Balancing my life with the planets
Posted in Stress on 11. Aug, 2010
Today’s Card: FREEDOM – The angels guide you to freely express your true thoughts and feelings with love.
On Friday, August 20th, 2010, Mercury the wise communicator and universal trickster turns retrograde (in Virgo), sending communications, travel, appointments, mail and the www into a general meltdown!
Mercury Retrograde is when a planet appears to be moving backwards through the zodiac.
The retrograde period begins a few days before the actual turning and lasts until September 12, 2010, when the Winged Messenger reaches his destination. At this time he stops and begins his return to direct motion through the zodiac. Everything finally straightens out on September 27, 2010, as he passes the point where he first turned retrograde.
Mercury normally turns retrograde three times a year, but this year he turns four times, don’t panic just roll with the changes and notice your mind and self love go through the process – don’t judge!
Why am I telling you about this? How has it got anything to do with the body?
Mercury Retrograde plays with:
- Thinking
- Perception
- Processing
- Disseminating information
- All means of communication
- Commerce
- Education
- Transportation
Mercury rules people who work in these areas, especially those who work with their minds or their wits:
- Writers
- Orators
- Commentators
- Critics
- Gossips
- Spin Doctors
- Teachers
- Travelers
- Thieves
Mercury retrograde also gives heed to:
- Personal misunderstandings
- Flawed, disrupted, or delayed communications
- Negotiations and trade
- Glitches and breakdowns with phones, computers, cars buses, and trains
And all of these problems usually arise because some crucial piece of information, or component, has gone astray or awry.
It is not exactly the best time to make important decisions while Mercury is retrograde, since it is likely that such decisions will be clouded by misinformation, poor communication and careless thinking.
Mercury is all about:
- Mental clarity
- The power of the mind
When Mercury is retrograde these characteristics tend to be less acute than usual, as the critical faculties are dimmed. Make sure you pay attention to the small print.
The key issue here is one of focus
Mercury’s retro phase tends to bring unforeseen changes and blockages, but the aggravation and frustration that many of us experience during these periods is often due to our own inability to roll with the punches. Is this due to our ego?
Mercury sets out to restructure our thinking processes and for many of us this is painful and frustrating. Unresolved issues from the past tend to push themselves forward. Moreover, these experiences reveal flaws in our internal organisation as well as our external planning, which can make us feel foolish and inadequate.
It is also a time when matters begun under a previous retro period will come to fruition, or completion as the case may be. Firm decisions that have been previously made when Mercury is travelling normally through the zodiac may be finalised without too much worry.
So during this period, look after yourself, and whenever something is not going the way you intended it to go just stop and realise there are other forces in the path. Breathe and let go of control. Give yourself a break and step away. It helps to know you are not going insane and that all will settle down very shortly.
Keep it lean, green and in moderation
Love & Light
Kate
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