13/12/25

At 16:31 PT, Mercury forms a gentle yet deeply transformative sextile to Pluto. This transit sharpens intuition, deepens awareness, and helps us see beneath the surface, of ourselves, our relationships, and the stories we’ve been telling. It’s the kind of cosmic energy that nudges you toward meaningful insight rather than surface-level clarity. And this morning, I found myself reflecting on a simple truth that felt suddenly profound.

Mercury sextile Pluto supports deep relational insight, clear communication, and the courage to understand the emotional undercurrents between two people. It’s the perfect energy for examining compatibility, shared patterns, karmic ties, and unconscious dynamics. With this transit, conversations and realizations flow naturally, allowing a synastry chart to reveal meaningful truths.

This morning, I remembered the quote: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” And I felt it differently today. Maybe because Mercury and Pluto make every thought feel more honest. Or maybe because I’ve been noticing how easy it is to become stuck in the in-between, between what was, what is, and what we hope will be. But that line stayed with me all morning.

As I reflected on it, I realized how often we think balance comes from stillness—pausing, stopping, freezing in place so we don’t fall. But actual balance is created through motion. Through trying. Through wobbling a little. Through leaning forward even when you’re scared you might tip. Pluto loves this kind of raw truth; Mercury delivers it straight to the heart.

I found myself thinking about the times in my life when staying still felt safer than moving. When change felt overwhelming, and I tried to hold everything exactly as it was. But nothing stays still, especially not the parts of us that need to grow. And every time I finally took a step, even a shaky one, clarity found me in that movement, not in the waiting.

This transit reminds us that transformation doesn’t happen by force. It happens by choosing to keep going, one small push forward, one honest conversation, one tiny act of courage. Pluto reveals what’s been stuck; Mercury gives us the words and thoughts needed to move through it. Together, they make motion feel possible again.

And the truth is, balance comes from trusting the process, not controlling it. From allowing life to carry you somewhere new, even if you don’t yet know where. From believing that forward momentum, even slow, uncertain momentum, is better than staying locked in fear or hesitation.

Today’s Mercury–Pluto sextile invites you to embrace the movement of your own evolution. To let your thoughts travel deeper. To let your heart trust that insight grows as you go. Life isn’t asking you to be perfect, it’s asking you to keep pedaling, to keep becoming, to keep living.

And maybe that’s the real wisdom: we find our balance only when we allow ourselves to move.