Plan for Victory - Transits for the Week of November 25th

Welcome to the series on weekly transits, out every Monday afternoon!

This week asks us to pick our battles. It does not mean that nothing is worth the fight, but it does encourage us to be discerning.

Today, Mercury turns retrograde. It’s currently in Sagittarius, and is about to retrograde opposite Jupiter. There’s a serious temptation to run our mouths. Do you have Big Opinions? Do you feel that must be heard? Okay, fine. But are you absolutely sure you have a willing audience? This has big “weird uncle talking politics” vibes. Do you want to be that guy?

This is compounded on Wednesday with the Sun in Sagittarius trining Mars in Leo. Sometimes it’s fun to put on a little show. Do you want to valiantly do battle? Are you ready to absolutely ruin Thanksgiving if someone steps out of line? Maybe you are. And maybe you expect everyone to cheer as you cut the other person down to size. Hell, maybe they even will. But more likely, everyone will be silently cringing and making plans to spend the holidays elsewhere next year.

This year, my holidays will be spent in the company of a relative that I am deeply and perennially pissed at. You guys, she’s SUCH a shitty person. She’s wealthy but takes advantage of everyone else financially, she sucks all the oxygen out of every room, and she flirts shamelessly with, well, everyone, but my partner specifically (to his deep disgust).

I am not looking forward to this. But I also know that the rest of my family values peace and wants to see the two of us get along. So I will. I will be gracious and fun and outgoing. I will smile when she hands me used chopsticks as a “present.” But I will also be ready to defend myself when she goes on and on about how much prettier she is than me, about how she doesn’t understand why my partner and I are together, and how unfair it is that she has no one to bring to Thanksgiving and is therefore "outnumbered" by people who love me. I will do everything in my power to prevent a conflict, but I’m not above snapping my fingers in her face and saying, “Hey, my body shape? Not up for discussion.” I’ll regret anything more, but I’ll also regret anything less.

I recommend everyone approach this holiday with the same degree of planning. What bullshit are you willing to grin and bear, and what bullshit is absolutely unacceptable? If the unacceptable happens, what can you do that you won’t regret later? This is the way to be victorious this holiday.

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