Father’s Day aside, this is perhaps the busiest cosmic week of the year! We have two sign changes, two retrogrades beginnings, one retrograde ending…and a Full Moon!
Cancer Season (+ Summer!) Begins on Saturday 6/20:
The Sun moves into the sign of the Crab, where he’ll reside for the next month. Expect your relationships, your self-care, your feelings, your family, and your divine feminine nature to come out more. Pure logic will not appease you, as something needs to “feel right.” I’d say this is a more humane placement for us all!
Here are some more positives: our empathy will be high, our compassion soaring, our protective and “mama bear” instincts will abound. And, frankly, we need this. Let’s get past the heady, disconnected (Gemini Season) way of seeing our world, and allow yourself to FEEL the full range of your feelings, both blissful and dark,
AstroOils® Cancer Season Diffuser Blend:
💧💧 Lavender
💧💧 Basil
💧💧 Myrrh essential oils*
Diffuse anytime from 6/20 until 7/22 to self-regulate, feel protected and taken care of, and be the centered glue that nurtures your nearest and dearest.
Jupiter goes Retrograde, also on 6/20:
Luck and expansion planet Jupiter commences his “backward” spin, also on Father’s Day (Sunday). Like Saturn and the other outer planets, Jupiter goes retrograde for a few months every year, which means his power will be dimmed, and we can have the opportunity to really ponder or renegotiate the aspects of our lives he represents: which of your talents DO you want to pour your energy into and see expand? What ARE your plans for success? What IS your worldview and general philosophy about life? Where DO you see the glass half-full, possibly to your detriment?
AstroOils® Jupiter Retrograde Diffuser Blend:
💧💧💧 Lime
💧💧 Rosemary essential oils*
Diffuse anytime from 6/20 through 10/17 to keep your optimism while you become more wise and knowledgable about the world around you.
Mercury Retrograde ends on 6/22:
Communication planet Mercury has been in Retrograde since May 29th in the chatty and social sign of Gemini. So you already know that all June hasn’t been the best time when it comes to scheduling, making agreements, traveling, or even making big and/or electronic purchases, like computers or cars.
And you probably all know how to navigate a Mercury Retrograde by now: if you can, postpone signing contracts or purchases until the retrograde’s over, triple-check your emails/posts/tweets, try to think before your share, and expect things to take longer than usual, or for people to reschedule/cancel/not get back to you in a timely manner.
You also know the beauties of a Mercury Retrograde: reconnecting to projects and people from the past, researching, revising, and revisiting!
Yet, despite the good parts of the Retrograde, most of us still desire for it to end already, and that’s exactly what happens on Tuesday!
Before you applaud, do remember that Mercury can act up the WORST at the beginning and end, so it might not exactly FEEL like relief quite yet. And also keep in mind that it’ll take the chatty planet until about July 8th to feel like it’s back to his regular, quick-witted speed. But we all will start to feel relief, especially in one certain area of our lives that’s felt held back lately.
AstroOils® Diffuser Blend to ease your End-of-Retrograde Mercury Hiccups:
💧💧💧 Lemon
💧 💧 Rosemary
💧 Cypress essential oils*
Full Moon in Capricorn on 6/24 at 2:40PM EST / 11:40AM PST:
Look back to January 13, 2021. What relationships and/or situations started during that last half of January? On Thursday’s Capricorn Full Moon—and, frankly, ALL WEEK LONG—we’ll start to see this key area of your life lit up and ready to sizzle!
Perhaps the seeds you planted near the beginning of the year are starting to show you some results, like that “New Year, New You” workout routine that’s starting to produce muscle definition in your triceps!
Perhaps a key relationship that began sex months ago reaches the next milestone—or fizzles out with a BANG.
Perhaps you find out a major piece of intel that changes how you view your current work situation—and now you have a big decision to make.
Key words: culmination, endings, completion, new information, harvest, rewards, accomplishments!
AstroOils® Capricorn Full Moon Diffuser Blend:
💧💧 Cardamom
💧💧 Black Spruce
💧💧 Siberian Fir
💧 Turmeric essential oils*
Diffuse this blend anytime this week to stay grounded, see your situation clearly, remove what doesn’t fit, and course correct as needed.
Neptune goes Retrograde on 6/25 until 12/1:
Neptune, ruler of fantasy, romanticism, illusion, creativity, and spirituality will slow down for the next five months. Though we usually have a collective freak-out when we hear the word “retrograde,” this one isn’t really anything to be feared. Think of this annual almost-half-the-year as the time when those proverbial rose-colored glasses come off and we see things as they really are. While life might appear “less magical,” remember that the magic lives within YOU and you can summon it at any time, rain or shine.
AstroOils® “See the Truth” Diffuser Blend:
💧💧💧 Rosemary
💧💧💧 Clary Sage essential oils*
Diffuse anytime over the next five months when you want to embrace situations and people as they are and need help making the mental shift to get there.
Venus enters Leo on 6/26:
Love and romance (and abundance!) planet Venus moves from sensitive Cancer to flamboyant Leo today. Our relationships will take on more color, vibrancy, and drama for the next four weeks! We will move on from “what are YOU feeling?” to “how can we have FUN together?!” Better yet: “what can we create together?”
The cons of this influence: perhaps being unreasonable in how you communicate with a loved one, being too self-centered, or wanting to bail the moment “life” happens and things are no longer pleasurable.
AstroOils® Venus in Leo Diffuser Blend:
💧💧💧💧 Tangerine
💧💧 Fennel essential oils*
Diffuse anytime from 6/26 to 7/21, to enjoy fife while not being a narcissistic prick!
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