Mercury Stationary Direct Affecting Events In May, June, July, and August 2010 - Gradual Development Leading To New Worlds

by Robert Wilkinson

Mercury goes direct in motion 3:27 pm PDT, 11:27 pm Greenwich May 11 (May 12 east of Greenwich) and will speed up for many weeks to come. This shows a quickening of the ability to coordinate, put things together, understand the whole and the parts, the process and the larger cycles. Mercury, or Hermes, "the Guide of Souls," is also known as the Divine Trickster, as well as all lesser models. It is now stationary at 3 degrees of Taurus, affecting that area for months to come.

We are told the symbol is "Natural Terraces Lead Up to a Lawn of Clover in Bloom," involving the "inspirational possibilities in all experience" in finding new and natural forms of self-expression. This means we'll be gradually developing new values and/or resources to support the "mobilization for gain" that has characterized the entire retrograde period. Some of these will be dramatic in their expression by May 2011.

As I noted in pt 2 of the recent Mercury RX articles,

When Mercury finishes its RX period and goes direct at 3 Taurus on May 11, 3:27 pm PDT, 6:27 pm EDT, and 11:27 pm Greenwich, it makes even more great aspects, promising a "good launch" if we can be patient and allow the "clover to grow...."

Aspects made when Mercury goes direct in mid-May include a semisquare to Venus, biseptile to Mars, decile to Jupiter, biquintile to Saturn, and trine to Pluto. Taken as a group, these all show very unique factors coming back to help us or haunt us depending on how we've learned from Saturn. If we're cooperative, patient, and mature in building with others, then this time will bring rewards from our inner strength as well as Angelic (Deva) helpers that offer us opportunities to demonstrate our skill in some cyclic way.

The waning semisquare to Venus will challenge us to thin out some things and relationships while externalizing our values. The waning biseptile to Mars will trigger major shifts in our Gemini and Virgo ruled areas relative to the larger Mars cycle, itself involving our Aries and Scorpio areas.

So this RX period is bookended by septiles from Mercury to social-cultural planets, Jupiter at the front end, Mars at the back end. This implies that the forks in the road of destiny in areas ruled by Jupiter are being reconsidered during this RX period, while we will have to act in Mars ruled areas once this RX period is over.

The Mercury septile Mars will help us make critical choices to close old Mars in Leo patterns. The house where transiting Mercury is will be the trigger for the changes in the house that transiting Mars occupies. Whatever we chose between Nov 2009 and Jan 2010 and been dealing with up to now will become the reason for the choices and changes.

The zones most impacted by this septile include a degree to either side of 3 Taurus, 25 Gemini, 17 Leo, 8 Libra, 29 Scorpio, 20 Capricorn, and 11 Pisces. Expect important developments in the houses involving Gemini and Virgo ruled areas and planets in your chart. As with the other septile, the choices involving how you will demonstrate those planetary functions in your life will furthermore impact the houses those planets rule.

As can be surmised, the septile points will be activated when the inner planets transit any of these points between now and the next Mercury RX period in August. Thus May 15-16, June 15-16, 23, and 30-31, July 19, and August 9-15 all move this process forward, along with anything precipitated by the Moon moving through the 7 zones. Every choice that comes up in these periods prepares us for something to be crystallized out of the May potential between late September and early October.

Mercury toward the end of its RX period is in early Taurus, said to be a span of "Experience" in the Physical-Actional level of Substantiation. While Mercury occupies Taurus, many will find they are seeing their values and resources with new eyes, and realize they need something better or different to use in bringing forth the new era coming when Jupiter and Uranus enter Aries in just a few weeks.

Here's more from that article:

Mercury going stationary direct at 3 Taurus shows that through August 20-21, 2010, we'll be focused on the themes mentioned above concerning our ability to express ourselves more naturally, finding hope and "inspirational possibilities" in our experiences. It should be a time of natural steady growth, where our consciousness expands as a result of the "gestating experiences" we've had since early April. "Diligence and determination," combined with "humility and faith," should help us to a "natural fulfillment."

Dr. Jones states the keyword for this symbol of "Steps up to a lawn blooming with clover" is HOPEFULNESS, where the outreach of our Spirit in cooperation with the Universe can strengthen our "intuition of divine reality" as we live in "beauty and order." Here restraint contributes to self-realization as we steadily quest for "worth-while fruits of living." We are told that when positive, this degree is "a creative optimism brought to embrace every facet of everyday living."

So at the end of this retrograde period, we'll wind up being stabilized in fairly simple and straightforward ways that show us how we're living a new beauty and order. This will anchor a process of natural fulfillment, where our optimism and faith can bring us concrete fruits of our labor, the substance we'll use in our new life already blooming forth.

Over the next few months, we'll open to a new value structure and new way of using what we have in actions that will bring us fulfillment. This gives us the means with which we'll enter into the archetype we glimpsed between November 2009 and April 2010 this coming July when Mars conjuncts Saturn at 1 Libra.

So it seems that this stationary direct point will have major implications for many months to come based in transits to the septile series set into motion at this time. We'll definitely see results from what we are moving into by this time next year when the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars all cross 3 Taurus.

Mercury going direct biquintile Saturn is important, in that it will offer unique and/or highly specialized experiences every time a planet configures with those two points, as well as the three voids created by that biquintile. Thus 3-6 Taurus, 15-18 Cancer, 27-30 Virgo, 9-12 Sagittarius, and 21-24 Aquarius all become active due to this aspect.

As Mercury in Taurus is ruled by Venus,, and Venus is in Gemini (ruled by Mercury), they are in mutual reception. That makes Venus an important influence in the period to come. Since Mercury is semi-square to Venus, quickly slipping into a septile, you can bet the coming weeks will begin a breakdown in old structures as well as mark radical turning points in all areas influenced by Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, and Libra.

The frictional effects will be most clear as planets transit 3-4 degrees of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, as well as 18-19 degrees of Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces. The critical turning points will present themselves as planets transit 3-4 Taurus, 24-25 Gemini, 16-17 Leo, 7-8 Libra, 28-29 Scorpio, 20-21 Capricorn, and 11-12 Pisces.

Since this stationary direct point directly influences events through August, that would imply the period from late June through mid-August will heat up like fireworks, due to the inner planets moving through multiple hot zone areas. And of course, much of this will be "set in stone" by Saturn in late September and early October.

So try to allow thing to develop gradually and in natural ways, and don't worry if things don't make sense from time to time, since with so many septiles and biseptiles affecting the next few weeks nothing will be logical and orderly, even if it does get fairly exciting at times!

© Copyright 2010 Robert Wilkinson

Comments

[Matt]

I'm hoping Saturn biquinitle will show unique opportunities in my Mercury-ruled sectors as related to my Saturn-ruled ones; that my Venus is at one of the voids in this 5-pointed star (quintile Mercury biquintile Saturn) further indicates (I hope) the benefic experiences to manifest.

[Naomi]

Layman terms please of what all this above means??? Perhaps not in literate translation.. maybe in condensed form of a sentence or two in one or two paragraph each???

or is this to apply on individual astrology chart?

[reefaroundme]

Dear Robert,

Thanks for reposting the timely info we need now! This is a great help. I always try to but often forget to go back and check the older articles for stuff happening now...

[Warriorlady]

YAY. Quit a lousy job with a meanie of a boss. Still have another few gigs, though ;). We just moved back into our place and we're planning to garden and purchase a couple of long-term house plants. Got a neato new dining table and chair set to start. YAY.

[Kieran Dayzero]

"Layman terms please of what all this above means???"

he he! keep reading! you'll get there!
you can't un-complicate the complicated!

wonderful post, thanks Robert...
I can feel the pressure and confusion lifted..

kind regards,

Kieran.

[Kelly Florez]

Thank you for sharing this intricate pattern reading. I am not educated in this particular science so, I appreciate the clear pointers along the calendar path and the generalized views. They are indeed helpful to me.

peace,
Kelly
aka Max Trinity

[Liz]

Hi Robert,

Thanks as always for your insight. With my sun at 3 deg Taurus in the 7th house I imagine this will be quite a time for me. Any advice?

[Name Deborah]

Nothing makes sense or is very confusing. My relationship ended with a lot of recriminations on May 13. I know old reaction patterns of my own blocked love (Mars Saturn Moon inconjunct Pluto opp Chiron) and have owned my part but my partner is entrenched and there is no way back. I have searched my soul and asked so many people who say it cannot be all me and therapy could help it work but he won't go. My partner has Venus 02 Pisces and Moon 18 conjunct Chiron in Pisces opp Uranus 9 Virgo and Pluto 13 Virgo. My Chiron is in the seventh house at 4 Pisces semi-sextile Mars Saturn Moon in Aquarius. He said I am detached and too intellectual but the truth is when my heart opened and when I cried or was vulnerable he was overwhelmed. I am suffering so much guilt and am having a hard time letting go. I love this person very much but am I being too fixed? Any wisdom or insight would be appreciated, Robert

[Name Deborah]

PS Just read the centrifugal article and it resonated so deeply. One of my partners complaints in the middle of the night or early morning I would wake as my body was purifying, like dross being thrown off, old trauma of a head injury clearing and I had to have major reconstructive dental work over the past six weeks due to an even earlier injury. It drove him mad as I moved around and breathed too loudly. It all blew apart on the morning of May 11 after the Moon squared Pluto...his Mercury is at 5 Capricorn conjunct South Node at 11 Cap. I was called unloving and selfish. I know you wrote at an earlier time one of my lessons was to share. Chiron Neptune is opposite Uranus at present. Sorry to take up such space but the pain of this loss is literaly scouring out my insides, I'm struggling to integrate it.

[Robert]

Hi all - Trying to get out of town for a few days, so these will be brief.

Hi Matt - All the quintile series show uniqueness, and if we have a planet in one of those aspects, it's refining that expression in specialized ways.

Hi Naomi - Hang in there, study the terms, and eventually you'll get the gist of what I am speaking about. As I write for professional and amateur astrologers as well as laypeople, I cannot possibly list all possible meanings of all that's happening. That's like trying to capture the ocean in a tea cup. However, if you parse each sentence, stripping it of the jargon, you'll see that I try to offer some possible explanations of what it could mean. It is both generic and applies to us individually, but that's way beyond a comment stream, and more for personal readings.

Hi reefaroundme - There are treasures in the archives!

Hi Warriorlady - Always good to quit lousy jobs with mean bosses! Life's too short and all that..... And gardening does help me keep it all in perspective.

Hi Kieran Dayzero - Yes, with diligence anyone can glean gems from what I write. It just takes persistence and some study of the terminology of the craft. And it's wisdom to recognize that one cannot "uncomplicate the complicated." We cannot do surgery using "surgery for beginners...."

Hi Kelly - Well, I originally intended this info to augment what I offer in my personal sessions, since there's just too much to include in them about the generic patterns. That said, I try to make it as clear as possible what's going on, offering what I can in lay language for those not expert in the craft.

Hi Liz - I suspect you'll find new ways to articulate your light. Slow and steady goes the way, so open to other ways of expressing your "inner fulfillment."

Hi Deborah - During this time of The Grand Irrationality, there is much that doesn't make sense, nor does it have to. That's why I post many articles on how to deal with it. The trick is to navigate the changes while not losing our cool or equilibrium. No aspect "makes" us have a hard time, and it does take two to make a relationship. Some will last, others not, but they all are grist for the mill of Soul and learning to move from conditional forms of love to Unconditional Love. As I've also written many times, we are here to move out of Attachment, Aversion, Illusion and the mind suffering over its own suffering. The antidotes are Detachment, Dispassion, Discrimination, and learning how to generate Bodhichitta, or "the will to good." These can help us overcome suffering on all levels while keeping our hearts and minds open to the magic and mystery of our evolutionary Way. The centrifuge is throwing us away from certain things and toward things based in our need to purify elements of our lives. If there is no harmony where we are with those we're with, then we will be flung away from those parts of our life. It certainly sounds from what you say that your now-former partner could have used more patience and compassion. But I also understand that when it's time to go it's time to go. Then there's nothing to do but forgive, meditate, stay focused on eliminating unhelpful feeling and actions, and ride the storm until you find your way to the other shore. And it is possible, even though the waves can feel painful at times. That's why we learn detachment, dispassion, discrimination, and how to generate good will, first toward our own process and suffering, then to all sentient Beings.

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I have read scores of information this last 10 hours on the web and you have summed it all up, in a very neat file. You have not only explained why I am going through this time but you have also written enough to help me understand how I am going to resolve the issues. Thank you .

[Deborah]

Thanks for what you wrote Robert. Detachment can be hard to hold onto when the heart feels torn in two, but you are so very right goodwill or loving kindness is the key. I did forgive, prayed, meditated, walked, eliminated, cried, examined, reached out, walked, prayed, meditated and then cried and eliminated some more - a lot went into the fire. I kept my heart open and held his heart too, tenderly in love and forgiveness. Old wounds in our relationship have healed. I think we have started a new chapter. Thanks so much for your beautiful website.