by Robert Wilkinson
On June 18, around 7 pm PDT, Mercury leaves its “Shadow Zone” and moves into the future. What does this mean?
For those who don’t know the term, a planet’s “Shadow Zone” is the span of degrees between the point it goes stationary retrograde back to where it goes stationary direct. When a planet which was retrograde goes direct, it moves across the same span of degrees it did when retrograde. That is the Shadow Zone.
Mercury went SRX at 5 Gemini on May 10. It retrograded back to 27 Taurus, where it went direct June 3. It’s now in forward motion and about to leave the boundary of its shadow zone at 5 Gemini. As Mercury, “the Guide of Souls” and coordinator of our Life is now speeding up, we can expect all things related to Mercury to speed up as well for the next few weeks.
Now Mercury moves forward through the rest of Gemini and into Cancer, Leo, Virgo, and early Libra, where it goes retrograde again in mid-September. During that time “the Guide of Souls” will take us through the signs of a confirmation of our individual spiritual worth, discovery and externalization of information, reorientation and integration, expression and release, discernment and education, and will wind up in a place of transfiguration. As Mercury leaves its Shadow Zone, it now can bring us a well-rounded understanding of what we’ve just been through, and having found peace and wisdom, can cultivate our spiritual rapport with others in forms of practical service and education.
We now we have a new view so that our ideas can “catch up” with our life, likes, and initiatives. From here, Mercury will speed up until it catches up to the Sun at the next Superior Conjunction at 25 Cancer on July 16. That will bring “a mantle of power” to those who have prepared for leadership roles, with efficiency and adaptability acquired since the Wesak Full Moon front and center. That will release very powerful energies through the opposition, sextile, and trine created with Neptune and Pluto opening favorable late Virgo energies.
So enjoy the quickened pace, which should help many areas of our lives move forward in fine style. As usual, I’ll be writing more about Mercury’s Superior Conjunction with the Sun in mid-July, as well as the very important aspects going on at that time. We now have reviewed and reflected on many things about our Gemini and Taurus involvements, and prepare for actions to come when Venus and then Mars transit that zone.
All the Mercury retrograde periods of 2021 were in middle and late Air signs, furthering the 20 year Aquarian pulses set into motion between December 2020 and February 2021. We now understand more about the emerging Aquarian energies and how to anchor them in practical forms due to the February 2022 Aquarius/Capricorn retrograde; we now understand more about the diversity with which we can express those energies due to the May/June retrograde; and while the October 2021 retrograde brought us our final exams in how best to use the combination of soft power and hard power, heart and mind, love and will, in an oscillating way to synthesize the greater truths of Aquarius, the one coming this October will help us return to source leading to ultimately recognition.
The Guide of Souls takes us forward from here, into the multi-faceted views of Gemini, the personal reorientations toward security in Cancer, the intense expressions of Leo, the practical education of Virgo, and the balanced view of Libra. Welcome to the Summer of 2022!
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