I say it again, dear known or yet unknown Cosmic Friend, embodied on Planet Earth!
URANUS Rules AQUARIUS
Painting by Johfra Bosschart
More AQUARIAN Times Ahead
While we’re presently (Jan / Feb) in a big CAP-to-AQ shift season, and CAP-to-AQ YEAR of 2021!…
MERCURY will be in AQ for a long time – 9 1/2 weeks! – Jan 8 – March 15.
You can find more about the cosmic ‘weather’ of MERCURY in AQ 2021 in this article.
And yep, with MERCURY retro in the making – all in AQ (Jan 30 – Feb 20)…
…it should be quite ‘interesting’ (to put it mildly), as MERCURY is exalted in AQ – its most favourable energy, since it allows for experimentation, out of the box, agnostic, unorthodox, free-spirited, independent thinking… and liberation from conditioned collective mental constructs.
What stands out, with the MERCURY contacts?
There’ll be triple contacts with JUPITER (was Jan 11, again Feb 14, March 4) & a double square with MARS (was Jan 8, again Feb 10), in the pre-retro / retro / post-retro loop!
Clearly not a boring, or rather retreated M-r phase, given the oomph of MARS and JUPITER – even in square with each other.
Time to re-consider mental constructs and paradigms, and too fixated ideas / ideals (yep, AQ is fixed cold wintry Air), and come from a strong ‘icy’ detachment back to the heart.
YES, we’re coming more and more out of the massive, dense, heavy, super-CAP 2020 energy to the ‘next level’ or even ‘next dimension’ if you will, in AQ, where it’s not anymore about heavy lifting, empire building or being subject to hierarchies and control but about team spirit, co-creation and synergy, finding community and – perhaps reshuffled(!) – friendships.
Yet also important to not buy into (yep, MERCURY rules commerce and is a trickster) another top-down artificial / pseudo version from the vestiges of the Old Empire in new clothing.
May this be an organic process from the ground-UP – just as the Green Revolution being the ‘real thing’ when literally a grassroots movement – a la URANUS (Ruler of AQ) in TAU which is one of the main cosmic ‘Players’ in 2021, and was acutely – yesterday Jan 20 – activated by MARS.
Here’s where MERCURY retro in AQ kicks in (also, among other scenarios):
Get to know Humanity and Human Nature better.
And see through the now ever more transparent (AQ rules glass and crystals after all, and JUPITER in AQ helps…) Systems on all levels.
All of this is now activated with the inauguration (on the MARS – URANUS day of Jan 20) and initiation of the new U.S. administration.
And with the resignation of the Cdn Governor General, as a report about her abusive misconduct at the workplace has been released. I bet there’ll be a lot more info ‘leaking’ about systemic issues, under M-r in AQ.
YES, the pre-M-r shadow has already begun on Jan 15, and we’re approaching the ‘stormy’ / stationary / U-turn phase from Jan 27 on, before MERCURY technically goes retro on Jan 30.
A very relevant phase for the U.S. indeed, since MERCURY retro will start on Jan 30 at 26º 27′ AQ – not even a degree away from the U.S. MOON at 27º 09′ AQ!
Prob. the M-r station closest to the U.S. MOON in a loooong time.
Image credit: Michigan Ctre for Civic Education
Simply put: What do WE the People say?
Interestingly, at the inauguration ceremony, the American People weren’t really present in Washington – primarily the ‘closed system’ of officials on stage, politicians, military, security, journalists. Technology mediated the images & messages (which, may I say, were also mixed).
Yes, the M-r phase in AQ will be the first phase to show how People actually respond to the ‘new system’.
Which of course applies to all People of Our Humanity.
It’s just so pronounced for the U.S. – which could create a domino effect…
End of AQ has a GEM undertone – ruled by MERCURY. And GEM is where the present North Node is.
New important information, and new dialogues between People are ever so needed.
And it’s time to pick up conversations where they’ve been left off.
What you find in this extensive / never comprehensive MERCURY Retro article
- Going with the Flow & Magic of MERCURY retro…
- What’s Special about this MERCURY Retro phase in AQ
- MERCURY Retro in AQ and its Connections with other Planetary Players
- Where’s MERCURY’s AQ retro action happening in Your Chart & Life?
- 7-Phase Sequence of the MERCURY Retro Timeline
- Timeless and Timely MERCURY Retro REminders
- My Seasoned MERCURY Retro Tips & Seasonal Tool Kit
Going with the Flow & Magic of MERCURY retro…
Technology, traffic / transport and communication glitches (or surprises!) sneaking in again lately and calling for flexibility?
No way? Are you telling me…..?
YEP, the ‘inevitable’ is happening again:
MERCURY doing its retro somersaults again…
Another MERCURY Retro phase is coming UP, and already gearing UP!
All in AQ this time (from 26°29′ back to 11°01′ AQ, to be precise), from JAN 30 to FEB 20.
If you’ve read my MERCURY retro support REport (or even advocacy) over the years you know:
M-r isn’t necessarily ‘BAD’ news, as pop Astrology would have it.
And hey – perhaps M-r is ‘even’ an overdue and cosmically well timed de-conditioning!
In a nutshell, with M-r, the Archetype of the MIND is operating differently / ‘unusually’, and tuned-up into a ‘New MERCURY’ (hey, what’s that???).
Have you noticed?
We’re already in the build-up (or rather: slow-down) phase!
Our good old messenger / trickster friend MERCURY has been since JAN 15 in pre-retro ‘shadow’ (i.o.w., crossed the 11°01′ AQ mark from which it will go direct again at the end of M-r).
From JAN 27 on (day before the LEO – AQ Full Moon that-is), MERCURY will be in stationary (very slowly moving) ‘U-turn storm’.
And on JAN 30 – under the MOON in MERCURY ruled VIRGO – MERCURY will ‘officially’ start its seasonal retro loop which goes technically until FEB 20, and rolls out completely until round mid-March.
So, the two months of mid-Jan to mid-March (which include build-up time before and roll-out time after) are under M-r influence.
Take it easy on group / organisational ‘plans’ (ha – not much happening privately anyhoo, except perhaps in the underground scene, and we just saw a veeeery unusual major public one on Jan 20), and don’t get wrapped up in ‘loops’ that are directed by mental over-attachment a.k.a. need for control.
It’s usually a good time to chill, go on a RE-treat, or RE-laxation (esp of the bizzy mind) – but not sooo much this time, as MERCURY goes into contact with not-so-quiet MARS / URANUS and JUPITER. More about that below (What’s Special…).
A good time to purge outdated info – and: to find surprisingly re-levant info ‘from the past’, to catch up with friends (yay AQ!) you haven’t talked with in a while, and have synergistic conversations that lead to so much more than ‘expected’.
And to pick up lost & forgotten reading or writing projects – a la AQ perhaps also that online project you’ve been shelving for a while – how about getting a little help from your friends for it?!
And a heightened time for info to leak, and communication to happen that’s usually under the radar.
Could be a good time to check in astrologically.
Also because Astrology is associated with AQ – what a cosmic-human system that-IS! Always good for surprising re-velations and perspectives! Just get in touch if you feel it’s calling you.
Maybe via my seasonal
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What’s Special about this MERCURY Retro phase in AQ?
MERCURY’s time in AQ (Jan 8 – March 15!) stretches over the phase with the MOST AQ energy in 2021, via
- The SUN in AQ (Jan 19 – Feb 18)
- The super AQ New Moon on Feb 11
- VENUS in AQ (Feb 1 – 25)
- JUPITER in AQ (since Dec 19, 2020, almost all year 2021)
- SATURN in AQ (since Dec 17, 2020, until March 7, 2023)
There’ll be triple connections with JUPITER (was Jan 11, again Feb 14, March 4) & double square contacts with MARS (was Jan 8, again Feb 10) in the pre-retro / retro / post-retro loop!
MERCURY will be in AQ almost simultaneously with MARS in TAU (Jan 6 – March 3).
MERCURY & MARS both in fixed signs square off twice, on Jan 8 and on Feb 10 (during M-r) – indicating verbal and physical aggression – sharp arguments round freedom and physical integrity.
We already saw major clashes in the U.S. round / right between the 1st squares from MERCURY to MARS and JUPITER (Jan 8 – 11) – may new light be shed upon the background when the retro squares happen (round Feb 10 – 14).
MERCURY retro in AQ relates to science, systems (yes, incl. the immune system, the political / economic systems…), technology, society, groups, and: Humanity –
Which can bring / show
- New-not-so-new yet currently relevant scientific information / info about how science works
- Scientific questioning of assumptions / information that can change the conversation
- Info about the origin / background of the present state of technology / science
- Connecting of the dots in / between science, systems, technology, society, groups, teams, and: Humanity – well, there are lots of intersections
- Aha effects and paradigm shifts through info / conversations re: AQ realms (science, systems, technology, society, groups, teams, and: Humanity)
- RE-velations about group think, peer pressure, and other social norms & sanctions, and how they shape conversations & thinking
- Effects of the predominance of technology in our time, e.g., by responding to a problem it often creates a new one, or: because we can, we have to use technology – do we really (esp. when is it unethical)??? And what’s with the rise of technocracy?
- Through the implementation of de-humanizing / objectifying tech dominance and ‘power’ – Magician’s Apprentice and beyond – loss of individuality, independence, human dignity, awe, wonder, and: Magic of Life
- ‘Random’ opportunities to exchange notes with independent thinkers
- RE-ceiving benefits (JUPITER) from RE-treating / disconnecting from the system / internet (AQ – mediated), and RE-connecting with friends and community (AQ), and with Nature – which can be so enlivening and liberating (Uranus which rules AQ, now in TAU, and widely squared by MERCURY at the end of its retro loop – mid to end of Feb)
- How human isolation and pseudo / substitute connection to technology is damaging for humans
- Breakthroughs to Free the Mind – spiritual ‘purpose’ if you will, of M-r in AQ
May the inward-backward, heart-ward turning of mind, thoughts, and processing of information lead to a REnewed, clear, RE-alistic, and truly free and authentic way of communicating in the World, as Humans with Humans!
MERCURY Retro in AQ and its Connections with other Planetary Players
Suggestions for how to be in natural alignment with the energies
Image Credit: Pexels
What stands out, with the MERCURY contacts?
In the pre-retro / retro / post-retro loop, there’ll be
- Triple contacts with JUPITER (was Jan 11, again Feb 14, March 4) – Communication & Understanding / Views / Bigger Picture
- A double square with MARS (was Jan 8, again Feb 10) – Communication & Aggression / Assertion
JAN 15
MERCURY went into pre-retro ‘shadow’
Fore-shadowing themes, esp. re: society, systems, technology, community, friendships?
Easy on communication in social energy fields (esp if you aren’t even present – as it is the social default since 2020).
Mercurial pause until…
JAN 27
MERCURY in late AQ goes into pre-retro ‘storm’
Take it easy on ‘plans’.
Get ready for synchronicities, and synch’ with the synergies of life.
JAN 30 – FEB 20
MERCURY retro in AQ
Distance from the Mental ‘Default’. Set the Mind Free!
RE-connecting with Self Awareness.
FEB 8
MERCURY retro meets the SUN in AQ
Half-way point of the M-r Journey = ‘Day of Enlightening Insight’ aka ‘New Mercury’
If you must – wait to initiate a social endeavour after this date – which initiates the ‘New Mercury’ phase. Otherwise, rather wait until M-r is over and integrated (from March on).
FEB 10 – Day before the Super AQ New Moon
MERCURY retro in AQ squares MARS in TAU – 2nd time, plus:
The MOON in AQ meets MERCURY retro
What have we learned about the ‘system’ in the meantime? What needs to be asserted?
How do Nature and the Body come into the picture?
FEB 12 – Day of the Chinese New Year of the Yin Metal OX
MERCURY retro in AQ conj. VENUS (with JUPITER nearby)
Inspired discussions & lots of insights and understanding – whom are you drawn to share them with / where is it going / where are we going together?
FEB 14 – Valentine’s Day
MERCURY retro in AQ meets JUPITER (# 2 of 3 contacts)
The gifts of old friendships and of sharing about seeing the bigger picture
FEB 20
MERCURY in AQ goes direct again
Freedom from the Known
FEB 26
MERCURY post-retro in AQ leaves the stationary slow moving ‘U-turn storm’
Bringing liberating detached, systemic witnessing into conversations & interactions
MARCH 4
MERCURY post-retro in AQ meets JUPITER (# 3 of 3 contacts)
I bet you see the World and the System/s in a whole different way now than pre-retro.
Time to share out your understanding, in synergy with others.
MARCH 10
The MOON meets MERCURY post-retro in AQ
What happened to (un?)common sense in the process of the last 2 months?
Well, hopefully, it got restored. Good to be communicado.
MARCH 14
MERCURY in AQ leaves the post-retro shadow
Green light for moving forward in negotiations and interactions, led by the Heart and Consciousness.
Time to integrate the gifts of the mental re-generation.
MARCH 15
MERCURY enters PISCES (until Apr 3)
Open-Mindedness
Where’s MERCURY’s retro loop into AQ happening in Your Chart & Life?
Retro Loop in the Sky – photo by moi, yesterday
The House in your Chart that contains AQ is the ‘Scene of Affairs’.
(Always, but esp. nowadays) a good time to be in synergy and collaboration in that realm,
As you read this maybe you have your SUN, MOON, AC, or Planets in AQ?
Then there’s more to the activation between MERCURY and these Inner Archetypes of yours…
Back to the AQ Houses – we all have one (or two) –
MERCURY retro in AQ in your…. relating to…
- What’s with the Freedom you experience in those AQ Houses already?
- Are you a good Friend to yourself?
- Are you speaking your Truth?
MERCURY is associated with the Throat Chakra.
1st House
Your Presence and Sense of Self
2nd House
Your Values, what you own, literally & metaphorically, your Business
3rd House
Your Environment
4th House
Your Home, Origin, Ancestry
5th House
Your Creative, Playful, Inner Child and Lover
6th House
Your Work, Wellness, Lifestyle
7th House
Your Partners & Significant Others
8th House
Your Involvement and Sharing with Others, Your Transformations
9th House
What gives you Meaning, Your Wisdom, Inspiration, Path and Travels
10th House
Your Purpose incl Career, Your Public Self
11th House
Your Social Side – Engagement with Society, Groups and Friends
12th House
Your Transcendent and Spiritual Self and Union with All-that-Is.
That’s the ‘short-ish’ version of my take on this upcoming MERCURY Retro phase.
If you’d like to dig deeper, and go with the full menu, keep on reading:
7-Phase Sequence of the MERCURY Retro Timeline
- Pre-retro shadow – started on JAN 15: MERCURY in the Epimethean phase
- Pre-retro stationary / ‘storm’ – starts on JAN 27
- MERCURY technically retro – from JAN 30 on
- MERCURY meets half-way in retro the SUN – a ‘New Mercury’ is born, a.k.a. ‘Point of Enlightening Insight’ – on FEB 8: Promethean phase starts
- MERCURY direct again – on FEB 20
- Post-retro stationary / ‘storm’ ends – on FEB 27
- Post-retro shadow – until MARCH 14
The first half of M-r (phases 1. – 4.) is the Epimethean phase.
RE-minding us of ‘old stories’ – which doesn’t have to be a ‘bad thing’ to overcome, it can be an important RE-flection / correction inducer ;-).
The second half of M-r (phases 4. – 8.) is the Promethean phase.
New insights and connection with Spirit and Consciousness can more readily lead to new inspired direction – a very auspicious time.
MERCURY went into so-called pre-retro ‘shadow’ on JAN 15 (it passed for the first time the Zodiac point (11°01′ AQ) from which it will after the retro phase go direct / forward again, on FEB 20).
Noticing ‘foreshadowing’ of themes that might come up during M-r ?
A good time to be fluid as quicksilver, RE-spond to higher intelligence, and trust the ‘messenger from the future’, via Aquarian intuition and precognition.
Perhaps you’re already having inspired conversations with friends / in groups, about AQ themes (systems, technology, science, humanity’s collaboration and future…).
MERCURY Retro in the Starters
On JAN 27, MERCURY will enter its stationary ‘storm’ period (moves very slowly), i.o.w., starts to go into ‘U-turn’ mode in AQ.
A time to also slow down the regular fast and busy mind that likes to multi talk / task and be ‘in control’.
‘Regular’ / ‘normal’ communication affairs might start to become ‘tricky’, ‘chaotic’, ‘complicated’ and ‘messed up’, but only from the perspective of the ego that likes to seize control via the mind.
MERCURY in ‘zigzag mode’ suggests being super adaptable, in flux and at ease, while swiftly and swimmingly / surfingly, changing course as necessary. It can lead to a more auspicious outcome than abstractions and alienating fixed ideas (low AQ vibes) that the mind assumes are ‘the way’.
7-Circle Classical Labyrinth by Helen Rowlands – Reminds me of a Brain
In the actual RETRO PHASE from JAN 30 – FEB 20, the mind is geared to turn inward-backward, and mental moves may be paradoxical, like in a labyrinth, or ‘far out’ / eccentric, as in: AQ.
As always, the MERCURY retro cycle starts with the ‘Epimethean’ phase (first half – until FEB 8) where old epic stories, memories, and patterns show up for REasons yet unknown, REvealing themselves in the journey. Likely, more to be discussed, and put into esp. social / systemic context (a la AQ).
With the exclusively AQ energy of the upcoming M-r…
It’s good to gain space and distance from the mind that attaches to ever so ‘far out’ ideas and ideals, experiment with new hypothesis (like a scientist), invite unexpected insights, a world of synchronicities, and: Be open for new understanding, via / of hidden and overlooked info that gets our attention now, for a RE-ason.
At the half-way point of the M-r phase (FEB 8 this time), MERCURY crosses paths with the SUN:
A new ‘New MERCURY’ (like a New Moon in the monthly SUN – MOON conjunction) is born – which happens 3 times a year.
It’s time to REgenerate the mind (MERCURY), to become more conscious, follow Spirit and the Heart (SUN).
It’s also called the ‘Point of Enlightened Insight’, for a reason…
The second half of M-r (FEB 8 – 20) is the ‘Promethean’ phase, where new insights and new Consciousness can be more easily carried forward in creative ways.
And hey, AQ is ruled by the Promethean Archetype Planet URANUS, now in TAURUS which MERCURY in AQ even squared on Jan 12!
Prometheus surrounded by the Ring of the Zodiac – Rockefeller Ctre, NYC
Here’s to a liberating energy for breakthroughs into more Freedom – from mental patterns, for a whole new way of showing up and being present with what IS, and simply:
EmBodying Freedom (beyond Freedom from… and for…)!
Timeless and Timely MERCURY Retro REminders
Under M-r, ‘usual’ thinking and communication patterns are being questioned, and it appears at times as if there was a trickster / little devil at play.
Actually, we have a chance now to see the inner mental trickster / saboteur that’s been there all along, camouflaging and going unnoticed.
The challenge is not to get frustrated when things don’t turn out the way YOU thought they ’should’, according to the ego.
During M-r, experiment with, practice, and hopefully also integrate for later going with the flow of things in an intuitive way.
Can you take ‘weird’ scenarios as a learning experience?
With M-r in AQ, there’s lots to learn from thinking outside the box…
Feel free to change your mind when you get the impulse / signal / intuition for an alternative course.
Be open to and curious about ‘creative detours’ that might lead to unexpected turns, and making unusual connections, rather than going with comfort, routine, and habit of your ‘Inner Muggle’.
URANUS in TAURUS (2019 – 2026) which MERCURY in AQ squared on Jan 12, and widely squares again in the retro-to-direct loop (mid to end of FEB) also triggers us to free ourselves from getting stuck in stubborn attachments and conventional comfort traps.
Rather than getting wrapped up with linear, habitual, and often self-limiting ways of dealing with information and communication channels and modes, an ‘unorthodox’ approach can open you up for serendipity, synchronicities, and magic.
Let’s mischievously ask ourselves (M-r):
- “How can I get out of the busy conditioned & controller mind now, and shift to Openness for Change, Creativity, and Play?”
- “What does my Inner Magician / Wizard suggest?”
- “Where’s the comic relief in all this…?”
Let’s stay as mobile (like quicksilver, the MERCURY metal), adaptable, and unattached to ‘plans’ / agenda as possible.
MERCURY is a very light, youthful, fresh, fun-loving punster and Coyote / prankster energy.
It looks at the fun and also meaningful side of unusual twists and turns, and even likes to facilitate those. Aligning with that mode makes us happier and more at ease – not only – these days.
Bring on these spontaneous twists, unintentional new-found puns, and creative fun realizations! While being mindfully present and clear.
Laughing at ourselves is certainly part of the picture.
And definitely noticing how the mind is playing tricks on us – all the time, but now hopefully more often busted – even / esp. in a surprising / liberating AQ way – ego alert, ha-ha!
Great time for satire and comedy – and ‘real life s & c’!
When it comes to committing to something long-term – pls consider that it might not be ready to be definite yet.
Yet you can make a choice to be in a vibration that attracts the free spirited / group consciousness (AQ) that you easily recognize and connect with.
Give yourself time.
During M-r, new information streams in which can alter our outlook on things, esp. societally / systemically (AQ). Often, after the M-r phase we have more information which gives a different picture, based upon which a good avenue forward becomes clear.
If we did commit prematurely and aren’t flexible to back off again easily, we might say, “Oh, if I only had known… I wouldn’t have changed course… and didn’t have to untangle complications.”
As always with MERCURY retro, clarify communication whenever possible:
- Say things several times, in different ways / even in a different language to make sure there’s no misunderstanding in a fast / distracted context – in our oh-so ADD world.
- Talk in a way that offers invitations for open discussion (AQ), rather than being cool-aloof and dismissive (AQ shadow).
- Ask questions that instinctively / intuitively come up (esp. to clarify otherwise held assumptions!).
- Choose the most direct medium and tool available (meet and connect in person or at least via online video, rather than over the phone, or email / message), which helps with a clearer and more holistic communication, mimic, body signals.
More ‘channels’ are involved and signals are conveyed by being face-to-face with the other person rather than on the phone, or via mutual messaging / e-monologue – so ‘standardized’ and ‘normalized’ in the electronic age and a big deal in 2020-21.
M-r gives us the chance to take a break from it – at least make sure we SEE each other!
And who knows what else might come up and be addressed when you take the opportunity to actually meet and talk?!
If you become mercurially frustrated, maybe it’s because you needed to learn something about the nature of the human mind and its extensions as in: technological equipment (SO extra AQ) which now, more than usually, seem to have ‘a mind of their own’…
Consider that computers, phones, and tech gadgets are tools, and that their efficiency also depends on the (hopefully relaxed and detached, savvy and inventive – AQ) mind of their ‘master’.
You don’t want to become a stressed-out remotely controlled slave of coordination and communication.
It might also become apparent during M-r that our tools and pieces of technical equipment magically morphically mirror the mind WE are in, even ‘simply’ by breaking down and being ‘on strike’ when we humans need ‘a break’ anyway.
Give your tools and tasks proper mindful and focused care & attention, one at a time, instead of attempting to multi task and ‘efficiently’ orchestrate everything simultaneously.
There’s an interface between the electromagnetic field of computers and the human mind.
To keep it all smoothly operational, don’t impose any potential extra stress onto your nervous system – nor on your computer.
And how about: Turn the AI network off, and your social intelligence on.
Take note and respect signals showing you that you need to be relaxed and mindful, assume nothing, and drop your (under M-r evident, otherwise under the radar) expectations and assumptions.
Foremost, trust the infinite Intelligence of the Bigger System aka Universe, ‘even’ as it might take you on wild and ‘crazy’ spaced-out journeys that you apparently haven’t signed up for.
Under M-r, talk to people from the past who come to mind and whom you haven’t heard from in a long time.
And to ‘new’ yet familiar like-spirited people whom you’ve just met and intuitively ‘clicked with’.
M-r also tends to bring back unfinished communication business from the past, esp. from previous M-r phases (last ones in June / July and Oct / Nov 2020).
What also happens quite often under M-r
- We receive / intuit a potentially interesting message for others that’s worth sharing and passing on – to whom it may concern. Go ahead and ‘randomly’ deliver / spread it to others who need to hear that information and inspiration (without your personal agenda) – also very Aquarian!
- We’re prompted to connect two or more people with one another – because we can. Who knows what comes from it?
So, keep collecting M-r communication karma cookies, by being the random messenger & connector!
Back to Basics & Buddhists
Gibbons at Play – 1427 Painting by Xuande Emperor
Rather than having the mind ueber full…
Be mindful, and observe the phenomenon mind from a deeper level.
Like, by asking yourself:
Why am I really saying this?
Who’s the one thinking and talking here?
M-r in AQ is perfect for watching / witnessing the mind, and detaching from the default involvement in the thoughts.
And if we don’t do from time to time this ‘mental hygiene’ our inner ‘devil’s advocate – disguised as M-r – out tricks us, subconsciously ‘sabotaging’ our plans, second guessing ourselves, and constellating circumstances that make us back off from our original intention.
So important to check what we’ve been doing with our brain – or rather, what the brain has been doing with us all along.
The Buddhists call the day-to-day mind that busies itself with all kinds of ‘chatting’ and inner stories, lists, and dialogues, the ‘Monkey Mind’.
Like a monkey, the trickster mind jumps from one tree of interest and attachment to the next, and is never quiet, unless we observe the movement, and thereby naturally calm it.
My Seasoned MERCURY Retro Tips & Seasonal Tool Kit
The Thinker by Auguste Rodin
1) Be easy on yourself, as you get into the groove of things
It usually takes a week or so to adjust to the different mode.
Hopefully, you’ve been taking it easy on the pre-retro shadow phase (since JAN 15), rather than being ‘pulled into’ the wild ‘storm’ (from JAN 27 on), or apparently stationary stuckness (can be either and both, in paradoxical trickster fashion).
2) Be mindful, and lead from what’s here-now
There’s a tendency for the mind to be distracted and all over the place, to loose and misplace things and thoughts that later have to be RE-trieved again in your ‘inner house’.
Avoid getting scattered and disorganized, collect the mind ‘pieces’, be present with any situation and function ‘at hand’, and don’t loose sight of what practically works and matters. The apparent priority of urgent ‘little’ things and ‘small stuff’ can easily be a distraction and waste of energy.
Practice coming back to the Here-NOW.
3) Retro is an inwards / backwards oriented energy
M-r is a good time to RE-treat, and RE-connect with meditation and mindfulness.
Also an excellent chance (if not necessity) to deal with ‘old unfinished business’, ‘loose ends’, and to clear communication themes from the past, often carried over from a previous M-r times (last ones in June / July and Oct / Nov 2020).
4) Every M-r phase is a great time to actively pursue basically everything that starts with ‘RE-‘, esp. RE-sidual communication
Like: RE-assess, RE-align, REad, RE-treat, RE-pair, RE-boot, RE-group, RE-consider, RE-arrange, RE-place, you name it… (yet, watch for / RE-search about the i.m.o. problematic AQ ideal / fixed idea of the ‘Great Reset’).
One RE-ason for me pointing out all these RE-activities: During M-r (which also has a karmic undertone), we / they less likely get away anymore with being sloppy, and with procrastinating or neglecting RE-sidual communication issues with people from the past. They come up like a mirror. Talk about what RE-ally matters, esp. with friends, in groups, with an invitation for sharing freely as equals (AQ).
Topics will likely have to do with society, technology, science, group consciousness, humanity, the future we co-create (all things AQ).
5) Choose the clearest and most direct mode of communication available
Phone rather than messaging / emailing. Meet and connect in person rather than via phone / text, to make sure an actual dialogue happens (rather than just your factual monologue, with the assumption you know what they think, or they know what you think).
Consider communicating in several ways and via different media, to make sure the message comes across.
Keep in mind that because people’s minds can be all over the place now, communication might be scattered and incomplete, or prone to assumptions: “I thought you got my email!!!”, or actually a monologue: Are you just thinking out loud as you talk, or are you actually suggesting something to me?
6) Be mindful & compassionate in your communication with others
Compassionately put yourself in their position, and take ownership and responsibility for your mental processes, rather than blaming and judging (possibly based on lack of communication).
7) Be clear and precise with commitments and agreements
Double-check whether you’ve been understood correctly, and RE-peat / RE-phrase back to them too.
Avoid signing an agreement with consequences before you have all the necessary information (often only after MERCURY retro is over, or at least half-way, meeting the SUN = FEB 8).
8) MERCURY Retro RE-minds us…
…that direct connection with one another as an authentic and lively dialogue offers the opportunity to open up, speak freely (a la AQ), and touch on other subjects than the originally intended purpose / agenda of the communication. Which can eventually lead to an even more important outcome or direction than anticipated. Check out in hindsight why you actually needed to talk to that person…
9) Under M-r, the odds for fabulous unexpected synchronicities are 99%
When we act more intuitively and out of the ordinary, we let the spontaneous intervention of the Universe show us our interconnectedness! So magical!
10) M-r is a good time to RE-connect with people you have lost sight of – and see them in a new light
With the AQ flavour, get in touch again with people whom you feel a like-minded and light-spirited rapport with.
Trust your intuition, and let yourself be surprised by what shows up when you speak to them – also re: whether you are (still? again?) on a wavelength or not. No assumptions…
Allow yourself to get mentally un-stuck in conversation.
Old communication themes might get triggered yet now’s the chance to see them in context (e.g. of your & their role in the system / group).
11) The areas of life (partners, children, career, groups, etc.) that THIS retro phase brings up for YOU…
…have to do with the Planet/s and House/s that M-r activates in YOUR personal birth chart, in other words where AQ is situated (see above).
I’m happy to check that out for and WITH you – as a quick hint, or in a focused (or longer) session if more is going on for you…
12) When ‘glitches’ occur, be fluid and flexible like quicksilver (MERCURY’s metal), think “shift happens”
No need to feel alienated or like a weirdo / outsider (those AQ experiences / roles).
Turn the paradigm around:
What could be the opportunity in this mishap?
What’s ‘even’ actually funny about this?
RE-frame your way of thinking about things.
And entertain the possibility that you might have subconsciously ‘arranged’ a wild alternative to the original ‘plan A’ which – who knows? – might lead to something new and better and more fun than what the ‘normal’, ‘usual’, ‘regular’, and apparently most ‘efficient’ mind-in-rut-mode could have come up with?
This is also the time of year where ‘traditionally’ it’s Carnival (top season for tricksters & pranksters, besides Hallow-e’en – the last M-r season actually lol) – we all wear costumes and masks – now exaggerated, played and mocked with 😉
13) Enjoy those unintentional puns, slips, and new connections in the mind, be creative and brainstorm – esp. together with your MERCURY Retro Friends 😉
14) Enlightened Insights, anyone…?
The Day of Enlightened Insight – when M-r meets the SUN on the exact half-way point of the M-r phase is in this M-r phase on FEB 8.
Check out what epiphanies and paradigm shifts occur round this day!
15) If you would like to know…
…whether you are a member of the RETRO CLUB (born under MERCURY Retro, as yours truly)
…in which area of Life the MERCURY Retro Trickster in AQ would likely play tricks on / with you
…how to consciously, creatively, and mindfully play WITH the energy
Feel welcome to get in touch with your Astrologer.
Wishing you a blessed navigation in the retro- and interdimensional zone, with the Mercurial Mind currents, in the Heavens as on EARTH!
Hope to SEE you again soon, in real life, or online – it’s all about REconnecting (as directly as possible)!
Melanie
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