Permission to Pause
Mercury stations retrograde this week, beginning its slow dance back through Leo. Retrogrades aren’t here to ruin your life (despite the memes)—they’re cosmic invitations to review, revise, and reconnect.
When Mercury—the planet of communication, thought, and planning—spins backward in the sign of self-expression, we’re asked to pause before we post, speak from the heart (not the ego), and reconsider what we’re creating and why.
Let this be your permission slip to slow down, speak less, and mean more.
The Cosmic Weather
July 13 – Moon enters Pisces
Emotions run deep and dreamy today. Pisces moons soften the edges of the world, inviting intuition, imagination, and rest. If you feel like floating, let yourself drift. Music, art, naps, long showers—these are medicine.
July 15 – Moon enters Aries
From still waters to fiery waves. The Aries moon brings a jolt of momentum—just be mindful not to charge ahead without checking your compass. With Mercury preparing to retrograde, impulsive words may land sideways. Breathe first, then speak.
July 17 – Mercury stations retrograde in Leo
Here’s the week’s main event. Mercury begins its three-week retrograde journey through Leo, spotlighting old conversations, past creative projects, and patterns around performance, pride, and validation. This retrograde invites reflection, not perfection. Rewrite your story from the inside out.
July 20 – Moon enters Taurus + Mercury sextile Venus
A grounding moment arrives. The Taurus moon helps you sink into your body, your space, and your senses. Meanwhile, retrograde Mercury forms a sweet connection with Venus, offering clarity or healing around love, aesthetics, and self-worth. This is a beautiful day to slow down and savor.
Cosmic Connection
This week whispers instead of shouts—but that doesn’t mean it’s quiet inside. Mercury Retrograde in Leo calls for a creative recalibration: What are you really trying to say? And who are you saying it for?
With the Moon gliding through Pisces, Aries, and Taurus, there’s a steady build from emotional fluidity to grounded embodiment. Let yourself feel it all, but don’t rush to fix or frame it. You’re not here to perform—you’re here to be.
This is a week for checking in, not checking out. Slow the scroll. Revisit what lights you up. And remember: your inner voice deserves the mic.
The Collective Current
The Hierophant
The Keeper of the Flame
You don’t have to sit in a pew to be sacred.
You don’t need a robe to carry wisdom.
You are the altar. You are the offering. You are the heir to everything true.
The Hierophant appears when it’s time to reconnect with your spiritual lineage—not necessarily the one you were taught, but the one your bones remember. This card is the voice of ceremony and meaning-making. Of ancestral echoes. Of deep truths passed down in stories, seeds, songs, and stars.
But here’s the key: You get to choose what you carry forward.
The Hierophant asks: What do you believe in now?
What tradition feels like home—not because it’s familiar, but because it’s true?
You may be called to study, to teach, to join a community, or to create one. You may be standing at the edge of a circle, about to step in. Let the invitation come from within. Let your intuition be the torch that leads you back to your own sacred knowing.
You don’t need permission to believe in something real.
You just need to remember you already do.
This Week’s Energy X The Hierophant
As Mercury begins its retrograde spin through Leo, the Hierophant steps forward—not as a preacher, but as a quiet keeper of meaning.
This isn’t a week for loud declarations or rushed revelations. It’s a week for returning to what’s sacred. The Hierophant reminds us that wisdom doesn’t always shout—it echoes. Through the stories we retell. The practices we return to. The questions we carry with reverence, even when there are no easy answers.
While Mercury retraces its steps and the moon moves from dreamy Pisces to bold Aries to steady Taurus, you’re invited to pause and listen for the teachings threaded through your own life. What rituals root you? What truths have shaped you? And which ones are ready to evolve?
The Hierophant doesn’t demand blind faith or rigid tradition—it asks you to remember why something matters. To let meaning move through you, like music you know by heart but haven’t heard in a while.
So take the pause. Revisit the practice. Rewrite the rules, but not before sitting with the ones that shaped you.
You’re not behind. You’re in the ceremony.
Journal Prompt
What’s something I’ve said, shared, or created that no longer feels true?
How would I express it now, with who I am today?
Let this be a space for revision—not erasure. You’re not wrong for who you were, and you don’t owe the world a perfect version of yourself. But you do have permission to change your mind, rewrite your narrative, and realign your voice with your truth.
Ritual: Create Your Retrograde Rebrand
Mercury Retrograde in Leo is the perfect time to revisit how you express yourself—not for the algorithm or applause, but for you.
This week, craft a Cover Art Collage for your next chapter.
Think of it as a mixtape cover, a movie poster, a vision board—but looser, more intuitive.
Use whatever you have on hand: old magazines, stickers, washi tape, polaroids, scribbles, textures, glitter. Or go digital with Pinterest or Canva.
There are no rules. Let it be loud or quiet, literal or symbolic. The point isn’t to “get it right”—it’s to visually reflect the version of you that’s emerging.
When you’re done, place it somewhere you’ll see it during the retrograde. Let it remind you:
You are always allowed to change. You are allowed to choose again.
Caring for the Temple
Lymphatic Self-Massage: Support Your Inner Flow
Your lymphatic system is your body’s natural drainage and detox network—quietly working behind the scenes to keep things moving. When Mercury goes retrograde, we turn inward. This gentle routine helps you do that physically, too—releasing buildup, supporting immunity, and creating space for clarity.
Try this simple 5-step self-massage once or twice this week. Use clean hands and apply a bit of oil or moisturizer if you’d like.
Start at your collarbones.
Using your fingertips, lightly press and release just above each collarbone. These are major lymph drainage points. Do this for 10–15 seconds.Move to the neck.
With soft pressure, sweep your fingers down the sides of your neck—from just under your ears toward your collarbone. Repeat 5–10 times on each side.Gently massage under your jaw.
Use light circles or soft sweeping motions from the center of your chin out toward your ears.Sweep across your cheeks.
Start by your nose and move outward toward your temples. Keep the pressure light and steady.Finish at the collarbones again.
Repeat the first step to complete the cycle and encourage full drainage.
🧴 Optional: Apply a light oil or balm before you begin. Don’t push or press hard—lymph responds best to light, rhythmic movement.
Afterward, pause and notice how you feel. You might feel a little clearer, lighter, or simply more present.
Affirmation: “I release what I no longer need. I honor the flow within me.”
✨ Eve’s Bubbles
This week’s bubbles are all tech-free on purpose—a soft return to stillness, slowness, and the quiet magic that lives offline.
“There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.”
— Rumi
📵 Tech Detox Challenge.
Pick one window of time—an hour, an afternoon, or a whole day—and go completely offline. No phone, no laptop, no passive scrolling. Let silence be a space, not a void.
🛏 Stargaze with no commentary.
Go outside after dark—no music, no camera, no conversation. Just be with the night sky. See what it tells you without words.
🍞 Make fancy toast.
Take it seriously. Layer toppings, cut it diagonally, plate it like fine art. Eat it slowly, like you’re at a silent retreat with really good snacks.
Need inspiration? Try almond butter + banana + cinnamon, or ricotta + honey + flaky salt.
📚 Reread the first page.
Pick a book you’ve read before—fiction, nonfiction, even an old journal. Reread the first page. Notice what hits differently now.
🌌 Invent a constellation.
Draw your own star cluster. Connect the dots however you want, then give it a name and a myth. Make it real by believing in it.
✨ Eve’s Rhythms: Permission to Pause ✨
A sonic exhale for the soul.
This week’s mix mirrors Mercury’s retrograde turn and the moon’s gentle waning through Pisces, Aries, and Taurus. These songs hold space for emotional honesty, creative recalibration, and grounded embodiment. You’ll start by sinking into your body, releasing tension, and letting the music hold you. Then slowly, softly, you’ll rise—reconnected, realigned, and rooted in what really matters.
🌀 For the ones who need a breath before they speak.
🪞 For the ones re-editing their story with more truth.
🌿 For the ones remembering rest is part of the rhythm.
Press play and give yourself permission to pause.
Keeping the Rhythm
This week, speak less and mean more.
You don’t have to explain yourself to be understood. You don’t have to rush to prove you’re ready. Let stillness sharpen your voice. Let the quiet remind you of what you actually want to say.
So soften your plans. Protect your peace. Say only what’s true.
Your presence is enough.
Until next week,
Eve
P.S. Don’t forget to tune in for week 3 of Camp Moonbeam this week!! More summer fun coming your way.
🫧 If this rhythm resonated, forward it to someone who’s been craving a little less noise and a little more meaning.
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