05/05/25

Today, Mercury forms a soft, supportive sextile to Jupiter, a cosmic alignment that opens our minds, expands our hearts, and brings wisdom through reflection. It’s a day for honest conversations, healing thoughts, and seeing the bigger picture. This transit gently invites us to rewrite old narratives, especially those rooted in childhood, belief systems, or deep emotional memories. It’s not just about understanding, it's about reimagining what healing can look like, one compassionate thought at a time.

When Mercury and Jupiter align, communication and understanding flow with grace, and that makes it a beautiful day to explore the deeper currents of a relationship through a synastry chart. Synastry reveals the sacred spaces where your charts intertwine, and today, the cosmos encourages compassionate curiosity. If you’ve been reflecting on how you love, or how you’re learning to be loved, now is the perfect time to dive in, gently and wisely.

This morning, I received a message, not the kind that arrives on a screen, but the kind that floats in gently, uninvited but welcome. A quiet voice inside whispered: "Sometimes the first step toward healing is simply accepting that we were hurt." It stopped me. Not in a dramatic way, but in that soft stillness where truth lands.

So many of us move through life acting as if we’re fine, as if the past didn’t shape us, as if being strong means never needing. But Mercury and Jupiter today offer a wider lens, one where we can say, “Yes, that did hurt. And yes, I still deserve care.”

I thought about all the times I needed someone and they weren’t able to show up. Not because they didn’t care, but because they couldn’t. And in that space of absence, I learned how to suppress needs instead of meet them. Maybe you know that space, too.

But what if we could begin again?

What if we could become the person we needed back then?

That’s what today feels like. Not in some giant breakthrough, but in small moments, choosing to nourish ourselves, to speak kindly to our inner child, to tend to old wounds with new love.

This energy invites us to remember that healing isn’t a straight line. Sometimes it starts by simply acknowledging that we needed more, and didn’t get it. That it wasn’t our fault. And that we’re allowed to give it to ourselves now.

Mercury sextile Jupiter says: Your words matter. Your thoughts shape your world. Your healing begins with the truth. This isn’t about blame, it’s about becoming whole again, piece by gentle piece.

And maybe the biggest gift today brings is permission. Permission to take care. Permission to be tender. Permission to grow beyond what hurt you.