Thurs. March 19, 2026: Never Ending (Winter and Mercury Retrograde)

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Waxing Moon

Mercury Retrograde

More snow coming in

One more day. If we can hang on by our fingernails just one more day, Mercury will go direct. And then we need a nap before moving forward.

Both winter and Mercury Retrograde feel like they will  never end right now. They’re like those corridors in horror movies, where you run and run and run, and the corridor just gets longer and longer.

You can read about the latest on Gratitude and Growth here.

I was up at 5 AM yesterday, a little earlier than usual. I’d gone to bed earlier and actually slept for 8 hours. So I was ready to be up and at ‘em. I did the full morning routine of yoga, meditation, free write (after feeding the monsters, er, cats). I ate breakfast and did the dishes. I packed my bag, ready for a day’s adventure. I scraped down the car, then found out there was a small ice mound behind my tire, so I had to inch back and forth and sideways to get over that.

But I got to the mechanic on time. . .and the part hadn’t arrived yet. The mechanic said I could leave the car and hope for the best or reschedule. It’s Mercury Retrograde, there was no way in HELL the part would have shown up today. We rescheduled for Tuesday.

Which throws off everything I needed to get done this weekend, especially when it comes to looking for a support pillar/plant stand for the sculpture, but I’ll just focus on finishing the collage and the sculpture instead. Next week, after the car is fixed, I’ll run around and look for a pedestal/repurposed plant stand in my budget. I also don’t dare put in a delivery order of some things I need until I know for sure how far above the estimate the work on the car will be. Nothing is critical, I built wiggle room into everything because of the retrograde, but I hate leaving things until the last minute.

I drove home, parked, and had a day I hadn’t expected for work, which meant I could get back to the ghostwriting and other things. And, I mean, I was happy not to be bopping around in 18 degree weather until the car was ready.

I hate cutting everything so close to the next inspection deadline, but that’s the way things are shaking out.

I put dinner in the crockpot when I got back. I’d meant to do the crockpot dinner on Tuesday and completely forgot. So I did it yesterday instead. It was okay, but not brilliant.

I slogged through email, got out an LOI, looked through some submission guidelines (I might write an article pitch in the next day or so), set up a ZOOM meeting for the weekend, did the marketing (seeing sales rise makes me more cheerful to do the day’s marketing), wanted to go back to bed but did not.

The rest of the day was about the ghostwriting. I made progress, but not as much as I hoped. Overnight, I realized how I went down the wrong trail, so I have to rip out a bunch and redo it today, plus get ahead, because it’s due tomorrow.

I wanted to put in an Instacart order today (since the car wasn’t fixed), but with 2 inches of snow coming in any minute, I don’t want to send anyone out in bad weather. I may wait until tomorrow. I was also going to do a couple of errands on foot this morning, but if the weather is nasty, I will skip them and do them all tomorrow.

I just feel backed into a corner today. So I need to shovel out, literally and metaphorically, one thing at a time.

The focus today is on the ghostwriting, although I need to do some more work on the canvas for the collage, too. I have the group online meditation (Charlotte will be happy), and then #FreelanceFriends later, so I will have a couple of breaks in the day, and then I just have to flow with it.

Tomorrow is the Spring Equinox. Let’s hope it turns a lot of things for the better.

That #MercuryRetrograde is hitting hard this time. Got in to work today, barely sat down, and minor administrivia needs to be handled. Done, but like, can we get a break to breathe here?

#ItinerantLibrarian #occult

Saturday, March 14th, 2026

Today the Moon 🌘 enters Aquarius ♒

where it will join Pluto,

planet of transformation! 🦋

#Mars approaches ➡️

#MercuryRetrograde in Pisces,

bringing more volatile energy. 🫨

It's a good time to:

✨ Pay attention to a deeper truth 💖
✨ Notice what you are learning about your needs 🧐
✨ Open your eyes to what you haven't been able to see 👀

Details in this video
https://youtu.be/qMo8wnukeWg

#SelfCare #Astrology #AstrologyHeals #EvolutionaryAstrology #Horoscope #Zodiac

Jupiter is currently stationing direct in Cancer while separating from a trine with Mercury retrograde in Pisces. Since Jupiter is the traditional ruler of Pisces, Mercury is answering to Jupiter, so the themes of both planets are being amplified now.

Mercury won't station direct until the 20th, and then there's still the post-retrograde shadow to wade through.

Meanwhile, our thinking remains potentially water-logged in emotions unless we stay adaptable. We may find ourselves dog-paddling through rising waters in our communications and business-dealings, especially with Mars applying to the North Node and Mercury in Pisces.

My friend and fellow astrologer Liz Muschett recently brought me back on her show The Astrology Star Sisters to talk about these stations and the planetary alignments that colour them.

Please give us a listen and let us know what you think!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvVfBZ4d6Eg&list=PLrRNEIG1FSbPEzYnVOuHxgwQYpJAe5JiM&index=1

#Astrologer #Astrology #AstrologyVideo #JupiterStation #MercuryRetrograde

Cosmic shifts, karmic lessons & Jupiter turning direct — this week is all about realignment and clarity. 🌙✨
Read your Moon sign prediction now.

#WeeklyVedicHoroscope #VedicAstrology #PlanetaryTransits #MercuryRetrograde #JupiterDirect #Rashifal #AstrologyWithRemedies #HimaniGoyalSoulStudio

https://himanigoyal21.com/2026/03/08/weekly-vedic-horoscope-8th-14th-march-2026/

Fri. March 6, 2026: The Slushy Muck Continues

Friday, March 6, 2026

Waning Moon

Jupiter and Mercury Retrograde

Snowy and cold

Happy end of the week!

It’s just thing after thing after thing, isn’t it?

The government is trying to cover up how many people are being killed in this illegal war they launched. They admitted the first four, then six, and now aren’t releasing casualty numbers. Congress twiddles their thumbs. A veteran protested and a sitting Senator broke his arm. Why hasn’t that dude been censored, removed, or arrested? Congress is useless. Someone online mentioned how they’re like toddlers just discovering they have toes, and in my mind, they’re not even smart enough for that!

At least Noem is fired, although her replacement is just as bad or worse. And Dems in Congress won’t do what they can and should to block confirmation. Because our Congress is both useless and complicit.

And now RFK Jr. is fighting Dunkin pastry? The person responsible for health thinks they can defeat a Boston cream doughnut? In New England, where iced coffee all year round and doughnuts are practically a religion of their own? This is where our money goes, instead of toward universal healthcare and breakthroughs to fight disease? I am so confused. Could we have some qualified people running things, please? And get rid of the unqualified? Since WE are paying for them, on every level?

The rest of the books for the contest I judge arrived on Wednesday night. The bulk of them are digital this year, and that final deadline is today, so I can really dig in over the next few weeks and make the choices. I always enjoy working on this contest. It’s lovely to discover authors I might not have found on my own.

Meditation was good, and Charlotte was happy. I did way too much admin. I put in the Instacart order. My shopper was an absolute delight, efficient, quick, kind.

I got a little under what I hoped for the day’s quota on BETTING MAN, but at least I got in some work on it.

#FreelanceFriends was fun.

I had a good session on the ghostwriting, a really good session. I think, today, I will be where I wanted to be, and then on Monday, I can finish character profiles and do a polish, and get it out on time on Tuesday. Fingers crossed.

I nearly cried when I realized we spring forward with the clocks on Sunday. I hate springing forward. It throws me off for weeks.

We had snow again overnight. Not as much as predicted, but enough for the plows to be out, so I guess I’m doing more shoveling later on. Sigh. But the plow people have been wonderful, and I’m so grateful we have them. Such a big difference from when we were on Cape, and it was always a clusterfuck.

My back is still giving me problems. I’m grumpy. I’m still trying to get a damn appointment to get the car fixed (and yes, it has to be at that mechanic).

I’m really tired with all the “spiritual” (um, nope) “influencers” (bite me) trying to gaslight us about how “good” Mercury Retrograde actually is, so that they can sell things and profit from said gaslighting. Like we don’t get enough of that from our government. Mercury Retrograde sucks, period. It creates obstacles and makes everything harder than it needs to be. Its reputation is well-deserved. Not everything has a positive aspect. Sometimes, things just suck, and during Mercury Retrograde, they suck even more. It’s not a personal, spiritual failure to be honest when something sucks. And buying your system/cure/whatever for $49.99 is not going to fix it.

The Block button is my friend.

I’m certainly a Grumpypants to start the weekend, aren’t I? I better sing myself the little Grumpypants song I made up and get over myself. Hopefully, things will level out over the weekend.

I need to make an adjustment in my schedule, whether that starts today or I set Monday as the start. I’ve fallen into some bad habits, and need to go on a gentle course correction. But at least I figured out where I went off-path, and that’s a useful step. It’s nothing major, just going back to something that worked for a long time, then didn’t work for a bit, but I think will work again going forward. Until it doesn’t, and then I will adjust again.

The Glow Show opens at the gallery tonight, and a cohort member has a performance at another gallery. I’d like to go, but I honestly don’t know if my back will hold up, so I will see how I’m doing near the end of the workday, and make decisions from there.

Not sure what the weekend will bring. Housework, because there’s always housework. Maybe some planting. If the light is good, some sewing. If it ever stops snowing and we actually get a spring, I’ll have to turn over from the big, heavy sweaters to spring sweaters, and then, in a couple of months, turn over the closet to summer. This weekend will also, I hope, have lots of reading, for pleasure, for research, for reviews, and contest entries.

Have a good weekend, and we’ll catch up on the other side!

Kristi Gnome is having a really bad mercury retrograde 😭

#mercuryretrograde

Astrologer Aliza Kelly Details Mercury Retrograde's Impact on Zodiac Signs

Astrologer Aliza Kelly explains how Mercury retrograde from March 14 to April 7 impacts zodiac signs, causing communication issues and travel delays.

#MercuryRetrograde, #AlizaKelly, #ZodiacSigns, #Astrology, #CommunicationTips

https://newsletter.tf/aliza-kelly-mercury-retrograde-zodiac-signs/