by Robert Wilkinson
Mercury is now going direct and will be in its shadow zone through April 16, 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 how well we’ve “dreamed our future” during March. Themes related to the span between 17 and 30 Pisces will continue to be prominent, and as Mercury is conjunct Neptune, we’re all going to be more aware or tuned into the collective consciousness over the next few months!
If you want to know more about the major outer planet aspects in play right now, please consult part 3 of the recent Full Moon series which posted last week. I gave you some of the significant aspects in part 1 of this Mercury Stationary Direct series. The aspects in play right now will reactivate many of the aspects it’s made over the past few weeks. As it hits its station, it’s still in an exact conjunction with Neptune, semisquare to Uranus, and quintile to Mars. As I mentioned, the first two will hold for about a week, and the quintile for much longer as it sextiles Saturn and Pluto in early April.
This period features some powerful aspects putting us at a collective fork in the road, but other than that Saturn biseptile Uranus the outer planets are somewhat subdued during the current time except for the constant Uranus semisquare Neptune, maintaining a widespread friction in the atmosphere which will be triggered in the near future each time a planet moves through early Taurus or mid-Gemini.
As you know from the Lunation articles, the long term “action beats” of the very heavy Uranus waxing semisquare Neptune and the off-again, on-again of the tag team of Saturn and Pluto biseptile Uranus 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!
The past and future Uranus biseptile Pluto has been joined by Saturn making a biseptile to Uranus at this time. I address this biseptile in detail in the Lunation articles, as this biseptile from Capricorn to early Taurus mark a crucial “fork in the road of the world’s destiny” in 2018-2019, which involves the forces of reason and education pitted against ignorant, irrational and often violent forces of chaos.
The Moon at this Station
The Moon is in a Third Quarter phase with the Sun, with the New Moon at 13 Capricorn, a degree of self-transcendence. The Third Quarter phase incorporates the fulfillment of the cycle in an organized or institutional form which is future oriented and integrative. It reorients, and understands how to apply universal and spiritual principles to everyday affairs. Take a new look at the spiritual forces behind broad social processes, and you’ll catch glimpses of how spirit works to reshape matter at the fulfillment of old cycles.
In this chart, the Moon at 13 Capricorn shows the focus is on getting established upon timeless spiritual principles, going deeper into the Soul and making it real in our lives, and a self-discipline that allows us to experience “absolute unity.” As the Moon is ruled by Saturn at 20 Capricorn, it would seem the coming weeks will show us a structure of self-transformation, preparing us for when Saturn goes direct at 14 Capricorn in a few months. Spiritual wisdom and maturity are in the air, and those who have made Saturn’s virtues their own will benefit tremendously in the coming weeks!
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 the second half of Pisces, 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 Pisces in March 2019 - 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! We can begin to get a lot more accomplished, after a period of slow downs, turnarounds, review, reflection, reworking, undoing, and re-planning. We’ve been offered a chance to rethink many things, and re-vision our future during March, and now can move forward knowing we can allow many things to be forgiven and wash down the time stream.
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. It’s a time of public group renewal, so enjoy the fellowship as you enter new ways of life.
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 “An Eastern Promenade,” since that’s the foundation for Mercury to move forward. As I gave you in part 1, get ready to renew your faith and improve yourself, however you know is necessary. This helps us move into new social systems with others who are in harmony with our innermost timeless Self.
The Sun indicates the Light is found by being receptive to “spiritual energies originating in the East,” or in other words, cultivate your receptivity to greater Wisdom teachings than you’ve known before now, or if you have known those truths, be open to seeing different interpretations and applications of those truths. As Mars rules the Sun and is on a degree of “discursive reason,” the “battle of the pros and cons,” and it’s ruled by Venus on a degree of “indestructability” and “the ability to leave permanent records of our achievements,” keep it slow, steady, and allow your spiritual maturity to help you re-shape the permanent elements of your life after you’ve argued both sides of those truths.
Some will find themselves having important dreams, or flashes into the human conditions, even as deep feelings are stirred and important attunements with the invisible world are happening. There will be serendipitous “cosmic visitations” which will leave us in awe of the Divine working out paths to individualization. Just 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.
Heal into your Higher Self through identifying with a larger life, and become a source of inspiration for those who seek to understand their own larger role to play in a larger field of Life. 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 initiatives and practical experience, continue to keep it focused and organized as you transcend your old life. Open to new relationships, new motives, and deeper inspirations 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 move through the transition from the old to the new in April. Soon we will all understand many things that were confused or unclear before now.
Search for a new way to understand your freedom as a result of what you’ve let go of, or blessed to leave your life in recent months. Flow through the transformational process, and prepare to use powers beyond your current understanding later in the Autumn. We are still closing the books on many parts of life, even as we open to impending or immediate major changes with so much Aries influencing 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 Pisces 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 flash of timeless wisdom showing you greater truths to embrace in your life.
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 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. The ebook is available on Kindle and Nook.
© Copyright 2019 Robert Wilkinson
Thank you. As always a clear overview on Mercury's path and its effects.
Blessings be to all.
Posted by: Nic | March 28, 2019 at 09:50 AM