Mercury, the planet that rules our intellect, information, and communication, goes retrograde today in Leo, and eventually will creep back into Cancer before going direct again. When a planet goes retrograde, it appears to us as it’s moving backwards in it’s orbit. A retrograde is a time where we slow down, and the normal energy influence of the planet moves from being exerted outwardly to an inward direction.
When Mercury goes retrograde (usually 3 or 4 times a year) we are slowed down by the Universe and have the opportunity to reflect back on what has taken place in our lives in order to review, re-edit, and revise our plans moving forward.
Mercury, effects all means of communication, writing, emails, verbal interactions and the way we express ourselves. It effects all things mechanical and electrical, and when in retrograde it causes mayhem for 3 weeks (up to 5 weeks if you factor in the shadow period both before and after the retrograde). It’s never a good time to start new things, to purchase new computers, appliances, or cars. It’s recommended to avoid signing any contracts or involve yourself with any kind of important paperwork during a retrograde.
Although there are many things we’d like to avoid during a retrograde period, life does have to go on, and so if you have to encounter some of the things that should be avoided, you really have to do your best to make sure you pay attention to the details. Often times, emails will be sent to the wrong person, computers will crash, cars will malfunction, dishwashers, washers and dryers will act up, and travel plans will go awry.
Many people dread mercury retrogrades (for good reason), but if you tap into all the positives a Mercury retrograde provides you with, you could really accomplish a lot in your inner work. It is common to have past situations, especially ones that you thought you were over, rise to the surface to rear it’s ugly head again. This is a time were exes may resurface or people from your past pop up out of nowhere.
Although it can be uncomfortable and unpleasant to have to deal with situations you’d rather not deal with, we are given these opportunities to handle these situations differently than we did in the past in order to provide a more solid closure to some of the life lessons we didn’t fully close the door on.
Regardless of what sign Mercury goes retrograde in, the classic “symptoms” of Mercury going retrograde stay the same. What adds a bit of an extra challenge (or benefit depending on how you look at it) is when you get the energetic influence of whatever sign the retrograde takes place in.
This time around, we are having Mercury retrograde in the sign of Leo. Mercury just moved into Leo after a long, emotionally time in Cancer, and now will step backwards retracing the path we just took. We will see the topics and themes that we've been experiencing over the last few months come up for review. We are bolder, braver, and more confident now with Mercury in Leo, meaning we will be able to speak up and defend ourselves the way we should have the first time around.
You may have already been feeling the effects of Mercury's retrograde. Many people feel their minds get cloudy, foggy, and very vague on how they understood new information. Their train of thought was totally spacey and the intense Sun in Cancer emotions that washed over them gets very disorienting not having the mental plane be able to provide logic or clarity on where these emotions were coming from. Communication will be a challenge.
Unfortunately, it won’t get much better as we enter into the retrograde.
It’s a great time to work on our spiritual practice. Learning about anything to do with metaphysics, astrology, meditation, energy healing, dreams, and our psychic abilities. It’s a perfect time to move inwards, retreating from social activities to quiet the mind and let your intuition speak to you and guide you through this time of inner reflection.
Mercury retrograde is nothing to fear and in fact, I encourage you to embrace it by giving yourself permission to relax, rest, and recover. Don’t try to start new things or initiate new projects. Don’t force anything during this time. And definitely give yourself permission to take a break.
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Today, Venus, the Goddess of Love, beauty, money, and long-term commitments, moves into Cancer, bringing a welcomed change to all of our relationships. In astrology, it’s Venus that often dictates our love lives, our worth, and what we seek in our long term plans.
Venus has finished up her time in Gemini, which was probably a rockier time for most of us. Even if you didn’t stray from your relationship, you felt torn about it in some way. Whether you weren’t quite sure if a particular person was “the one”, or you weren’t sure if you were ready to commit to a relationship, either way, something was unsettled in your love life.
We will see a shift within ourselves and our relationships with love, money, and the future, because Cancer is where her heart feels at home. Venus excels here, she’s comfortable here, which is important because it’s these qualities that will be surfacing for all of us in the coming weeks. Venus’ placement in Cancer triggers her wants, needs, and desires for a home, a family, and something that is so stable and grounding she never has to fear losing it. She wants to get married, to share lives, even homes, and ultimately to enter into the kind of partnership that radiates not only warmth and love, but also feels like home.
During this transit, we can expect some big changes, especially with the new moon in cancer solar eclipse that took place, upgrading our emotional capabilities. This means that our relationships will be changing and likely will be getting much more serious.
From now until late July, we will likely see couples who want to commit to each other, not out of obligation but out of the sheer excitement of being able to spend the rest of their lives with the one person in the world who makes their life that much better. This is a highly fertile time for couples looking to conceive.
Venus moving into Cancer is the ultimate time for upping your love game and getting serious about your commitments to another person. Don't be surprised at how romantically ewey and gooey you get over the next several weeks, as there are parts of you being awakened by this planetary shift. Be open to love now, both from yourself and from other people.
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Today we enter into our very first eclipse of the season, which happens to take places with our New Moon in Cancer. The portal of acceleration opened up over a week ago, and will stay opened until after the second eclipse (a Full Moon lunar eclipse in Capricorn) towards the middle of the month. This portal is a time when the earth, and everyone on it, receives huge amounts of energetic light rays that appear to speed up the events and timelines of our life lessons.
A solar eclipse has the ability to gift us with something that we were already set to receive in our life. It's as if the Universe is tired with how long it is taking us to align ourselves with where we need to be, and who we need to be with, prior to entering into 2020 (which is another game changing year in the cosmos). The Universe speeds up our timelines, creating a series of events that we essentially zoom through in order to be in a better position for the physical changes we can expect to see in the second half of this year. These are not wildcard events, these are elements which were already written into our path, we've just been taking our sweet @ss time in making them happen.
Because this is happening with the New Moon in Cancer, it makes what would have already been a new energy cycle being initiated surround the home, the family dynamic, the mother wound, and the way we care for ourself, even that much more amplified.
Cancer energy represents the Moon, the magic within the feminine divine. We are essentially healing the generational wounds of our ancestors, by acknowledging and mending the trauma wounds that have been passed down in our families.
Having a solar eclipse with the new moon in Cancer is like having a new moon on steroids. It brings the classic energy of starting a new emotional cycle as the moon brings back her light to shine over the world.
This tidal wave of energy has been felt over the last couple of days, creating an emotional shitshow in even the most stable of people. As the moon was in her dark phase building up to her moment to shine once again, we were left to sit in the darkness with our shadow selves. The emergence of the moons illumination now moving into her new phase will take away all of what surfaced within us, clearing us for a new energy cycle to work with. We are processing our emotions at an accelerated rate within this tidal wave of energy, leaving the old structures of our emotions behind.
This cosmic event hits really close to home. It washes over our heart space and shows us where we need to have more compassion for ourselves, and where we need to work on providing ourselves a sense of inner security. This energy will infuse us with an inner strength to master our emotions, and recognize that external events cannot sway us from the faith, strength, and belief we have within ourselves.
We are entering into a new phase of life, where we get to choose our emotions, our response to external triggers, and essentially to the emotional experience itself. This is a time for us to emerge out of the darkness of both the Sun and the Moon recognizing that we need to consciously choose to see and experience love in all we do. If nothing else, let the take away from this karmic event be that you must stop looking for anything less than love, in all that you experience.
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We will see our confidence get a huge boost as the lion within us all comes roaring from the darkness of the cave only to remind everyone of the power of the pride still shines strong. We've done a lot of inner healing, recognizing where we needed to release our fears, releasing the power and control we exert on making sure that we are always the leader of the pack.
Now that we've licked our wounds and have put ourselves back together after sitting in darkness, we are ready to resume the spotlight and bring our best selves out to shine. We have renewed our strength and are coming back into the world with a boldness and fearlessness that we haven't had before. We find strength in expressing ourselves, telling our truths and honouring our heart. We aren't shy anymore, we're not trying to hide.
Now we are ready to bring our true and raw talents to center stage. We want to be seen, we want to show the world what we are capable of, and we will stop at nothing to get the attention we deserve.
Our playful sides come back to lighten the mood of the situations that have weighed us down. We are seeing the sparks fly in our romantic relationships and in our creative projects. We have a self-confidence within ourselves that we haven't had before. It's time to go after what it is you want in life, speak your truth, and stop at nothing until you honour yourself and actually succeed in been the shining star that you are.
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With two eclipses, two new moons, two retrogrades and having 6 planets in retrograde at the same time, July will prove to be one of the greatest months, both in challenge and in reward of 2019. By the time the cosmos has blessed us with the chaotic undoing and rebuilding of one's world, we will look back on the month of July, and be totally grateful for the whirlwind of events that took place. We have the ability to accelerate to higher vibrations and timelines in our life path with the solar eclipse new moon in cancer, while we get a blast from the past, trauma and pain included from the retrogrades. By the time this portal of magick closes towards the end of July, we will see the physical changes necessary take place in our lives, to get us more aligned with our path before 2020 (which is only 6 months away btw!). Check out where you can expect to see the shifts in your life by reading your forecast below.
The month starts off with a jolt of energy and passion that takes over you, reigniting the sparks in both your romantic life and creative projects. You get an acceleration of energy seeing a theme surrounding your home come to life. This is a dream come true and a true blessing of all of your hard work and efforts finally manifesting. You may get a bit sentimental and mushy in your valued relationships. A cuddly version of you wants to display your affection to those that show you the same kind of dedication, loyalty and devotion as you so readily show them.
You may be taking a time out to re-think some passion projects, and maybe even pick up where you left off. There's a boldness to how you are communicating to others, and a lot of this energy is being triggered by healing a wound from the past, especially where your identity is concerned. A full cycle release surrounding a role and responsibility connected to your career takes place, that has been an energetic hold-up or even block for you in moving forward. This takes you back to revisit some topics and themes surrounding the home, the mother wound, and where it is you need to be more nurtured. You let your heart lead you into sharing your story and expressing your truth in a very brave way towards the end of the month. You lighten the mood to a playful one in your romantic sector and really start feeling passionate about creating something new. You get a chance to clear the air and move forward in your family dynamic as the emotions that were running high early in the month have now settled. By the time August rolls around, you will have seen a huge shift in your energy, drive and passion and will seeing some long awaited changes take place in your home environment.
The month starts off with a huge surge of energy wanting to express itself and be heard in the home environment among the family dynamic. You will see a new emotional cycle be recognized where your heart-space has come alive. This will trigger a brand new truth and desire to be seen. You will likely being wanting to share soulful moments with a family member - likely a sibling - as the need to show appreciation for the relationship needs to be expressed. You will be taking a time-out to revisit a certain family situation that is rising up
again, and this time you will have the chance to honour yourself when you are choosing to defend yourself and your beliefs. You are attempting to heal a karmic wound, likely in a soul contract directly related to a family member. This wound has exposed your ego and identity in a way that makes you vulnerable. Allow the past to come up for healing, and release this emotional connection with a brand new understanding of why it happened. Your quest for truth will take you back a few steps to revisit the family dynamic and to express yourself with confidence especially where the sibling and Mother dynamic is concerned. You will receive a huge zap of energy to celebrate your home projects and feel more playful instead of so serious. You're following your heart in honouring all of your relationships towards the end of the month, as you want to celebrate and have others benefit from your success. A brand new energy cycle will begin taking form and focus on your home and family dynamic as you have a meaningful conversation with a family member creating a sense of closure to an emotional chapter.
You're getting a boost of confidence and bravery to finally speak your peace as you are being asked to stand up and speak your truth. You will receive a huge opportunity to see your wealth and material possession grow as you expand into new financial territory. You will likely feel highly sensitive surrounding your finances as you re-evaluate your budget and spending to account for your long-term goals. You will be taken back in the past to revisit a certain situation that you didn't take advantage of the first time. This opportunity allows you a second
chance to stand up and defend yourself especially where you chose to bite your tongue the first time around. As you rethink some past decisions and scenarios, you also allow some ego and identity wounds to come to the surface to be healed. You will be releasing a huge role or responsibility especially where a male energy is concerned. Because of your constant need for truth and your desire to explore more in life you have to let go of something or someone that's been holding you back in life. You will get a chance to revisit a situation that is very familiar from your past, likely where the home, mother role, and taking care of one's self is concerned. The energy gets exciting towards the end of the month, as you have a sense of pride over your accomplishments and a want, need, and desire to have a little fun and invite the playful energy back into your life. This will be expressed in many ways, but you really using your voice and speaking up for yourself and what is right for you will be the general theme. You'll be able to move forward with your new plans to address the long term goals of your home by the time August rolls around.
You get a huge surge of energy pushing you to take your passions to the next level. You've been contemplating your current efforts in a work aspect and whether or not they are truly what your heart desires. You are initiating a brand new emotional mindset which will see you being rewarded with all kinds of opportunities as you raise your vibration. Love and money will be the spotlight as your wants needs and desires to have some changes take place in the home and family dynamic come to the forefront. You will be going back in time to revisit and rethink your
current career position as your heart space is really showing you where your skills and talents can be better utilized. Once you start digging around in what it is your heart wants, you may expose an old wound where your ego and identity have been effected by your career choices. You release a huge energetic block from your life surrounding the topics and themes of a male energy that has effected your partnership/marriage and how it has effected your ability to share yourself completely with another person. This is likely linked to a father wound that has manifested in your relationships. This will expose you to rethink your past and how the family dynamic was impacted form this wound throughout the years. You will find a huge spotlight on your creative and romantic sectors towards the end of the month, as you become a bit more playful in your interactions. Your possessions and what holds great sentimental value for you will take center stage as you amp up to express yourself, and your environment in new ways.
This month you shed your past emotional weight surrounding the home and family dynamic changes your had to adapt to over the last season. You get your fire back as you pick up the pieces of the last year's events. As you approach your birthday you are purging your old self and adopting a huge new emotional and karmic energy as you enter into your new solar calendar. There's a realization of true connection among your existing relationships as you see where you need to show more affection for those how return the dedication
and devotion that you give them on a daily basis. You'll get a blast from the past as you rethink and re-examine the parts of yourself. This will help you identify some inner child wounds that are effecting your current identity. There will be a huge release surrounding a topic related to your career and the roles and responsibilities you carry to be the best at what you do. This is also highly connected to a father wound and how their tough love has translated and manifested in your career sector. As you enter into a state of inner reflection, you take another look at the family dynamic, what is was, and what it now is. There is a certain power and energy that motivates you to take on this next chapter of your life with a fearlessness you've never had before. Towards the end of the month, the spotlight is on you as you emerge from your protective state of isolation where you've licked your wounds and composed yourself as the king of the jungle you are. Your energy, drive, passion, and raw sexual nature comes back to life by the time August rolls around.
This month you're going to trust yourself and your truth. There is a brand new energy cycle taking place in your connections, friendships, and networking circle. This will bring your most recent wishes within closer proximity of your reach. You are seeing the value in the resources that lie in your current social circles, and by nurturing the connections you value the most can help align you with your ultimate goal. You are dipping back in the past to review all that you've overcome and grown fearless about abandoning as you identify some identity wounds
that you may have found while sitting in your darkness. You will see a full release of an energy that will have you leaving some roles and responsibilities behind where your career is concerned. By speaking your truth and honouring your heart you will find a brand new set of sparks igniting your passion in new ways. The past calls for your attention once again as you revisit some connections within your family dynamic. This comes with an opportunity to reach out and express yourself. Sometimes having a soulful conversation is cleansing to your heart. You'll be doing a lot more work on your soul as you embrace your intuition and use it as your strongest tool and resource. You will finally take the spotlight back, as you show off your new found pride in yourself and what you embody from your past experiences. As you invite in new karma and heart-truths you will be able to take a more direct approach in communicating your thoughts and feelings in your relationships, especially where the mother or nurturing role is concerned.
This month your receive a huge download of energy and passion to bring your talents and skills to the center stage. Your current network of friends and acquaintances hold more power than you realize, and can really help launch you into new opportunities. Your career takes on a brand new energy cycle as you have re-evaluated what is important to you as far as your work/life balance, and the financial security you need to feel safe and protected. You may have to revisit some situations from the past where your friendships are concerned. There
seems to be an opportunity for you to truly speak your peace that you weren't able to do the first time around. You will expose a very deep identity wound that has been a huge block in your relationships, preventing you from fully sharing yourself with another person. This wound will be healed as you release some energy surrounding a male energy directly connected to your home and family zone. This energetic block has been holding you back from really recognizing how your childhood wounds have directly impacted your dating life. The past knocks on your door again to ask you to revisit your feelings on your current career position and whether or not you are feeling like you need to have a little chat with someone from your work circle. This would be a great opportunity to connect and clear the air by having a very meaningful conversation that will see the working relationship take on a brand new energy dynamic. Towards the end of the month, you are feeling fun and flirty. The playful, passionate, even sexual energy will have you hitting the social scene and actually having fun doing it. You will be connecting with people that can be helpful to you in what they can offer you as far as working opportunities, and who they know that could get you even further on your path. By the time August rolls around, you will be speaking a lot more directly and kindly both to yourself and to others in the work place. It seems the opportunity you were given to express yourself earlier on in the month really did heal the energy dynamic in the work place, leading you to take a more direct approach in your conversations.
This month you receive a huge energy burst to encourage you to take the spotlight where your career is concerned. A new energy cycle will begin for you and really put you on a quest for truth as far as your wants, needs, and desires go within the home and family dynamic. You will be breaking down some walls as you discover what is important to you, what your heart needs to feel secure where your home life is concerned. You will be taking a step back to revisit and rethink some ideas you had relating to your career. This would be a great time
to make some edits to your plan before moving forward. Your health and wellness becomes a main focus as you expose some pains and traumas surrounding your ego and identity. This could have a huge impact on your healing if you can expose the wounds and process them with a new acceptance. There will be a huge energetic release take place surrounding your career and your inability to step up to the microphone and speak your truth. This energy block has been holding you back from taking center stage where your career is concerned and you'll see how quickly you reach new levels of success after you full embrace your truth and express yourself openly. The past asks for your attention again, to revisit some family issues and to give you another opportunity to reveal some truths. The details that have transpired in the family dynamic will reveal new opportunities to clear the air and move forward with a new understanding of everyone's feelings and motives. Towards the end of the month, your confidence builds and you are acting bold and brave in your career sector. You really are the star of the show at this time, and you are getting more and more comfortable being seen for the talented and skilled person you are. By the time August rolls around, you'll have a huge opportunity to express yourself and speak your truth, backed by a fearlessness and courageous attitude to want to be heard.
This month the fire inside of you gets reignited as you feel brave and bold enough to speak your truth. There is a brand new energy cycle taking over your life that will see the death of certain emotions that you've been holding onto for far too long. You will be taking a good look at your long-term goals and commitments, and seeing whether they can take on a new energy or transform into something more solid and long-lasting. You will be revisiting some topic and themes surrounding your career and seeing whether or not you are honouring what your heart
desires. You will identify and expose a childhood wound that has had a huge impact on who you've become. This clarity will urge you tell your story, express yourself, and honour your heart. There will be a huge energy release surrounding your current finances and your foundations for making money. This block has been holding you back and once removed you will see a huge improvement in your financial status and material possessions. The past is asking you to revisit some family drama that didn't get the ending or closure it really needed. You'll have the opportunity to rethink these dynamics, and how to transform your perspective and feelings on what took place. Towards the end of the month, you unleash your inner adventurer and head out into the world to find some answers to your current soul dilemma. You're exploring both your inner world and the world around you for hints and clues on what direction you will be taking next. The family dynamic you were asked to revisit comes full circle by the time August rolls around. You'll have had some to to think and feel your way through the situation and will have the opportunity to express your thoughts and feelings on this subject in attempt to clear the air and mend some hurt feelings both within you and in other members of the family.
This month you will receive a brand new energy, drive and passion to show your gifts and talents to a much larger audience. A brand new energy cycle takes form in your relationships, promoting you to be vulnerable in sharing yourself with another person. Sharing the things you love and value with another person is how you can reconnect to those already in your life, and finding new ways to connect with like minded people may reveal a very valuable friendship or even romantic partner. You will take a few steps backwards as you review and
revisit some situations from your past, that will have you seeing a truth you may have missed the last time this topic had it's time in the spotlight. Take this time to rethink your truth, your passion, and your creative projects, and rework them in a new way you can use them in moving forward. You may do some soul work and reveal a few wounds from your childhood that are somehow still impacting your home and family dynamic. These revelations will have you releasing a huge energy block that has been creating a delay in you fully embracing who it is you actually are. The past asks for your attention again to revisit a relationship within your family dynamic that has been suffering. This is a time to clear the air with this family member and try to mend the relationship. Towards the end of the month, you will see many of your current life situations take on a new form. Your skills and abilities are leading you to some beautiful opportunities that will have you fired up and sharing your passion with a larger audience. There's a brand new energy cycle beginning for you encouraging you to let your light shine, and to take the spotlight and show the world what you can do. By the time August rolls around, you'll be brave enough to have the conversations needed within your home environment to provide a closure to all the hurt and upset. Speaking clearly and expressing yourself regardless of how uncomfortable it may be, is something you need to take advantage of in the moment, or live with the regret of biting your tongue.
This month starts off with a burst of love and romance (maybe even a touch of anger) in your personal relationships. You will be seeing a huge shift of opportunity entering your life and seeing it re-arrange your day-to-day routine. This is a time where you seeing great value and worth in switching up your routine, especially to allow room for the mind, body, and soul factor to be addressed. You'll be taking a few steps back in time to revisit a few relationship issues that haven't gotten the closure or ending they needed. You'll have an opportunity to speak up about it this time around and express
yourself with bravery and with passion. Opportunities for you to use your voice will be offered to you especially encouraging you to talk about a childhood trauma that has left a lasting effect on your identity. There will a huge energy release taking place for you, healing some karmic hurts, and reuniting with your inner self. The past knocks on your door once again, this time asking you to revisit some family issues surrounding the home and family dynamic that will have a huge effect on your current health and wellness. Towards the end of the month, things get heated as the romantic and sexual energy surges throughout the cosmos and has a whirlwind effect on your romantic life. This highly intense and playful energy also reignites some creative passions within you which will take center stage before August rolls around.
This month your passion gets reignited and expressed in a brand new way as you switch up your daily routine and get ready to take center stage. A brand new emotional cycle begins as you are recognizing that honouring your heart and what it is it wants to do in life will help you to see the impact this has on your family, home, and money. You may go back in time to revisit a thought or idea you had about how to live more authentically. You may just expose a wound that needs healing when you recognize that your material possessions and financial wealth is
improving. There will be a full release of a male energy from your network or long time connections. This particular energy has been holding you back from moving forward in your path. The removal of this energy block will provide you with a new sense of freedom to make your wishes come true. You'll have to review a certain topic involving your home and family dynamic, where the mother role is concerned, and how it is you need to nurture this part of your heart. You get a huge surge of energy to perform and take center stage towards the end of the month. It truly is your time to shine and you will have the fearlessness to take the stage. Your daily routine will be greatly impacted by this energy and confidence, pushing you towards a new goal of the heart where your home life is concerned.
You might have seen some posts about these Astro eGuides I've released, but have you actually checked them out? An Astro eGuide is released with every energetic shift that takes place to help you harness the energy and power of the influence, and to sort out your thoughts and feelings using the exercises provided in the eGuide.
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This is a great way to not only learn astrology, but to have a guided resource to help you through your self-development and growth journey. Although it's ideal that you have the Astro eGuide at your disposal while the energies are still active under the energetic influence, you can DOWNLOAD the expired Astro eGuide to see what they are all about, and how they relate to what it is you experienced when the energy was active.
You can find all the ACTIVE and INACTIVE Astro eGuides here. Feel free to subscribe to the monthly Astro eGuide subscription to ensure you receive all the eGuides as the energy becomes active. You can always purchase them individually as you feel you need some support and guidance, or you can wait and check them our for FREE once they've expired.
As always, if you require any assistance navigating the current energies of your life, please book a session online, and I'd be more than happy to help guide you through.
Marlee Henry
Psychic Advisor
The Energy Boutique
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Today, the planet of communication, information, and expression, moves into the fiery, brave and bold sign of Leo. Leo is a fire sign and honours the heart-space. Leo is about speaking one's truth, living authentically, creative and romantic passions, and a fun, lively, child-like energy.
Leo is the performer of the zodiac, and tends to be a bit dramatic in their storytelling once they've taken over the spotlight. Because Mercury rules the mental plane, we've likely been debating big ideas in our heads, and trying to bite our tongues during conversations while Mercury was in soft, emotional and intuitive Cancer. But Leo energy makes us bold, and brave. We get confident under this influence and we aren't afraid to speak up and speak out on our truths.
Whatever it is you've been afraid to talk about or hesitant in expressing outwards, will be the topic and theme of your truth as you are being encouraged to let it all out.
A lot of difficult conversations were avoided while Mercury was in Cancer. We were so concerned with hurting other people or upsetting them with our words, that we actively avoided expressing ourselves. That all gets tossed out the window as Mercury moves into Leo, as we are so passionate about sharing our stories we aren't really concerned with how it will effect those that hear what we have to say.
There are a few cautions that come with this energy. Because we are all fired up and wanting center stage, listening isn't our best quality. We are so eager to have our voice heard that we may not be actually listening to those looking to express themselves, and instead we could be very rude and cut them off, or only "listen" to what they have to say waiting for our opportunity to speak. We are crappy listeners under this influence and that in itself might cause hurt feelings.
Another caution about this energy influence is the tendency to ramble on long after we've made our point and deliver our truth. Whatever it is you are brave enough to now talk about, needs all the attention it can get. Don't ruin the impact of your words being expressed by rambling on about it. Recognize when your message has been received and cut yourself off.
The third factor of this energy, is that Mercury will go retrograde next week, giving us an opportunity to revisit past situations, re-edit how we handled them, and revise the closure we need to provide in order for it to be settled. This means that there is a fairly good chance that we may have to revisit what we speak out about under this energy influence to pick up some pieces or clean up the atfermath of our truthful expression at a later date. This caution is just another reason to formulate what you want to say in your head, allow the brilliant Mercurial energy to analyze and edit the best way to deliver it all, and know when it cut it short.
As always, if you require any assistance navigating the current energies of your life, please book a session online, and I'd be more than happy to help guide you through.
Marlee Henry
Psychic Advisor
The Energy Boutique
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With the last few days of our accelerated manifestation state coming to an end, we really have to get serious and focus on giving our vision work all we’ve got.My weekly subscribers have listened to me go on for months now, about how and why doing vision work is so important, capturing a vision of what our lives would look like if we could be living out our dreams.This accelerated manifestation state started back in January as we entered into the New Year, the year of building and creation.The Universe has asked to to dream such a detailed dream for ourselves and to hold that vision so strong in our minds that even the darkest, most toughest challenges couldn't have broken our focus. But the problem is, we did, we lost focus.We have had to continuously pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off and reinvent both ourselves and the ideal life we’d like to be living, more times than anyone was really counting on.The first half of this year was about building and creating ourselves, our inner worlds, filled with healing past pain and traumas, rebuilding our understanding and belief system, and raising our vibration high enough to become a permanent fixture in this 5D collective community.The first half of the year, as challenging as it was, revealed such truth, such strength within us that if we weren’t so energetically tired from reconstructing our energetic bodies, we may just have celebrated a bit more for coming out on the other end.Last week’s solstice marked the half way point in our year, in the astrological and energetic calendar. And now that the portal, the wormhole of time, has opened to prepare for our upcoming eclipse season, holding a vision for ourselves and our future is of the utmost importance.We have our first of two eclipses taking place in July, starting off with a bang early next week. The New Moon in Cancer is a solar (Sun) eclipse which historically adds something to our lives that we never thought we could obtain in such a short time frame.These aren’t random events, they are actually events that were destined to take place in your life path eventually, but because of the accelerated manifestation state, the Universe speeds up time and has these situations gifted to us during the solar eclipse.The second eclipse will take place on July 16th, which a Full Moon partial lunar (Moon) eclipse in Capricorn. Historically, this energy will remove something from our lives that we’ve been stalling on removing ourselves. Maybe we are in a relationship that we know isn’t right for us, maybe we are in a job that is sucking the life out of us, maybe we are holding onto such pain and trauma that we are unable to open ourselves up to anything new entering our worlds.This eclipse energy will remove it very quickly and will help to transform our energy into a new vibration to be successful in the second half of the year.We will see the physical results of all the changes we’ve been needing to take place to align ourselves more with the vision of our life we’ve been focusing on, in this second half of the year.Because the eclipse energy is far too intense, unstable, chaotic, and fragmented, we will not be focusing on manifesting while the Universe does its thing. That’s why it’s super important to focus all your energy into your vision work now while the energy still supports us to be manifesting.Once the planetary events start taking place next week, we need to really sit back and watch all the dynamics that will be taking place as the portal, the wormhole, begins to speed up and expand, projecting us through time, through our life lessons and through the accelerated manifestation state. We have done all we can do up until the eclipse season takes over.We need to practice surrendering and going with the flow. The Universe knows what’s best for us as "they" can see our life plan laid out like a beautiful map.The events that need to take place, the meetings with certain people that need to happen, the completion of certain life lessons and soul contracts will be reorganized under the guidance and authority of the cosmos and we just need to sit back and watch it all come together.These times are not going to be easy. The highs are very high, while the lows are exceptionally low. We may not be in total agreement or understanding of the events that are going to take place in the month of July, but with some time, and a whole lot of faith and patience, we will surely see how it all connects together and how it is essential for our growth and evolvement.So for the rest of the week, tap into the current energies of the Universe and dream a bigger dream. Get lost in your daydreams, explore your dream state. Review and repeat your vision in your mind until it is so strong, so clear, that you can see it happening in your mind’s eye.Most of all, create only the vision. Release the control over HOW all of this is suppose to happen, and trust that the control over the vision you hold is the only control you’ll need to see your dreams come to life.As always, if you require any assistance navigating the current energies of your life, please book a session online, and I'd be more than happy to help guide you through.Marlee HenryPsychic AdvisorThe Energy BoutiqueTo make sure you don't miss a post, SUBSCRIBE TO THE VIBE for Astrological updates, Psychic Insights, discounts, and online workshop and course info, delivered right to your inbox.
Every planet goes retrograde (backwards in its path) at some point. We are all too familiar with Mercury retrogrades, and although each planet has a different effect on us when they retrograde, the planets closest to us, like Mercury and Venus are felt a bit more than the planets that are further away from the Earth, like Saturn, Jupiter, and Neptune. Although the effects of these planets are less than what we would experience from our neighboring planets, don't be fooled in thinking the effects won't be felt at all.
Today Neptune has gone retrograde. Neptune, the "dreamy" planet of idealism and imagination, along with illusions and confusion, is the ruler of Pisces, a water sign (emotions & intuition), and rules the 12th astrological house of the subconscious and deeper emotions.
Neptune is a planet that sometimes encourages us to live a life of denial. It lends the energy that can encourage us to make excuses, and will support us to live in a world of daydreams and illusions. It also encourages us to continue ignoring dark truths that we really should be confronting head on. When Neptune goes backwards (retrograde), it can feel like we've had a bucket of cold water thrown at our faces, forcing you into the uncomfortable situations that you need to be in — all in the name of growth.
From now, and for the next 5 months until the retrograde ends, we will all feel the overall effects of this transit. Some of the feelings you can expect to face will be uncomfortable to say the least, but very imperative for your growth.
A Big Wake-Up Call Is About To Happen...
You're going to be faced with some truths and realities that you've been trying hard to ignore. Because Neptune's dreamy energy allows us to quickly pass over unpleasant truths, its move backwards gives us the opposite effect: a harsh wake-up call. Try not to react initially to this news, and instead allow time for it to be absorbed and contemplated over before getting too emotional over it.
Some Serious Self-Reflection Is About To Take Place...
Neptune is a planet of spirituality and provides a great energy and opportunity for both personal and spiritual growth. This retrograde provides the perfect time and energy to go inward to discover your true wants, needs and desires. You will be able to identify the areas of yourself that requires a bit more attention and work, by figuring out what in life is working FOR you, or AGAINST you. Neptune in retrograde offers a strength in ridding bad behaviors; whether it be putting a stop to self-sabotaging tendencies, or ridding one's self of an addiction. Addictions begin primarily due to the want and desire to escape reality, so this retrograde lends the power to step out of escapism.
Spiritual Growth Is On The Agenda...
Neptune retrograde is also super helpful when it comes to spiritual growth. This growth stems from a foundation of confusion at first, as you contemplate what it is you actually believe in. Even those who stand firm in their beliefs will find themselves second guessing their understanding of spirituality and how it's a part of their lives. This is a great time to come to terms with your spirituality and to get a better understanding of it. You will have new ideas or understandings around your spirituality, which can cause inner-conflict and confusion. Be patient with yourself during this time and process. When Neptune goes direct, clarity soon follows, and we may receive a new understanding that we will then have to integrate within ourselves in order to move forward.
You're Going To Have Some Pretty Profound Ah-Ha Moments...
With this Neptune retrograde forcing us to acknowledge things we've been trying really hard to ignore, you'll also be having some important revelations, or ah-ha moments. Neptune’s "dark side" is actually a blessing in disguise, as it uncovers the harsh realities of what we've been avoiding. Be forewarned that these ah-ha moments might be painful to acknowledge and absorb, but it's super important to face these issues head on. You'll be pushed out of your dream world to face reality and get real with yourself. Endings of bad relationships, jobs, and anything else that makes you unhappy, is highly likely during Neptune's retrograde as it gives you the swift kick in the butt you need in order to make the changes necessary that you might regularly just try to ignore. Neptune in retrograde gives you the push you need to leave the negative behind.
You'll Have The Energy And Motivation To Take Action...
Even in an uncomfortable state of acknowledging things you've tried so hard to ignore and keep hidden, you will also have the energy and motivation to make long lasting changes to your life. Neptune retrograde is pushing you to confront your darkest truths and step out of your dream world. It's also going to lend you the energy to push you to get things done. You're likely to feel motivated and inspired to walk away from the things that no longer work for you, and encourage you to try something new. Pay attention to your dreams during this time, and don't be surprised when certain pieces of your dreams enter your reality.
You'll Feel Better Prepared In Planning For The Future...
One of the best, most positive things about Neptune retrograde, is that it pushes you to make real, solid plans for your future. Between the spiritual growth, the ah-ha moments, and the motivational energy to take action, you really do have all the help you need to make important goals for your life that really are going to be good for you in the end. Neptune in retrograde will definitely show you how to start actually working towards the life you envision.
You'll Have A Strong Sense Of Understanding...
For many of us, we will gain a greater perspective of ourselves and the relationships we have. We will begin to see the truth of issues that have been weighing us down, and consuming our thoughts since a significant event took place in our lives last six months. We are all going to experience a heightened sense of intuition during this retrograde, and with it, we will be able to receive a lot more information than usual. Trust yourself and the thoughts and feelings that arise during this time, as you will be more in touch with truth now, then ever before. Be patient with yourself as you experience the growing pains that accompany a new shift in perspective, and receiving the new information being thrown your way. Take the time to absorb the knowledge, and process it accordingly before you make any rash decisions or take action on a new path forward.
It's important for all of us to spend a bit more quiet time inward, as this energy can help you reconnect with your higher sense of purpose and inner values. It's a great time to revisit that five-year plan you drew up at the start of this year. If you feel like you've lost track of your long-term goals recently, lean into this energy as it will help you gain perspective on what it is you actually want for yourself.
It's up to you to decide whether you go with the flow or whether you want to be dragged through these times of change.
As always, if you require any assistance navigating the current energies of your life, please book a session online, and I'd be more than happy to help guide you through.
Marlee Henry
Psychic Advisor
The Energy Boutique
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Today marks the Summer Solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere, when we experience the longest day of the year, and the shortest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.
Here, in the Northern Hemisphere, the Solstice represents the peak of the year and the point of highest energy. We have had a pretty tough first part of the year, and luckily for us, even with the intense eclipse and retrograde season in front of us, the second half of this year won't be as challenging and defeating. Make no mistake though, we still have lots to learn and many shifts to endure.
The Summer Solstice is a time of light, masculinity and outward expansion. We can expect the power of the Sun to light up and illuminate everything that now needs our focus and attention.
The Southern Hemisphere is experiencing the lowest point of energy for the year. The Winter Solstice for them, is a time of darkness, femininity, and inward expansion. Southern Hemisphere natives will find themselves in a reflective state as they are in the season of death preparing for rebirth.
Regardless of where you are at in the world, you can feel the energy of the changing seasons by observing Mother Nature. Her energy in the North provides sunny days, warmer weather, with bright blue skies and rich greenery all around. The wildlife is alive, growing, and singing their songs of a new solar season. In the South, the days are dark, cold, and dreary. The colors of the sky and land are grey. There are no birds singing and chirping, as the season calls for rest.
Even though there are differences in the energy of the Solstice, the planetary or cosmic energy is the same no matter where you live.
There are beautiful patterns among the stars as they set us up to experience lessons in a way that allows the energy to build and become clearer and stronger as the planetary alignments take place. The Solstice lends us the energy to see the things we need to focus on in a brand new light, as the Sun reaches the peak in the Sky.
The Sun moves into Cancer today triggering the Solstice, which lends us a softer energy to work with as we face these new issues and themes as they arise in the light of the Sun. The Sun in Cancer will have you focusing more on your family and your home life. This gentle water sign will have you feeling a bit more sentimental than usual, and calls your attention to the home and what part of you, and others, need to be more nurtured.
The cosmic energy around the Solstice and leading up to eclipse season holds an intense energy, almost like the heavens are beaming down on us and lighting up areas of our lives that are screaming for attention.
We are all going to be called upon to step into our fullest potential and begin aligning with our purpose and our highest path. Up until this point in the year, we were being asked to create a vision of our reality, what we wanted to see change and have the end result of our vision come into real life. The second half of the year, from today onward, will be taking action to make the changes necessary to have you living your dream by the time 2019 is comes to an end.
Use this Solstice energy to make a final edit, and review the final changes to your vision. This is the final draft. You will have the opportunity next week to release the themes and issues that need to be let go of before your vision can come into reality. Make sure the blueprint you have for your life is solid. Take the time to think about the small details and make changes accordingly. A lot can happen in 6 months, and whether you believe it or not, you will be living a better version of the life you're currently living, if not a totally new version of life altogether, by the end of this year.
It is time to build bigger dreams, have higher ambitions, and to find more and more joy. In fact, if you don’t know where to start with all of this energy, start by following your joy and the rest will fall into place.
Life is strange sometimes, but remember that aside from all the lessons and growth, we are here to have fun. Focus on using the cosmic energy of the Solstice to bring in as much joy into your life as you can. Set a foundation of happiness to grow on, because we are about to start building our dreams with much more passion and determination than you ever thought you had inside you.
As always, if you require any assistance navigating the current energies of your life, please book a session online, and I'd be more than happy to help guide you through.
Marlee Henry
Psychic Advisor
The Energy Boutique
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Understanding the elemental energies we have to work with here in this earthly realm is the key to tapping into the power of the earth and the energies it offers us to work with. Fire, Air, Water, and Earth are the 4 major elements that the world has been created from and knowing when to call upon these elements in your life to lend you energy can have you tapping into the magic of our world.
The Energy Boutique will have elemental candles available for purchase to use in your home, according to the directional compass of your space. Identifying the coordinates; north, south, east, and west, can reveal a huge power of energy to use as a resources within your home.
Using elemental candles in the coordinates of your home can ignite an energetic fire in your environment that will aide you in accomplishing different goals and help you to harness the elemental power to raise the vibration in your space.
I am happy to be offering these gorgeous elemental candles that are created with the intent and ingredients that correspond with both the directional energies, and the elemental energies of our earthly realm.
Each candle has ingredients used that will help invoke the energies of the earth into your home to create a safe and protected environment while also allowing you to reach greater heights in your relationships, work, and passion projects.
Marlee Henry
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The Energy Boutique
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Today, our Lunar Goddess is in her full illuminated state, embracing and harnessing all of the Sagittarian power for us to work with. The full moon is a powerful time, but only if you understand the energy that it offers and how to harness it for your own benefit. It is a time of heightened emotions and healing energy. Our feelings on certain topics increase and rise as we grow towards the full moon status, where they reach the tipping point of acknowledgement before we release them all together.
Understanding the lunar cycle can provide us with a valuable insight into the changing energies that impact our lives throughout the month. Some people like to believe that the changes that are experienced during the full moon cycle is nothing more than coincidence, but scientific studies now show that there are hormonal changes that occur throughout the Moon’s phases explaining the increase in hospital visits, crazy attitudes, and irrational decisions.
While full moons are often accompanied by sleep disturbances and mood swings, those who are able to prepare themselves adequately can use the energy to their benefit to make significant changes and improvements in their lives.
The Sagittarius Full Moon is a fiery energy, ushering in bursts of creativity, and insight. Sagittarian energy gives you a feeling of fearlessness, and the courage to act quickly. With this potent energy, you may look at yourself, your life, or a particular situation in a new light, as Sagittarius helps encourage you to change or gain a new perspective.
Sagittarius invites fun and liveliness into life, as it is a sign that also encourages spontaneous and adventurous energy. If you find yourself being challenged in life right now, Sagittarius will help you find, and hold onto your joy. It's a fun spirited sign that will encourage even the worst "negative Nancy" to find the silver lining in their situation and raise the vibration within by focusing on the good instead of the bad.
The energy of Sagittarius will encourage you to let go of all expectations and the burden of your responsibilities, focusing your attention instead on the new experiences that have yet to come.
It is said that when the full moon is in Sagittarius, all zodiac signs are going to get a taste of the Sagittarius way of life. For some, this can be exciting, embracing the impulsive and adventurous energies that this will trigger. They will follow their hearts, enjoying the true freedom and allowing it to bring a new element of change and excitement to their lives.
For others, however, this can be a frightening experience that will disrupt their well planned and organized lifestyles. Instead of fighting this energy, embrace it. Open your mind, body and soul to the positive energies that come with the full moon in Sagittarius. Instead of allowing yourself to worry about all that could possibly go wrong, focus your attention on the possibilities before you, trusting that you are capable of whatever it takes to reach them.
Internal conflicts may arise under this full moon as the Sun is situated in Gemini’s side of logic and reason, and the moon is in Sagittarius’ side of living in faith. It’s important to find balance between the two signs and their influence within us. If you are analytical, and always needing to know all of the steps in the process, you may miss important clues that are meant to guide you in the right direction. When you live by faith only, you miss the experience of trial and error which ultimately leads to your growth. Find balance between faith and logic to support you in moving forward.
Emotions usually run pretty high around full moons, but this time around they may be easily triggered as we are also being influenced by other planetary influences. These planetary influences are digging up past emotional wounds, which might make you feel vulnerable. What and who is triggering your emotions?
If you have been struggling with pains from the past, this is the time to address them. Don’t shy away from the painful memories or difficult feelings that are associated with your past. Instead, embrace these experiences, allowing yourself to accept all that you have been through and the ways that you can improve moving forward. Applying these concepts to your life will allow you to let go of the past, freeing yourself from this negative energy, and move forward with a clean slate.
With the Moon in Sagittarius, you may be triggered to explore higher realms of spiritual truth, as Sagittarius is known to in the zodiac as the teacher, and the explorer. As a forward thinker, it also encourages you to look further down the path, and broaden your perspective, and concentrating on the bigger picture.
As always, if you require any assistance navigating the current energies of your life, please book a session online, and I'd be more than happy to help guide you through.
Marlee Henry
Psychic Advisor
The Energy Boutique
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With the last few days of our accelerated manifestation state coming to an end, we really have to get serious and focus on giving our vision work all we’ve got.My weekly subscribers have listened to me go on for months now, about how and why doing vision work is so important, capturing a vision of what our lives would look like if we could be living out our dreams.This accelerated manifestation state started back in January as we entered into the New Year, the year of building and creation.The Universe has asked to to dream such a detailed dream for ourselves and to hold that vision so strong in our minds that even the darkest, most toughest challenges couldn't have broken our focus. But the problem is, we did, we lost focus.We have had to continuously pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off and reinvent both ourselves and the ideal life we’d like to be living, more times than anyone was really counting on.The first half of this year was about building and creating ourselves, our inner worlds, filled with healing past pain and traumas, rebuilding our understanding and belief system, and raising our vibration high enough to become a permanent fixture in this 5D collective community.The first half of the year, as challenging as it was, revealed such truth, such strength within us that if we weren’t so energetically tired from reconstructing our energetic bodies, we may just have celebrated a bit more for coming out on the other end.Last week’s 
