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  • The Dark Romance of Jupiter Meeting the North Node, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus

    Final scene of Nosferatu (2024) directed by Robert Eggers, taken from https://taliesinttlg.blogspot.com/2025/04/nosferatu-2024-review.html

    The final leg of this intense Mercury retrograde in Scorpio/Sagittarius reminds us that we are currently under a beautiful astrological configuration, brought about by the meeting of Jupiter in Cancer (at 24° 47′ degrees) together with Saturn (25° 15′), the North Node ( 24° 24′), Neptune in Pisces (29° 45′) and also Uranus in Taurus (29° 16′). These 4 massive planets of our solar system, together with the lunar nodal axis in Pisces/Virgo, are cozying up to each other within the span of 5 degrees and forming pleasant and harmonious trines and sextiles.

    With so much soothing Water and Earth energy in the sky, the air feels thick with generative emotions, creating a fertile, spiritual ground for romantic ideas. But because Earth and Water romantic energy is often tinged with serious and rather heavy feelings such as melancholy, yearning, loss, sadness, possessiveness, forgiveness, and low self-worth, it develops a rather gothic and dark sheen.

    Collectively speaking, it took us a while to get here after a year that began with considerable chaos and irritations (and I blame Jupiter in detriment in the sign of Gemini for that). At the beginning of this year, most of us felt lost, almost like we dissolved and had to let go of things and people we felt emotionally attached to. This loss created spaces in our hearts, in our minds and in our homes that are now being watered and replenished by the rich soil of new seeds, a life germinating with so much emotional potential. A life which awaits the simple spark of Saturn re-entering Aries in the month of February 2026 to light up. Until then, we have time to reflect on what exactly this year was, and I’m personally choosing to do so through the medium of film.

    Saturn & the Bleeding Father Wound

    I think it’s significant that from a cinematic viewpoint we began the year with big releases such as Nosferatu and are ending it with Frankenstein. The Zeitgeist denotes a growing fascination with horror in our collective, both in terms of movies, but also in the gaming world. Could it be that the realm of horror in art is helping us deal with our own crippling existential anxieties in a collapsing socio-political environment? We usually associate the Archetype of the Father with the spark of vitality, with the energy to overcome obstacles, to boldly face life’s challenges and to contribute to society. But as society and social norms are dissolving right before our eyes, is our conception of the protective and all-encompassing Father Figure also crumbling?

    Much like it was gorgeously shown in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, are we left with hunting the monsters of our own psyche, placing upon those on the fringes of society the monstrous qualities of our unintegrated, collective Shadow? Is this why it feels so difficult to exist as a non-conformist, sensitive and creative person in a global village in which everyone thinks the same, looks the same and feels nothing?

    Movie still of Mia Goth and Jacob Elordi in Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein”. Taken from: https://www.cbr.com/netflixs-frankenstein-final-trailer/

    If masculinity then appears distorted in our collective unconscious do we transform it into something perverse or perhaps expect it to be perverse? Because things usually exist in pairs, then we cannot speak of a ‘perverse’ or ‘distorted’ form of masculinity haunting the collective without shedding light on its opposite: the higher-minder, redeeming image of man, as a defender, protector and spiritual guide. This is why we may have these counter-trends proliferating in the collective at the moment, being swept over by both religious fervour (see Rapture Tok) and smutty satisfaction (see Werewolf Romances or Biker Tok). There’s a lot more to say on this topic but I’ll let Jungian Analyst and prolific fairy-tale collector, Marie-Louise von Franz explain the psychological tendencies:

    People of all ages needed an inner guide to help them overcome life's trials. This need has prompted people to see in certain individuals, gods or deified inspired personalities, the personification of all the skills they are looking for. When people are confronted with this impulse, the father archetype often appears, bearing the image of a deified or god-like counselor.
    - p. 255, Archetypal Symbols in Fairy-Tales: The Profane and the Magical.

    So, at present, are we choosing (more or less consciously) to worship a Demonic Father, a Destructive God which imbued with our own unacknowledged heavy feelings, has the power to obliterate us? Are we then seeking redemption through destruction? And how do these collective energies in which we exist daily end up affecting our behaviours, especially our gendered attachments?

    Some Uranus in Taurus Witchcraft

    For me, 2025 started with a trip to the local movie house to see Nosferatu, a movie I was eagerly waiting for. Stuffed in my seat liked a tinned sardine with a big crowd in a room that was hellishly warm because the air conditioning was not at full capacity on that cold January evening, I was too distracted to enjoy the movie by the bickering couple sitting next to me who had also berated me for not sitting in my proper place (aka the one I bought the ticket for). Nonetheless, I loved the movie! The dark aesthetics lingered in my mind, as well as that unforgettable, final scene, symbolic of the painting Death and the Maiden (see first image of this post).

    After the movie, I came home and felt a sudden and overwhelming urge to take a bath. But rationally I told myself “No, don’t take a bath, because you are during your period at your day with the highest flow and you will literally bathe in your own blood if you do”.

    Stupidly enough, I listened to reason and learned to regret it, because I woke up the next day with a severe cold that locked me in bed for the next 3 days. After I recovered, and being an impressionable Pisces, I felt that somehow the dark and evil nature of the monster portrayed in Nosferatu was somehow “stuck” to me and made me feel physically ill. I did some occult research and discovered that bathing in your own blood is actually a protective strategy that can help someone let go of the slimy energetic strings that were attached to her through the malevolent evil eye of others (or in my case, the bad vibes of the bickering, dramatic couple sitting next to me in the cinema). Menstrual blood is especially powerful, as it contains both death and the seeds of life alongside with the protective energy of the discarded uterine lining.

    The entire experience was yet another lesson in learning how to trust and listen to my insights, visions and intuition. For a while after that, I was kind of afraid of re-watching Nosferatu because I associated the movie with getting ill and did not want to repeat the experience. Nonetheless, I decided to face my fear and saw the movie once again, at the end of August this time, projected onto the barren wall of my bedroom. Alone, in stillness, only disturbed by a cool breeze from the summer air wafting through my room, the slow sound of traffic and the crickets outside, I finally enjoyed the movie. I also did not catch a cold or argued with strangers and I saved my pocket money for candles and crystals.

    Just as a sidenote, having lived through a lot of things in life and travelled extensively, I generally recommend solitary experiences to collective ones. Solitude truly is a gift and we should learn to value it and appreciate it more. That being said, this post is about love 🙂

    Or better said, it is about romance and the way it blends with love at the level of our unconscious dark fantasies under this blissful astrological configuration covering the months of November and December of 2025.

    Jupiter, the Quirky Dark Romantic

    When two of the planetary giants of our solar systems (Saturn and Jupiter) find themselves shining through two of the most sensitive, soft and romantic Water signs, a deep rollercoaster of emotions is unleashed onto the collective. Socially, we find ourselves at the mercy of attachment triggers, insecurity hot-spots and conflicting emotions. Much of the anger we get to experience in the collective, has at its root a terrifying sadness and fear of abandonment.

    Despite, their romantic nature, sweetness and adaptability, Cancer and Pisces can be the bringers of great suffering and pain in their lives and the lives of those they come into contact with. This happens when instead of understanding, accepting and mastering their emotionality, they succumb to it or they repress it (by pushing what they feel deep in their unconscious), thereby fuelling their Shadow Selves. People who succumb to their Shadow and live governed by their unconscious desires, become that very thing that they fear: the monsters, those with a great capacity for harm and psychological damage.

    Cole Sprouse and Kathryn Newton in ‘Lisa Frankenstein.’ Michele K. Short, image taken from https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/lisa-frankenstein-review-kathryn-newton-cole-sprouse-diablo-cody-1235816547/

    Since Jupiterian matters are simultaneously light-hearted and yet filled with rich meaning, I need to say a couple of words here about the wonder-fest that Lisa Frankenstein is. I discovered this Diablo Cody creation this year and have already seen it thrice, I just love it so much! Flipping the script on the male-dominated plot of Frankenstein, this movie has a certain unique, camp charm combined with female ingenuity on the background of an 80s synth-wave trip. The plot revolves around strange Lisa who lives with her father, her step-mom and step-sister in a sleepy, suburban neighbourhood. Her life is marred by a gruesome event that traumatised her childhood and makes her rather reclusive. She takes her social awkwardness and fantasizes in a bachelor’s cemetery about her ideal boyfriend while dabbling in some light witchcraft.

    Then on a stormy day she accidentally brings to life a young noble-man who zombies his way to her house to profess undying love to her. He is disabled and smells awful but his heart seems in the right place. To make him human-looking again she has to come up with some creative ideas, and thank God she knows how to sew! Chaos ensues in the sweetest and most psychotic way possible, and I guarantee you will find it hard to guess the ending.

    The fascinating thing about Lisa Frankenstein is how her rage and overall teen angst is somehow projected onto the Creature, who ends up putting into action her murderous intent and sadistic fantasies, especially geared towards her borderline step-mother. By falling in love with her, the Creature somehow redeems Lisa of her lowest desires and darker feelings. Their weird, beyond-the-grave love has therefore, cathartic properties, reminding us (again, from a flipped gendered-perspective this time), that love has the power to quench rage and transform death into life again.

    This is a delightful movie, considering how low on romantic outputs the past few years have been in Hollywood. I also love the trend of 80s inspired dark romances and slashers. Inevitably, this movie sent me thinking of Totally Killer, a movie I added to this year’s Halloween list of recommended frights.

    Neptune or When you Love the Monster

    Judging by the rising popularity of creepy, dark romance content on Book Tok, I think it can be said that this year, under the wounded and distorted, paternal energy of the Saturn-Neptune conjunction and Chiron in the sign of Aries (which I wrote about in a previous post), we are all unconsciously processing our strained relationship to men and masculinity, and especially to our fathers, the first men we loved.

    Increasingly, it seems that the fine line between the sado-masochistic content of personal fantasies is pervading the collective, who find enjoyment and liberation in stirring up social discoussion around these darkly, ecstatic experiences. This is also driven by greed, a typical manifestation of Uranus in Taurus energy, because what is taboo, forbidden or mysterious usually sells really well.

    Nonetheless, I wonder what this form of dark consumption is doing to our psyches in the long-run? Like a Halloween Bacchanal taking place in the privacy of your home and on your phone’s lit up screen, a gallery of perversions and dehumanising acts are misinterpreted as sexy and romantic to rather cringe-worthy heights. Could this be a marker of our sexual appetites changing or of a collective call for desensitization brought about by the transit of emotionally detached and freaky Pluto in Aquarius?

    I’ll let you find your own answers to this one.

    Movie still of Tyler Galpin and Wednesday Addams from Wednesday Season 2. Taken from: https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/shows/he-s-f-king-evil-internet-divided-whether-wednesday-tyler-end-together-wednesday-season-2

    In all honesty, I’ve also been consuming this year a lot of analogue horror content and I began listening to heavy metal. With Jupiter’s transit into nostalgic Cancer, and at my therapist’s request, I started looking for ways to consume the pent-up rage I have been feeling towards my mother in the wake of my father’s death. Taking walks at night-time, drawing monsters and shadow figures, cursing people who harmed me and listening to heavy metal were such sublimation strategies to process my anger. And I admit that as time passes, these sublimation strategies are working and I felt lighter. My mind is also remembering the background to my teenage years, mired in the foreboding sound of bands like System of a Down, Korn and Slipknot. Paradoxically, hearing men scream feels like they are screaming for me, in my name, in the name of the soul inside of me grappling to catch light again.

    However, using creepy symbols, scary masks and war paint, dancing and shouting were also survival strategies our ancestors used when faced with the dark forces of disease and violence. Sometimes you become scary when you feel at your most vulnerable and are frightened yourself. As a protective strategy – you become that which you fear in an effort to push back on the energy crossing your boundaries and consuming your identity. This is where the fathomless creatures of Neptune, the God of the Sea, rear their ugly heads, in the realm of dreams and in the silent waters of our inner emotional reservoir. We sometimes reach down inside this fantasy realm to gather the strength to fight the beasts surrounding us, whether human or imaginary. And sometimes to overcome the darkness, we must become it, this being the behaviour encouraged by the camouflaging tendencies of Neptune, domicile in the sign of Pisces.

    Recently in the second season of Wednesday, we’ve seen the overt conflict between Tyler and Wednesday, as it is now revealed that he is indeed the Hyde and therefore highly dangerous. Tyler is locked away in an asylum, seething in his rage at being betrayed by the Addams family prodigy, he once felt so attracted to but also attempted to murder. Although both Tyler and Wednesday are exploring their difficult attachments to their mother figures in this season, the overall feeling I had while watching the narrative unfold is the terrible weight of loving somebody who is overwhelmed by their Shadow, to the point of having a monstrous alter-ego.

    From a paternal point of view, I also found it interesting that Tyler’s father is ashamed of his son, while Wednesday’s father is proud of her. Could this psychological resource determine the boldness that Wednesday shows in directly facing Tyler in Hyde form, the monster she loves? (it is to be assumed that love is involved, since Wednesday so obviously displays psychopathic tendencies which normally inhibit affect).

    Although Tyler is the one in visible chains, Wednesday is the one having to deal with the emotional repercussions of loving someone monstruous, someone who consistently helps her and also harms her. But this tendency exists inside of herself too. Underneath her amateur detective Persona, Wednesday harbours towards Tyler the simultaneous desire to help him while also fighting with him.

    In general, it seems that in the absence of meaningful myths to guide us we have been seduced to fall into the cesspool of dark fantasy images produced by contemporary culture and social media. It could be an act of creative absolution to reclaim myths and fairy-tales that align with our values and personal identities and use these as meaningful shields against collective dissolution, meaninglessness and cheap thrills. Maybe experiencing dark romances or exploring our Shadow aspects in love connections, could be the liberating way forward, where instead of pressuring each other into unsustainable, positive ever-afters, we process our pain and wounding into powerful and energy-giving, romantic transformations.

    With universal love,

    Lexi

  • Light a Fire

    Zach Alan , The Ritual. Taken from https://www.diyphotography.net/photographer-created-fantastic-light-painting-fire/

    Today marks the Winter Solstice, or Yule as the pagans call it. The longest night of the year, and just tuning into any news channel, it certainly seems so from a political and social point of view. I woke up at 7 am in the morning because my phone’s battery died and the affirmations, I was listening to in order to reprogram my mind to maintain a more positive outlook, had stopped. The morning looked exceedingly grey, with a thick coating of clouds ominously looming over the district in Bucharest under which I live. I say ‘under’ because lately everything has been feeling somehow above me, on top of me, gently crushing me into a haunting sense of submission. And I’m not in the habit of submitting. As I opened my eyes, slightly irritated that my dream had to end, there was just silence in the room, accompanied by my breathing and the sounds of my upstairs neighbours heavy, intermittent and always difficult-to-predict knocking. To counter-act the sense of dread I was feeling, I got up to recharge my phone, I pressed play on my laptop so it could unleash some soft, jazz music and moved around and woke my trio of cats who gradually made a little barrage of cuddly fur around my ankles. Making some coffee then opening up this blank page I felt like I should write something empowering and useful about the energy of the Winter Solstice. Needless to add, but I was struggling in this task. I feel like I owe it to my crew, my online community to inspire them to feel better, and yet I myself feel low on energy and uninspired to celebrate anything. My body seems to be in shutdown mode for a few weeks now and it just wants to sleep and disappear into dreams. The fact that I wake up to a reality in which everything seems unstable, dark and hopeless doesn’t help.

    Against this lethargy, I try to resuscitate my body with long walks, warm and bitter cups of coffee, sweet homemade jam and affirmations, and I have some success in this endeavour, although in some moments the heaviness which I perceive in my environment is so palpable that it just overwhelms any efforts to combat it with hope and light-heartedness; like a juggernaut of despair and darkness, the Zeitgeist haunts me and moves steadily without any persuasion to do otherwise. I normally enjoy my solitude as I find a lot of space to create and time to listen to my inner voice, but the heaviness surrounding my heart is blocking me from being creative at present. So the silence and solitude in which I find myself feels hard to endure, rather than nourishing and calming, like it used to feel. I keep thinking whom to ask for help, what powerful force can I align with, in order to generate more light and to find purpose and hope? Whom do I turn to when my inner light is barely a candle-light fire, and needs some spiritual…gasoline, in order to burn brighter? I figure that if people usually have disappointed me with their lack of courage and consistency in my life, then what exists in the world beyond the veil, may be the answer I am searching. During trying time, we may ask the gods for help with lighting up our inner fire; and our ancestors will most likely, respond to us in a positive way if we turn to them for help.

    The deities associated with Yule are commonly known as light-bringers and Earth-nurturers, such as the Japanese, Amaterasu – Goddess of the Sun & Heaven or the Greek Demetra – Goddess of the Harvest & Seasons or the Nordic Baldur – God of Light, Beauty and Purity. But seeing as the Sun is tethering in between the constellations of Sagittarius and Capricorn around the time of Yule, and as these are Fire and Earth astrological signs, other heavy and rather darker deities are also invited to the holiday table, deities such as Hades – the Greek Lord of Death and the Underworld or Papa Legba – the Voodoo Gatekeeper of the Spirit World or Hel – the Norse Goddess of Death and the Frozen Underworld. Perhaps the most interesting Goddess is Persephone (also known as Cora to the ancient Romans), as she represents a mediator between ground and underground. In December she is presumed to nestle under the Earth, joining her husband Hades in their wintery nest, as her mother Demeter has frozen the ground and blocked the growth of vegetation until her daughter safely returns to her from her dark, romantic journey. It is only with intense prayer and adequate rituals that one may awaken Persephone from her sepulchral slumber and one must do with care, as when you awaken the Goddess of the Underworld you also bring with her the cobwebs and dark mysteries of the world she currently inhabits. If, however the task is achieved, she is one of the most powerful ally you can summon to help you manifest spell-work in December, the type of spell-work that may help you balance your mental health.

    Illustration of Goddess Persephone by Gleiver Prieto

    This is because around Yule, it is assumed that a powerful energetic portal opens up and in this way, any spells, affirmations, intensions, sigils and magic artefacts can be more easily manifested and charged with magic; especially, if you dedicate any of these magic-infusing rituals to a specific deity. In her book, The Goddess in the Shadow, Allycia Rye describes how by using flower petals, dark chocolate, 4 green candles, pomegranate seeds and sweet-smelling salts for a herb bath, you can devise a simple ritual to invoke Persephone, the mediator between earth and under-earth around Yule-tide:

    Persephone’s ritual should be done during the full moon (…) To begin this ritual, you must make an offering to Persephone asking her for her wise counsel. Once the moon has risen, find a path of garden. It’s best if it has flowers with blossoms or vegetables, but any path of growing things can do. Take your offering of the dark chocolate and the pomegranate seeds with you. Sit among the growing plants. Feel their joy. Envision Persephone coming back to Earth from the Underworld. Feel the happiness of that welcome from the world around you. Place the offerings among the plants. Meditate on the reason why you think Persephone’s guidance could be so important to you. Meditate on each issue separately. And then with humility, ask Persephone to guide you through her wisdom. Sit for some time longer, clearing your mind into calmness. Once you’ve finished your mediation, go in and run a warm bath. Put the Epsom salts, herbs and flower petals in the water. Light the green candles, put one at each corner of the bathtub. Turn on nature music. Now step into the bath and relax completely, body, mind and soul. Let the healing powers of the herbal bath attend to your wounds inside and out. In the days and weeks following, watch for repeated images or sightings of bats or butterflies, or any of Persephone’s other symbols (…) In the night, before going to sleep you might say a version of this: Beloved Goddess Persephone, the night has come, the moon is risen, the sun is asleep, and it is time for rest. I humbly ask you to protect me. Keep me safe and surrounded by love, until the sun returns.”

    If going around your neighbourhood in search of available gardens isn’t really your cup of tea on cold December days, you may want to try these low-effort recipes that soothe the stomach lining and may help you mark the Winter solstice with a special memory. In A Tea Witch’s Grimoire: Magickal Recipes for your Tea Time, S. M. Harlow offers the following concoction:

    To bond with the Spirit of Light, here is a wishful tea ritual. Set the space with a sparkling white altar cloth with three blue and three white candles. Use a purified glass bowl to hold your herbs and a teakettle for the water. If you truly wish to follow the old ways, it is said that the first full moon after Yule is considered to be the most powerful moon of the whole year. If you wish, you may do this ritual then. Blend: 1 teaspoon black tea; 2 tablespoon dried apricot bits; 2 tablespoons dried figs, 1 dash nutmeg, 1 stick cinnamon, 1 vanilla bean. As you blend each herb within your cleansed bowl, imbue the mix with your energy and intentions. Bring the cinnamon stick and whole vanilla bean together and visually bind them towards yourself with a long white string to create a wishing wand. Light the white and the blue candles and place them surrounding your bowl to empower the blend. Add a tablespoon of the blend to an infuser (or double the amount for a pot of tea) and surround the pot with clear quartz or emeralds. Heat your water to 205 degrees. Cover the tea with water and hold your hands over the brew. Focus your intent on what you wish for the season, filled with harmony and abundance. Brew for 5 to 6 minutes. Leave the wishing wand within your vessel. Add milk and sweeten with honey if you wish and use the want to stir clockwise to activate the spell. Just before serving, recite this blessing: As the winter cold rushes in, and we are put to rest, may our dreams find their reality, and our wishes blessed. The Sun shall bring them into the light, to await our warm awakening, and there we shall find our wishes calling.

    And in terms of cooking something delicious and memorable, in Festive: Recipes for Advent, authors Julia Stix and Eva Fischer recommend the following dish to warm up the longest and potentially coldest night of the year:

    Ingredients: 60 g stale bread, 2 eggs, salt, pepper, 250 ml milk, 1 small onion, 170 g butter, some parsley, 800 g mushrooms, 2 shallots, 200 ml cream, 50 g grated parmesan, olive oil.

    Mushroom Ragout with Bread dumplings – Finely dice the bread roll. Transfer to a bowl. Whisk the eggs and salt to taste with the milk. Pour the mixture over the bread. Finely chop the onion. Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium heat and sweat the onion until softened. Add the onion to the bread mixture and combine well. Leave to rest for 1 hour. Shape the mixture into a thick sausage and wrap tightly in a wet cloth napkin or clean tea towel. Tie the roll securely with twine. Bring a saucepan of salted water to the boil, add the wrapped roll and simmer gently for 40 minutes. For the mushroom ragout, carefully clean the mushrooms. Cut any small mushrooms in half and slice any larger ones. Peel and finely dice the shallots. Heat the oil in a frying pan. Add the shallots and sweat until translucent. Add the mushrooms and fry over high heat, stirring continuously, until beginning to soften. Reduce the heat to low. Pour in the cream and simmer, uncovered for 10 minutes. Add the parmesan just before the end of the cooking time. Season with salt and pepper. Rinse the parsley, pat dry and finely chop the leaves. Stir into the ragout. remove the dumpling roll from the saucepan and drain well. Unwrap and cut the roll unto thick slices. Drizzle with the melted butter, sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve with the mushroom ragout.

    Illustration of Mushroom Ragout with Bread dumplings by Julia Stix

    And finally, if you require the presence of a specific animal spirit during these dark days to give you courage and help you feel protected, then call upon the Wolf Spirit. Described by Cecilia Lattari in her book Herbana Witch as “solitary yet part of the pack, the wolf knows how to be both a leader and a follower, but his spirit always remains intact. In fairy tales, he often embodies mystery, the unknown or the sacred. Because he is linked to initiation, the wolf presides over winter, which is an initiation for us to spring into rebirth”. It could be that the current low mood in which I find myself is just a marker of the seasonal affective disorder induced by winter time and the low light in the environment. Perhaps invoking a deity, taking a herb bath, cooking a comforting meal, matching with a spirit animal and brewing tea with a magical touch may help soothe a tired soul, but nothing truly lights a fire inside like contact with another human being. The sad reality and the reason for my present sorrow is the fact that it has been so painful to connect with other people in the past year, as most people are tired, irritated, angry and desperate. It is also notoriously difficult to make friends or trust other people, the older you grow. Exchanging energy with others this year felt like a game of passing on the pain, from my heart to yours. This is why, it often felt easier to retreat from the social world and rest within solitude; to not bother and to remain somewhat calm in a storm of unpredictability and chance. Within this storm, I found that pets offered the most reliable presence and this is why my pet family was among some of the few things that grew this year.

    I think that perhaps, in spite of the challenges of being alive during such chaotic times of deep social unrest, it may still be worth being here for each other and finding the light within our selves, that inner spark that helps switch other people on to the reality that they too harbour a fire within, a fire that will need tending to and a bit of discipline to stoke into a flaming warmth. Only if we continue to do these little things for each other, if we continue to remind each other of the fire within, will be able to make the best of the surrounding darkness. And this responsibility will become even greater as Saturn and Neptune will slowly move next year from a Water sign (Pisces) into the first sign of the zodiac, the protector of the primordial fire, Aries. Inevitable there will be limits to our inner fire but also a cessation of conflict and aggression across the world. Knowing this, why not become a little, local Prometheus and steal fire from your sources of inspiration, from prayers to the gods? The once this is accomplished give this fire back, place it where it belongs: into the heart of people. So that we may find the energy and drive to be confident enough to implement a creative, rich and sensory world, one in which we will enjoy waking up into.

    With universal love,

    Lexi