Relieving mental pressure

The good news: Mercury's not retrograde anymore.

The weird news: it's in good aspect to Neptune and Pluto and bad aspect to Saturn. For the next week.

Meaning: it's a good time for deep thought, frank conversations, daydreaming (if you can swing it--Saturn makes that difficult) and generally investigating things. Mercury in Taurus is not particularly fast, either, so if you're in the mood to slowly read a really long book, have I got the energy for you!

What it seems to be doing in real life, though: spreading not-great news or forcing people to think things through again. Thinking things through again is the cornerstone of Mercury retrograde which just ended yesterday, and in my experience of this retrograde, stuff that was already decided got undecided. Like a lot of stuff. Maybe now that the retrograde is over people will re-decide things they already decided. Please?

So while you're thinking things through again, embrace the Mars/Jupiter in Aries energy that's not particularly troublesome: take a hike, move some furniture, join a kickball league, or generally do something physical to relieve the mental pressure. Venus in Taurus isn't bothering anyone, either, so if you have something specific in mind that might be pleasing and that activates any of your 5 senses, go for it. Even if it's just napping in a field: Venus in Taurus is all about that.

XO,J