Feng Shui Your Way Through The Venus & Mercury Retrogrades

Hello & Welcome to the Feng Shui Money Couch where I talk about Feng Shui and other Woo. My name is Laura Carrillo aka The Feng Shui Lady!Today I want to talk about how to Feng Shui Your Way Through Venus & Mercury Retrogrades! There are actually very productive ways to navigate this time period! Instead of getting all doom and gloom about it, I’m going to share some Feng Shui hacks to actually make this fun and fruitful.First let me explain the Astrology of it all. We have an extended period of reflection and revision in the areas of Love & Communication happening until mid December. Yes you heard me correctly. That’s pretty much the rest of the year. And where Venus is concerned it’s been going on since August 31st when Venus entered its pre-shadow retrograde phase.I have personally been leaning into it and am here to help you lean into it too!We officially enter the Venus & Mercury Retrograde on October 3d when Mercury enters its Shadow Retrograde period at the same time that Venus officially goes retrograde.Venus is the planet of Love, beauty, luxury, and aesthetics. So relationships, beauty, and decor undergo an auditing period.Adjacent to Venus being in a state of flux, Mercury the planet of communication and tech also retrogrades. Mercury’s pre-shadow begins on October 4th and officially retrogrades October 24 to November 13 but not out of the post shadow until November 30th. Venus has a longer post retrograde that continues through December 15thWe will all have reasons to reflect on how we are expressing ourselves and communication will require careful consideration all the while our romantic lives and aesthetics will be in flux.Let’s make the most of this time shall we? When Venus is in this state of flux it’s not the time to make permanent decisions about love, or aesthetics. For example not a great time to get married or buy expensive clothing or furniture or get a new hairstyle or cosmetic procedure.Where it comes to fashion, beauty, and decor. This is when we can revisit our fashion past, shop our closets, rotate our art and throw pillows. For example I just rotated my art right before filming replacing my Sun art with My Love is all in honor of Venus and to be on theme with this episode. I also rotated a few of my throw pillows. This zhuzhing was with art and pillows I already own. The idea is to try and work with what you already have or have tried instead of heavily investing in anything brand new.That said, one of the most productive activities you could focus on is auditing your closet. This allows you to focus on the pieces that look best on you and to curate wardrobe capsules for specific occasions and themes.If you do this systematically, you will find and curate your most flattering and elevated wardrobe looks for your best life. Seriously let’s Marie Kondo it! You will also be channeling the energies of Venus in the most positive and aligned way. It’s a big project but a fun one! Listen you have several months to get in there and categorize what needs to be styled, taken to the seamstress, donated, sold, gifted and capsuled.I have been going through my own clothes and trying everything single article on to see what is still working for me. I pulled 4 large bags of clothes from my wardrobe so far! I sold and traded at least one bag full and gifted 2. I have one more to go!My work around for shopping during Venus Retrograde is Selling for Trade! Returns & Exchanges also come in handy through December 15th.The clothes I sold and traded at Crossroad’s since August 31st to now ended up garnering me some amazing new additions to my closet without making any big financial investments. Among the standouts that I acquired through trade were a sexy red dress and power skirt with a cute top that I love. Red is a very new revelation to my wardrobe! It is this year’s power color because it’s the year of The Fire Horse and fire element and colors are a great way to channel this energy.

I also found the prettiest most cheerful Tiffany blue floral dress. Venus Retrograde can sometimes lead to finding stand out pieces in unusual or low stakes ways. Sometimes you can experiment during this time and later change your mind which is why low stakes is the name of the game.

You can also use Poshmark to sell and purchase clothes which is another great work around for Venus Retrograde! The idea is to avoid spending a lot of money on anything.

My favorite part of my closet audit so far was the gifting part! I invited a couple girlfriends over, served wine, and let them basically shop my closet edits that hadn’t sold or been traded.One of my friends said she only had like five outfits to her name so it was heartwarming to see her pull an entirely new wardrobe from my left overs. Both of my friends rocked those clothes and it made a real impact for them. They both ended up with clothes they could wear for work and business as well as pieces they could apply to their social and romantic lives. It was really fun and rewarding to watch them play dress up. You can re-home your former clothes by selling, donating or gifting them. Gifting allows you to know who will be living with and loving your former clothes!I highly recommend this type of exchange. It’s good Karma for your wardrobe in a pay it forward kind of way! The universe will reward you. It has certainly rewarded me with optimal replacements and energetic space.You truly can use this time to refine your wardrobe without breaking the bank. Even if you end up technically with less clothes, you will have a way better wardrobe!Without all the clutter of clothes that don’t suit you, your best looks can now get the attention they deserve! I found this dress in the back of my closet sadly being ignored and now she’s front and center!

This is also a Feng Shui Relationship Hack. If you are single like myself and your closet is overflowing with clothes like mine was, then there’s no room energetically for