Astro Talk - 21st June - 28th June
6/20/202616 min
Solstice has just passed, and with it comes one of the most important questions of the year: are you still trying to live the life you planned, or are you willing to embrace the life you're actually living?
This week, we explore the gap between expectation and reality, why so many of us struggle to let go of old plans, and how growth often begins when we stop negotiating with what is. As Cancer Season begins, the focus shifts towards home, belonging, emotional foundations and what truly sustains us. Along the way, we'll look at the stories we tell ourselves, the endings we may need to acknowledge, the lessons hidden inside disappointment and why the middle of any journey is often the hardest place to be.
We'll also unpack this week's astrology, including the Sun entering Cancer, the Scorpio Moon's invitation to face uncomfortable truths, Venus and Saturn's reminder to invest in what lasts, and Mars entering Gemini, bringing fresh ideas, curiosity and new possibilities for the second half of the year.
If you've been feeling stuck between who you thought you'd be and who you're becoming, this episode is for you.
Patreon members can download this week's companion worksheet, The Life You Planned Versus The Life You're Living, a Winter Solstice reflection guide designed to help you take stock of the year so far, release what no longer fits and reconnect with what matters most as the light slowly begins to return.
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsKate Forster· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Astro Talk. I'm Kate Forster, astrologer, author, general roustabout, and let's talk astrology from the week starting the 22nd of June, 2026. Now, the theme of the week is the life you planned versus the life you're currently living. The solstice is today, and we're gonna talk about that, the longest night of the year, the point in the calendar where the light begins its slow return. Uh, depending... I'm in the Southern Hemisphere, so I'm going through the winter solstice, those in the Northern Hemisphere going through the summer solstice. Now, for thousands of years, people have paid attention to the solstice because they knew that life moved in cycles, not straight lines or little five-year plans. Uh, nature also understands this. The seasons understand this. The cycles of the moon understand it, the tides. A woman's body can understand this. But somewhere along the way, we became convinced that life was a big, fat project, and it was a plan and a destination and something that could be managed if we worked hard enough and long enough and made really smart decisions. But one of the things about getting older is realizing