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About the recent #tech layoffs at #google and what’s to come.

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When the abundant and expanding Jupiter left Saturn alone into Aquarius squaring Uranus (all related to the technology industry) myself and other astrologers talked about the problems (including layoffs and restructuring) that were about to hit that industry in various blog posts and multiple YouTube channels.

That has now come and will continue. Saturn will end it’s stint and square end of March 2023 but the last few months of it will be extremely brutal — just like we witnessed with the #google layoffs. As well as other companies.

Furthermore, Saturn and Venus (money, contracts, agreements, partnerships) again are meeting in Aquarius. This means that we will again for approximately a year have the same themes in the technology industry:

Restructuring, cutbacks, lower wages, layoffs, minimalistic approach, doing things with less money, reorganizing agreements and contracts (can mean layoffs).

That’s all good but what will come after the end of March of 2023 when Saturn finally ends it’s run in Aquarius and enters Pisces?

What are the other industries that will now feel and practically experience the blocking, limiting, and hard work of Saturn?

This can mean layoffs, cutbacks, and restructuring (less work for humans).

Movie industry (actors will be hit by it in a negative way)

Music industry Creative arts industries, designers, creative artists, and painters (AI has already started this process) More difficult years for creative people in general — they have to restructure how they work

Travel industry

Alcohol industry (taxes increase)

Pharmaceutical industry

The mushroom and weed industry

The Hotel/SPA and leisure industry

The gaming industry

The drug industry (more regulations, clamping down on criminals)

If You are interested in a longer version of what Saturn in Pisces will bring, here’s a long blog post with personal predictions for the individual signs as well.

https://ianaltosaar.com/a-guide-for-saturn-in-pisces-2023-2026/

The Freedom Astrologer

A Treacherous Path for Life

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If You are still walking the treacherous path of

“I will SHOW them, I will get that six-pack!”

“I will make lots of money and be important, that will PROVE to them that I’m good enough or better than them!”

Or even

“I will do this exercise and this diet and buy these clothes and this makeup, or inject this botox or put in these boobs, then I will be prettier and sexier than THEM!”

If You are still playing that game You are in the same prison You started Your transformation with.

You are still living THEIR life.

Live Your own. Much easier.

Ian Altosaar

Work with me: https://linktr.ee/astroian888

Mercury Retrograde 2022 in Libra and Virgo Predictions For All the Zodiac Signs

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Mercury retrograde during fall of 2022 is happening in two signs, Libra and Virgo. The official period is from the 9th of September to 2nd of October. But with the shadow periods, 3-weeks and 3 weeks after, the timeframe for the retrograde is a long one.

The first part of the retrograde period, we will be assessing our current contracts, partnerships, deals, relationships. We will be discussing and communicating with these people about what we want, what they want. As well as if the partnership, relationship or deal can continue. What needs to be changed, what needs to be made better for this to move to another level.

Past lovers, partners, agreements can also come back to us for a review = to see if there’s something we still need from them or not. Don’t be surprised if a past employer, business partner, or lover comes back and sends an email, iMessage, or just contacts You in some shape or form. Especially during the first part of the retrograde period (as well as the shadow period 3 weeks before). Especially potent around 1-15th of September.

The period can be summed up as weighing our options, indecision, and multiple proposals on our tables. The back and forth in our minds and thoughts will be felt. Constantly going back to a decision or people changing their minds.

The second part of Mercury retrograde will be spent in the earthly Virgo. From 23rd of September – 2nd of October. This means we will be going deep into details and fixing matters that were not seen to us before regarding:

  • Work
  • Daily routines
  • Health
  • Exercising routines
  • Illnesses
  • Imbalances in our life
  • The people we work with
  • Our work place
  • The people who are lower than us in society or with addictions, imbalances in their lives
  • Arguments, court cases
  • Debt

The period can be summarized as making things better with a critical undertone. So people can be critical towards You and You can also have a tendency to focus on the sometimes not so important details.

Make things better, rather than just stand there and moan about matters.

Overall:

  • Potentials for changing of trends in the financial markets or rapid events with stocks, crypto.
  • Problems and issues with technology, old devices acting up and breaking. If possible, wait until the period is done, do research and then buy a new one. If You needed or wanted something before the period = an electronic device that is suitable for You can “appear” or be brought to You.
  • Things breaking and needing to be fixed. Administrative tasks take longer, mistakes and errors. Rescheduling of meetings and hard to reach people at times.
  • Problems with computer systems, servers, systems in general that have a technological component, websites down and not working.
  • Having to repeatedly do a similar or same task.
  • Ideas are rampant.
  • Old projects returning to be evaluated or worked on to be published later after the period.
  • Messages sent to wrong people. Including work emails.
  • More spelling mistakes.
  • Driving multiple times to the same destination to fix some problem or misunderstanding.
  • Going through contracts, documents multiple times and fixing mistakes or negotiating on a deal.

Superior and inferior conjunction with Mercury and the Sun.

During Mercury retrograde, the planet will form an inferior conjunction with the Sun. Or in more practical terms, things will slow down for us here on earth. We will go deeper into ourselves and behind the scenes work. Working on details, fixing problems, working on projects to be published. This is definitely an internal time as well. To focus on Your insides, and the ideas cultivated from the depths of You. This time it will happen around the 23rd of September but the effects of the meeting will be felt earlier.

Before that meeting (especially before and during the 9th of September), things will speed up. Communication will heighten, sales and commerce will quicken, more activities and meetings. And matters already mentioned above.

We spend the next couple of weeks with things slowing down (going deeper within and behind the scenes). Until about the 2nd of October when Mercury turns direct once again. And we will start working towards the superior conjunction once again.

Overview

During any Mercury retrograde it is important to stay calm when delays, problems, repeating issues or mistakes that crop up. The period itself is here to show us what is working, as well as what is not. And to put efforts into changing matters.

So if You have to explain Yourself 3 times – don’t sweat it, it’s all part of the “cosmic plan”. Or send the same information to the same person 4 times… Irritating yes but all part of the equation.

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Ian Altosaar

The Freedom Astrologer

3 – Interview with Joe Greenland – Finding forgiveness #podcast #spirituality

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From his uncle trying to drown him 9 times during one summer, to finding forgiveness towards those who wronged him, Joe Greenland stopped by the Cosmic Adults again to drop some harsh realities from life itself.

This episode was intense, just the way we like it!

Some other themes from this week’s episode:

Your energy field = what is mine? What belongs to others?

Being the light in the midst of darkness.

Making difficult choices.

Clearing energy from houses and places.

Popping energetic bubbles when the energetic vibration doesn’t match.

Finding forgiveness for the people who have hurt us.

Strong mentors – a force for good.

Starting to listen to the Universe, finally…

Joe shares stories from the streets of life.

Work with Joe: https://www.foxdreamer.com/

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My personal socials: https://linktr.ee/astroian888

Uranus Retrograde 2022 Predictions For All the Zodiac Signs

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Almost all the planets need some Gatorade currently…

If things get any worse and nobody gives them any other sports drink, Gatorade will have a monopoly on all the planets.

To make things worse, the planet of truth, shocks, sudden surprises, lightning!, networks, systems, supply lines, and friends, followers is going to need a lot of Gatorade from the 24th of August 2022 until the 23rd of January 2023.

That’s a lot of Gatorade.

And although the Gatorade brand ambassadors are celebrating, this opens the next 3-4 weeks up to a lot of shocking events around the world.

To save us from the Gatorade monopoly that is pulling it’s dark and controlling ruling fist over us, here are some predictions for all the Zodiac signs.

Start with Your Ascendant, then Sun and Moon (both are good).

Aries = sudden changes in finances. Putting money into something suddenly or investing into it suddenly. Sudden income. Even putting money into food and practical resources. During the retrograde period having to shift and change financial matters. Ups and downs with how You see Your worth. Putting money into achieving Your goals and dreams. Desire to create money and resources quickly but must work towards them gradually.

Taurus = new path in life opens in a not so pleasant way. Has been opening for a while. Sudden changes in Your life in general, overall. As well as career, working life. Something sudden can happen with one of the parental figures or bosses. Desire to break free from old chains and open an entirely new path in life. Knowing Taurus’s, You will be fighting against it as long as You can and holding on to the old. But You can’t do that anymore. Wanting to hold on to an old career, mission in life.

Gemini = sudden opportunities for rest, subconscious patterns releasing and coming to the open air to be healed. On occasion this can happen through dreams, teachers, or mentor figures. Or even the father figure. Even something You are learning currently. Your old belief systems are keeping You attached to these patterns. At times You can’t even understand where the anxiety is coming from. Sudden dealings with people in foreign lands or behind the scenes.

Cancer = sudden developments with friends, social circles, and groups. A friend calls with urgent news or something shocking in a group! Desire to move towards Your dreams and goals quickly but Your subconscious fears are holding You back. Or not getting the wanted resources from others/partners. Foreign and intriguing contacts enter Your social circle suddenly. Social media following can increase and decrease suddenly (depending on Your actions).

Leo = rapid developments in career, work, with bosses. Desire to jump “hoops” in career and work. Skip a few steps and be higher up quickly. Opportunities can come but must work at it later during the retrograde period. Partners, partnerships putting on limits or stopping You from moving too quickly. Arguments with them. Wanting freedom and liberation in Your career and chosen working life, but hard to achieve it because of the blockages coming from clients, partners.

Virgo = abrupt developments with foreigners, mentors, teachers, father figure. Changes in their life that You didn’t expect and will influence You as well. Wishing to get certifications quicker, some new course or higher knowledge comes Your way suddenly that liberates You from old beliefs and bondages. Sudden flashes of the future. Opportunities to travel, study something abroad.

Libra = sudden income from others, for the partner, clients. Having to work on it later. Liberated from internal wounds related to self-expression which then helps You with Your own business. Hard to break free from these but life forces You towards it. Or children, lovers, older people. Seeing deeply and suddenly into other realms. Discovering something about death, sexuality, taxes, insurance abruptly, this can be shocking at first. Having to work hard for other people’s resources and thus Your own business or creative expression.

Scorpio = quick developments with the public, deals, partnerships, and/or partner. Something sudden and shocking in their lives. A deep impulse to go towards lucrative partnerships or want to be free in Your current relationship. Yearning for more freedom in Your marriage and business partnerships. Emotional matters and duties with home, family members can be blocking or throwing obstacles on to Your path.

Sagittarius = unforeseen changes at work, with people You work with, at Your workplace, with routines and health. Wanting to break free from bondages and debt. Your thoughts stopping You from doing that, or duties with teammates, siblings, relatives. A sudden imbalance in Your life shows itself regarding daily routines. Having to work harder during the retrograde to free Yourself from it. Arguments and disagreements with aforementioned characters.

Capricorn = sudden and quick events with lovers, children, riskier investments. Brilliant ideas regarding business and creative projects. Impulse to risk suddenly and gamble more but this can affect Your finances negatively. Or delays and restructuring with finances won’t allow You take on as much risk in business as You would like. Wanting to liberate Yourself and express Yourself freely. Unfortunately, family history and ideas about Yourself are stopping You. Working gradually towards freedom is best.

Aquarius = abrupt shifts and changes at home and with family members. Emotional and material foundations can seem “shaky” for a moment. Desire and need for emotional security, happiness, safety. Sudden need or desire to relocate, to move (depending on the degree of the IC = especially prevalent if IC around 18 degrees of Taurus).

Pisces = quick and sudden changes with siblings, teammates, relatives. Innovative thoughts and opportunities/desire for self-promotion. Developments in social-media and online = gaining or losing followers. Sudden movement and need to drive for example to another location (a city close by). Sudden short trips. Quick increase in sales but You Yourself can be blocking it. Wanting to learn a new and “strange” skill.

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Ian Altosaar

The Freedom Astrologer

1# – Interview with Pam Rader – Gradually Letting Go of Control

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In this week’s episode:

Saying Yes first  = then figuring out the “How?”

Bridging worlds = the spiritual and material, are they even different?

How to let go of controlling EVERYTHING?

Being vigilant with routines – doing the work = simple yet hard to do

Sniffing spiritual cocaine = how wanting to feel only good all the time turns into an addiction

Predictions and guidance for the week ahead!

Work with Pam: https://pamrader.com/

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The Cosmic Adults important links: https://linktr.ee/thecosmicadults

The Soul Connection Duo Podcast

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I just can’t stop podcasting or going on other people’s podcasts…

I visited the Soul Connection Duo, ladies who know a bunch about suffering themselves.

We talked about astrology, suffering, what’s still to come during the rest of 2022, and much more.

Here’s what they had to say about the episode:

Ian shares his story of how certain painful experiences led him to his spiritual awakening and journey to becoming an astrologer. He began by tracking the moon cycles and how it deeply influenced his life and relationships, which led him to dive deeper into this realm. Ian provides us with some insight for what to expect in the remainder of 2022, moon tracking, how suffering can be our greatest teacher, as well as what sun, moon and ascendant signs are and how awareness of these signs and their locations in our birth charts can influence our aspirations and life purpose.

Enjoy!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1zKeN0YKtWbJ9BreZ3XmL5?si=JXhAlE46QEyEvOr_IlSKKA

All important links to work with me and buy my stuff: https://linktr.ee/astroian888

Ian Altosaar

The Freedom Astrologer

Can’t SLEEP WELL? Tested & Simple Remedies according to your Sign!

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Rolling around sleepless during the middle of the night?

Counting sheep doesn’t help?

Each zodiac sign or person has their unique way of sleeping. This energy comes into play when we step into the bedroom.

Start with Ascendant, then Sun and Moon signs.

Aries can go into fantasy lands when they step into the bedroom, as well as rest can at times be dissolved. Meditation, prayer, and foot-baths are good to induce sleep.

Taurus can be agitated during sleep, or can even have violent dreams at night. Extremely restless in the bedroom. Some of that tension needs to be released during the pre-sleep routine.

Gemini can take a long time to fall asleep and they should have a bedroom pleasing the 5-senses.

Cancers tend to think too much when it’s time to go to sleep. Thoughts can be running in multiple directions. They need a journaling routine!

For the Leo native, sleep is much more cyclical, and emotional issues with current family members can be the cause of the problem. Or even safety (big issue!) and happiness in life.

Virgo can be lazy with going to bed but they are the best sleepers! Rest and sleep is fun for them.

Libra worries about worldly duties and tasks. Even wakes up in the middle of the night and starts planning and organizing the next day. They need to write down their worries into to-do lists and go back to bed!

Scorpio needs their bedroom to be beautiful and have designer elements in it. Harmony must exist in their private space.

Sagittarius needs a dark bedroom and privacy. Don’t let in people who You don’t trust. Dimmed curtains and pre-sleep routine needs to become a “ritual”.

Capricorn has easy access to sleep. Meditation, prayer, reading about philosophy should induce sleep even more. Vivid dreams and messages should be written down.

Aquarius needs a colder room for better sleep and less things in it. Has to be organized with their sleep routine, make the bed when You wake up, keep the room tidy.

Pisces gets a lot of information and downloads during sleep time. Anxiety can be abundant. These messages need to be written down, the night sky painted in the bedroom helps to relax the Pisces native.

In this video with Astrolada we discuss how the signs sleep, sexuality, tantra, and my brand new book “Sleep Better With Astrology”. I also give a FREE 1 hour long webinar on how the signs sleep!

All important links to work with me and buy my stuff: https://linktr.ee/astroian888

Interview with Jackie Steiner – Taking the 24/7 spiritual hustle too far + Jupiter Retrograde predictions!

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In this week’s episode:

Bringing Yourself back into Your body.

Qigong – why is it good?

Being in and with nature – something worth doing?

Taking the 24/7 spiritual hustle too far – blacking out and losing consciousness stories.

Learning through extremes – is there a better way?

Moving the body to release energy.

Being connected to the spirits and staying grounded at the same time? Possible or just a myth?

All important links to work with me and buy my stuff: https://linktr.ee/astroian888

The Cosmic Adults important links: https://linktr.ee/thecosmicadults

How I let my ex convince me I’m a narcissist and how she was wrong – hard lessons in self-love and emotional maturity

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A cautionary tale for people who are diagnosing others with narcissism. And for people who are truly suffering in abusive situations.

I see a lot of people giving this diagnosis out left and right, in groups, online, in YouTube video comments, etc.

I was recently personally diagnosed under a YouTube video I did with a friend and colleague because I was “listening to him like a person with narcissistic personality disorder”…

It is wild that people think they can diagnose people with this deep disorder “through a couple of videos and articles online”.

It requires years of practice, personal experience, study, working with people = don’t take this lightly.

The following story happened a long time ago. Almost 10 years to be even more exact. I was a completely different person then.

I had just had my spiritual awakening. Kundalini running, starting to see spirits and prophetic dreams.

I was emotionally in a very delicate position. If I had been in the Osho community (watch the Wild Wild Country documentary) = I would have probably experienced a lot of emotional and spiritual abuse.

My psychological, emotional, intellectual footing wasn’t there. I wasn’t yet strong enough.

Through a spiritual website I met a more experienced and deeper woman.

A Scorpio, who had more emotional capacity, and emotional skills to use for good but to also use for manipulation. She had been in the “spiritual and psychological game” for a long time.

The relationship between us was fine at first = as long as I did whatever she wanted. You can most likely see that neglecting Yourself and “doing whatever the other person wants” isn’t the best basis for a relationship…

At that time I didn’t understand (I would get to that deeper place later) = I was doing this to please her, to get love from her. I didn’t yet have it within myself.

In that specific process = I was also giving a part of myself away.

As the relationship went on, so did I on my own personal development and growth path. Became a lot stronger, understood things on a much deeper level. I started understanding this dynamic.

Very often women choose men they can control like this (through love) because they didn’t receive the love from their fathers. They couldn’t control their father. And now looking for men they can control for love (pleasers).

As well as men choose women like that to please = because that’s what they had to do in their childhood with their mothers. Mothers didn’t love them enough, they had to start pleasing the mother figure to get small doses of love. A way for mothers to control their sons = because they don’t love themselves. They need to get it from somewhere.

Both parties had experienced emotional neglect in their childhoods.

As I started to unpack this pattern, I started finding a voice within the relationship.

Which is just a fancy way of saying = I started to say what I actually want to do, how I want to be, how I want to live.

You can imagine that didn’t go over too well.

If a person is still in that fear of “I need to control someone in order to get love” they will not take a person’s liberty or newfound freedom lightly.

What started happening?

First, I became selfish = just because I had the balls and courage to say what I feel, think, and want.

Looking back at it = this should have been my first clue.

A hard lesson number one = when a person starts to say You are selfish when You are expressing things in a manner of “I think I want to do this”, “This I believe is right in life and in relationships”, “I want to go there and do this”, “I think this is right”.

When all these things become wrong = You are in the danger of being controlled and manipulated.

I didn’t have the emotional or psychological strength to deal with something like this. She was extremely smart and knowledgeable about psychological processes (more than I at the time = later she became one of the biggest reasons for me to go deeper and understand more about all of it and this has brought me into a place where I can finally work with people).

She could literally find crafty ways of making my newfound freedom wrong and convince me that I was selfish to want these things.

Selfish to finally want to live my own life…

She started sending me videos about narcissism = and said look, that’s You.

In my naivety, I believed her. Or some of it. I was confused. Feels incredibly raw and vulnerable to admit this publicly. I know many people will judge me but the importance in sharing this story is bigger than this.

I was so deeply afraid of losing her love that I suppressed my thoughts, ideas about who I was. And even the reactions of when I was watching these videos = that they weren’t actually a lot to do with me.

She convinced me that I was wrong, and she was right.

In my fear of losing her love I submitted to her wants and desires once again. Losing myself in the process. A deeper hole within myself that would be healed later…

But because she was more experienced, seemed to have a very deep understanding of how psychology works, and the love wound within myself = I started believing her more and more. This was a dark time.

But…

During all of my research into the pattern and diagnosis, I started doubting at least some of it.

I sought out for help from a therapist. She helped me to understand these dynamics. A blessing. She became one of my greatest helpers = there are good people out there.

As I was constantly still accused of being “too selfish”, just because I started to express my opinion and didn’t agree with everything anymore = the relationship finally ended.

But I was still deeply afraid of being a narcissist. A hell of a thing to be afraid of.

A side note for my fellow Libras. Because we have a tendency to identify ourselves through others or through the other = it’s easier for You to take on things that others say about You. Even things that are not true.

“If they say it = it must be true.”

And at the same time, I was literally going so deep within my consciousness = still afraid of being a narcissist.

But luckily the breakup had put a lot of distance between me and her = I had time to grow emotionally (men’s work, certified coach etc, helping others, and healing my own pain, going deeper into astrology/psychology) = was at this time I started to realize how deeply misguided and manipulated I was. I really started to put the pieces together. And to see the pattern for what it was.

As I started to express who I was, what I wanted, how I really saw situations between us = she had gotten scared because the control was slipping away from her.

She couldn’t control me anymore as much as she would have like to = because when Scorpios (the unhealed Scorpionic energy) control = they feel safe.

When they can’t control = the fear from their childhood is triggered in order to be healed (in order for emotional maturity to be created). That was too much for her and the relationship ended.

It left a lot of guilt and shame within myself. It took years to let go of and to grieve.

Read the rest in the Freedom List where I discuss freedom, life, money, markets, relationships, sex, spirituality, and how to get what You want in life (this one drops on Monday): https://linktr.ee/astroian888

Ian Altosaar

The Freedom Astrologer