by Robert Wilkinson
Yes, it's THAT time again! Mercury is radically slowing down, preparing to go stationary retrograde at 30 Sagittarius at 11:34 pm PST on December 2, 7:34 am GMT (UT) on December 3. This has important implications for all signs.
I'll be composing several articles about this Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius over the next several weeks. Until then, adapt to the slowing pace of things, be willing to put some things on hold for a little while, and take a look at what's been set into motion up to now with an eye to seeing what has to be done before things can again move forward in mid-December.
The coming RX period breaks the 2017 pattern of Mercury going RX in an Earth sign and retrograding back to the final degrees of the previous Fire sign. The Dec 2016/Jan 2017 RX began at 16 Capricorn and went back to 29 Sagittarius. The Apr-May RX began at 5 Taurus and went back to 25 Aries, and the Aug-Sept RX began at 12 Virgo and went back to 29 Leo. This one begins at 30 Sagittarius and goes back to 14 Sagittarius, ending the mix of Earth/Fire retrogrades of 2017.
The SD degree is where things move forward after the RX. This would seem to pick up on the Jan 2017 SD theme at 29 Sagittarius, showing that however we “got in shape” last December and January will be “picked up, reviewed, and re-evaluated” in light of the current SRX degree blessing us in some way. And since it’s trine the May SD at 25 Aries, and the Sept SD at 29 Leo, we complete our Fire trine sequences, this time reviewing all the “forward motion stations” of 2017.
A brief review shows we “got in shape” in early 2017 as a prelude to burying the past, or seeing a previous past that was buried so we could open to who we had become in April and May. Some had to go back to the past and “exhume the bodies” to make sure they had actually buried the right things!
In any case, that opened the door to “a new quality of being” that “rendered the old patterns obsolete.” This was the next step in the “liberation from a narrow destiny” that’s happened to all of us since August-September 2016.
The most recent retrograde influence we’ve been under unveiled many things in August and September as a way to prepare for a new expectancy, a new yearning, and a new chapter in self-development in our Leo life areas. We have begun to redeem a promise since last May, have now renewed our movement into a new life trajectory, and stand on the threshold of a blessing that will lead us to a form of the Ageless Wisdom perfect for who we are and what we have to do in 2018.
Anyway, things will slow from here, so adapt! I know there are many unfortunate things attributed to Mercury retrograde, but there are also many productive things that get done, connections that are made, and different angles of view glimpsed that make our understanding more complete and well rounded.
As I’ve told you, the two weeks before the retrograde is a good time for setting things in motion that will need a delay before being picked up anew. Or for doing things that will need research, rehearsing, or reworking to whatever degree before completion. The time before Mercury goes retrograde is good for doing what must be done so that other related things can be done later, as well as reconnecting with people and activities from the past that are somehow related to the future.
A New Look at Mercury Retrograde
Since Mercury has already been slowing down for a couple of weeks, we’ve already begun to experience a quality of “Mercury crashing into retrograde.” If you want to know what we can expect from Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius, as well as all the other signs and houses, if you haven't already gotten your copy, you may want to get the 2nd edition of my award-winning book A New Look At Mercury Retrograde.
The first major work on Mercury retrograde ever written, it offers in-depth information about Mercury retrograde people, Mercury retrograde in the various signs and houses, and what the entire Mercury Retrograde phenomenon is about. If you want to know what we can expect from Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius, or the previous 2017 retrogrades in Taurus/Aries, Capricorn/Sagittarius, and Virgo/Leo, or any other past or future retrogrades and their influence in the signs and houses, it’s all in there.
As I’ve mentioned before, it is written for both astrologers and laypeople. I have just about everything you could want to know about Mercury retrograde, including 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 2015’s Mercury retrograde periods in Aquarius, Gemini, and Libra, or the 2016 Mercury retrograde periods in Aquarius/Capricorn, Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn/Sagittarius, 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. And you can see how this year’s retrogrades affect(ed) sectors in your chart by taking a look at Mercury retrograde in Sag, Capricorn, Aries, Taurus, Virgo and Leo. It’s all in the book!
Here's the Amazon link to the page where you can purchase a paperback edition of A New Look at Mercury Retrograde. You can also get a Kindle ebook at that site, or go to Barnes and Noble for a copy on Nook. (Please note that if you go to amazon, make sure you're ordering the 2015 edition, and not the earlier one. There are plenty of used ones for sale, but they are far inferior to the newest edition.)
See you soon with an overview of the retrograde and more!
Copyright © 2017 Robert Wilkinson
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