Gemini season has been a house of mirrors.
It all fun and games on the outside. It's the circus after all! The fairgrounds are a fun place! Family friendly, even!
Until you're running face first into glass, (over and over again) trying to find your way out, spooking yourself in the process by seeing your own image moving in your periphery.
(And swearing the whole time).
It doesn't help that when you're stuck in the House of Mirrors, new people enter and then you're doubly freaked out because now every time you look up or turn a corner, your brain has to recalibrate with what it's seeing, like:
Whose reflection is THAT?! 😭
So then you're rushing to get out faster because it's confusing and it's getting crowded. And that just makes you clumsier. You want speed through but the moment is requiring you to stop and think...and THAT is the last thing you want to do.
Not when all the trickster energy of Gemini season is throwing new reflections at you and this whole circus-themed Fun House has turned into a bad trip where the person in the mirror is laughing asking:
Who are you really? Which one of these reflections is the real you?
Bottom line: I hope your Gemini season has been better than mine because I am not having a good time.
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Every zodiac is ruled by a planetary ruler and Gemini is ruled by mischievous Mercury. In mythology, Mercury (aka Hermes) is the quick-witted, winged-footed messenger of the gods who rules thoughts, perception, communication, and written expression.
He is a trickster god of wit and cleverness.
I like to think that all the tales we hear of people making "deals with the devil" were actually probably just deals with Mercury being coy about use of language (since it's his domain and bro loves a word trap).
If you've been navigating your own house of mirrors this Gemini season, look to what house you have Gemini in to get more clarity on where Mercury's trickery is showing up for you right now.
And if you're like...😭 how do I do that??😭 Your rising sign is your 1st house, so count counterclockwise through the signs until you get to Gemini.
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From Ash's Corner
There's a sense of urgency I feel this time of year as we start to turn from Gemini to Cancer season (where I'll inevitably be tossed into the dark, churning waters of my 8th house 💀).
I sense the storm brewing and feel the winds pick up as I bustle about "preparing."
(Because what am I actually preparing for? That shit is all internal and I never know what's going to come up anyways! 🤷♀️)
⛵ I'm staying busy making sure my go bag is ready!
🌊 Battening the hatches!
👀 Checking the radar!
Allllllll that, instead of just leaning into what the moment really requires of me: my stillness.
My ability to watch it blow in, to take off all my carefully clad armor, and walk into the waters with my eyes wide open.
No readiness required—just an open heart and a willingness to let the currents take me where they will.
No need to squint my eyes shut and brace myself for the suck, for how terrible I think it will be.
You can't preempt grief. You can't frontload emotion. You can only ever be with each moment, rise up to meet it when it happens. That's it.
ARE YOU TRACKING YOUR SEASONS??
No sweat if you're not but...do you wanna start? Because I know that my 8th house season is weird because I've been tracking it. It's one thing for me to yap to you about the seasons but it's a whole new ball game when you decide to start making it ~personal~ by tracking how exactly the energy of the season affects you each month. Of course, you can use any tool you'd like but I made a digital journal to help you—one that you can return to over and over again (so you can always look back for historical data).
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WELCOME TO ASH'S UNSHAKEABLE SUMMER!
My kids' last day of school is today! Which means, starting tomorrow, I have 74 days of summer to...do what? I've been stressin' over what skill or habit I want to commit to cultivating over the next 74 days.
🤔 I was thinking of doing a yoga challenge, since I've been craving a solid yoga practice.
🤔 But I also want to get back into my meditation practice and my tarot cards have been yelling at me to prioritize more mental space in my noggin.
🤔 But my yearly goal is to write more and write better this year (which really means to just write more honestly and stop censoring myself), so I should also make a writing goal for myself.
All these ideas and I realized I was focusing on the wrong things. Asking the wrong questions.
Because really, the question is who do I want to BE after 74 days of summer?
That's what's ultimately happening. When we learn a new skill, a new habit, start a new practice, we're writing new neural pathways that enforce who we are (or who we are becoming).
So this isn't 74 days of opportunities to do ~things~. It's a 74 day portal of becoming, if I choose to see it and act upon it that way.
And, after much deliberation, I'd like to present to the court my answer:
🫶 to unlearn all the things that have keep me safe (and stuck).
💃 to become more me.
🔥 to become unshakeable.
🪩 to glow with a fucking banger aura, ya hear me????
So yeah. That’s the plan.
Every week this summer, I’m coming back here to share what becoming unshakeable looks like in real life — not as some ideal, but as the messy, mundane, sometimes magical process it really is.
Call it a field report. Call it behind-the-scenes. Call it Ash’s spiritual resilience diary.
Whatever you call it, I’ll be here.
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she's entering her UNSHAKEABLE ERA
If you’re ready to start your own unshakeable era + figure out what’s been shaking you, draining you, or dulling your sparkle — book a Playdate with me.
This where intuitive strategy & energy work meet real clarity to help you move forward as more of yourself.
Don't just take my word for it: Stacey, a systems strategist, had this to say:
"This really lit the fire. Things that I knew to be true but couldn't quite connect to the feeling of being true came into full focus. It felt like you were crafting a support structure around my inner monologue."
More where that came from!
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Thanks for reading!
In cosmic camaraderie,
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One Last Sip
for June 15-30, 2025
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CURRENT ASTRO SEASON 🪐
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UPCOMING BIG SKY EVENTS 🌛
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It's CANCER SEASON aka baby gurl season aka feel your feeeeeeels season!!! We've immersed ourselves in the womb-like waters of Cancer, the archetype of the Divine Mother, family roots, sacred passage, and intuitive protection. Cancer season is ruled by the moon so we're gonna be following that glowing orb real close this next season because she has a lot to teach us right now.
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TWO BIG SKY EVENTS HAPPENING! We have Uranus entering Gemini Monday, July 7th! Uranus symbolizes disruption, innovation, and evolution. It's one of our slow rollers so entering a new sign is a big deal because he'll hang out here for the next 7 YEARS! Since Gemini is about communication and tech, we can expect shake-ups and massive innovative leaps forward here over the next 7 years. ALSO HAPPENING: Full Moon in Capricorn happening Thursday, July 10th! This is a fab moon to do some reflection on what stands in the way of your devotion to your own path and vision.
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WHAT I’M WORKING ON 🤓
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK 📚
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HOLY SHIZ DUDE, my creativity is flowingggggg. So much good stuff coming! Including a new workshop on how to work with the moon (happening this month!), a snazzy sales page for Sacred Aftermath as I get more beta feedback roll in (only 2 beta pricing spots left!), and some fun projects like reviving an old IG by bringing my unhinged sparkle into the limelight.
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It is a serious thing
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in this broken world. — Mary Oliver
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