You are metaphor
Symbiotic with one of my favorite beings
You are Hermes
Messenger among the gods
You are Mercury now in shadow
We inhabit a liminal moment
Poised between prototypical orbit
And retrograde
The appearance of cosmic regression
Mercury in Shadow is a metaphor
A lens through which we can reflect
Contemplating our imperiled social order
Contemplating our desperate hope
Aspiration for liberation and transformation
We must let the stars and planets speak
We must heed their ancient wisdom
Sentience manifest in you as an oracle
Spiritual power to withstand apocalypse
Mercury in Shadow is in Virgo
Virgo is my rising sign
And Mercury rules Virgo
I am rooted in noble purpose and creative fluency
I feel the psychokinetic electricity of this moment
I look at your radiance, confidence, and vulnerability
And I find luminous joy
I celebrate your beauty
And I redouble my faith in our cosmic mission
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–BYPO PHOENIX c)2022
