08/12/2025
Are things feeling especially chaotic or heavy today?
Welcome to the planetary shifting of Mercury going direct.
When Mercury stations direct — like it did yesterday — the exact day or two around the shift can feel even more chaotic than the retrograde itself. It’s like a car changing gears: there’s that grinding moment before it moves forward smoothly. And boy are things grinding today 🙄.
Add to that the fact we’re still in the post-retrograde “shadow” (through about August 25), and the energy can feel heavy, erratic, or even volatile. Sometimes all the delays, miscommunications, and tensions from the retrograde culminate right at the turning point, which can spark accidents, tech failures, misunderstandings, or emotional flare-ups.
On a larger scale — drought, fires, and other disasters — astrology would often point to more than just Mercury. It could be a combination of:
Mars or Uranus aspects → sudden accidents, fire risk, volatility.
Saturn or Pluto activity → harsh weather, systemic strain, collective heaviness.
From an energy-worker’s perspective, today feels like a pressure release valve blowing off steam, both individually and collectively.
If you’re feeling that personal storm too, it’s a good day to:
Ground (feet on the earth, even briefly).
Protect your energy (Reiki bubble, white light visualization).
Pause before reacting — people may be extra triggered.
FYI, I am by no means an astrology expert, I just looked this up. I felt the extreme shift and I knew something was a brewing in the planets!
Stay safe out there.
