The Raymond Durr Network Interview Part 9 — Triggers Are Reflections, Choosing Yourself & The Number 6 Shadow of Self-Sacrifice | Astrology Ride of the Day

Live Birthday Game with Carrie, Walter & the Crew — Astrology, Symbols & the Zodiac Hidden in the Bible | Astrology Ride of the Day

This live session opens with a deep dive into how the four Gospels of the Bible are tied directly to the fixed signs of the zodiac — Matthew (Aquarius, the face of a man), Mark (Leo, the lion), Luke (Taurus, the bull or ox), and John (Scorpio's higher octave, the eagle) — a connection preserved in old Bibles, the Book of Kells, and cathedral stained glass across Europe, pointing to how deeply astrology was woven into early Christian symbolism. From there, the conversation opens into a live "birthday game," where guests call out their sun signs and birthdates to receive an on-the-spot tarot archetype reading tied to their decan. Guest Walter shares a powerful story of a life-altering ATV accident in 2016 that broke her neck and back, describing it as a spiritual awakening tied to Neptune retrograde in Pisces and her natal Pluto-Mercury connection — framing the trauma not as tragedy but as the greatest gift she ever received. Guardian shares her own story of surviving 16 years in a controlling religious cult, escaping a marriage built on control, and rebuilding her identity and creative expression through art, symbols, and sigil work drawn from a profound near-death experience involving a geometric pattern she later connected to ceremonial magic and the concept of angelic geometry. Throughout, each guest's chart is read live — decans, ascendants, North Nodes — revealing shared threads of transformation, creative expression, and the tension between vulnerability and self-protection. The session closes on themes of energy, intention, and the difference between manipulative "black magic" and empowering "white magic," framed simply as using energy to lift others up rather than subvert their will. Know thyself. Balance your energy. Takeaways: 1. The four Gospels of the Bible correspond directly to fixed zodiac signs — Matthew (Aquarius), Mark (Leo), Luke (Taurus), and John (Scorpio's higher octave, the eagle) — a connection preserved in historical religious art and older Bible printings. 2. Guest Walter shares how a severe 2016 ATV accident, tied astrologically to Neptune retrograde in Pisces and her natal Pluto-Mercury aspect, became a profound spiritual awakening rather than simply a tragedy. 3. Guardian's story of escaping a 16-year controlling religious cult illustrates how creative expression through symbols and art became a form of catharsis when personal expression was suppressed. 4. A live "birthday game" demonstrates how sun sign, decan, and rising sign combine to reveal a person's core tarot archetype and life themes in real time. 5. The session closes by distinguishing "black magic" (manipulating or subverting another's will) from "white magic" (using energy to elevate yourself and others toward your highest potential) — framing both as different uses of the same underlying energetic principle. Links referenced in this episode: * iamastrologyreadings.com [https://iamastrologyreadings.com] Companies mentioned in this episode: * Iamastrologyreadings * PayPal * Venmo * Cash App Support the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/support [https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/support] Book a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading [https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading] * #astrologyrideoftheday

Brain Repair — Boundaries: The Seven Types, Healthy Communication & Why No Is One of the Two Hardest Words to Say | Astrology Ride of the Day

Paul, Mental Reset, and Rafiki are back for an episode on boundaries. Rafiki went into a family gathering with a boundary already set — no matter what happens I am not feeding into it — and came out unscathed for the first time. That is what pushed this conversation. Seven types of boundaries — physical, emotional and mental, spiritual and religious, time, sexual, financial and materialistic, and non-negotiables. Christians knocking on doors and the boundary of having someone else's beliefs forced on you. Why people pleasers never know their own worth because they keep choosing everyone else's feelings over their own. Mental Reset's model — forget their feelings — and the deeper truth that by not saying what you need to say you are actually saying forget my own feelings instead. The two hardest words to say are yes and no. Training people how to treat you. Having the tough conversation in a loving way without coming out of character. Why some people are in the grave because someone didn't respect a boundary. You are going to feel a thousand percent better once you set them and stand on them. Know thyself. Balance your energy. Takeaways 1. Setting a boundary before entering a difficult situation — deciding in advance not to engage with the fire regardless of what gets thrown — is the practical application of boundary work, and Rafiki's family gathering story proves the technique works even when you can feel the darts flying. 2. People pleasers avoid setting boundaries because they fear rejection and worry about how others perceive them, which means they are perpetually choosing other people's comfort over their own needs — the reframe is that what others think of you is none of your business, and the work is making that truth operational rather than just theoretical. 3. The seven types of boundaries cover physical space, emotional and mental state, spiritual and religious beliefs, personal time, sexual consent, financial limits, and non-negotiables — each one requires knowing your own limits well enough to name them, which means people who are out of touch with their emotions cannot accurately set or enforce any of them. 4. Not saying what needs to be said to protect someone else's feelings means choosing their comfort over your own emotional truth — you go home frustrated while they go home unbothered, which means the person you actually said forget your feelings to was yourself. 5. Healthy boundaries improve self-esteem and self-worth, deepen understanding of personal limits, create opportunities for healthy communication, and develop the ability to say no without guilt — all of which compound over time into a clearer sense of identity and a more selective, sustainable Circle of relationships. Links referenced in this episode: * iamastrologyreadings.com [https://iamastrologyreadings.com] Companies mentioned in this episode: * Iamastrologyreadings * PayPal * Venmo * Cash App Support the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/support [https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/support] Book a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading [https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading] * #astrologyrideoftheday

Brain Repair — Animals vs Humans: Who Is More Connected to the Omniverse & Can Man Rise Above His Animal Nature | Astrology Ride of the Day

Title Brain Repair — Animals vs Humans: Who Is More Connected to the Omniverse & Can Man Rise Above His Animal Nature | Astrology Ride of the Day Description The question came in as a text message that morning — if animals rely on their senses and humans rely on intelligence who would you say is more in tune with the Omniverse. That question became this conversation. Mental Reset, Rafiki, and Paul go deep. The gazelle that lifts its head before the pride arrives — is that consciousness or sense. The Sphinx — a lion body with a human head — what does that actually mean. Can man rise above his animal nature. Could the theory of evolution not be monkeys becoming humans but souls moving through animal species until consciousness was ready for human existence. Did humans turn off their senses by outsourcing survival to intelligence. The buffalo that runs into the storm to get through it faster versus the cow that runs away from it and stays tired. How Cesar Millan connects with dogs by controlling his own beta energy first. The tree of knowledge and why the answer to rising above animal nature was always in the scripture and labeled a sin. Three men who went through their own evolution from animalistic patterns to knowledge, self-awareness, and the want to do the work. All of it coming back to free will. Know thyself. Balance your energy. Takeaways 1. Animals operate entirely through sensory intelligence — they feel energetic shifts, smell danger, and respond without intellectual filtration, which is why the gazelle lifts its head before the pride is visible and why animals evacuate before floods that humans ignore until it is too late. 2. The Sphinx presents the central human question — a lion body with a human head asks whether a being of animal origin can develop the consciousness to rise above instinctive nature, and the answer is yes but only through the deliberate choice to acquire knowledge, do the inner work, and tame what cannot be tamed in the animal kingdom. 3. Humans have not lost the animal connection permanently but have buried it under material preoccupation, fear, and inherited programming — the path back is not through rejecting intelligence but through using it to reconnect with the sensory and energetic awareness that animals never stopped using. 4. The theory of reincarnation reframed — rather than random rebirth, the soul may progress through animal species accumulating consciousness until it develops the capacity to inhabit and navigate human existence, which would mean every human carries the entire evolutionary chain of animal awareness within them. 5. Rising above animal nature is not superiority over animals but the fulfillment of what humans uniquely can do — choose, reflect, override fight or flight through the neocortex, do the work of healing, and find the way back to Omniverse connection that animals maintain automatically but that humans must earn through free will and self-knowledge. Links referenced in this episode: * iamastrologyreadings.com [https://iamastrologyreadings.com] Companies mentioned in this episode: * Iamastrologyreadings * PayPal * Venmo * Cash App Support the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/support [https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/support] Book a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading [https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading] * #astrologyrideoftheday

Mercury Retrograde — What Not to Do

Some things to avoid during this Mercury retrograde: don't make major commitments based solely on enthusiasm, don't assume everyone shares your truth, don't use honesty as an excuse for unkindness, don't force conversations before processing emotions, don't resist necessary endings, and don't rush the integration process. Do you trust the process? Know thyself. Balance your energy. Takeaways: 1. Avoid major commitments driven by pure enthusiasm and resist forcing conversations before emotions have been properly processed. 2. Honesty shouldn't become an excuse for unkindness — and necessary endings shouldn't be resisted or rushed through. Links referenced in this episode: * iamastrologyreadings.com [https://iamastrologyreadings.com] Companies mentioned in this episode: * Iamastrologyreadings * PayPal * Venmo * Cash App Support the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/support [https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/support] Book a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading [https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading] * #astrologyrideoftheday

The 29th Degree — Illumination Through Crisis

The number 29 points to news, chronicle, the one who records destiny — illumination through crisis, the razor's edge between deception and revelation. Reduced further, 11 becomes 2, the number of choice, polarity, union after separation. This eclipse isn't just about endings — it's about writing the history of those endings, dissolving old false narratives, and forcing the choice between unity or remaining divided in shadow. A false narrative is a story told about you that isn't true — like meeting someone who says, "You're nothing like I heard." Whoa. What did you hear? Know thyself. Balance your energy. Takeaways: 1. The number 29 reduces to 11, then to 2 — illumination through crisis leading to a choice between unity and remaining divided. 2. This eclipse dissolves old false narratives, forcing a decision about which stories about you are actually true. Links referenced in this episode: * iamastrologyreadings.com [https://iamastrologyreadings.com] Companies mentioned in this episode: * Iamastrologyreadings * PayPal * Venmo * Cash App Support the mythic classroom: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/support [https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/support] Book a Reading: https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading [https://i-am-astrology-readings.captivate.fm/book-reading] * #astrologyrideoftheday