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PISCES: this portal is for you to let go of the myths of unattainability that keep you from being available to the magic you are & that others have to offer. could you be open to learning new ways of engaging with your surroundings & community that are self-affirming rather than self-sacrificing?
ARIES: this is a time to devote yourself to a frequent as possible practice that supports your upward spirals & downward dives. the amount of pisces energy you’re working with in the sphere of the un/subconscious requires sustainable, consistent containers that help you find yourself again & again.
TAURUS: gather your learnings & use them to create something magically different, exponentially more resonant, & communally necessary. the kind of growth that happens in the weaving of multiple threads, some of which are yours & most of which are not, requires an understanding of linear & nonlinear time.
GEMINI: diffuse frustrations with contemplation vs. decisions during this period. having it all figured out can stay at the bottom of the priority list as you reconnect with what it means to go through the world connecting dots with sheer instinct & joy. nonlinearity, trust, & honesty is your best friend right now.
CANCER: let your softness be your most ferocious teacher; it gives you so much to give to the world. it is a reckoning in its own right— staying tender in the process of creating meaning where there seems to only be suffering. your portal this New Moon is to weave the threads between your pain & your power, your wounds & your healing.
LEO: you’re growing inside out, even as you’ve been busy with external shifts & adjustments. be present to what you are not in control of so as not to get caught up in the overwhelm of attempting to energetically or mentally track the multiple, unpredictable threads that are woven into floward movement.
VIRGO: what you need to feel supported is as important as what you do to be supportive. the more intentional you are about your containers for self-actualization, the more prolific your experiences of growth will be. you’re already on your way to changes you maybe can’t put your finger on yet but have been longing for.
LIBRA: focus on creating|maintaining boundaries around your time & energy. all you need to do is be open to changing your relationship to the way you run certain aspects of your life & let this month show you what those changes could be. less task lists, more trust in rest as the practice that will consistently carry you through.
SCORPIO: it’s a fresh beginning in relationship to people/projects/experiences that inspire your personal power & collective contribution. this also means refreshing your filters for what you allow in your indisputably magnetic orbit. don’t be impatient with the length & nonlinearity of this process. be with it as the surest route towards defining what you want.
SAGITTARIUS: new ways of watering your roots are emerging out of the whispers between letting go & dreaming up. emotional freedom is less about non-attachment & more about the willingness to dig through what comes up. there’s vital information here about what is tethering you to the past or has the potential to send you into the future.
CAPRICORN: consider this entire month practice ground for affirming sacred boundaries around what comes in & goes out. trust urges to clear the air that are rooted in transparency & healing connections. let other temptations towards regressing into old patterns of martyrdom or heroism (hyper-individualism) fade out.
AQUARIUS: take as much time as you need to be able to return|locate a place of trust that what you need will flow to you, even as it seems to be leaving. this is an opportunity to begin a relationship that isn’t based on controlling your resources but infusing them with interdependence & interconnectedness.
mercury retro thrival tips: pisces style
UNSPLASH
if you really take the time to notice, you may find there are things that are easier now than you imagined & things that are hard in ways you couldn’t have imagined. you may also notice that leaving is not the same as letting go & retroactively doing so can be lonely yet freeing.
these kind of percolations are what Mercury retrogrades are for, especially in the empyreal realms of water (pisces/cancer/scorpio). we have a Mercury retrograde in each of these realms this year. the first is in pisces during March 5-28, though we are already in the warm up shadow zone.
other things to attend to for more ease of imagination during the next several weeks:
triple check your travel plans.
don’t overbook or overdo it.
pause before you respond.
don’t don’t don’t lie or evade the truth.
be as clear as you can re: financials, technology, communications.
don’t rely on assumptions, even simple ones like “this body of work will save with no problem to my computer.” proactively save & back up what you can.
default to arts, creativity, daydreaming, imagination, & rest as a strategy when things get overwhelming.
most importantly, don’t fear monger yourself or others about any retrograde. it’s just an invitation to slow down & pay attention where we usually autopilot.
if you would like to know more about the potency of this retrograde & get details on the ones to come, join us for a COMMUNE only virtual gathering + Q & A covering the three watery Mercury retrogrades on Monday, March 4th. further details & live access is for those who join(ed) the COMMUNE before March 4, 12AM EST; the recording will be posted in the COMMUNE afterwards for those who cannot attend live.
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saltwater & stars
what the fuck just happened: part 2
read part 1 here
THE CANCER/CAPRICORN ECLIPSES
as the world is changing, we observe how sections of society (particularly in the context of the U.S.A, with all due disrespect) are trying to hold onto “tradition”, old values, “the way things have been done”, & the structures and belief systems that this culture/non-culture has been created & supported by. don’t do that in your own life. it’s going to only bring more deconstruction & demolishing. this isn’t a light switch to turn on & off—we have to constantly choose & re-choose what we’re creating. we’re going to look back & not know how to move forward and that’s okay. the way will be shown. that’s also an important message of Jupiter in sagittarius where some of us want to have some semblance of thinking that we know it all or know all we need to know. that’s just not going to happen.
when we’re working with the Moon & the Nodes, it’s always about looking back. looking to the past/the origin/the root because that is where you can make the most radical change. that insight, that information is what gives you the most accurate data for how to move forward differently. that is the purpose of retrospect: looking back to move forward differently. otherwise its just wallowing or unproductive.
when we’re working with the Moon/Nodes/eclipses, always look to the root because that is where the change needs to start. we’ve started our leo/aquarius axis changes & they’re going to continue to grow if we continue to water them. moving into the cancer/capricorn axis is about how we’re watering that. how are we taking care of ourselves emotionally & spiritually so that we can offer our brightest contribution?
this angle of getting to the deeper layer/tending to the root is so important to center because in this oppressive culture/Gregorian calendar, there is so much pressure to always be looking ahead, always be looking forward. that what matters most is what you decide to do now, differently. that’s so true and if you’re not treating the root, you’re just treating symptoms. if you’re not tending to the cause, you’re just adjusting the external manifestations. cancer/capricorn are going to be pulling us into going deeper & being embodied. cancer is water, capricorn is earth. leo is fire, aquarius is air. they’re all different ways of movement. working with the Moon & the Nodes is humbling because it teaches us how to honor our origins, how to treat the past as sacred, treat retrospect as spiritual analysis.
you can look to July (when we had the first new Moon solar eclipse in cancer) until now & see how things have changed in relationship to your belonging & healing path. cancer is the sign before leo. so we’re moving backwards, which is how the Nodes work. wherever the North Node is (and the South Node is always exactly opposite) that’s where the dominant eclipses will be. the Nodes move backwards. we did our leo/aquarius portals & are moved into our cancer/capricorn portals.
we’re already in capricorn season, the Sun is conjunct Saturn as I speak. longevity is at the forefront. and with the capricorn eclipse on Janurary 5th & the following cancer/capricorn eclipses over the next year or so, it’s going to be about creating longevity & legacy. this is why capricorn comes before aquarius. we need to keep in mind that the work that we’re doing to heal the world, to “transform ourselves to transform the world” as Grace Lee Boggs said, is long-term. this will not be “over” in your lifetime, you will never “arrive”, & it will not be “done” even in 7 generations from now.
if you’re living in the U.S.A, you’re living in a narrative of oppression that is 500-600 years old. it’s going to take another 500-600 years to move us in a direction towards restoration. capricorn is going to be teaching us how to focus on & incorporate longevity into our plans, our building, our future, our collective contributions. even though capricorn has this stereotypical reputation of being self-focused on their own ambition & accolade, its actually a universal sign— a collective perspective. it’s the way that capricorn energy has been abused in white supremacy kyriarchy culture that has enabled it to manifest as self-centered accumulation of wealth & ambition. but actually capricorn & saturn are about collective structure, collective support systems, collective ambition. we’re going to learn that on a personal level with the cancer/capricorn eclipses.
URANUS IN ARIES—URANUS IN TAURUS
Uranus entered Taurus in March and then retrograded back into aries in November. Uranus in aries was 8 years of revolution through fighting for agency. aries, ruled by Mars, fights for agency, fights for power, fights for autonomy. with Uranus it’s about the collective (Uranus is the ruler of aquarius), society, the world. we saw births of movements that were about centering agency. for example: Black Lives Matter. that’s it. it wasn’t so much about trying to live or create a future that isn’t here yet without addressing the root of the problem.
with Uranus being in aries for a quarter of the year, entering taurus, then returning to aries in November, it’s been fire-earth-fire. Uranus went back into aries because we have unfinished business there. Uranus in taurus is going to be changing commerce, money, exchange, transaction, relationships, & self-value. we had a little taste of that from March-November & Uranus going back into aries is like: you can’t change that before you change you, before you figure out a way to stay rooted in your agency & power.
taurus is a relational sign because it’s ruled by Venus- it’s very concerned with the self, but also the relationship between things. as an earth sign, it’s very grounded. that new earth era is coming in 2019 but we’re finishing up 2018 with Uranus in aries, like we started it. we’ve been fighting for agency for 8 years—now we have to think about what’s next. how are we going to embody this agency? taurus is about embodiment, aries is about agency. Uranus in taurus collectively will be asking, “how do we plant seeds that are rooted in our agency & let them grow?” that’s happening somewhere in your chart & it’s part of the collective story. Uranus in aries is about collectively fighting for agency, Uranus in taurus is going to be about collectively cultivating security. you can look at March-November & observe how your relationship to security may have changed. those changes or beginnings of epiphanies are going to be full speed ahead in 2019.
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saltwater & stars
on Venus & the current mood
SEPTEMBER 2-DECEMBER 17: THE SHADOW ZONE (WARM UP & COOL DOWN)
OCTOBER 5: VENUS RETROGRADE AT 10 DEGREES OF SCORPIO
NOVEMBER 16: VENUS DIRECT AT 25 DEGREES OF LIBRA
DECEMBER 2: VENUS BACK IN SCORPIO UNTIL JANUARY 7, 2019
today Venus is officially clear of the shadow zone. this is the subconscious completion of the cycle. I’ve included all these fancy dates here because this is a chance to reflect on the entire Venus retrograde. what was happening around those dates? what relationships changed? what relationships ended? what people/places/things did your tolerance evaporate for? what people/places/things deepened in quality (not quantity, but maybe that too)?
I sat in a bath & realized that literally up until today, I was carrying around residue gunk-or whatever you get from the Underworld, where Venus was. Venus delved into my origin stories, desires for belonging, & the embodiment (or lack thereof) of my core values. what Underworld did Venus take you into? what cravings seduced you? Venus in sagittarius is next, so purge to make space now. go deep to get ready. remember, well-watered roots come before growth. if you feel you still got gunk, a bath or watery ritual could help…
speaking of sagittarius, we only have until Friday @5:22pm EST to enjoy the exuberant vitality. it’s been a weird sagittarius season, despite the glory of Jupiter in sag, because of all the planets in pisces we’ve been swimming with (Mars, Neptune, & not a planet but Chiron). sagittarius & pisces square each other- another reminder that we can’t go around, over, or under the incongruence or contradictions in our lives. we must go through, towards freedom. tonight (Monday @9:27pm EST) the Moon in aries trines (support through amplification) the Sun; if you want, take a moment to feel into one micro or macro initiative/action that would amplify your dreams. could you do it this week? the Sun trine innovative Uranus in aries on Thursday can assist as well.
Friday, the day before the bright & beautiful watery full Moon in cancer at zero degrees, is a potentially marvelous day. we have an exact trine (support through amplification) between Venus, planet of pleasure & Neptune, planet of inspiration. this almost directly followed by Mercury, god of communications conjunct (merged with) abundant Jupiter, both in sagittarius. carve out time for creativity, transcendental experiences, or whatever gets you blissed out. don’t be surprised by excessive candor, the nebulous, or talk that isn’t walked. anchor through enjoyment, surrender to flow, & tell the truth without expectations. practice keeping things light because it is a skill you will need during capricorn season—which will be here to ground us all soon enough.
facts not FOMO: current rates increase on December 22 & there are only 2 days left to work with me before 2019…what do you need to know about your transits?