the archive
Pictures from here and there
Film and digital — some of my most recent forms .
the sky right now
What the planets are doing this week — and what it means for you.
Venus stations retrograde in Scorpio on October 3 and doesn't turn direct until November 13 in Libra. She backs out of Scorpio into Libra on October 25, so this is a two-part story. Scorpio Venus asks the deep questions first: who do you trust, what do you actually want, and where are you settling for crumbs because the intensity feels like love? Expect old flames, old texts, and old wounds to resurface. This is a time of the "Re": revision, revisitation, renewal, reduce, reuse, recycle, and so on. Once she moves into Libra, the lesson turns to balance: fairness, compromise, and whether your relationships are truly reciprocal. The midpoint on October 23 is a Venus cazimi (she meets the Sun at 0° Scorpio), a short window of real clarity in the middle of the fog. If someone from the past shows up, you're allowed to simply observe. Review what means the most to you, and treat yourself gently with things you already love instead of new things you're hoping will fix a feeling. Venus retrograde isn't here to take love away. It's here to show you what's real before you build on it.
Mercury stations retrograde in Scorpio on October 24 and turns direct on November 13 in Scorpio, the very same day Venus turns direct. Mercury has actually been tangled up with Venus in Scorpio since early October, so by the time it stations, the heart (Venus) and the mind (Mercury) are already in the same room. Think of it as a double review: Venus asks what you feel and what you value, and Mercury asks how you're thinking and talking about it. Scorpio makes everything intense, so expect obsessive overthinking, loaded silences, secrets surfacing, and conversations you thought were finished reopening. Mercury also stations the day after the Sun enters Scorpio and the day before Venus slips back to Libra, so it all lands at once. To stay steady: draft the honest message but sleep on it before sending. Think thoroughly, and slowly. Use the time to revise, research, and finish things instead of starting them. Say the true thing once, calmly, instead of the sharp thing five times. When Venus and Mercury turn direct together on November 13, the clarity you've been digging for finally has room to speak.
Mars entered Leo on September 27 and stays until November 25, and it's lighting a fuse under everything above. Mars in Leo is bold, proud, and dramatic: it wants to be seen and respected. But Venus retrograde in Scorpio squares Mars (peaking around the October 10-11 Libra new moon), while Pluto in Aquarius sits directly opposite Mars and squares Venus too (the second Venus-Pluto square lands October 20). Together they form a tense fixed T-square, the stubborn, high-pressure kind where nobody wants to back down. Expect power struggles, jealousy, ego flare-ups, and the urge to react first and think later, especially in love and with money. The upside is that this energy is also fruitful, courageous, and honest, if you channel it. To work with it: move your body hard (dance, lift, run), put the heat into creative work, and take a breath before hitting send on anything fueled by pride. Ask whether you're defending yourself or actually standing up for something, and choose your battles carefully. The pressure starts easing once the T-square separates around October 21, and Mars meets Jupiter in Leo on November 16, a rare, genuinely lucky meeting for anything you've been brave enough to build.
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this week
A weekly reflection — thoughts, feelings, existential crisis.. things worth writing down.
Welcome to Berry’s little Dreamland in Mercuri’s orbit! So nice to have you readers here. Today I feel most especially like an alchemist. I’m not sure if it’s the astrological changes that just took place (Jupiter in Leo, Mercury RX, Uranus-Mars in Gemini, etc.) or what, but I am feeling electrically charged and ready for whatever is coming next. Human beings are, as we all know, electrically powered creatures.
Lately, my own internal wiring has been undergoing a massive, high-voltage overhaul. Transmuting heavy energy into something beautiful is the core work of an alchemist, but let’s be real, the process itself is messy. Stepping through rapid life changes feels a lot like navigating a neon-lit, noir landscape: mysterious, slightly chaotic, slightly dangerous, and filled with shadows of old habits I’m forced to leave behind. It hasn’t been easy to keep my footing while the cosmic floor shifts, yet instead of panicking, I’ve found myself wrapped in a weird, unshakeable sense of peace. (GOD DID)
When you’re floating out here in the creative stratosphere, you realize that true transformation requires you to be both the scientist and the subject. Lately, my studio time has felt less like songwriting and more like capturing lightning in a bottle. Every lyric I draft, every visual I conceptualize, and every conversation I log feels hyper-stimulated by this new cosmic frequency. It’s like the universe handed us a blank canvas, painted it with starlight, and told us to start screaming our truths into the microphone.
There’s a strange, magnetic pull that happens when you decide to fully align with your future self. You start shedding the people, the places, and the versions of you that were only meant to be temporary chapters. Out here in the quiet spaces between who I was and who I am becoming, I’m learning that the static of the unknown isn’t white noise, it's a brand-new soundtrack waiting to be arranged. It’s the sound of stepping into a higher vibration, where modern love, futuristic dreaming, and deep, soulful alignment finally get to take center stage.
So, to anyone else currently watching their old foundations dissolve into stardust: let it happen. The universe isn't trying to break you down; it's trying to upgrade your entire operating system so you can handle the blessings that are about to drop. We are building empires out of our wildest imaginations right now, and the coordinates are locked in.
It is a strange thing to feel entirely grounded while your world is being reconfigured. I’ve realized that staying positive doesn’t mean ignoring the dark but trusting that the current friction is just a necessary spark to light up what’s next for me. As the shadows stretch, I’m choosing to lean into the mystery, holding onto my inner stillness like a heart compass. We are all walking alchemists (good and bad), and right now, I'm just enjoying the beautiful, unpredictable art of turning my raw seeds into diamonds.
stories & poems
Short stories, poems, and ongoing adventures — updated as the words come aka when I feel like it.
Seven friends, one band, and a magical lake that changes everything. A story about music, belonging, and what happens when fame finds you in the most unexpected way.
read all chapters → ✦ poemA quiet unraveling.
read the poem → ✦ short storyA new story, fresh from the notebook.
read the story →listening
Sneak peek to my original songs, still in production — more coming from the studio soon.
✦ prod. by seventhwinterx ✦
the archive
Film and digital — some of my most recent forms .
learn
Interested in learning more about astrology and understanding wth I'm talking about? Here's Berry's own personal favorite site to use. Astromatrix breaks everything down and easy to digest. Give it a shot :)
about
I'm Berry Dreamland — intergalactic being, poetic words assembler, melodic sounds creator, magical web developer (recent), and collector of beautiful moments. This is the space where all of it lives: the stories I can't stop writing, the songs taking shape, and the pictures that felt worth keeping.
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