New Moon in Libra: Universal Reset

In a month that found us energetically and emotionally put to the test, Friday's New Moon can feel like a breath of fresh air. It feels like a potent rush of energy that is helping us to heal what came forward this month and move forward with intention. 

All week the energy has been building and Friday is the crescendo-the climatic culmination of what is proving to be a radical time for great change. We are seeing this on the broader stage as we hear of acts of cruelty against our citizens who are treated as less than and citizens no longer willing to sit idle. We are witnessing a growing gap between our government and the people. We stand defiantly against a man who proudly displays racist, sexist and generally abhorrent behavior and stand on the edge of a turning point as we shift to a more feminine flow of power. 

We are seeing it on a personal level as our wounds begin to surface, unwilling to be ignored. We are shedding layers of limitation, toxic relationships, jobs, behaviors and thoughts and opening to a new, stronger and more luminous, version of ourselves. And its been hard as fuck. 

But Libra encourages us to work it out. To find a place of balance in our lives, our relationships and our work. Jupiter, now in Libra for the next 12 months, urges us to expand into greatness. To explore how we show up for ourselves and for the world. How do we make ourselves available to those we interact with? How can we be a shining light in a world that at times can seems so dark?

Because in truth the world is not dark-it simply needs more of us stepping into our light and directing it outward rather than simply holding it for ourselves. We need more people willing to speak up, take action, create and be bold in their most authentic expression. The world needs more of us to break open, get real, rub against our greatness until we are raw and then spread love like wildfire. 

Today we accept the challenge. We begin anew and step forward without fear or anxiety but with the utmost faith that we can be better. That this world can be better. And that now is the time to demand that our inner and outer worlds reflect the potency of our divine and brilliant selves.

Blessing Or Curse: How To Soar During Mercury Retrograde

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Mercury retrograde is rocking his stuff yet again!! Mercury officially stations retrograde on August 30th in Virgo and lasts until September 22nd. The shadow period for this transit is two weeks prior and post the event so the effects will be felt until October 6th.  For those of you in the dark when someone laments how Mercury Retrograde is royally causing complications with their cars, electronics, communication, overall state of well being let me explain.

At certain periods Mercury slows and appears to move backwards in the sky. Being the planet of communication when this happens we often times see that there are disruptions to things such as those mentioned above as well as the overused warning to not try anything new, not to sign contracts or make any major purchases during the time that Mercury is moonwalking across the sky.

Now don’t get me wrong-Mercury retrograde can be a pain in the ass. "Can" being the operative word. I do not subscribe to the ideology that this is a period of time when we must hide under our beds anxiously awaiting the next obstacle or challenge to arrive. It actually can be a very empowering time when the rare chance to redo something from our past is offered to us.

When I contemplate Mercury retrograde I think of the prefix “re” and its many iterations. Lets just brainstorm a few here.

Redo

Redecorate

Reassess

Retry

Remember (not a prefix so much but I think still applicable.)

Reuse

Reacquaint

Recalculate

Reaccustom

Readjust

Rebelieve

These are just a few and I definitely had to have some help from Websters-you can check out their entire list here.

The idea behind this shift in perspective is to help us all to understand that this is a time when we really have some serious momentum behind us to go back over something we didn’t quite figure properly. In the past, this has meant a chance for me to revisit (another RE word!!!) past relationships and patterned problems in past relationships. I have sometimes used this opportunity wisely by gaining a higher awareness and sometimes I have resorted (whew, another "re"; I’m on FYIAH!) to behaving in the same way I did previously. The idea being that sometimes we learn and sometimes we don’t. ;p

A chance to redo something whether large or small is a gift. It’s a chance to see where we need to learn and yes, sometimes it’s a lesson we still don’t nail it the second (or third!) time around. What I encourage is that we all enter this period of Mercury retrograde with a heart full of expectation and wonderment at the chance to do something again. How often do we get a cosmic do-ever?
In the case of Mercury Retrograde we see this cosmic opening just a few times a year and it is not a time to waste.
Its important to evaluate how we interact with our thoughts, those around us and our current station in life. We can bemoan that life is not going as we would like it to or we can see that there are deep pockets of inspiration, learning and real magic to be done. It requires that we journey into ourselves, and sometimes the less than savory sides of ourselves. We must dance with the shadows so we can uncover the numinous journey before us. We may have no clue how life is going to unfold for us but we can ensure that we grow and transform any challenge or perceived negative into something truly and gloriously positive.

Full Moon In Aquarius: Me into We

This morning we welcomed the Full Moon in Aquarius a chance to rise to a higher perspective. This is a chance to turn me into we. To reach out and witness the world around us, the injustices, the slaughter, the pain that so many are facing and do something about it. 

While Aquarians may not be the most outwardly emotional people they have a heart of gold that bleeds for those who have been wronged or who suffer under unthinkable conditions. This sign gifts us today with the opportunity for growth and expansion not for the self but for the world at large. 

Today we have a chance to remember that what is done to the parts affects the whole. The cultures of antiquity understood that to act with Wisdom is to act with awareness that we are all connected. There is no separation despite what our culture has driven into us. We are not better than others because we may have something they do not. 

Perhaps the greatest gift offered by this full moon, aside from knowing we can help create connection, is the chance to make change. Old foundations are being torn asunder. We no longer must continue thinking and doing as we always have. In this great time of transition everything that further divides will erode and be destroyed. This applies to what is within us and what we offer to the world.  Do not resist or cling but open freely to the process. Give to yourself and give of yourself. 

August Tarotscopes

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