I’ve had the word topple, going round and round in my head the last few days, to the point were I think I need to write about it to get it out.
It means “ to fall from or as if from being top-heavy”, and in some circumstances it can mean to lop the head off of.
It got me thinking about precarity and our response to that. Sometimes precarity leads to an otherwise unlikely situation or a rare situation occurring, a real stars aligning kind of moment.
Often our response is frustration, or a stress and fear. Which is understandable as sitting in the unknown and feeling at the mercy of circumstances is super stressful.
The other thing it brought up in my mind was the image of the tower in the tarot.
Often the card when shown in movies is met with gasps, and fear. It shows a tower with people falling from it and stormy clouds or lightning in the background. It usually is telling of a forthcoming event of great change an event that will irrevocably change the normal order.
Though it is also a sign that structures that are not functional or sustainable must fall.
The other big theme at the moment I think is permeability. A kind of dis-ease or unease at the weakness of borders that are meant to keep us clean and safe. A sort of irk and subconcious unsettling feeling that comes with unseen forces, thinking mould (mold) poison /rot , disease pollution etc. Not to be too abject about it.
One thing I think that Leo season will be good at is bringing light to those places in the dark were things grow out of control. I was thinking about Leo season and how I think it could almost be a better signifier of home than Cancer usually is. contentious take lol
That our home is the place where we put our attention and were we light the way. Light has always brought a sense of safety and calm so I would recommend using this as a way of remediating some of the more paranoic and stressful energies. And Leo being under the rule of the Sun, the sun is our home in an impossibly large universe.
Think about the light you use in your life and what you prioritise using your power to light up. Even the light of your phone or computer or lamp or candle the streetlights you choose to guide you home.
One thing I think this mercury retrograde can bring, is examples of dysfunctional power systems being shown for what they are. ( I am thinking of the australian breaking olympics fiasco) but also there have been a few high profile examples of Freudian slips that show the true reality of what’s actually happening in positions of power.
Soooooo in summary, I think a certain flexibility could be really helpful at the moment, try to wrangle your attention to the corners of your life that are most important to you. Hospitality and home could be useful ideas to focus on in terms of community building and safety.
my recommendations are
yellow, bringing something yellow into your home, flowers, even drawing a yellow drawing and putting it on your fridge, yellow clothes.
sunflowers daffodils jonquils wattle
especially thinking about sunflowers and their power to clean up radioactive pollution.
getting time in the sun especially with lover/ friends/ family
vinegar /cinnamon/ clove in the house
turmeric drinking eating / dying fabric
candles, changing the light bulbs that aren’t a good colour, I am not an overhead light person but if you are find the right bulb that makes you feel most relaxed
clearing stagnant water
keeping dry
be careful not to get involved in internet conflict
I think the sun rather than venusian things would be a good focus for remediation of energy tbh
wattleseed
okay let me know how you are going and also if this makes any sense to you.
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I’ve been struggling with energy lately so haven’t been able to write as often but get in touch if you need guidance lol it usually pushes me to get writing and thinking about astrology and energy.
oh also peach juice could be a vibe