Today is the birthday of one of the ultimate musical talents on Earth, the legendary Van Morrison. If Van The Man had written only "Gloria" or "Brown Eyed Girl," his place in music history would be secure forever. When you add "Astral Weeks," "Madame George," "Moondance," "Into the Mystic," "Caravan," "Wild Night," and dozens of other amazing compositions, this guy is for the ages.
Over the years many have asked me what Mercury retrograde is good for. We know it's supposedly NOT a good time to sign contracts, or make purchases of electronics or major moves or decisions. We are told to hang out with the energies, seeing that things may not be as they appear, and so on. That said, there is much that a Mercury retrograde period is good for, such as traveling, research, and other important things.
Mercury retrograde has a reputation for being a time of misunderstandings, delays, and things getting jammed up. Over the years I've often been asked what can be done if Mercury is retrograde and there are actions that must be taken, meetings scheduled, projects that must be decided and implemented, and other important matters.
In typical Mercury Retrograde fashion, today we'll revisit something past and present. America's voting machines continue to be hacked, and a few bad people are controlling the outcome of many of America's elections. It's worse than you think....
In part 2 we explore more about this phenomenon that occurs 3 weeks at a time 3 times a year. At the end of this article I have a table so you can find which house(s) this August-September 2010 Mercury RX period falls in relative to your Sun or rising sign. Then you can find out how this transit affects you personally by consulting my article How Does Mercury Retrograde Affect Us In The Different Houses?
This Full Moon falls at 2 degrees Pisces-Virgo, fulfilling the seed of the past New Moon in Leo. This period will help us cut to the chase and find forms of protection against aggressive elements while we move into tests that may seem an ordeal, but necessary given our new archetypal role we've begun to live.
Each Mercury Retrograde period is unique, yet related to other Mercury RX periods, usually because the signs are harmonized with those of past Mercury retrogrades. This one is also entirely in Earth, approximately trine the last period in April-May 2010. What does this mean for all of us?
Many wonder what the big deal is about a planet being "retrograde," which planets go retrograde, and what it means, Now that Mercury is retrograde again, and Venus will be retrograde in a few weeks, let's explore more about what makes a planet retrograde, how retrogrades function, and what it all means.
Mercury goes retrograde at 20 Virgo on August 20, 2010, 12:59 pm PDT, 3:59 pm EDT and 8:59 pm Greenwich (August 21 in Baghdad and points east.) Over the next few days we'll examine the meaning of this phenomenon and how we can make best use of these recurring periods.
Sorry for the gambling metaphor, but it's true. Some bloodlines just end, for all kinds of reasons. We have been trained since antiquity to believe this is a bad thing, but is it?
Yesterday I introduced some ideas about the on-going Jupiter oppositions to Saturn, and how this aspect may manifest in our charts. Today we'll examine more dynamics of this important polarizing energy bringing new possibilities to the surface of our lives.
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