It’s all about cosmic slowdowns and emotions this week, as two hefty planetary events occur in the sensitive sign of Cancer.
Our empathy will be high, but we shouldn’t race into anything quite yet.
Specifically, this week is dominated by the start of a Mercury Retrograde (in the sign of Cancer) and the beginning of Cancer Season (when the SUN moves to Cancer)! Then, on Sunday the 21st (for East Coasters), we have a Cancer New Moon Solar Eclipse, which I’ll talk about in NEXT Sunday’s Weekly Cosmic Forecast. So stay tuned for a quick turnaround.
Mercury Goes Retrograde on Thursday 6/18:
Yes, our second of three Mercury Retrogrades is upon us, starting either late Wednesday night on 6/17 (West Coast) or early Thursday 6/18 (East Coast). For the next 3+ weeks, we would be wise to not jump into any agreements or commit ourselves more than we have to. Mercury rules contracts, schedules, communication, electronics and travel, so expect more stop-starts, cancellations, missing information, or ghosting until July 12th. Try not to sign on the dotted line or buy a laptop or car til at least mid-July.
As Mercury backspins in the nurturing and sensitive sign of the Crab, emotions will be higher than usual. Beware of making pathos-based decisions or joining the next conspiracy theory bandwagon without doing your research first…and in case I need to make this PSA: just because it says so on a meme, doesn’t make it true! And just because someone you admire posts it, doesn’t mean to take it at face value. You will likely NOT be the best at critical thinking at this time.
Now. Mercury in reverse, while NOT good for so many new initiatives and purchases, IS good for reworking, researching, revisiting, and reconnecting with people and projects from your past. Don’t sign the job contract…unless it’s with someone you worked with before. Don’t start filming that online course…unless it’s a project you’ve had on the back burner or been gestating for a while. Get it?
All-Star Protocol for ALL Signs:
Diffuse 2 💧 Lemon + 2 💧 Lavender + 1 💧 Cypress + 1 💧 Cedarwood essential oils* to help with focus, flexibility, communicating effectively, and staying grounded amongst the chaos.
Cancer Season Begins on Saturday 6/20:
The Sun moves into the sign of the Crab, marking the beginning of summer and the annual Summer Solstice! Expect your relationships, your self-care, your feelings, your family, and your divine feminine nature to come out more. Pure logic will not appease you, as something needs to “feel right.” Normally, I’d say this is a more humane placement for us all…I’d just err on the side of caution with Mercury also being retrograde in the same sign.
That said, let’s look at the positives: our empathy will be high, our compassion soaring, our protective and “mama bear” instincts will abound. And, frankly, we need this. Let’s get past the heady, disconnected (Gemini Season) way of seeing our world’s ills, and actually step into another’s shoes for a change. Especially with the systemic racism and injustice that’s ALWAYS been around, but many have not seen until the past couple weeks.
For instance, if you’re an antiracist ally, like I am, Cancer Season will help you take this from being an abstract intellectual exercise about human rights…to allowing yourself to FEEL the rage and pain and TRY ON the grief our black brothers and sisters have felt for so long. From this place, we can be an inch closer to true ally-ship. (But I am not the authority here. I defer to this amazing anti-racist resource list, which I have been using myself.)
All-Star Protocol for ALL Signs:
Roll Magnolia essential oil* down your inner forearms from inner elbow to wrist-crease to dig deep into our compassion and to see the possibilities of a new system arise.
Roll Forgive essential oil blend* on your energetic heart space (middle of the breast bone, not on the left side) to aid in transmuting the rage and pain into constructive action.
*Only use Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade (CPTG®) essential oils! If you’d like to purchase the oils to Hack this week’s Astrology, just click this link.