I feel seriously slow to start this morning.

It’s a non swimming morning so the alarm in Chez Tracey didn’t go off until 6am, but I’m going through a cycle I repeat relatively often- my brain is too wired to sleep. It’s not too bad- I manage 5-6 hours in 2 -3 hour slots most nights, sometimes more- but the effects are cumulative.

I was mentally exhausted when I went to bed- relatively early. The Moon had just moved into Gemini and I posted that I had no words left. By 1am I was still awake. This happens fairly regularly.

I do the usual things people suggest, but this is something that I’ve had problems with since Uranus first crossed Mercury, a number of years ago.

These days, with Neptune just a degree away from my 12^th house Mercury, it’s the dreams. Whatever I read at night, I dream at some point during the night. This is in addition to the mini series that I usually dream. Yet, reading is what gradually brings my brain down before I can sleep.

I no longer read crime fiction before I shut my eyes.

I’m the type that will wake up from whatever it is, walk around the house in the middle of the night, have a glass of water and go back to the same point in the dream.

Which leads me to Gemini Moon and Moon square Neptune- which is happening…now.

This is another fleeting transit, but, there’s not a lot else out there of much interest to me today.

This one is the classic case of Neptunitis- which I’ve written a bit about before- hopefully the related posts will pop up below. Essentially, this is when the boundaries between illusion and reality are particularly blurred, when synchronicity happens and you have no idea how to explain what the message means or why.

It’s not a great time for clear decision making or logical mind mapping, but just happens to be perfect for writing fiction…which I’m about to get back into…once I have my first coffee.