12/09/25

At 01:49 PT, Mercury forms a sextile with Lilith, sparking conversations and reflections around authenticity, desire, and truth. This alignment invites us to reconsider what pleasure really means and how we can honor it in ways that align with both freedom and depth.

A birth chart is the map of your authentic self, the rhythms, desires, and patterns written into your being. With Mercury sextile Lilith, today’s energy invites you to uncover hidden truths and reframe how you communicate with your inner self. It’s the perfect moment to explore your chart and see how sustainable joy is woven into your journey.

This morning, I found myself reflecting on pleasure. Not the fleeting kind we often chase, but the type that lingers, sustains, and grows with us. It struck me how easily we confuse pleasure with immediacy, like it must come in a rush, an instant, a spark. But maybe true pleasure is quieter, steadier, and more enduring.

Think of it like nourishment. A sweet taste may satisfy us for a moment, but what keeps us vibrant is what’s consistent, what’s given time to settle into the body and the spirit. Maybe the same is true for joy, intimacy, and fulfillment.

I began to wonder: how many times have I mistaken intensity for pleasure, only to realize it left me emptier in the end? That hunger for the “now” can be so loud, it drowns out the whisper of something richer waiting just beyond it.

But when I allow myself to seek sustainable pleasure, whether in relationships, in creativity, or in the simplest rituals, I notice a shift. It becomes less about consuming and more about cultivating. Less about quickness, more about depth.

It makes me think: what if real pleasure is an act of patience? What if it’s about showing up again and again, slowly weaving something that doesn’t just thrill but actually nourishes us in the long run?

That thought brought me comfort. Because it means we don’t have to rush, don’t have to grasp. We can trust that pleasure, when rooted in truth, will not just arrive but remain.

And perhaps that’s the invitation Mercury and Lilith bring us today: to rewrite the way we see pleasure, not as a spark that burns out, but as a steady flame that lights the path forward.