Mercury comes out of retrograde this week, so it's time to begin to crank things up after recent weeks of rehearsal, review, research, and preparation. This week things should start moving forward, but continue to build in slight delays at least unti the end of the week. We're still under the influence of the Full Moon at 6:49 am PDT June 30 that falls at 9 Capricorn, helping us all attune to our inner guides, angels, and other aspects of "Heaven Within," exteriorizing the promise of the past New Moon in Gemini.
Today's post comes from a client who asked an important question affecting us all. She told me of an astrologer who said they could tell what age a person would have their karmic debt paid off in this life. However, my client asked her astrology teacher (no, not me!) who does karmic and archetypal astrology (like me!) about this question, and her teacher believes we are never done working out our karma (as she put it, "paying for it, suffering for it, etc...") While this subject could be explored forever, my answer may help explain how the concept of "karma" actually works.
"Inferior conjunctions" only occur when Mercury's apparent backward retrograde motion brings it to a conjunction with the Sun. Mercury, symbolizing Mental Coordination, and the Sun, the Life principle itself, do a unique dance. Each year they conjunct 3 times in a "Superior" conjunction, when Mercury is faster than the Sun, and 3 times in an "Inferior" conjunction, when Mercury is retrograde. These each have importance in the relationship of Life to Mind in our yearly affairs. If you want to learn more about this phenomenon, here's "Mercury retrograde and the Superior and Inferior Conjunction"
Yesterday In Part 1 we explored general Spiritual factors of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto bringing forth our Higher Self as we stand individually and collectively at the threshold of a new era. I offered points of particular importance due to major aspect patterns going on in July and August. Today we continue to explore more about the pressure we're under and within, what it means, and how this is impacting certain signs directly.
With all three outer Transpersonal planets retrograde, we're reviewing "spiritual" forces at work since March that have us at threshold states of doing and being. Uranus binovile Pluto offers ways to see the common basis for divergent realizations. Neptune splits influences this month, giving realizations through appreciation in some situations, disappointment in others, but as it's the end of the Saturn opposition from Leo, at least we're going to get clarity despite the extreme weirdness.
Today we revisit an article offering perspectives on Universal Mind, Consciousness Itself, the nature of Maya, Miracles, and Light, and how these impact human existence. These can serve as guides to what IS, whether we perceive it or not. We'll also explore now Soul is different than Spirit, why darkness exists at all, and why we're here.
Mercury is completely retrograde, though after the Inferior conjunction on June 28 we'll experience things picking up. We're still reverberating from Uranus going stationary retrograde, but overall this week should provide a sense of things finally moving forward, freed from the jagged edge of recent times. The Full Moon at 6:49 am PDT June 30 falling at 9 Capricorn will help us all attune to our inner guides, angels, and other aspects of "Heaven Within," and exteriorizes the promise of the New Moon in Gemini.
The Summer Solstice falls on June 21 at 11:07 am PDT. It's the longest day of the year, and said to be the point at which "free will" acts more powerfully than any other time. It is a point of decision, and kicks off Summer, the season of work, play, productivity, and lots of sunshine for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. If you're "down under," remember to have a little compassion for us up here in the north when December 21, the Winter Solstice, rolls around and we're freezing while you're enjoying the beach! What follows are some hints as to what we all can expect to experience over the next 3 months, regardless of where we live.
This was inspired by a recent comment. When asked how the Mercury retrograde and Mars retrograde, both in Cancer, will affect us if we have planets in Cancer, I thought it would be good to share how I see the process working so you can anticipate what you'll be dealing with later this year.
Several people have contacted me, telling me their intuition feels like it is growing stronger, even if sometimes they don't know what it means. This happens for one or both of two reasons. First, there are times when our personal intuition grows stronger, whether by our practice or just our evolving state. Second, there are times when the field gets stronger, or the filters between the rational and intuitive levels of existence weaken. Right now we seem to be going through the second state.
Today we send up a big Happy 65th Birthday to one of the world's treasures, Paul McCartney. He has given us some of the most memorable love songs in history (rockers too!), and is living proof that those who said the Beatles were a "flash in the pan" and would be forgotten within a few years were impossibly wrongheaded contrarians. And he's still rocking! Today I've dug up a few things that may entertain you, so enjoy! Thanks for everything, Sir Paul. You changed the world for the better, and that's a very good thing. (Keep going for more videos!)
I've been flooded over the years with questions about what to do if Mercury is retrograde AND there are things to be done, meetings scheduled, elements of projects that must be decided and implemented, and other such important matters. No problem! There are many things that move forward exactly as they should during Mercury retrograde periods. Though there may be delays and misunderstandings, there are ways to navigate these recurring periods and keep everything on track quite nicely.
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