A lesson in patience from an insatiable Aries
As I move into an appreciation of the non-linear, cyclical nature of life and reconnect to the cyclical nature of my own body, I am learning to appreciate that there is a time for burning through and a time for cool contemplation before action. Slowness and intentional movement through an experience is not only useful when facing a challenge or confrontation, but also useful when opening to acceptance or moving towards an object or state of desire.
As I lean into my desires, and burn through another layer of self-protection no longer needed, the release of all that once weighed me down and held me back feels like the release of tension in a bow. The arrow of me wants to shoot forward into a future life built on the foundations of my true desires, but before the release the archer of me lingers, not out of hesitation or fear, but as an intentional pause to slowly trace their eyes over all that lies ahead before taking aim.
MERCURY RETROGRADE SURTHRIVAL GUIDE
Mercury retrograde is a transit that happens 3-4 times a year when Mercury, the planet of communication slows down and can make it feel like everything is being turned upside down in one or more areas of your life. MR is usually greatly feared as things tend to get murky and confusing with delays, miscommunications and misunderstandings. I want to offer you this surthrival guide to reframe the dread narrative that has become synonymous with this time. When life “seems to be going tits up”, things are never really as they appear in a retrograde. Retrogrades want to turn things inside out so we can see something from another perspective or heal something in a deeper way. There’s always some gold to be found in unexpected and seemingly inconvenient ways, hence why I have called it a surthrival guide- borrowing Devany Amber Wolfe’s term of “surthriving” which I interpret as mastering how to graciously ride the waves of a potentially sticky time.