Hello and welcome to Astro Cook Club, where we discuss the astrology beliefs, where your
hosts, Lucy and Annelise, thanks for joining us.
Anneliese
Hey guys, welcome to this week's episode of Astro Cook Club.
This week we are talking a lot about the Aries for Moon, which is tomorrow.
It kind of signifies the end of the eclipse portal that we were just in.
So there's a lot of kind of like tying up loose ends kind of energy at the moment, but also
a bit of tension because Aries is fire and it's the warrior and Aries likes to fight.
So if you are having arguments with people or getting irritated or feel like nothing,
your saying is getting, is like being received how you want to say it, like that is Aries
energy for sure.
We also have Mercury going in, has just gone into Scorpio.
So our communication is getting a bit more deep and a bit more intense.
And then we have Venus moving into Sagittarius, which is another fire sign, which is very
freedom loving and kind of detached from Venus and Sagittarius people are running their
own race for sure.
But so the energy at the moment is fiery, it's hot, it's a bit intense, and it's kind
of like selfish.
And I think that maybe we can chat Lucy about the idea of being selfish.
And I think particularly as women, that doesn't really, it's kind of like a bad word.
Lucy
Yeah.
And I think it's interesting because there's the T-square to the Sun in Libra and Mars
in Cancer, which are both very giving kind of archetypes because you've got Libra that's
the counterpart, it likes to have that harmony, it likes the partner, which is obviously the
opposition to Aries.
And then you have Mars in its fall in Cancer, but Cancer is the mother.
And again, Cancer is often overpowering.
It's like always caring about other people.
I heard one astrologer discussing Cancer Mars as like sensing the emotions of the room before
acting and trying to get a good emotional feel of things.
And that kind of slows them down because they're like, oh, let me test this out before I forge
for it.
And I think like, yeah, that tension between the more feminine archetypes versus the very
masculine Aries must charge for it, it's by Mars, it's the chariot, it's so independent,
but also necessary because otherwise, like we always discuss this, the whole idea of
not going from an empty cup, I think is a big thing that's coming up this week.
Anneliese
Yeah, for everyone, I feel like everyone's like sick and like run down and like a bit
like kind of fed up too.
Yeah.
Lucy
I feel like there's also that big thing of like Aries is the start of the calendar year,
the astrological calendar year.
And so like thinking about how you want to start next year and like realigning on what
your resolutions are after surviving eclipse season and everything that that brought up,
you know.
Anneliese
For sure.
And also it's kind of like if you're someone who does have a bit of affinity to the astrological
calendar, the astrological calendar starts in like March, April with Aries season and
then Aries new moon.
And that's why we kind of like set our intentions for the year ahead.
And so this Aries new moon also marks that halfway mark.
So it's like really good also to both look forward to next year, but also like reflect
back on the last six months and be like all these promises that I made myself about what
I wanted to do and who I wanted to be and like just like kind of check in and be like
have I made any progress there at all?
It's a good time for auditing for sure.
Yeah, it feels really like auditing energy.
And I think that's why everyone's getting like seek and tags.
It's like like kind of this like sudden realization of like, oh, this isn't working.
This isn't working.
Like why am I still paying my energy there?
And like it's kind of like a really visible kind of like tangible way to see like, were
you doing things that like, like, why?
Like, why are you doing?
Lucy
Yeah.
And there's that big question of like, are you pouring in because of obligation or because
you're scared not to rather than because this is something that you are actively behind
and actively devoted to and something you're driving towards.
Anneliese
Exactly.
Yeah, it's getting like and using that air is like fire to burn through any of that like
any of that kind of like obligation talk or like whatever that we tell ourselves like,
oh, no, but I said that I'd do this or like I would feel too bad cancelling on that or
like blah, blah, blah.
And it's just like we can this kind of week is like that talk isn't working anymore to
yourself.
It's like, oh, no, like I don't want to do this.
It's like, do you have the balls kind of to be like clear, clear space and be like, no,
this isn't who I want to be or what I want to be doing.
Like say goodbye with love, but like catch.
Yeah, I think it's a lot to sort through.
Lucy
So have your comfort foods ready, guys.
For sure.
What do you think of Venus moving into Sag though?
I feel like that's got to be fun.
It's got to be party season ready.
Anneliese
It's party season ready for sure.
Yeah, Venus and Sag are always like party girls or party boys.
Lucy
I always think of like Sag's catch flights, not feelings.
Anneliese
Yeah, they are.
Lucy
It's like a Gucci disco girl guy person, you know, like.
Anneliese
Yeah, they're for the good times.
Never a long time.
Anneliese
And so probably we can like, if you're a big feeler, like love a girl, you can learn a
little bit of detachment with Venus in Sag.
Lucy
Oh my God, I think so.
Sometimes I think lover girl's boy's people are more like that kind of airy energy than
anything because they're just like love into.
It doesn't really matter about the object, which is kind of similar in a sense.
It's not even really about the other.
Anneliese
Yeah.
It's very true, very profound.
They're like two sides of the same coin.
But yeah, no, I think it's fun.
Like, I think Sagie season is always fun.
It's like a sadder summer.
It's like the festive season.
It's like catching up with everybody.
And Venus scenarios kind of gives like a preview to that, I guess.
Lucy
I feel like we're having a bit of a spark shimmer astro weather between all the fire
that's going around.
Anneliese
All the fire and all that deep intense scorpionic energy and all the Pluto and Mars
and all the opposition and some squares that are going on.
It's just like a bit of a heavy weight.
Lucy
Yeah.
But I mean, yeah, sometimes it's that dark sparkle.
What our event is all going to be about, that vampy, dark, fiery, hot sizzle, you know?
Anneliese
Exactly.
It's going to be like getting deep, but like in a hot way.
Lucy
For those who haven't heard the news on November 10th,
we will be running our Scorpio season event.
It's going to be a Tantra workshop.
We're going to get very sexy vampy with it.
It's very much about facing and embracing the dark.
And yeah, the forbidden, the sexy, the taboo.
Anneliese
And it's going to be like really delicious and erotic and decadent.
Decadent for sure.
So it'll be really fun because the last two events we had,
the first one was very nourishing and maternal
and the second one was very light and fairy-like.
We've got all our herbal workshops.
This one's like another whole female archetype.
Yeah.
We're slowly getting our way through them.
Like mother of crone.
Exactly.
Which is great.
So yeah, if you feel the urge, definitely come along.
And this time we've actually got,
as we heard a few of you say that you,
we've got a few people have told us that they're kind of hesitant to come on their own
because I don't know, like it is daunting.
Like there are definitely things I don't go to on my own
just because I was like, it's weird to turn up on your own sometimes
until you do it once and then you're like,
it's so easy, I'm going to do this all the time.
But the first time.
So we've introduced group discounts.
You can bring a friend or two friends for a lower price point.
So yeah, if you've ever been interested in coming,
but want someone there by your side,
definitely like hit us up with that option.
Lucy
And guys, just to reiterate, you don't have to be an astrology expert.
I am by far from it.
We're not all qualified like Annelise.
That's why we have Annelise.
And we are very much about going into the themes
and exploring the archetypes more than having to know the nitty gritty to partake.
Anneliese
Yeah, you don't even have to know anything about astrology really.
It's just like it forms for us like a theme
that we can like delve into with like food and art and design and activities.
And so it's fun.
It's fun to explore all these different sides of yourself as well.
Lucy
Definitely.
It's like having a color theme guys.
Just think of it that way.
Exactly.
Anneliese
But speaking of like decadent food,
have you been cooking anything delicious lately?
I mean, I made pandan madeleines with lime zest and white chocolate shells.
I made a really good because I was just like,
you know how we've all been like a bit knocked out this week.
I was like, maybe it's my own supplement.
I'm pre-period like my period is meant to hit on the full moon.
So I made myself, I mean,
it was like ground beef with red onion, capsicum.
And I did like paprika potatoes and cheese and jalapenos.
And it was like, I had a bit of lime.
I had a bit of like taco seasoning and tomato passata
and was like a bit of like a Mexican bowl kind of vibe.
It was kind of like a deconstructed burrito,
make it Aussie kind of, I don't know what I'm really doing.
I can't make Mexican food, but this is my attempt at it.
But it was really healing and I've really been into pickled food.
I think especially like, have you been fulfilling that as well?
I think because the energy has been so dense,
like having pickled food kind of just like breaks up.
You need something sharp to cut it in.
Anneliese
Yes, for sure.
I've been having like pickles every day and like pickling my own vegetables
and like just adding it to like everything.
Yeah.
Like every day I'm like, I need some more.
But you're right, I think it's like the sharpness.
Lucy
The other day I was just feeling like so blur that I just went and bought like,
because it takes too long when you get the craving to make the pickles
because you have to leave it for a couple of weeks.
So I'm like, I made some, but I bought some to eat now
because I was like, I cannot wait two weeks for this.
And it made me feel better instantly.
And I've just like, even like when you're just like in need of a snack between meals,
having like bread with hummus and pickled like carrots, beans, whatever.
It's so good.
It just like hits the spot.
So good.
Anneliese
Yeah, I've been having pickles dipped in hummus as well.
We'd like some sumac sprinkled on.
Lucy
Yum.
Anneliese
So good.
It's so weird that we're both eating pickles.
Lucy
Yeah, I love that.
We're on to something.
Anneliese
That's good.
But yeah, I also love making pickles as well.
Like I find that really meditative and just every time I'm like,
I could potentially pickle this house throw something random in there too.
Lucy
Everything's good pickled.
I mean, I do especially like jalapenos pickled.
I put them in my eggs, in my everything.
But I always wonder with pickling,
I know you can get like normal pickling,
but you can also get like pickling that's good for your gut.
That's like a probiotic and it's just like always harder to find the second.
But it is nice to know that it is doing that extra more, extra bit.
Do you make probiotic pickles or do you just make it OG way?
Anneliese
I think just OG.
I have no idea how to make probiotic pickles,
but I do make like sauerkraut, which becomes a probiotic.
Lucy
Right.
Anneliese
But I think it's just, I don't know.
It would just be like the fermentation process, right?
Lucy
Yeah, and you have to make sure all the air is gone,
and you have to pickling weights.
I feel like scary, like I'm going to fuck up
and kill myself with poisoning or something, you know.
Anneliese
It feels like too intense.
Lucy
But also it would be great reward if it worked.
But yeah, that's the other great thing.
Anything gut healthy when you're feeling blur, I think.
Sauerkraut I love.
Yeah, sour and bitter I love.
Anneliese
But yeah, it's interesting how like most cultures across the world
all had some kind of fermented or pickled food with them as well.
I think it's cool how it shows that we naturally know that that's good.
Lucy
Well, I guess also because they didn't have fridges,
they needed to preserve things.
And it makes sense to preserve it that way.
Anneliese
Yeah, I had to write a story on Nordic eating traditions recently,
and it was like, all they ate was bread and pickled fish and vegetables,
whatever.
But because it was so cold and that's the only thing that would like survive.
But then you look at like kimchi in Korea or like sauerkraut in Germany
or like miso in Japan and it's like, it's kind of like cool, the thread.
Lucy
But yeah, love pickles.
Pickles are great, but I get really pissed off that like they're called pickles
because like pickled cucumbers should just be called pickled cucumbers
because everything's pick.
Like you can pickle anything, you know.
I find that just so misleading and like so Americanized.
I have a real rage battle against it.
Anneliese
Yeah, I agree.
And I like for years, I thought like I never knew it was a pickled cucumber.
Yeah, it took me so long.
Something vegetable called a pickle.
Lucy
Yeah, I thought it was a gurken.
I thought a gurken was a pickled, I thought a pickle was a pickled gurken.
Yeah.
That still bugged me, but I was like, okay, at least it's not like, you know.
Anyway, what have you been cooking?
Anneliese
Not a lot.
My kitchen tap broke on Friday.
And so my kitchen was out of action for a while.
But I did cook on what I cook.
I cooked like a coconut dal, which was really yum.
Yeah, but I've been putting pickles with that and like this and grated beetroot on top.
So it's really kind of like creamy, earthy dal, but then I'm zesting it up.
Lucy
Yeah, that sounds amazing.
And I love the idea of beetroot and coconut.
For some reason, that just sounds right.
Anneliese
It's delicious.
This is like, you know, like a turmeric kind of coconut dal.
But then the beetroot just like really invigorates it.
And then the pickles kind of give it that sour.
Lucy
There's something so regenerative about pick.
No, beetroot, I've got pickles on the mind now.
Anneliese
For sure.
Well, it's like very associated with the blood and the liver.
And it's like, I think like even maybe I might be making this up,
but I'm pretty sure that like some athletes like drink before they erase like heaps of beetroot juice
because oxygenates the blood.
But it's like comes out like it's like almost like doping.
Lucy
I don't know if you've ever tried chugging a lot of beetroot juice, but I have.
And that's really that idea because it actually flushes everything out of you.
You have to go like don't leave home after a lot of beetroot juice.
It's just it all comes out like an extreme laxative
And it also is scary if you've forgotten because obviously it comes out like blood almost.
But yeah, no, if you ever need to clear systems, that's the way to do it.
I would hate to be running in that state.
Anneliese
Well, maybe I made that up.
Lucy
That's probably true, but like also very risky.
Anneliese
Yeah, super risky.
But yeah, I think that eating beetroot always invigorates me.
I'm like, oh yeah, I feel good.
Like it makes me feel vibrant.
Lucy
I've also been feeling that about like stewing strawberries.
It's a great way to get your glow back.
Like if you just feel like off for no reason or like your face looks dull or something.
I feel like just a bowl of stewed strawberries will do it.
Anneliese
It's a good beauty tip.
It's interesting because it's kind of like berry season now or like coming into berry season.
I love, I live just near Harris Farms and they always have it out the front.
And every day there'll be like a special and a different berry.
So I'll be like, oh, blueberries, like $2.
I'll be like stuck up.
And then the next day would be like blackberries.
I'm like, yes.
So it's like this rotating thing.
It varies in my fridge every day.
Lucy
Oh, that sounds so good.
Fresh berries are the best.
Anneliese
So good.
But I've been stewing mine as well.
I don’t think strawberries, yeah.
Lucy
I think it's just like really great to have stewed strawberries,
like frozen strawberries in an economical sense because you can have a bigger,
like I'll go through about a kilo of strawberries in like two or three settings,
if they're the frozen ones.
Whereas like a punnet, you kind of have to pace yourself because they're not cheap.
Anneliese
Yeah, exactly.
For sure.
Yeah, I mean, fruits is delicious at the moment.
Lucy
But what kind of herbs have you been using at the moment?
Because I know we've got a request.
Anneliese
Yeah, so we had a listener dial in and ask a request for it to talk more about spices
and herbs that we're using at the moment.
So I have to say my biggest herb I'm using at the moment is fennel seed.
I'm putting it in everything.
And fennel seed is like a really good digestive.
So if you're like feeling like bloated or heavy or like have any kind of digestive
comfort after you've eaten or like you've just eaten a lot of whatever,
you can either like chew on fennel seeds or like boil just some fennel seeds in hot water
and drink that and it's like a really beautiful like natural reliever.
But it's also because that like really aniseedy like taste.
Licorice.
Yeah, food.
And it's just like I don't know, I'm really craving it at the moment.
And another one this week I've been using is mint and coriander.
I made a mint and coriander chutney.
And so it's like very cooling and again vibrant because I think the last three weeks
I've been feeling like quite lethargic or just not even lethargic,
just like it's hard to like get motivated or like to do things.
That vibrancy of the mint and the coriander and like things like beetroot
or fennel are just like natural kind of ways to like boost mood and spirit.
What about you?
Lucy
I baked my potatoes in paprika yesterday and that was just like, oh, it tastes so good.
I think especially because it's been so rainy and cold, it was so cozy.
I'm also a massive fan of vanilla.
I know that some people talk about like anti-aging properties.
I know vanilla, plantar forest, the key ingredient in sublimage,
like the chenille anti-aging cream.
And some people say it's good for like dieting and weight loss.
Well, I'm not too sure what the science of that is,
but I feel like it just there's something super comforting about vanilla.
I think universally people find vanilla like it's like a hug, you know?
And it just feels dainty and like reverent.
And I think working it into morning routines
where you like sit in the sun with your stewed berries
and they've got vanilla through them, like the beans
or like having it on a crumpet with some honey and some butter,
it's like, it's that delicate kind of elegance.
I don't know, it is.
Anneliese
Yeah, it's a really elegant herb.
Yeah, you are like, if you were a herb, you would be vanilla.
Lucy
Yay, thank you.
I strive to be vanilla like in all my endeavors.
Anneliese
Vanilla is your muse.
Lucy
I love to go to a Reiki teacher and be like, teach me how to immerse vanilla.
Anneliese
And it's interesting because like vanilla is like very like feminine, isn't it?
And it's like, it's always in those kind of like musky perfumes and stuff.
But it's like a, it's yet to like, it's a refined, elegant kind of feminine.
Lucy
Yeah, I have a strong urge to like mortar and pestle some vanilla bean with black pepper
into a hot oil, like a hot body oil.
I think that would just be the most luxurious thing.
Like grounding but like comforting.
Anneliese
Yeah, I'm going to do that this weekend.
So, lush and good.
Yeah, I've been putting like cardamom in my body oil at the moment.
Just this like past week I made one.
But I find it again, it's like that invigorating.
And that's, I think, what I just say my body's calling for at the moment.
But I love cardamom.
I reckon as much as you love vanilla.
Like it's just like...
Lucy
I think you're the one who got me onto cardamom too.
Thanks for that.
Anneliese
And like, just like grinding those pods or like cracking them open, like taking out the seeds.
And it's just, it's like hits you with this like really exotic kind of like,
like, you know, heedy scent that just like immediately transports you to like,
like a silk or a marketplace or something.
And you're like, oh, like, you know, it's just like, I feel like it's really like awakening.
But at the same time, like really grounding.
Lucy
It's got that chartuse kind of aura to me.
You know, that like yellow green kind of like, it's sharp,
but it's like jungly, but it's like, you know?
Anneliese
Yeah, it's like, yeah, it's like being cardamom is kind of like,
to me like being in like a jungle by a river,
but you're not like in an ashram, but you're not in a,
but you're not doing yoga or like partying.
Lucy
Yeah, I see that.
Like the smell of like, it's like, you know, when you can smell fragrant wood,
like that mixed with like the crunch of a jungle
and how a jungle can have that kind of cut through smell.
But also like that smokier woody kind of warmth.
Anneliese
Yeah, I love it.
Obsessed.
But yeah, I put it in my shoot berries, but more like blueberries and stuff.
So like while you're doing a little beautiful vanilla,
that's so good.
And I'm going to do, I'm 100% making that vanilla and black pepper oil as we can.
Lucy
Absolute lush
I'm going to do it again over the weekend.
Yeah, cardamom is making me miss plum season,
because I remember our first astral cook club,
you had cardamom on the plums, and that was revolutionary for me.
Anneliese
That was so good.
It's just like, yeah, it just hits.
But like cardamom, like making a chai with like excessive amounts of cardamom.
And like definitely like you need the pods and you need to crush it.
And even if you don't have a mortar and pestle,
you can just like take the seeds out and put it into your cooking.
It's so good.
Lucy
I so want to be growing all these herbs in a greenhouse
and just like mortar and pestling them.
Like get me a vanilla plant, get me the cardamom plant, like get it all.
Someone offered me a beetle leaf plant today and I was like, yes, please.
Because that's so hard to find here.
Like it's such a fragrant herb, but it's actually quite difficult.
But anyway.
Hmm.
Yeah.
So every season, lots of fire, but weirdly kind of heavy.
And I feel like the T-square of like combat of like cancer and leave
are pulling against the areas is part of why we're all feeling so run down.
But I think sometimes we do need to feel run down to remember to cut off
the excess baggage and recenter into what really matters.
I feel like I'm still processing that.
I don't know if you are too.
Anneliese
Yeah, for sure.
I am.
Like I feel like my life recently has felt like a big to-do list
and then probably in the last like two or three weeks, I'm like,
no, I'm instead of just like always thinking of like this and this and this.
I've got to keep doing.
I'm like, what do I actually want to do?
I'm like, what do I want to be in the future?
Like most of my time there.
Lucy
I think I'm like subtly cutting off some of the excess stuff.
I think I'm really mindful of the fact that areas can be quite a rash energy
and I don't want to cut off my nose despite my face.
So like I'm trying to think through the questions this is all bringing up,
but I don't want to make any moves to like end of October.
And I think maybe that's the great thing of us moving into Scorpio season next week,
which we'll discuss more and like the exploration
and the journey in Woods that Scorpio is.
And I think we'll talk a lot in our event about like why we've put forward
Tantra is a great way to do that.
So guys, if you're curious, if you're trying to sort through some things in your head,
if you're trying to find different ways to cope with stresses
and coming to terms with different things and I don't know,
I think it's just a great life skill in general to have more wellness tools
in your belt on how to handle intense feelings or intense moments.
This is something to come check out and learn from
and take what resounds as always and what doesn't,
but it'll be good food, good company and good learning skills.
And good cocktails this time too.
We're going to do great cocktails, but you have to come to find out.
Obviously, it's not a sober conversation.
Anneliese
It's going to get really juicy.
Yeah, and I've always been like really curious to dive in date pop into Tantra.
So if you've ever been like, what is that?
Like this is good.
Lucy
Yeah, definitely.
Anyway, thanks for listening.
And if you have any questions, we love to answer and hear them.
If you ever feel like joining us on our podcast, we're open to that too.
So bye for now, but not for long.
Anneliese
See ya.
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