Mercury In Retrograde & The Eclipse

salty witches and lemon Ado listeners my name is Holly and I own and operate ritual Cape cod's greatest witchy Boutique if I do say so myself we're going to talk about retrograde for a hot second so Mercury is in retrograde has been since April 1st and will be until April 25th and it is retrograding its way through Aries and there's also a solar eclipse in play for this time period today actually when a planet goes retro grade what it means is that the planets usually move across the sky from west to east but when a faster moving Planet overtakes a slower moving Planet the faster Planet here being Mercury and the slower Planet here being Earth it creates an optical illusion that the planet then travels from east to west through the sky what that means astrologically speaking is quite a few things Mercury is a planet that rules over communication expression and cognition Aries the sign that it's traveling through is sign of action passion competition and forward motion and energy and when Mercury goes into retrograde classic signs of that would be communication breakdowns an increase in misunderstandings and bad luck just your classic like oh my God bad luck stubbing your toes left and right folks but when it's traveling through Aries you're going to see an increase in impatience and probably an increase in reactionary actions or decisions and an amplification of conflicts and also the consequences of those conflicts throw on top of that a solar eclipse solar eclipses are known for an increase in chaotic energies but there also a chance for self-reflection and uncovering inner truths so this is a really great time to kind of think before you act and to do a little bit of self-reflection and take a pause before you head into important Communications or mean meetings what you can do to help interact the energies of Mercury retrograde you could do some ritual baths there are plenty of spells that you can find online or if you have any questions you can call us you can use energetic sprays we sell one at the shop called Ready Freddy Mercury retrograde spray because we love us a good pun you can also use energetic or magical oils formulated specifically for communication or in veneration to Mercury you can carry some crystals crystals that are amazing for this time would include aragonite talene aragonite rules over communication talene is a great protective energy you can also use obsidian for this you can also use sodalite which is fantastic for communication and throat Shakra and then aquac calite and lepidolite are both incredibly calming which should kind of take that fiery Aries energy and Tamp it down a few steps also if you venerate deities you can make offerings to Mercury and to Aries and see if they can help to counteract some of that energy that you'll be experiencing for the next couple of weeks if you have any further questions our astrologer Aiden will be in soon we're going to be creating a day where you can make an appointment to get your full chart read or you can ask him how these energies might be affecting you and your chart specifically because it's actually going to be a little bit different for everybody so you can check us out on www. ritual capecod.com or you can call us at 774 994 8358 thank you so much lemon Ado for having us here and good luck you guys Happy retrograde