by Robert Wilkinson
As I gave you in part 1, on March 3 Mercury will move out of its shadow span and enter its next phase of moving through "unknown zones" where the themes of this retrograde will be played out in forward motion. So for the next three weeks, expect some very productive intersections of past and future, with a promise of many things beginning to pull together that require our immediate attention.
Here we show how we've reworked our productivity and seen our special qualities and/or genius from a different angle of approach and expression. We’re now moving forward with a clearer sense of a bigger picture of what contributes to what, and how our past, present, and future ability to contribute to our world in greater ways can be expressed.
We can now take what we reviewed, rehearsed, researched, or found new information about that helped us reevaluate something and move forward with a larger view and contemplation of what has been and what will be, whether in friendships, goals, ambitions, group work, world service, as well as those areas of life ruled by the house where Mercury’s been retrograde. I gave you some of the possible effects of Mercury in the houses in the article Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius in January-February 2015 – What It Means For Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces
Of note is that as Mercury goes direct, the Sun is on the same degree on which it went retrograde. This brings light and integration to the retrograde theme, and should help us see that which has been unveiled these past 3 weeks related to Aquarius energy in the house where it happened in our charts. And since it is now direct, if there have been misunderstandings or delays these past 3 weeks, it's all moving forward from here!
From here we should be able to find a new understanding of how to free ourselves from restricting conditions and attitudes, and be moved by various types of “cosmic visitations” that bring unexpected and occasional “spectacular developments.” While some will be challenged, this will be a liberating period, where we see “the dance of relationship” from a more “cosmic” point of view, and can find a productive peace and poise in understanding things that may escape usual ways of thinking. So now that we've done our rehearsals, reviews, revisions, and/or research on how we can coordinate the parts of this emerging process during the past 3 weeks, it's again time to get it on!
Here we face the future, and do what we must to weave elements of that future into our current life and affairs. We will continue to see ever-greater pictures of potentials, and over the next few weeks will mobilize toward a future that we've already set into motion over the past two Full Moons.
The Good To Come
There are many good things promised by this direct station. As noted, Mercury sextile Saturn and quintile Uranus should bring a favorable, productive, and specializing weaving of the way our lower mind expresses our Higher Genius and sense of ultimate purpose. The long wave productive energies will be set into motion each time the inner planets are in early Fire and Air signs.
The long wave specializing energies will be set into motion each time the Moon or inner planets move through 1-3 Aquarius, 13-15 Aries, 25-27 Gemini, 7-9 Virgo, and 19-21 Scorpio. Obviously if you have a planet or angle in any of these zones, you can expect highly specialized gifts and circumstances to come forth the next few weeks.
Other favorable indicators include the Moon quintile Mercury, trine Venus and Mars, and tredecile Neptune. This will bring harmony and stability to planets or angles we have in the mid-to late Water and Earth degrees, and gifts of unique insight to those with planets or angles 2-4 degrees earlier than the zones listed in the last paragraph.
Of major significance is that the Moon is on the exact degree where Saturn went stationary direct last July. This will be fantastic for reconnecting with our “God within,” or the inner Truth we found last Summer that enabled us to withdraw from unprofitable relationships and circumstances. It also marked a point of learning a greater self-reliance, finding a greater “cooperation between spiritual and material agencies,” and some sort of “pure self-revelation.”
Venus conjunct Mars will be with us for quite a few weeks, and brings fusion and blending to the houses where we have Aries, Taurus, Libra, and Scorpio. The blending is currently taking place in Pisces, leading us all through very deep waters of vast feelings that prepare us for the dynamic new initiatives coming soon when Mars and Venus enter Aries.
The trine from the Moon throws the harmonic void into 17-24 Cancer. Due to the degrees involved, this can lead us to a deeper, more personally relevant personality integration we can act on within a social setup. Everything in this SD chart indicates a deeper compassion and feeling-knowing that leads into our deepest wisdom, showing us how to integrate with other parts of the world in harmonious interactivity.
Another really favorable indicator involves Sun binovile Saturn and novile Pluto with Saturn novile Pluto, bringing a harmonic spiritualizing power to us all. Affected areas include 2-6 Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius, 12-16 Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn, and 22-26 Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius. If you have something in these zones, either a) something will come forth in the way of an interconnected realization about your life, your duty, and your purification, and/or b) something will be put on the shelf a while so that your sense of life, duty, and what needs purification can be done before that thing moves forward.
We also have a favorable Mars quintile Pluto, helping us use “economy of energy” very effectively. The biggest favorable indicator is Jupiter tredecile Saturn and trine Uranus, offering us all a greater unique form of enjoyable or creative self-expression, or a way of the heart that will liberate us from old rules and limitations as we get a wiser, more poised view of things. This is firing up our heart centers, showing us ancient wisdom and ways to a more inspired form of social rebirth. Areas most affected include 3-7 Sagittarius/Gemini, 9-13 Capricorn/Cancer, 15-19 Aquarius/Leo, 21-25 Pisces/Virgo, 27-30 Aries/Libra, and 1 Taurus/Scorpio.
So we now begin to move into a time of intense mobilization that will “liberate us from adverse conditions” by “spectacular developments” connected to a “cosmic visitation” we’ve been anticipating for the past two Full Moons. Mercury direct will open many views and perspectives over the next 3 months, and the insights we receive and weaving we do in that period will lead us to a new Mercury retrograde era by May 2015, when Mercury goes retrograde at 14 Gemini and by mid-June goes back to 5 Gemini.
Past Mercury Retrogrades and What They Taught Us
In the 2012 Mercury retrogrades, we went through a process of learning how to look at the past with different eyes, seeing the storms and trials we had overcome as rehearsals for what was yet to come. Through retrospection, we called up old powers in new ways that helped us in late 2012. Mercury retrograde in November 2012 put us on the threshold of being able to know without thinking, directly experiencing communication rather than having to go through a linear evaluation of hearing and interpreting words.
Due to the Mercury direct point at 6 Pisces in March 2012, the same degree where Neptune went stationary retrograde in June 2012, we awakened to a new dedication, a new set of motives, a new intuition, and a new way of bringing closure to old ghosts. We then finished letting go of those ghosts, and after the June-July 2013 Mercury retrograde in Cancer, we felt a new permanence, a new courage, a new fearlessness, and a new way of knowing how to live whatever “Ageless Wisdom” is ours to live.
The Oct-Nov Mercury retrograde in Scorpio helped us reorient and focus, and eliminate desires and stuck feelings we no longer needed to carry. We found a deeper togetherness with people and experience, and found an ability to cooperate with others in building something.
The February 2014 Mercury retrograde in Pisces and Aquarius gave us new insights into collective consciousness, and through a sequence of “graduating into a new realm of being,” rose to a challenge and cooperated with others to bring a metaphoric “forest fire” under control. We saw our interconnections, examined our deeper feelings and aspirations, and found new ways of managing our energies at the close of an old life cycle, all of these wherever we have 19 Aquarius through 4 Pisces in our charts
The June 2014 Mercury retrograde in Cancer and Gemini gave us new insights into needs, habits, and feelings, where we went through arguing pros and cons relative to a major life shift that already happened previously. We learned to practice adaptability and patience as we saw what had to be pruned back or reshaped in our world.
The October 2014 retrograde in Scorpio and Libra gave us a new understanding of how we and others are or are not cooperating as we build some things to be enjoyed in common, and now we can find peace in "letting go, letting G_d." We took a new look at the past to see what needed repair or reconstructions, and then moved forward by retiring in peace in October 2014.
This retrograde in Aquarius has given us a new understanding on some things that we didn’t understand before now, and some things have been “unveiled” that helped us re-evaluate something related to the areas where we have Gemini and Virgo, as well as any houses ruled by planets we have in these signs. We’ve now seen how to manage some action, and can move forward in ways that free us from adverse conditions. Whether through direct or indirect information or realizations, we’ve gotten insights, returns, and understanding about things we didn’t know about before the retrograde began.
So as Mercury now goes direct in motion, open up and be receptive to a more idealistic or group self-expression, and a different way to communicate in social setups. We have now begun a different way of communicating aspirations and goals, have seen some friendship issues present themselves, and now have a different feeling for what our heart’s into and what it’s not.
This will be a totally future oriented period to come, with many alternate visions of potentials and the need to flow through endings. Be willing to train to “pick up and deliver spiritual power” in the future, and learn how to make basic personal decisions to integrate your magnetism, your heart, and your values. Mobilize, since there are great rewards to be captured via the Fixed T-square!
We now know the old ways are no more, have a greater understanding of the feeling-flow in us, others, and circumstances, and can now move forward with an eye to the future as we rely on our inner Truth. As there is a Yod, or Finger of God, created by Chiron sextile Pluto with both quincunx Jupiter, something’s getting squeezed out so we can focus our heart in a form of social rebirth or renewal.
Things related to Mercury will speed up considerably for the next three months, so flow with the greater vision and understandings that have been revealed and will continue to be revealed over the next weeks and months. We’re now at a state where we can see a greater perspective on our life narrative, and move into a greater social contribution as we see the wisdom in what we withdrew from since last Summer.
From here we move forward into a clearer, deeper future! Stay focused on the bigger integrated picture as you move through productive and unique circumstances and developments, and mobilize when offered the chance to get rid of limitations or limiting circumstance. So this links past, present, and future in a new way of approaching the dance of relationship. Your vision and understanding will lead the way to know what to do and when. Just remember to honor your feelings after you act, since they’ll help you to a greater compassion about what has ended, or is ending.
In a final plug as Mercury goes from retrograde to direct, for those who want to know more about the qualities of Mercury retrograde in Aquarius, Scorpio, Libra, as well as all the other signs and houses, if you haven't already gotten your copy, you may want to go over to the Amazon or Barnes and Noble ebook websites and get a copy of the new 2nd edition of my book A New Look At Mercury Retrograde. It was written for both astrologers and laypeople, and has just about everything you could want to know about Mercury retrograde, from how it works, what it means, celebrities who have it in their charts, historic events that happened during Mercury retrograde, and what signs are involved in future Mercury retrograde periods.
By knowing more about 2014's Mercury retrograde periods in Pisces/Aquarius, Cancer/Gemini, and Scorpio/Libra, as well as 2015’s Mercury retrograde periods in Aquarius, Gemini, and Libra, you may see patterns in what was going on in your life, what you were taking a new look at and why, and how this "looking back" influenced your choices as you moved through past events. Here's the link to where you can order your copy of the new edition of my ebook, A New Look at Mercury Retrograde to check out possible ways this Mercury retrograde effect could play out over the next 4 months, and because it was retrograde during the past two Scorpio Solar Eclipses, the next 4 years.
And as usual, here are links to recent articles on what this January-February 2015 Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius has been about:
The Guide of Souls in January 2015 - Mercury Slowing Down, Preparing to go Retrograde at 18 Aquarius
© Copyright 2015 Robert Wilkinson
Hi Robert,
I have many aspects among those listed in the paragraph beginning with "Another really favorable indicator ...". I'm wondering what the timeframe is for this to occur. Also, could you just elaborate on what is meant by "purification"? Although I love that you refer to this as being "favorable", I'm a little skittish about the (b) part of the explanation due to experiencing some unexpected occurrences over the past couple of years! ;)
Many thanks,
Deb
Posted by: Deb Wald | February 15, 2015 at 09:31 AM
A very insightful post. Brings things into the light and can be of help to "attune" ourselves with what is happening in our changing world and within the collective of humanity.
Blessings be to all
Posted by: Nic | February 17, 2015 at 08:49 AM