Today is all about breaking patterns. Maybe that’s just not participating in old habits. You secretly have the power to do whatever you want today.
Cheers,
Will
Day 3 of 3, killing it so far, thanks very much. Seems like we have the idea but not the sense of authority over our own affairs today. Take the little steps now toward your new plans!
Cheers,
Will
My cat wants to be internet famous. Who wants to tell him?
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Will
This morning is the New Moon and Total Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius! In the vein of new creative impulses, I’m going to do a daily tarot card reading for at least the next year. Join me! Lol
Cheers,
Will
Hi,
I made this video on Saturday and today is Monday (thanks unions for Labor Day!). This fall is going to be crazy. The video ended up longer than anything I’d ever done so it’s a bit rambling, and this post is a bit hasty but anything worth doing is worth doing poorly (lol). Welcome to Mars Retrograde! Breakdowns of signs start around 10 min and I listed the times on the video link.
Check out the Mars Retro video here!
Some dates for shorthand:
• Mars enters Shadow Zone at 14° Aries on July 23
• Mars stops at 28° Aries September 5-9
• Mars Stations Retrograde 28-15° Aries 9/9-11/13
•Mars stops at 15° Aries 11/13-25
•Mars exits Shadow Zone at 28° Aries 1/4/2021
• Mercury Retrograde from 11° Scorpio to 25° Libra 10/13-11/3
• Election Day in the US 11/3 (!)
Stay safe out there.
Cheers,
Will
Hey there,
Here’s a video in which I rant about quarantine, reopening, and ennui. Please to enjoy:
Venus Retrograde Quarantine Rant Realness
Cheers,
Will
P.S. used my ephemeris for the dates and buddha board with insta filters for this immaculate aesthetic.
P.P.S. i didn’t really emphasize this but please stay home and consider others. Every Venus Retrograde I think about the adage that it’s better to regard the kind of love you have to offer than the love you’d like to receive. We can figure out a better way to do things that help everyone out and address the issues of our time simultaneously. The quality of this time can catch wind like that.
Hey y’all here’s a quick little video I did on this morning’s full moon in Scorpio:
Quick little mention of the dates involved:
• New Moon 3° Taurus 4/22
• Full Moon 17° Scorpio 5/7
• New Moon 2° Gemini 5/22
Here’s the chart this morning that prompted this post:
Thanks for reading/ watching:)
Cheers,
Will
P.S. used my ephemeris and buddha
Hello,
This month’s lunar cycle should give a bit of a breather from the craziness of July. Things have been set in motion that we will be tracking with the transit of Mercury over the retrograde shadow zone through August 15- just in time for the Full Moon. As Mercury moves back from Cancer into Leo, we will be thinking more with our hearts and should be able to move into a new head/heart space. What do you think about the recent changes you have created and how do they make you feel?
The new moon in Leo on July 31 is considered a black moon because it is the second new moon in a calendar month (the first in Cancer was July 2). It is also considered a supermoon because it is at perigee, or the nearest part of its orbit. This can impact the tide, causing swells. Some astrology reports claim that there will be greater chance of ecological disasters, but we’re kind of in the middle of a global climate emergency. I think whatever the moon is doing can only help, lmao. The super full moons were earlier this year, and the following two new moons are as well. The moon is nearer the earth, signifying that the emotions will be deeper or more primal. My main thought about this, though, is that it is a normal occurrence and not necessarily as crazy as, say, the eclipse we just had at the last new moon. Supermoons are a part of an ongoing cycle, so if these enhance the energy, then this moon cycle is Big Leo Energy.
New Moons are a time to rest and recharge, to make plans and create maps for the month ahead. The New Moon on July 31 at 9.12pm MDT at 8° Leo is all about a new impulse of heart-level energy. What is fun and exciting for you and makes you feel cool doing it? What brings you a sense of personal pride? Where do you derive an internal sense of power? These questions are part of the Lion’s association with the astrological 5th house. Play, competition, and even gambling are up in this bitch. Leo follows the fire in their hearts, wherever it may lead. In fact, it was four years ago that I started my blog during the Leo New Moon. That led to joining the amazing team at Golden Braid Books, and now I’m a professional reader at one of the dopest places around. That heart-level impulse really created a whole new world for me. It felt kind of crazy and risky, but I’ve really enjoyed doing it over these years and will always think of the Leo New Moon fondly.
The Full Moon will bring to fruition all of those heart-level seeds that were planted during the New Moon in Leo. This will happen on August 15, 6.29am MDT at 22° Aquarius, where we take our personal energy and join our fellow man. The Water Bearer for which Aquarius gets its name is actually an air sign, fixed, giving a great concentration of mental energy. If Leo is personal power, Aquarius is people power. Its association with the astrological 11th house is all about networks, friends and associations, and ways we identify ourselves through societal groups. On another level, it’s about sharing dreams with the world and making them come true. It’s about offering relief to humanity through awareness and the gift of future-sight. And it’s about allowing each individual to shine while saving them space at the table. The Full Moon is a time to take action and shine based on the preparations of the New Moon. Go get ’em and make sure to share it big.
This moon cycle will also start to see actions being put into effect regarding the recent Mercury Retrograde in Leo/Cancer and especially the recent Eclipse in Cancer and the ongoing North Node in Cancer. Leo season will potentially see tempers flare. Hopefully this energy will bend towards justice and not toward despotism. Leo wants to be a good King or Queen and will roar to protect the pride.
The fire of this month will be activating off of all the Leo placements with Chiron in Aries and Jupiter in Sag, creating a grand fire trine for a number of weeks. I think this has the potential to be incredibly healing on a spiritual level – where we were once wounded, we will be able to heal and provide medicine for others.
Cheers,
Will
P.S. I used my Pottinger ephemeris and Maynard’s planner, as well as my Buddha Board and instagram filters to make this post.
Hey so here’s a few words about Mercury Retrograde this July. I started this post weeks ago but it was never ‘perfect,’ so I’m trying to just go with ‘done.’
Retrograde is when a planet seems to slow down in its journey from east to west in the southern sky (northern hemisphere folks), and then move backwards for awhile. It then slows and stops again, and then proceeds forward through the same area of the sky that it had before. This process is caused by our relative orbit. The planet doesn’t actually change in its orbit. There are a bunch of interpretations for this retrograde motion, mainly that the energy of the planet goes inward/underworld for a time while we go over that area of our chart with a fine-toothed comb.
This time Mercury will back up from 4° Leo to 23° Cancer. Mercury is the ruler of intellect, expression, and communication; and is associated with the signs of air-talk Gemini and earth-action Virgo. This means that from casual conversations to big decision making, our intellectual ability to process is colored by Leo and mostly Cancer energy. We will tend to intellectualize our emotions at this time. We will wonder why we are having so many feelings. We will spend a lot of time processing how we are investing our emotional energy.
We entered the shadow zone at 23° ♋ on June 20. Mercury slowed through the first week of July and stationed retrograde on the 7th. It stationed direct late on the 31st, and we will exit the shadow zone on August 15. So while the worst is over, we will still have the next few weeks to get our house in order while Mercury picks up speed and emerges from the underworld.
A few summers ago, I wrote about Mercury Retrograde in Leo. This will have the same effect of making you ask if your heart is in what you’re doing, but then it will transition into deeper, more internal Cancer. This Retrograde will ask you to feel deeply and not shy away from what comes up from within. Are you being true to yourself? Are you able to feel what others are feeling as if it were your own feelings? Are you able to trust your own gut?
I made a video a week or two ago talking/ranting about this Mercury Retrograde in more detail. As you can see, I was in my slept-in hair, at home, soaking up the 4th house energy:
Also here’s the dates for the one later this fall:
Cheers,
Will
P.S. Used my ephemeris, Buddha Board, astro.com, and my own memes to make this post.
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