posted February 20, 2018 08:12 PM            

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theastrofiend Podcast 12: Aquarius Season Thoughts & Exciting Plans

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posted February 25, 2018 04:12 PM            

Yeh, the first part's audio sounded great (Aquarius), and the 2nd part was scratchy sounding. I stayed with it-- Was sooo nicely surprised that you gave me a shout-out!! Hey~~~ omg... :laughing: thanks.

I want to say... that I am not Black,
but I have a Deep sensitive BLACK Soul, okay.

Baptized in bleach, as an infant, during an eclipse?!! :roll:
Well. The baby and baptism part of that is true, but they used water instead!

I was born on a Pentecost Sunday?? so, maybe THAT counts??... hahah, who knows.

I leave a lot of Gospel music around, and Soul artists.
Past life?-- maybe?

Present life-- for sure, I've been a very dedicated and active member in churches, where if I'd take a quick bathroom break, where I'd SEE my actual face in the mirror, I'd be shocked! (laughing)

Up until just a few years ago, I was soooo white, it was almost like blue. And I have had dark hair.

I moved to a subtropical climate 17 years ago now. Finally have that normal goldish hue of the folks who live here. It's NOT healthy to go out in the sun without using some extreme sunblock. Skin cancers are prevalent here, and dangerous. Laying out for sun-tans is for the tourists!

I'm PAST all that laying-out for tans now. Omg, getting older. 63 at e.o. May.
Doesn't help that I've been feeling extra worn recently.
Taking care of myself. *thumbsup*

Celebrating Black History Month :fireworks1:

~
I know what you meant by getting comfort from yt vids. They do a great job, don't they? Bless their Hearts.

Seems like many of them are gradually reducing their presence off the general web, going into 'seclusion', using fees-memberships.

My money is so tight --- can't keep up anymore.

That's why I "feel you" when you spoke in a different thread about not affording--

You mentioned even taking a break from astrology for a bit?

I KNOW what you're saying about being a more-advanced student. You've spent 8 years in it. Wow. That's a good chunk of years.

Question---

Do you have your southnode near natal Mercury?

I've been watching how it seems the internet is changing a LOT. Maybe wise to 'watch' what happens in the next several months?

Anyways! ~~ I'd love to see you --- (youtube,etc); I mean see your face, literally, (not just the astrofiend screen shot).
(I thought you DID that before?.. hm. Can't really remember.)

Have you thought about doing an "integrating" of ALL your hustles and side-hustles into one 'single' entertainment show?

You have skin-products, and those Beautiful laminated cards you make?

I think you have a good voice, good personality. Nice delivery.

For wider audience, you might want to just a teeny-tinytinytiny little bit LOL want to be careful to dial-down 'some' of the harsher-cruder swears?
(Some people can't take THAT much swearing???? *hug*)

You never know WHO might come across your work--- Consider carefully reducing SOME of the more-extreme kinds of swear-words?? (*roll*)
...
Really. You know that *I-personally* don't mind it,
but
it COULD be shocking-away potential $revenue$ for you? :money:

The more extreme the language, the more good chunks and pieces of an audience drop off your viewer list--- who (I think) might REALLY enjoy you? A lot!

Consider the quality of audiences you want to draw to your work, rather than ONLY the kind who enjoy extreme-vulgarities in speech?
That actually "limits" the amount of money you can make from a 'wider' (more numbers) audience that IS available to you...
Think about your Future.

So. I had some ideas for you......
I wonder/think you might have a potential for this? ---

Ever think about doing some Stand Up Comedy routines?

Why don't you take some of your written work, {structure/shape it carefully}, and do some comedic social-consciousness messages ... with a sprinkling of astrology with it? They can 'learn', in more ways than one.

There are MeetUps for Comedy and StandUP artists
{{... sorta like a Toastmaster's for Comedians}}.
They 'try out' their materials on each other. Some then go 'as a group' to visit some of the comedy venues and do open-mics.

If you are REALLY SUPER clever, you could work-in your Product lines, sometimes, as part of your routines?

Definitely---

Why don't you print up business cards saying that you will travel to entertain at Parties (all kinds of). Do special Entertainment -- using astrology signs for fun, if you wanted?

You love Celebrity Zodiacs ...
Think of something Clever and Fun that you could do in front of a small party of women? Be interactive.

There are MeetUPS of women's groups who get together for fun--- contact them, and see if they'd like some entertainment for their meeting? Get known.

I felt sooo bad for you..... coming home ......
~~~ All HUNGRY!!!!/Hangry/~what???
awwwwww LOL.
Soooo cute.

One of your strengths IS your ability to Flow with the information you give out-- even when 'winging' your personal life. You do a good job at that.

Do some experimenting ....
before you actually try it.
Maybe throw a small get-together with your closer friends, try out some materials on them?

RE-- With your side-hustle Card products, buttons, etc.

Try to contact and get involved with some of the people who put on these HUGE astrology conferences. SELL your buttons, hats, ETC, ideas to some of the organizers???

There is a "mother" meeting of astrologers happening in Chicago (end of May?). Happens only every 4 or 5 years.

Astrodienst home page has begun to have banners advertising it.... Poke around, see what you find out?

There are also the Northwestern Pacific conferences that meet yearly too.

Get yourself a subscription to The Mountain Astrologer, or other trade mags. Look at the advertisers. They could be some of your customers?

~~duh?. omg. Why don't YOU place an ad in that magazine, or the smaller Dell magazines? for your side-hustles.
{{I was going to say another idea?.. but I wouldn't want others to read and capitalize on it, before YOU do! haha}}

Do a "show" at a Bookstore, or the metaphysical fairs? Rent a table.
Do a StandUp comedy AT these places, at the same time as hustling your products.

{{BTW, of the ones you showed, those were good slogans!}}

See what kind of responses you get? :heart:

Okay-- this must be a LONG post. haha-- I'm a Gemini-- my fingers keep TYPING!!! yikes.

I've gotta get going, do some errands.

If you NEED to recuperate a bit, don't be afraid to go ahead and do that.

Sometimes after the mind takes a break, and you come BACK to it, it's like a fresh passion-re-ignition.

So ....
Wishing you Happy Pisces transits! :mountain1:

posted February 27, 2018 07:24 PM            

Hey Mirage, I hope you having a wonderful day/night (I don't know what area/country you are in so idk the time).

Yea I need to work on the technology and getting better technology (aka laptop and phone). Working on it. BTW I hate that scratchy sound.

Haha baptized in bleach. I like Gospel music up to a point lolz. I can't stand the screaming and ad-libs in Gospel that make the song go from 4 minutes to 15 minutes long.

63 in May congratz to you. Age is wisdom and experience.

Yea YouTube can be anxiety reliever. One of goals of podcast/my content is to be entertaining, informational, and a source of comfort/getaway to others who listen.

Yea I am still thinking about going to Astrology Conference in Chicago this year in May but I got to figure out my budget and if I can go. I also don't really want to go alone, so I want to see if family/friends are up for it. And you can imagine how unreliable people can be when it comes to scheduling a time/vacations.

In terms of taking a break from astrology
Sometimes I say it because I like it so much it is scary. I can't even say I love astrology even though I do because it's crazy how much of an influence it has on me.

I just don't want to lose perspective or depend on it too much. Right now it's a thought and I am not completely serious about it.

I don't know the aspects to my south node. That's a topic I don't explore too much. I do know my south node is in Cancer. My north node is Capricorn in the 5th House. I think that makes my south node in the 11th House?

Everything is friggin' changing. I can barely remember a time without social media and personal phones/laptop/the internet. We are really in a matrix now.

I will kinda love to show my face but I am hesitant about that for various reasons. One of course is safety, I don't want no freaks/psychos out there hunting me down.

Second is that means I gotta wear makeup (I got Leo rising, I can't be on the internet showing my face, looking like a bum). I also got to make sure to get a clear camera and production needs. If I do decide to be on camera, I don't want to half ass. it. For now my face is staying off line. I may be on camera in a different ways #hint #hint. And that is all I can say for that.

Integrating" of ALL my hustles
I think about that often. All the questions and suggestions you ask me I have thought about and still thinking about. I am a planner to be honest but I always get stuck in the planning phase. With my side hustles they are all about a year old now and I did them on a wim. I've been planning for a couple of months and took the brave step to put them out there. I wasn't done planning but if I didn't put them out to the public I would have never put them out.

Even with the podcast. I planned even less and it was a semi-brash decision. I am not good with rush decisions/rushing and being too fast with things. My mouth maybe quick sometimes but I am definitely a thinker/planner.

Meet-ups/Shows
I would be interested in doing meets up in person. Make it entertaining. For this I have to plan it out definitely and figure out exactly where.

It would be nice to start a bi weekly/ monthly astrology club in my area.

With big plans and ideas needs money. Not a lot but not free.

I somewhat agree with the cursing. I kinda do wanna clean up my language BUT at the same time, I enjoy my potty mouth. It's freedom and a way to express myself. It's definitely not professional and may be off putting but I apart of me doesn't care.

One thing I do not like is when others tell what I can't or can say. That's the writer and natal mercury in the 8th of me. I don't know how to describe it but I am Plutonian and Saturnian dominant. The Saturnian part of me always want to control things and have rules/structures and cursing is way for me to express myself and rebel against my nature.

Plus F political correctness. Imma try not to be disrespectful but at the same time, in this social climate I am, in the US; we all have to make words sound pretty and nice. I am not the most outspoken but F that. ME Don't Talk Pretty. ME Don't Talk Nice.