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Mercury in RETROgrade

I hate to the bearer of bad news, but yet again, Mercury is in Retrograde. major fail. Looks like we'll all be in slow-mo, socially inept, and breaking our iphones (i kid, 'cause i have a blackberry, and anyone with a blackberry knows you can't break or lose that motherfucker, no matter how hard you try).

There's not much to do about it, kiddies. 

Well, I suppose there are 3 solid options:

1. Lock yourself in a dark room until August 8th.

2. Brave the world, but in human-size bubble- a'la bubble boy

3. Follow suit and GO RETRO 

take your pick.

Mercury in Retrograde

July 14th - August 8th 

good luck

Mars moves into Libra...what are you going to do about it?

Why can't we all just get along? Well, now, we finally can...sort of. At least we're more open to compromise. With Mars' departure from nitpicky Virgo, we can now try to let go of sweating the small stuff, and welcome the move into Libra with a more diplomatic approach. If you're demeanor for the last 8 months has been tightly wound, now is the perfect time to put down the gloves, and take a more friendly route. So, as of July 3rd, I say kiss and make-up, buy your friends/colleague a beer, and think with consideration before you act. I know it all sounds like daisies and sunshine, but it won't be that simple. Although, personally, I'll gladly welcome a little less confrontation, Mars is kind of squirmy living in Libra. It's like squeezing into that size 0 dress when you know you wear a solid 4. Mars feels much more at home in it's ruling sign of Aries, which happens to be the opposite of Libra on the chart, so we can clearly see the struggle, thus leads to a weak effect. Basically, it might just mean taking a few more deep breaths- Forcing yourself to be pleasant to your arch nemesis- and think twice before your cut yourself a new pair of 'new you' bangs. Here's a little care package for the switch over to help things along

Missoni printed canvas tote, $145 / Chan Luu cotton jewelry / Woven friendship bracelet, $78 / Ileana Makri 18k jewelry / Philosophy face mask, $46

Crab Cakes

Since June 22nd, I've been ever so giddy that we're in the Sun sign of Cancer! It just so happens to be one of my favorite of the 12. Cancers, themselves, typically are nurturing, highly emo, slow-paced, kind, yet often prone to moodiness. The crab's personality and sentimental nature inspires an aesthetic of yesteryear. More specifically, I drool over 50's-early 60's housewives/ladies who lunch/vixens. During July, I can solely survive on A-line skirts, cat eye sunnies, high waisted anything, and vintage everything. Now, I may be biased. Cancer is my rising sign: meaning it's the sign that was coming up over the eastern horizon the moment you're born(I'll touch upon this more sometime soon), but as far as what it has to do with it's influence: the rising sign is what you show the world, it's how you wear yourself, your shell--which is my case is a crab-shell. Too much? Not funny? Impossible. In any case, here's the bee's knees...