Friday this coming week, Mercury is combust, having their superior conjunction with the Sun.* After this point, Mercury will be an evening start until their inferior conjunction in early September (during the next retrograde cycle where “Mercury time” goes in reverse**).
During the period where Mercury is combust, intellectual and communicative pursuits can be hindered. Mercury is figuratively getting burned up by the Sun’s energy. So instead of pointing that Mercury energy outward (and maybe getting burned) better to focus inward and keep your opinions close to the vest.
* https://www.astro.com/astrology/in_mrmmercury_e.htm - this is a nice detailed discussion that can also highlight how the position in the Mercury cycle in your own chart might impact you
** https://circlethrice.com/perspective-part-2-its-time-travel/ - this is something I wrote that suggests a different perspective on retrogrades
There are also days this week for household magic, talisman creation, and a pair of days that work together for handling authority — self and other — as I discussed in last week’s update.
Re your Circle Thrice update today - so glad you decided not to drink from Mimir's well after all :) It would have been an eye-popping draught :)