by Robert Wilkinson
Which means that Mercury is rapidly slowing, preparing to go retrograde soon! Lots of Leo action ahead!
The shadow zone is defined by the span between where a planet goes retrograde, and where it goes direct after the retrograde period. In this case, Mercury goes retrograde at 24 Leo at 10:03 pm PDT on July 25, 6:03 am BST on July 26. It will retrograde back to 12 Leo, where it goes stationary direct at 9:25 pm PDT August 18, 5:25 am BST August 19.
That puts the shadow zone between 12-24 Leo, and about Noon PDT Saturday, July 7, Mercury crosses into the exact degree and minute where it’ll go SD in August. I’ll be writing quite a few articles about the coming retrograde which will post as it comes closer.
For now, we enter a period of Mercury opposed Mars for the next few days, so close down and stay calm! This will be followed by Mercury quincunx Jupiter and a double triseptile to Pluto and then Neptune in mid-July, triggering the Grand Irrationality! Of course it is quincunx Neptune before the triseptile, and quincunx Pluto after its triseptile, indicating a lot of sacrifice and adjustment at a crucial cooperative-collective turning point.
The Grand Irrationality was already set into motion by Venus in late June, and will be revisited during Mercury’s retrograde period in early August, giving us a different angle of vision on this turning point. The Grand Irrationality will be powered up by the Sun just after that, and completed in late August during Mercury’s third set of triseptiles! With all the quincunxes, expect adjustments, and stay courageous, strong of heart, and noble in self-expression.
The Mercurial data you notice over the next 2+ weeks will be clarified after the Sun enters Leo at 2:01 pm PDT on July 22. Still, for the rest of July, adapt to the slowing pace of things, get all your papers in order, finish what you can in the next two weeks, and prepare to put some things on hold for a little while.
Take a look at what's been set into motion with an eye to building in delays, rehearsals, or more research before things again begin to move forward in mid-August. 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.
With Mercury’s retrograde station at 24 Leo, get ready to go inward and concentrate to contact and bring forth your inner Spiritual King or Queen from the end of July through the first half of August. As with all Mercury retrogrades, this one requires us to do research and rehearsals, preparing to demonstrate our ability to be Spiritual Adults after Mercury goes direct exactly when Saturn trines Uranus, opening us all to inner powers and invisible help “when human efforts seem to fail.”
Try to make the most of the next 13 weeks, since this is an intense period during several months of “tag team” retrogrades! We already have Mars retrograde through the end of August, with this Mercury retrograde dominating late July through mid-August, followed by Venus slowing in September preparing to go retrograde in Scorpio in October. As Venus goes direct in mid-November, Mercury goes retrograde at the same time, that one lasting through early December. And these are just the inner planets!
if you want to know more about Mercury retrograde and how it may operate in Leo and affect your sign, please consider getting your copy of A New Look at Mercury Retrograde where you can find out all you need about this retrograde, as well as past and future retrogrades.
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.)
Enjoy the entrance into Leo retrograde energies for 2018, and I’ll post more about the coming Mercury retrograde after next week’s extensive exploration of the coming Solar Eclipse at 21 Cancer.
Copyright © 2018 Robert Wilkinson
Mama Mia!! Hope that ship gets here soon!!!!!
Posted by: chickie | July 05, 2018 at 05:34 PM