Shift happens this week. On 6/15 at 4:40 pm PDT Mercury goes retrograde; it'll go direct on 7/9. Three times a year for three weeks the old Merc appears to go retrograde; perhaps he puts his winged feet up for a rest. With the lack of Earth Sign planets in recent weeks combined with the Gemini season, it has felt a bit like Mercury retrograde already. Remember that nothing really happens during retrograde season; no need to be a victim to it. Mercury retrograde simply reveals what is going on all the time: stuff gets wacky, like electronics and communication. It reveals the mind in all its glorious workings. The mind giveth and taketh. It maketh noise. It maketh thee to lie down in green pastures with the occasional cow pie. Forsooth, the ravin' nevermore. Just be aware and let the cow chips plop where they may. No big deal.

Happy Father's Day dads! Thanks for being with the moms and the kids and thanks for being you! Let me suggest that you let go of the protector stuff more and be what feels like vulnerable more. Your being fully your self is your strength, rather than power. Let those that you protect have a bit more space. It's time they get up to speed with their own protection. Please take time for yourself and by that I don't mean a beer and the game. Take time for your being and then being with your precious significant others will be all the more lovely. In other words base so-called protection on awareness rather than fear. No worries matey and thanks ever so much for all that you share! We love you.

The Sun opposes Pluto at 11:46 pm PDT. Pluto is now within a degree of the Galactic Center until the end of November. As the Sun opposes it, the effects are all the more noticeable. All sorts of new dimensions are opening in you and around you. This also adds to the spacy feelings that are up for people. It's very difficult to articulate about this conscious opening to the Galactic. We haven't even known of Pluto for half it's orbit. It'll be opposite its discovery point in January 2017. Meanwhile, this portal alignment with the core of our galaxy will be revealing all sorts of things high and low, dense and energetic. It is the time of Revelations, but not what the bible slammers had in mind.

The Sun enters Cancer on 6/21 at 11:07 am PDT. Happy Solstice! Take a peak. Have a grander. Still no Earth Sign planets, save the Moon once per week or so, until Mars enters Taurus, an Earth Sign, on 6/24. The flavor is going from mental to emotional. Cry thee a river. Ooze with passion. Re-hydrate after another long Fire/Air burn. One third of the 48 states are in severe drought. Perhaps rain will moisten and soften the parched uneasy game. Go ahead and get wet. Your spirits may at first feel dampened, but balms away any way.

The personal planets are now generally opposing the transpersonal planets. You may notice a lot of polarization if your still identified in the high/low, good/bad, spirt/matter thang. Claim your own consciousness and let the Dream and all its to and fro melt. The middle way/neutrality does not work. It all swings and loops and it is not you. Clear your identification in the software and voila..... here you be.

May the moisture be with you, if you like,
Mark