Enjoy the Mercury Retrograde that will be with us until July 20th. Contrary to popular opinion the retrograde is a marvelous time, if you let go of pushing forward and instead revisit and renew. “Re” is the key as in remember, rewrite, revive, reinvent…you get the picture. Nature doesn’t create waste. It is our furious insistence on fast that makes retrogrades so challenging. If we can take the invitation to go with the undertow flow, we’ll all be in better shape to surf the wave when Mercury again goes direct on the 20th.

Another fabulous opportunity arrives on July 29th, when six planets create the pattern of a sextile. The combo is Pluto in Capricorn, Neptune in Pisces, Moon in Taurus, Jupiter and Mars in Cancer and Venus in Virgo. The climate is right for the receptive energies and for us to slow down, focus within, intend peace and feel it! This is a great time to be, contemplate and take action in a steady, unhurried pace. The slogan could be “Yin is in!” You are missing out if you don’t take up the invitation.

Another July highlight is a variation that only happens every twelve years! Jupiter, who stays in each sign about one year at a time and has a twelve year cycle, just entered the sign of Cancer and will be here until July 17th, 2014. Continue reading →