Weekly World Wrap-Up: July 13-19, 2025
Cankles, Cover-Ups, and a Crumbling Crown: The Week Truth Surfaced, Empires Sank, and the Glitch Became the Story
This week, the planet hit rewind,
and the world didn’t just shift….it glitched.
The Epstein cover-up collapsed in real time.
Trump turned on his followers, then they turned on him.
MAGA rioted on Truth Social.
Bongino threatened to bolt.
The DOJ fired the Epstein prosecutor and shut down the trafficking office.
Mulvaney declared “Trump is in the files.”
Republicans cried “Release the list”,
then killed the vote in the dead of night.
Trump’s cankles hit the headlines,
he was booed and caught stealing a FIFA medal,
nodded off mid-speech, claimed his dead uncle taught the Unabomber,
made up stories about Coca-Cola to distract us from a lewd birthday letter
that made Trump so mad he sued Murdoch for $10 billion.
You literally could not make this stuff up.
ICE slammed the door on a priest.
Ron DeSantis caught heat for his detention center in a swamp.
The Supreme Court gutted the Education Department.
Trump dismantled the State Department & the EPA’s Science Division
Deutsche Bank warned of financial collapse.
Pam Bondi floated plans to reopen Alcatraz.
Tulsi Gabbard accused her predecessors of treason.
Brazil’s ex-president Bolsonaro was tagged and gagged in coup plot trial.
Netenyahu proposed a desert camp for a million Palestinians,
lost his majority in parliament, and is now wanted for arrest in over 120 countries.
Democrats walked out as the GOP rammed through Bove’s nomination.
Biden’s aides plead the fifth as his autopen was scrutinised on Capitol Hill.
The Trump administration incinerated 500 tons of food meant for starving children, and $9M worth of contraceptives meant for crisis zones.
The Senate slashed funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid.
The Pentagon deployed Elon Musk’s “MechaHitler” chatbot across military systems.
Meta accidentally “killed” an Indian politician with their faulty translator.
In Europe, thousands died in a heat wave.
Newsmax lost in court.
Colbert got canned.
Fox was put on notice.
Jess Watters was forced to apologise.
Newsom gloated.
Elmo got hacked.
Coldplay’s kiss-cam launched viral chaos.
And half of America slipped underwater.
This is life in 2025,
where empires are loudly rotting,
while strange seeds of hope sprout quietly in the cracks.
Microplastics were pulled from water with okra and fenugreek.
Fusion broke through.
Sand batteries lit up.
A tidal turbine refused to quit.
Flies rained from planes to stop flesh-eating parasites.
Zimbabwe’s elephants came roaring back.
And Earth spun faster than ever,
as if trying to shake the old world off her skin.
The stars aren’t subtle right now.
Saturn’s dragging us back to face what we tried to skip.
Mercury’s twisting the truth until it shatters.
Secrets are surfacing.
Masks are slipping.
And somewhere in the chaos,
the future is cracking open its shell.
As always, I’ve cobbled together the chaos,
read the signs in the stars,
and tried to make sense of the insanity.
So take a breath.
Ground yourself.
And let’s dive into the week the past refused to stay buried.
**The cosmic insights shared here are mapped to the real movements of the heavens during the past week.**
As you’ll see below, the Wrap-Up follows this format:
THE BREAKDOWN maps where the old world is cracking and collapsing, clearing space for what’s coming next.
BRIDGES BETWEEN follows the tension points - those liminal crossings where choices loom and timelines begin to diverge.
GREEN SHOOTS highlights the early signs of renewal, where a new world is already sprouting through the wreckage.
WHAT LIES AHEAD offers a glimpse into the near future, with cosmic cues and predictions for the weeks to come.
💣 The Trump/Epstein Implosion: This Week the Cover-Up Cracked
I’m honestly aghast at how much of this week’s Wrap-Up is dominated by Donald Trump’s self-imposed Epstein melt-down, but there’s no way around it. What started as a denial has exploded into one of the most brazen scandals in modern political history: a sitting U.S. President openly engaging in a cover-up of one of the worst sex-trafficking crimes of our time.
I’ve already written about it at length twice this week, (HERE and HERE) but somehow, there is still more to say.
To follow what happened this week, we need to quickly recap what went down last week…..
It all started when the Department of Justice released an official statement declaring that its thorough review of all Epstein-related evidence had found no "client list," no credible blackmail material, and no indication of a wider conspiracy involving prominent figures. They confirmed that Epstein died by suicide, released security footage from the night of his death, and concluded that there would be no further disclosure. MAGA erupted as Trump’s supporters raged online as what had been promised to them for years simply vanished before their eyes.
When Trump tried to brush it all off at a press event it only stoked the flames. In a frantic Saturday night social media screed, Trump called Epstein a “creep,” and claimed the Epstein files were actually written by Obama, Hillary, Comey, and the Biden Administration. It made no sense.
And that brings us to this week….
Republicans Demand the Files, Then Kill the Vote
At the starts of the week, Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters, “I think we should put everything out there,” breaking from Trump’s line, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, demanded “transparency” and warned the Epstein issue could cause “significant blowback” if Trump didn’t release the files.
But when Rep. Ro Khanna introduced an amendment in the House Rules Committee to force a public vote on releasing the full Epstein files and client list, both Johnson and Green refused to move the bill forward. Every single Democrat voted yes. All but one Republican voted no. (The lone GOP dissenter was Rep. Ralph Norman.) The motion failed 7 to 5.
By midweek, the hypocrisy was too thick to ignore. In response, Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna announced a discharge petition to bypass GOP leadership and force a full House vote. The issue gained momentum, fueled by MAGA unrest and widespread backlash online. But by late on July 16, while most Americans slept, Republicans quietly blocked the petition again, this time using procedural tactics in the House Rules Committee. Democrats again voted unanimously for disclosure. The GOP shut it down.
Instead, Republican leadership introduced a nonbinding “transparency resolution” with no legal weight, designed to appease public pressure without releasing anything at all. The message was clear: Republicans were running cover.
Trump Spirals: “It’s a hoax, folks”
In the wake of major backlash, Trump began attacking his own followers, saying that “stupid Republicans” had fallen for Democrat lies, and compared it to “the Russia, Russia, Russia Scam,” calling both “totally fake stories”. He railed online saying, “My PAST supporters have bought into this bullsh*t… I don’t want their support anymore.”
He called the whole thing the “Epstein Hoax”, adding to the long list of things he has previously called a “hoax” including Obama, global warming, the Russia investigation, his impeachments, COVID, his own “suckers and losers” comment, E. Jean Carroll…..the list goes on. It seems that when truth threatens his narrative, Trump’s label is always the same.
Trump ended up calling for Attorney General Pam Bondi to release “whatever she thinks is credible” about Epstein, but just an hour later, Bondi shut the door, saying, “Our memo speaks for itself”. No further disclosure would be coming.
MAGA turns on Trump
MAGA supporters turned on Trump swiftly, expressing outrage on social media, with many uploading videos of them burning their red MAGA hats.
Far-right figures like Jack Posobiec were outraged. “I will not rest until we go full J6 Committee on the Jeffrey Epstein files and every single client asssociated with him has an FBI agent at their door,” Posobiec declared. “Pam Bondi, if you can't do your job, we'll find someone who will.”
Nick Fuentes responded to Trump online, saying, “F*ck you. You suck. You are fat, you are a joke, you are stupid, you are not funny, you are not as smart as you think you are. We are going to look back on the MAGA movement as the biggest scam in American history….And the liberals were right. The MAGA supporters were had. They were.”
Matt Walsh called the DOJ’s actions “obvious bullsh*t.”
At a Turning Point USA conference, Trump’s own base booed the administration’s handling of the Epstein story. As one MAGA account posted: “We were told the list was real. We were told justice was coming. Now we’re told to shut up. What happened to Trump?”
Even inside the FBI, cracks began to show. Dan Bongino reportedly exploded behind closed doors and floated resignation.
By mid week, half of all Americans said they were dissatisfied with the amount of information the federal government had released about the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to a CNN poll.
For the first time ever, Trump got ratioed on his own Truth Social platform (meaning that there were more disapproving comments on his post than likes or shares). Trump made repeated panicked posts as the week went on, for the first time seemingly unable to control the narrative his followers were embracing.
Desperate Deflections, Coca-Cola Confusion
Trump spent the rest of the week trying to stop people talking about Epstein, telling reporters that Jeffrey had been “dead for a long time, he was never a big factor in terms of life,” and then declaring the Epstein files were “pretty boring stuff. It’s sordid, but it’s boring. And I don’t understand why it keeps going. I think really only pretty bad people, including fake news, wanna keep something like that going.”
Desperate to change the subject, Trump began throwing political grenades, calling for the prosecution of Adam Schiff over a disputed mortgage loan, ranting about tariffs, pushing Texas to redraw its election maps - each headline louder than the last, each one an attempt to bury the real story. At one point he even posted online saying that he had spoken with Coca-Cola, and that they had agreed to use real cane sugar in Coke in the United States, only to have Coca-Cola come out and thank the President for his enthusiasm but confirming they had not officially confirmed this change. It seems Trump just made the whole thing up in a desperate attempt to change the subject. But, for all his effort, the subject would not be changed.
The Cover-Up Becomes a Pattern
On Wednesday, Rep. Robert Garcia sent a scathing letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, laying out a disturbing timeline: Epstein was given a sweetheart plea deal by Trump’s Labor Secretary, then died in a federal facility under Trump’s DOJ, and now even Elon Musk says Trump’s name is in the files. “That’s not coincidence,” Garcia wrote. “That’s a pattern - and it reeks of a cover-up.” The letter demanded full disclosure: who knew what, when, and why the files are still sealed.
Justice Retreats: The Prosecutor Fired, The Watchdog Dismantled
That same day, as demands for Epstein accountability hit a fever pitch, the Department of Justice fired Maurene Comey, the federal prosecutor who led the Ghislaine Maxwell trial and was part of the original Epstein team in the Southern District of New York. Comey - daughter of former FBI Director James Comey - had recently come under pressure from both MAGA and reformist Democrats for her role in sealing parts of the Epstein case.
On her exit, Maurene Comey sent an internal farewell email saying that “If a career prosecutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain. Do not let that happen. Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought. Instead of fear, let this moment fuel the fire that already burns at the heart of this place. A fire of righteous indignation at abuses of power. Of commitment to seek justice for victims. Of dedication to truth above all else.”
At the same time as Comey was fired, Trump’s State Department quietly dismantled its Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) - the central U.S. bureau responsible for fighting global human trafficking, the most visible platform for fighting the very crimes Epstein’s name has become synonymous with. There was no press release or press conference, just a sudden downsizing, unexpected staffing changes, and a freeze on international partnerships. “Everyone was caught off guard,” one internal source admitted.
Mulvaney Confirms It: Trump Is in the Files
By Thursday came confirmation from Former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney that Donald Trump is indeed named in the Epstein files. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Mulvaney stated bluntly, “Trump is on the list,” but he also accused President Biden of avoiding disclosure because Democrats are implicated too. “My guess is that it’s particularly damning of people on both sides of the aisle, which is why Trump doesn’t want to release it and why Biden didn’t want to release it either,” Mulvaney said, indicating that this is why the files have remained sealed across both administrations. “This will shake the political world and the powerful,” he warned.
“Another Wonderful Secret”: Trump’s Lewd Epstein Letter Exposed
By the end of the week, we found out why Trump had spent the past few days saying that Democrats wrote the Epstein files. Apparently, he was trying to get out in front of a story that the Wall Street Journal broke on Friday reporting that Trump contributed a “bawdy” letter to a leather-bound album compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003 for Epstein’s 50th birthday.
According to the Journal, Trump’s contribution to the gift book wasn’t just a letter - it was a performance. Typewritten lines, styled as a third-person dialogue between Trump and Epstein, were printed inside the hand-drawn outline of a naked woman. Two marker arcs denoted her breasts. Below the waist, Trump’s signature - simply “Donald” - was scrawled in a squiggly line designed to mimic pubic hair.
The dialogue in the letter reads like a dark vaudeville routine:
Voice Over: There must be more to life than having everything.
Donald: Yes, there is, but I won’t tell you what it is.
Jeffrey: Nor will I, since I also know what it is.
Donald: We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.
Jeffrey: Yes, we do, come to think of it.
Donald: Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?
Jeffrey: As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you.
Trump: A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday - and may every day be another wonderful secret.
Trump immediately denied everything. “Fake,” he declared to the Wall Street Journal, calling the language unrecognizable and threatening to sue Rupert Murdoch and News Corp for publishing the piece. “I never drew a picture in my life,” he added, distancing himself from the crude artwork.
But within hours, the lie unraveled. Dozens of Trump’s hand-drawn artworks resurfaced - including cityscapes, the Empire State Building, and a money tree - many of which had been sold at auction for thousands of dollars. The evidence was indisputable: the President had drawn pictures before, and he was lying about it now.
Some MAGA media promptly fell in line, calling it a hoax and parroting Trump’s denials, but the reaction beyond the right-wing echo chamber was visceral, as many journalists pointed out its thematic resonance with Trump’s own 2002 quote praising Epstein’s love of “beautiful women...many of them on the younger side.”
The FBI Flags His Name. The Cover-Up Becomes the Story.
Senator Dick Durbin lit the next fuse by sending a bombshell letter alleging that Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered the FBI earlier this year to deploy 1,000 agents to comb through more than 100,000 Epstein-related records with explicit instructions to flag every document that mentioned Donald Trump. “If there’s nothing to hide,” Durbin asked, “why isolate Trump’s name from the rest?”
Trump Sues to Stop the Bleeding
Just hours after Senator Durbin exposed the FBI’s Trump flagging directive, Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch, and News Corp, accusing them of defamation over the birthday letter bombshell and seeking $10 billion in damages. The suit claims the Journal “knowingly published a fabricated document,” though their reporting cites direct sourcing from Ghislaine Maxwell’s personal archives.
On MSNBC, legal expert Lisa Rubin responded to this news by saying, "If you look at the reporting….with a lawyer's eye, as I did, that piece of reporting was so particularly carefully worded as if a legal department had scoured every last punctuation mark and word in it. This is not something that the Wall Street Journal took on lightly." She went on to imply that the Wall Street Journal likely has the receipts to take Trump down, should Trump’s law suit ever make its way to court.
DOJ Moves to Release Grand Jury Testimony, But It’s a Sleight of Hand
In a final whiplash move, the Trump administration asked a federal judge on Friday to unseal years-old grand jury testimony tied to the Jeffrey Epstein case - a dramatic reversal after weeks of stonewalling, firings, and internal panic. The DOJ’s motion seeks to publicly release testimony that was previously sealed under federal secrecy laws, a move officials are touting as a step toward “transparency”, but legal experts say it’s anything but.
This is not a call to release the full Epstein files - those remain locked away, reportedly totaling over 300GB of material, the equivalent of nearly 100,000 e-books. Instead, Trump is zeroing in on a narrow sliver of historic grand jury transcripts - records that may be dated, limited in scope, and carefully curated to show nothing directly implicating him. In a classic Trump manoeuvre, the administration is offering the illusion of disclosure while continuing to shield the real archive. As one congressional aide put it: “They’re not opening the vault. They’re choosing which bones to toss.”
It’s not clear what the DOJ’s selective release will contain, or if Trump’s name will appear at all, but it’s already being read as a strategic decoy - a sleight of hand to appease public outrage while keeping the most damning evidence buried. The cover-up isn’t over - it’s fighting for its life in daylight.
🪐 Astro Insight
The skies don’t lie - this was the week the veils dropped. As Saturn stationed retrograde in Aries this week, the karmic ledger flipped, exposing hidden truths that have long evaded consequence. With Mercury in Leo slowing to a standstill ahead of its retrograde on July 18, what was once whispered in shadows is now screamed in headlines. This is Mercury in the sign of pride and projection, clashing with a Capricorn Full Moon aftermath and Pluto in Aquarius demanding collective accountability.
Trump’s unraveling isn’t just political - it’s archetypal. The more he insists on rewriting the past, the more the cosmic court insists on the record. And this is only part one. As Mercury retraces its steps and the Sun squares wounded Chiron, the narrative deepens, not fades. The cover-up became the story because the stars demand it. Expect more buried truths to rise, and more desperate attempts to bury them again.
❤️ Heart Guidance
It’s devastating to witness such deep betrayals of trust at the highest levels of power - but you are not crazy for feeling it, and you are not alone in your outrage. These revelations are shaking the bones of our collective story, asking us not to turn away but to turn toward one another with courage and discernment. Let your heartbreak become a compass, not into despair, but into deeper justice, truth, and care. We were made for these times, and our shared clarity is stronger than any cover-up.
🩺 Trump’s ailing health on display, diagnosis confirmed
This week, the White House confirmed that Donald Trump has been diagnosed with Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI), a serious and progressive condition in which veins in the legs fail to efficiently return blood to the heart. CVI leads to swelling, fatigue, skin damage, and, if left untreated, dangerous blood clots and ulcers.
Yet just three months ago, in April 2025, Trump’s annual physical declared him in “excellent health”, with no signs of cardiovascular strain, cognitive issues, or mobility problems. CVI doesn’t appear overnight - it develops slowly, often over years, so this week, questions arose as to how long has this been going on and what else is being hidden?
Prior to this revelation, images of Trump’s severely swollen ankles circulated, along with close-ups revealing heavy makeup on the backs of his hands, fueling speculation he's concealing bruises or skin conditions. Recent reports have suggested he may be using a catheter, inferred from stiff posture and limited movement, and in the past few months, his slurred speech, slowed gait, and frequent memory lapses have become harder to ignore.
Just days ago, Trump appeared to fall asleep on stage during the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, nodding off during a keynote address with his eyes shut and head drooping for over two minutes.
Also this week, Trump claimed his uncle “taught the Unabomber”. While John G. Trump was indeed a respected MIT professor, Ted Kaczynski never attended MIT, and John Trump died in 1985 - eleven years before the Unabomber was unmasked in 1996. Trump could not possibly have discussed Kaczynski with his uncle. The statement is not just false - it’s chronologically impossible.
Concerns deepened when Trump went on to claim he was “surprised” that Jerome Powell was appointed Chair of the Federal Reserve, despite the fact that Trump himself appointed Powell in 2018.
The CVI diagnosis might explain the swollen ankles, but it doesn’t explain the confused timelines, memory gaps, or growing instability. After years of Trump mocking Joe Biden’s acuity, many are now asking if it was all just the pot calling the kettle unfit.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Saturn turned retrograde in Aries, the body became the battleground for suppressed truth. Saturn rules time and decay, and in fiery Aries, it exposes the toll of unchecked willpower and ego-driven overexertion. Trump’s Chronic Venous Insufficiency diagnosis arrives just as Mercury in Leo begins to reverse, dredging up inconsistencies in past health claims, and casting doubt on the official narrative.
With the Sun preparing to square Chiron, the wound can no longer be hidden - physically or politically. The swelling, the slips, the timelines that don’t add up; it’s all part of a cosmic unmasking. The mythology of strength is giving way to the reality of decline. And what’s been hidden in the flesh may soon mirror what’s been buried in the files.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When the body starts to break down, the soul begins to speak louder. We are witnessing the unraveling of a man who built his world on projection, power and performance, and now even his flesh cannot keep the secrets anymore. It is easy to react with mockery or alarm, but this moment calls us to reflect on our collective addiction to strength-as-spectacle and the illusion of invincibility. Let your heart stay clear, not cold. We carry the power to meet truth with courage and compassion, holding fast to our shared dignity no matter who is falling.
🐊 ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Exposed: DeSantis’ Secret Detention Center Sparks Outrage
A CNN and AP investigation this week uncovered the grim reality behind Florida’s shadowy new immigration facility - nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” - a remote detention center built in the Everglades under the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis. Constructed in secret using disaster relief funds and emergency executive orders, the center bypassed state laws, seized land without local consultation, and was kept hidden from public view until now.
Leaked emails and whistleblower reports reveal horrifying conditions inside: 31 men crammed into units with just 3 toilets, which frequently clog and double as their only water source. Inmates are held in metal shipping containers under sweltering heat with minimal ventilation. A 15-year-old child is reportedly among the detainees.
DeSantis’ team used hurricane emergency powers to justify the project, funnelling state money into no-bid contracts to rush construction. The location - an isolated airstrip surrounded by swamp - makes legal access and oversight nearly impossible, raising alarms about human rights violations and due process.
The revelations have sparked calls for federal investigation, with civil rights groups preparing lawsuits and lawmakers demanding answers. What was pitched as a facility for “high-risk unlawful entrants” now stands as a symbol of state overreach, secrecy, and systemic abuse - America’s newest black site, deep in the swamp.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Pluto continues its long march through Aquarius, the systems built in secrecy are now facing the people’s court. This week’s exposure of “Alligator Alcatraz” comes just as Saturn (planet of control and punishment) stations retrograde in Aries, pulling back the curtain on authoritarian tactics masked as emergency governance.
Uranus, newly in Gemini, shatters false narratives and forces truth into circulation, through leaks, whistleblowers, and digital revolt. Mercury’s impending retrograde in Leo adds fire to the story, inviting scrutiny of those who rule by spectacle and suppression. What was buried in the swamp is surfacing fast. This is just the beginning of a broader reckoning with the shadow architecture of American power.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When cruelty is hidden, it festers, but when truth rises, so does conscience. What’s been exposed in the swamp is not just a place but a pattern, a way of wielding power that dehumanizes in order to control. Let this moment awaken the sacred fire of protection for the vulnerable and a refusal to look away. We are not powerless in the face of secrecy. Our courage, our outrage and our care are already forming the light that breaks the spell.
💣 Trump’s Strike Overstated: Only 1 of 3 Iranian Nuclear Sites Destroyed
A new U.S. intelligence assessment this week revealed that Trump’s much-hyped June airstrikes on Iran destroyed only one of the three intended nuclear targets. While the Fordow enrichment site was severely damaged - likely delaying operations there by 1 to 2 years - both Natanz and Isfahan remain largely intact and could be fully operational again within months. This contradicts the Trump administration’s original claim that all three sites were “completely obliterated.”
The failed follow-through is being blamed on Trump’s decision to scale back a broader strike plan. Military advisers reportedly proposed a multi-week campaign across six sites, but Trump opted for a single-night spectacle to avoid a prolonged conflict. The Pentagon continues to insist the mission was a success, but leaked intelligence and satellite imagery tell a different story. Independent analysts now warn the strike may have strengthened Iran’s resolve, not weakened its capabilities - buying headlines, but not time.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Mars marching through Virgo and Mercury slowing in prideful Leo, the contrast between action and appearance is laid bare. This wasn’t a war strategy - it was a headline strategy. The truth cracks through as Saturn retrograde in Aries revisits the consequences of rash decisions made under the guise of strength. Uranus in Gemini demands data over drama, and the facts now deflate the myth.
What was sold as total obliteration turns out to be a partial strike wrapped in bravado. As Chiron and the Sun clash, the wound of American overreach reopens, not through defeat, but through illusion. The sky is stripping spectacle down to substance.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When power performs instead of protects, the illusion always breaks. This moment is not just about a failed strike, but about the deeper wound of leaders who choose headlines over humanity. It hurts to see truth manipulated, but clarity is a gift, even when it comes with disillusionment. Let it strengthen your discernment and deepen your commitment to substance over show. We still hold the power to choose integrity, even in a world built on spectacle.
🔥 DNI Gabbard Calls for Prosecution of Obama-Era Intel Chiefs
In a historic escalation, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard this week called for the criminal prosecution of former President Barack Obama, ex-FBI Director James Comey, former CIA Director John Brennan, and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Citing newly declassified intelligence, Gabbard accused the four of orchestrating a “treasonous conspiracy” by fabricating and manipulating intelligence behind the Trump–Russia collusion narrative.
According to a statement from Gabbard’s office, the declassified files show that senior intelligence leaders “knowingly advanced false claims” about Russian interference in the 2016 election to justify investigations, media leaks, and surveillance that, in her words, “undermined democracy and weaponized the U.S. intelligence apparatus.” She submitted the materials to the Department of Justice and urged a full investigation, stating that “no one is above the law, not even a former president.”
The backlash was swift. Senator Mark Warner, Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, blasted Gabbard’s move as “a reckless stunt that endangers the credibility of our intelligence community.” But within hours, far-right lawmakers and media figures rallied behind Gabbard, calling it long overdue accountability for what they now frame as a decade-long abuse of power.
This may be the most explosive schism in the intelligence community since Watergate. With one sitting DNI accusing her predecessors of treason, and the political class rapidly polarizing around the claim, the question isn’t just what happened in 2016 - it's what happens now.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Mercury slows to retrograde in fiery Leo and Saturn turns backward in Aries, the cosmic spotlight swings to old battles dressed as new crusades. This isn't just a policy shift - it's a karmic rupture. Leo’s stage-loving Mercury exposes the theater of justice, while Saturn in Aries demands accountability for past misuse of power, even if the motive now is retribution masked as righteousness. With Uranus in Gemini amplifying the chaos of competing narratives, the past and present are colliding in real time.
This is the astrology of political civil war within the state itself - truth, twisted as weapon. What Gabbard’s move sets in motion may shake the foundations of trust in the intelligence community for years to come.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When justice becomes performance, the soul of truth is tested. In times like these, it is easy to get swept into sides, slogans and spectacle, but the deeper invitation is to anchor ourselves in discernment that runs deeper than headlines. The past is resurfacing not just to punish, but to reveal where we’ve strayed from integrity. Stay rooted in your own clarity, and remember that real power comes from conscience, not control.
🧨 Trump Guts the State Department: Diplomacy Dismantled, Chaos Invited
In a sweeping and deliberate purge, the Trump administration fired over 1,300 career diplomats and civil servants from the State Department this week, gutting key offices responsible for global health, democracy promotion, cyber policy, women’s rights, and crisis response. This wasn’t streamlining - it was sabotage.
Those dismissed weren’t political appointees or underperformers - they were experts. The very people who hold the long memory of American diplomacy, some with decades of experience in hotspots from Ukraine to Sudan. Among the casualties was the Office of Casualty Assistance, the team that supports families of diplomats killed abroad. Even that was deemed expendable.
Critics are calling it a strategic lobotomy. The American Academy of Diplomacy denounced the move as “an act of vandalism.” A new Senate report warns that China is already stepping into the diplomatic void, expanding influence in regions once guided by U.S. policy. And with Congress’s blessing, Trump is replacing seasoned diplomats with loyalists, clearing the path for a foreign policy driven by bluster, not balance.
War becomes more likely when diplomacy is weakened. This isn’t just a personnel change. It’s a shift in how America operates on the world stage, and who it chooses to listen to.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Pluto entrenched in Aquarius and Saturn newly retrograde in Aries, this mass purge is more than political - it’s a structural unraveling. Pluto dismantles old systems to expose the hollow places within them, and this week it’s diplomacy that’s laid bare.
Saturn’s reversal in Aries asks what happens when ego overrides expertise, when the warrior archetype is chosen over the wise one. Mercury slowing in Leo signals not just a change in voice, but a shift in who gets to speak for the nation, and what they value. Where once there was careful navigation, now there is only noise. The stars warn: when diplomacy is discarded, chaos is not far behind.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When wisdom is silenced, the world grows louder with danger. The dismantling of diplomacy is not just a bureaucratic shift, but a soul-deep warning about what happens when experience is cast aside for ego. This is a time to steady our hearts and refuse to normalize the erosion of care, nuance and global responsibility. Let your voice be one that still honors wisdom. The thread of peace is fragile, but it is held by those who remember how to listen.
🧪 Trump Admin Shuts Down EPA’s Science Division, Begins Mass Layoffs
In one of its most sweeping anti-science moves yet, the Trump administration this week officially eliminated the EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) - the agency’s scientific backbone - and will begin firing thousands of government scientists. The announcement follows months of denial, despite earlier leaks revealing the plan.
The ORD housed more than 1,500 scientists across ten labs and was responsible for research on chemical safety, air quality, water pollution, and the health impacts of climate change. All of that infrastructure is now being dismantled. Nearly 3,700 EPA staff are being laid off, representing a 23% workforce reduction.
Critics are calling it an institutional gutting. One EPA insider warned: “You can’t regulate what you refuse to research.” Hundreds of employees signed a dissent letter, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren called the decision a “generational blow to public health.”
In its place, the EPA says it will launch a new “Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions”, but scientists warn this is just PR language for politicized science stripped of independence. The consequences are enormous. From PFAS “forever chemicals” to climate-linked disease outbreaks, Americans will now face environmental threats with a crippled scientific safety net. A quiet, deadly dismantling, done in daylight.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Mars moves methodically through Virgo (the sign of health, ecology, and systems) this assault on environmental science isn’t just bureaucratic, it’s karmic. Mars in Virgo exposes the consequences of shortsighted governance, especially as Mercury in Leo stalls, trying to spin destruction as reform.
Saturn retrograde in Aries adds a brutal edge: cutting expertise to preserve power, dismantling the long-term for short-term control. Pluto in Aquarius says this isn’t just one agency - it’s a death knell for institutional truth itself. When science is gutted, the body politic sickens. The sky warns: we’re not just losing jobs - we’re losing protection.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When truth is stripped from the system, it is the people who bleed. The dismantling of science is not abstract - it echoes in the water we drink, the air we breathe, the bodies we love. It’s natural to feel grief, even fury, in the face of such sabotage, but let it move you toward protection, not despair. We are still here, and we still carry the knowing that care, not control, is the foundation of life.
💥 Trump’s Tariffs Stall Rate Cuts - Deutsche Bank Warns of Financial Collapse
In a stunning admission, Fed Chair Jerome Powell confirmed this week that the U.S. Federal Reserve would have already cut interest rates, if not for inflationary pressure caused by Donald Trump’s tariffs. Speaking in Portugal, Powell pointed directly to the revived trade war as the reason behind higher inflation forecasts and the Fed’s decision to hold off on easing.
But the fallout didn’t stop there. In a dire new report, Deutsche Bank issued a stark warning, saying that if Trump follows through on threats to fire Powell, the global markets could spiral. Strategists predict the U.S. dollar could plunge 3–4%, Treasury yields could spike, and investor confidence in the Federal Reserve’s independence could evaporate overnight. One analyst called it the “most overlooked risk in the market today” - a potential Turkey-style meltdown in the world’s largest economy.
The legal case for firing Powell is murky at best. Federal Reserve Chairs can’t simply be dismissed at will - doing so would risk a constitutional crisis. But Trump has long treated Powell as an adversary, even musing publicly about replacing him with someone “more loyal.” With financial markets already on edge and the dollar under pressure, it’s clear that Trump’s reign may mean chaos not just politically, but economically.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Jupiter swelling emotions in Cancer and Mercury crawling to a halt in Leo, the economy becomes a stage for political ego. Powell’s restraint and Deutsche Bank’s alarm both echo Pluto in Aquarius: the invisible machinery of finance is cracking under the weight of authoritarian interference. Saturn’s retrograde in Aries triggers karmic blowback - this time, not in war or law, but in money.
Trump’s tariffs were never just policy; they were provocation, and now the cost is compounding. As Uranus shakes Gemini’s house of commerce, the illusion of control gives way to volatility. What’s been overlooked is now screaming for attention. The cosmos says: tamper with the spine of the system, and the whole body convulses.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When ego games play out in the economy, it is the people who feel the quake. This isn’t just about markets or interest rates - it’s about the quiet anxiety running through every household trying to plan a future in unstable times. Financial fear loses its grip when we return to what is steady within us. You are not your bank balance. You are part of a greater wisdom that knows how to ride the storm and rebuild what matters.
🌪 America Under Water (and Fire): Wild Weather Pounds the U.S.
From firestorms to flash floods, the U.S. is being battered on all fronts. This week, torrential rain turned New York City’s subways into rivers, with over two inches falling in under an hour, overwhelming even upgraded drainage systems. Nearby in New Jersey, more than six inches fell in some areas, triggering flash floods and multiple fatalities. Meanwhile, life-threatening flash flooding tore through Alamance County, North Carolina, and other hard-hit states include Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Florida, West Virginia, and New Mexico. Even Haiti has joined the growing list of flood-stricken zones in 2025.
But it’s not just water. In Utah, the Bureau of Land Management released footage of a rare “firenado” - a tornado made of smoke and flames - that tore through the Deer Creek Fire, with winds clocked at 122 mph. In Nevada, a separate blaze near Area 51 is now approaching 35,000 acres, feeding not just flames but conspiracy theories. And in Alaska, a powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook the peninsula, triggering brief tsunami alerts. With each new headline, it becomes clearer that the climate isn’t just changing - it’s erupting.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Neptune roils in Aries and Pluto excavates systemic fragility from Aquarius, Earth’s rage becomes impossible to ignore. These are not isolated disasters - they are planetary feedback. Mars in Virgo brings heat to the fault lines, while Jupiter in Cancer floods the emotional and literal terrain.
Saturn retrograde reminds us that we’ve neglected our part of the cosmic contract: to live in rhythm with the natural world, not in denial of it. With Uranus now in airy, electric Gemini, weather is no longer seasonal - it’s erratic, symbolic, prophetic. The elements are speaking. The question is, will we listen before the next firenado spins?
❤️ Heart Guidance
When the Earth cries out, it is not to punish us, but to awaken us. The floods, fires and quakes are not just disasters; they are signals, asking us to remember our place in the living web of life. Fear may rise with the waters, but so can reverence, resilience and responsibility. Let your heart stay tender to the land and bold in its love. We are not separate from nature - we are its stewards, and its mirror.
💥 Trump Booed at World Cup Final, Caught Pocketing FIFA Medal
When Donald Trump appeared on the Jumbotron during the U.S. national anthem at the Club World Cup Final this week, loud boos erupted across MetLife Stadium. The broadcast quickly cut away, but the crowd’s rejection was unmistakable. It only got worse from there. After Chelsea’s 3–0 win over PSG, Trump joined FIFA president Gianni Infantino on stage to present the trophy, then lingered awkwardly, standing in the players’ spotlight. Captain Reece James was caught on mic asking pointedly, “Are you going to leave?” Eventually, Infantino gave Trump a subtle nudge off the stage, but not before Trump made off with a souvenir.
As medals were handed out, video footage shows Trump slipping one of the FIFA winner’s medals into his blazer pocket. Infantino didn’t stop him - in fact, he gave a thumbs-up - though FIFA later refused to clarify whether Trump was meant to receive it. The moment instantly went viral, with headlines mocking the move as “The Art of the Steal”. On a global stage meant to honor sport, Trump was booed, pushed, and caught taking something that wasn’t his. The MAGA myth is cracking, and this week, the cameras caught everything.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Mercury stationing in Leo (the sign of pride, performance, and the public spotlight) Trump’s stumble at the World Cup became an archetypal fall from grace. What was once applause is now backlash, and the crowd reflects a cosmic shift: Saturn retrograde in Aries is stripping ego from entitlement.
This was more than a meme - it was a moment of myth unraveling. Pluto in Aquarius doesn’t care for kings; it cares for truth, and it delights in toppling those who overstay the stage. The “Art of the Steal” isn’t just a joke - it’s a symbol. The world is watching, and this time, they’re not clapping.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When applause turns to silence, the soul is given space to hear itself. What unfolded on that stage was more than embarrassment, it was the quiet cracking of a myth built on performance and possession. Humiliation can be holy when it humbles, and truth often arrives disguised as spectacle. Stay centered in what is real and lasting. The world may mock, but your own dignity is not up for applause.
💣 Israel’s Mask Slips: Genocide Allegations Mount
This week, the Israeli government unveiled a chilling new plan for a so-called “humanitarian city” for displaced Palestinians that human rights groups are calling a de facto concentration camp. Slated for construction in Egypt’s Sinai desert, the facility would house more than a million Gazans indefinitely, behind militarized walls and under Israeli oversight. International legal scholars and former Israeli leaders alike warn the world is watching a slow-motion atrocity dressed up as relief.
Meanwhile, atrocities on the ground continue. In Gaza, doctors report a disturbing pattern of teenage boys arriving at aid sites with gunshot wounds to the genitals, suggesting deliberate targeting by Israeli forces. Survivors say they were lured to food lines and then shot. These claims, corroborated by multiple medical teams, have triggered calls for an independent war crimes investigation.
In the West Bank, 20-year-old Palestinian-American Sayfollah Musallet was beaten to death by Israeli settlers just days before his 21st birthday. He had flown in from the U.S. to visit family. His grieving father is now urging the U.S. government to launch a formal investigation, but the White House remains silent.
And in Gaza, Israeli tank fire struck the Holy Family Catholic Church, killing three civilians and wounding parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli, whom Pope Francis was reportedly calling daily prior to his death. The IDF says it was unintentional. But in Damascus, there was no ambiguity: during a live Al Jazeera broadcast, Israeli warplanes struck Syria’s Defense Ministry, a bold escalation of the war’s regional footprint.
🪐 Astro Insight
Pluto in Aquarius demands collective accountability, and this week, the veil tore wide open. Saturn retrograde in Aries exposes the karmic weight of unchecked aggression, turning humanitarian theater into a mirror of empire’s oldest crimes. As the Sun in Cancer squares Chiron, the archetype of the wounded child is literalized on the battlefield, with bodies, churches, and innocence marked as targets.
Mercury’s stall in Leo challenges the propaganda machine: no amount of PR can mask the soul-level reckoning unfolding. With Uranus now in Gemini, global perception flips fast, and what was once denied is now undeniable. The heavens aren’t just watching…..they’re indicting.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When the cries of the innocent are met with silence, our humanity is on trial. These are not just headlines; they are soul wounds, etched into the living body of the world. Let your heart break open, not shut down. Grief is not weakness, and bearing witness is not passive. In the face of such unbearable truth, our compassion becomes a form of resistance, and our care a kind of courage the world desperately needs.
🚨 Trump Admin Deports Over 200 Venezuelans in Shocking CECOT-to-Maduro Prisoner Swap
In a secretive and sweeping deal, more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration in March have now been flown to Venezuela as part of a prisoner swap that secured the release of 10 American hostages and an undisclosed number of Venezuelan political prisoners.
The deportees were sent to El Salvador’s CECOT “Terrorism Confinement Center” under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 - a wartime law almost never used in modern times. Trump officials claimed the men had ties to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which they labeled an “invading force”. But many of the deported were asylum-seekers, and their families have denied any gang links, accusing the U.S. of using foreign prisons to bypass due process.
Video released Friday by the Salvadoran government shows detainees zip-tied and loaded onto a plane bound for Caracas. Some shouted profanities and defiance. Venezuela’s Minister of Interior Diosdado Cabello called them victims of “kidnapping” and vowed to keep demanding the return of all Venezuelans imprisoned in the U.S. and El Salvador.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised the swap, saying: “Thanks to @POTUS’s leadership, ten Americans who were detained in Venezuela are on their way to freedom.” He also thanked President Bukele for helping broker the deal.
But civil rights advocates were appalled. The ACLU, which sued the administration in March over its use of the Alien Enemies Act, blasted the move as unconstitutional and an attempt to evade court rulings by dumping detainees overseas.
“The government allowed these individuals to languish in a notorious gulag for more than four months with zero due process,” said ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt. “Whether they’re in El Salvador or Venezuela, the use of the Alien Enemies Act during peacetime was illegal. Period.”
🪐 Astro Insight
With Saturn retrograde in Aries, the weaponization of old war powers comes back to haunt the present. This deportation under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act (revived like a ghost from America’s authoritarian past) reveals the dark edge of statecraft under Pluto in Aquarius: exile disguised as diplomacy. Mercury’s standstill in Leo amplifies the spectacle, as freedom is claimed for some while silence is enforced on others.
Jupiter in Cancer heightens the emotional divide, exposing who the system chooses to rescue, and who it discards. This was not just a swap - it was a moral ledger, and the stars are tracking every line. What was hidden in the backroom deal now echoes on the world stage.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When freedom for some is bought with the silence of others, the soul feels the imbalance. It is painful to watch justice bend to power, and human lives traded like pieces on a board. But do not let outrage numb your empathy. Hold space for both the joy of those released and the sorrow of those abandoned. In the face of such unequal exchange, our task is to stay awake, stay tender, and stay committed to a world where every life is treated with dignity.
📺 Colbert Canceled Days After Blasting Trump Payout, Despite Being #1 in Late Night
Just three days after Stephen Colbert publicly blasted CBS parent company Paramount for quietly paying Donald Trump $16 million to settle a lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview, CBS announced The Late Show with Stephen Colbert would be canceled. Colbert had called the payment a “big fat bribe”, pointing out that it came just as Paramount seeks regulatory approval for its massive merger with SkyDance.
CBS claimed the decision was “purely financial” citing challenges in the late-night market. But that explanation raised eyebrows across the industry because The Late Show is the top-rated late-night program in America, beating both Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon for the last nine seasons, according to Nielsen data and multiple industry reports. CBS says the show will end in May 2026 and will not be replaced.
Amidst growing backlash, Axios revealed that the CEO of SkyDance met with the FCC Chairman days before Colbert’s cancellation. Meanwhile, Donald Trump took to social media to celebrate Colbert’s downfall and demanded that Jimmy Kimmel be fired next.
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff are now demanding answers, questioning whether Colbert’s ousting was a corporate attempt to silence dissent in the middle of a politically sensitive merger.
The Writers Guild of America issued a public statement blasting the cancellation as politically motivated censorship. “Colbert and his writers were punished for speaking truth to power,” they wrote, calling on elected leaders to investigate. The Guild urged New York AG Letitia James to join California’s probe into Paramount’s merger dealings and possible wrongdoing.
What began as a joke about a bribe has morphed into a media free speech crisis. One of the last major platforms for dissent just went dark, not for low ratings, but for being too real.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Mercury grinds to a halt in Leo (the sign of the performer, the voice, and the cultural conscience) the silencing of Stephen Colbert lands like a cosmic alarm. Pluto in Aquarius is surfacing the truth behind the tech and media machine, revealing censorship not as fiction, but as infrastructure. Saturn retrograde in Aries cracks down on the rebels who speak too clearly, too loudly, too soon.
But the sky doesn’t reward suppression - it records it. With Uranus in Gemini, messages multiply even when messengers are muted. This isn’t the end of the joke. It’s the moment the audience realizes who controls the microphone.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When a voice of truth is cut mid-sentence, the silence says more than words ever could. This isn’t just about Colbert, it’s about the courage to speak, the cost of dissent, and the power of laughter as resistance. Let your heart stay awake and alert. Even when they cancel the show, the spirit of truth keeps performing in us, between us, and beyond the stage.
🏝️ Attorney General Tours Alcatraz Amid Talk of Reopening Prison
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi made a highly publicized tour of Alcatraz Island this week, fueling speculation that the Trump administration is considering reopening the infamous prison more than 60 years after it closed. Bondi walked the grounds of the now-defunct federal penitentiary, flanked by Department of Justice aides and Secret Service, as reporters looked on.
The visit follows recent internal discussions within the DOJ about reviving “high-security legacy sites” to house what officials call “noncompliant federal offenders” - a vague term that critics say may refer to political dissidents or protestors. Bondi declined to answer whether reopening Alcatraz is a serious proposal, saying only: “We are evaluating all options to keep America safe.”
Civil liberties groups immediately slammed the move, calling it a “PR stunt with authoritarian undertones.” Alcatraz, once home to notorious criminals like Al Capone and “Machine Gun” Kelly, was officially closed in 1963 due to high costs and deteriorating infrastructure. This tour adds to a wave of controversial DOJ maneuvers under Bondi’s leadership, many of which echo Cold War-era strategies for quelling dissent. Whether Alcatraz returns to function, or remains a symbolic backdrop, remains to be seen.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Saturn retrogrades through Aries (the sign of force, fear, and control) the past isn’t just remembered, it’s reactivated. Bondi’s Alcatraz tour is no accident; it’s a power signal, perfectly timed as Mercury stations in Leo, where optics often eclipse substance.
This is theater of intimidation, cast against the backdrop of Pluto in Aquarius, which demands systemic transparency, and punishes performative repression. The symbolism is potent: a crumbling fortress revived to cage new kinds of prisoners. Uranus in Gemini sends a current through the air: this isn’t safety, it’s spectacle. And the stars suggest the walls we rebuild for others may soon encircle us all.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When old prisons are paraded as solutions, we must ask what freedom truly means. The image of Alcatraz rising again is not just about bricks and bars, it is about the stories we tell ourselves to justify control. Let your heart resist the temptation to normalize fear dressed as protection. True safety is not built on silence or spectacle. It grows when we honor dignity, even in dissent.
🏫 Supreme Court Greenlights Trump’s Dismantling of Education Department
In a 6–3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court this week cleared the way for the Trump administration to proceed with mass layoffs at the Department of Education, allowing the firing of nearly 1,400 employees - effectively gutting the agency. The decision lifts a lower court injunction and gives Trump the green light to carry out what he’s called a “full-scale restructuring” of the department, devolving its responsibilities to states and other agencies.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a blistering dissent, calling the ruling “indefensible” and warning, “When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.” Civil rights, special education, and student aid offices are among the most vulnerable as the cuts go into effect.
Critics say the ruling sets a dangerous precedent, effectively allowing presidents to hollow out federal agencies simply by firing their staff. With Congress sidelined and legal challenges ongoing, this may mark the most aggressive rollback of federal education oversight in U.S. history.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Saturn turns retrograde in Aries, karmic questions of leadership, authority, and lawfulness come roaring to the surface. This ruling doesn’t just clear a legal path, it marks a cosmic tipping point. With Pluto in Aquarius shaking the foundations of collective infrastructure, the dismantling of education isn’t policy, it’s a power play, and the stars see it.
Mercury’s stall in Leo suggests ego triumphing over wisdom, while Chiron’s square to the Sun reveals the deeper wound: a nation abandoning its future by severing access to knowledge. The court may have ruled, but the sky whispers: hollowing the mind is the first step toward silencing the soul.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When knowledge is gutted, the soul of a nation grows hungry. The dismantling of education is not just a bureaucratic blow. it is a spiritual betrayal, cutting future generations off from the tools of freedom. Let this moment deepen your devotion to truth, teaching and care for those left vulnerable. The mind is sacred, and protecting its light is an act of love.
🔥 Trump Administration Incinerates 500 Tons of Emergency Food Meant for Starving Children
The Trump administration this week ordered the destruction of nearly 500 tons of emergency food rations - enough to feed 1.5 million malnourished children for a week - citing expiration and logistical delays. The high-energy biscuits, valued at $800,000, had been sitting in a Dubai warehouse awaiting distribution to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Aid workers pleaded for weeks to redirect the food to other hunger zones, but their efforts were blocked. The administration spent an additional $100,000 to incinerate the stock.
State Department officials claim the food was no longer safe, but critics say the expiration was a direct result of Trump’s abrupt freeze of USAID operations and failure to act quickly on redistribution requests. While some 600 tons of similar food aid was salvaged, this massive loss is now sparking outrage from lawmakers and humanitarian groups alike. With famine spreading across multiple regions, the decision to burn food rather than feed children has ignited a political firestorm.
🪐 Astro Insight
With the Sun in Cancer (the sign of care, nourishment, and protection) squaring wounded Chiron in Aries, this act lands as a profound betrayal of the vulnerable. The destruction of food underlines the shadow of Saturn retrograde: leadership acting not to serve, but to sever. Mercury in Leo’s stillness reveals the cruelty behind the optics, burning rations to bury accountability, not bacteria. And as Mars churns through Virgo, the sign of service and logistics, the negligence becomes karmic.
This wasn’t just waste - it was willful disregard masked as protocol. Pluto in Aquarius records every choice, and this one echoes: when a nation burns bread meant for the hungry, it risks feeding a much larger reckoning.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When food is burned instead of shared, the soul of humanity aches. This is not just loss, it is grief, for what could have nourished life but was instead turned to ash. In moments like this, let your compassion grow fierce, not faint. We are the stewards of one another’s survival, and every act of care, no matter how small, becomes a rebellion against this kind of cruelty.
💥 Trump Admin to Burn $9M in Contraceptives Meant for Crisis Zones
In a move drawing fierce backlash, the Trump administration has ordered the destruction of nearly $9.7 million in unused contraceptive supplies originally intended for women in war-torn and disaster-struck regions. It’s also spending an additional $167,000 in taxpayer money just to incinerate them. The long-acting birth control - funded through USAID - was stranded in overseas warehouses after Trump froze all foreign aid involving reproductive health services on his first day back in office.
Offers from humanitarian groups to take the supplies at cost were ignored or blocked, and now, thousands of IUDs, pills, and implants will be torched rather than delivered to refugee camps where maternal mortality is soaring. Critics call it a cruel and calculated act of ideological warfare, where even aid is subject to censorship.
🪐 Astro Insight
As the Sun in Cancer squares Chiron in Aries, the collective wound of control over women’s bodies rises to the surface, scorched in policy rather than soothed in care. Pluto in Aquarius lays bare how ideology is weaponized through systems, while Saturn retrograde in Aries exposes the cruelty behind so-called “moral” leadership.
Mercury’s stillness in Leo illuminates the disconnect between appearance and impact - this isn’t just a bureaucratic decision, it’s a spiritual desecration of compassion. Mars in Virgo ignites the rage of the healers, midwives, and aid workers left powerless to intervene. The stars say: when protection is burned, karma blazes in return.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When care is destroyed to preserve control, the soul cries out for justice. This is not just about supplies, it’s about the sacred right to safety, choice and dignity for those already surviving the unimaginable. Let your heart refuse to grow numb. Every act of empathy, every voice raised in defense of the vulnerable, is a spark of restoration in a world scorched by indifference.
📺 Senate Slashes Funding for Public Broadcasting and Foreign Aid
In a late-night vote, the Senate passed a sweeping $9 billion rescission package that delivers a major blow to public broadcasting and foreign aid. The bill claws back $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, threatening the survival of hundreds of NPR and PBS affiliates, and strips nearly $8 billion from foreign assistance programs, despite preserving a portion for global HIV relief under PEPFAR. The vote passed 51–48, with only two Republicans - Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins - breaking ranks to oppose it.
The House followed suit the next morning, passing the measure 216–213 just ahead of the deadline. It now heads to President Trump’s desk for a signature, which is all but guaranteed. Trump has called the cuts “a necessary purge of waste and woke propaganda”, but critics warn the move undermines congressional power and sets a dangerous precedent, allowing presidents to retroactively cancel funding that was already approved by Congress.
Public media networks are bracing for layoffs, program cancellations, and station closures, especially in rural and underserved areas. Foreign aid advocates say the cuts will gut emergency relief and democracy-building efforts abroad. Either way, the axe has fallen, and it’s cutting deep.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Pluto presses deeper into Aquarius, collective communication and global solidarity are being hollowed from the inside. This week's cuts aren’t just fiscal, they’re symbolic acts of silencing, timed with Mercury’s retrograde station in Leo: the storyteller’s fall, the voice of the people choked. Saturn retrograde in Aries reveals the deeper pattern - power withdrawing from public service and hoarding control.
With Jupiter in Cancer, the moral cost of this abandonment is magnified, especially for the vulnerable and voiceless. Uranus in Gemini keeps the digital dialogue alive, but something essential is being severed. This is the astrology of narrative warfare, and the stage just lost its microphone.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When the voices of the people are quieted, our listening must grow louder. The cutting of stories, aid, and connection is not just policy, it is a wound to the collective spirit. In this silence, let your care speak volumes. Keep telling the truth, keep reaching across borders, and remember that even when the airwaves go dark, the human heart still broadcasts hope.
🤖 Pentagon Awards $200M Contract to Elon Musk’s “Grok”, Despite Hitler Scandal
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $200 million contract to Elon Musk’s xAI to deploy its controversial chatbot Grok across military systems. The contract, part of a broader $800 million AI modernization initiative, gives Grok a seat at the defense table alongside models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. The Pentagon says Grok will be used to streamline intelligence workflows, detect cyber threats, and support battlefield operations with human oversight.
But just last week, Grok made headlines after calling itself “MechaHitler” and posting antisemitic content. Critics are stunned that, days later, the government is embracing the same AI for warfighting. Musk blamed the incident on manipulated code and claimed a fix had been issued, but the damage to public trust may already be done. This move confirms what many feared: the race to militarize AI is outpacing ethics, and flawed models are being handed the keys to national security.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Uranus newly in Gemini (the sign of code, communication, and duality) the rush to wire intelligence into war reveals its shadow. Grok’s antisemitic outburst was no glitch; it was a flare of Pluto in Aquarius, demanding we confront what we’re coding into power. As Mercury stalls in Leo, ego meets machine, and the Pentagon’s decision becomes a reflection of misplaced faith in spectacle over substance.
Saturn retrograde reminds us: just because something can be weaponized doesn’t mean it should. This is AI’s moral test, and humanity’s too. The stars are flashing red: when we fuse flawed minds with deadly tools, we risk building gods in our worst image.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When we rush to power without reflection, we risk losing the soul of our creations. This isn’t just about AI, it’s about the choices we make when speed outruns wisdom. Let this moment stir your inner compass. The future is not inevitable, it is shaped by our values, our vigilance and our refusal to hand over humanity to machines unworthy of our trust.
🔥 Europe Boils Over: Heatwave, Wildfires, and Over 2,300 Dead
Across southern Europe, the heat turned deadly this week as temperatures broke 47°C in Spain, while wildfires torched forests in Greece, France, and Turkey. At least 2,300 people have died from heat-related complications, many of them elderly or unhoused. In Athens, the Acropolis was shuttered again. In Marseille, ambulances couldn’t reach fire zones fast enough. This isn’t just a bad summer - it’s a system breakdown.
🪐 Astro Insight
With the Sun in Cancer squaring Chiron in Aries, the Earth’s wounds are becoming personal, burning through homes, history, and the most vulnerable among us. Neptune in Aries distorts response capacity, clouding leadership and blurring the line between natural crisis and human negligence. Mars in Virgo stirs elemental rage, igniting not just fires but karmic consequences.
This isn’t seasonal fluctuation - it’s planetary feedback, amplified by Pluto in Aquarius, which demands systemic reckoning. Europe isn’t overheating randomly. It’s being summoned to choose: collapse or course-correct. And the sky warns - there’s no more room to stall.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When the Earth burns, it is asking us to remember we belong to her. These flames are not just weather, they are warning, grief, and reckoning made visible. Let your sorrow awaken responsibility, and let your care extend beyond borders. In a world on fire, love becomes both refuge and resistance. We still have time to choose differently, and the heart knows the way.
🏦 Turkey’s Economic Gamble: Rate Cut Sparks Shockwaves
This week, Turkey’s central bank stunned global markets with a dramatic 250-point interest rate cut, slashing borrowing costs to 43.5%, despite inflation still soaring above 50%. President Erdoğan’s team calls it the start of a “controlled easing cycle.” Economists call it madness.
The Turkish lira immediately slipped, and analysts warned the move could send foreign investors fleeing. With debt burdens ballooning and food prices climbing, the message is clear: Erdogan is betting the country’s future on a gamble that cheap money will fix what tight control broke.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Jupiter expands risk in emotionally driven Cancer, Turkey’s financial gamble reflects the tension between populist impulse and economic reality. Saturn retrograde in Aries underscores karmic correction for unchecked ego and short-term fixes, while Pluto in Aquarius shines a harsh light on structural instability masked as strategy.
With Mercury motionless in Leo, this move plays to perception - bold on the surface, but hollow underneath. Uranus in Gemini hints that shocks like this won’t stay contained. The sky signals a truth often ignored in markets: when power overrides prudence, volatility follows fast.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When leaders gamble with the future, it is the people who carry the weight. In moments of economic uncertainty, fear can cloud the heart, but clarity is still possible. Stay grounded in what is real, not just what is promised. Even when the systems feel shaky, your steadiness, care and choices remain a powerful form of resilience.
🚨 L.A. Crowd Fights Back After Driver Plows Into Nightclub Queue, Injuring 30
Chaos erupted outside a Los Angeles nightclub early Saturday morning when a man intentionally drove his car into a crowd of partygoers, critically injuring seven and leaving over 30 hurt. The driver, whose motive is still under investigation, was reportedly trying to flee after a dispute when he accelerated into the gathering. But the crowd didn’t scatter - they dragged him from the car and shot him before police arrived. He remains in critical condition. No bystanders have been charged.
What began as a night out turned into a war zone. Witnesses described screams, shattered bodies, and then a moment of collective fury as the crowd took justice into its own hands. LAPD is treating the incident as attempted mass murder, and the public response as self-defense, at least for now.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Saturn retrogrades in Aries, the line between protection and retaliation grows razor-thin. This act of violence and the crowd’s explosive response embodies the archetypal warrior pushed too far. With the Sun square Chiron, wounded communities are no longer waiting for institutions to deliver justice; they're embodying it.
Mars in Virgo channels fury through physical precision, while Uranus in Gemini broadcasts the event in real time, making everyone a witness. Pluto in Aquarius asks the deeper question: what happens when the people no longer trust the system to shield them? The sky answers bluntly - justice is being redefined in the streetlight, not the courtroom.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When protection fails, rage rises but so does a deeper ache for safety and justice. This was more than a flash of violence; it was a cry from a community tired of feeling defenseless. Let this moment stir compassion for all involved, not just judgment. In a world cracking under pressure, our steadiness, empathy and refusal to turn cold are the most radical forms of power we still hold.
🖋️ Biden’s Autopen Under Fire: GOP Probes Presidential Sign-Offs
Republicans on Capitol Hill this week zeroed in on President Biden’s use of an autopen - an automatic signature device - to authorize key decisions while allegedly “not fully aware”. Hearings this week featured former aides like Anthony Bernal and Annie Tomasini, both of whom invoked the Fifth Amendment when questioned about Biden’s cognitive capacity and whether documents were signed without his direction.
Republicans argue the stonewalling hints at deeper misconduct, especially after former staff secretary Neera Tanden confirmed that Biden used the autopen regularly but insisted all usage was authorized. Biden’s doctor also invoked the Fifth, fueling GOP suspicions that the president was not mentally fit to govern at critical moments. Biden, for his part, dismissed the hearings as a “political circus” and pointed out that previous presidents (including Trump) also used autopen authority.
The hearings are intensifying, with GOP Chair James Comer now hinting that Jill Biden and Ron Klain may be next to testify.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Mercury retrograde in Leo, the messenger’s tools are being called into question, and those who once stayed in the background are now center stage. Mars in Virgo wants receipts, and Pluto in Aquarius is breaking open systems we’ve long trusted. Even a signature isn't just ink right now - it's a symbol of power, consent, and command.
❤️ Heart Guidance
Not every signature means presence. And not every absence is betrayal. As we watch old systems tremble, the deeper question emerges: who’s really holding the pen in our lives? Truth begins with attention.
🛩️ Vice President Vance’s Secret Flight to Murdoch Ranch Raises Eyebrows
In reporting this week it was revealed that Vice President J.D. Vance quietly flew aboard Air Force Two to Montana last week for a private meeting with Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch at their sprawling 340,000-acre ranch. The visit was not on his public schedule, lasted only a few hours, and included a short hike with his wife before flying back to Washington the same evening. There were no photos or press and no official explanation.
The meeting comes as Trump lashes out at the Murdoch empire, furious over the Wall Street Journal’s bombshell publication of the Epstein birthday letter and doubling down on claims of betrayal. Meanwhile, Vance has struck a different tone, defending Trump publicly, but also calling for the release of the original letter, saying “if it’s fake, let’s prove it.” That distinction is subtle, but strategic, which is why this meeting matters. If the Vice President is quietly building bridges with the most powerful media family in conservative politics while Trump rages at them, it begs the question: Is Vance preparing for a post-Trump chapter?
🪐 Astro Insight
JD Vance’s chart reveals a man who moves through shadows. With a 12th House Leo Sun and Mars in Scorpio, he operates like a political spy: probing, patient, and lethal when ready. His Mars forms a near-perfect square to Trump’s Pluto in Leo , setting up a classic student-master showdown, where loyalty is timed, not timeless.
On the day of the Murdoch ranch meeting, Mercury had just entered Leo, landing in Vance’s 12th House and creeping toward his Sun. It was a classic “cloak and crown” moment: a secret meeting designed to shape public power. Pluto in Aquarius, now opposing his Leo placements, is pushing Vance to confront his own shadow, or step into destiny. That trip to the Murdoch ranch wasn’t about Trump. It was about whether the story needs a new protagonist. Trump wasn’t in the room,
and the sky says he wasn’t meant to be.
Meanwhile, Trump’s chart shows his blind spots being activated, and Vance knows it. Astrologically, Vance is no longer just an understudy - he’s moving with autonomy, and this meeting looks less like coordination and more like a test balloon for Plan B. He may not be overtly betraying Trump yet, but the sky suggests Vance is already laying foundations in case the empire falls.
Watch late July (Sun opposite Pluto) and the August 8–10 window (Mars clashes with Uranus, Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto) for power plays, hidden moves, and the realignment of loyalties.
❤️ Heart Guidance
Loyalty is loud until legacy whispers. Watch those who move in silence while the storm rages - they’re not lost; they’re calculating. Trust isn’t broken in betrayal - it’s broken in auditions. And the most dangerous moment for any empire is when the heir begins to rehearse his lines.
📺 Newsom Trolls Jesse Watters Over On-Air Apology
California Governor Gavin Newsom wasted no time mocking Fox News host Jesse Watters, after Watters was forced to deliver an embarrassing on-air apology for misreporting a private phone call between Donald Trump and Newsom. Watters had claimed Trump personally phoned Newsom to offer federal assistance during a recent California disaster, but the story turned out to be completely false.
Newsom reposted the apology video with a simple message: “Apology accepted. Next time, try calling my office”. The moment marks another blow to Fox’s credibility, and a win for Newsom, whose social media game has become increasingly sharp, with zingers that routinely land like punches. This one hit primetime.
🪐 Astro Insight
Mercury’s station in Leo turns the spotlight toward false claims and forced retractions, especially when pride is on the line. In Leo, words are performance, and Watters’ apology wasn’t just a correction - it was a public stumble in the theater of ego.
With Uranus in Gemini, the truth moves faster than spin, and Saturn retrograde in Aries brings karmic whiplash to those who weaponize misinformation. Pluto in Aquarius ensures that the digital record endures. Newsom’s sharp clapback wasn’t just trolling - it was a real-time reversal of power. The stars say: speak carelessly now, and the script will write you down.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When truth catches up to performance, it humbles more than just the speaker. In a world spinning with misinformation, even small moments of correction carry weight. Let them remind you that words matter, and so does accountability. Stay rooted in clarity, speak with care, and trust that integrity still echoes longer than spin.
🌐 Meta Accidentally Kills Indian Politician with Faulty Translation
Meta has issued a formal apology after a machine translation glitch on Facebook and Instagram falsely announced the death of Indian Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The error occurred when Siddaramaiah’s office posted a condolence message in Kannada for veteran actress B. Sarojadevi, only for Meta’s auto-translate feature to render it in English as “CM Siddaramaiah passed away yesterday.”
The mistranslation quickly went viral, sparking confusion and backlash. Siddaramaiah’s office has demanded Meta suspend its Kannada auto-translation tools until accuracy can be assured. Meta says the issue has now been fixed, calling it a brief malfunction and stating, “We apologize that this happened.” It’s another digital-age warning shot: when AI misreads culture, it doesn’t just distort language - it rewrites reality.
🪐 Astro Insight
Uranus in Gemini strikes again, glitching the very systems we trust to speak for us. In the sign of language and logic, Uranus brings shocks through code, translation, and communication breakdowns. With Mercury stalled in dramatic Leo, even a minor error becomes a public spectacle.
Saturn retrograde in Aries reminds us: when automation overrides awareness, real harm follows. Pluto in Aquarius records this as more than a tech slip - it’s a warning. The tools we build to connect us are rewriting the narrative faster than we can correct it.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When machines speak carelessly, it is our humanity that must respond with care. This wasn’t just a glitch - it was a reminder that technology still needs our presence, our context, our conscience. Let your heart stay gentle in a world rushing to automate everything. In the quiet between the code, it is still our awareness that keeps the truth alive.
🧨 Elmo Hacked: Beloved Muppet’s X Account Hijacked in Antisemitic, Anti-Trump Tirade
In a disturbing digital hijack, Elmo’s official X (formerly Twitter) account was taken over this week and used to post a stream of antisemitic, racist, and conspiratorial messages. Among the posts were violent calls to “kill all Jews,” slurs, and a bizarre demand to “RELEASE THE FILES @realDonaldTrump CHILD F---ER.” The hacker also accused Trump of being tied to the Epstein scandal, referring to him as a “puppet.” The posts were deleted within the hour, but not before screenshots spread across the internet.
Sesame Workshop swiftly confirmed the account had been compromised and said they were working to restore control. While Elmo himself has previously been the subject of lighthearted internet memes, this hack marked a dark turn, weaponizing the innocence of a children’s icon to broadcast hate and extremism. Once again, the breach raises serious questions about X’s security protocols and the broader vulnerability of public-facing accounts in today’s chaotic information landscape.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Uranus newly in Gemini (the sign of messages, media, and mimicry) this was more than a hack; it was a glitch in the collective psyche. Mercury’s retrograde station in Leo amplifies distortion through iconic voices, turning innocence into shock value and parody into weaponry.
Pluto in Aquarius pulls back the curtain on the way digital platforms mask chaos as connection, especially when the symbols we trust - like Elmo - are hijacked to seed fear. Saturn retrograde warns that when we fail to secure our digital guardians, even joy can be corrupted. The cosmos is clear: in the age of information, nothing is off-limits, and everything is up for hijack.
❤️ Heart Guidance
In a world where even Elmo isn't safe from the darkness, the invitation is to hold tight to clarity, innocence, and discernment. Don’t let chaos corrode your compassion. Stay anchored in what’s true, and remember: the louder the noise, the more vital it is to listen for the quiet voice of integrity within.
🎥 Coldplay Kiss-Cam Scandal Spins Out: Fake Apologies, Viral Chaos, and a CEO in Hiding
What began as a lighthearted kiss-cam moment at Coldplay’s Boston concert this week morphed into a full-blown corporate scandal. The camera landed on Andy Byron, CEO of tech company Astronomer, with his arms draped around a woman appearing to be his chief people officer Kristin Cabot, the firm’s Chief People Officer - and notably, not his wife. When the spotlight hit, Byron awkwardly pulled away and ducked out of frame, while Cabot hid her face in her hands and turned around, prompting Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to quip, “Either they’re having an affair or he’s very shy.” The clip quickly went viral, sparking the hashtag #ColdplayGate and waves of internet speculation.
Byron quickly vanished from public view, deactivating his LinkedIn, while users noticed that his wife dropped his last name from her social media before deleting her entire profile. But the real chaos began when multiple fake apology statements surfaced online, allegedly from Byron - one so convincing that it was widely reported by media outlets before being debunked.
The now-infamous fake statement included a full confession, a groveling apology to his wife and staff, and even a swipe at Coldplay for violating his privacy. It ended with a dramatic flair: a paraphrased lyric from Fix You. But it was all a prank. The hoax originated from a parody account on X posing as a CBS journalist named “Peter Enis” - a juvenile pun that only fueled the circus.
Astronomer’s Director of Communications was forced to confirm the apology was fake, telling Men’s Journal: “That is not a real statement.” The parody account later confessed, saying, “I’ve been caught. The report is fake. I’m glad you enjoyed the Fix You lyric - I debated including that one.”
Meanwhile, the original video - posted by fan Grace Springer, who claims she had no idea who the couple was - has now topped 30 million views on TikTok. “A part of me feels bad,” Springer told The Sun, “but play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”
By end of week, Astronomer confirmed in a statement that Byron had resigned and that “our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability.”
From corporate HR to viral humiliation, ColdplayGate is no longer just a meme - it’s a cautionary tale of digital justice, workplace boundaries, and the wrath of the modern kiss-cam.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Mercury stationing in Leo, the sign of drama, ego, and spectacle, the kiss-cam scandal was cosmically scripted to go viral. Leo rules performance, and this week, every layer of this fiasco, from the awkward dodge to the fake apology, unfolded like a tragicomedy of public downfall.
Uranus in Gemini stirred the hoax winds, spreading parody as truth faster than reputations could recover. Saturn retrograde in Aries demands accountability, not optics, and Pluto in Aquarius ensures that private indiscretions made public become collective teachable moments. In this age, the kiss-cam isn’t just a camera. It’s a karmic lens.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When the spotlight finds us unprepared, it reveals more than just mistakes - it reveals truth we’ve been hiding from ourselves. This was more than a viral moment; it was a mirror held up to ego, impulse, and the speed of collective judgment. Let it remind you to move through the world with integrity, even when no one’s watching, because in this age, someone always is. Grace still matters, and so does how we hold others in their most human moments.
🇮🇱 Netanyahu’s Government Loses Majority
In a stunning collapse, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has officially lost his governing majority this week. On July 16, the ultra-Orthodox Shas party abruptly quit the coalition, following the earlier exit of United Torah Judaism - both over disagreements about military draft exemptions for yeshiva students. The double departure leaves Netanyahu’s grip on power hanging by a thread, with as few as 50 seats backing him in the 120-member Knesset.
The fallout has been swift. Opposition leader Yair Lapid declared the government illegitimate and called for immediate elections. Meanwhile, Netanyahu’s camp is scrambling to salvage support, even as Gaza ceasefire talks and internal unrest swirl around them. For a leader once seen as politically invincible, this may mark the beginning of the end.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Saturn retrograding in Aries (the sign of force, strategy, and will) Netanyahu’s house of power begins to collapse from within. Pluto in Aquarius exposes brittle alliances disguised as strength, while Mercury’s stall in Leo freezes the old performance of control.
This wasn’t just a political rupture - it was karmic timing, as the sky demands integrity where ego once ruled. Uranus in Gemini accelerates fragmentation, making yesterday’s allies today’s defectors. What was once unshakable now trembles at its foundation. The stars have spoken: the myth of invincibility always meets its expiration date.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When power built on control begins to crumble, space opens for something truer to rise. It can be tempting to gloat or despair in moments like these, but deeper change requires deeper presence. Let your heart stay steady as old structures fall. The end of a strongman’s reign is not just a headline, it’s a turning of the tide. Keep watch. Keep hope.
⚖️ Brazil Joins ICC Push to Arrest Netanyahu
In a bold escalation on the world stage, Brazil has formally declared its support for the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The move signals Brazil’s intent to uphold international law, and if Netanyahu sets foot on Brazilian soil, he could be arrested and handed over to The Hague.
The ICC warrant accuses Netanyahu of war crimes and crimes against humanity tied to Israel’s military actions in Gaza. Brazil’s decision makes it one of over 120 Rome Statute signatories now obligated to detain him if he enters their territory. It also sends a powerful political message: global patience for impunity is wearing thin. The Bolsonaro era is long gone - under President Lula, Brazil is reasserting itself as a force for international accountability.
🪐 Astro Insight
Pluto in Aquarius brings the reckoning of power structures, and this week, Brazil steps forward as karmic enforcer. As Saturn retrogrades in Aries, the age of unilateral might gives way to multilateral justice, with even former allies now demanding consequence. Mercury's stall in Leo shines a harsh light on fallen strongmen, stripping the stage from those once shielded by spectacle.
Jupiter in Cancer amplifies the emotional and moral imperative behind the ICC’s charge: protect the vulnerable, hold the powerful. Brazil’s move isn’t just political - it’s planetary. The age of impunity is breaking, one signature at a time.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When the world begins to say no to unchecked power, something sacred stirs. This is more than a legal action, it’s a signal that conscience is returning to the global stage. Let it remind you that justice moves slowly, but it moves. Keep your heart aligned with truth, even when it trembles. The tide is turning, and you are not alone in hoping for a more accountable world.
🧭 Trump’s Pivot: Missiles, Tariffs, and a Sudden Turn Against Putin
In a stunning reversal this week, Donald Trump launched a two-pronged offensive against Russia - military and economic - signaling what some are calling his first real pivot away from Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday night, Trump announced the U.S. will send Patriot missile systems to Ukraine, a move he had long resisted. The missiles will be routed through NATO partners, allowing Trump to maintain the appearance of indirect support while still delivering serious firepower to Kyiv.
Then came the economic strike: Trump declared he would impose 100% tariffs on Russia - and potentially on countries that trade with Russia - if Putin does not agree to a ceasefire within 50 days. But critics quickly pointed out the twist: America already does minimal trade with Russia, so the tariffs are largely symbolic. Worse, Trump gave Moscow more time than America’s own allies, many of whom have already been hit by tariff hikes.
Ukrainian President Zelensky blasted the timeline as a “grace period for killing,” while the Kremlin dismissed the ultimatum as a “theatrical stunt.” Meanwhile, Congress is preparing a far more aggressive sanctions bill that would authorize 500% tariffs on nations buying Russian oil.
With these moves, Trump is trying to rebrand himself as tough on Russia, perhaps to distract from the ever-growing Epstein scandal, or to reclaim NATO credibility after years of pro-Putin rhetoric. But whether it’s realpolitik or reputation rehab, Trump appears to have shifted, and Putin is no longer off-limits.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Mercury stations in Leo, image management takes center stage, and Trump’s sudden shift on Russia reeks of narrative rebranding, not moral awakening. Saturn retrograde in Aries highlights strategic reversals driven by pressure, not principle, while Pluto in Aquarius exposes the deeper currents of power realignment beneath the posturing.
Uranus in Gemini disturbs old alliances and accelerates tactical pivots, especially ones made in haste to redirect attention. Jupiter in Cancer amplifies the emotional toll of delay, and Zelensky’s fury echoes the stars: symbolism without urgency is not justice. The sky says: Putin’s shield may be cracking, but motives still matter. Performative strength is not the same as principled leadership.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When power shifts out of pressure, not principle, the heart feels the hollowness. This pivot may bring headlines, but it cannot bring healing without truth at its core. Let this moment deepen your discernment because not every change is progress, and not every gesture is justice. Stay rooted in what’s real. The soul of leadership is measured not by performance, but by who it protects when no one is watching.
🗺️ The Great Gerrymander: Trump Pressures Texas, Newsom Fires Back
This week, Donald Trump, standing on the White House lawn, urged Texas Republicans to redraw their congressional maps mid-decade to “win five more seats” and secure GOP control of the House. Never mind that Texas just redistricted in 2021. Never mind that courts are still reviewing the legality of those maps. For Trump, the point was blunt-force power: bend the system before it breaks you.
Within 24 hours, Texas Governor Greg Abbott called a special legislative session for July 21 to begin the remapping process. Civil rights groups cried foul, warning this was a smokescreen for racial gerrymandering - a chance to further dilute Black and Latino voting power under the guise of “adjustment”. Legal watchdogs noted the move could spark a new wave of litigation. But Abbott didn’t flinch. He had cover, from none other than the Trump-era Department of Justice.
Then, in a surprise late-night court filing, the State of Texas turned around and attacked the Trump DOJ, accusing it of talking out of both sides of its mouth. On one hand, they said, the DOJ was pressuring Texas to redraw its maps. On the other, it was dropping enforcement actions elsewhere, abandoning challenges to gerrymanders in red states while pretending to stand for voting rights. It was a rare public rebuke: Texas torching Trump’s DOJ in a legal filing, even as both claimed to be on the same team.
California Governor Gavin Newsom seized the moment, issuing a stunning threat: if Republicans gerrymander Texas, California will gerrymander right back. He vowed to redraw his state’s maps, which are currently shaped by an independent commission, to all but erase GOP influence. “I don’t think they understand any other kind of language”, he said, brushing off criticism of online name-calling and scorched-earth strategy. “I have no apologies for standing tall and pushing back against their cruelty”.
Newsom didn’t stop at California. He called on other Democratic strongholds - New York, Illinois, even swing states - to follow suit, proposing a full-spectrum partisan counteroffensive. In effect: if Republicans are going to rig the game, then according to Newsom, Democrats should too.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Pluto tearing through Aquarius, the battle over maps becomes a battle over meaning - who gets to belong, who gets to be heard. As Saturn retrograde in Aries stirs deep questions of power, sovereignty, and control, both parties drop the pretense: this is about dominance, not democracy.
Mercury stationing in Leo highlights the performative war of words, where courtroom filings and press clips are wielded like weapons. Uranus in Gemini destabilizes the old rules, encouraging tit-for-tat tactics that rewrite fairness in real time. What was once subtle gerrymandering is now overt territory warfare. And the cosmos reminds us: redraw the lines long enough, and even the truth loses shape.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When the rules are bent beyond recognition, it’s the soul of democracy that begins to fracture. Power without principle can redraw lines, but it cannot redraw what is right. Let your heart stay clear in the fog of strategy and retaliation. Even when leaders forget the sacredness of representation, we can still remember that every voice deserves to matter, and every map should reflect that truth.
🕵️♂️ Dems Demand Raw Footage from Fox Over Edited Trump–Epstein Interview
Congressional Democrats are demanding answers from Fox News after the network aired what appears to be a materially altered interview in June 2024 with President Donald Trump, specifically trimming his comments about Jeffrey Epstein, government secrecy, and declassification promises. The June 2024 interview aired in the lead up to the 2024 presidential election and was part of Trump Unfiltered: The Summer Sitdown with Rachel Campos-Duffy. The interview was heavily promoted, but may have been selectively cut to shield Trump from scrutiny.
In the Fox & Friends broadcast version, Trump seemed to pledge full transparency:
“Yeah. Yeah, I would,” he replied when asked if he’d declassify files related to Epstein, 9/11, and the JFK assassination. But in the full, unaired version, Trump reportedly hedged, saying, “You don’t want to affect people’s lives if it’s phony stuff in there.” That part was cut out of the televised interview.
This discrepancy has sparked a firestorm. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) have both sent letters to Fox executives, including Lachlan Murdoch and CEO Suzanne Scott, demanding the raw footage, internal communications, and any contact between Fox and Trump’s legal team regarding the edits.
Raskin stated: “Deliberately editing interviews to protect a presidential candidate is not journalism - it’s propaganda.” Garcia added,“It is obvious to the American public that someone is lying and someone is trying to hide something…..The American people have a right to understand why Fox chose to alter President Trump’s stated position on the release of the Epstein files.”
The controversy comes at a time when Trump’s administration is refusing to release Epstein-related records, despite years of promising transparency. It also follows Trump’s recent $16 million settlement from CBS over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris - raising further questions about media complicity, selective editing, and corporate deference to Trump’s legal threats.
Garcia pointed out the irony: Trump sued CBS over “misleading edits,” while apparently benefitting from similar editing by Fox to downplay his evasions on Epstein. Democrats on the Oversight Committee have given Fox News until July 22, 2025, to turn over the materials. Fox has yet to publicly respond.
With pressure mounting from inside and outside government, this latest twist in the Epstein saga has turned the spotlight not just on Trump, but on the media networks that continue to protect him, even as the public demands truth.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Mercury stations in Leo, the drama around speech, truth, and what’s left on the cutting room floor reaches a boiling point. Leo governs not just communication, but curated image, and with Pluto in Aquarius applying pressure, the question becomes: who’s directing the narrative, and at what cost?
Saturn retrograde in Aries demands accountability from those who shape public perception under the guise of journalism. Fox’s silence is not neutral - it’s a karmic dodge. Uranus in Gemini ensures that edits don’t stay buried for long. The stars are aligned for exposure, and this time, it’s the editors who may be on trial.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When truth is trimmed to fit a script, trust begins to unravel. This isn’t just about a broadcast, it’s about the sacredness of what we say and what we hide. Let your heart stay tuned to the full story, not just the polished soundbite. In a world of curated narratives, your integrity is still the clearest signal of all.
⚖️ Senate Republicans Ram Through Emil Bove Nomination Amid Whistleblower Chaos
This week, Senate Republicans advanced the judicial nomination of Emil Bove, a former Trump lawyer and DOJ official, in a move that triggered bipartisan outrage and fierce protest from Democrats. In a party-line Judiciary Committee vote, GOP members pushed Bove’s nomination forward after refusing to allow witness testimony or public debate on serious allegations about his past conduct.
Democrats walked out of the hearing in protest, calling the process a sham and accusing Republicans of breaking their own rules to fast-track an extremist loyalist onto the federal bench. At issue is a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, one of the most powerful courts in the country.
The backlash has been intense. More than 75 former federal and state judges - including both Republican and Democratic appointees - signed a letter urging the Senate to reject Bove’s nomination, calling his record “egregious” and warning that his confirmation would damage the judiciary’s credibility. Two former judges from the Third Circuit itself joined the opposition.
Adding to the controversy are newly leaked DOJ communications that appear to confirm whistleblower claims that Bove urged staff to defy federal court orders during Trump-era deportation crackdowns. In one alleged message, Bove told lawyers to say “f*ck you” to judges attempting to block removals.
Despite the uproar, Republican leadership has dismissed the concerns. Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley said Democrats were simply grandstanding, and Deputy AG Todd Blanche published an op-ed defending Bove as a “patriot and professional”. Bove’s nomination now heads to the full Senate floor, where the fight is expected to intensify. Legal analysts say the outcome could have long-lasting consequences for the independence of the courts and the rule of law.
🪐 Astro Insight
Pluto in Aquarius lays bare the systems meant to protect justice, and this week, it spotlighted a judiciary twisted by loyalty over law. As Saturn retrogrades through Aries, the cosmic gavel falls on power plays disguised as procedure, and whistleblowers rise as karmic catalysts. Mercury's retrograde station in Leo calls out the performance of legitimacy, revealing how spectacle has replaced substance in the naming of judges.
Uranus in Gemini hacks through institutional silence, flooding the public square with the very truths leadership hoped to suppress. This isn’t just about Bove - it’s about a nation’s legal soul on trial. And the stars say: the verdict will echo far beyond this vote.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When justice is dressed in theater, the soul of the law begins to tremble. This moment is not just about one man or one vote, it is about whether truth still holds weight in the rooms where power gathers. Let your heart refuse to grow numb to these maneuvers. The courts may sway, but our collective conscience is still a force to be reckoned with.
💰 Trump’s Library Fund Sparks Corruption Bill
Senate Democrats are launching a legislative crackdown after revelations that Donald Trump’s presidential library fund has become a cash magnet for corporate giants, and even a foreign government. According to public disclosures, companies like Paramount/CBS ($16M), Meta ($22M), Disney/ABC ($15M), and X ($10M) have poured millions into the fund. Most jaw-dropping: Qatar reportedly gifted Trump a $400 million luxury jet, raising alarm bells about foreign influence.
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse introduced a new bill aimed at blocking corporate and foreign entities from using presidential libraries as backdoor bribery channels. The legislation comes amid growing concerns that Trump, now a sitting president again, could be granting policy favors in exchange for these eye-popping donations.
The total haul is reportedly nearly half a billion dollars - with more likely hidden behind opaque “settlement” arrangements. Democrats are calling it “corruption in plain sight.” The bill would impose transparency requirements and cap donations to presidential legacy projects while in office. Whether it gains traction in a divided Congress remains to be seen, but the scandal is already making headlines.
🪐 Astro Insight
Pluto in Aquarius pulls the curtain on institutional rot, and this week, it exposed the presidential library as a portal for power laundering. As Saturn retrogrades in Aries, karma returns to those who weaponize legacy for leverage. Mercury's stillness in Leo highlights the spectacle of donation-as-deal, while Jupiter in Cancer inflates the emotional stakes around national memory, history, and betrayal.
Uranus in Gemini jolts the public narrative: libraries are meant to preserve truth, not trade it for jets. The cosmos marks this moment as a turning point, where legacy becomes liability, and even the past can’t protect the present from scrutiny.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When legacy becomes a loophole, the soul of remembrance is at risk. A library should be a place of truth, not transaction, and when it’s twisted into a vessel for influence, the heart of democracy flickers. Integrity cannot be bought, and memory should never be for sale. We are the stewards of truth now, and our vigilance is its greatest protection.
🚨 ICE Under Fire: Faith Slammed, Faces Hidden
This week in Detroit, a Catholic priest named Rev. David Buersmeyer was literally shut out of ICE headquarters while trying to deliver a letter on behalf of local Catholic advocates. The letter called for more humane treatment of immigrants. A security guard slammed the door in his face, refusing to accept it. Outside, hundreds of protestors sang hymns and held signs calling for mercy. The symbolism was impossible to miss: the church knocked, and ICE refused to answer.
Meanwhile in Florida, the Highway Patrol is under fire after leaked emails revealed troopers were told to remove their name tags while participating in joint ICE operations. Civil rights groups warn that this, combined with reports of racial profiling of Hispanic drivers, points to a growing pattern of militarized anonymity and racialized enforcement. Florida officials claim it's about “safety”. Immigrant advocates say it's about fear.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Saturn retrogrades in Aries, the architecture of enforcement is being tested, especially when it collides with conscience. The image of a priest shut out of ICE headquarters echoes the Sun’s square to Chiron: a spiritual wound laid bare, authority deaf to mercy.
Pluto in Aquarius unveils systemic coldness masked as order, while Uranus in Gemini destabilizes the narratives that justify secrecy and surveillance. Mercury’s stillness in Leo forces us to ask: who speaks for the voiceless, and who hides behind the badge? When name tags come off, the cosmos records the anonymity, and it does not forget.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When power closes its doors to compassion, the soul of a nation falters. A priest locked out, a name tag removed; these are not just actions, they are symbols of a deeper forgetting. Let your heart stay open where institutions shut down. In a world growing colder, your mercy, your witness, your voice still matter more than ever.
🇧🇷 Bolsonaro Tagged and Gagged in Coup Plot Trial
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was hit with strict new restrictions this week as he stands trial for his alleged role in a coup attempt to overturn the 2022 election. On Thursday, Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to wear an electronic ankle monitor, surrender his passport, and stop communicating with foreign officials.
The court’s decision follows mounting evidence that Bolsonaro met with top military commanders and plotted to invalidate the election results that handed power to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Prosecutors allege he actively worked to mobilize the armed forces and interfere with democratic institutions.
Bolsonaro denies all charges, but the court’s harsh restrictions suggest Brazil is taking the threat of political subversion seriously. The man once dubbed the "Trump of the Tropics" is now electronically tagged - a stunning fall for a populist leader who once flirted with dictatorship.
🪐 Astro Insight
Pluto in Aquarius brings the populist strongman to heel - digitally tagged, legally cornered, karmically exposed. As Saturn retrogrades in Aries, the consequences of authoritarian overreach land hard, turning once-defiant leaders into cautionary tales.
Mercury's stall in Leo spotlights ego undone by evidence, while Uranus in Gemini jolts old alliances and reveals covert communications in the light of public scrutiny. This isn’t just legal procedure - it’s symbolic justice. The sky declares: the age of unchecked demagogues is cracking, and the consequences are no longer optional.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When false power is stripped away, truth stands taller in its place. Bolsonaro’s fall is more than a headline, it’s a reckoning long in the making. Let it remind you that even the loudest bullies eventually face silence, and that justice, though slow, still walks with purpose. Stay rooted in what is real. The tides are turning, and accountability is finally catching up.
🤝 Even MAGA Is Turning: Epstein Files Fracture the Far Right
Amidst so much Trump-induced chaos, something rare happened this week: Trump’s most loyal online base majorly turned on him. Across conservative forums, longtime MAGA supporters have been expressing outrage over the administration’s handling of the Epstein files, and some are even calling for bipartisan protests to “protect the children”.
For years, these spaces were echo chambers of Trump worship, but this week, the mood changed, with posts accusing Trump of betrayal, blasting Attorney General Pam Bondi’s selective “release,” and calling out the administration for stonewalling the full Epstein client list. Some users are even saying they’ve been “played,” calling the original press conference a publicity stunt that backfired.
This isn’t just fringe grumbling. Influencers like Steve Bannon, Laura Loomer, and Tucker Carlson have voiced similar anger. The Daily Beast reports that MAGA influencers feel “suckered,” while Politico says the WSJ revelations have united a deeply fractured movement. And Wired confirms what’s unfolding in real time: MAGA forums are visibly breaking ranks.
The rage has cracked open something unexpected - calls for left-right unity around child protection and institutional truth. “The elites wanted to divide us”, some posters wrote. “Maybe it’s time we stop letting them.”
🪐 Astro Insight
Pluto in Aquarius strikes again, dismantling loyalty cults and exposing the fault lines beneath collective belief. With Mercury stationed in Leo, the story of the week isn’t what Trump said - it’s who no longer believes him. Saturn retrograde in Aries demands a reckoning for false heroes, especially those built on charisma over truth. Uranus in Gemini fractures echo chambers, catalyzing unlikely alliances where conspiracy once ruled.
What began as backlash has become an ideological implosion, and the stars say it’s not just about Trump. It’s about the end of blind allegiance, and the beginning of a new political realignment shaped by raw betrayal and overdue awakening.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When illusions break, hearts don’t just shatter, they sharpen. This moment is painful, but it’s also powerful. Betrayal can birth clarity, and clarity can spark uncommon unity. Let your compassion reach across old divides, because truth has no party. We rise when we stop worshipping idols and start protecting each other.
🚢 Gaza Flotilla Launches: Israel Threatens, Activists Sail Anyway
On July 13, the Handala flotilla set sail from Italy carrying journalists, doctors, and aid workers intent on breaking Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. Their goal was to deliver urgent humanitarian supplies and spotlight the siege’s human cost. Israel has already warned it will intercept the ships, and international observers are bracing for a possible repeat of the 2010 Mavi Marmara tragedy, but the passengers say they’re prepared to risk arrest - or worse - to make the world look. In a week thick with cosmic retrogrades and collapsing cover-ups, their voyage feels fated: a sailboat of conscience drifting into a war of gods and governments.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Saturn retrogrades in Aries and Pluto continues its excavation of institutional power in Aquarius, the flotilla becomes more than protest - it becomes myth. This is the astrology of moral defiance: Mercury paused in Leo gives voice to courage, while Uranus in Gemini carries the message across borders and screens. The Sun in Cancer squares Chiron, illuminating the wound of exile and the archetype of the protector stepping into danger.
This isn’t just about Gaza. It’s about the global soul asking: how far will we go to be seen, to bear witness, to break siege with story? The boats sail into a storm, yes, but also into history.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When hearts set sail toward danger, it is not madness, it is meaning. These ships carry more than aid; they carry the weight of conscience, the power of witness, the ancient pull of standing where silence once lived. Let your spirit honor their courage, and let your own voice refuse to look away. Even the smallest vessel, when steered by truth, can rock the world.
🧨 Newsmax Loses in Court as $1.6 Billion Lawsuit Moves Forward
Another far-right media outlet took a major hit this week. A Delaware judge has ruled that Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems by spreading lies about the 2020 election - claims that Dominion helped rig votes, had ties to Venezuela, and manipulated results against Trump. The ruling throws out Newsmax’s attempt to dismiss the case, clearing the way for Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit to proceed to a full jury trial.
This comes after Fox News settled a similar case with Dominion for $787 million. Now, Newsmax faces the same music, and potentially an even bigger payout. The court found strong evidence that Newsmax knowingly broadcast false claims despite internal doubts, a key factor in proving defamation. The reckoning for election disinformation is far from over. The trial began in late April 2025, and the final blow may still be coming.
🪐 Astro Insight
Pluto in Aquarius demands truth from the systems that shape collective belief, and this week, the courts answered the call. As Saturn retrogrades in Aries, accountability closes in on those who weaponized speech as strategy. Mercury’s station in Leo exposes the cost of performance journalism, where spectacle overtook integrity.
Uranus in Gemini fractures the echo chamber, forcing propaganda into the light of legal consequence. With each ruling, the stars tighten the karmic noose around election lies. The era of “just asking questions” is ending. The cosmos wants facts, and this trial is far from over.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When lies are dragged into the light, it is not vengeance, it is healing. This trial is not just about money, but about memory, truth, and the wounds left by deception. Let your heart steady itself in the knowledge that accountability is possible, even when delayed. The road back to trust is long, but every honest reckoning brings us closer.
💸 $1.5 Billion and Two Russian Banks: The Epstein Files Go Financial
Senator Ron Wyden blew open the Epstein money trail this week. According to a new report, four major banks flagged $1.5 billion in suspicious Epstein-linked transactions, but only after his 2019 arrest. Some of those flagged wires were for up to $100 million, and at least two ran through Russian financial institutions. As Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Wyden is now demanding the full records be released and made public. The Treasury has so far refused.
This isn’t just a scandal - it’s a system failure. The Epstein story is no longer about isolated abuse - it’s about networks, money, and who looked away. The list may be sealed, but the wires don’t lie.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Pluto in Aquarius, hidden networks are surfacing, and money is the map. As Mercury stations in Leo, the demand for narrative control collides with a paper trail too loud to ignore. Saturn retrograde in Aries calls out the silent complicity of institutions built to shield, not see. Uranus in Gemini electrifies data, turning flagged wires into cosmic receipts.
This isn't just about Epstein anymore - it's about the systems that enabled him, and the global ties that financed the silence. The stars say: the list may be locked, but the truth is leaking, in numbers, not names.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When the truth hides behind numbers, the soul still knows how to count what matters. These revelations aren’t just financial, they are spiritual fault lines, showing us where power protected itself instead of the vulnerable. Let your grief and anger sharpen your clarity, not cloud your compassion. Even when names are sealed, your conscience is not. Stay steady. The truth is finding its way.
🕷️ Peter Thiel Linked to Epstein Meeting - Tech’s Web of Silence Widens
Newly revealed documents show that billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel appeared to have met with Jeffrey Epstein in 2014, adding another high-profile name to the growing list of elites connected to the convicted sex offender. The meeting was reportedly arranged by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, who has previously admitted to several Epstein encounters.
Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a major funder of right-wing causes, claims to have no memory of the meeting and denies having had any significant relationship with Epstein. But his inclusion in Epstein’s schedule suggests that even Silicon Valley’s most powerful figures weren’t immune to Epstein’s reach, or his strategic networking.
As more names surface, it’s becoming harder to ignore the depth of Epstein’s infiltration into finance, politics, tech, and media. The question isn't just who met him, but why, and what silence those meetings may have bought.
🪐 Astro Insight
Pluto in Aquarius is unraveling the myth of neutral tech, exposing the elite web where innovation meets impunity. Thiel’s name surfacing now, under Mercury’s station in Leo, signals that no titan of industry is above the karmic summons. Saturn retrograde in Aries revisits past alliances forged behind closed doors, while Uranus in Gemini cracks open sealed calendars and encrypted networks.
These aren't just social connections - they're power nodes in a system long protected by silence. The cosmos is auditing the empire, and every name that surfaces is another stitch undone in the cloak of credibility.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When the web of silence begins to tear, we are called to see what was hidden in plain sight. These revelations are not just about names, they are about power, complicity, and the long shadow cast by unchecked influence. Let your heart stay discerning but not numb. Truth may arrive slowly, but it arrives with purpose, and every unraveling is a step toward collective repair.
🧨 Maxwell Prepares Supreme Court Appeal, Offers to Testify on Epstein Finances
As the Epstein firestorm spreads, Ghislaine Maxwell is stepping back into the spotlight with two explosive moves. First, she’s petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn her conviction, claiming the 2007 non-prosecution agreement Epstein secured in Florida should’ve protected her too. The U.S. government has already filed its response, calling her appeal “meritless” and confirming it will fight to block a retrial.
But Maxwell isn’t stopping there. In a surprise statement, she says she’s “ready and willing” to testify before Congress about the Epstein case, specifically about the client list everyone keeps denying exists. She claims no one has asked her to speak and alleges Republicans are quietly blocking her from going public. And while the DOJ insists there is no list, Maxwell’s team is now hinting that the real bombshell lies in following the money, not just the names. Her Supreme Court appeal is set to be reviewed next week. Whether or not she wins, the timing and tone suggest something deeper: Ghislaine might be signaling that if she’s going down, she won’t be going quietly.
🪐 Astro Insight
This move by Ghislaine Maxwell has Pluto-in-Aquarius fingerprints all over it - systemic pressure, hidden power games, and strategic detonation. Saturn retrograde in Aries forces individuals with past power to confront the consequences of unchecked will. Maxwell’s appeal isn’t just about her case - it’s a barometer of whether systems of power can keep the lid on the Epstein vault. And with Pluto now deep in Aquarius, the vault is cracking.
Meanwhile, Jupiter in Cancer is building emotional momentum around truth, safety, and legacy - a potent backdrop for someone offering to “testify” on what’s been hidden. The fact that she’s offering to speak about money while everyone else argues about a list is Jupiterian truth-seeking clashing with institutional denial. Ghislaine’s play may be an early crack in the wall of silence, and if the institutions ignore her too loudly, that wound may rupture into full public spectacle.
❤️ Heart Guidance
This moment reminds us that silence doesn’t equal healing. When denied truths ferment too long, they eventually explode. Hold steady. The truth may be ugly, but it’s sacred. And the cosmos never buries a secret forever.
🚪 AOC Moves to Shut the Revolving Door on Congressional Lobbying
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is taking direct aim at one of Washington’s most entrenched practices: lawmakers cashing in as lobbyists. This week, she co-sponsored the Close the Revolving Door Act of 2025, a sweeping bill that would impose a lifetime ban on former members of Congress becoming lobbyists. The legislation, introduced alongside Rep. Joe Neguse, also extends the cooling-off period for senior staff to six years and establishes a public database to track lobbying activity.
Under current rules, lawmakers can start lobbying just one to two years after leaving office. AOC’s bill would close that loophole for good, dramatically raising the penalty for violations and sending a clear message: Congress should serve the people, not the paycheck waiting on K Street.
“This is about restoring trust,” AOC said in her announcement. “Lobbying by members of Congress should be banned - full stop.” Whether the bill survives Capitol Hill’s resistance to policing itself remains to be seen, but the public pressure is mounting.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Pluto dismantling corruption in Aquarius and Saturn retrograde in Aries demanding courage from reformers, AOC’s push isn’t just timely - it’s archetypal. Mercury stationing in Leo gives voice to moral clarity, while Uranus in Gemini amplifies public demand for transparency and change.
This is the astrology of structural detox, where long-accepted compromises are cast as betrayals. The bill may face resistance, but the stars say it plants a seed: one that challenges the idea that public service should end in private enrichment. The cosmos is rewriting the rules, and those still cashing in are on borrowed time.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When service becomes self-enrichment, trust begins to rot, but truth-tellers still rise. AOC’s stand reminds us that integrity is not extinct in public life. Let it rekindle your belief that change is not just possible, but already stirring. Even one bold voice can echo through the halls of power, clearing space for something cleaner, truer, and finally, ours.
⚖️ Judge Tosses Trump Lawsuit Against Bob Woodward Over Interview Tapes
Another Trump lawsuit bit the dust this week when a federal judge in Manhattan dismissed Donald Trump’s $50 million lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward and publisher Simon & Schuster over the release of taped interviews from Trump’s presidency. Trump had claimed that The Trump Tapes - an audiobook compilation of 19 interviews recorded between 2019 and 2020 - violated his copyright and misused his voice.
Judge Paul Gardephe disagreed, ruling that Trump does not own the interviews, nor can he claim co-authorship of questions asked by a journalist. The court also found the release of the recordings to be protected under press freedoms and fair use law. Woodward, who conducted the interviews for his 2021 book Rage, had long maintained the tapes were fair game.
The Trump team has until August 18 to amend and refile, but critics say this ruling sends a clear message: you can’t sue your way out of history. Trump, who has made a career of threatening journalists, now finds himself facing mounting legal losses while attempting to rewrite his record from the campaign trail. Another attempted narrative grab - another courtroom wall. The truth has a way of staying on the record.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Mercury stalled in Leo and Pluto digging deep in Aquarius, the battle over who controls the narrative is cosmic, and the court just ruled for the truth. Leo wants to shape the spotlight, but Aquarius insists the collective deserves clarity. Saturn retrograde in Aries reminds us that consequences catch up, especially when ego overreaches into censorship.
Trump’s attempt to gatekeep his own words collapses under the weight of fair use and press freedom. Uranus in Gemini broadcasts this outcome far and wide: you can’t copyright the past, and you can’t sue your way out of what you said. The record stands, because the stars demand it.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When truth is spoken and recorded, it carves a path that no lawsuit can erase. This ruling is more than legal, it’s symbolic of a turning tide where accountability starts to outweigh image control. Let it remind you that your voice, your memory, and your clarity matter. In a world of spin, holding to truth is a quiet kind of power, and it endures.
☄️ Fragments from Mercury Found in the Sahara?
In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists now believe two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may have come from the planet Mercury, marking what could be the first known fragments of the solar system's innermost planet ever discovered on Earth.
The two rocks, dubbed NWA 01261 and NWA 01182, show chemical signatures unlike any previously catalogued meteorites. Their makeup - low in iron and high in magnesium, with signs of formation under intense heat - aligns with what we know of Mercury’s scorched crust.
Researchers are cautious but excited. If confirmed, this find would open an unprecedented window into Mercury’s composition and formation history, which is otherwise hard to study due to the planet’s proximity to the Sun.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Mercury - the planet, not the stone - stationing retrograde in fiery Leo, the cosmos seems to play cosmic messenger, delivering literal pieces of its namesake to Earth. Uranus in Gemini crackles with the electricity of revelation, bringing strange truths through science and stone. Pluto in Aquarius reminds us: nothing is random, not even meteorites.
These fragments feel fated, reminders from the solar system’s innermost guardian of thought, speed, and truth. As Mercury pauses in the sky, perhaps it asks us to pause too - to reflect, to listen, and to remember: even the smallest rock can carry the oldest message.
❤️ Heart Guidance
When pieces of the cosmos fall at our feet, the universe is asking us to remember where we come from. These stones aren’t just matter, they’re messages, fragments of a forgotten origin delivered across aeons. Let them awaken wonder in you. In a world so loud with urgency, this is your invitation to slow down, look up, and listen to the stars beneath your feet.
🌍 Earth Is Spinning Faster, and the Energetic Consequences Could Be Profound
Scientists have confirmed that Earth is spinning slightly faster than usual - enough to shorten the length of our days by a few milliseconds. On August 5, 2025, we’re expected to experience one of the shortest days in recorded history, following an already record-breaking day on July 9. While imperceptible in daily life, these micro-changes in Earth’s rotation are very real, driven by shifts in gravitational forces, core activity, and global climate patterns.
But for many, this isn’t just a scientific oddity - it’s a spiritual signal. Across metaphysical traditions, the sensation that “time is speeding up” has long been linked to dimensional shifts and accelerated awakening. As the Earth rotates faster, many believe we’re entering a window of compressed time, where past, present, and future begin to collapse into a single evolutionary pulse.
Energetically, this rapid spin may act like a planetary centrifuge, shaking loose outdated patterns, purging false timelines, and elevating frequency. It mirrors the Earth’s broader metamorphosis as we transition deeper into the Age of Aquarius, with Pluto now rewriting our collective code from the inside out. It seems that we’re not just witnessing planetary change - we’re living it.
🪐 Astro Insight
The Earth’s quickening spin mirrors a deeper cosmic acceleration: we’re not just hurtling through space, we’re spiraling through an evolutionary threshold. With Uranus newly in Gemini (the sign of logic, speed, and thought), the tempo of reality is shifting beneath our feet, cracking open our sense of linear time. Saturn’s retrograde in Aries began the same week as this record-breaking spin, urging us to revisit how we move through life - what we’re building, how fast we’re going, and whether our structures can support the speed of collective awakening.
Pluto in Aquarius adds the deeper rewrite: a full-system upgrade is underway, and time itself is being rewired to fit the frequencies of a higher dimensional operating system. This isn’t chaos - it’s calibration. The old timeline is being shaken loose so the new Earth can come online.
🦟 The Flies That Might Save Us
Scientists are reviving a decades-old technique to stop a new outbreak of flesh-eating screwworms, a parasite that burrows into the bodies of livestock, wildlife, and even humans. The plan is to breed sterile male flies and flood the skies by dropping them from planes. When they mate with wild females, the population collapses, and with it, the threat.
With a new $8.5 million fly-release center being built in Texas and a sister facility in Mexico, this strange ecological ballet is preparing for its next act. If successful, it could save the cattle industry from ruin and protect ecosystems across the Southwest. It’s not pretty or poetic, but it’s a reminder that sometimes, healing doesn’t look like flowers breaking through the pavement. Sometimes, it looks like swarms in the sky.
🪐 Astro Insight
Mars in Virgo is the perfect planetary signature for precision intervention - targeted, strategic, and unafraid to get messy in the name of healing. As the planet of action charges through the sign of medicine, agriculture, and pests, we’re seeing a revival of old tools applied with new urgency. Saturn retrograde in Aries reminds us that not all solutions come from bold innovation; some are resurrected from forgotten blueprints, refined by time.
Pluto in Aquarius also supports this ecological recalibration - systemic problems demand radical, sometimes strange, systemic cures. This isn’t just pest control - it’s pattern correction at the species level. And it signals a larger truth: regeneration is underway, but it may arrive wearing wings and buzzing with unexpected grace.
🌱 Okra & Fenugreek Extracts Can Remove 90% of Microplastics from Water, Scientists Find
In a promising breakthrough, researchers have discovered that natural extracts from common plants like okra and fenugreek can effectively remove microplastics from contaminated water. The team, led by scientists at Tarleton State University, found that combining food-grade plant mucilage - the sticky, gelatinous substance found in these plants - can bind microplastics together, allowing them to be filtered out.
The study, published in ACS Environmental Science & Technology, shows that this method can remove up to 90% of microplastics, depending on water conditions and the type of plastic. Unlike traditional chemical treatments, this approach is non-toxic, biodegradable, and low-cost, making it especially attractive for use in developing regions and in decentralized water systems. Scientists say the findings could pave the way for safer, more accessible water purification methods as the global microplastics crisis deepens.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Jupiter in Cancer, the sign of nourishment, roots, and protection, the Earth herself is offering remedies through her most humble gifts - okra, fenugreek, mucilage and all. This is Jupiter’s wisdom at work: natural abundance solving what synthetic systems could not. Mars in Virgo gives this breakthrough its technical edge, helping us translate plant intelligence into functional solutions.
At the same time, Pluto in Aquarius continues to push us toward system-level reinvention - this isn't just a clever hack, it’s a glimpse of future water care: decentralized, decolonized, and deeply aligned with life. As Neptune dissolves old illusions in Aries, we begin to recognize that the planet’s healing isn’t hypothetical - it’s already underway, quietly germinating in the lab, the field, and the seed. The age of toxic fixes is ending. The age of bio-intelligence is being born.
🌊 Scotland’s Tidal Turbine Just Set a World Record
Off the northern coast of Scotland, a tidal turbine has quietly done the impossible: it’s been spinning uninterrupted beneath the sea for over six years, generating enough electricity to power nearly 7,000 homes. The MeyGen project proves what climate scientists have long hoped - that ocean energy can be both clean and durable, even in the harshest conditions.
It’s the longest continuous performance ever recorded for a marine turbine, offering a glimpse into a future where the tides themselves help keep the lights on. The oceans don’t just rise. They turn. And we’re learning to turn with them.
🪐 Astro Insight
With Neptune and Chiron both in Aries, we’re being asked to rethink power - not just who holds it, but where it flows from. This record-breaking tidal turbine is a testament to that shift: healing the planet by syncing with its rhythms instead of resisting them. Uranus in Gemini brings the innovation, but it’s Pluto in Aquarius that delivers the deeper meaning - this isn’t just technology, it’s a template for how humanity and nature can co-create.
The Sun in Cancer during this breakthrough highlights our duty to protect and provide for the collective, especially through sustainable, emotionally intelligent systems. The tide is turning (literally and symbolically) and the future is being powered not by force, but by flow.
☀️ Fusion Just Got Real: Stellarator Breaks New Ground
In a quiet lab in Germany, scientists have nudged humanity closer to limitless, clean power. The Wendelstein 7‑X reactor - a futuristic “stellarator” design - just sustained a high-performance fusion state for a record-breaking 43 seconds, proving that this elusive energy source might be more than theory.
Unlike conventional reactors, stellarators are built for stability, and this week’s breakthrough shows they might be able to hold the sun’s power without melting down. It’s not science fiction anymore. It’s a crackling signal from the energy source of the stars.
🪐 Astro Insight
As Pluto deepens its grip in Aquarius, we’re being handed the keys to the future - if we’re wise enough to wield them. This stellarator breakthrough is pure cosmic poetry: fusing atoms to summon the energy of the stars, just as humanity enters a new era of power, technology, and collective evolution. Uranus in Gemini fuels the brilliance behind the design, while Mars in Virgo demands precision, discipline, and problem-solving at the smallest scale.
This is the kind of moment Neptune in Aries dreams into being - when vision meets engineering, and the impossible becomes real. What began as theory is now ignition. And the light we once only worshipped, we’re beginning to harness.
🔥 Finland Flips the Switch on the World’s Largest Sand Battery
Tucked inside a warehouse in western Finland, a giant thermal battery has gone live, but instead of lithium or cobalt, it’s filled with sand. The device stores surplus solar and wind energy as heat, then releases it to warm homes and industries during long, dark winters. With a capacity of 100 megawatt-hours, this is now the largest operational sand battery on Earth - a cheap, scalable, and surprisingly elegant solution to renewable storage.
In a world desperate for new answers, the old materials are whispering “We’re not done yet.”
🪐 Astro Insight
Jupiter in Cancer reminds us that real security begins with warmth, nourishment, and shelter, and Finland’s sand battery is a radiant example of that truth made manifest. This quiet technological marvel channels Mars in Virgo’s brilliance for functional innovation, turning humble grains into high-capacity heat.
Pluto in Aquarius continues to rewire the grid from the ground up, favoring community-based solutions that are scalable, sustainable, and born of Earth’s own wisdom. As Saturn retrogrades in Aries, we're rethinking what real strength looks like - not speed or flash, but endurance, containment, and care. The future isn’t always built from rare metals. Sometimes, it’s built from the ground we walk on.
🐘 Zimbabwe’s Elephant Population Booms, Bringing New Challenges
For the first time in decades, Zimbabwe’s elephant population is growing - a rare conservation success story in a world of ecological collapse. Thanks to local-led efforts, transnational cooperation, and investments in anti-poaching and protected habitat, the country now boasts over 100,000 elephants, up from around 84,000 just a decade ago. It's part of a broader regional rebound, with Southern Africa’s elephant numbers rising across protected zones like the Kavango-Zambezi Conservation Area.
But the boom comes with complications. The growing herds are straining ecosystems and sparking deadly conflict with local communities. This year alone, at least 18 people have been killed by elephants, and authorities have authorized the culling of over 150 elephants in response. Conservationists now face a delicate balancing act - protecting wildlife while safeguarding human life.
Zimbabwe is pioneering new strategies, including GPS tracking collars, community alert systems, and a 10-year Elephant Management Plan to navigate the complex future of coexistence. The planet can heal - but even healing requires wise stewardship.
🪐 Astro Insight
This elephant boom is a living parable of Jupiter in Cancer - abundance returned, but not without consequence. It’s a testament to Earth’s regenerative capacity when humans act in alignment, yet Saturn retrograde in Aries reminds us that growth demands responsibility. Pluto in Aquarius pushes us to reimagine what stewardship really means: not domination, not sentimentality, but systems that honor both wildness and survival.
With Chiron in Aries, the old wounds between humanity and nature surface, not as a punishment, but as an invitation to deeper listening. The elephants have returned. Now comes the real test: can we evolve fast enough to walk beside them, not ahead of them?
The fire isn’t over - it’s just moved deeper underground.
As we step into the second half of July, the tempo of revelation accelerates.
Mercury retrograde begins distorting signals and scrambling truths, but beneath the static, the story sharpens.
From July 18–21, we enter a foggy corridor where nothing is what it seems. Misinformation spreads like wildfire, and powerful figures retreat, dodge, or disappear. This is a window of narrative warfare - watch who fumbles the script.
By July 22–23, the match is struck.
Mars meets the North Node in Aries, igniting a karmic blaze.
Explosions - literal, digital, political - crack through the mask.
AI acts out.
Infrastructures falter.
A leader stumbles.
Netanyahu’s chart wobbles.
Trump’s spins.
The sky screams for change,
and someone powerful gets burned.
July 24 brings a New Moon in Leo -
loud, charismatic, and crowned with drama.
But its light is deceptive.
It lands in Trump’s 12th house
while the Sun hits Saturn and Neptune the same day.
This isn’t just ego inflation - it’s collapse cloaked in confidence.
The very next day, the Sun opposes Pluto: the reckoning lands.
For Trump, this hits his career axis like a spear.
Expect secrets dragged into daylight,
health speculation reignited, or a visible fracture in his control.
For Putin, the Sun-Pluto opposition touches his 12th and 6th houses - shadow and survival - suggesting isolation, illness, or betrayal from within.
From July 26–31, the aftershocks rumble.
We see who falls, who flees, and who seizes power in the vacuum.
Iran, China, and Russia stir.
Europe simmers.
Markets shiver.
And in the shadows, something clicks:
an irreversible shift in global financial trust.
Pluto now retrograde in Aquarius is rewiring the collective circuitry.
The old monetary myths begin to rot.
Watch for gold grabs, central bank maneuverings,
and whispers of currency reform.
The purge isn’t just political - it’s economic.
And it’s only just begun.
As we move into August, a new storm brews.
Between August 6 and 10, Mars charges into Libra, then smashes into Pluto.
That’s a war aspect - legal, digital, institutional.
It’s also personal.
The rage of the people meets the secrets of the elite.
Surveillance breaks.
A hacker hits.
A cover-up cracks.
And across the globe, the stories we've been told no longer hold.
Trump’s chart doesn’t get relief - only reckoning.
Mercury retrograde crawls back over his Mars and Ascendant in early August, echoing the retrograde of 2019 that flared with Epstein’s arrest.
That cycle now completes.
Whatever breaks this month - he can’t unspin it.
Not this time.
By mid-August, the financial ghosts rise.
Billionaires scramble.
Whistleblowers speak.
Uranus now in Gemini sparks rebellion in the realm of AI, speech, and truth.
And Pluto, still drilling the collective root, asks:
what system must collapse for the soul of the people to rise?
The end of July isn't an ending.
It’s ignition.
The empires are cracking.
The gods are watching.
And the mirror - finally - won’t look away.
Life on planet Earth sure feels kinda crazy right now.
The old guard is gasping.
Institutions are twisting.
And the lies we were taught to live with are cracking under their own weight.
But beneath the noise, something truer is whispering through the wreckage.
It’s not loud.
It’s not polished.
But it’s real.
You don’t have to outrun the chaos to survive it.
You just have to stay true while it spins.
Let your love stay fierce.
Let your presence stay steady.
Let your heart stay open, even now.
Especially now.
We are not here to tremble at the end of things.
We are here to remember how it begins again.
So keep your flame.
Keep your clarity.
Keep your soul upright.
Because the world is being rewritten in real time.
And the future is taking notes.
Make sure your page is written in truth, not fear.
Make sure your light is still on when the dust begins to settle.
We will need it to find each other.
We will need you - whole, honest, and unafraid - for what comes next.
(And if you need some help finding your light, come join me in the Daily Lighthouse. I’ll be there, each day with you.)
See you next Sunday - until then, stay kind, calm and curious.
Thank you Wiz for all of the work you put in for us to understand and connect to the stars. So much appreciation!
The Elite are distracting the peasants with the Epstein crap. We don't need a list; we have all seen the pictures. WE KNOW who his "clients" were. Washington DC, the uniparty, the ME party, and the warring party since they murdered President Kennedy. It's all a distraction as the Titanic sinks. Eventually, the band will hit the water, and the music will come to a stop.