Starcodes February 28, 2020 Heather Roan Robbins

If March usually rolls in like a lion, this one limps in grumpily. The first wisps of excitement about the Spring hopeful renewal mingle with recalcitrant depression and Piscean overwhelm from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune that pile up towards the end of the Mercury retrograde cycle. The astrological mood can turn on a dime this week and we have to find a healthy middle ground.

Mercury retrogrades until March 9, leaving our mental steering, transportation and communication foggy. This Mercury, together with an approaching sun-Neptune conjunction, can conjure up clouds of misinformation, our emotional reaction can color our thinking.

Right now, where we feel safe, a Mercury retrograde sensitive introspection can help us understand nuance and inspire creative vision. But where we feel unsafe, we can project our worst fears on the world around us and not know where the distortion happens. This tricky Mercury can whisper stories of pandemics and stock crashes, loss of work, or it can bring us beautiful inspiration. Although our minds may drift from the facts, our emotional engines are cranked full on with Venus in feisty Aries and Mars in determined Capricorn. Our moods mood, the politics, and pandemic headlines can feel like a strong and willful horse directed by a daydreaming or panicking rider. Just know that we’re not thinking clearly, honor the…