🏳️🌈 Happy PRIDE! 🏳️⚧️
I was walking the doggo the other day and found myself thinking about this 8-year cycle I seem to be completing. It kicked off with bedrest and visiting every expert I could afford to see… to take all the tests… to try and figure out what the heck was going on with my seemingly-broken body.
Two years into this 8-year cycle, I got very clear on WHY I had to go through those incredibly challenging first 18 months: I needed to help a community of creatives feel safe as the whole world seemed to spin out of control. All of my well-practiced mind-body tools aligned with my lifetime of woo goodies and, whaddayaknow, I’ve got a whole new way to support folks.
So, as these 8 years hand off the baton to the next 8-year cycle, I find myself mesmerized by what’s facing us in this upcoming lap of the relay (the astrology of July in particular is BONKERS; a whole new direction for most of us).
Why do I know my cycles are 8 years in length? My chart ruler. Venus (pictured above, in her pride flag cape of glory) runs in 8-year cycles made up of 18-month cycles (plus a few ragged months of transition).
If my chart ruler were Jupiter (like the hubs’ is), it would be 12-year cycles made up of 12-month cycles. The Moon? That’d be 28.5-day cycles made up of 2.5-day cycles. The pace of life makes SO much more sense when we look to the ruling planet’s timing.
Back to the above-mentioned walk with the doggo…
I was thinking about a coaching tool I’ve been using a lot lately: 🚌 Get on the Bus and CHANGE the Energy Faster! 🚌
Because there’s an opportunity to experience new energy everywhere in our lives if we’re willing to connect with the vibe delivered by a planet or luminary OTHER THAN the one that sets our life’s pace. It takes intention. And practice. But it’s totally doable.
So, when I want things to shift sooner than Venus’ 18 months or 8 years, I look to the Moon’s much faster pace and get on her 🚌 bus to another part of my chart. I deliver that energy to the places in my chart that need a nudge or a boost or a new choice. (I do this mostly with 🔥 fire-related stuffs, since I have so little fire in my natal chart.)
Also on the walk with the doggo, I decided I probably need to share this tool with y’all. So, it’s my next livestream (just over 12 hours from when I’m posting this). I’ll likely be doing live demos of this process on charts of folks who are with me for the live, so be sure to come by and say HI in the chat!
Same link for the livestream and replay. 🤗
While you’re clicking through to the YouTubes, check out Conan O’Brien’s bang-up job of a commencement address at Harvard (jump to the final 5 minutes if you’re in a rush). It’s so damn good. As is this hilarious look at the “Presidick” of the United States. Yes, you can check all the things inspiring me lately at my playlist for staying plugged in without spinning out (remember to UPVOTE the vids you’re happiest to have on the list; that’ll help me prune some of the lower-ranked vids over time).
’til we next connect, be open to changing up the pace in your life — call it an experiment! Keep it light and see what you learn about yourself, just experiencing time differently. (Oh, another quick vid on that. LOL)
Oh, and ^^^ that happened. My beautifully talented and often tortured brother Kenneth Wayne Gillespie passed away peacefully on 1 June 2026. Good night, sweet Gemini. It’ll be easier from here.
So much love flowing your way,
Much love,
Bonnie Gillespie is simultaneously all characters in The Wizard of Oz (esp. the yellow-brick road). Wanna work with Bon? Start here. Thanks!