Six months ago, while casually working on an electional task for someone else, I discovered a beautiful date. June 11, 2021. Jupiter on the AC in Pisces with the Moon enclosed by benefics, domicile in Cancer, with both Mars and Saturn tucked away in their respective joys, in aversion to the Moon and benefics. I knew it wasn’t a perfect election. Mercury was retrograde and ruling two angles (but in Gemini) and we were just off the heels of a solar eclipse. Even with the problems, I was partial to it.
I kept it in mind over the last few months, eager to launch something on that date. And the timing was aligning perfectly—I had suddenly reinvigorated my interest in macrame and begun creating pieces I truly felt proud of, and I was gently being nudged back into astrology consults by request of a couple of classmates. I figured I could mass launch everything, a shop, a new scheduler, and a revamped website all at once.
Two weeks ago, I got to hear E.Y. Washington go on an impromptu mini-rant about electional astrology. I’m certainly not doing their ideas justice, but they clicked something into place for me around electional astrology and magic. At times, these practices can create a sense of personal responsibility for life events in which failure or obstacles are indicators of personal failing or weakness. Of course there are many practitioners who don’t at all endorse these ideas and deftly navigate them, but this is certainly an idea that I’ve wrestled with internally. I almost felt I could breathe a sigh of relief, admitting that there was something that wasn’t quite clicking for me with electional.
I thought about my upcoming election, my perfect date. Some little voice in the back of my questioned it, but I figured I would go ahead. I could digest these larger thoughts while still utilizing this date. The astrology was so nice.
But here’s the thing. I had been so excited for the good parts of this election that I brushed off Mercury retrograde. I was cocky. And somehow I got it in my head that my election was actually for June 12, which for the better part of last week I thought was a Sunday. Even though I knew the Moon was already in Cancer, I was foolhardy and didn’t bother to double check the date. I ignored my own Mercury retrograde advice (Mars is in Leo, what can I say).
By now you can see where this story is going. I realized yesterday, June 11, while already on the way to my evening plans that I’d screwed up. I had missed my perfect election. I mean I theoretically could have turned around, cancelled on everyone, frantically worked for the next several hours to be prepared to launch. But I didn’t want to do that. It didn’t feel worth it. And frankly I was just as excited about my very 5H plans for the night.
A part of me was devastated that I’d missed this date I’d waited so long for. But the way the night ended up made up for missing my election. Because you don’t always get a say in how the astrology shows up for you. In these times after eclipses in particular, the flow of the universe has plans far different than what you intend (I am still processing this beautiful thread from Jo Gleason). And Mercury intervened to discombobulate me just enough to send me on my way to a very Jupiter in my 5H night. And honestly, the evening I had looked a lot more like my initial election to begin with.
All this to say, I am here, doing at least part of what I thought I was meant to do last night. The astrology isn’t quite as good, but I’ve been trying recently to come to terms with the fact that you can’t always wait for the perfect conditions to do the things you want to do.
So, I am officially relaunching my consultations with a new scheduling system and new pricing (thanks to everyone who told me to charge more). Giving consults again over the last few weeks, I’ve felt more in my element than ever and more called to deepen my relationship to this work.
I’m looking forward to meeting with more of you in session to deepen our respective relationships with the stars. If that interests you, click the button below to book with me.
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