As Mercury continues its retrograde journey through Leo, we're getting some sweet relief today with Mercury sextile Venus 💜
Here's what's happening cosmically:
Mercury was already approaching this sextile as it stationed retrograde yesterday. When planets station (appear to stop and change direction), they move extremely slowly, which means they can form aspects while barely moving. So Mercury is sextiling Venus while stationing retrograde, and that transit perfects today.
What Mercury Sextile Venus Brings
A sextile is of the nature of Venus: it likes connection, pleasure, beauty, and harmony. It wants things to work out. Think of it like the Two of Cups in tarot if you're familiar with that energy.
Mercury sextile Venus brings:
→ Harmony to our thoughts and communications
→ Gentleness with ourselves during creative blocks
→ The ability to find beauty in the process
→ Communication infused with love (especially self-talk)
This aspect reminds us that even in the middle of confusion and creative blocks, we can still be gentle with ourselves.
The Self-Talk Connection
Want to know the first step to having any kind of connection with your creative self-expression? Stop getting in your own way.
So often our self-talk completely derails any hope we might have of having a clear channel for expressing ourselves. This Mercury-Venus energy is the perfect time to get curious about how you talk to yourself.
Quick example: Imagine you're about to give a speech.
Negative self-talk: "You're gonna mess it up. You're gonna jumble your words. You don't know what you're talking about."
Loving self-talk: "You've got this. You know exactly what you're doing. You were born to do this."
Even if the talk goes well with both approaches, your EXPERIENCE will be completely different.
The energy you bring, the confidence you feel, whether you'll want to do it again - it all shifts based on how you talk to yourself.
We literally create our reality through our perspective, and self-talk is a huge component of how that perspective gets created.
Your Cosmic Work This Weekend
Cosmic Prompt: How can you be gentler with yourself, specifically your self-talk today? Use this Mercury-Venus energy to notice when you start being mean to yourself.
Magic Moment: Send yourself a loving text message. I know it might sound silly, but DO IT! Write something kind to yourself and send it as a message. You could:
Schedule a loving email to arrive later
Send yourself a voice memo to listen to when you need it
Text yourself words of encouragement
Save this love note for anytime you notice harmful negative self-talk coming up. This is how you reprogram your mind and change your reality from the inside out.
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Have a beautiful weekend, and remember - you deserve your own kindness ✨
xo,
Dana 🧙🏻
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