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Ghost of a Podcast: Astrology & Advice with Jessica Lanyadoo

639: In Search of Hope

Ghost of a Podcast: Astrology & Advice with Jessica Lanyadoo

Jessica Lanyadoo

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.94.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes, the hardest assignments require looking inward. Deep in a mid-life crisis transit, this week's guest is having a hard time locating her hopefulness and motivation. Her old modes of coping don't seem to be working the same way they once did. Jessica helps her identify what's real in the present and what will work moving forward. Watch the video version of Ghost of a Podcast on Jessica's Patreon or YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/jessicalanyadoo/videos 📍 Find loads of extras including mentorship + a monthly bonus episode of Ghost only on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/JessicaLanyadoo 🔮 Learn with Jessica, get her astrology book, and find your free weekly horoscope at https://www.lovelanyadoo.com/ 🩷 Get Astrology for Real Relationships here: https://marcusbooks.com/search?q=lanyadoo 📕 👀 Track transits like a pro! Astrology for Days is available at astrologyfordays.com 🏳️‍⚧️Resources for & to support trans safety + care: https://tranzmission.org/ https://transrescue.org https://transsafety.fund https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com

Transcript

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0:00.7

Welcome to Ghost of a Podcast.

0:02.5

I'm your host, Jessica Lignato.

0:04.3

I'm an astrologer, psychic medium, and animal communicator.

0:08.2

And I'm going to give you your weekly horoscope and no bullshit, mystical advice, for living your very best life.

0:16.1

Em, welcome to the podcast.

0:18.7

What would you like a reading about?

0:20.4

Okay. I'll just read you my question.

0:22.6

Perfect. How do you dream? After being driven to burn out from ambition and goals and quote

0:28.8

unquote chasing my dreams, I found solace from the ensuing nihilism by not having hope,

0:33.1

but instead looking for meaning in the immediate work I do. But it's left me with no clear vision for my future, and it's just not fun.

0:40.5

There's so much talk about staying in the present and also about how queer dreaming and speculative

0:45.4

futures are so important.

0:47.2

Jose Srebón-Munios wrote that the here and now is a prison house, but I feel like the future

0:51.7

can also feel so oppressive by its unattainability.

0:54.8

How do I think and feel a then and there without the desperation to escape the here and now

1:00.0

or the devastation of an unattainable imagined future? Grateful for our year of service.

1:05.5

Your question is so deep. I'm going to pull up your chart quickly, but first thing I'm going to say, it's really funny to ask

1:12.6

a triple Capricorn how to dream because I don't have dreams. I just don't dream. I mean, I dream at night,

1:18.8

but I don't have like dreams. Part of what drew me to your question is, I was like, that's the

1:23.6

craziest thing to ask me of all people. But, okay, that said, you used to have dreams.

1:29.6

When is used to?

1:31.0

How long ago was that?

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