Prepare for the next 7 days, including my upcoming fundraiser event for Feed Hungry Ukrainians on Sunday, 6th of September from 6pm to 9pm Eastern Time!

Details at the end of the episode!

Venmo: itsSYZYGY

CashApp: MerAlienArt

Register for fundraiser updates: https://www.supportnow.org/feed-hungry-ukrainians

Additional links from today's episode:

Astrology Forecast: https://cafeastrology.com/thisweekinastrology.html

War Tax Resistance: https://nwtrcc.org/

Dr. Karen Kan TOLPAKAN muscle testing: https://karenkan.com/healing-faster-than-the-speed-of-light-workshop-evg/

Welcome to Source Anchor Sundays with SYZYGY (SASS) a new way to anchor, embody, and integrate with an astrological forecast and oracular insights on the days ahead.

I'm launching this SASSy sub-pod within my channel and I'll be posting SASS every seven days as a navigational tool to support us through the cycles of rebirth, regardless of whatever else I'm podcasting and working on!

This is the first volume of SASS, which starts for the 34th sennight of the common calendar year.

Join me for the next 52 plus Sundays for a SYZYGYistic perspective on what's ahead, and learn some cool stuff along the way.

Partial TRANSCRIPT for this episode! (DM me for the opportunity to exchange services, transcription for event entry compensation, etc):

SASS Vol 1, Sen 34 Transcript

SYZYGY Events information & registration landing page

LINKS:

Masaru Emoto et al Influence of Energy on Water Study Paper

AlternaStack Article: 1001+ Words Day 31: Saturn’s Day - Sat, August 22, 2026

A Decade of Sun from NASA's Goddard Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

Astrologer and Teacher: BA Nathaniel Thomas

Astrologer and Teacher: Lumi

You can find the information and registration links for my upcoming events on my landing tree: tinyurl.com/SYZYGY-site

You can read my 1001+ Words articles here: Merrick's AlternaStack

And to enter the contest for free entry to one of my upcoming by-donation SYZYGY circles, you can email me at: itsSYZYGY@proton.me

This episode is from Wednesday, August 12th and was published on Podbean as episode 5. Just getting around to cross-posting that here to keep things organized!

I will primarily be posting on Podbean for the foreseeable future unless RSS creates a mobile app that allows us to record and post on-the-go! (Android compatible, please and thanks!)

Natural rhythms and cycles of existence (as a Venus) How I reclaim my peace How that helps me carry and expand with integrity and intentionality

I mentioned some amazing artists and teachers who have been synchronistically influential in my life, here are their links in alphabetical order:

BA Nathaniel Thomas (Thempowered) - astrology, life, and writing coach and teacher

Benny Oyama - multicultural medicine musician and teacher

Fen Rene - astrologist, mad QT artist, poet, community folk magic + somatics practitioner

MIDORI (Sanctuary Studio) - art alchemist, aura photo/videographer, and co-founder of the Church of Soft Power

All of these decolonial baddies are profoundly wise and I recommend exploring their offerings.

You can use this tool any time you need to access the power and medicine of release.

A loving reminder to provide additional care and compassion for your furry familiars navigating All The Things without having access to all the same things as their human caretakers.

Today I talk about the current astrological line up, the definitions and connections of SYZYGY, and a few insights on how I have been developing the SYZYGY framework as a way of aligned living.

Tune in to learn more!

And for those who resonate, here's the link to my Back to Breath session replay from yesterday to support you through the anchor and expansion alchemy of this eclipse portal!

Click here to watch the replay on YouTube!

If you want to experience my medicine, come to the virtual Church of Soft Power tonight for a free, online gathering that I'm facilitating:

Back to Breath

5:30pm PST / 8:30pm EST

Click the link for more information and to register for reminders

Bring it back to your breath, and sync with your center in this session for nervous system expression and regulation. We’ll use time-tested methods to tap into awareness and embodiment, while using the breath as our anchor. Let's expand our capacity and resilience for personal and expressive creativity with intention, together. Guided by Merrick SYZYGY.

It's Merrick SYZYGY, and this is my podcast, its SYZYGY!

My pronouns are: it, ono, and they, and ono.

I have a double-bachelors degree in US and Global Political Studies and Intersectional Gender Studies, from which I graduated top of both classes Magna Cum Laude, with honors, and decorated aside from that.

I bring that along with several certificates and over 40 years of living experience to a whole host of topics that I have found weave together through the course of my explorations, research, and intuition that I'll be sharing here with you on this channel.

At times I'll bring on a guest or more so we can diver deeper with nuance where folks bring alternative insights, or additional wisdom on topics so we can better explore the context in a container that is a Brave space rather than a Safe space.

(Not platforming hate-speech, not avoiding difficult themes.)

We'll talk about controversial things, and we'll do so with integrity. I expect that we can approach conversational topics with dignity.

If that sounds like a big ask for you, check out the nervous system regulation tools that I share on some of my platforms, and I'll also be sharing some of those resource here. Perhaps you'll want to dive into that before you'll want to dive into my more intense content.

This is an introduction to let you know a little bit about who I am, what I'll be doing, and what we'll be exploring here together on my channel.

It's SYZYGY, thanks for tuning in!

it's Syzygy, with your host, its Merrick SYZYGY