August 11, 2025 — On Monday, Mercury stations direct in Leo, shifting our momentum after a challenging retrograde that tested our patience. This period has stirred confusion, delays, and miscommunications, but as Mercury now aligns with the outer planets, we’re receiving the clarity we've been longing for. What direction are we heading in? Are we severing ties or moving forward in a new way? Are we ready to make the decisions that have felt out of reach? This is a threshold moment—one where insights, breakthroughs, necessary cord-cutting, and creative alignments emerge. We are releasing the old and stepping into the next chapter.

This retrograde has asked us to confront our shadows, particularly around ego, addiction, and communication patterns. If we’ve been putting off difficult conversations, they may erupt this week in the wake of Mercury stationing direct. Now, as the haze dissolves, we’re no longer bound by uncertainty, doubt, or fear. We stand more empowered—more decisive, whole, and resolved. Mercury’s direct motion, supported by harmonious aspects to Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus, invites us to take grounded, inspired action while embracing new prospects and breakthroughs. The expansive energy of the Jupiter-Venus conjunction, exact on Tuesday, enhances our ability to move forward with love, optimism, and a deeper connection to our values.

What new story are we beginning?

After weeks of feeling stuck and a little hopeless, the energies are finally flowing more freely. It’s time to shed the past and move ahead with greater wisdom, clarity, and resolve, having integrated painful truths about ourselves and our lives. In doing so, we have the opportunity to co-create a future rooted in newfound wholeness, inspiration, and possibility.

MERCURY DIRECT ASPIRATION

As Mercury stations direct in Leo, may we release the patterns that have kept us bound to addiction and toxicity. May we purify our egos and embody our genuine selves as we step into the next chapter more healed, with deeper care for all.

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