Feel, Release, Repeat
Riding the Cosmic Currents: Mercury Rx, Venus Rx, Eclipse Season & Lunar Cycles
Last month, I wrote about emotional depth—how I’ve learned to meet my emotions with curiosity instead of resistance. I reflected on how far I’ve come, the ways I’ve softened into feelings I once avoided, and the surprising ease that comes with welcoming each one, feeling them, and then letting them go.
This month, the universe said, “Let’s test that theory.”
It’s one thing to write about emotions from a place of reflection, where hindsight offers a sweet little bow to tie it all together. It’s another thing entirely to be in the thick of it—to feel a fiery rage over something as small as an unwanted cold shower, to cry through weddings (of people I barely know), or to sit in the heaviness of witnessing grief at two funerals in a single week.
In theory, emotions are lessons. In real-time, they are teachers who don’t wait for you to be ready.
Astrologers have been saying since last year—maybe even before then—that 2025 will be a banner year. Meaning? Some shit’s going down.
What I’ve noticed over recent years is how both seasonally and astrologically, the first three months of the year tend to move slower. A time of subtle (or not-so-subtle) preparation. Then March arrives, and suddenly, we feel the push and pull—the world around us waking up, energy shifting in ways we can’t quite name. And this March? It’s packed. Eclipse season. Mercury (and Venus!) retrograde, just to name a few. Cosmic chaos. But like… in an interesting way?
If the universe is testing our emotional intelligence, maybe it’s because we need it more than ever.
Or maybe that’s just me? But I doubt that. So tell me…
What emotions have been asking for your attention lately? Have you been meeting them, or avoiding them?
When was the last time you allowed yourself to fully feel something without rushing to fix or change it?
As someone who’s not meant to settle on one consistent way of being—one truth, one profession—I really live for the fluidity of it all. That’s probably why many esoteric and ancient wisdoms have always drawn me in. There’s something beautiful about honoring different truths, knowing they may overlap, weave in and out of each other, and can all exist simultaneously.
Maybe that’s why I feel so connected to the moon’s wisdom—how it moves through phases, never fixed in one state. In Human Design, the Emotional Center teaches that some are meant to ride the full wave of their emotions, while others, like me, are meant to feel them, acknowledge them, and then let them go. Neuroscientist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor found that the physiological response to an emotion lasts about 90 seconds—after that, if we’re still feeling it intensely, it’s because we’re replaying the story in our minds. I think about that often. Neither way is right or wrong—both are part of our rhythm.
What helps you move through emotions without getting stuck in the loop?
In our most recent episode of Karmic Mirror, we talked about the moon phases—how they reflect not just external cycles but the ones we live within ourselves. The moon waxes and wanes, just as our emotions rise and fall. Some phases ask us to expand, others to contract. Some bring illumination, others the kind of deep introspection that doesn’t reveal its lessons right away.
This March, I’m watching that pattern play out in real-time—the fire-wielding sorceress and the tender Venusian goddess taking turns at the wheel. At least, those are the archetypes that come to mind. Especially when that cold shower nearly unleashed my inner dragon. Because, of course, it was never about the cold shower. It was about the build-up, the underlying frustrations, and, honestly, timing. It was high time—actually, I was overdue—for a release: an emotional outburst in the comfort of my home, within the safety of relationships (including the one with myself) that could hold and bounce back from it.
So what does it mean to stay with our emotions in a time of transition? How do we honor the cycles we’re in without rushing to the next phase? How do we ride the waves without losing ourselves in them?
I don’t have all the answers, but I know this: we are being asked to listen. To the emotions that surprise us. To the ones that feel too big. To the quiet ones we’re tempted to ignore. Because if the stars and planets are moving, so are we.
If you’re feeling the shifts too, you might appreciate this timely episode of Karmic Mirror, where we explore how the moon’s cycles both guide and mirror our own.
Right now, I’m finding comfort in the little rituals that help me savor seasonal transitions while staying present. Spearmint tea has become a quiet (and twice-daily) obsession—the way it soothes digestion and surprises me with its hormone-balancing, skin-clearing magic. I’ve been reorganizing, clearing clutter, making space—not just for what’s to come, but purely for the sake of space itself. And in the spirit of soaking up the last cozy moments of this season, I’m cramming in as many fantasy reads as I can before my energy shifts again. I’m slowly making my way through Onyx Storm while hungrily speeding through the latest Hunger Games prequel. The fact that smutty yet generally well-written fantasy worlds have become our generation’s Harlequin novels—just as my mother loved hers—is, truly, one of my most treasured pleasures.
And then there’s music—because every season, but really, every day deserves a soundtrack. Lately, I’ve been curating a playlist for how the emergence of spring makes me feel—the kind of songs that make you want to sink in and stay awhile. That make you feel like making love.
What would you add to it? What songs are carrying you through this season?
Wherever this season finds you—whether in transition, deep feeling, or simply savoring the little things—I hope you’re listening to what it’s asking of you. And if you have a song (or a thought) to share, I’d love to hear it.
The spearmint tea <3