Love, Please

In honor of Mercury, Venus, and Pluto coming together in Capricorn on the 30th of December I am giving you this piece. Remember that Venus is currently retrograde (Rx). I don’t think many people will make big moves in relationships until after she stations direct.

However, it’s a great time to reflect on relationships. Mercury is communication and thought, so even writing a journal can be highly beneficial right now. Perhaps lists of pros and cons regarding certain relationships should be considered.

Mercury will move into Aquarius and then Rx back to where it is now. It will form two more conjunctions to Pluto before it’s over. By the time it stations direct all that journaling, all those lists, you will be ready to speak it all. Don’t doubt yourself. Go with what you know deep down inside to be true.

What I have learned, the hard way, is that in order to have someone else truly love me I must know who I am, what I value, what my own needs are. Instead, I spent many years begging others to figure me out, choosing their values to please them, and skipping my own needs and desires. This would inevitably lead to resentment and feelings of unworthiness.

However, long ago I arrived at this space where I am just no longer attracted to “crazy” love. To the men who make it impossible to sleep at night because of the intense roller coaster of emotions…