology gets a bad rap and Look, I get it people misuse astrology all the time but Astrology is not about blaming mercury for your messy breakup. It's about understanding your inner landscape

through the stars. And if you've been feeling off lately, trust me, you're not alone because we just came out of some pretty major planetary shifts. So we're going to get into it. We're going to break it all down. And this is the perfect time to reflect and realign because we are finally having some direct forward motion, especially with Venus and Mercury. So look back at your calendar because

I'm going to let you know what just happened with Venus and Mercury. Both were retrograde. Venus was retrograde from March 1st to April 12th. So we literally just came out of the Venus retrograde. And Mercury was retrograde between March 15th and April 7th. So we're about a week or two out of that one. Now listen, Mercury is all about tech issues, old situations resurfacing. It's about communication.

So you might have been dealing with a lot of confusion or you might've had an ex pop-up into your life. And it's basically a chance to rewire what isn't working, whether that's technologically or that's just personally. Now, Venus is all about love, money, your worth in the world, what you value. So this

Jojo (02:50.233)
might've been an opportunity for you to really look at your relationships in your life. The people that you've dated, maybe they've popped back up into your world. Or maybe a new love connection has been in your life and you've been like, is this something that is aligned with me right now? So that was the purpose of these retrogrades that just happened. And now because they have gone direct, it's a little bit more of a forward momentum.

and retrogrades are what come in to offer reflection and realignment. I know a lot of people out there have a lot of mistrust and misunderstanding when it comes to astrology and what astrology really is. And the thing is, astrology is a tool. It's not a rule. It's not supposed to be used as predictory. And it definitely shouldn't be used to predict your life or

outcomes of certain things, it's literally just something that you should use as a mirror, a mirror for your soul or more or less like your energetic blueprint that you came into this world with. So astrology is a map of the sky at the moment that you were born and it helps you understand your patterns, your strengths and your purpose.

It doesn't tell you what to do or how to navigate certain things. It's more so used or should be used as a guide on how to understand yourself deeper and do things better. Unfortunately, a lot of people use astrology wrong. So I just want to get this out of the way because I've seen it so many times. I was just watching this standup comedian and he was talking about astrology girls and how they're space racists.

It was a pretty funny bit, but the bottom line is a lot of people use astrology as like a blaming game in a way. They'll be like, I'd never date a Leo or I'd never date a Gemini because X, Y, and Z. Now, unfortunately, people blame. They use astrology to blame and they're like, well, I ghosted him because he was a Gemini. No, no, no. You ghosted him because you didn't want to have an honest conversation and this Gemini just influenced

Jojo (05:16.945)
the flavor of your discomfort. Now, people are more than just their sun signs. You have a moon, you have a rising, you have so many other planetary parts to you and certain alignments and conjunctions or squares of their natal chart and your natal chart could have some friction and some discomfort, but that's not a reason to be ghosting people or saying, I will never date this kind of person because they're a Gemini or they're a Libra or

whatever it is that people say. Now also a lot of people use astrology to avoid accountability. Like saying recently, I've heard this a lot, people being like, well, Mercury's retrograde so I can't make a decision right now. No, no. Retrogrades don't mean to stop living your life. It means reflect, maybe rethink, revisit, realign.

But we're not blaming the stars for why we're procrastinating and not having things work out right now. So that's another one. Have you ever heard someone say, you're such a Libra? What does that even mean? Like, seriously, you're not just your sunshine, you're a whole chart. So you're shrinking or someone is shrinking you down to just one little thing that is pretty, I don't know.

I just don't agree with it. I've also heard people say, I'm never going to date a Leo cause my ex is a Leo. Okay. So now we're canceling people out because of their star signs and not because we need to do some work on ourselves. Do you see how astrology is so misused? Now this is not the point for astrology. Astrology is a cosmic GPS. You are still in the driver's seat. You get to choose the route.

The stars are like your traffic report. Now, there are some really beautiful tools out there if you're interested in diving deeper into your cosmic blueprint and getting to understand yourself in a deeper way. And those tools are astro.com, The Pattern, as I mentioned, CoStar. I really like The Pattern and astro.com. These are free services where you can literally put in your time that you were born.

Jojo (07:44.221)
has to be the exact time. So don't just say, like around like 10 PM. No, no, no. You need your exact time, location, and day. And that will tell you exactly where the stars were in the sky at your time of birth. So once you get your natal chart, everything's broken down by planets, signs, and houses. So these will all represent different aspects of you. And it will give you a ton of insight into your emotional life.

communication style, your career and your aspirations, definitely your love life, what wounds that you might need to heal or complexes that you have that you're here or things that trigger you and that you struggle with and kind of give you a deeper understanding of why, how to address them. for me at least, it's made me feel a lot less crazy. Now you could be like, well Jojo, now you're using astrology to

blame it on not feeling crazy. No, it just, it deepens my understanding of myself and allows me to work more with those energies rather than just being like, well, that's just me, sorry. It actually allows me to go deeper into it so that I can uncover deeper truths about myself so that I can shift so that things don't trigger me in the same way so that I can actually grow and evolve.

which is by the way what we're all here to do in this lifetime. So let's do it. All right, I'm gonna give you guys a little bit of homework before next episode next week where we will be having an astrologer come on and talk to us about the major planets, what they mean, your big three, which are your sun, moon and rising. We're gonna get messy with her next week. But until then, I want you to go.

and find out what your sun, your moon, and your rising is. And like I said, you can do that with the pattern, you can do that with CoStar, you can do that with Astro.com, you can do that with, literally there are so many free calculators online, just type into Google birth chart, natal chart, and anything will pop up that you can use. So why are we talking about astrology? Well, let's get messy with it mentally. Astrology helps you name your patterns. Maybe you're a huge over-thinker because you have your

Jojo (10:09.726)
moon in Virgo or you are running from rest because you have your Mars in Aries. Knowing where your planets are in your chart gives your mind a language for the loops, the patterns, the things that you keep finding yourself in. And it really informs you. Emotionally, astrology holds a mirror up to you.

and most importantly, your emotional life. Because your moon sign really tells you how you cope, how you deal. Your Venus shows you how you love. If something feels off emotionally, your chart typically is a great indicator as to why. And understanding that, that's power. And that's emotional intelligence, because then you can apply it to your life instead of...

avoiding, blaming, or just not doing the work. And spiritually. Well, spiritually, astrology should be, and for me is a really big reminder that you're connected to something greater. You're not just random. You are, I saw this once and I this was beautiful. You're stardust with a story. And astrology invites you to walk through life more intentionally, more intuitively.

and more in line and aligned with your soul's truth, with your soul's purpose. So no, the planets aren't running your life. You have free will, but they offer you clues and a starting point to deepen self-connection. And when you start to listen and you start to use this stuff, things typically flow a lot.

easier and you're not just in your head constantly being like, well, why is this happening? And you're super down on yourself and all the, just, it allows more breath. It allows more ease and it helps us, dare I say, get deeper with ourselves from the inside out. All right guys, thank you for getting messy with me this week. Make sure you pull up your natal chart, use those free tools I mentioned and

Jojo (12:35.239)
If this episode is something you liked, please, please, please share this with a friend and also comment, comment your, let me see, what do I want to know about you? Comment your sun sign. I want to know who is listening to this, what signs are vibing with this episode the most. And don't forget to tune in next week when I have my astrologer friend on.

and we get deeper and messier with astrology, you know where to find me at underscore inside out dot podcast. Make sure you are following along and don't forget to sign up for the newsletter. Okay guys, hopefully that gave you some clarity about what has been a little bit of a messy transit time from the beginning of March to mid April. past six weeks have been a little nuts.

for me included. I've also been navigating everything that I mentioned with Mercury and Venus, so you're not alone. I'll see you guys next week. Bye.