What if Mercury Retrograde Didn't Have to be a Curse?

Let's rewire together.

It’s always humbling to realize new subconscious blocks.

Recently, I realized there are some sticky corners with some of my beliefs around Mercury retrograde.

See, it’s easy to say that I have good reasons for this. As a Gemini, I have more than enough negative experiences with Mercury retrograde to justify why I should listen to all the “don’t” of this time. (PS - I posted a video about this on my YouTube today!)

Don’t start anything new.
Don’t say what you need to say for the fear of miscommunication.
Don’t travel.
Don’t rely on technology.
Don’t make any decisions.
Don’t get surgery.
Don’t buy a house/sign a contract.

I’ve done all those things (and many more) during multiple Mercury retrograde periods and I’ve had confirmations that it’s not the right time to do anything. It has instilled a low-level fear of this time under the guise that I am “going with the rhythms of the universe”. While that’s not technically wrong, there’s another rhythm that is also important to listen to - and that’s our own. The unique rhythm in our bones, and quite frankly, the rhythm of the totality of the transits rather than just one personal planet being retrograde.

The biggest block to achieving our goals is inaction.

It’s not a retrograde, it’s not a transit, it’s not the fact that we’re a certain type in Human Design, it’s not a placement, or a tarot card.

It’s inaction.
Sometimes it’s inaction cloaked under conditioned, outdated actions that we know keep us stuck but feel comfortable.

Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash

So, this Mercury retrograde I’m rewiring my beliefs around things that go wrong during it. With the Mars-South Node conjunction in Virgo happening on the 20th of July (we’re already feeling it!) coupled with the energy of Mercury retrograde in Leo - this time is HEAVILY supporting rewiring subconscious beliefs and safely moving outside of our comfort zones. This is why I’m currently working on two workshops around shadow work.

A lot of people think rewiring subconscious beliefs is just mental, and that’s not true. While we can achieve a certain level of healing with mental effort alone, we are not just minds. We are minds with a body, and a nervous system that has most likely been dysregulated for most of our times. The fastest way to rewire our subconscious beliefs is to allow ourselves to experience acting on our emotions in a new way that feels safe - to allow our minds and bodies to experience that safety where it was not felt before.

This is why I always give actionable advice to my clients after sessions - not because I’m a drill sergeant, but because I spent years trying to think myself out of problems that were asking for me to just move through the world in a different way.

So this Mercury retrograde - I’m asking myself to do something that’s inconvenient to rewire some old beliefs. I’m asking myself to show up online every day of this Mercury Retrograde from July 18th to August 10th on Instagram, here on Substack, or on YouTube. This may seem easy for someone who runs an online business, but I can assure you, it’s not something that comes naturally for me.

And I’m simply getting curious about anything that goes wrong - or right!

And most importantly: I’m giving myself permission to show up and do this whole thing imperfectly, and not have that say anything about my worth (Mars/South Node Conjunction in Virgo transiting my 2nd house). The Mercury retrograde is happening in my 1st house of identity, attitude, body, and approach to life - so my attitude and mindset around being visible and available are up for review.

And I’m asking if you’d like to join me in inconveniencing yourself for the sake of increased joy, community, and evolutionary growth.

It doesn’t have to be in the same way as me. You can listen to both of my videos on YouTube and see where these energies are playing out for you in your chart and see if you get inspired. Maybe you’ll get creative. Mars in Virgo asks us for small but consistent actions - how will you show up? What can you commit to doing every day of this retrograde - no matter how small or imperfect?

And one last thing - I ask that you let me know you’re doing it. Comment here, on my YouTube, on my Instagram, reply to this as an email, and tell me that you’re committing to something as a way of holding gentle accountability for yourself - even if you don’t have all the details yet. It gives us an opportunity to support each other through it.

Here’s my only tip - don’t overthink it. I certainly didn’t. I came up with this idea and wrote this post as soon as I did, because it would have been easy to just let it slide on by and not take action on it. I don’t have it figured out. I don’t have a plan, and yes I’m nervous but I’ll tell you what I keep telling myself:
it gets to be messy, I just want to show up.

So… are you in?

xx Jazz