Neutrality and Decision Paralysis Stagnation
(Originally posted March 13th 2025)
Eclipse season always has a way of shaking us up in ways we never expected.
Tonight’s lunar eclipse occurs in opposition with Saturn, and by tomorrow morning, Mercury will station retrograde at the exact degree where the upcoming solar eclipse will land.
If you’ve been feeling the weight of indecision, this is your notice: The universe is moving whether you choose to or not.
Eclipses are malefic events. They disrupt, they unsettle, and they demand change. And yet, like all malefic transits, they push us toward a sharper, truer version of ourselves. We don’t get to walk through eclipse season unscathed, but we get to come out of it renewed and feeling stronger.
And here’s the real question that needs to be asked: I understand the weight of being afraid to make a decision, and the fear around making the wrong choice... but do you understand that not making a choice at all is still making one?
You're actively choosing to do nothing by inactively accepting things for how they are out of fear of building a life for yourself you've always wanted.
We like to believe that staying still keeps us safe, that avoiding the hard choice means we can avoid the consequences of making one. But life doesn’t pause for hesitation and inaction has a serious cost. Doors close, momentum fades, and the things we once had the power to choose begin choosing for us. How many brilliant ideas did you sleep on only to see someone else living your dream years later?
Mars is freshly out of retrograde, but its energy is still sluggish, and stagnation may linger in the air. But this is exactly the time to confront it! Old strategies won’t work anymore. Rushing forward in the same direction won’t yield the results we want. Being at war with our family and our own emotions has hindered us in ways we never realized until this last holiday season.
We are being asked to unlearn, to reassess, to let go of force and embrace precision. What are you still gripping onto that has already let go of you? What battle are you fighting out of habit instead of purpose?
Mercury retrograde invites reflection, but reflection is not the same as avoidance. This is a time to connect the dots and listen to your own inner voice to direct and lead your life with a compass YOU have set and tuned.
You don’t have to know every step forward, but you do have to stop pretending that standing still is neutral. You have to trust yourself to be able to take each step as it comes, even if you make the wrong one here and there.
