1000X MERCURY RETROGRADE PROTECTION OF PROGRESS AND FORWARD MOTION Mercury Retrograde Shield for Protecting Progress Albina will gather the Coven to protect the very momentum of one’s life, the unseen threads of progress that Mercury Retrograde so often seeks to tangle. In the center, she will place a crystal grid of clear quartz and smoky quartz, their energies entwining in a lattice of light and shadow, symbolizing both clarity and grounding. With deliberate gestures, Albina will raise her hands and intoned the ancient chant of the Aegis of Unbroken Path. The air will thicken with a silver-gold mist, weaving around each member in a cocoon of unyielding energy. Every step taken in work, study, personal growth, or creative pursuit became energetically anchored, shielded from delay, doubt, or derailment. The Coven will felt the currents of their life force stabilizing, as if Mercury’s backward sweep were rendered irrelevant against this protective lattice. Thoughts will align, inspiration remained steady, and the subtle guidance of unseen forces pulsed in harmony with each individual’s forward motion. Any attempt by the retrograde to confuse, misalign, or redirect energy was met with the unbreakable shield of the Aegis, leaving each path luminous, unobstructed, and protected until Mercury resumed its forward course. The crystal grid will hum with the resonance of sustained progress, while Albina’s final whisper will seal the work: "No backward motion can dim the path that is rightly yours; the Aegis of Unbroken Path stands eternal, a guardian of your ascent." PLEASE ALLOW 1-3 DAYS TO ALIGN