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#retrograde
(our mutual horoscope) We’re in Mercury retrograde it’s a chance to reexamine your heart expect some miscommunication cause we’re outside of comfort zones expect a flood of new emotions situations can get out of control you might lose some inhibition so check your intuition Mercury’s moving very slowly, I advise you to do the same see, mercury focuses on details while pisces takes a more creative view when you put the two together the juxtaposing energy’s confusing you can feel extreme nostalgia which could swamp your boundaries So seek the least amount of damage let water be your sanctuary question other people’s stressful projections take a beat from irritations and be careful around your exes connect with people who have your back protect the things you want to foster cause this going to be exhausting . . A song for this: Bloom Baby Bloom by Wolf Alice [E] The Whole of the Moon by The Waterboys
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Mar 11
Mar 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM UTC
Mercury retrograde! (oh, no)
We blame it on Mercury retrograde— the missing, the craving, the ghosts from our past. We blame it on the stars— the weight of wanting someone we swore to forget. We blame it on everything but ourselves, so we don’t feel guilty for repeating the cycle we promised to break.
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Aug 11, 2025
Aug 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM UTC
Retrograde Excuses
how different we could be if time didnt exist
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Aug 28, 2023
Aug 28, 2023 at 1:26 PM UTC
time
it's all an act a fact I cannot escape always wishing for a sweet place, a sweet escape need a vacation and to sleep until noon **** I might even take two Balance, all the components where should I go? where is my home? should I, should I? how could I, with such little time tik tok tik tok, where is divine the clocks in my head are relentless the stocks hurt my head, can't comprehend it why not balance the scales and restore peace instead, you set it afire and watch the poor man weep
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Oct 15, 2021
Oct 15, 2021 at 10:44 AM UTC
BALANCE
the stars have pretty much aligned when my manifestations did work, a year ago, i scribbled your name nine times across a blank page sending you vibrations that i still exist; now, mercury is in retrograde i’ve stopped asking for signs over the weekend a year later, more than nine, a hundred times your name appears on my phone screen, stalling, i'm just staying still send me a text and let me know if in my life you still want to exist.
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Oct 4, 2021
Oct 4, 2021 at 11:56 PM UTC
october
Ugh, i just hate it here And this feeling i cant shake It lingers and it takes Sometimes I disappear But even in disappearance You are unwanted Not even to yourself My reflection, so sheer And transparent There is nothing left   Not even organs that want to stay The invaders settled in my mind made them stray My feet heavier Then the pride they carry That in justice they make you suffer That in freedom you are in chains Never built for the system To society i am estranged Made out of mud Crafted to grow green But burnt to ashes When a root began to sprout, To live is to die To live is to die ******* twisted reality! “YOU’RE MAD” Of course i am Peace costs peace! “Go somewhere else now” With my palms to my chest I’ll carry the gift life gave me, The burden of my ancestors With my pain i’ll carry all of us Do you understand what it means to live for another and not yours? You can see it clearly That we want To fly High Like no drug can soar Higher Then the birds The clouds And the stars To be one With the unknown
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Jun 30, 2021
Jun 30, 2021 at 10:10 PM UTC
Untitled
You take what you can get I wanted you in the worst way willing to go the hard route But you wanted it easy So you chose him over me A body over a heart.
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Jun 2, 2021
Jun 2, 2021 at 1:08 AM UTC
“Body”
My black body unhinged at the seams half of me laid out over concrete puddles My Achilles heel set out on an adventure, which can lead to my permanent downfall My shoes are gold mines in retrograde trying to walk to the rhythm of an out of tune heartbeat Most black bodies are new born poems, they need a strong foundation and constant work so the writer can have a leg to stand on
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Feb 23, 2021
Feb 23, 2021 at 3:49 PM UTC
Black Body Broken In Half
looking at you leaves me petrified too close for comfort invigorate me give me your pain like you take mine feel this love of all this i now know how it feels to free fall i just need to learn learn how to create something worth while out of it hours in ecstasy burning against the pavement just to call you mine let’s make sure i don’t ruin it with my mind
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Oct 14, 2020
Oct 14, 2020 at 2:05 PM UTC
Mandy Put in a Good Word
look at me and lie use me till i have nothing to give leave your scars under my skin because when it’s over i’ll be able to live delusional grandeur is my peace so just leave get away leave me here i wasn’t meant to make it dear
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Oct 14, 2020
Oct 14, 2020 at 1:51 PM UTC
retrograde rumination
𝒱𝑒𝓃𝓊𝓈 𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝒸𝑒𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝑒. 𝑅𝑒𝓉𝓇𝑜𝑔𝓇𝒶𝒹𝑒: 𝒹𝑜𝓃’𝓉 𝑔𝑜, 𝓅𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓎, 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒾𝓇𝒸𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓀𝒶𝓇𝓂𝒾𝒸 𝒸𝓎𝒸𝓁𝑒, 𝓌𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒.
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Jun 30, 2020
Jun 30, 2020 at 1:53 PM UTC
Lady Venus
I tried to get along without you I rinsed off your *** in the shower and cleaned your kisses off my teeth morning is easy, nighttime is hard sure I miss your hand on my stomach when dawn forces my eyes to open, but I jump out of bed so quickly and make my morning Joe in a rickety old French press (the coffee maker was yours) morning is easier than night, even when the sun illuminates the green of my eyes, swelling like a cloud swells with rain on an April afternoon and on April 20th, when I celebrated the inauguration into my 23rd year and I was met with stark silence from you, that was hard and nighttime's never easy, I see the glow of the stars and think of your third eye in which I adored so venus goes retrograde and makes the missing even deeper, you'd think that months later the scars would begin to heal not when you dig into them nightly and make a playground out of despair and terror I rip off the bandages around my wound and call you I get through. we cry and we wonder, we weep and we ponder, we toss harsh words and wrap them with sugar sweet sentiments the next thing I know I'm in your scarred arms once again I've never felt so sweetly at home your sturdy body is a house and I want to move back in, pull the weeds from the garden, and paint the walls pink Saturn's rings tell me "no," but the planet's core is screaming "yes" I consider who's right to listen to one's heart or one's mind my trepidation lies in hurting you again I've treated your heart like a yo-yo, up and down and back and forth, knotting the cord can we get through this? is it just a chapter or is it the epilogue? I tried to get along without you however, simply, I don't want to get along without you
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May 5, 2020
May 5, 2020 at 5:13 PM UTC
venus is in retrograde
I tried to get along without you I rinsed off your *** in the shower and cleaned your kisses off my teeth morning is easy, nighttime is hard sure I miss your hand on my stomach when dawn forces my eyes to open, but I jump out of bed so quickly and make my morning Joe in a rickety old French press (the coffee maker was yours) morning is easier than night, even when the sun illuminates the green of my eyes, swelling like a cloud swells with rain on an April afternoon and on April 20th, when I celebrated the inauguration into my 23rd year and I was met with stark silence from you, that was hard and nighttime's never easy, I see the glow of the stars and think of your third eye in which I adored so venus goes retrograde and makes the missing even deeper, you'd think that months later the scars would begin to heal not when you dig into them nightly and make a playground out of despair and terror I rip off the bandages around my wound and call you I get through. we cry and we wonder, we weep and we ponder, we toss harsh words and wrap them with sugar sweet sentiments the next thing I know I'm in your scarred arms once again I've never felt so sweetly at home your sturdy body is a house and I want to move back in, pull the weeds from the garden, and paint the walls pink Saturn's rings tell me "no," but the planet's core is screaming "yes" I consider who's right to listen to one's heart or one's mind my trepidation lies in hurting you again I've treated your heart like a yo-yo, up and down and back and forth, knotting the cord can we get through this? is it just a chapter or is it the epilogue? I tried to get along without you however, simply, I don't want to get along without you
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Guilt and its grave cousin shame a heavy gnarled ball and chain on my ankle, holding me back sinking me into bloodthirsty black.
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Apr 27, 2020
Apr 27, 2020 at 4:37 PM UTC
Bloodthirsty
As Mercury spun forward, so did we. We communicated and were happy. Mercury started to spin backwards. And so did we. We started to get angry and stop speaking.
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Jul 31, 2019
Jul 31, 2019 at 7:54 PM UTC
Mercury Retrograde
Murky mercury I thought we settled this? Now I'm backtracking feelings and lessons once learned... Align me with positivity & likeness The heat has been brought & my feet hurt & my brain is on fire from 8 hour work days & broken trust. See...! this is old stuff. I'm writing to tell you retro is IN grades are OUT! DON'T TEST ME!
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Jul 18, 2019
Jul 18, 2019 at 6:27 PM UTC
R E T R O G R A D E
The planets finally aligned and showed me I had the strength I needed to set myself free all along.
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Aug 20, 2020
Aug 20, 2020 at 11:18 PM UTC
Venus Retrograde
retrograde motion take a pause, a backward step it's all illusion
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Apr 18, 2019
Apr 18, 2019 at 9:30 AM UTC
Ten of Wands
i watched you bloom in retrograde’s view and felt the stars fall in Love with you too
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Apr 5, 2018
Apr 5, 2018 at 2:20 AM UTC
maybe it’s mercury
“I am free” My icy wings tearing through the dark blue sky, the permafrosted landscape below me getting smaller and farther away and the Sun, its warm, amber rays glistening on the horizon, beckoning me with its warm touch. I look back- Every second counts I look back- I see your cold eyes Frozen pits of mud, obsidian, sparkling like diamonds and just as hard. Body of steel. No blood, No life, Uncaring Unfeeling Scorpion. Froze my wings with your poison tail, your vicious words covered in sugar, stabbing. Stole my heart Oh how frail I was. I look back- At the small castle we built, the fireworks, the rose garden, the old dusty freight, the dim light of the bar where I asked you to be mine, the bamboo princess (I still have your pillow), the food trucks and that homeless guy who is probably dead, the pictures, the mix-tape, the color yellow, No Doubt, the empty movie theater, the Moon in Sagittarius where we held each other so close and you said I smelled of patchouli and that caused me to feel happiness because it is one of my favorite scents and I was so glad you liked it too, the warms nights in your cold, cold room and your hands, your hands… Will never freeze my wings again. I look back- I became human for you and you acted as if I were just some pigeon or robin or pheasant, you acted As if our castle Was made of sand, Meant to be dissolved. But how would I know? The language you speak is all ones and zeros, The feelings you feel are all bones and marrows And I am blood I am skin I am emotion, Venus The beauty within. I look back- -at you Pluto Not even a planet Cold and frozen with eyes of granite Wires and copper made up your soul And unfeeling data rules your flow. I look back- I asked you how you felt and received An error four-oh-four. That process never mattered to me, Yet always left me craving more. I look back- Were my emotions not obvious? Or were your feelings ambiguous Intent so dubious You viewed me as frivolous Yet you’re continuous With your cold touch so ferrous Incompatible I could understand… I look back- Scorpion, you’ll be okay. As you sit in your world, All alone, just like you intended, You let your past rule you. I look back- How could we be friends? Lovers to friends From seeing the universe inside of someone To just hanging out once, maybe twice a week. No, we cannot be friends because that’s just weird. I look forward- The Sun has set. My wings so cold They’ll thaw and heal in time And then, Scorpion, maybe we’ll see each other again.
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Mar 4, 2018
Mar 4, 2018 at 6:27 PM UTC
Pluto retrograde, sextile to Venus
“I am free” My icy wings tearing through the dark blue sky, the permafrosted landscape below me getting smaller and farther away and the Sun, its warm, amber rays glistening on the horizon, beckoning me with its warm touch. I look back- Every second counts I look back- I see your cold eyes Frozen pits of mud, obsidian, sparkling like diamonds and just as hard. Body of steel. No blood, No life, Uncaring Unfeeling Scorpion. Froze my wings with your poison tail, your vicious words covered in sugar, stabbing. Stole my heart Oh how frail I was. I look back- At the small castle we built, the fireworks, the rose garden, the old dusty freight, the dim light of the bar where I asked you to be mine, the bamboo princess (I still have your pillow), the food trucks and that homeless guy who is probably dead, the pictures, the mix-tape, the color yellow, No Doubt, the empty movie theater, the Moon in Sagittarius where we held each other so close and you said I smelled of patchouli and that caused me to feel happiness because it is one of my favorite scents and I was so glad you liked it too, the warms nights in your cold, cold room and your hands, your hands… Will never freeze my wings again. I look back- I became human for you and you acted as if I were just some pigeon or robin or pheasant, you acted As if our castle Was made of sand, Meant to be dissolved. But how would I know? The language you speak is all ones and zeros, The feelings you feel are all bones and marrows And I am blood I am skin I am emotion, Venus The beauty within. I look back- -at you Pluto Not even a planet Cold and frozen with eyes of granite Wires and copper made up your soul And unfeeling data rules your flow. I look back- I asked you how you felt and received An error four-oh-four. That process never mattered to me, Yet always left me craving more. I look back- Were my emotions not obvious? Or were your feelings ambiguous Intent so dubious You viewed me as frivolous Yet you’re continuous With your cold touch so ferrous Incompatible I could understand… I look back- Scorpion, you’ll be okay. As you sit in your world, All alone, just like you intended, You let your past rule you. I look back- How could we be friends? Lovers to friends From seeing the universe inside of someone To just hanging out once, maybe twice a week. No, we cannot be friends because that’s just weird. I look forward- The Sun has set. My wings so cold They’ll thaw and heal in time And then, Scorpion, maybe we’ll see each other again.
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My mind has wandered away, I don't know where I have kept it, The doctors,friends and family are helping me to find it. Please help!
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Dec 13, 2017
Dec 13, 2017 at 9:22 AM UTC
Amnesia
As my weeks are filled with good days A sudden thought surfaces into my brain What if my good days are numbered? What if I couldn't be granted more by the Universe? Just like we have 180 days of school I've got a certain number of good What if as they happen continuously, regularly Bad days are to come, to disrupt my routine? And now, every time I have a good day I think about how there must be another planet in retrograde And worry about tomorrow's sake
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Oct 19, 2017
Oct 19, 2017 at 7:02 PM UTC
The problem with good days