Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

We started 2016 off with a bang. An astrological bang that is. We began it with Mercury in retrograde. Now, I don’t know about you but when Mercury decides to slow down-I feel like the world and those in it are all aboard a month long, unwanted roller coaster ride conducted by a super charged full moon. By the end of it, I’m exhausted. And…ready for it to be over. This seems to be the general overall consensus.

Now multiple that by an actual full moon and planets being aligned and you have a nice little dinner party where the plates get broken and that nice white carpet is destroyed by your drunk friend who just had to have red instead of white. Metaphorically speaking of course, but you get idea. Nevertheless, we love the dinner party and regardless of the broken dishware or the stained floor, we are blessed that we can have a dinner party after all.   

Throughout the years, I have learned to prepare for such events. Kind of like how one prepares for a bad storm approaching. With enough warning, one can survive power outages or flooding. Mercury, as it slows down-almost demands us to do the same. Sure, we don’t always listen but when we don’t, we usually learn the hard lessons that Mercury was trying to have us avoid. No harm. No foul. We all need lessons from time to time. However; the wiser we get, the easier the blows from the lessons are to take.  

When the retrograde starts-April 14^th-May 31^st-stop. Take note, reflect, go inward and just breathe. Nothing too heavy should be solved at this time. And, it’s totally understandable. Think for a second. When we slow down for a minute-we gain perspective. We see multiple sides and we are allowed time to solve issues-some small, some big. Doesn’t matter. Truth is coming to us and we are being reminded that quickly reacting to something may not necessarily be wise and that wonderful things can manifest with patience. Mercury in retrograde has always tried to tell us this. It just unfortunately comes with a lot of mishaps and miscommunications, so we often tune it out.

Just like Mercury retrogrades, I used to also hide from the full moon. I used to believe that it was just a dumping ground for negative energy. Overtime, I have learned to embrace full moons. In my own little ways I celebrate the full moon and all its glory. I can’t stop my life because of a full moon. Just like I can’t stop my life during retrograde. I mean, really who can? I can however, slow down. The full moon just like retrograde is a time to recharge, cleanse, be thankful and once again reflect. It’s not a time to dream big or ask for more. It’s a time to pause and praise. This full moon, like many, will be split among celebration and solitude. As it should.

The recent planetary alignment can also attest to this. I think it’s very coincidental that a time of utter chaos in our cosmos, our most visible planets decide to line up. As to say, regardless of the rowdy party going on around us, we’re in this harmonious dance together. It’s a beautiful reminder of the ebb and flow of life.

So as I prepare for the Wolf Moon to make its entrance and Mercury to pack up for its departure, I swing hand in hand with my universe above and am reminded that without the crazy, we’ll never understand nor appreciate the calm.