Speed up or slow down?
That’s the question this week, as our dreaded Mercury retrograde ends…and two other cosmic shifts occur midweek.
Some sweet cosmic relief comes at the beginning of the week, when communication planet Mercury finally goes direct after four weeks of retrograde motion. That said, this new movement is followed by some dramatic aspects mid-week: the Sun’s annual opposition to grander-than-life Jupiter on Tuesday and secretive, controlling Pluto on Wednesday.
Mercury Retrograde Ends 7/12:
Remember how the past four weeks have felt S L O W A S H O N E Y? Or just royally f-ed?
How it’s been impossible to make socially-distant plans without it raining…or your aunt contracting COVID the day before you’re set to drive over…or the tire blowing?
Or how just a few more details need to come together to finally check a big project off your plate…but those few details require other details that aren’t lined up? (Ex: Taxes are done! But you’re not technically “done” until you send in a payment. The website won’t let you pay online, because it’s your first year living in New Jersey, so you have to actually print out a payment voucher and send in a paper check…but your printer ran out of ink and your shipment of ink cartridges from HP got delayed…and on and on and on…?)
Or maybe you’ve been the Queen of miscommunication lately, yelling at people because you never got a promised email…when it was safely in your SPAM folder. Or you hit “reply-all” instead of “reply.” Or you’ve reached out to your customers and prospects and heard…crickets.
Luckily, this is all coming to an end! YAY! Except that the couple days when Mercury resumes normal course again, he tends to act up. So dot your “i’s” and cross your “t’s”…and check your SPAM folder before yelling at people.
Essential Oil Elixir to iron out the past months’ miscommunications:
1 💧 Lavender essential oil* on your throat chakra.
1 💧 Cypress essential oil* on the base of your spine.
The Sun opposes Jupiter on 7/14:
Expect the door of opportunity to fly open on Tuesday…but to get the most out of it, you’ll have to stay grounded and not dive into grandiose impracticality. This is a good day to step forward into a dream of yours: just don’t over-promise results or get your hopes up too high.
Essential Oil Elixir to boldly yet realistically actualize your dreams:
Diffuse 2 💧 each of Spearmint, Wild Orange + Fennel essential oils*.
The Sun opposes Pluto on 7/15:
About time your shadows come to light, huh? Whatever subconscious conflicts you have deep inside your psyche, this cosmic clash will seek them out and expose them on Wednesday. Your job: sit with whatever demons rear their ugly heads, take inventory, and BREATHE into the truth of it. Hiding your dark side doesn’t make it go away; instead, you’ll find these unconscious tendencies will end up running your life—and you’ll just call it “fate.” Revelatory idea: celebrate whatever shitty situation comes up by acknowledging how you actually BENEFIT from it!
Essential Oil Elixir to uncover and transmute your Shadow Self:
* Diffuse 3 💧 each of Copaiba + Lemongrass essential oils*.
* Read “Existential Kink” by Carolyn Elliott PhD.
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