Be Well: How Astrology Can Bring Balance to Life

<div class="block">Celebrity astrologist Aliza Kelly joined Cheddar News to talk about how astrology can bring some balance to your life amid the chaos of everyday life. </div>

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In a chaotic and sometimes scary world. More people are turning to mystical practices like tarot and astrology to help make sense of their lives and you don't have to be a true believer to really gain some insight. Well, according to celebrity astrologer, Eliza Kelly, these practices can help anyone discover more about themselves and become the person they want to be. Eliza is a columnist, a best selling author and a regular on the Drew Barry Moore show. She mapped our birth charts and she is here to share what we can learn. So first, thank you so much for joining us so much. So for everybody at home, we gave you some information. But what goes into creating a chart like this? So your birth chart is a snapshot of the sky at the exact moment that you were born. So it's calculated based on your date time and location of birth. So how is that different than my normal horoscope? I know I'm a pisces and I look OK, I love it. Two water signs. I love the energy. So with your Sunshine horoscope, that is just where the sun was when you were born. But your birth chart. This map that we have here is everything. It's every planet, it's every celestial body. It is a full picture of what was happening in the sky. You have three categories, sun moon and rising. Yeah. OK. So what does that mean? So many people when they're first getting into a story, you are going to talk about their big three. So the big three is your, so your moon, your rising sign, your son is where the sun was. When you were born. Moon is where the moon is and rising is what zodiac sign was coming up over the eastern horizon at your exact time of birth. And why is that important? So your sun represents your external outer world. It shows how you light up a room. Your moon is what's going on on the inside. It's your emotional truth and then your rising sign is to show you the recurring themes that show up in your life again and again and again. All right. Well, these definitely look like a different language. I have no idea what this says. So what can you tell us about ourselves based on these charts? So, first of all, I love that you're both water signs. We have a Pisces here and a cancer here. Water signs are very intuitive, they're very sensitive, they really can pick up on things super easily. And these are also individuals who really want to go with the gut. Um your rising sign. We also have two fire rising. So a lot of amazing compatibility for you guys. Yeah, absolutely. So you are a Leo rising and you are a Sagittarius rising. So that means you're approaching the next. So, yeah, so these are the themes that are you're gonna see over and over again in your life. So when you're a Leo Rising, you're gonna find yourself often performing um making people feel welcome sort of hosting. You know, you love to bring people together when you're a Sagittarius rising, you love to travel, you love adventure, you love to discover new things to philosophize to learn. Wow. So what other insights when you look? So I guess let's start with Shannon because I, I wanna um in mind, but I wanna be a nice host. So in looking at Shannon, what, what really stood out to you, you know, particular to him from this chart. So I love, I love to look at the moon sign because the moon gives us a lot of information about what's going on behind the scenes and your moon is in Virgo, which is an earth sign. It's really practical, it's really organized, it's really functional. So for you having systems is really important and if things are too chaotic and all over the place, you're going to feel a little bit ungrounded. So for you to know what the plan is for you to have a sense of um agency is gonna be something that really stabilizes you and helps you not overthink everything. I feel some of those things. My wife won't agree on the organizing aspect. But how accurate, how accurate are these? Especially because you think, ok, everyone who's a cancer or born June 29th can't be the same. Well, they're very accurate and when we say organized, I don't mean you putting socks in a drawer, I mean, you having a plan, having a system, being able to create something larger scale. And we also see where the tension shows up in your chart, right? You're a Gita is rising with your Sagittarius rising. You're gonna be on an adventure, you're going to be on a quest for knowledge. Always looking for something new, which is a little bit at odds with the Virgo moon, right? Ok. I agree with that. Ok. So what did you tell them? Yes. Ok. So, so, so you are a double water sign. So you also have a cancer moon. So this sort of amplifies your intuition. This makes you someone who is really very tuned in, very sensitive. Um You're someone who needs to decompress, you're someone who can absolutely sort of be out in public, but you need your alone time, you need your private time and you also need time in nature, time by the water time to just sort of collect your thoughts and also get really creative with yourself. That's 100% true. I see. That, like, on the water, every Friday I live on the water. Like, and I always have to connect with nature to, like, ground myself and then reset, refocus and figure out what's next. I love it. Yeah, I love this. I love that. People can learn more about themselves, like you said, become the person they wanna be. Why do you think people are getting so into astrology right now? Well, you know, because we are living in this moment where there has been so much unprecedented change again, in a again and again, people are starting to look to different modalities to understand themselves, to make sense of who they are. And I also think that people are really getting in touch with their wellness, their mental health, recognizing that we are not just one thing that we are really multi dimensional people who have lots of different needs. And astrology is an amazing tool to do that. And it's kind of like, OK, you name these different things and then I say, yeah, you know, I I understand that about my something and then maybe I can identify it when I'm making decisions or poor choices or whatever the case may be in the future. Yes. And we also get to learn about each other, right? So it also benefits our interpersonal relationships. So we're not just approaching something the way we would want it, but we're also working with someone else to be like, how can I be more amenable to each others interests. Can we change any of these things? Like, oh, I don't like that. Like you're born that way. That's how it is. What do you think we can change it? But we can explore the nuance of it and we can sort of lean into it and grow with it and we can always learn new things about ourselves and maybe use that as like our power because if we know we have it, then we can use it for good. Yes, it was so lovely. Thank you Kelly. Thank you so much for insight.