by Robert Wilkinson
Admiral’s log: Star date Dr. Seuss Day 2020. Recently I posted an article about how billions of photos have just been stolen by hackers, with a tag about how crimes committed during Mercury retrograde are also busted during Mercury retrograde, and how criminal behavior comes to light during these times. Someone left a comment about how Neptune is in the same position as it was during the Salem Witch trials. Then I did some research….
Yes, first of all let me make clear that a company titled “Clearview AI” definitely has billions of our photos and its entire client list was just stolen. If you care, you can read more Clearview AI has billions of our photos. Its entire client list was just stolen. My lead-in was “Inferior conjunction in Pisces with Mercury RX semisquare Jupiter and Sun semisquare Pluto. As retrogrades often pop back up at a time in the future, you can bet this isn't the last time this will be the subject of the news. The good thing I found researching retrogrades is that often criminals are busted during retrogrades." As Mercury is currently retrograde, of course the articles brought a comment about the Witch trials happening two Neptune cycles ago when Neptune was in its current position.
I did a little research, and found out the following. We know the investigations began in Feb 1691. If the initial investigation began any time in the first 3 weeks of Feb 1691 in fact it had Mercury RX. A quick look at that month finds Venus in Pisces square Saturn in Sag, then square Mars in mid-Gemini just as Venus conjuncts Neptune. Then Mars squares Neptune. Right there we have a Mutable T-square involving Neptune, the planet of mass delusions.
Also, Saturn in early Sagittarius opposed Uranus in early Gemini all of 1691-1692. That could lead to repression by religious institutions to anything “different,” which is Gemini’s quality. When you have Saturn opposed Uranus it’s a clear sign of a nervous tug of war between liberation and oppression, and in this case, liberating ideas and “eccentric speech” creating a Saturnine response from religious authorities.
So that reign of terror began with Mercury RX, and had several other Mercury retrogrades during the term of the madness. It went from investigations to prosecution on May 27, 1692. That was less than a day before Mercury again went retrograde, this time at 26 Gemini. You can bet there were things found when Mars was at that point in Gemini which led to the issuing of warrants. The trial began June 2, also under that Mercury RX with Neptune on its SRX degree at 20 Pisces the entire time.
Another round of killings took place that September. From the 7th on, Mercury was in its shadow zone or retrograde through the end of October. The next round of trials and killings happened January 1693. Sure enough, we find Mercury again either in its shadow zone or retrograde in Aquarius. On a final note, the last trials were in May of that year, also with Mercury retrograde in Gemini.
If you want to know more about hundreds of strange events, some of which are linked by retrogrades across time, I have hundreds of examples in my book on Mercury retrograde. If you're interesting in finding out about the many very peculiar ways this phenomenon can manifest, here's the Amazon link to the page where you can purchase a paperback edition of A New Look at Mercury Retrograde. If you want an ebook, you can order one at the link, or go to Barnes & Noble and it's available through Nook. (Just make sure you get the 2014 edition, and not the 1997 edition!)
Of course, the Witch trials were just one of many delusions of that Neptune in Pisces era (1684-1698), along with the very beginnings of Enlightenment thinking and the inspirational breaking of barriers by Beethoven, so clearly that particular period in that particular place was the worst sort of manifestation of the celestial energies at work during that era. That’s why even the worst of aspects can create miracles and wonder, if utilized by the right people in the right way. For researchers, the next Neptune in Pisces era was 1848-1862, another time of interesting mass delusions as well as efforts at contacting the invisible world.
Anyway, just a few echoes across time for your consideration in this strange time parallel at an intersection of Fate Street and Free Will Street as we travel down Eternity Boulevard.
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