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The Mercury in Retrograde Cycles of 2020

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The first Mercury Retrograde of 2020 stations direct in Aquarius/Pisces on the 10th of March at 3:59am – UT.

Our Cosmic Trickster is set for 3 watery retrogrades this 2020, dancing well within Pisces, Cancer and Scorpio.

There’s a FREEDOM in this current Mercury Retrograde. A healing and momentum bringing freedom.

With Mercury’s Piscean influenced downpour into our accumulated and active subconscious, the crispness in subtle understanding leads the way.

Have you been weeping into your sunset-lit-pillow, weeping for no apparent reason? Perhaps these last 2 weeks were confusingly confrontational? The fact is, Mercury propels communication and when in Retrograde, we need to look into the walls we built throughout the flow of the last 6 months.

Were we too hard on ourselves? Holding deep and heavy grudges for no wise reason or did we get taken by unnecessary confusions?

Whatever our reflections, this Retrograde has the power to bring to the surface what shouldn’t have been left behind. Even if what these recent weeks were showing us don’t make sense, don’t worry yourselves a feather, it’s actually a sign of helpful progress!

Remember that the subtleness is key: communication isn’t just about wit or logic, there are so many flavours of expression and we must allow for the moods to stir the pot of understanding.

It’s really ok to make an honest mistake, just please learn from the errors that surface and be tender, tender with yourselves and tender with others. 

This approaching softness will bring creative and appreciated freedom. This approaching softness is a “giving” masterpiece.

When Mercury stations direct on the 10th, be expecting a climactic end to a Neptunian kissed backward spin. Pretty much everything that’s written here will rise up as this primary Retrograde period closes.

So, how is Mercury showing up for you during this primarily Piscean Retrograde period?

The next Mercury in Retrograde cycle commences on the 18th of June 2020, in the constellation of Cancer, with the pre-shadow energies focussing on Cancer, which will take place from the 2nd of June 2020 and then stationing direct again in Cancer, come the 12th of July 2020. Mercury ends his post-shadow period on the 26th of July 2020.

The last Mercury in Retrograde for 2020 will manifest in the constellation of Scorpio, which will begin on the 14th of October and end on the 3rd of November.

The Pre and Post shadow periods are generally 2 and a half weeks before and after the Mercury in Retrograde cycles, so do keep this in mind when working with the energies and themes. Also, if you own a TarotbyTashi “Mercury in RX Sacred Scent” make sure to work with it during the Shadow and Retrograde Cycles.

Since the Mercury in Retrogrades of 2020 are predominantly in water signs, this promotes the ability to surge to the depths of our subconscious and to connect with parts of our psyche that will support our own healing processes. This will take place through various degrees of emotional understanding, creative outbursts and intuitive alignment. 

The years 2022, 2023 and 2024 are heralding 4 retrogrades within each year and it seems to be the cosmic flow with Mercury, moving through 3 or 4 cycles of Retrogrades per year. It tends to jump from a series of 3 cycles per year and then 2-3 years of 4 retrogrades every 12 months. You will notice this through how the cycles overlap – come the end of a calendar year.

This year for instance, the retrogrades are mostly in the middle portions of the year, so there will only be three cycles….and, as they space out again, we will return to a 4 cycle per year segment. This is how it tends to flow.

I do warn you though, no retrograde cycle is easy should we not apply a willingness to re-asses the themes the retrograde is considering. There are always useful ways to work with the energies and this is why becoming familiar with their messages is important. The cycles are indeed personal, since we all have different STAR MAPS. Through understanding how such retrogrades effect us individually, we will be provided with a swiftness in obtaining the wisdom of the cycle.

Did you know that I too am an Astrologer for companies/organizations? …..one of the most common requests (and this is not a secret) is to provide personalised readings for companies RE: all Mercury in Retrograde cycles. How do I do this?  Get in touch to find out.


Sending you all lightening bolts of clarity and wonder + everything Mercury.

Love and light, 

Tashi

Full Moon in Gemini
Mercury Retrograde
Several Oppositions
December 3rd 2017

The early weeks of December will lack the texture we desire. The stampedes of noise, a lot of noise and most of it stemming from our heads, will leave us heavily cluttered. Don’t believe the cosmic tricksters that play about, they want us to lose our grip and miss the Bull’s Eye of a season! Sure, December will be grand but this may seem impossible to consider just now. If you are asking yourself “why all this confusion, why all this weight?” believe me, it’s my question too and I can finally present you with an answer.

December kicks off with some annoying cosmic oppositions and this naturally manipulates us into a halt or a lengthy pause of some kind. We are silly if we think we are not manipulated by planetary influences because we frequently are. What bothers me most is how gloomy some influences can be…..but of course….there are always tricks and ways to steer clear from such influences. Just know, for the most part, they catch us when they catch us!

The current line up isn’t your straightforward blast of an influence like that blazing Full Moon in Aries we shared on October the 5th 2017. This line up is conniving, slimy and will make it harder for us to detect. The good news is, this will not last long but could make us lose chunks of our needed energy. It may also just bring us down to our knees in unwanted discomfort.

Mercury goes Retrograde in Sagittarius in the early hours of the 3rd of December 2017 followed by a Full Moon in Gemini opposition. What adds to the “dimming of the clarity lights” is the Neptune Square Moon effect.  This square will make our Full Moon experience stranger than usual, the conflicting feelings VS thoughts will run around and have us chasing them for absolutely no reason.  I caution you to be mindful of psychic vampires, energy theft and any form of cheating, dishonesty or scandal. Neptune in this position will push for illness and not just any form of illness, but the one that eats at the mind and messes with the tuning. We should all avoid intoxicants on or around this Full Moon as well as do our best to not trust our dreams, projections or hunches. There is a lot more pulling us now so we best maintain a meditative pose, waiting for this tricky line up to pass.

The USEFUL aspects of this Gemini Full Moon

What a first-rate time to examine all forms of communication and to have a healthy talk with ourselves.

Mercury in Retrograde opposing this Moon will force us into a needed silence. Do use this opposition wisely as some planetary aspects will sicken us with doubts. I suggest a lot of silence, plus fearless contemplation on where we are cheating ourselves, where we are cheating others and how much deceit we allow into our lives!

The theme is wishing for the collective version of a whole to “cut the bull****” so to speak and to reflect back, on all of 2017 with integrity. This looking back can make our final portion of the year grander, we need to see things as they were and understand them, understand our losses and gains. Where we hurt others, how we hurt ourselves and recall all the major events on a global scale that would have impacted our collective consciousness.  Using this Full Moon to reflect, learn and note down such knowledge will pave a way into a correct Mercury Retrograde tone. It can also be speedy in its success if worked with directly.

A Little Full Moon Exercise…..

If 2017 could be described in 5 words, what would those be to you? Under the light of this Full Moon, write those words down and integrate your lessons. See and feel how each word resonates to your current disposition and ask yourself what words would you like to take into the journey of 2018? Draw a graph too, from month to month, examining your lows and highs in 2017, have a look at it and see your rhythms and then smile away. It’s a pretty picture isn’t it? The madness of life and its moods! Keep the graph as a reminder until the end of the month, before setting ones intention for the New Year. Work with the graph for healing each month and setting it free as you release yourself into the dying part of the year.

    

The above exercises will help lighten up the gloom and make our entry into the final portion of the year useful. Another fun way to free up some chains is to donate a handful of our old clothes and belongings to the poor. We could even set up a group fundraiser. Yes, the Gemini Full Moon can attract money through social gatherings and when aimed at humanitarian pursuits, it’s rare we miss. The more honesty put into supporting those who are underprivileged, the better! This cosmic line up kind of deserves it.

Full Moon To Peak

Los Angeles – December 3rd – 7:46 am

New York – December 3rd – 10:46 am

London – December 3rd – 3:46 pm

Barcelona – December 3rd – 4:46pm

Delhi – December 3rd – 9:16 pm

Sydney – December 4th – 1:46 am

Some Closing Notes

It starts before it really begins is the trick of this entry into December. I mean, the real major players in our sky, will do some great things later this month so we best not take these first impressions too seriously. We are heading towards a very powerful end of month with Venus, Pluto, The Sun, Saturn and Lilith in Capricorn. Did you read that well because it will be MAJOR. We have also just entered Eclipse Season, with our first Eclipse of 2018 to take place on the 31st of January on a Blue Moon….WOW.

There will be 5 Eclipses in 2018 and some BIG ASTRO TALK. Uranus will make its 7 Year shift into Taurus, we will witness an approaching towards this 2020 collective deadline and we will really start to feel the urgency around rising or falling. It sounds quite extreme doesn’t it? Well it will be and it needs a noteworthy level of respect.

I salute December, because to me, and to many others, it is a symbolic season to honour the Divine and Sacred Feminine #inallherforms. This particular end of Month will emphasis on working with the Shadow elements of the Divine and Sacred Feminine principal as well as make us embrace the rawness around what that really means.

Here is a little something I put together on Instagram in respect to this Months dominating energy….

…..How are you going to unwind into silent and still December? No matter where we are on this precious globe, December will always be silencing and this fact goes beyond the concepts of Winter. December silences us so that we can process the significance of the year. It has a trance like quality, with a windy swiftness into the womb, into the softness of ones very own core. Would you believe me if I told you December is for Mothers, Maidens and Krohns? The mysteries of this Month have been holding us for centuries and if we look closely, we bond so profoundly (more than we do in any other month) during “the final chapter” themed December.

An Invocation

“The great mother awakens from her rest; the sacred essence of the Divine Feminine arises. Her breath is crisp, her first look is deadly and her last look takes us out of all the entrapments of the year now gone. I salute December, for it is there where we can sleep like a hibernating bear or truly realise that our eyes are brighter in the dark!” – TarotbyTashi

Blessed entry into December everyone! Dance around the fire, sing and look up, feel all that burns above you. We are not alone. We are forever united and so we must be.

    

I will be sharing more with you closer to the New Moon and Solstice. By then, all matters will feel lighter and the universe will be preparing to install in us a completely new download. Let us clean out the clutter, let it fall away and let us do the last bit of healing work to end this year justly. If we commit to some open hearted communication with others, and ourselves…..under the light of this Full Moon, we will bypass so much of the mess and then the luck of Jupiter will present its pizzazz to this Mercury Backward story.

Thank you everyone for an expansive 2017, I appreciate you and the attention you give to such things. It’s the love of magic that keeps the magic alive, so lets keep at it!

Feel free to share this with all of your friends and do note I am taking TarotbyTashi service bookings for January and February now.

Healing, Purifying and Honest Full Moon Blessings Dear Ones!

Love and light,

Tashi

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Pisces Full Moon
With Neptune
& Chiron Conjunct
September 6th 2017

“Calming & Healing Waters Post Eclipse Heat”

We are at the end of an Astrological Full Moon – Lunar Cycle, Pisces (the wisest of them all) is blessing us now as we are lifted into new and cleansed emotionally healing states.

When the Moon rises Full in Pisces we are often presented with a choice, a choice of reason, a choice that questions our strength!

Do we enhance our delusions or swim towards creative and healing clarity? This is the choice of this Full Moon.

It’s better to not doubt the destruction that can come from escapism or selecting the easy way out, if you endure a little and swim through the wild currents; calming and soothing waters will arrive. That’s the blessing of this Full Moon….“a chance to be softened, to feel and unwind in a rhythm so playful that presents clarity in the most creative of packages.”

The coincidental or random sequence of events that will continue after this Full Moon are linked to the discovery of new and useful pathways. Pathways that have been calling us and wishing for our acknowledgement for a very long while now. The post Eclipse lessons continue and this Full Moon provides the saturation of peace we need to process the hardest bits, the lessons that we did not want to learn or felt exhausted by.

I love Pisces Moons because of their tender and gentle encouragement. What we must understand is that this tenderness needs to be appreciated, if we take the side of restless escape we will miss the kind and wise song. A kind and wise song which tells us how easy it can be and how needed it is to simply decompose, exhale and rest into the moment.

What to do under the influence of this Full Moon:

  • trust the enhanced psychic powers
  • give or receive a divination
  • listen to your favourite music
  • write poetry
  • moon bathe
  • swim in a body of water under the rishi stars healing rays
  • decompose
  • heal through release
  • have a good cry
  • face the current situation creatively
  • indulge in some cuddles
  • paint
  • write your own prayer or aspiration for the betterment of the universe
  • have a romantic evening
  • be honest with yourself
  • spend time with / help animals or pets
  • release unnecessary guilt
  • pay close attention to your dreams on the 6th, 7th and 8th
  • express your love through creating something
  • take a nice hot bath with yummy essential oils

When the power of Neptune, Chiron and this Full Moon all in Pisces is harnessed, the doorway to subconscious secrets is unleashed and not only will we begin to understand ourselves better, we will also be given temporary access to a timeless place, a timeless place where all the questions we want answered are possible, where all the mysteries of the world are kept! Pisces Moon conjunct Neptune and Chiron rejects time, so please awaken into the alchemical might of this astrologically supportive energy and sincerely healing dimension. Healing is possible now, a deep and necessary healing of the past so that we can ensure we won’t miss the magic of all the Eclipse season had to offer.

This imaginative Full Moon will continue to share her energetic grace until the 8th of September so please do make the most of it.

I look forward to hear from you and learn about your experiences. As you may know, Mercury went forward on the 5th in Leo and won’t be holding us back any longer. The fun and quirky Sun in Virgo will allow the inner work pending to get completed – no corners will be left unattended to. Let the detail oriented light of the Sun in Virgo shine on in. What our souls or most sincerest parts have been yearning to attend to will get completed now. The endings are from lifetimes of baggage, we can let it all go, release it and find renewal in the brilliance of this Moon.

A divination for these times —>

“Find the wisdom of healing within, spiral deep into your purest and innermost core. Talk to yourself there, hear the thunder and release the rain. Life will improve after the storm is understood. Don’t let the trance like state of healing energy fool you, the wisdom is sharp, sit with it and heal all the universe (not only yourself.) A lot can be accomplished when we let go of this need to control, be wild within, centre yourself and free the noise. You will calm all storms by listening… You will!”

Thank you so much to all of you for your continued support.

May all be auspicious!

Love and light,

Tashi

Greetings from the Oracle of Delphi in Greece!

Hello dear ones,

How are you?

Greetings from the Oracle of Delphi in Greece!

Here we are smack bang in the middle of the final Eclipses to grace 2016. We are also about to witness the glory of the Rishi Stars (Big stars of Ursa Major) and numerological facts tell us that 9/9/2016 is the mark of the end to a long cycle of heavy “loop like” toxic patterns.  Can I mention that Mercury is in retrograde now too and all our planets are doing very awkward things!

It really is a time to introspect and look up at the sky, attempt a little retreat as well as just be quiet with oneself. This upcoming and final Eclipse of 2016 will change allot for many and in our world. The world will seem VERY different after November and our universe is preparing us this very second for that major shift. I suggest we continue to make blessed aspirations and pray with all our hearts. The cosmos want us to honour nature now, to connect with the Earth and listen to the voices of where we stand. We need to shut out the fabricated noise for some hours and listen to the wind, feel the air, its loud loud song and how the earth responds to it. Watch a fire burn, the crackling will enliven us and bring us strength. Sit by a body of water and long for clarity and see how swiftly it will purify fears.  Numerous insights will shine forth for us during this time. In-between Eclipse energy is ever so mighty so let us work with it now for the greater good!

Rishi Star Info by K Kunzang:

According to Tibetan and Vedic astrology there are clusters of seven stars called the Rishi Stars that appear once a year – usually in Sept. This year (according to Tibetan astrology) the Rishi Stars will be out from Sept 9th-15th.

Lama Dawa Rinpoche explains that according to a Hindu legend, these stars (called Sapta Rishi – the seven Rishis) were once great sages of the past, who, upon their death, raised up into the heavens and became these stars. When they are visible in the night sky, their light is said to possess special healing powers that transform all water into healing nectar. Typically, Tibetan doctors and healers would place buckets of water outside during this time, and then use this water for making their medicines.

Another way of benefiting from this healing water is to bathe in pools, ponds or rivers during this time. One could collect water in buckets and use that for bathing. Any water – whether it is ocean, river, stream, or water in pools, is imbued with the healing qualities of the stars. This water can be used to make healing tinctures, or for giving to pets and plants. Even the water in our own bodies can be blessed and purified by this special healing energy by exposing your body to the night sky when the stars are out.

Numerological importance of 9/9/2016:

The 9th day of the 9th month in a number 9year (9-9-9) is probably the most powerful day in 2016 according to numerology. The number 9 is said to represent karma, karmic debts, endings, completions, deep spiritual understandings and releasing the old so what is new can emerge. The death of unnecessary habits, beliefs and defenses is always traumatic but such deaths are necessary if we want to move into the new numerological vibration that will begin in 3-4 months. This powerful day really does mark the end of what no longer serves a purpose in our life and uproots all that is dry or left to rot in the dark. Use this day to bring light into the wish for newness. The energetic journey will ascend to clearer perspectives if we are willing to see the truth and allow certain ends to take place.

A little on TarotbyTashi in Delphi:

Many of you may already know how deep my roots are in Greece. I try to pay homage as often as I can to this enchanting land and tend to cry for it when away.

At present, I am at the end of a little writing project here in Delphi and am making use of this precious time completing divinations too. I made an effort to collect some sweet treasures blessed here to present in a cute Gypsy Caravan Sale. Attached to this email are a couple images of some charms that I am selling. There are limited pieces though am happy to receive emailed interest and can post internationally. The charms you see here are gold plated and made in Greece. The charm is called a “Mati” or in English “Evil Eye” and I will include specifics on the magical importance of such charms below. As for Delphi, I’m currently booked up to complete many more readings however I shall return in October and am taking bookings now for then! If you would like to receive your divination from Delphi please email me so I can book you in. I will also be revisiting a favourite spot of mine called the Oracle of Dodona (the oldest Oracle in Greece) and look forward to connect from there too.

The TarotbyTashi Mystical Tour program for 2017 is almost complete and the spotlight will indeed be Ancient Greece! 

There is always so much to share and I look forward to share more soon (especially about the upcoming and final Eclipse of 2016).

Have a transformative September and all my best of aspirations.

Love and light,

Tashi

Symbolic Significance of Mati / Evil Eye:

The evil eye is something like a curse that is cast by a malevolent glare and usually given to a person when they are not noticing. Many cultures believe that receiving the evil eye will cause misfortune or injury. Talismans created to protect against the evil eye are also called “Evil Eye” (such as the charms below).

The idea expressed by the term causes many different cultures to pursue protective measures against it. The concept and its significance vary widely among different cultures and primarily in West Asia. The idea appears several times in translations of the Old Testament. It was a widely extended belief between many Mediterranean and Asian tribes / cultures. Charms and decorations with eye-like symbols known as Nazars, (which are used to repel the evil eye) are a common sight across Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Southern Italy (Naples), the Levant, and Afghanistan.

Classical authors attempted to offer explanations for the evil eye. Plutarch’s scientific explanation stated that the eyes were the chief, if not sole, source of the deadly rays that were supposed to spring up like poisoned darts from the inner recesses of a person possessing the evil eye. Plutarch treated the phenomenon of the evil eye as something seemingly inexplicable that is a source of wonder and cause of incredulity.

Wearing an evil eye charm wards off evil, jealousy and negativity. It is said to wear one made from a land that honors the magic of intention behind such charms and not to purchase evil eyes that are factory made for business only purposes.

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An Astrological Update
Hello 2016

A Capricorn Climax will take place in 2020 when Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto land up in Capricorn. We all have a series of choices to make until then and these choices will transform our world for the better or worse. These choices will bring a long yearned for harmony or brutally oppress our future.

Astrologers fear the outcome of world affairs in 2020 because the last time Capricorn held these planets it held them and bled. What I want to say is if we are aware of the cosmic turning points we can indeed attempt to change outcomes. All cosmic turning points have both their negative and positive influences so the trick is to work with whatever is useful and don’t look back!

What we are all scheming now will lay the ground for the “new world way” in 2020 and this way (I repeat) will be harmonious or brutal. If people start to wake up and see the distortions of our reality and through understanding make necessary changes, we will then heal the pain and decondition from the falsification on a collective level.

The extremes in the current chaos thicken and as the years pass whatever divides us from the peace within will increase. It is urgent to be a wise contributor to support the ground we step on. The elements we depend on are crying and whatever toxic emotions stir the pit of our collective pain is in total control now. Rise up in loving kindness and protect this earth through seeing where you are.

2016 looks bumpy, bumpy because we are quite confused now and all who are attempting to carry us cant really care. We are basically being tricked and kicked further and further away from ourselves. Can you feel it? A good way to examine this statement is to see just how much time per day is spent in unnecessary indulgences. Over the years we have been taught to do so and this indirect manipulation holds us down and away from seeing how urgent it is to care. To care for others and this precious earth requires us to care for ourselves too. How we dedicate the next 4 years will play a hefty part in the grand scheme of things. Are we going to decide to connect more with where we are or will we lock it all out and swim in this obvious numbness?

Astrologically, the end of December 2015 surprised us with a feeling of release and this feeling will continue to work with us in January. From what I can see, 2016 will only really start in February. I say this because the release from December had direct access to the way we perceive the world and its pain, it provoked us to recall the nurturing aspects within ourselves and how useful it is to care for everything a little more now. After the New Moon in Capricorn on the 10th we will start to awaken into the New Year and by the 1st week of February the energetic push to start anew will be ours. Use January to let it all go, release the shocks and learn from 2015’s unfulfilled promises. There are teachings in the challenges of 2015 and we can still learn from them. In-fact, we must.

2015 proved to us that security is overrated and won’t have much worth so… to rely on the notion of security has absolutely no relevance. This ever-changing wild ride within and without is screaming for peace; the peace from within.

Try not to expect much now because systems have been designed to fail and the real astrological message is to strengthen your inner world. Since the weight of the planets is shouting for order let’s at least attempt to find it within. Lets stop this outer need for confirmation and unite with our hearts to heal the contractions of the mind.

How do we REALLY enter 2016?

Well… it’s time to kiss the moment and not take anything for granted. See this year as a chance to connect deeper with the divine and to develop our hearts. With aspirations and open arms we can heal all wounds.

Saturn in Sagittarius gives us access to divine knowledge and that knowledge will come easily if we seek it. For those of us who want to undergo productive study know that 2016 / 2017 is an empowering time.

Jupiter in Virgo promotes how correct it is to remember our great mother Earth and nurture her back through eating well, helping the environment and simply knowing she’s alive. This knowing will automatically encourage us to nurture ourselves. This knowing enables us to feel more and to really see where we are.

Take January as a time to firmly mark your promise on this earth and towards others. Make the wish that you will do your best to see and feel where you are so that you can inspire and change 2016 for the better.

The New Moon on the 10th wants us to work harder and to map out what needs to be done so that we can tread a little lighter. It’s really not so complicated, our intention and awareness will help so much and if we walk into 2016 aware the overall ability to rise up for complete benefit wont fail.

Eclipse season arrives in March and despite Mercury’s current backspin, we are actually cosmically supported so let’s use the space to plan well and love so much more.

Love and light,

Tashi