August 7, 2025 • 21 mins
The stars are finally shifting in our favor as Mercury stations direct on August 11th—but don't celebrate too quickly. While this signals the end of a particularly chaotic retrograde period filled with mishaps, miscommunications, and mayhem, Mercury immediately faces off with transformative Pluto in a powerful opposition.
This cosmic showdown invites us to look deeper at the lessons Mercury retrograde has been teaching us since its shadow period began on June 30th. What patterns emerged? Where have you felt silenced, overlooked, or powerless? Mercury in Leo yearns to speak truth and shine brightly, but Pluto in Aquarius reveals the power dynamics that may be dampening your light—whether from external authorities or internalized limitations.
The truly transformative opportunity here isn't just surviving Mercury retrograde but using this opposition to unearth buried aspects of yourself that have kept you from fully owning your power. We explore how pre-verbal agreements, family dynamics, and fear of rocking the boat might be keeping you stuck in patterns of giving away your voice. This isn't about blame—it's about reclaiming what's yours.
Against this backdrop, we're blessed with a Venus-Jupiter conjunction in nurturing Cancer and supported by the continuing kite formation involving Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto. These energies create a perfect alchemical container for authentic transformation if you're willing to dig deep and stand in your truth. The stars are aligned—are you ready to seize this energy and reclaim your power?
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hello and welcome to Pisces Moon Astrology.
I'm your astrologer, kateLeonard, and I'm excited to
explore the stars with you.
Hi everyone, welcome to theweek of August 10th through
August 16th.
And, I'm very happy to say,mercury is turning direct this
(00:27):
week and, even though there's alot of other stuff going on,
that's what we're going to betalking about, because I don't
know about you, but this Mercuryretrograde has wiped me out,
and I'm hearing that from a lotof clients as well.
Oh my gosh, people falling offtreadmills at the gym, cars
(00:51):
breaking down, emails sent towrong people, I mean, you name
it.
This has been a big one, and ofcourse, it hasn't helped that a
gazillion other planets havealso been retrograde, right, but
anyway, we'll get into it.
So here's the deal.
Yes, mercury is turning directon the 11th, so yay, we can all
(01:14):
like yay, except he is going tobe opposing Pluto, and that is
no kind of small thing.
Still, losing Pluto, and thatis no kind of small thing.
Still, I'm going to take theend of the retrograde cycle.
Let's get into what this allmeans, but just a quickie before
we do.
On the 11th, we have anothergigantic thing happening and I
(01:37):
know a lot of y'all are going tobe a little upset that I'm
talking about the end of aMercury retrograde, when we have
Venus, the lesser benefic, andJupiter, the greater benefic,
joining each other, meeting upexactly in nurturing, loving
(02:00):
Cancer.
Okay, that's also happeningthis week.
And because I can already seeyour eyeballs bulging that
that's not what I'm going to betalking about today, I promise
you, give me a couple of days,maybe three, and I will get you
an episode, a bonus episode.
Yeah, you know I love the bonusepisodes these days.
(02:21):
I'll get you a bonus episode.
Yay, you know I love the bonusepisodes these days.
I'll get you a bonus episode onthe two benefic planets
conjoining.
It is a big deal.
Let me tell you the reason.
I didn't decide to do thisepisode on that because it's
huge.
But I didn't do it becausewe've actually been in that
energy, not to the exact degreelike we'll be this week, but
(02:45):
we've been in that energy sincearound July 31st when Venus
first went into Cancer.
I mean, these two amazingpositive planets have been
playing together this whole time.
So, yes, this week they'regoing exact, but it's not like
the energy is going to be new.
(03:08):
That's why I didn're still inthat Mars-Saturn opposition.
Remember the kite from last week.
(03:32):
We're still in that energy andeven though I really believe
that the kite is a superpositive thing, I do hear a lot
of other astrologers talk abouthow dreadful the Saturn-Mars
opposition is.
Right, and I get it.
An opposition is tense energy.
(03:54):
These are the two maleficplanets.
Right, saturn is the greatermalefic, mars is the lesser
malefic and they're in thistense opposition.
But, as I discussed with youbefore, it's part of a kite and
I really really think that helps.
Saturn is in a Mars ruled sign.
(04:16):
Saturn's in Aries, so thathelps a little bit.
Mars can't be too mean to himbecause Mars is his host and
Mars is in a Venus ruled sign.
Mars is in Libra, so he'sworking on diplomacy.
So I really disagree with a lotof other astrologers.
(04:36):
I respect them a whole, wholelot.
Anyone who thinks that I get it.
I really do.
But I disagree that it's such abad thing.
I think I said to you guysalready that we're going to feel
some push-pull Mars wants to gofast, saturn wants to slow down
All of that.
But ultimately I think thatwe're going to be putting sort
(04:58):
of controlled energy Mars inLibra into rebuilding structures
of our lives.
That's Saturn, so that theysuit us.
That's Aries, right, so I likeit.
I still do like it.
I'm going to stand by that.
I don't think it's the easiestenergy in the whole world, but I
(05:21):
don't think it's bad energy.
Anyway, just to set the stagefor this Mercury-Pluto
opposition, we also still havethe Mars-Saturn opposition going
on.
So I think, in spite of thefact that Venus and Jupiter are
(05:41):
going to be bringing a whole lotof good stuff, I do think it's
a more tense week than not.
However, as I said, if you wentto my sub stack and saw what I
wrote, I always put quotationsin there and I forget who said
it.
It's been attributed, I think,to a lot of people, and this is
not the exact wording, but it'ssomething like kites fly with
(06:06):
the wind as opposition orsomething like that.
And so, while you know, theopposition is there, there's no
getting around it, we have two.
Is there?
There's no getting around it.
We have two, but I think thaton the other side of them, we're
going to have grown a whole lot.
So, just setting the stage, wegot a lot of stuff going on, but
(06:41):
let's get in to the main event.
So Mercury's stationing direct.
This is seriously good.
This means that a lot of themercurial complications are
going to ease up and the thingsthat we've been grappling with
during this retrograde periodthey're going to start moving
forward.
So, as a reminder, mercury wentinto his pre-retrograde shadow.
So that was his first timemoving direct across degrees
(07:03):
that he was going to retrogradeback over and then go direct
over again.
That all started on June 30th.
So basically, just kind ofthink about what's been going on
all of July and this first partof August.
Okay, because that's the stuffthat Mercury's been going
forward through and thenbackwards through, and now he's
(07:27):
going to get ready to go forwardagain through those degrees.
So consider what's been goingon to finally get to reap some
kind of a benefit.
And hey, we've paid the price.
Right, we might as well reapthe benefits.
Look at what's been complicated,look at the stuff that's been
going all wonky in your lifethrough this period you know
(07:49):
July and so far in August andlook for themes, you know.
Has it been communications withfamily?
Has it been trouble at work?
Have you been late toeverything?
Are you, you know?
Has it been no meeting of theminds between you and your lover
(08:10):
.
You know, whatever it's beenthat's been going wackadoo
through this period, what do youthink that's teaching you?
We need to all ask this whathave these complications
highlighted for me?
What are the possible lifelessons in all of these
(08:31):
mercurial shenanigans?
Because if we can kind of lookat it that way, if we can kind
of look at it that way now thatwe're going to get to go forward
, we may be able to really fixsome stuff.
But if we just look at it asMercury retrograde sucked and
hey boy, howdy did it.
But if we just look at that andnow we're going to be beyond it
(08:54):
, then that's all it was for.
It was for passing time, it wasa sucky period of time and now
we're through it.
That's not the goal.
The goal is, you know, I endevery show saying seize the
energies, because thesecelestial energies are how we
(09:15):
can align ourselves with theuniverse and walk our paths of
destiny.
So don't just or my advice.
You do you.
You know what I'm saying.
But my advice is kind of lookat the nature of what's been
coming up during this retrogradeperiod and figure out what you
(09:38):
can change or shift or addressthat might help you to grow from
those lessons.
Does that make sense?
I hope it does.
Oh, and because, mercury, whenhe's going through a retrograde
cycle, there's always periods oftime when he's combust cycle.
(10:00):
There's always periods of timewhen he's combust, meaning he
can't be seen in the sky becausehe's too close to the sun.
So also look at that kind oftheme.
Have you gone through periodswhere you feel like you're not
being seen, not being heard, notbeing understood, not being
valued?
Any of those kinds of things?
Those are going to be reallyimportant to remember and think
(10:23):
about this week, because Mercuryand Leo is really about
speaking our truth, letting ourvoices be heard and honoring our
creative spirit, our creativeenergy.
Mercury and Leo is also aboutreally shining in social
(10:46):
interactions, whether that'spresentations at work, family
dinner parties, you know, dateswith lovers or friends, whatever
it is, or even us honoring andshining in our own eyes if this
is impacting your first house oryour first house ruler.
So these are the kinds ofissues that may have been off
(11:10):
kilter for a while.
I think that we are going to bestepping into the sunshine
coming up shortly.
One of the things going onthat's going to help that after
it challenges us is this Mercuryopposition to Pluto?
Pluto is all about power, allkinds of power dynamics, but
(11:35):
he's also about deep personaltransformation.
So look at it this way We'vegot Mercury, who's finally going
direct and saying like, okay,you've learned the lessons.
I've shown you some stuffthat's all weird.
You've learned the lessons.
(11:56):
Now let's speak our truth,let's shine, let's be our bright
, authentic, joyful selves.
Except we've got Pluto.
Pluto is in opposition position.
(12:20):
Someone, something in power isstanding opposed to us doing our
bright, shiny, happy selves.
What is that?
It might be something thatwe've struggled with before.
Remember this is not Mercury'sfirst pass over this Pluto.
So what is this thing?
It could be something like I amnot able to stand in my joy and
my creativity because my jobblows.
(12:42):
It could be something like that.
It could be my job is great,but my boss takes away my power,
takes credit for my work,silences me, won't even let me
present my ideas, silences me,won't even let me present my
ideas.
It could be family lovers, youknow, like I've already said,
any of these areas.
(13:02):
But there's some power personposition situation that is
really dampening our light andin order to go through the deep
transformation that's availableto us right now and that if we
can get through it it is goingto bring us to creativity, joy,
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vibrancy, truth, all of thesethings.
We've got to face it, and partof doing that may require that
we dig very, very deep and askthe hard questions how did I get
into this situation?
If it's a pattern and duringMercury retrograde cycles we
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will often have patterns come up, things that we've been through
many times in our lives, andthis sort of quick repetition
during the retrograde cyclereally highlights that for us
what patterns of being kind oflike out of power in some way
have you internalized?
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What parts of us that areburied deep are allowing our
power to be taken away orsilenced or whatever?
Nobody can do it without someparticipation from us.
Now, I am not victim blaminghere, okay, not at all.
(14:27):
I don't mean that if you're notin your power, if you're in an
abusive relationship, whetherthat's with a job, a co-worker,
a lover, a parent I am notsaying it's your fault,
absolutely not.
But if we don't own some of youknow what's keeping us stuck is
(14:48):
in our power, then how do weget out of it?
So this is not about blame.
This is about what part of thissituation can you shift if you
have the courage to dig deeplyinside yourself and say this bit
by wanting to keep my mom happy, by wanting to keep our
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marriage stable, by needing tokeep my job, by needing to keep
my job, in these ways I verysubtly sabotage myself and let
my power go.
I give it away a little bitbecause there's a bigger picture
in my mind and that isstability and all of that stuff.
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I just said you got it right.
How do we shift that?
I just said you got it right.
How do we shift that?
When Pluto's involved, we can godeep.
We have to unearth our yuck,our stuff, our secrets.
Sometimes it's secrets we'rekeeping for other people,
sometimes it's a family issuethat we agree, probably in an
(15:55):
unspoken way, maybe before weeven knew we were agreeing.
This could be like pre-verbaleven that's been coming up a lot
recently the kinds of weird oldtapes or wonky power dynamics
that got put in place pre-verbal.
Look that up if you don't knowabout pre-verbal trauma.
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It is a big deal.
So again, this is not aboutblame.
This is about can you go deepenough to find that thing inside
you, that secret you've beencarrying, that agreement you
made, even if you didn't knowyou made it.
Or just that place where we'rescared.
It's like, yeah, but if I rockthe boat, what's going to happen
(16:42):
?
Can I do it?
Pluto's power yes, you can doit if you own that power, right,
your creative ideas, yourindependent thought, your
speaking your truth and justrefusing to dim your light.
(17:06):
This is a time to go deep, ownwhatever is yours to own.
Sometimes it's not that youhave to own it, it's that maybe
you stuff something so hard atsome point self-preservation,
right, we stuff a lot of stuffand maybe it's just time that
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you have to say I am braveenough right now to bring it
into the light.
If you do that, I promise you,I promise.
Well, I can't promise you, weall have to take responsibility
for that, but the energy islined up for us to be able to
make true growth, to trulytransform in this very stand in
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the light.
Authenticity, you know, kind ofway, and if you think about it,
we're still in that kite energy.
That's very Uranus, plutoinvolved, uranus the rebel, the
authentic self, all of that andPluto power.
So I honestly believe that ifwe can get to it, if we can
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unearth that thing that holds usback.
Uranus is helping right nowbecause he's making that part of
that kite.
Go back to last week if youneed to hear that episode.
But Uranus is still making anaspect to Pluto and will reward
authenticity.
This is just so big.
(18:34):
This is just so big.
This is not just the end ofMercury retrograde, because
Pluto is involved in this, and Ithink that's why Pluto has been
involved through the wholestoryline, right.
I think that's why this Mercuryretrograde has been so, so
intense for so many people.
(18:56):
But I think we got this.
I think we can do this.
I think there's enough otherplanetary energy that is going
to support us in standing up,owning our voices.
We got this.
I'm sure we do.
Anyway, the good news isMercury's moving direct, even if
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you don't choose to do any deepdigging and all the stuff.
Happy Mercury direct toeverybody, right, because that
alone is just kind of a goodthing.
As I said, we've also got theJupiter-Venus thing going on, so
there's a whole lot ofblessings.
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If you can, if you can do thatdeep dive, do it, go for it.
I honestly think most peoplewill be super glad if they do
Now.
The other thing I'm not lookingat your natal chart.
So there may be things in yournatal chart that shift this a
little bit.
(19:59):
That's why I have to say youknow you, of course do you.
Without your natal chart infront of me, I can't give
everybody perfect advice, butthat's why you should get a
natal reading.
I'd be happy to do that withyou.
Anyway, I think that's whatI've got until the bonus episode
, and I just want to thank youall so much.
(20:21):
The ratings that you've beenleaving me are amazing and I can
tell you've been sharing andsort of spreading the word
because the numbers are going up.
We're getting there slowly butsurely, and I certainly could
not do it without each and everyone of you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, and yeah, I think we got this.
(20:44):
So until next week or until thebonus episode, go out and seize
the energies of the stars.
This is my wish for you always,and until I'm back on here.
Bye.
Hello and welcome to Pisces Moon Astrology.
I'm your astrologer, kateLeonard, and I'm excited to
explore the stars with you.
Hi everyone, welcome to theweek of August 10th through
August 16th.
And, I'm very happy to say,mercury is turning direct this
(00:27):
week and, even though there's alot of other stuff going on,
that's what we're going to betalking about, because I don't
know about you, but this Mercuryretrograde has wiped me out,
and I'm hearing that from a lotof clients as well.
Oh my gosh, people falling offtreadmills at the gym, cars
(00:51):
breaking down, emails sent towrong people, I mean, you name
it.
This has been a big one, and ofcourse, it hasn't helped that a
gazillion other planets havealso been retrograde, right, but
anyway, we'll get into it.
So here's the deal.
Yes, mercury is turning directon the 11th, so yay, we can all
(01:14):
like yay, except he is going tobe opposing Pluto, and that is
no kind of small thing.
Still, losing Pluto, and thatis no kind of small thing.
Still, I'm going to take theend of the retrograde cycle.
Let's get into what this allmeans, but just a quickie before
we do.
On the 11th, we have anothergigantic thing happening and I
(01:37):
know a lot of y'all are going tobe a little upset that I'm
talking about the end of aMercury retrograde, when we have
Venus, the lesser benefic, andJupiter, the greater benefic,
joining each other, meeting upexactly in nurturing, loving
(02:00):
Cancer.
Okay, that's also happeningthis week.
And because I can already seeyour eyeballs bulging that
that's not what I'm going to betalking about today, I promise
you, give me a couple of days,maybe three, and I will get you
an episode, a bonus episode.
Yeah, you know I love the bonusepisodes these days.
(02:21):
I'll get you a bonus episode.
Yay, you know I love the bonusepisodes these days.
I'll get you a bonus episode onthe two benefic planets
conjoining.
It is a big deal.
Let me tell you the reason.
I didn't decide to do thisepisode on that because it's
huge.
But I didn't do it becausewe've actually been in that
energy, not to the exact degreelike we'll be this week, but
(02:45):
we've been in that energy sincearound July 31st when Venus
first went into Cancer.
I mean, these two amazingpositive planets have been
playing together this whole time.
So, yes, this week they'regoing exact, but it's not like
the energy is going to be new.
(03:08):
That's why I didn're still inthat Mars-Saturn opposition.
Remember the kite from last week.
(03:32):
We're still in that energy andeven though I really believe
that the kite is a superpositive thing, I do hear a lot
of other astrologers talk abouthow dreadful the Saturn-Mars
opposition is.
Right, and I get it.
An opposition is tense energy.
(03:54):
These are the two maleficplanets.
Right, saturn is the greatermalefic, mars is the lesser
malefic and they're in thistense opposition.
But, as I discussed with youbefore, it's part of a kite and
I really really think that helps.
Saturn is in a Mars ruled sign.
(04:16):
Saturn's in Aries, so thathelps a little bit.
Mars can't be too mean to himbecause Mars is his host and
Mars is in a Venus ruled sign.
Mars is in Libra, so he'sworking on diplomacy.
So I really disagree with a lotof other astrologers.
(04:36):
I respect them a whole, wholelot.
Anyone who thinks that I get it.
I really do.
But I disagree that it's such abad thing.
I think I said to you guysalready that we're going to feel
some push-pull Mars wants to gofast, saturn wants to slow down
All of that.
But ultimately I think thatwe're going to be putting sort
(04:58):
of controlled energy Mars inLibra into rebuilding structures
of our lives.
That's Saturn, so that theysuit us.
That's Aries, right, so I likeit.
I still do like it.
I'm going to stand by that.
I don't think it's the easiestenergy in the whole world, but I
(05:21):
don't think it's bad energy.
Anyway, just to set the stagefor this Mercury-Pluto
opposition, we also still havethe Mars-Saturn opposition going
on.
So I think, in spite of thefact that Venus and Jupiter are
(05:41):
going to be bringing a whole lotof good stuff, I do think it's
a more tense week than not.
However, as I said, if you wentto my sub stack and saw what I
wrote, I always put quotationsin there and I forget who said
it.
It's been attributed, I think,to a lot of people, and this is
not the exact wording, but it'ssomething like kites fly with
(06:06):
the wind as opposition orsomething like that.
And so, while you know, theopposition is there, there's no
getting around it, we have two.
Is there?
There's no getting around it.
We have two, but I think thaton the other side of them, we're
going to have grown a whole lot.
So, just setting the stage, wegot a lot of stuff going on, but
(06:41):
let's get in to the main event.
So Mercury's stationing direct.
This is seriously good.
This means that a lot of themercurial complications are
going to ease up and the thingsthat we've been grappling with
during this retrograde periodthey're going to start moving
forward.
So, as a reminder, mercury wentinto his pre-retrograde shadow.
So that was his first timemoving direct across degrees
(07:03):
that he was going to retrogradeback over and then go direct
over again.
That all started on June 30th.
So basically, just kind ofthink about what's been going on
all of July and this first partof August.
Okay, because that's the stuffthat Mercury's been going
forward through and thenbackwards through, and now he's
(07:27):
going to get ready to go forwardagain through those degrees.
So consider what's been goingon to finally get to reap some
kind of a benefit.
And hey, we've paid the price.
Right, we might as well reapthe benefits.
Look at what's been complicated,look at the stuff that's been
going all wonky in your lifethrough this period you know
(07:49):
July and so far in August andlook for themes, you know.
Has it been communications withfamily?
Has it been trouble at work?
Have you been late toeverything?
Are you, you know?
Has it been no meeting of theminds between you and your lover
(08:10):
.
You know, whatever it's beenthat's been going wackadoo
through this period, what do youthink that's teaching you?
We need to all ask this whathave these complications
highlighted for me?
What are the possible lifelessons in all of these
(08:31):
mercurial shenanigans?
Because if we can kind of lookat it that way, if we can kind
of look at it that way now thatwe're going to get to go forward
, we may be able to really fixsome stuff.
But if we just look at it asMercury retrograde sucked and
hey boy, howdy did it.
But if we just look at that andnow we're going to be beyond it
(08:54):
, then that's all it was for.
It was for passing time, it wasa sucky period of time and now
we're through it.
That's not the goal.
The goal is, you know, I endevery show saying seize the
energies, because thesecelestial energies are how we
(09:15):
can align ourselves with theuniverse and walk our paths of
destiny.
So don't just or my advice.
You do you.
You know what I'm saying.
But my advice is kind of lookat the nature of what's been
coming up during this retrogradeperiod and figure out what you
(09:38):
can change or shift or addressthat might help you to grow from
those lessons.
Does that make sense?
I hope it does.
Oh, and because, mercury, whenhe's going through a retrograde
cycle, there's always periods oftime when he's combust cycle.
(10:00):
There's always periods of timewhen he's combust, meaning he
can't be seen in the sky becausehe's too close to the sun.
So also look at that kind oftheme.
Have you gone through periodswhere you feel like you're not
being seen, not being heard, notbeing understood, not being
valued?
Any of those kinds of things?
Those are going to be reallyimportant to remember and think
(10:23):
about this week, because Mercuryand Leo is really about
speaking our truth, letting ourvoices be heard and honoring our
creative spirit, our creativeenergy.
Mercury and Leo is also aboutreally shining in social
(10:46):
interactions, whether that'spresentations at work, family
dinner parties, you know, dateswith lovers or friends, whatever
it is, or even us honoring andshining in our own eyes if this
is impacting your first house oryour first house ruler.
So these are the kinds ofissues that may have been off
(11:10):
kilter for a while.
I think that we are going to bestepping into the sunshine
coming up shortly.
One of the things going onthat's going to help that after
it challenges us is this Mercuryopposition to Pluto?
Pluto is all about power, allkinds of power dynamics, but
(11:35):
he's also about deep personaltransformation.
So look at it this way We'vegot Mercury, who's finally going
direct and saying like, okay,you've learned the lessons.
I've shown you some stuffthat's all weird.
You've learned the lessons.
(11:56):
Now let's speak our truth,let's shine, let's be our bright
, authentic, joyful selves.
Except we've got Pluto.
Pluto is in opposition position.
(12:20):
Someone, something in power isstanding opposed to us doing our
bright, shiny, happy selves.
What is that?
It might be something thatwe've struggled with before.
Remember this is not Mercury'sfirst pass over this Pluto.
So what is this thing?
It could be something like I amnot able to stand in my joy and
my creativity because my jobblows.
(12:42):
It could be something like that.
It could be my job is great,but my boss takes away my power,
takes credit for my work,silences me, won't even let me
present my ideas, silences me,won't even let me present my
ideas.
It could be family lovers, youknow, like I've already said,
any of these areas.
(13:02):
But there's some power personposition situation that is
really dampening our light andin order to go through the deep
transformation that's availableto us right now and that if we
can get through it it is goingto bring us to creativity, joy,
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vibrancy, truth, all of thesethings.
We've got to face it, and partof doing that may require that
we dig very, very deep and askthe hard questions how did I get
into this situation?
If it's a pattern and duringMercury retrograde cycles we
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will often have patterns come up, things that we've been through
many times in our lives, andthis sort of quick repetition
during the retrograde cyclereally highlights that for us
what patterns of being kind oflike out of power in some way
have you internalized?
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What parts of us that areburied deep are allowing our
power to be taken away orsilenced or whatever?
Nobody can do it without someparticipation from us.
Now, I am not victim blaminghere, okay, not at all.
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I don't mean that if you're notin your power, if you're in an
abusive relationship, whetherthat's with a job, a co-worker,
a lover, a parent I am notsaying it's your fault,
absolutely not.
But if we don't own some of youknow what's keeping us stuck is
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in our power, then how do weget out of it?
So this is not about blame.
This is about what part of thissituation can you shift if you
have the courage to dig deeplyinside yourself and say this bit
by wanting to keep my mom happy, by wanting to keep our
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marriage stable, by needing tokeep my job, by needing to keep
my job, in these ways I verysubtly sabotage myself and let
my power go.
I give it away a little bitbecause there's a bigger picture
in my mind and that isstability and all of that stuff.
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I just said you got it right.
How do we shift that?
I just said you got it right.
How do we shift that?
When Pluto's involved, we can godeep.
We have to unearth our yuck,our stuff, our secrets.
Sometimes it's secrets we'rekeeping for other people,
sometimes it's a family issuethat we agree, probably in an
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unspoken way, maybe before weeven knew we were agreeing.
This could be like pre-verbaleven that's been coming up a lot
recently the kinds of weird oldtapes or wonky power dynamics
that got put in place pre-verbal.
Look that up if you don't knowabout pre-verbal trauma.
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It is a big deal.
So again, this is not aboutblame.
This is about can you go deepenough to find that thing inside
you, that secret you've beencarrying, that agreement you
made, even if you didn't knowyou made it.
Or just that place where we'rescared.
It's like, yeah, but if I rockthe boat, what's going to happen
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?
Can I do it?
Pluto's power yes, you can doit if you own that power, right,
your creative ideas, yourindependent thought, your
speaking your truth and justrefusing to dim your light.
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This is a time to go deep, ownwhatever is yours to own.
Sometimes it's not that youhave to own it, it's that maybe
you stuff something so hard atsome point self-preservation,
right, we stuff a lot of stuffand maybe it's just time that
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you have to say I am braveenough right now to bring it
into the light.
If you do that, I promise you,I promise.
Well, I can't promise you, weall have to take responsibility
for that, but the energy islined up for us to be able to
make true growth, to trulytransform in this very stand in
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the light.
Authenticity, you know, kind ofway, and if you think about it,
we're still in that kite energy.
That's very Uranus, plutoinvolved, uranus the rebel, the
authentic self, all of that andPluto power.
So I honestly believe that ifwe can get to it, if we can
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unearth that thing that holds usback.
Uranus is helping right nowbecause he's making that part of
that kite.
Go back to last week if youneed to hear that episode.
But Uranus is still making anaspect to Pluto and will reward
authenticity.
This is just so big.
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This is just so big.
This is not just the end ofMercury retrograde, because
Pluto is involved in this, and Ithink that's why Pluto has been
involved through the wholestoryline, right.
I think that's why this Mercuryretrograde has been so, so
intense for so many people.
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But I think we got this.
I think we can do this.
I think there's enough otherplanetary energy that is going
to support us in standing up,owning our voices.
We got this.
I'm sure we do.
Anyway, the good news isMercury's moving direct, even if
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you don't choose to do any deepdigging and all the stuff.
Happy Mercury direct toeverybody, right, because that
alone is just kind of a goodthing.
As I said, we've also got theJupiter-Venus thing going on, so
there's a whole lot ofblessings.
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If you can, if you can do thatdeep dive, do it, go for it.
I honestly think most peoplewill be super glad if they do
Now.
The other thing I'm not lookingat your natal chart.
So there may be things in yournatal chart that shift this a
little bit.
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That's why I have to say youknow you, of course do you.
Without your natal chart infront of me, I can't give
everybody perfect advice, butthat's why you should get a
natal reading.
I'd be happy to do that withyou.
Anyway, I think that's whatI've got until the bonus episode
, and I just want to thank youall so much.
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The ratings that you've beenleaving me are amazing and I can
tell you've been sharing andsort of spreading the word
because the numbers are going up.
We're getting there slowly butsurely, and I certainly could
not do it without each and everyone of you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, and yeah, I think we got this.
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So until next week or until thebonus episode, go out and seize
the energies of the stars.
This is my wish for you always,and until I'm back on here.
Bye.
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