What future do you really want?
Here's an opportunity to figure that out.
The next couple of years are the culmination of a period of accelerated change. By 2027, you are likely to see the world completely differently than you did in 2019 (if you don’t already!). The planetary patterns are making big shifts in a short period, and none of us know what is coming.
While the uncertainty of big transitions can be incredibly unsettling, it also expands the range of what’s possible. Knowing what you want, being clear on what it looks and feels like, and allowing your desire to focus your action is the way forward to your (and our) most beautiful future. You can’t “be the change you want to see in the world” if you don’t know what it is, and especially if you don’t focus your energy on that change.
Unfortunately, there seems to be an overstock of dystopian stories in the realm at the moment, ready and willing to program you to fear the future.
Luckily for us, we get not just one but two important retrogrades to help us rethink, review and release some of the programming.
Slow down and re-evaluate with Mercury and Mars retrograde
The imminent retrograde periods of Mercury and Mars mean it is time to slow down and re-evaluate your stories about what is possible and where your passions lie.
Mars begins moving backwards (to our eyes) on December 6th, 2024 at 6 degrees of the Tropical sign of Leo. This rarest (and therefore most significant) of the retrogrades happens only every couple of years. It offers a three month period of reflection, review and re-evaluation of what animates you, how you spend or replenish your energy, and what you truly desire.
Desire as animating force is the essence of the Mars archetype, both your personal expression of it as well as our collective experience. Your desires are both the compass pointing the way, and the will to move in that direction.
This is not a time for beginning new projects or relationships, and you may find yourself backing out of or revisiting what you’ve recently started. It is a time for doing some personal research on what - and who - energizes or drains you.
(Mars might look drained in the photo, but he is lying on a couch with Venus, so don’t feel sorry for him.)
But first, Mercury retrograde
But before Mars begins its backward journey, we get Mercury in one of its frequent rewinds.
Despite the hype, Mercury’s thrice annual retrograde periods offer you the chance to rethink, review, and integrate. Yes, you need to exercise some care with contracts, communication, and technology. But this Mercury retrograde, in the sign of Sagittarius, specifically opens the door to releasing some dogma and stories that don’t serve you. If you can lean into curiosity and open-mindedness, you can pave the way for greater possibility.
If you free yourself of the programming of fear and lack, what might you really want?
I’m offering an online workshop to delve further into the retrogrades as gateway into the big shifts coming in 2025. The live workshop will be held on November 22nd, from 10-11:30 am Mountain/noon-1:30 pm Eastern. Paid subscribers get access as part of your membership and will have the chance to have your chart reviewed in class.
We’ll look at the astrology of the moment, plus see how it impacts you personally. I’ll also share some practices to clarify your desire and release some of the programming getting in the way. There will be ample time for questions and discussion for those who attend live.
Purchase the class without becoming a paid subscriber on my website.
All registrants and paid subscribers receive the recording.
And just a reminder - purchase an energy clearing session with me for 50% off using the code SAMHAIN for little while longer.
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