March 17, 2025 • 36 mins
Mercury retrograde in Aries marks the end of a marathon of retrogrades that began in November 2024, offering a final opportunity to rebalance our communication style and reconsider our independence before moving forward.
• Mercury retrograde in Aries (March 14-April 7) helps us find balance between independence and thoughtful communication
• This transit completes almost four months of continuous personal planet retrogrades (Mercury, Venus, Mars)
• Mercury in Aries naturally encourages sharp, clever thinking but the retrograde asks us to slow down
• Mercury will retrograde back into Pisces on March 29th, creating a more ungrounded energy
• Family dynamics and home environments strongly influence this retrograde period
• Resolving conflicts in domestic relationships creates cascading positive effects in other areas
• Traditional Mercury retrograde advice applies: avoid major purchases, contracts, and extensive travel
• Each sign experiences unique effects based on house placement in their chart
• After mid-April when Venus retrograde ends, forward momentum returns with fewer obstacles
Check out my weekly live show series on Substack for more candid discussions about current transits, and download my 2025 horoscopes to understand how each new moon, full moon, retrograde and eclipse will affect your sign throughout the year.
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
Hey, there, it's Evan Nathaniel Grimm, and welcome to
the latest episode of AstrologyUnbound, and today I'm going to
address Mercury retrograde.
So Mercury just recentlystationed retrograde on March
14th, and it will be retrogradeuntil April 7th.
So for the next three weeks,you're going to want to pay
attention to this retrograde.
It is the final stretch of thismarathon of retrogrades that
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we've had, going back to theprevious Mercury retrograde on
November 25th.
Before I begin, though,definitely check out my Substack
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It was really fun to engagewith people, answer questions
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And now let's dive in.
So Mercury retrograde in thesign of Aries.
Again, this started on March14th, and it is juxtaposed with
Venus retrograde in Aries.
Also, venus retrograde in Ariesis much less comfortable, by
the way.
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Venus is in detriment in Ariesand Mercury is actually very
intelligent, sharp, clever, inthe sign of Aries.
Many of the smartest people Iknow have Mercury in Aries.
It is very much trying to blazenew trails with intellectual
pursuits, and it's trying tostand out as a thinker,
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communicator, debater,salesperson, etc.
So the retrogrades, though, isa reflection here in areas of
the ways in which maybesometimes we're too impulsive
and maybe sometimes we are tooindependent in certain ways.
Other times we are notindependent enough, but think
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about the retrogrades as arebalancing act.
Retrogrades are necessary,retrogrades are necessary, and,
in addition to being all thosesort of generic sort of
reflection, sorts of things thatwe talk about, it is really
bringing us back to center, andit's also an opportunity to look
at and examine our inner worldand see how that reflects in our
outer world.
So, like when Mercury is directin Aries, it's like we are
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blazing new trails, we arecoming up with new ideas, we are
maybe vehemently arguing ourcase for something, but then,
during the retrograde, we mightrealize that we have become too
br.
Slide the scales back to abalance where we are chasing new
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ideas, albeit more thoughtfully, or we are dealing with
conflict more strategically, orwe are communicating our needs
while still listening to theother person's perspective.
And I'm going to also do somebrief horoscopes today and talk
about how Mercury retrogradeaffects you.
But it's not just going to bein Aries, it's going to go back
into Pisces, and Mercuryretrograde in Pisces I don't
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like that's very messy,convoluted, it is ungrounded, it
is forgetful and kind ofaimless.
But luckily that part of theretrograde is fairly short-lived
, just over a week long.
Mercury does enter Pisces, Ibelieve on March 29th, Let me
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just quickly confirm that.
But yeah, it's the 29th.
Venus will also retrograde backinto Pisces, of course, and the
Venus retrograde outlasts theMercury retrograde.
But anyways, I also want tocontextualize this before I keep
going.
Like I alluded to in thebeginning.
This before I keep going.
Like I alluded to in thebeginning, we've had a marathon
of retrogrades since lateNovember.
So November 25th of 2024,mercury was stationed retrograde
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in the sign of Sagittarius, andthat's many months ago, right.
So for the past, what is that?
Even like three and a halfmonths, almost four months,
we've had at least one of thepersonal planets in retrograde.
That means Mercury, venus orMars.
So the personal planets reallydo dictate our daily lives.
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Like, mercury is our mindset,mental faculties, conversations.
Venus is our relationships.
Mars is our capacity towithstand conflict, to be
competitive to, you know, reallychannel our energy and it kind
of plays offense.
But you know, since november25th and even you know you could
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even go before that, during thepre-shadow phase in early
november for mercury.
But like I would mostly justwork with you know the actual
retrogrades in this case to kindof like reduce, minimize the
damage in our minds of like whatthis may have caused.
But like you know, even likeMars retrograde, you know the
pre-shadow of Mars was likeOctober 4th.
So you could argue that in someway, shape or form, we're like
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either in the shadow of thesemajor retrogrades or in these
retrogrades for over six months,which again is extremely rare.
The reason it's happening isbecause Venus and Mars
retrograde are coinciding oneafter the other.
So sometimes Venus and Marsretrograde are much further
apart, but in this case theywere like successive retrogrades
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, only five days separated.
Basically, like as soon as Marsretrograde ended, venus
retrograde started.
So since November 25th we havehad to slow down in at least one
of these main areas of our life, either with our communication,
decision-making, relationshipsor action and energy.
And I know you're all sick ofit.
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I know cancers are especiallysick of it, but it's just like a
couple more weeks here, a fewmore weeks to go, and by
mid-April it's like Venusretrograde is done and Mars gets
out of cancer finally, which isa blessing for cancers.
But right now Mercury hasgestation retrograde.
So think about this as thatfinal sequence where we regain
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our footing or we assess how toget on the surfboard so that we
catch the absolute biggest wavepossible through the rest of the
year.
Because after these retrogradesend, it's like no looking back.
Because after these retrogradesend, it's like no looking back.
Yeah, we have Pluto, eventually, saturn, neptune retrograde,
etc.
But don't like think aboutthose as any like they will
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affect us, but like oftentimesin a collective sense with like
Pluto and Neptune.
And yes, saturn retrograde is alook back at like our
professional projects and maybewe tweak some things there.
But you should feel like youshould be giving yourself 100%
permission to just like raceforward with everything you're
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trying to do.
Like I typically pride myself assomeone who's very organized,
very regimented, like I worklike a workhorse, like every day
, right, like I'm always.
I mean, that's how I got here,I put in the hours.
But even like my CapricornSaturn right now is feeling like
wow, like sometimes I just wantto sit back and watch Wild at
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Heart by David Lynch, like Ijust did like for two hours
tonight, which was so weird,like I never sit through an
entire film because I alwaysrush over to my computer.
Again I'm trying to like dosome astrology research and I
just get the inspiration to postsomething.
I'm always writing, posting,reading, like it's constant.
But lately, since late Novemberand I've been aware of this, of
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all these retrogrades that arecoming I've had to dial back.
I've had to take some time tojust, like you know, carve out a
couple hours each day tobasically just be, just exist,
and so, no matter where you'reat right now, with that maybe
you have a different, slightlydifferent experience.
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I would say just, you know,think about this Mercury
retrograde as a time to reallyrecenter yourself in a mode of
existence where you areindependent.
You are self-reliant, but nottoo much, not so independent
that you're on your own island,but ideally, like after these
retrogrades in Aries, you willbe able to advocate for yourself
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and to believe in yourself evenmore and to have relationships
where the self is being honored,where you're retaining some
agency and identity across yourrelationships.
But you know, it might be alittle frustrating because we're
seeing these retrogrades in aMars world sign and Mars is
squaring Chiron still, which ithas been for months.
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But Mars and Cancer are showingthat your success in
relationships of all kinds andconversations and communication
largely depends on how healedyou feel in your family.
Actually, because Mars andCancer can kick up a lot of
trauma from the past andconflict and tension within the
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family or the home environment,and in some cases this is with a
roommate.
Maybe you're not getting alongwith a roommate, maybe you're
not getting along with a parentor you know really anyone in
your domestic environment.
Maybe your typical sources ofsafety and comfort are sources
of strain now and stress.
But all of this is deeplyrooted in family wounds.
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So just take this time toreflect and journal on your
journey with that Like, do youfeel as though there's something
you have to say to your parentsor someone in your family or to
your roommate.
Do you feel like you you know,just haven't fully addressed
something in that domain butespecially how you deal with
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conflict in those situations?
If you feel like you've gotteneverything off your chest and
you have a healthy dynamic withyour family, I actually think
that that will have cascadingimpacts and like a halo effect
on your like relationships nowand the way you manage them.
So, yeah, so I would say thoseare some of the core pieces of
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advice.
But in general, like withMercury retrograde, take things
more slowly.
Don't rush to like make a bigpurchase.
Avoid signing contracts If youhave to avoid, like like too
much travel.
Expect people from your past tocome back, especially with Venus
retrograde, and some of yourexes might come back, by the way
, to like complain aboutsomething or yell about
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something or say, well, I don'tappreciate what you did in the
past.
And like just first of all,like set boundaries, don't feel
the need to entertain everyargument or conversation with an
ex and also resist thetemptation to just rush to call
them or run into them andcomplain to them about something
from the past, like, yeah, youprobably could have stood up for
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yourself better back in thatmoment, but just internalize
that for later, for next timewhen you find the right person,
then you'll be able to say no,I'm going to put a limit on this
conversation, like you go overthere in that corner and then
get back to me when you'rewilling to be.
You know, more of an adult Likewhatever you have to say, more
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of an adult like whatever youhave to say, but you ideally
just want to have betterconflict resolution skills right
now and again.
You don't want to give in to agive and take in an argument
back and forth with an ex.
Not every sign is going toalways maybe feel that pull
towards an ex.
Right now it's mostly Libra, aAries placements, at least while
the retrogrades are in Aries,and also Sagittarius risings,
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sag risings and Sages generally.
I mean you're going to haveVenus and Mercury in the fifth
house of romance, so that couldbe someone from your like a
casual situationship coming back.
And then when they retrogradeinto Pisces which I won't talk
about today, I'll do that for afuture episode the retrogrades
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in Pisces will affect Virgo,pisces placements and Scorpios
as well, and Pisces actually too.
So or I did talk about that,sorry.
So, yeah, let's go to thehoroscopes, though, for this
retrograde and refer to yourrising sign first, but also
track your sun and moon.
So, aries, you have Mercuryretrograde from now until March
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29th in your first house.
So, aries, alongside Venus,there you're really likely to
circle back to either a previousrelationship, to think about
them at least, or to alsorevisit creative works, which is
Venus, to just reconsiderreally anything, and also to
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revisit really big conversationsthat you had in the past, to
just reflect on how you want tomove forward with a range of
things and with Venus beingvalues.
You're thinking about.
What do I value and do I have aclear sense of self-worth?
Am I bringing that into myrelationships?
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So, aries, this retrogradeaffects you more than any other
sign.
So you, out of all the signs,have to heed the advice that
astrologers generally givearound Mercury retrograde, but
also, because you have Marsdispositing this in your fourth
house, really take the advice Isaid earlier resolve the
conflicts in your family life oryour home life first.
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Like that is the precedent thattakes precedence, that is, you
know, that's the top priorityright now.
So, if you're able to do that,if you're able, if you're able
to maintain peace in your homeor within your family, then I do
think the retrograde will be alot easier for you.
And a lot of you are probablyfeeling like you have to stand
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up for yourself in a big wayright now and prove your
toughness, but don't over, tryto overcompensate for some, um,
feeling of lack of toughnesswithin.
Really be honest about yourinsecurities and try not to
project them into situations forTaurus.
This is in the 12th house, soTaurus is, I mean you really
have to reflect on your mentalhealth right now, um, regardless
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of where you're at with it,like if you feel just generally
kind of down sometimes or youfeel like you have something
more serious to address, likeyou just want to focus on that
right now and also your sleepcycle, your sleep patterns, your
karma, your past lives.
Some of you are going toreflect on your past lives
actually of you are going toreflect on your past lives
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actually and your spirituality,your spiritual beliefs and maybe
even for you, relationshipsfrom your past.
But the thing for Taurus toavoid right now is any
back-channel relationships,secretive relationships, and
also, you know you don't want toidealize people right now,
which I don't think you are.
I think you're just actuallyunidealizing people.
You're just suddenly assessingmaybe friends or a partner more
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realistically, right, but Ithink the key right now is to
really right-size your sleepschedule and that will help a
lot and use spiritual practicesto soothe yourself.
Essentially, and with Marsdispositing in the third house,
I think you have to maybe dialit back in some cases with the
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way you argue.
I think some of you might be ina little bit too much of an
argumentative mood right now ofyou might get be in a little bit
too much of an argumentativemood right now and like little
daily things can kind of botheryou and trigger these massive
arguments.
But also channel that Marsenergy to do more reading,
writing, learning, teaching andin healthy debating.
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Geminis, you have this in your11th house.
So, gemini's, you arereflecting on prior friendships,
communities that maybe you areno longer a part of, that you
want to rejoin.
Some of you are rethinking theway you communicate on social
media.
Maybe some of you would eventake a social media break.
Or you might notice someGemini's commenting less on
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people's videos or posting less,commenting less on people's
videos or posting less.
Others are thinking about waysto convey their needs to their
friends, ways to be moreindependent from a certain
friend circle, and also maybeyou're just rethinking whether
or not you want to still be in afriendship or in a community or
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posting on social media.
Like I said, some of you arereflecting on your politics,
your viewpoints on certaintechnologies, the way you work
with certain technologies, andyou know you're reimagining, in
some ways, your hopes for thefuture and you're rethinking I
think, practically speaking,most of you are just rethinking
the way you communicate online.
I know we live in that type ofage where a lot of people are on
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social media or doing socialmedia stuff.
Others are again circling backto an old friendship, but you
know some of you arereconceptualizing your hopes and
dreams for the future andwanting to make an impact in a
different way through adifferent community.
And with Mars dispositing inthe second house, this is a lot
about standing up for yourself-worth.
Sitting in the second house,this is a lot about standing up
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for your self-worth and also,you know, really thinking about
the ways in which you findcomfort in material possessions.
I mean, maybe with Mars in thesecond, you've been
hedonistically pursuing morecarnal desires, although maybe
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not I mean with Mars in thesecond, you could feel a little
bit frustrated about somethingfinancially right now, or maybe
you feel like you've beenrushing to spend money too
quickly, especially while you'rewith certain friends.
So you might be rethinking that.
But I think a lot of you aretrying to avoid friends who
stomp all over you or stomp allover your self-worth and like
you're like hey, no, I'm worthmore than you think.
Cancers this is in your 10thhouse.
So cancers I mean you arereally trying to find a
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different way forward in yourcareer right now and you have
Mars dispositing this in yourfirst house.
So cancers I mean you're undera lot of stress.
You've had Mars either in yoursign or about to go back into
your sign since September 4th oflast year, so over six months
now we've either been in withMars we've either had Mars and
Cancer in the pre-shadow phase,during the retrograde, during
post-shadow like it's reallymessy for you and with the
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retrogrades and the 10th, you'rerethinking how to manage your
career responsibilities, yourparenting responsibilities.
Maybe you're rethinking whetheror not you want to become a
parent, or you're interactingwith your parents differently,
or you are just reflecting onhow you want to stand out in
society.
You're rethinking the ways inwhich you want to be in the
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public eye.
Maybe some of you have been toohot-headed with a manager or a
boss, or with a parent, or maybeyou feel like you've been
rushing headlong into a careeropportunity that you don't
actually feel confident in rightat this moment and or that you
just don't know enough about,and so right now you're doing
some internal inventory orhuddling within and saying how
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can I assemble the dream in mycareer in a way that's a little
bit more strategic?
So, yeah, don't be surprised ifsome of your career ambitions
take a little bit uh, they'redeprioritized right now in terms
of like action.
Maybe you're not taking as muchaction in your career right now
, but you're certainlyreflecting on it, and that
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reflection through March 29th isgoing to be very fruitful.
So, after the retrograde isover, I think you'll have a
better sense of like, how youwant to show up in the world, in
the public eye or in yourcareer, and you'll set
boundaries with like, theresponsibilities you're willing
to take either as a worker,employee or a parent.
Leo, it's in your ninth house,so you are rethinking long
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distance trips, maybe how oftenyou're traveling.
Maybe you're re-philosophizingabout something.
You're adopting a newphilosophy, changing your
perspective.
You're tapping into a totallynew perspective on your life
through your travels or througha class you're taking.
Maybe some of you arereconsidering whether to enroll
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in a higher educational space.
Others are taking a bit moretime, experiencing some delays
with publishing efforts,marketing, advertising efforts.
But yeah, I mean, expect to betraveling right now and
reconvening with people fromyour past while you're traveling
.
A lot of Leo Risings,especially, are going through
that.
So don't see it as daunting perse.
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Think about it as a chance toenjoy the company of long-lost
friends or something on a trip,or even like siblings or cousins
.
Because of the ninth house orin-laws or something, some of
you are reconvening with in-lawsor something, and Mars
disposits from the 12 ninthhouse or in-laws or something.
Some of you are reconveningwith in-laws or something and
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Mars disposits from the 12thhouse.
So, like I said, with Aries orno, taurus, sorry, your sleep
might be a little off right now,so restore your sleep cycle,
try to maintain some semblanceof normalcy there.
But a lot of you are not ableto do that because you're
traveling too much.
So make sure that you'regetting some sleep at least
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while you're traveling and thatwill help you avoid the worst of
this retrograde which could be,like you know, immense conflict
with a sibling neighbor orsorry, not a neighbor a sibling
cousin, in-law.
You want to avoid conflictswith them, especially so now we
go into Virgo.
It's in your eighth house, soyou're really scrutinizing your
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investments, finances, anyassets you share with a partner.
Maybe you're fighting aboutmoney and investments and
finances.
Maybe you're fighting aboutwhat to do yeah, with them, with
your partner, but a lot of youare reflecting on how to do yeah
with them with your partner.
But a lot of you are reflectingon how to regain, maybe,
financial independence, how tocast out any scarcity mindset.
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Others are facing their fearsin the eighth house and coming
up with more courageous ways toface those fears or to do that
shadow work, to dive into thesubconscious.
Some of you are also looking forreally hot and passionate
connections with people,physically, like you know, and
you wanna connect with someonein this all-consuming way.
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But maybe you're realizing thatyou are maybe not finding
fulfillment in some of thoseconnections anymore.
Or, like you question the.
Yeah, you just question the.
I don't know like the missionthere.
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You're like not really sure,like why you're doing that or
you don't necessarily want tojust like have these really
passionate encounters that likelead to nothing.
Maybe you're like questioningwhy you do that and you're
diving into, like your you knowyour subconscious attachments to
things, but also your avoidanceof certain things.
And I, you know, I think for alot of you though, it's just
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general shadow work and Marsdisposits from the 11th house.
So maybe some of your friendsright now are triggering
something in your subconscious.
So look out for anymanipulative friends right now
are triggering something in yoursubconscious.
So look out for anymanipulative friends right now.
Maybe take space from them orany social media accounts that
really trigger you, just kind oflike you know, take a breather
there.
Avoid those people, avoid thoseor any community that you don't
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get along with.
Go within, face those fears andrecalibrate and again address
any financial discrepancies orarguments that are going on
right now in a businesspartnership or a romantic one,
and some of you arere-evaluating the way that you
physically connect with yourpartner.
So if you're in a relationshipand the intimacy is down, think
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about a way to rekindle that.
So now we have Libras, theretrograde's, in your seventh
house, so any significant personfrom your past could come back.
They might be a little madabout something if they do come
back.
Or you might be mad and go backto them to yell about something
and say like I should havestood up for myself then.
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Well, I'm doing it now.
I would personally avoid that.
I think you should just writeit down in a hypothetical letter
to them, record yourself sayingit out loud and then listen
back to the tape of you sayingit so that you can still process
it and feel accomplished inconveying that you know truth to
them.
But you know, if you're in arelationship now, you will, you
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know, really be more headstrongand you're considering the ways
in which you could be moreheadstrong and independent,
while other Libras are realizingthat, um, you know they they
maybe have been too independent.
I mean, if you have a lot ofareas in your chart, also as a
Libra rising or something, youmight realize that you know
you've been too standoffish oravoiding any help and refusing
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anyone's help or just notbuilding trust with people.
So for you it's like very,you're the most likely overall
actually to really re-encountersome exes.
But, yeah, reflect on why therelationship didn't work, if it
didn't work or how you cansalvage the relationship you
have now.
Like, some Libra Risings aregoing through the ringer right
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now.
Their relationships are barelyholding on.
Others are fine, but they'rejust reflecting.
So really reflect on yourrelationships, no matter what,
no matter where you're at as aLibra Gauge, whether or not the
values are aligned.
If your values aren't alignedthen, yeah, it's kind of a tough
time.
But Mars disposits from the10th house, so any issues in
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your relationships have theirorigins maybe in your, any
stress you would have in yourcareer right now or with a
parent.
So really evaluate that.
Scorpios, this is in your houseof health, daily health and
wellness, routines, pets, work,co-workers, productivity, pets,
work, coworkers, productivityand health.
So, scorpios, you should betaking a very close look at how
you balance out your day-to-daylife.
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Are you rushing through thingstoo quickly?
Are you skipping over exercisethat you should be doing?
Are you living a balanced life?
Do you need to take a differentapproach to your projects, to
your work?
Do you need to take a differentapproach to your projects, to
your work?
Are you seeing a pet thatsomeone else has, that you used
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to visit a lot?
Are you reconvening withcoworkers, people you used to
work with, and also, I think alot of you, though, are
reflecting on different ways tomaster your health.
Also, I think a lot of you,though, are reflecting on
different ways to master yourhealth, and you're going to need
to do that right now, because,you know, saturn and Neptune are
about to go into your sixthhouse this year, and that's
really going to ensure that you.
It's going to test you and askyou do you have the best of
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health right?
Are you in the best condition?
Right now?
This is a time to basicallyrecondition, to condition,
double down on your strengthtraining, if you're doing that
already.
I mean, I'm a Scorpio.
I've been going to the gym fivetimes a week for the last two
and a half months or so, andit's been great for me, and so
I'm going to use this retrogradeto continue to make some tweaks
there.
Yeah, if you find inefficienciesat this time with anything
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you're doing, even if it's witha creative project like, just
find you know a point, pinpointthat inefficiency and, you know,
find a better way ForSagittarius.
It's in the fifth house,sagittarius.
I mean, I'm sorry for Scorpiosyou have Mars dispositing in the
ninth, so any conflict or anychallenge you would have right
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now to me would be like, if youfeel like you're stressed from
traveling and you're travelingbut you're also trying to work,
or something Like if you'retraveling right now, just make
sure you set aside enough timeto feel like you can invest in
your fitness and your routineand your work, because I feel
like for Scorpios, traveling canthrow off your routine right
now.
For Sages, it's in your fifthhouse, so you're really
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revisiting old flings,situationships romantic, maybe
partners or you're reflecting onromance and the level of
romance in your relationship.
Maybe you are reflecting oncreative hobbies, maybe you are.
If you have children, maybeyou're dealing with some
miscommunication with them.
But a lot of you are slowingdown and thinking about a
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different way that you couldfinesse, probably a creative
project to make it stand outeven more.
Or maybe you will have a bit ofa fling again with somebody who
you were casually involved with.
But really think about ifthat's good for you.
Like, is that person healthyfor you?
Did they feed your passion?
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But also, are they toxic?
Think about again could thiscreative project be better?
Mars disposits from the eighthhouse.
So a lot of you are probably,to be honest, seeking really
intense physical intimacy withsomeone.
If you do find that withsomeone from your past, maybe
they'll come back.
But others are potentiallyfighting about money, finances,
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with Mars in the eighth.
Or you are connecting withsomeone physically intimately
and somehow that experience isits own form of alchemy, shadow
work, transformation.
So now we go into Capricorns.
Capricorns, this is in thefourth house.
It's an angular house.
Therefore, it will besignificant.
This is affecting your homelife, your family, your relation
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to your parents or anycaregivers, or your property.
So, capricorns, you might berethinking where you want to
live.
You might be reflecting on ahome renovation project and
finishing that, or rethinkingthe way to approach that.
You might interact with aparent who you lost touch with,
especially a mother or maternalfigure.
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Yeah, you might just take thistime to think about am I rushing
into this move?
Should I take my time before Imove to make sure it's what I
really want?
Or you're wondering why you'reeven living where you're living
right now.
You maybe are in LA and youwish you were in some other town
.
So, yeah, I mean take this timeto reflect on all those things
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home, property, family,parenting.
You know, really dive into yourparents, how they influenced
you growing up and maybe howthat affects the way you want to
become a parent eventually.
Also reflect on the way younavigate conflict with your
family, and Mars disposits inthe seventh.
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So some of you are facingtension with a partner in a
relationship.
If you're able to manage thestress there, then your home and
family life will be a lotsmoother, and if they're living
with you, then you can get twobirds with one stone Aquarius.
It's in your third house.
This is all about dailycommunication.
This is about local travel,siblings, neighbors, local
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environments, reading, writing,teaching, learning.
So in the house ofcommunication, you might receive
communique from an ex of anykind, ex-friend, ex-partner, and
so you, of all the signs,probably will receive email
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message, phone call, voicemail,text and so on from someone from
your past.
Or you're just going to bethinking about them, writing
about them, writing a book aboutthem, talking about them in a
podcast, talking about them in aconversation, or just talking
with people about the past,reconsidering a book you're
writing, reconsidering coursesyou're taking, picking up an old
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book that you didn't finish, orfinishing the book.
Finally, I wouldn't think ofthis as like a bad thing, but
you are more likely than mostsigns to have kind of
communication mishaps.
But you're just better servedlooking to the past, revisiting
those old conversations and, inthe third house of communication
, maybe rethinking how you argueyour case for something, maybe
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not being so combative orcommunicating your needs more
vocally.
Mars disposits from the sixthhouse.
So some of you are investing alot in strength training but
also maybe facing conflict withcoworkers or in a work
environment or with pets orsomething, and with that Mars
dispositor in the sixth, if youease stress at work or in your
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workouts or if you even channelyour energy in your workouts,
then you probably argue lessoften with people.
It's in your second house ofmoney, self-worth values.
But this is in your secondhouse of money, self-worth
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possessions, natural talents.
So the retrograde's in thesecond Could be motivation to
reconsider financial strategiesor rethink or just like reflect
on your salary right now.
Are you satisfied with it?
To reflect on your salary rightnow.
Are you satisfied with it?
To reflect on your possessions.
Do you want to sell some stuff,reorganize some things,
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declutter?
Do you want to yeah, sell awaycertain possessions?
Do you really need to buy thatthing?
Some of you are reconsideringsome purchases you made.
Basically, others arereconceptualizing their values
entirely, whether it's theirvalues around money or other
things, and some of you might bereconsidering the way you spend
money.
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You're rebudgeting or you arereconfirming your natural
talents and realizing that youhave certain natural talents
that could help you stand out,which is what Aries is all about
, and Mars disposits from thefifth house.
So if you are able to easestress with your children or any
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creative hobbies, or if you'reable to ease stress with anyone
you're working or collaboratingwith creatively, then this
should go better.
This transit should be easier.
But, yeah, think about this as atime to reflect on all those
things I mentioned, likebudgeting, finance, values and
natural talents and, like youknow, with the retrogrades and
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Aries, like you are able now, Ithink, to stand out through
something you're naturallygifted at.
So really lean into that.
But also, you know, be moresavvy about how you spend money,
no matter how comfortable youfeel with your earnings or
whatever.
Like you know, be more savvyabout how you spend money, no
matter how comfortable you feelwith your earnings or whatever.
Like you know, just reconsideryour values around spending and
indulgences and stuff like that.
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And, you know, withrelationships, just make sure
you're financially aligned Ifyou're dating someone or you're
married, like make sure yourfinancial plans are aligned in
some way, and your values, ofcourse.
And some of you are just likerediscovering your self-worth,
even Because I think some Piscesare really depleted, really
down right now with Saturn intheir sign.
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Still they feel like they can'tcatch a break.
I think this retrograde is agood chance for you to channel
that Mars energy in the fifthhouse, channel your creativity,
to channel that Mars energy inthe fifth house, channel your
creativity, rediscover yournatural talents.
That will buoy your self-worthand thereby everything else in
your life I think should beoperating more smoothly after
that.
So thank you so much forattending this episode and
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I know I talked about that lastweek.
I mean I still want to do anepisode about telepathy and the
connection to neurodivergenceand a range of other things, but
that is coming.
But I really wanted to addressthe Mercury retrograde this time
, but I promise there will beepisodes that are really quirky,
different and they provide alot more cultural commentary, so
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Hey, there, it's Evan Nathaniel Grimm, and welcome to
the latest episode of AstrologyUnbound, and today I'm going to
address Mercury retrograde.
So Mercury just recentlystationed retrograde on March
14th, and it will be retrogradeuntil April 7th.
So for the next three weeks,you're going to want to pay
attention to this retrograde.
It is the final stretch of thismarathon of retrogrades that
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we've had, going back to theprevious Mercury retrograde on
November 25th.
Before I begin, though,definitely check out my Substack
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about what's going on.
I just did my first show onSubstack tonight, and I would
say it was really fun.
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It was really fun to engagewith people, answer questions
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So also, definitely download my2025 horoscopes.
These are the videos thatreally shed light on every new
and full moon that's coming thisyear, the retrogrades, how the
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So definitely considerdownloading those horoscopes now
.
And now let's dive in.
So Mercury retrograde in thesign of Aries.
Again, this started on March14th, and it is juxtaposed with
Venus retrograde in Aries.
Also, venus retrograde in Ariesis much less comfortable, by
the way.
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Venus is in detriment in Ariesand Mercury is actually very
intelligent, sharp, clever, inthe sign of Aries.
Many of the smartest people Iknow have Mercury in Aries.
It is very much trying to blazenew trails with intellectual
pursuits, and it's trying tostand out as a thinker,
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communicator, debater,salesperson, etc.
So the retrogrades, though, isa reflection here in areas of
the ways in which maybesometimes we're too impulsive
and maybe sometimes we are tooindependent in certain ways.
Other times we are notindependent enough, but think
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about the retrogrades as arebalancing act.
Retrogrades are necessary,retrogrades are necessary, and,
in addition to being all thosesort of generic sort of
reflection, sorts of things thatwe talk about, it is really
bringing us back to center, andit's also an opportunity to look
at and examine our inner worldand see how that reflects in our
outer world.
So, like when Mercury is directin Aries, it's like we are
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blazing new trails, we arecoming up with new ideas, we are
maybe vehemently arguing ourcase for something, but then,
during the retrograde, we mightrealize that we have become too
br.
Slide the scales back to abalance where we are chasing new
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ideas, albeit more thoughtfully, or we are dealing with
conflict more strategically, orwe are communicating our needs
while still listening to theother person's perspective.
And I'm going to also do somebrief horoscopes today and talk
about how Mercury retrogradeaffects you.
But it's not just going to bein Aries, it's going to go back
into Pisces, and Mercuryretrograde in Pisces I don't
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like that's very messy,convoluted, it is ungrounded, it
is forgetful and kind ofaimless.
But luckily that part of theretrograde is fairly short-lived
, just over a week long.
Mercury does enter Pisces, Ibelieve on March 29th, Let me
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just quickly confirm that.
But yeah, it's the 29th.
Venus will also retrograde backinto Pisces, of course, and the
Venus retrograde outlasts theMercury retrograde.
But anyways, I also want tocontextualize this before I keep
going.
Like I alluded to in thebeginning.
This before I keep going.
Like I alluded to in thebeginning, we've had a marathon
of retrogrades since lateNovember.
So November 25th of 2024,mercury was stationed retrograde
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in the sign of Sagittarius, andthat's many months ago, right.
So for the past, what is that?
Even like three and a halfmonths, almost four months,
we've had at least one of thepersonal planets in retrograde.
That means Mercury, venus orMars.
So the personal planets reallydo dictate our daily lives.
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Like, mercury is our mindset,mental faculties, conversations.
Venus is our relationships.
Mars is our capacity towithstand conflict, to be
competitive to, you know, reallychannel our energy and it kind
of plays offense.
But you know, since november25th and even you know you could
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even go before that, during thepre-shadow phase in early
november for mercury.
But like I would mostly justwork with you know the actual
retrogrades in this case to kindof like reduce, minimize the
damage in our minds of like whatthis may have caused.
But like you know, even likeMars retrograde, you know the
pre-shadow of Mars was likeOctober 4th.
So you could argue that in someway, shape or form, we're like
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either in the shadow of thesemajor retrogrades or in these
retrogrades for over six months,which again is extremely rare.
The reason it's happening isbecause Venus and Mars
retrograde are coinciding oneafter the other.
So sometimes Venus and Marsretrograde are much further
apart, but in this case theywere like successive retrogrades
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, only five days separated.
Basically, like as soon as Marsretrograde ended, venus
retrograde started.
So since November 25th we havehad to slow down in at least one
of these main areas of our life, either with our communication,
decision-making, relationshipsor action and energy.
And I know you're all sick ofit.
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I know cancers are especiallysick of it, but it's just like a
couple more weeks here, a fewmore weeks to go, and by
mid-April it's like Venusretrograde is done and Mars gets
out of cancer finally, which isa blessing for cancers.
But right now Mercury hasgestation retrograde.
So think about this as thatfinal sequence where we regain
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our footing or we assess how toget on the surfboard so that we
catch the absolute biggest wavepossible through the rest of the
year.
Because after these retrogradesend, it's like no looking back.
Because after these retrogradesend, it's like no looking back.
Yeah, we have Pluto, eventually, saturn, neptune retrograde,
etc.
But don't like think aboutthose as any like they will
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affect us, but like oftentimesin a collective sense with like
Pluto and Neptune.
And yes, saturn retrograde is alook back at like our
professional projects and maybewe tweak some things there.
But you should feel like youshould be giving yourself 100%
permission to just like raceforward with everything you're
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trying to do.
Like I typically pride myself assomeone who's very organized,
very regimented, like I worklike a workhorse, like every day
, right, like I'm always.
I mean, that's how I got here,I put in the hours.
But even like my CapricornSaturn right now is feeling like
wow, like sometimes I just wantto sit back and watch Wild at
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Heart by David Lynch, like Ijust did like for two hours
tonight, which was so weird,like I never sit through an
entire film because I alwaysrush over to my computer.
Again I'm trying to like dosome astrology research and I
just get the inspiration to postsomething.
I'm always writing, posting,reading, like it's constant.
But lately, since late Novemberand I've been aware of this, of
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all these retrogrades that arecoming I've had to dial back.
I've had to take some time tojust, like you know, carve out a
couple hours each day tobasically just be, just exist,
and so, no matter where you'reat right now, with that maybe
you have a different, slightlydifferent experience.
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I would say just, you know,think about this Mercury
retrograde as a time to reallyrecenter yourself in a mode of
existence where you areindependent.
You are self-reliant, but nottoo much, not so independent
that you're on your own island,but ideally, like after these
retrogrades in Aries, you willbe able to advocate for yourself
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and to believe in yourself evenmore and to have relationships
where the self is being honored,where you're retaining some
agency and identity across yourrelationships.
But you know, it might be alittle frustrating because we're
seeing these retrogrades in aMars world sign and Mars is
squaring Chiron still, which ithas been for months.
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But Mars and Cancer are showingthat your success in
relationships of all kinds andconversations and communication
largely depends on how healedyou feel in your family.
Actually, because Mars andCancer can kick up a lot of
trauma from the past andconflict and tension within the
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family or the home environment,and in some cases this is with a
roommate.
Maybe you're not getting alongwith a roommate, maybe you're
not getting along with a parentor you know really anyone in
your domestic environment.
Maybe your typical sources ofsafety and comfort are sources
of strain now and stress.
But all of this is deeplyrooted in family wounds.
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So just take this time toreflect and journal on your
journey with that Like, do youfeel as though there's something
you have to say to your parentsor someone in your family or to
your roommate.
Do you feel like you you know,just haven't fully addressed
something in that domain butespecially how you deal with
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conflict in those situations?
If you feel like you've gotteneverything off your chest and
you have a healthy dynamic withyour family, I actually think
that that will have cascadingimpacts and like a halo effect
on your like relationships nowand the way you manage them.
So, yeah, so I would say thoseare some of the core pieces of
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advice.
But in general, like withMercury retrograde, take things
more slowly.
Don't rush to like make a bigpurchase.
Avoid signing contracts If youhave to avoid, like like too
much travel.
Expect people from your past tocome back, especially with Venus
retrograde, and some of yourexes might come back, by the way
, to like complain aboutsomething or yell about
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something or say, well, I don'tappreciate what you did in the
past.
And like just first of all,like set boundaries, don't feel
the need to entertain everyargument or conversation with an
ex and also resist thetemptation to just rush to call
them or run into them andcomplain to them about something
from the past, like, yeah, youprobably could have stood up for
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yourself better back in thatmoment, but just internalize
that for later, for next timewhen you find the right person,
then you'll be able to say no,I'm going to put a limit on this
conversation, like you go overthere in that corner and then
get back to me when you'rewilling to be.
You know, more of an adult Likewhatever you have to say, more
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of an adult like whatever youhave to say, but you ideally
just want to have betterconflict resolution skills right
now and again.
You don't want to give in to agive and take in an argument
back and forth with an ex.
Not every sign is going toalways maybe feel that pull
towards an ex.
Right now it's mostly Libra, aAries placements, at least while
the retrogrades are in Aries,and also Sagittarius risings,
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sag risings and Sages generally.
I mean you're going to haveVenus and Mercury in the fifth
house of romance, so that couldbe someone from your like a
casual situationship coming back.
And then when they retrogradeinto Pisces which I won't talk
about today, I'll do that for afuture episode the retrogrades
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in Pisces will affect Virgo,pisces placements and Scorpios
as well, and Pisces actually too.
So or I did talk about that,sorry.
So, yeah, let's go to thehoroscopes, though, for this
retrograde and refer to yourrising sign first, but also
track your sun and moon.
So, aries, you have Mercuryretrograde from now until March
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29th in your first house.
So, aries, alongside Venus,there you're really likely to
circle back to either a previousrelationship, to think about
them at least, or to alsorevisit creative works, which is
Venus, to just reconsiderreally anything, and also to
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revisit really big conversationsthat you had in the past, to
just reflect on how you want tomove forward with a range of
things and with Venus beingvalues.
You're thinking about.
What do I value and do I have aclear sense of self-worth?
Am I bringing that into myrelationships?
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So, aries, this retrogradeaffects you more than any other
sign.
So you, out of all the signs,have to heed the advice that
astrologers generally givearound Mercury retrograde, but
also, because you have Marsdispositing this in your fourth
house, really take the advice Isaid earlier resolve the
conflicts in your family life oryour home life first.
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Like that is the precedent thattakes precedence, that is, you
know, that's the top priorityright now.
So, if you're able to do that,if you're able, if you're able
to maintain peace in your homeor within your family, then I do
think the retrograde will be alot easier for you.
And a lot of you are probablyfeeling like you have to stand
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up for yourself in a big wayright now and prove your
toughness, but don't over, tryto overcompensate for some, um,
feeling of lack of toughnesswithin.
Really be honest about yourinsecurities and try not to
project them into situations forTaurus.
This is in the 12th house, soTaurus is, I mean you really
have to reflect on your mentalhealth right now, um, regardless
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of where you're at with it,like if you feel just generally
kind of down sometimes or youfeel like you have something
more serious to address, likeyou just want to focus on that
right now and also your sleepcycle, your sleep patterns, your
karma, your past lives.
Some of you are going toreflect on your past lives
actually of you are going toreflect on your past lives
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actually and your spirituality,your spiritual beliefs and maybe
even for you, relationshipsfrom your past.
But the thing for Taurus toavoid right now is any
back-channel relationships,secretive relationships, and
also, you know you don't want toidealize people right now,
which I don't think you are.
I think you're just actuallyunidealizing people.
You're just suddenly assessingmaybe friends or a partner more
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realistically, right, but Ithink the key right now is to
really right-size your sleepschedule and that will help a
lot and use spiritual practicesto soothe yourself.
Essentially, and with Marsdispositing in the third house,
I think you have to maybe dialit back in some cases with the
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way you argue.
I think some of you might be ina little bit too much of an
argumentative mood right now ofyou might get be in a little bit
too much of an argumentativemood right now and like little
daily things can kind of botheryou and trigger these massive
arguments.
But also channel that Marsenergy to do more reading,
writing, learning, teaching andin healthy debating.
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Geminis, you have this in your11th house.
So, gemini's, you arereflecting on prior friendships,
communities that maybe you areno longer a part of, that you
want to rejoin.
Some of you are rethinking theway you communicate on social
media.
Maybe some of you would eventake a social media break.
Or you might notice someGemini's commenting less on
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people's videos or posting less,commenting less on people's
videos or posting less.
Others are thinking about waysto convey their needs to their
friends, ways to be moreindependent from a certain
friend circle, and also maybeyou're just rethinking whether
or not you want to still be in afriendship or in a community or
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posting on social media.
Like I said, some of you arereflecting on your politics,
your viewpoints on certaintechnologies, the way you work
with certain technologies, andyou know you're reimagining, in
some ways, your hopes for thefuture and you're rethinking I
think, practically speaking,most of you are just rethinking
the way you communicate online.
I know we live in that type ofage where a lot of people are on
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social media or doing socialmedia stuff.
Others are again circling backto an old friendship, but you
know some of you arereconceptualizing your hopes and
dreams for the future andwanting to make an impact in a
different way through adifferent community.
And with Mars dispositing inthe second house, this is a lot
about standing up for yourself-worth.
Sitting in the second house,this is a lot about standing up
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for your self-worth and also,you know, really thinking about
the ways in which you findcomfort in material possessions.
I mean, maybe with Mars in thesecond, you've been
hedonistically pursuing morecarnal desires, although maybe
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not I mean with Mars in thesecond, you could feel a little
bit frustrated about somethingfinancially right now, or maybe
you feel like you've beenrushing to spend money too
quickly, especially while you'rewith certain friends.
So you might be rethinking that.
But I think a lot of you aretrying to avoid friends who
stomp all over you or stomp allover your self-worth and like
you're like hey, no, I'm worthmore than you think.
Cancers this is in your 10thhouse.
So cancers I mean you arereally trying to find a
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different way forward in yourcareer right now and you have
Mars dispositing this in yourfirst house.
So cancers I mean you're undera lot of stress.
You've had Mars either in yoursign or about to go back into
your sign since September 4th oflast year, so over six months
now we've either been in withMars we've either had Mars and
Cancer in the pre-shadow phase,during the retrograde, during
post-shadow like it's reallymessy for you and with the
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retrogrades and the 10th, you'rerethinking how to manage your
career responsibilities, yourparenting responsibilities.
Maybe you're rethinking whetheror not you want to become a
parent, or you're interactingwith your parents differently,
or you are just reflecting onhow you want to stand out in
society.
You're rethinking the ways inwhich you want to be in the
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public eye.
Maybe some of you have been toohot-headed with a manager or a
boss, or with a parent, or maybeyou feel like you've been
rushing headlong into a careeropportunity that you don't
actually feel confident in rightat this moment and or that you
just don't know enough about,and so right now you're doing
some internal inventory orhuddling within and saying how
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can I assemble the dream in mycareer in a way that's a little
bit more strategic?
So, yeah, don't be surprised ifsome of your career ambitions
take a little bit uh, they'redeprioritized right now in terms
of like action.
Maybe you're not taking as muchaction in your career right now
, but you're certainlyreflecting on it, and that
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reflection through March 29th isgoing to be very fruitful.
So, after the retrograde isover, I think you'll have a
better sense of like, how youwant to show up in the world, in
the public eye or in yourcareer, and you'll set
boundaries with like, theresponsibilities you're willing
to take either as a worker,employee or a parent.
Leo, it's in your ninth house,so you are rethinking long
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distance trips, maybe how oftenyou're traveling.
Maybe you're re-philosophizingabout something.
You're adopting a newphilosophy, changing your
perspective.
You're tapping into a totallynew perspective on your life
through your travels or througha class you're taking.
Maybe some of you arereconsidering whether to enroll
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in a higher educational space.
Others are taking a bit moretime, experiencing some delays
with publishing efforts,marketing, advertising efforts.
But yeah, I mean, expect to betraveling right now and
reconvening with people fromyour past while you're traveling
.
A lot of Leo Risings,especially, are going through
that.
So don't see it as daunting perse.
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Think about it as a chance toenjoy the company of long-lost
friends or something on a trip,or even like siblings or cousins
.
Because of the ninth house orin-laws or something, some of
you are reconvening with in-lawsor something, and Mars
disposits from the 12 ninthhouse or in-laws or something.
Some of you are reconveningwith in-laws or something and
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Mars disposits from the 12thhouse.
So, like I said, with Aries orno, taurus, sorry, your sleep
might be a little off right now,so restore your sleep cycle,
try to maintain some semblanceof normalcy there.
But a lot of you are not ableto do that because you're
traveling too much.
So make sure that you'regetting some sleep at least
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while you're traveling and thatwill help you avoid the worst of
this retrograde which could be,like you know, immense conflict
with a sibling neighbor orsorry, not a neighbor a sibling
cousin, in-law.
You want to avoid conflictswith them, especially so now we
go into Virgo.
It's in your eighth house, soyou're really scrutinizing your
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investments, finances, anyassets you share with a partner.
Maybe you're fighting aboutmoney and investments and
finances.
Maybe you're fighting aboutwhat to do yeah, with them, with
your partner, but a lot of youare reflecting on how to do yeah
with them with your partner.
But a lot of you are reflectingon how to regain, maybe,
financial independence, how tocast out any scarcity mindset.
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Others are facing their fearsin the eighth house and coming
up with more courageous ways toface those fears or to do that
shadow work, to dive into thesubconscious.
Some of you are also looking forreally hot and passionate
connections with people,physically, like you know, and
you wanna connect with someonein this all-consuming way.
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But maybe you're realizing thatyou are maybe not finding
fulfillment in some of thoseconnections anymore.
Or, like you question the.
Yeah, you just question the.
I don't know like the missionthere.
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You're like not really sure,like why you're doing that or
you don't necessarily want tojust like have these really
passionate encounters that likelead to nothing.
Maybe you're like questioningwhy you do that and you're
diving into, like your you knowyour subconscious attachments to
things, but also your avoidanceof certain things.
And I, you know, I think for alot of you though, it's just
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general shadow work and Marsdisposits from the 11th house.
So maybe some of your friendsright now are triggering
something in your subconscious.
So look out for anymanipulative friends right now
are triggering something in yoursubconscious.
So look out for anymanipulative friends right now.
Maybe take space from them orany social media accounts that
really trigger you, just kind oflike you know, take a breather
there.
Avoid those people, avoid thoseor any community that you don't
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get along with.
Go within, face those fears andrecalibrate and again address
any financial discrepancies orarguments that are going on
right now in a businesspartnership or a romantic one,
and some of you arere-evaluating the way that you
physically connect with yourpartner.
So if you're in a relationshipand the intimacy is down, think
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about a way to rekindle that.
So now we have Libras, theretrograde's, in your seventh
house, so any significant personfrom your past could come back.
They might be a little madabout something if they do come
back.
Or you might be mad and go backto them to yell about something
and say like I should havestood up for myself then.
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Well, I'm doing it now.
I would personally avoid that.
I think you should just writeit down in a hypothetical letter
to them, record yourself sayingit out loud and then listen
back to the tape of you sayingit so that you can still process
it and feel accomplished inconveying that you know truth to
them.
But you know, if you're in arelationship now, you will, you
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know, really be more headstrongand you're considering the ways
in which you could be moreheadstrong and independent,
while other Libras are realizingthat, um, you know they they
maybe have been too independent.
I mean, if you have a lot ofareas in your chart, also as a
Libra rising or something, youmight realize that you know
you've been too standoffish oravoiding any help and refusing
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anyone's help or just notbuilding trust with people.
So for you it's like very,you're the most likely overall
actually to really re-encountersome exes.
But, yeah, reflect on why therelationship didn't work, if it
didn't work or how you cansalvage the relationship you
have now.
Like, some Libra Risings aregoing through the ringer right
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now.
Their relationships are barelyholding on.
Others are fine, but they'rejust reflecting.
So really reflect on yourrelationships, no matter what,
no matter where you're at as aLibra Gauge, whether or not the
values are aligned.
If your values aren't alignedthen, yeah, it's kind of a tough
time.
But Mars disposits from the10th house, so any issues in
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your relationships have theirorigins maybe in your, any
stress you would have in yourcareer right now or with a
parent.
So really evaluate that.
Scorpios, this is in your houseof health, daily health and
wellness, routines, pets, work,co-workers, productivity, pets,
work, coworkers, productivityand health.
So, scorpios, you should betaking a very close look at how
you balance out your day-to-daylife.
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Are you rushing through thingstoo quickly?
Are you skipping over exercisethat you should be doing?
Are you living a balanced life?
Do you need to take a differentapproach to your projects, to
your work?
Do you need to take a differentapproach to your projects, to
your work?
Are you seeing a pet thatsomeone else has, that you used
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to visit a lot?
Are you reconvening withcoworkers, people you used to
work with, and also, I think alot of you, though, are
reflecting on different ways tomaster your health.
Also, I think a lot of you,though, are reflecting on
different ways to master yourhealth, and you're going to need
to do that right now, because,you know, saturn and Neptune are
about to go into your sixthhouse this year, and that's
really going to ensure that you.
It's going to test you and askyou do you have the best of
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health right?
Are you in the best condition?
Right now?
This is a time to basicallyrecondition, to condition,
double down on your strengthtraining, if you're doing that
already.
I mean, I'm a Scorpio.
I've been going to the gym fivetimes a week for the last two
and a half months or so, andit's been great for me, and so
I'm going to use this retrogradeto continue to make some tweaks
there.
Yeah, if you find inefficienciesat this time with anything
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you're doing, even if it's witha creative project like, just
find you know a point, pinpointthat inefficiency and, you know,
find a better way ForSagittarius.
It's in the fifth house,sagittarius.
I mean, I'm sorry for Scorpiosyou have Mars dispositing in the
ninth, so any conflict or anychallenge you would have right
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now to me would be like, if youfeel like you're stressed from
traveling and you're travelingbut you're also trying to work,
or something Like if you'retraveling right now, just make
sure you set aside enough timeto feel like you can invest in
your fitness and your routineand your work, because I feel
like for Scorpios, traveling canthrow off your routine right
now.
For Sages, it's in your fifthhouse, so you're really
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revisiting old flings,situationships romantic, maybe
partners or you're reflecting onromance and the level of
romance in your relationship.
Maybe you are reflecting oncreative hobbies, maybe you are.
If you have children, maybeyou're dealing with some
miscommunication with them.
But a lot of you are slowingdown and thinking about a
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different way that you couldfinesse, probably a creative
project to make it stand outeven more.
Or maybe you will have a bit ofa fling again with somebody who
you were casually involved with.
But really think about ifthat's good for you.
Like, is that person healthyfor you?
Did they feed your passion?
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But also, are they toxic?
Think about again could thiscreative project be better?
Mars disposits from the eighthhouse.
So a lot of you are probably,to be honest, seeking really
intense physical intimacy withsomeone.
If you do find that withsomeone from your past, maybe
they'll come back.
But others are potentiallyfighting about money, finances,
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with Mars in the eighth.
Or you are connecting withsomeone physically intimately
and somehow that experience isits own form of alchemy, shadow
work, transformation.
So now we go into Capricorns.
Capricorns, this is in thefourth house.
It's an angular house.
Therefore, it will besignificant.
This is affecting your homelife, your family, your relation
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to your parents or anycaregivers, or your property.
So, capricorns, you might berethinking where you want to
live.
You might be reflecting on ahome renovation project and
finishing that, or rethinkingthe way to approach that.
You might interact with aparent who you lost touch with,
especially a mother or maternalfigure.
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Yeah, you might just take thistime to think about am I rushing
into this move?
Should I take my time before Imove to make sure it's what I
really want?
Or you're wondering why you'reeven living where you're living
right now.
You maybe are in LA and youwish you were in some other town
.
So, yeah, I mean take this timeto reflect on all those things
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home, property, family,parenting.
You know, really dive into yourparents, how they influenced
you growing up and maybe howthat affects the way you want to
become a parent eventually.
Also reflect on the way younavigate conflict with your
family, and Mars disposits inthe seventh.
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So some of you are facingtension with a partner in a
relationship.
If you're able to manage thestress there, then your home and
family life will be a lotsmoother, and if they're living
with you, then you can get twobirds with one stone Aquarius.
It's in your third house.
This is all about dailycommunication.
This is about local travel,siblings, neighbors, local
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environments, reading, writing,teaching, learning.
So in the house ofcommunication, you might receive
communique from an ex of anykind, ex-friend, ex-partner, and
so you, of all the signs,probably will receive email
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message, phone call, voicemail,text and so on from someone from
your past.
Or you're just going to bethinking about them, writing
about them, writing a book aboutthem, talking about them in a
podcast, talking about them in aconversation, or just talking
with people about the past,reconsidering a book you're
writing, reconsidering coursesyou're taking, picking up an old
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book that you didn't finish, orfinishing the book.
Finally, I wouldn't think ofthis as like a bad thing, but
you are more likely than mostsigns to have kind of
communication mishaps.
But you're just better servedlooking to the past, revisiting
those old conversations and, inthe third house of communication
, maybe rethinking how you argueyour case for something, maybe
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not being so combative orcommunicating your needs more
vocally.
Mars disposits from the sixthhouse.
So some of you are investing alot in strength training but
also maybe facing conflict withcoworkers or in a work
environment or with pets orsomething, and with that Mars
dispositor in the sixth, if youease stress at work or in your
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workouts or if you even channelyour energy in your workouts,
then you probably argue lessoften with people.
It's in your second house ofmoney, self-worth values.
But this is in your secondhouse of money, self-worth
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possessions, natural talents.
So the retrograde's in thesecond Could be motivation to
reconsider financial strategiesor rethink or just like reflect
on your salary right now.
Are you satisfied with it?
To reflect on your salary rightnow.
Are you satisfied with it?
To reflect on your possessions.
Do you want to sell some stuff,reorganize some things,
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declutter?
Do you want to yeah, sell awaycertain possessions?
Do you really need to buy thatthing?
Some of you are reconsideringsome purchases you made.
Basically, others arereconceptualizing their values
entirely, whether it's theirvalues around money or other
things, and some of you might bereconsidering the way you spend
money.
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You're rebudgeting or you arereconfirming your natural
talents and realizing that youhave certain natural talents
that could help you stand out,which is what Aries is all about
, and Mars disposits from thefifth house.
So if you are able to easestress with your children or any
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creative hobbies, or if you'reable to ease stress with anyone
you're working or collaboratingwith creatively, then this
should go better.
This transit should be easier.
But, yeah, think about this as atime to reflect on all those
things I mentioned, likebudgeting, finance, values and
natural talents and, like youknow, with the retrogrades and
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Aries, like you are able now, Ithink, to stand out through
something you're naturallygifted at.
So really lean into that.
But also, you know, be moresavvy about how you spend money,
no matter how comfortable youfeel with your earnings or
whatever.
Like you know, be more savvyabout how you spend money, no
matter how comfortable you feelwith your earnings or whatever.
Like you know, just reconsideryour values around spending and
indulgences and stuff like that.
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And, you know, withrelationships, just make sure
you're financially aligned Ifyou're dating someone or you're
married, like make sure yourfinancial plans are aligned in
some way, and your values, ofcourse.
And some of you are just likerediscovering your self-worth,
even Because I think some Piscesare really depleted, really
down right now with Saturn intheir sign.
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Still they feel like they can'tcatch a break.
I think this retrograde is agood chance for you to channel
that Mars energy in the fifthhouse, channel your creativity,
to channel that Mars energy inthe fifth house, channel your
creativity, rediscover yournatural talents.
That will buoy your self-worthand thereby everything else in
your life I think should beoperating more smoothly after
that.
So thank you so much forattending this episode and
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listening in.
As always, I do appreciate yoursupport.
Give it a rating, give it areview anywhere on any channel.
Spread the word about thepodcast.
I do want to think about thispodcast as a forum to go beyond
some of the astrologicalanalysis in the conventional
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sense.
I know I talked about that lastweek.
I mean I still want to do anepisode about telepathy and the
connection to neurodivergenceand a range of other things, but
that is coming.
But I really wanted to addressthe Mercury retrograde this time
, but I promise there will beepisodes that are really quirky,
different and they provide alot more cultural commentary, so
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stick around for those episodes.
Anyways, this is AstrologyUnbound.
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I'm Evan Nathaniel Grimm.
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