Retrogrades, Smetrogrades
but for real can i learn one thing from y'all??? Aug 2023
Heyyy my mystical angels! It …is….hot??? Outside, inside, everyside! I hope y’all have been able to keep your cool, emotionally and beyond.
August is full of dreams, retrogrades and a deeper understanding of what it takes to carve out the life you imagine. We also have two Full Moons (!!!) and 6 planets going into retrograde before the month is up!! So let's enjoy what lessons are left of Leo season before we get down to business with Virgo season. Dang y’all, this is going to be a reflective month!
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Okkayy fitting that during these retrogrades we get a conflict heavy minor arcana card, matched with a seductive and wise Major Arcana card. Let’s get into it.
Advice: 5 of Wands
Now we know 5’s signify conflict and change, and boyyy do we literally SEE IT in this card. We have all these people, who we can tell are different from one another, fighting. But upon closer inspection we can see their wands aren’t even hitting each other??? Talk about a d*ck measuring contest.
Which brings me to the advice; competition and unnecessary conflict are distractions from you moving forward. We need community to move our ideas further, but that doesn’t mean it comes without challenges. People are people and won’t always see what you see. But instead of spending energy fighting back in the midst of confusion or misunderstandings, focus on better understanding the other perspective. If you still don’t agree, hey you can more clearly state your point with a different understanding. Or maybe there was something you actually missed. You gotta listen to be listened to. It’s like Star Wars and the force, if you’re feeling misunderstood, balance it out and give what you’ve been missing, understanding. Orrr you could keep fighting until everyone dies! The choice is yours!
Don’t forget: The High Priestess
This Major Arcana card is the second lesson The Fool meets along their journey of the Tarot. It’s an important reminder that you already hold the wisdom and answers you seek. You know how to bring things together for you and for your community. YOU DO!! Buutttt to get to that knowledge you have to be able to clearly hear and understand yourself. Do you have a sacred space to chill and learn when everywhere else feels like chaos? This card also reminds us that regardless of gender, balancing masculine and feminine energy allows us to flow in more vast ways. So in a world where masculine energy has been oversaturated, approach things this month from the divine feminine. Understand that power comes from nurturing ideas and communities,it comes from love and patience for yourself and the people around you. This allows us to collaborate instead of compete, which we all know leads to more expansive and beautiful answers.
TLDR; When met with harshness or conflict, I choose patience and change. I choose to understand more deeply so that I keep moving forward. I no longer waste my energy on the things that only feed my ego.
August has some very interesting energy, if you choose to work with it! The first two weeks are steller times to get things going. Make some moves, or at least write down a very detailed guide of the dreams you’re bringing to life. Because the end of the month we got some retrogrades that will (hopefully) help us, say it together now, “slooowwwww downnnn,” and learn the lessons we need to help these sticky, honey dreams become reality.
Ohhh 6 planets in RX by the end of the month you say?? It might sound scary, but when you realize that 4 of these planets go RX 5-6 months of every year; you know you’ve done this before and you’ll do it again. Let's see if we can plan our month accordingly so we can idk, be true co-creators of our lives.
Tuesday we had our first Full Moon of the month in Aquarius! If you’re feeling drawn to your dreams, hell yeah brother! This Super Full Sturgeon Moon is about connection to the things you want. Tie up (or sever) loose ends, connect with people who believe in you or start your journey to finding those connections. This week is a great time to reflect on the things we want/don’t want, and take a risk to invite/purge those things from our day-to-day. Dream your SPECIFIC dreams out loud this week, cutie pie!!!
On August 13th Venus and the Sun come together in Leo. This day is enchanted with the bonding properties of love, connection and sweetness. Today and the surrounding days, you attract the most bees with the honey of your dreams. Make connections, make love, make art; it’s all about setting up your future self for success and emotional fulfillment. DO THE THING TODAY.
August 16th is a day to watch as we have our New Moon in Leo square Uranus, conjunct Lilith. Okayyy so you can expect loud, disruptive and game changing energy around this time. Maybe, don’t take everything so personal this day as we see self-expressive Leo energy squaring the rebellious Uranus. And like, that strong feeling of misunderstanding is conjunct with Lilith, a placement that highlights our true desires, can make things so…. fucking annoying and reactive. So just a little reminder for this stretch of time: It’s ok for people not to get you. Maybe they never will, but you see the vision. You’re allowed to put on momentary blinders to keep yourself going. Listen today, don’t react.
August 23, Helloooo Virgo season!!!... and Mercury stations RX in Virgo, opposition to Neptune. See why I said the first two weeks of August is the time to make things happen? Cuz now, it's getting kinda messy. Today and the surrounding days are again, a time to slooowwww down. Allow proofreaders to see your plans, is there something you missed? When Mercury is RX in the detailed Virgo and that’s in opposition to Neptune–the planet of dreams and inspiration–it's giving, “with your feet in the air and your head on the ground." Your heads in the clouds, but your bills are based in reality. Neptune gives us that ethereal, dreamy, inspirational energy, which can be supported by your Virgo-infused proofread plans, orrrr you can ignore and let your plans go derailed and unfocused. Observe your behavior; it’s the only choice that’s truly yours.
Aug 31st we have our second and last Full Moon of the month in Pisces. Now you’re doing all this work around relationships, desires and how they can all match up in one life for you. This full moon is a time to celebrate all the observing of yourself you’ve been doing! Celebrate the connections you have and the ones you’ve lost. They all make up different and important parts of you. Pisces is ruled by Neptune, which we all learned earlier rules over creativity and dreams. Feel free to be a dreamy little fish, being carried by the waves of the life you’re creating for yourself.
Long term tip:
**From August 23 on, Venus and Mercury are BOTH station RX. These planets only rx for a couple of weeks so the weeks where they overlap…well honey….it's time to be on the lookout for cycles we can be breaking and patterns we can be leaving behind. Especially look at the ways you communicate and then pursue the specific types of relationships we want in our lives.**
Hellooo climate change!!!! Now idk where you are reading this from, but it is hot as hell!!! And when it’s hot is get so sooo sleeppppyyyy. But unfortunately being sleepy doesn’t pay the bills. So here are a few vibe setting recipes that will keep your August going.
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This month’s mocktail is a little something I call Beyonce Coffee (if you don’t know the Queen of everything put some money behind WTRMLN WTR a few years ago, and honey I did not forget.)
So this is a nice, seasonal, hydrating and caffeinated mocktail, that is a nice change from the 3pm coffee break.
MOCKTAIL OF THE MONTH: BEYONCE COFFEE
It’s literally an arnold palmer, but different.
1/2 portion of whatever watermelon juice/water you prefer (or make your own!!)
1/2 portion of concentrated green tea. What does concentrated mean? It’s just a stronger version of how you should be making green tea. So let’s say you do 1 cup of water to 1 bag of tea, for concentrate you would add 1 cup of water to 2 bags of tea. This way when you dilute with the watermelon of your choice, you aren’t getting a watered down drink.
Combine and enjoy!!!
*again my vice is the weed, so if you’re looking to make this not a mocktail, let me turn you onto Yuzu infused vodka or sake. You’ll thank me later.
SPEAKIN’ OF THE DEVIL’S LETTUCE
I have a new little pre roll pack I am loving. The All Times Harmony + Flow minis by Miss Grass. This Woman owned cannabis brand is also all about education. Pop over and learn something new. This strain really makes you feel like, “wow life will be ok if I keep moving. Wow this pink shirt really does make me feel better!!” And who doesn’t want to feel that?
This combined with that Watermelon Green Tea, will make that afternoon slump more like an afternoon delight full of energy and creative flow!
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Thanks for coming to my haus!! I hope this month is full of creativity, patience and connection!
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Kayla
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