At the beginning of this year, I had a
set of specific goals. Through intention setting, focus and hard
work, I achieved most of these goals. Some of them didn't come to
fruition exactly as I had expected. There were some, in which I
achieved what I set out to, but I had over-estimated the length of
time that the results would last. I was expecting, “Forever and
ever, amen” and got, “There it is! Do you see it? Good. Because,
now its gone.” Either way, the intentions I set for the beginning
of the year have lived their lifespan. Now, it's time for new dreams,
new goals and new ambitions.
Instead of becoming stuck on the worst
of the worst, use Mercury in Scorpio to research ways to help the
best of the best along. Take control of your brain and make it go
where you want it to go instead of allowing its negativity to strip
you of hope. Explore those reasons as to why you may doubt yourself.
Explore those reasons as to why you may think the Universe is out to
get you. Explore those reasons as to why you have a fear of success
or fear of failure. Explore “why” in general as that is Mercury
in Scorpio's favorite question.
Some of my old goals will need to be
stepped up a level. It's as if I've reached a certain plateau and the
challenge to keep climbing is calling. I find myself looking at my
current life situation with satisfaction and a bit of disappointment
at the same time. Then, recently, I've caught myself saying,
“Wouldn't it be great if...”
At the end of some of those “Wouldn't
it be great if...” lies an end result with the potential to be a
dream come true. Do I even dare to allow myself to entertain those
wild thoughts? I had a glimmer of a dream of the possibilities in my
future and found myself laughing, “Josi, you are such a dreamer.”
But, then, I criticized that laughter and reminded myself, “Well,
you certainly can't see that wild dream coming true if you don't
believe in its possibility to begin with.” So, my first steps
within beginning this new set of intentions and working toward new
dreams will involve bringing myself to a place where I can welcome
the possibility of the wonderful happening.
Of course, this involves re-training my
brain to redirect doubt, self-criticism and, sometimes, even a fear
of success toward more positive ends. It's tough. Because, for 42
years my Scorpio brain has always analyzed the worst possible
extremes of the scenario first. I will have to come to a place where
I acknowledge those worst extremes but consciously direct myself to
focus on the more positive extremes while understanding I will likely
fall somewhere in the middle. And, I will have to accept that
sometimes there are unforeseeable bends ahead on just about any road
I choose that may, at first, seem counter-productive but actually end
up fitting right into my plan in some odd way.
This morning, we wake up to the Moon in
Gemini in square to Neptune in Pisces. This is an aspect where dreams
are fostered and the emotional body is stirred. Neptune is art,
poetry, imaginings, sleep, our deepest primordial emotional body and,
sometimes, delusions and disappointment. This aspect waxing in at
5:22 AM could prompt us to stay in bed and linger in those dreams a
bit longer on this Saturday morning. Few will shoot out of bed like a
rocket. Many will rise slow and sleep longer than they typically do.
And, some will wake up under the influence of a hangover (chemically
or emotionally induced) or be slow to rise out of slumber due to a
lingering illness--all of which are reigned over by the Lord of the
Seas.
By 6:09 PM, the ruler of our current
Moon, Mercury, shifts from air to water when he enters Scorpio.
Mercury will pass over the Scorpio New Moon eclipse point bringing
echoes of those happenings and likely carrying new information about
those happenings to our consciousness. Doubt and paranoia can creep
in with this Mercury. But, at his highest expression, he is used to
suss out the root causes of that doubt and paranoia. Here, the brain
has the potential to get stuck on the potential of “worst case
scenario.” So, if you catch yourself in the throes of this, don't
forget to allow room for the potential of the “OH my goodness,
wouldn't it be awesome if...” best possible scenario. If the worst
of the worst is possible so is the best of the best. But, that best
of the best loses power the less you allow yourself to believe in the
potential possibility of it while the worst of the worst gains power
as you obsess in fear over it coming to fruition. Self-fulling
prophecies do hold weight so be careful in which self-prophecies you
give the most weight to.
Instead of becoming stuck on the worst
of the worst, use Mercury in Scorpio to research ways to help the
best of the best along. Take control of your brain and make it go
where you want it to go instead of allowing its negativity to strip
you of hope. Explore those reasons as to why you may doubt yourself.
Explore those reasons as to why you may think the Universe is out to
get you. Explore those reasons as to why you have a fear of success
or fear of failure. Explore “why” in general as that is Mercury
in Scorpio's favorite question.
It's an unusual Gemini Moon day.
Typically when I think of a Gemini (Moon or anything else) the first
thing that comes to mind is social and chatty. But, this Moon is
quiet and contemplative. Few will be openly talking about things and
more will likely be swept up in their own pontifications while being
hesitant to speak of them. The mind and the emotional body are
stirring in tandem. Intuition and empathic inklings will permeate the
day making exhaustion from over-stimulation a possibility.
Whether you spend the morning sulking,
pining, sleeping, dreaming or simply capturing some quiet alone time,
by later tonight we are ready to shake some of those shackles and
dust loose as the Moon meets Uranus in Aries by sextile at 8:43 PM.
This can bring a jolt to the waters that spurs the “AHA”
inspiration we need. Or, it could prompt us to climb out of the
swamping waters of Neptune and Scorpio and decide to lighten up a
bit. Either way, the sogginess of the morning dries up and the higher
mind kicks into gear. This is where the Gemini Moon starts behaving
like the Gemini Moon we know. She begins to air out and reach out.
But, still, there will be details that people hold tightly to their
chest as they come out of their caves and rise from the waters. It's
as if a switch is flipped sending our emotional body from the deepest
of the deeps to swimming upward for air. Gemini can navigate that
fickleness naturally.
It's not that those dark waters
evaporate. It's just that we put them on the back burner to percolate
for awhile as we take a break from them. They'll be back and more
persistent in the not so distant future (like when the Moon enters
Cancer). But, for tonight, we wriggle free of them for drier and more
active things.
Let yourself dream this morning...happy
potentially wonderful dreams. Allow yourself to embrace the
possibilities of them coming true. Direct your brain toward
exploration of where those dreams are coming from and
examine/research the details of what all needs to be done to achieve
them. Then, step out of the waters for awhile and dry out. Visit with
a friend. See a movie. Lighten up and move around. If you OD'd on
coffee this morning because you were slow to wake, eat something
grounding for dinner so that Moon/Uranus doesn't have you shaking in
anxiety from overuse of those chemicals and work to burn off any
over-stimulation. We want this aspect to bring inspiration not a
nervous breakdown. The energy of the day is Neptune'd, Mercury'd and
Uranus'd up. All of that calls for grounding measures to bring forth
the higher potentials of these energies. Dare to dream and imagine
what can come after you accept the reality that is and deal with any
grief associated with that if “what is” falls short of what you
thought it would be. If you can't even make yourself believe in that
potential, it's chances of happening are certainly reduced.
<insert video of Astronaut Farmer>
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