AstroAlchemy: Transits, Transformation & Tarot

Mercury has officially entered its retrograde sashay through Leo and things are about to get dramatically introspective. This is not your garden-variety miscommunication transit. This is full glam drama, complete with ego checks, stage re-entry from ghosts of relationships past, and a front-row seat to your own inner monologue. Leo is ruled by the Sun and it’s all about expression, boldness, and unapologetic authenticity. But when Mercury, the planet of thought, speech, and tech, goes retrograde here, it doesn’t just mess with your texts and travel. It messes with your persona. Are you living from your truth or your need for applause? If you’ve been putting on a performance instead of living your truth, Mercury’s here with the divine director’s cut and some reshoots you didn’t ask for. 🎭 Mercury in Leo Energy: Retrograde, but Make It Theater Think of this as your cosmic rehearsal. Old creative projects may call your name, exes may emerge from the wings, and you might even stum...

  A Mid-July 2025 Survival Guide from The Astro Alchemist Let me guess…you’ve been riding the emotional equivalent of a Tilt-a-Whirl blindfolded. One minute you’re grounding into your purpose, sipping your tea like a serene little soul goddess, and the next you’re rage-crying into your journal, wondering if everyone’s secretly plotting against you. (Just me? Didn’t think so.) So what’s going on in the cosmos?  Let’s just say: it’s a lot. 🌊 Retrogrades Are Running the Show We’ve entered what I lovingly call Retrograde Soup—a boiling pot of internal reckoning served with a side of delayed emails and existential dread. Neptune retrograde in Aries is making us second-guess our vision, our boundaries, and maybe even our grip on reality. Things feel foggy—but not in a cute mystical way. More like, “Is this intuition or am I spiraling?” The answer? Both. Saturn retrograde in Aries is dragging us through some serious self-leadership boot camp. Old wounds around identity,...