by Robert Wilkinson
Mercury is now going direct and will be in its shadow zone through December 23-24, after which it enters 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 2+ weeks, expect some very productive intersections of past and future, giving us a chance to show mastery of our “power of spiritual ancestry” we’ve learned since last January, given the recent SRX degree was the same as the SD degree 11 months ago! As Mercury is grounding our magnetism to “All That Is,” the themes related to the span from 28 Scorpio to 14 Sagittarius continue to be the focus.
I’ll elaborate more on the major outer planet aspects in play right now in part 2 of the New Moon series which will post tomorrow early. This period features an enormous number of frictional aspects, as well as an equally enormous number of spiritual aspects. This will be a time of “grinding, cutting, and polishing,” with the need to make leaps of faith to overcome dualities, and in making those leaps we will attain forms of mastery over those dualities and all related dualities.
I gave you some of the significant aspects in part 1. These are a reactivation of many aspects it's made over the past few weeks. As it hits its station, it’s still in an exact septile with Pluto, novile to Saturn, quincunx to Uranus, and trine to Chiron. These will hold for about a week.
In addition to these major aspects, while it’s in its shadow zone we have Mercury quindecile Venus, conjunct Jupiter, semisquare Pluto, biseptile Mars, and conjunct Jupiter, with the very end of the shadow period giving us Mercury sesquisquare Uranus and square Neptune, activating the Resonant Rhombus Diamond configuration. You can find out more about this long wave frictional “cutting, grinding, and polishing” energy in my Lunation articles.
We also have numerous other forming or partile separating aspects in play at this direct station, including the Moon decile Venus, conjunct the Sun, square Mars, semisextile Saturn, square Neptune, novile Pluto, and tredecile Chiron; Venus novile Sun, quadraelftile Mars and Neptune, bielftile Saturn, quintile Pluto, and biquintile Chiron; Sun square Mars, quindecile Saturn, sesquisquare Uranus, square Neptune, and decile Pluto; Mars trielftile Jupiter, bielftile Saturn, semisquare Uranus, and conjunct Neptune; Jupiter elftile Saturn, biquintile Uranus, and trielftile Neptune; Saturn tredecile Uranus and bielftile Neptune; and Uranus semisquare Neptune and trielftile Pluto.
As you know from the Lunation articles, the long term “action beats” of the very heavy Uranus waxing semisquare Neptune and the many months of the waxing biseptile to Pluto has launched an entirely new era of very frictional irrationality in the collective atmosphere. The waxing semisquare indicates an emergent conflict between the collective consciousness and the individualizing pulse striving to make itself manifest. These have been in play for 2018 and beyond! I address this in the Lunation articles in detail, along with the biseptile. These two together have marked a crucial “fork in the road of the world’s destiny” in 2018, which I believe involves the forces of reason and education pitted against ignorant, irrational and often violent forces of chaos.
There are remarkably few septile series aspects in play right now, with only Mercury septile Pluto showing the closing “fork in the road” of their cyclic dance. I discuss the Grand Irrationality in the Lunation articles, so you can find out more there.
As I mentioned, this chart has a huge number of spiritual aspects! We have 1 vigintile, 2 quindeciles, 2 deciles, 1 quintile, 2 biquintiles, and 2 tredeciles, and 1 Septile.We also see there are 2 noviles, as well as 1 elftile, 3 bielftiles, 3 trielftiles, and 1 quadrelftile.
Quintiles, biquintiles, tredeciles, vigintiles and quindeciles bring out gifts, while the elftile series aspects bring forth spiritual realizations as a result of mastering forms of duality by making leaps of faith. Noviles show us points of realizations going into or coming out of gestation, while septiles put us at spiritual forks in the road of destiny. If you want to know more about these aspects, when you’re done here please go to The Specializing Aspects Pt. 1 – Quintile, Tredecile, Decile, and Biquintile and The Specializing Aspects Pt. 2 – The Quindecile and the Vigintile, as well as The Spiritual Aspect Series – The Novile, Septile, and Elftile Harmonic Aspects where you’ll find more about the meaning of these aspects and the glyphs associated with them. Also, remember that all of these set up harmonic resonance void points all over our charts.
The Moon at this Station
The Moon is in a “before the beginning” phase with the Sun, as the New Moon at 16 Sagittarius occurs just 10 hours after Mercury goes stationary direct. In the last Mercury SD chart in August, the Moon is at 7 Sagittarius, a degree of a rebirth of love! In this chart, the Moon is at 10 Sag, a degree of “forced growth.” As the Moon is ruled by fortunate Jupiter at 7 Sagittarius, it would seem the coming weeks will expand the promise of August, while showing us opportunities and adventures to be embraced!
As it’s a Balsamic Moon, it’s totally future oriented, with potential for visions to give to others about what’s over the horizon or around the bend. This is a phase of sacrificing the old to create the void which will attract the future, and releasing “seed ideas” for future growth. The Moon tredecile Chiron with Mercury trine Chiron should help all of us “heal into our Higher Self” and find the material, emotional, mental, or spiritual abundance which gives us all we need.
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
So from here Mercury moves forward! We can now take what we reviewed, got a new understanding of, or found new information about that helped us remember and/or reevaluate some things and move forward with a larger view and contemplation of what has been and what will be, especially in the houses where we have Gemini and Virgo, since Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo.
As it was retrograde in early Sag and late Scorpio, those house(s) in our charts have been the areas where our review, reflections, returns, reconsiderations, and/or rehearsals have taken place. I gave you some of the possible effects of Mercury in the houses in the article Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius and Scorpio in November-December 2018 – What It Means For Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces
Since it is now direct, if there have been misunderstandings or delays these past 3 weeks, it's all moving forward from here! This is the end of 9 solid months of “tag team retrogrades,” so we should be feeling like things are finally moving forward after a LOT of retrogrades!
We can begin to get a lot more accomplished, after a long period of slow downs, turnarounds, review, reflection, reworking, undoing, and re-planning. We’re building momentum after the long review of what Mars and Saturn offered us between April and September, and should be moving forward with confidence, having overcome certain types of fear and withdrawn from some old projections we no longer favor nor want.
So things should start moving forward anew fairly quickly. Right now, it’s a good time to use the different information, views, and approaches we’ve been examining through the retrograde lens these past several weeks to find a new understanding of what needed work in our inner and outer world.
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 more facets to approaching a more balanced life and a new way to live and BE our higher ideals.
From Here We Move On
Things related to Mercury will speed up considerably for the next three months, so flow with the new YOU you’re experiencing! Meditate on the symbol "The King of the Fairies approaching his domain,” since that’s the foundation for Mercury to move forward. This is the promise contained in every form of Self-revelation arising from the depths of our Being. Choose to shape your outer reality in a form representing your “sovereignty over its various potentials in the creative realms” of your imagination, and find the inner vision which will lead to a highly effective expression.
The Sun indicates the Light is found by seeing “basic life purposes and cycles through omens,” where we can glimpse the “universal patterning of life relationships.” As Jupiter rules the Sun, Moon, and Mars, be outgoing, let loose your heart’s potential, see what has to be done, and then do it! Once you have opened to a greater Life, Love, and potential, allowing your deep feelings to lead you to clear visions and then act with efficiency and precision. Go deep into your experience of connectedness with life and others, and work cooperatively.
Some will find themselves needing forms of camouflage as they walk their Path, even as deep feelings are stirred and important attunements with the invisible world are happening. Clearly we shall all be put through tests where we’ll have to make “leaps of faith to overcome duality” as a practicum for mastery of these things. Remember your part in the larger Cosmic Choir, and learn to flow when things are most frictional, saying goodbye as you slip down the time stream.
Keep developing “inner powers” while learning how to tune in and cooperate with “angelic helpers” to bring forth “divine help when human efforts fail (or seem to fail.)” Humanity still moves through its long term ordeal, where much in the collective mindset must be “crucified” so that “compassion and understanding can rise from the inmost depths of Being.”
At this time of fiery feelings and inspired deep experience, continue to open to new visions, truths, adventures, and perspectives as you dive deep into universal feelings. Do not drift, or allow the fogs and seductions of mass consciousness to confuse you; find your way of moving through the Piscean dreamscape, and you’ll prepare the patterns you’ll act on in 2019. Soon we will all understand many things that were confused or unclear before now.
Search for a new way to value what you’ve lost in recent months, reconnect with the sources of Life and Love at the core of your being, and open to the coming freedom to move onward and outward into broader horizons of Inspired Mind. We are still closing the books on many parts of life, even as we open to impending or immediate major changes with so much Sagittarius in the air these next few weeks. When you experience what you need to feel to open a new vision or understanding, then act with precision and focus in the NOW, using your awakened Scorpio and Sagittarius energies to do what you need to do. After you see what must be done, then do it, and then take the time to enjoy what you’ve done. You could experience a surge of spontaneity and freedom while receiving omens of what’s to come.
A New Look at Mercury Retrograde
In a final plug as Mercury moves forward in its shadow zone, for those who want to know more about the qualities of Mercury retrograde in all the signs and houses, please consult your copy of the expanded 2nd edition of A New Look At Mercury Retrograde, available on Createspace.com and Amazon. It's a handy reference text for everything you could want to know about Mercury retrograde people and Mercury retrograde in the various signs and houses. It explores how Mercury retrograde people think and work through things, and possible ways parents of Mercury retrograde children can facilitate the roundabout interpretive and communication styles in their child’s development. Here's the link to where you can order your paperback copy of A New Look at Mercury Retrograde.
© Copyright 2018 Robert Wilkinson
Great information and perspective on what the skies are giving to humanity this coming weeks.
Blessings be to all.
Posted by: Nic | December 05, 2018 at 06:41 PM
"Once you have opened to a greater Life, Love, and potential, allowing your deep feelings to lead you to clear visions and then act with efficiency and precision. Go deep into your experience of connectedness with life and others, and work cooperatively."
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Posted by: bomega | December 05, 2018 at 08:47 PM