Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness
Sep 30, 2026 · 36 min · 10 segments
2026 will be BIG astrologically speaking… Discover how astrology is shaping the year's biggest shifts, both personally and globally, with renowned astrologer Aliza Kelly. From planetary movements to…
Aliza KellyGuest
Jonathan Van NessHostI think when... major takeaway that I've gotten today so far is that all of the signs are within all of our charts.
So if you're looking at the chart and you're trying to like interact with astrology in a way to like kind of unlock yourself or know more about yourself, the three things that you really need to look at are
I would say that you should definitely understand the story of your sun, moon and rising, your perspective on reality.
The rising, like I cannot emphasize the significance and importance of it enough because it is your mission and everything else in your chart simps to your rising sign.
Everything else is just responding to what that directionality is and trying to make it happen for you.
like all of your planets are being like yes rising i see you i get you we're gonna do it in this way so for example you know you're gemini rising your mission is to understand and be understood and you do that by helping other people also open up and get to know themselves too the way that you do that is through your son in aries which is about taking risks being brave, showing up courageously, being a leader, sometimes being too early to things, you know, being someone who's like, in order for me to help move these conversations forward, I'll go first, I'll share first, right? So everyone has, that relationship between their sun and their rising as a huge piece of information for like what their motivation is in life, what their purpose is.
And then your moon is how you feel about the whole mess, right? Your moon is like, well, is that fair? Is that safe? Is that supportive? Yeah.
So I, another thing that I think is a barrier to entry is that we associate psychics with like scammers a lot of the time, or the sort of stereotype of a fortune teller who has this sort of like bad actor quality.
You have to listen to your intuition, but also like, what is intuition? Who is she? Is she anxiety? No.
I think when... major takeaway that I've gotten today so far is that all of the signs are within all of our charts.
So if you're looking at the chart and you're trying to like interact with astrology in a way to like kind of unlock yourself or know more about yourself, the three things that you really need to look at are
I would say that you should definitely understand the story of your sun, moon and rising, your perspective on reality.
The rising, like I cannot emphasize the significance and importance of it enough because it is your mission and everything else in your chart simps to your rising sign.
Everything else is just responding to what that directionality is and trying to make it happen for you.
like all of your planets are being like yes rising i see you i get you we're gonna do it in this way so for example you know you're gemini rising your mission is to understand and be understood and you do that by helping other people also open up and get to know themselves too the way that you do that is through your son in aries which is about taking risks being brave, showing up courageously, being a leader, sometimes being too early to things, you know, being someone who's like, in order for me to help move these conversations forward, I'll go first, I'll share first, right? So everyone has, that relationship between their sun and their rising as a huge piece of information for like what their motivation is in life, what their purpose is.
And then your moon is how you feel about the whole mess, right? Your moon is like, well, is that fair? Is that safe? Is that supportive? Yeah.
So I, another thing that I think is a barrier to entry is that we associate psychics with like scammers a lot of the time, or the sort of stereotype of a fortune teller who has this sort of like bad actor quality.
You have to listen to your intuition, but also like, what is intuition? Who is she? Is she anxiety? No.
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