14/03/25

At 23:46, Mercury stations Retrograde, commencing its apparent backward motion through the zodiac that will persist for approximately three weeks. Concurrently, at 11:59, the Moon transitions into Libra. While Mercury retrograde is notorious for disrupting communications and technological functionality, this particular retrograde period invites us to thoughtfully reassess our thoughts and words. Combined with the Libra Moon's harmonizing influence, we are cosmically guided to restore equilibrium in our mental processes and approach all communications with heightened awareness and deliberation.

The conjunction of Mercury retrograde beginning and the Moon's placement in relationship-centered Libra presents an exceptional opportunity to revisit your birth chart. The retrograde energy facilitates introspection and backward contemplation, creating ideal conditions to reexamine your astrological blueprint with renewed perspective. The Libra Moon contributes a balanced analytical lens to this introspection, allowing you to consider multiple facets of your personal narrative and comprehend your planetary placements with enhanced objectivity. This celestial arrangement establishes an optimal window for gaining profound insights about yourself through the timeless wisdom encoded in your natal chart.

Every time Mercury goes retrograde, I swear everyone collectively groans. Suddenly everything feels a bit off-kilter, texts get misunderstood, computers decide to update at the worst possible moment, and plans we thought were solid start to wobble. I've been feeling that weird retrograde vibe creeping in already, that feeling of "oh no, here we go again."

Lately, I've caught myself looking back, trying to figure out exactly when things felt better or more together. The funny thing is, I can't seem to pinpoint that magical moment when everything was working perfectly. It's like my brain made up this perfect "before time" that maybe never actually existed. Some days (yesterday was definitely one of them) I just want to pull the covers over my head, have a good cry, and give up on trying to make sense of anything. That "I can't do this anymore" feeling has been showing up more than I'd like.

But this morning, while I was thinking about this Mercury retrograde and the Libra Moon, something clicked. What if these tough transits aren't the universe messing with us but actually redirecting us? When we feel like we're losing – whether it's control, opportunities, or our way – maybe that's exactly when we have the best chance to try something completely new. What if the universe is making space for us to build something from scratch that actually fits who we're becoming?

I know it often feels like life is just taking and taking – relationships end, opportunities disappear, plans fall apart. But what if we're looking at it all wrong? What if instead of taking things away, life is clearing the path to something better that we couldn't get to while we were holding onto the old stuff? Maybe each loss is actually pointing us toward something brighter that we couldn't even imagine because we were too comfortable with what we already had.

So for this Mercury retrograde, I'm trying something different. Instead of just waiting for things to go wrong, I'm looking at the next few weeks as a chance to reimagine what's possible. When messages get mixed up, maybe it's showing us what really needs to be said. When plans fall apart, maybe they're making room for something even better. The retrograde isn't really pulling us backward – it's giving us a rare second chance to look at our path and make changes before moving forward again. Sometimes, that backward glance is exactly what we need to finally see the amazing future that's been waiting for us all along.