It doesn't take magic away, simply replaces illusion with a deeper, quieter kind of truth and the kind of truth that actually

sets you free. So this retrograde can heighten intuition in a very, very powerful way. Dreams may

feel more vivid and creativity may feel more emotional or more honest or more raw.

And so for sensitive souls, artists and empaths and the deep feelers like many of you listening are,

I mean this can be an incredibly sacred window and not to escape life or anything, but to just finally see it clearly with compassion, though,

instead of denial.

Hello, hello, magical friends, yommies. My name is Raquel, and welcome to your own magic

podcast for the creative and the curious soul. Yay. Another witchy little Wednesday, which we

haven't had in a minute. But this is a soft corner of your own magic where we slow down,

listen inward, and just let the universe whisper instead of shout at us, right? And I want to

start with something that might feel like it takes a great hold on our lives every year, right? And I want to start with something that might feel like it takes a great

hold on our lives every year, right? Retrogrades, I mean, retrogrades, many we don't look forward

to, right? But I got to, I got to say this, that even though I've had a lot of cliche retrograde

moments, I even have to remind myself,

it is not here to ruin my life, right?

Retrogrades are not here to ruin our lives.

They're not cosmic punishments.

They're not the universe pulling the rug out from under us.

Retrogrades are simply sacred pauses and perhaps just little edits in our story. Moments where maybe the sky is asking us to stop pushing too much in a way that might not

best serve us.

Just a possibility.

And so instead of turning around or looking closer, just remember that what we may have rushed past may still be just

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