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Artist Feature - Laura
During my last year of med school I was struggling a lot working in the hospital during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and I tried to distract myself by picking up drawing again and learning a new language in my freetime. I’ve always wanted to learn a “new” alphabet and I decided to learn Korean. Through this I discovered BTS and I was studying Koren by translating the lyrics from the D-2 album by AgustD.
GEMINI SEASON
Happy Gemini Season! The sun has moved into the mutable air sign of Gemini, ushering in a literal breath of fresh air following the steadiness of Taurus season. While Taurus season asks us to slow down and bask in the beauty around us, Gemini season wants to sweep us away and relish in the exciting varieties that life has to offer. As Gemini is ruled by Mercury, the planet of communication and intellect, Gemini season is a time for stimulation, curiosity, and exerting our social energies, which is a welcome change after some of the recent astrology we’ve experienced.
MERCURY RETROGRADE IN GEMINI
On the 10th of May, Mercury stations retrograde in early Gemini before dipping back into Taurus. With this transit, the planet of information, communication and mental processes temporarily leaves its own home sign to revisit a very different space. In many ways, it feels like a reminder to stop and reflect before moving forward full-speed. As we saw in the overview of this Taurus season’s astrology, Jupiter’s move into Aries the day after Mercury’s station marks the beginning of a significant change in the astroweather. Most notably, we’re entering an initiatory, catalytic, fire-starting, fast-moving season with a summer heavily influenced by cardinal and mutable energy.
SIX OF WANDS
The Six of Wands is the card of hard-won victory. It’s not the end of the road (though, truly, what is?) but it’s the moment when you can see your efforts beginning to pay off and your vision starting to crystalize into something more tangible. If you push and push yourself without taking the time to rest, to recharge, and to recognize how far you’ve come, the only thing you will be left with is demoralization and burnout. It is exhausting to go through life feeling as though all your efforts are simply not good enough.