Open for Anarchist Calisthenics + Protection Magick 🪄

This Week in the Stars 1/20/25 - 1/26/25

Nothing is as it seems right now and IDK about you but it's FUCKING EXHAUSTING ME.

I've been writing notes for this weeks transmission for days on end at this point but haven't had the wherewithal to complete what I fully want to share with you all. I'm writing this as a reminder to myself, but also to you dear reader.

NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO GET SHIT DONE
But also? Shit still needs to get done. It’s not gonna be straight forward. It is gonna be messy. And we need community support more than ever.

Mars, the planet who helps us move things forward, get the shit done, fight the fight, is still retrograde in his fall of Cancer. (And exactly on my ascendant.🫠) If you are feeling low energy, slow to start or behind on your big New Years plans I just want you to know you are right where you are supposed to be. This might mean a side step instead of a leap. A moment of rest instead of a sprint. Maybe even a step backward - and that's OKAY. Community care right now looks like passing the baton back and forth.

Mars retrograde is probably the most infuriating of all the retrogrades we go through. And yes, we are still here. What part of your chart contains Cancer? (LMK in the comments!) It's an emotionally tricky time there. We are sidestepping, we are reflecting and also gathering data on what might need to be severed in this part our charts. Annnd, we are also just TIRED. (Special shoutout to my BB's with late degree Cancer, Capricorn, Aries and Libra placements. I see you, I am you.)

Writing this today and taking in the media from the inauguration, I'm feeling defeated. And this is part of Mars retrograding through its sign of fall (meaning that Mars doesn't like to be in Cancer bc it's sooo far outside of Mars realm of warfare + action). Take time to rest. Take time to cry. Take time to feel. This is all imperative for the major forward action we will inevitably be taking come Spring.

The other thing heavy, HEAVY, HEEEEAAAAVVVVY on my mind these last few days is Neptune. You have likely heard this outer planet referred to as the ruler of delusion, illusion, dreaming, spiritualism and ideals. When astrologers talk about Neptune, they often say "things are feeling foggy." And yes, all of this is true about Neptune. BUT, Neptune also rules over Conspiracy Theories, Propaganda, and really anything covert.

Beginning with the very short lived TikTok ban, steaming into the inauguration, it's been extraordinarily hard to discern WTF is actually happening. My word of advice, GIVE EVERYTHING THE SIDE EYE. We are going to be in this Neptunian haze for a WHILE as Neptune and the North Node of Destiny inch closer toward each other over the coming weeks. The North Node amplifies whatever it touches, manifesting that planet into our day-to-day reality in incomprehensible or overt ways. This is just making Neptune's air of confusion feel larger than life.

And TBH, we are going to feel like the window we are viewing the world through is fogged with conspiracy until end of March. You won't find me talking about this in "The Week Ahead" transits below since Neptune won't officially conjunct the North Node until February 7th. I'm sure you didn't need this astro download to know how off things feel, but hopefully this is some validation and just a reminder that genuinely nothing can be taken at face value at this time.

If you think something is a distraction from a larger play, it probably is. If you think something smells like propaganda, is probably is. The path ahead is hard to see right now thanks to all of this. And with Mars RX still doing it's thing, it's hard to know what action to take on top of not knowing where we are going.

Take care of yourself, touch grass (or snow), take your silly little mental health walks, and for the love of all things holy take all the social media breaks you need. Lean into your community. Take care of one another. Remind one another to rest.

The upside of this Neptunian exaggeration? It's a great time for dreams (IDK about you but my dreams have been riddled with insane symbolism and prophetic AF). Keep a dream journal. Get lost in a doodle. Make time for creation. Not feeling creative? Make time to quietly go within.

In the words of the late, great David Lynch,
“Negativity is the enemy of creativity. What are we going to do about that? Turn the awareness from out, out, out 180 degrees to within, within, within. And once we are pointed within, we will naturally and easily dive through subtler levels of mind and subtler levels and intellect. And at the border of intellect we will transcend.”


We're gonna make it. Messy. Imperfect. Together. Side-eyeing EVERY.THING.

Let’s Get Lunar🌗

This week we see the Last Quarter Moon, marking the halfway point of the waning moon period reminding us the New Moon will be here before we know. It’s a moment to slough off perfectionism as we feel the tension between old and new in our lives. We then move into the Waning Crescent phase, where we spend the majority of our week. This is also called the balsamic moon, and it can offer soothing balm but also low energy. It’s a great time to tap into intuitive practices and dream work and this invitation is only amplified by all the Neptunian energy that is currently at play. Read: find a journal this week (or use your phone) to write down your dreams. It’s time for radical rest, which with the current climate sounds like a few day social media break to me. It’s a time to engage in breath work practices for slowing down the nervous system. This moon phase is a great time to do protective magick workings. In light of our current President, I invite you to not only do work to protective yourself, but the marginalized communities who are being immediately impacted by a felon taking office.