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Returning to Nurturing Our Perceptions, Mercury Retrograde in Cancer/Gemini

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MRXlexigramsSStarMercury’s Reflection in Cancer & Gemini, 07 June to 01 July 2014
We know you’ve been already feeling the turbulence of Mercury Retrograde (MRx) coming since the Approach began 22 May, certainly calling loud and clear that all bets for forward motion are off, even a few days before it officially begins. Being in awareness about Mercury’s Approach & The 5 Things You Need To Know, are you now ready for some necessary retreat and yes, by all means relax time to officially begin?

Where Will You Find A Request Returning You to Nurture Your Perceptions?
Mercury will affect two separate areas of our lives as he backtracks through Cancer until 17 June, and then finishes off his review and redo passage in Gemini until 01 July. Follow our weekly Empowerscopes on Empower Radio for your individual forecast where reflection wishes to personally find you. Tune-in every Sunday, as each and every sign receives a weekly breakdown and personal focus as this transit plays out from above in our lives down here below. Our goals are to ultimately assist anyone with the proper awareness tools to align, and in this case realign your peace of mind during changing times!

Where Review, Rerouting and Retreat Are Favored For You
While Mercury Retrograde affects just about anything that moves in life, looking at the simplicity of your Sun Sign points to one specific area of life you’ll be personally asked to honor our Messenger’s requests. A closer look at your natal chart (calculated from your precise hour of birth determining your Rising Sign) provides even more intimate details as to where reflection is ideally favored.

Aries: I Nurture Home/Family/Environments through 17 June
I Communicate Thinking/Mentality/Communications until 01 July

Taurus: I Communicate Thinking/Mentality/Communications through 17 June
I Have Values/Earning Power/Possessions until 01 July

Gemini: I Have Values/Earning Power/Possessions through 17 June
I Am Approaches/Mask to the World/First Impressions until 01 July

Cancer: I Am Approaches/Mask to the World/First Impressions through 17 June
I Process Inner Psyche/Clearing of the Past until 01 July

Leo: I Process Inner Psyche/Clearing of the Past through 17 June
I Socialize Friendships/Organizations/Hopes/Dreams/Wishes until 01 July

Virgo: I Socialize Friendships/Organizations/Hopes/Dreams/Wishes through 17 June
I Structure Career/Public Life/Authority until 01 July

Libra: I Structure Career/Public Life/Authority through 17 June
I Believe Philosophies/Foreign Travel/Education until 01 July

Scorpio: I Believe Philosophies/Foreign Travel/Education through 17 June
I Transform Death & Rebirth/Sexuality/Wealth until 01 July

Sagittarius: I Transform Death & Rebirth/Sexuality/Wealth through 17 June
I Relate Partnerships/Marriage/Balance with Others until 01 July

Capricorn: I Relate Partnerships/Marriage/Balance with Others through 17 June
I Serve Health/Being of Service/Employees/Pets until 01 July

Aquarius: I Serve Health/Being of Service/Employees/Pets through 17 June
I Create Creativity/Children/Love Affairs until 01 July

Pisces: I Create Creativity/Children/Love Affairs through 17 June
I Nurture Home/Family/Environments until 01 July

Reaping the “RE” Reward Under Mercury Retrograde
Remember, this is the true time to get our dictionaries out and revel in the “re” action words, for Mercury’s backwards motion from 03 degrees Cancer back to 24 degrees Gemini will only cause resistance if we do not heed this mighty call. As we start off this necessary rest period, Mercury communicates with a weak trine to Neptune at 07 degrees Pisces, asking for us to be discerning with what we perceive within our thought banks, being Neptune is a planet that can engage deception along with hiding the reality of things. While trine relationships do cast off a sense of ease and flow, we are advised to not allow our imaginations to “run wild” as these two sensitive water signs make contact. This connection can allow a positive channel to speak strongly between our conscious and subconscious realms, wherein, as always, it is the value of taking pause within the SILENT LISTEN that ultimately assists in avoiding any dreaminess and spiraling off into a lack of focus.

As Mercury re-enters Gemini on 17 June, expect the typical Mercury “upsets” and “tricks” to increase and be a natural part of the movement you will encounter until 01 July. Many will sense a lack of persistence, passions and instinct wherever the latter degrees of Gemini lives within their personal natal chart under Retrograde. The demands to master taking extra pause within our moments to respond in calm to the changes that will be displaying themselves around us will be requested. As our Messenger backtracks within The Twins -the sign of duality guided by the mutability of air- it will be the true test of recognizing the stirs of information circulating around us that may be highly inaccurate, superficial, and simply not worth reacting to.

Double Layer Cake of Reflection Begins 13 June
It will be equally wise to be on the look out for  your upcoming LunarOScope 13 June for the Full Moon in Sagittarius, which will also ask we aim in further reflection where The Archer will cast off completion and release, as another waning phase begins. As this normal and natural time of the month for reassessment decreases our lunar light once more, under Mercury Retrograde, the calling for review becomes extremely intense. Further responsibility to slow down, re-work, and recognize our current limitations will have us all notice spontaneous feelings around, redefining how we experience our freedoms and disseminate knowledge. The Moon Void of Course periods over 13 June to 27 June equally cast off a “triple layer cake” of reflective request.

Think Mercury Retrograde Doesn’t Affect You?
Those wishing to react and remain in resistance to the normal flux of changes that Mercury’s “vacation mode” causes involving our schedules, routines, communications, information exchanges and any mechanism that moves -deciding instead to go forward with long term plans- will find themselves with intense lessons to learn as all will end up being riddled with errors. Anyone’s fee will choosing otherwise certainly will experience the definition of insanity- and the time spent later on having to redo things could have simply been avoided. If we deny this necessary request of review and reflection, we completely ignore what we are meant to be learning from the valuable reassessment experiences that this passage truly does present to us.

Beneficial time is wisely spent getting all unfinished business within these areas of our lives reassessed, reviewed, and rehashed. What old projects are not done where Cancer and Gemini affect your life? What can you research? What have you forgotten about? Who haven’t you spoken to from connected to this area in a while? Revisiting what has already been placed in motion -especially what has occurred since the last Mercury Rx in February- the past now asks to be cleared up, opening the doors to make way for new beginnings that will be much safer to embark upon once the passage concludes.

To Do and Not To Do Under Mercury Retrograde
Remain in the eye of any possible storm around you, as the genuine request for listening and a patience pace is all the more required for another Mercury Rx round of review. These handy tips can help bring ease over this upcoming period to allow personal success to be reaped!

DO:
*Expect CHANGE: in travel, routines, communications & schedules to occur suddenly
*Give yourself extra time to get where you’re going
*Back-up information, replace or upgrade technology already in place
*Spend time in the RE’s:
Relax, Rest, Reread, Rewrite, Revisit, Reconnect, Reflect, Redo, Recharge!
*Have Plan B (and Plan C, D or even E if necessary) always ready to go
*Gravitate to Responding vs. Reacting!

DON’T:
*“Freak out” when changes come up
*Rush: speaking, driving, whatever involves movement in your life
A great practice is to take pause & count to 10 before doing anything!
*Sign important documents
*Initiate or buy anything new that you wish to have long-term success with.
ie: Get married, start just about anything- especially a relationship, business, adventure.

When to Slowly Move Forward Under The Shadow
As the Approach began 22 May, when Mercury was last at the 24 degree Gemini point he will return to by 01 July, we started to see what we will be called to truly reflect and reassess under the Retrograde passage itself. Until 16 July, we are under the Shadow period, where it will take Mercury this much time to retrace his backwards steps until he is back at 03 degrees Cancer where he officially began his request for review 07 June. Et Viola! We’ll be complete for another review session where our Messenger is concerned until Autumn 2014. Know, under the Shadow, it is safe to move forward once more, but do be sure to still take on an air of caution and make sure the details involved are correct and double-checked.

Lexigrams and Mercury Retrograde
One last piece of star secret advice comes from the wisdom of Lexigrams, what’s really in a name. As we poetically phrase the anagrams we can derive from any word, name, or in this case, title: we can spell out the truth that leads us to also discover what we are best to do under this passage called Mercury Retrograde to find our resolve within it.

MERCURY RETROGRADE

DAY TO DAY, GREET YOUR URGE TODAY:
GOT TO REDO, GOT TO RETRACE
GOT TO REROUTE YOUR GAME
GOT TO RECREATE TO REORDER
GOT TO RE-EDUCATE
GOT TO GO TO A GREAT ART
GO TO A GREAT COMEDY
GO REDECORATE
GO RETREAT!
GO READ, TRY A REREAD
YOU! GO MEET YOUR CORE TEAM:
GO DO YOGA!
GO EMERGE, RECORD A RARE DREAM
GO MEET A TAME COURAGE
GOT TO REDUCE OUR TERROR
GOT TO REDUCE A RUMOR GO TO REGARD TO REDUCE A REGRET
GO! TRY TO AGREE- GO TO A TRUCE GO MEET A TRUE EGO CURE:
TRADE OUTRAGE TO GRACE
TRADE OUTRAGE TO A COURAGE REMEDY
GO TO A MERCY TO CURE A GREEDY EGO
GO GREET A MORE MATURE AREA
GO TO A REMOTE AREA TO MEET A GREAT REMEDY
GOT TO GO TO YOUR GUT
GO TO A GOD- ADORE YOU!

Remember, to truly CURE OUR EGO, GO MEET and GREET the RETREAT!

To Your Success within Mercury’s second offering in 2014 for finding reward in reflection!
Namaste, Dear Stars.

Approaching Mercury Retrograde June 2014: 5 Things You Need To Know

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MRXlexigramsSStarYou’ll be so happy you have now gotten the heads up into this awareness so that you too can reap the very rewards of it over the next few weeks, so we advise it is best that you keep on reading. If you have already signed up under that purple button to the right of your screen, you already know that the approach to another “infamous” Mercury Retrograde is upon us! Even if you are just joining our keeping our eyes on the stars tribe here, you needn’t worry if you think you don’t know anything about Astrology.

Whether you are a believer or not, your HEART and soul walks, breathes, and lives upon this very EARTH. If you consider yourself a human being, then you will not be excused from the infamous “as above, so below” that will accompany Mercury’s time for review as he naturally brings forward situations asking for us all to change to over the next few weeks. So exactly what does this “Mercury Retrograde” mean?

In a nutshell, he is going to start retracing the measured degrees within his current zodiac transit from above. Think of a person, or in this case a mass of a planet in our Universal energy field, placing a blindfold on. See how things then become ultimately disarrayed as a result down here below?

Mercury Retrograde begins officially at 7:56am EDT/4:56am PDT, Saturday 07 June. This planet also is well known as The Messenger –who guides our communications, thinking, mentality, movement, transportation, electricity, and any transference of information down here below- will be up close and personal creating all sorts of “fun” interruptions and flux for us to handle within our normal routines of everyday life until he stations and goes Direct at 8:50am EDT/5:50am PDT, Tuesday 01 July.

The Approach begins 22 May, as Mercury up there above -still moving forward- crosses over the Zodiac degree point that he will return back to by 01 July at 24 degrees Gemini. He will start his Retrograde at 03 degrees Cancer upon 07 June. While still safe to put some initiations out there, you are going to personally start to see from the Cancer/Gemini areas of the life, things that will ask for your demanding attention for review and redo during the Retrograde passage itself starting 07 June; along with all the normal communication and movement breakdowns per the “MRx norm.”

We cover all the real deal and intimate astrological details on this passage within the very theme of it, Returning to Nurturing Our Perceptions, Mercury’s Reflection in Cancer/Gemini. So again, it is best if you haven’t yet, go over there to your upper right and click on that purple sign up button so you’ll be ensured to always receive even more specific and important information very personal to your soul shortly.

In the meantime…

5 Things You Need to Know About Mercury Retrograde

1.    We are being asked now to prepare under the Approach, from above, to take up in reflection mode for a few weeks. We haven’t had a period like this since 06 to 28 February, when it was our last Mercury Rx in Pisces/Aquarius.  Look as well to 21 October to 10 November 2013, Mercury Rx in Scorpio. Think back for a moment. Do you remember now what kinds of interruptions, changes and seemingly “interesting” energies where going on in your life at these times?

2.    Mercury Retrogrades in one years time about as often as we sleep. This passage is here once more to ask us, down here below, to slow down, take a pause, and rest up. Our favorite rule of Mercury Retrograde is to take up in action with any word that begins with RE. Such as…

Reconnect, Review, Reflect, Rework, Revise, Revisit, Reset, Reboot, Rewire, Replace, Repair, Relate, Reaffirm, Redo, Retreat, Reassess, Relax, Relocate, Relive, Redirect, Regroup, Remind, Remember, Release….. and our favorite RESPOND.

Backing up, upgrading and updating what you already have placed in motion previously is completely safe to do under this passage. So, if you need a new computer, phone or haven’t saved your files in a long while, these are perfect activities to take advantage of doing for success.

3.    While our actions under the Approach are meant to be carefully dealt with, it is the during Retrograde passage itself that is not a favored time to move forward in life, surrounding any initiation you truly wish to have successful long-term results with. So, if you are about to get married, sign important legal documents, buy a car, start a business, purchase a house, partner-up, or put anything out there you want fabulous and fantastic success with for a long time to come- you might want to REthink those choices of your free will. Whatever is put into initiation and motion under Mercury Rx, typically doesn’t have the longevity for the future, for it is riddled upon it’s birth with a shaky ground of unstable communications and mistakes intertwining it’s being.

4.    Human error is highest under this passage. Therefore, this is the very key to deeply understand how not to get wrapped up in those “tricks” that do find themselves right at your doorstep. We have to take the extra time to make sure we catch the mistakes we tend to make. The carpenter rule of thumb here will save you every time if you “measure twice, and cut once.” We’ll even add, you might want to measure three or four times- just to be safe. You’ll want to apply this to your communications -i.e. emails, speaking, writing- repairs, cooking, and anything involving movement that you are doing.

5.    The practice of PATIENCE, so you CAN TAP IN AN ANCIENT PEACE PACE, is how you ride through the MRx passage with victory. Leave another ten to fifteen minutes every day to get where you are going. Stop the normal rushing that’s become society’s norm to get places. When those changes show up in your plans, don’t REact, REspond. Have back-up plans ready to go you can enjoy the response from. Otherwise the result of reaction will create a domino affect you’d rather avoid under this transit, so be sure your free will chooses cautiously here.

Being flexible and adaptable will allow you to have such REward as the next few weeks ask for our pause within our lives. And for heaven’s sake, it is the safest thing really to just RElax and REst without guilt! Try on those RE’s and dive in to what you know already needs REviewing and you’ll sail through this passage all the more.

We’ll begin the second Mercury Retrograde of 2014 under a waxing phase from the New Moon in Gemini on 28 May -which will also be under the Shadow of Mars Retrograde in Libra- asking us to take extreme caution within the normal initiation time of our lunar month until 13 June. This “criss-cross” of inner planet retrograde action, continues the long “retrograde train” of inner planet activity since the beginning of 2014. We’ve said it from the beginning, with 2014=7, numerologically this calendar year asks us to go within like we haven’t in quite sometime due to Neptune’s presence here. Astrology is right alongside this request in full agreement for the entire first half of 2014.

Check in now where Cancer/Gemini lives in your Zodiac Pie. Here’s where the most current and specific calling for re-examination awaits for your review in the particular area of life it affects, from both your collective and natal birth chart perspectives. Remember with all the renewal being requested, you also more than likely are more than deserving of the downtime on the way.

As we all look back now to our lives to what has happened since 28 February, see what progress you’ve made, what needs reworking, and most importantly, REmember to have fun with your RE’s of life. Your soul under Retrograde will be all the happier, and much more at peace for it.

Happy Returning to Nurturing Your Perceptions Dear Stars! Namaste.

Charts for the Approach, Retrograde, Direct and Shadow conclusion of this passage.

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21 Days of Journal Exercises | Making the Most of MRx’s Requests

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21DaysMRxJournalingMercury Retrograde (MRx) 
A planetary cycle from above that asks us to respect the actions of change, rest, reflection and review anywhere you may live on earth.

All matters concerning communications, movement, traveling, mechanics, electronics, and circulation of energy anywhere on the earth are all affected under this “backtracking cycle.”

The key to navigating Mercury Retrograde is allowing all changes to occur and respond to them without resistance nor reacting in frustration. How can we find outlets and tools to help us align our peace of mind in these changing times?

Get Ready. Set. Let’s Journal!

Mercury Retrograde takes us all to the power of the “RE” vocabulary. Engaging in the REconnect, REWork, REvise, REroute, REdo, REnew, REtreat and especially RElax are all great to do whenever it is MRx.

With REflection being our key “RE” action word throughout this cycle, if you do not already journal, now is the perfect time to start receiving your benefits with this mindful grounding tool.

1. Each morning, meditate within your own practice sprinkling in this intention:

“Whatever changes may show up in my day today, I easily embrace and accept them inthando my now.”

2. Take note of what you have planned for the day in your calendar planner.

3. Each evening or following morning, record how your original plans may have changed or altered.

4. As the close of Mercury Retrograde arrives, you will more than likely have very interesting evidence about the power of unexpected changes that show up under this cycle more so than any other time of the year.

5. REmember: The Approach (approximate 2 week period preceding MRx) to Mercury Retrograde allows us to receive the “preview of coming MRx attractions.” Starting to journal under The Approach is also highly favored!

The Shadow (approximate 2 week period that follows after MRx) connects the dots the all the recent Retrograde changes. This time frame is great to profoundly notice the ironing out and rewards that finally being able to move forward will then bring as we review our journaling journey.

GO DEEPER BONUS. Always check in with your Sun Sign’s reflection requests for any given MRx. What specific areas of life are you being ask to “dive deep” and return to the space of silence in retreat and get busy with healing, clearing and cleansing? See how you resonate with the reflective changes. Any Mercury Rx round profoundly asks you to reflect and do the necessary soul work from wherever it channels next in your natal chart.

Remember Mercury Retrograde supports returning to what already exists and is established, not making any kind of initiation intended for future success.

Start diving into YOUR reflection rewards….

13 December 2023 to 01 January 2024: Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn/Sagittarius 

01 to 25 April 2024: Mercury Retrograde in Aries (alongside March/April’s Eclipse Season)

05 to 28 August 2024: Mercury Retrograde in Virgo/Leo 

25 November to 15 December 2024: Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius (alongside Mars Retrograde, 06 December 2024 to 23 February 2025)

BE TOTALLY REACHABLE! The benefits of a Personal Forecast translated from your natal chart via your full birth date, place the entire MRx reflective icing on your timing is everything cake. Also Explore Powerful Empowerment Elearning.

Enjoy the Healing Magic that Mercury Retrograde can bring you! The more you rush doing ANYTHING, the more those “MRx tricks” find you. Mercury has a nickname in Astrology and it’s “The Trickster.” When your free will chooses to work with The Trickster you’ll be able to “play” extremely well during his “RE” game. That is where anyone can find tremendous reward as well as peace of mind in changing times!

Happy Rising UP to embrace reflection, review & retreat! 
Namaste Dear Stars.

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Remaining Positive: Mercury Retrograde, 12 Mar to 04 Apr

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Sooooo… If you’ve done your astrological homework and did your ‘Preparing for Mercury Retrograde’ you are truly going to be at the head of the class for the next few weeks ahead. And noooooo, the end of the world is not coming quite yet just because The Messenger is taking time to offer us all some necessary reflection within our lives. But, rest assured, this passage is going to change up a lot things for the collective.

Remaining positive couldn’t be more important to grab on to with both hands, and hold on tight. Let’s just think of Mercury for a second. Envision our quicksilver planet who ever-so enjoys delivering his messages and information, making sure travel and movement is happily happening wherever he goes. Now, picture him blindfolded in a sense, in where, he can not see where he is going to do all of these things he typically keeps himself quite busy with.  What would you do if you had to literally only physically move backwards to function down here below?

This is why, we are not “doomed” under Mercury Retrograde at all. It is all how our free-will chooses to perceive the changes that will naturally unfold during this passage from above. Knowing our Messenger’s channel from above is going to make things flux- possibly leaning towards the chaotic- it is definitely a smart move to honor his request for retreat, relax, review, and redo. Those who are not willing to adapt to a reflective, relaxed and resolute state, are the ones who make mountains out of molehills over this time.

Trying to move forward in life when the planet that directly governs movement, thinking, and communications of all kinds upon this planet is moving backwards is just plain silly. Logically, like Mercury always is, it makes perfect sense. This passage definitely gives him the name of ‘The Trickster’ as he does a sleepwalk of sorts. Over the course of a years time, he travels backwards about as much as we actually sleep. Becoming any clearer why the Universe sets it up perfectly every 4 months that we naturally take a mental rest?

Being in the know to take our time, expect delays, exercise patience, don’t sign nor initiate anything of importance, and have Plan B, C or even D ready if A changes- is critical to staying within the power of your positive energy over this time. Even in the face of apparent tragedy that can arise due to those unaware of how this Universal request from above works down here below- it is always up to you. Respond or react. You decide, as you are the captain of your own ship. And if you are letting anyone else sail it for you, perhaps you should truly take up with reflecting upon that under this upcoming passage.

Rejoicing can be yours under Mercury Retrograde by remembering all those RE’s. Literally, most any word that begins with RE, is the finest way to reap reward from this passage, which absolutely can occur. But if you want to move forward in life and plan for the future while the Messenger is backtracking, you’ll just end up wasting your time. Human error and mindlessness is the highest under MRx than any other time of the year.

So what should you do from 12 March to 04 April? Returning to old projects is highly favored. Reconnecting with old friends/contacts. Reviewing what just happened in the life since the last MRx back in Sagittarius in November and December 2011. Revise current work. Dive into some research. Go on a retreat. Reclaim something lost. Go for a release.  Revisit your life. Repair what is broken. Redo, Rest, Relax. Reflect.

For each and every sign in the Zodiac, while Mercury will “do this thing” from 06 degrees Aries to 23 degrees Pisces, there are 2 areas of the life from the collective perspective that this will ultimately require reassessment and revision within. Looking to the natal chart, you will wish to precisely see how these degree points fall, and what area of the life they are asking you to take a chill pill within for this period of time.  

We’ve got the quick collective scoop for where you’ll find reward in reflection by discovering the power of your own positive energy in the response verses the react. The first area listed starts you off where as well, Mercury will meet up with Uranus in Aries who has been already displaying the unexpected to you within this area of the life. The second listed is the area of focus for review when Mercury re-enters Pisces 23 March.

Aries:
1st Approaches/Mask to the World/Motivations
12th Inner Psyche/Clearing of the Past

Taurus:
12th Inner Psyche/Clearing of the Past
11th Innovations/Friendships/Organizations

Gemini:
11th Innovations/Friendships/Organizations
10th Career/Public Life/Opportunities

Cancer:
10th Career/Public Life/Opportunities 
9th Philosophies/Foreign Travel/Education

Leo:
9th Philosophies/Foreign Travel/Education 
8th Transformations/Sexuality/Wealth

Virgo:
8th Transformations/Sexuality/Wealth
7th Partnerships/Marriage/Balance with Others

Libra:
7th Partnerships/Marriage/Balance with Others
6th Health/Being of Service/Employees

Scorpio:
6th Health/Being of Service/Employees
5th Creativity/Children/Love Affairs

Sagittarius:
5th Creativity/Children/Love Affairs
4th Home/Family/Emotions

Capricorn:
4th Home/Family/Emotions
3rd Thinking/Mentality/Communications

Aquarius:
3rd Thinking/Mentality/Communications
2nd Values/Earning Power/Possessions

Pisces:
2nd Values/Earning Power/Possessions
1st Approaches/Mask to the World/Motivations

So let’s Dear Stars, have some FUN for a change with our Trickster, and listen to what he wishes to help us with down here below, ourselves. And whatever CHALLENGES may come your way to test your soul, know too, ALL CHANGES LEAN AN ANGEL ANGLE HEAL AS A SAGE CLEANSE.  Off we go to become friends with change.  Namaste.

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Mercury REtrograde in TAURUS, 18 Apr – 11 May

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12 degrees to 02 degrees Taurus
12:06AM EDT, 18th April to 6:27PM EDT, 11 May
Approach: Began 04 April- The last day Mercury was @ 02 deg Taurus
Shadow: Ends 28 May- When Mercury reaches 12 deg Taurus going Direct

I know what you may be thinking. NOT AGAIN?!? Another one of Mercury’s “fiascos” so soon? That’s just great… NOW how am I going to do all I need to get done?

Let’s start right off by putting you at ease about the seemingly “scary” words: “Mercury Retrograde”

1. Mercury Retrograde periods are NEVER TO FEAR.
2. Mercury Retrograde periods are NECESSARY.
 3. Mercury Retrograde periods DO present us with OPPORTUNITY.

Like sleep, this passage offers the proper time within our planetary cycles to REcharge ourselves. Without these needed times the Universe schedules for redoing, reorganizing, and reflection- the collective would not move forward optimally. Being Mercury is the keeper of our thinking and mentality, it is this part of ourselves that needs a “tune-up.”

When we resist the affects of the current transits that guide us, surely we will have more of a fight on our hands. The key to achieving success under any Mercury Retrograde Period is to expect change, and embrace it. We always witness those who are unaware typically getting aggravated and frustrated by Mercury’s typical bag of tricks he draws from over this passage.

This time Mercury is choosing Taurus to bring forth the necessary RE’s that are well advised to follow while we weather The Tricksters’ backwards journey. With Taurus being the sign of consideration, value, and patience, these are the virtues we are meant to adhere to the most as we gravitate to the actions of: REdoing, REassessing, REading, REvisiting, REjoicing, REaligning, REsting, REviewing, and by all means RELAXING!

Furthering upon the patience, REsponding vs. REacting is more important than ever to adhere to. The buzzes of changes that will undoubtedly occur while this Retrograde plays out in Taurus- will ask for practical, constructive, slow, and deliberate energy to be utilized in our communications, movements, and how we assimilate knowledge. REmaining in tentative, sluggish, stubborn, or biased choices will invite more of the natural chaos Mercury Retrograde loves to engage in. While we are wise to avoid important decisions and initiations at this time, our activity and behavior while in reassessment is imperative.

Look to the 12 to 02 degree Taurus piece of your personal Zodiac Pie to see where reflection urges to find you under this upcoming passage. Equally, the collective horoscope grants us another vantage point with some pretty accurate advice as to how to reap the best rewards as we focus upon the area of life the Taurus energy affects. Keep in mind, the added analysis of the personal birth chart grants a more in-depth look at how Mercury’s energies will equally be affecting you.

Your Mercury-Scope, if you will:
ARIES: Your values are being reassessed, and you may find you are quite head-strong about making any decisions. As much as you love to do things quickly Ram, you’ll find you are slower and plodding along with your thoughts. You’ll know exactly what to do after the shadow period concludes, so take your time now to redefine the material and what it really means to you.

TAURUS: You are feeling quite assertive in your verbal expressions, but watch out for a sharp tongue! Your innate patience is being tested for its true worth at present. Cast off any aggressions, for these will be regretted if given into later on. There are new mental concepts you are meant to explore, just know these may not be permanent ones.

GEMINI: If you’ve been dreaming a lot about the past as of late, you are right in tune with your self. The subconscious realms are stirring about you right now, and you may not be feeling your typical chatty social self. Take this needed time to go within and sit with both sides of yourself; while equally you’ll find artistic, compassionate, and metaphysical pursuits to be of comfort to you now.

CANCER: Your friendships are going to get a look-see over this passage, as well as the groups and organizations you are a part of. Don’t let your imagination run wild when any misunderstandings arise! You’ll enjoy time revisiting your hopes and wishes, and very well may find some interesting innovations that turn up. Should there be some old friends you haven’t spoken to in awhile, why not give them a call?

LEO: Your career and matters of toil are on the brain for you Leo. Don’t get caught up in thinking you haven’t done enough, unless the Lion has been a little lazy lately. Utilize this time to reorganize the work place, and you’ll find you are quite effective. Any planning you do now finds a slow-pace and requires caution as part of the process. The shadow period will find the soul-searching you’ll do at present to move forward with optimal results.

VIRGO: You are taking a vacation even it is only in your mind! Don’t let those optimistic thoughts escape you, as this is a perfect time to engage in spiritual, philosophical, and educational pursuits. There’s plenty of activity that is not making you shy away from expressing your ideas. Enjoy this time that will expand you and but of course bring that sense of perfection you strive to achieve closer than ever.

LIBRA: Wherever there is mystery lingering in your life, you are about to put on your detective badge so you can get to the bottom of it now. There are plenty of ways you’ll find your thoughts have a focus and there are ideas you wish to commit to. By the shadow period, you’ll discover that a new way of thinking has transformed within you, which will continue to further and expand itself as Spring concludes.

SCORPIO: Hold off on any decisions Scorpio, for you’ll really find it is challenging to arrive at them right now. You’ll weigh the pros and cons endlessly, and be sure to write them all down, so when Mercury goes Direct, you’ll be ready to move forward. Should those one on one relationships have a little confusion right now, this is only temporary. Take this time to regroup with the arts on some level, and you’ll love what you find.

SAGITTARIUS: You are the multi-tasker King of the Zodiac, and what’s great for your Archer, is you’ll find ways to perfect your thinking and organize all of those directions you aim in. You’ll sense you have a little more consideration in your verbal expressions, and not surprise everyone with that bluntness of speech you are so talented at. Guard against being too picky or fussy at this time, whether it is with others, or more importantly yourself. REmember perfection is always a journey not a destination.

CAPRICORN: You’ve been mentally stalwart and distinct over the past couple weeks, placing the focus of achievement upon your creative mind. Use your responsible nature to steer clear of egotism and pride as you allow any decisions to be rooted at this time. No matter what flux this REtrograde period brings, you are going to bring forth these new ideas into material form, but make sure you work out the details under the shadow period to see your new found ambition soar.

AQUARIUS: The new life you wish to bring to your intellect is seemingly more emotional than normal for you Water Bearer. You are finding plenty of imagination to draw from, but resist being overly sensitive and hone in on intuition to bring you back to center. Time with the family and engaging in home projects is where your inventive flow will find a steady course. All by all means, if you gotta let it out, have that cry would you?

PISCES: The mental state is sharp and swimming faster for you as of late in your deep waters. You may let Mercury’s backwards current take you to uncertainty, but don’t hesitate in this pool too long. There are multiple ideas coming at you urging to find a path to follow, and it is choosing one focus at a time that will allow them to come to fruition. Time spend writing will ground any thoughts you’ll want to remember to move forward with once the waters clear up.

Keep in mind, those events and situations that have occurred since 04 April- fall under the approach of this REtrograde. We tend to start to see the things that will undergo reassessment emerge over these couple weeks, in the specific areas of your life noted above. Equally before the shadow completes upon 28 May, you will see further opportunities for final adjustments that need to be made from all action occurring within the retrograde period.

The uncanny power of Lexigrams is also here as always to REmind you how to best find ease under this passage. There is an important tale for every sign to hear that is told from the letters within the very name of Mercury Retrograde:

MERCURY RETROGRADE
DAY TO DAY, GREET YOUR URGE TODAY:
GOT TO REDO, GOT TO RETRACE
GOT TO REROUTE YOUR GAME
GOT TO RECREATE TO REORDER
GOT TO RE-EDUCATE
GOT TO GO TO A GREAT ART
GO TO A GREAT COMEDY
GO REDECORATE
GO READ, TRY A REREAD
GO DO YOGA
GO EMERGE, RECORD A RARE DREAM
GO MEET A TAME COURAGE
GOT TO REDUCE OUR TERROR
GOT TO REDUCE A RUMOR
GO TO REGARD TO REDUCE A REGRET
GO! TRY TO AGREE- GO TO A TRUCE
GO MEET A TRUE EGO CURE: TRADE OUTRAGE TO GRACE
TRADE OUTRAGE TO A COURAGE REMEDY
GO TO A MERCY TO CURE A GREEDY EGO
GO GREET A MORE MATURE AREA
GOT TO A REMOTE AREA TO MEET A GREAT REMEDY
GO TO A GOD- ADORE YOU!

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Lunar Eclipse in CANCER, 31 December 2009

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10 Degrees Cancer *FULL MOON: 2:13PM *LUNAR ECLIPSE: 2:22 PM

We bid farewell to 2009 under a Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse in Cancer. This offers the appropriate rhythm for contemplation, reorganization, and review as the Moon now begins to lose its’ fullness, thus the waning phase.

The requested release in the two weeks ahead gears up for the upcoming Solar Eclipse on the New Moon 15 January, where the opportunities for new beginnings and fresh starts will be at our fingertips. But first- as Mercury continues to REtrograde until 15 January, along with Mars doing the same until 10 March, reassessments and cleansing are smart to gravitate to.

The next two weeks until the New Moon in Capricorn grants us Earthlings the necessary time to make assessments of the activities within our lives of the previous two since 16 December. Looking to our natal birth charts will tell us on an individual level what areas of life we should apply focus and energy.

Where 10 degrees Cancer falls in the piece of your Zodiac Pie indicates the area of life you ideally should look to find reflection within. Naturally, a release in your Cancer ruled house will bring pull to the opposite house the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Pluto are currently transiting through in Capricorn. Be sure to note this other area of life that is equally part of your star advice- pointing how to manifest personal balance, and where new beginnings wish to emerge in two weeks time.

We’ve tried a little something different to help each and every sign gain the most from this Universal request for letting go of 2009, while peaking around at the beginnings of 2010. While it is still wise to consult your own personal chart, the collective horoscope equally has some interesting advice to share. Aside from your natal Sun Sign, if you know your rising sign (ascendant), read that passage as well, for it will pinpoint how the current Moon’s energy within your natal birth chart uniquely works for you.

Lunar-o-scope *31 Dec 2009*
for the Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse in Cancer

Aries It’s time to let go of an issue in the home -it may be that your career is pressing you hard at present- (please pardon Mercury’s mishaps and communication errors here, he can’t see where he’s going right now) but there is attention you need to devote to the nest egg in the next two weeks. Try on some different ways to express your creativity, and be responsible in any partnership.

Taurus Stop clinging to a worn out idea. Learn from the past, and find some healthy channels for your imagination. Take these next two weeks to gear-up for that new philosophy that will need room to unfold. Family and the home may cause tension, remember to hone in on your patience to handle any friction.

Gemini There is a possession in your life you need to throw out. Time to let in reflection in the next two weeks on what you hold dear -for what you think is secure may not be- release that old worn out value. You’ll be making room for some new earnings to come into play. Down the road, this investment will reap a pleasant return.

Cancer There’s an entirely different emotional standpoint you’re meant to operate from. These next two weeks request co-operation with yourself! Check those approaches, and surely watch your communications with your partnerships, which you may be clinging to right now. Focus on you before others. People are about to see you with a new mask to the world. It’s best you feel safe behind it.

Leo Carefully examine a deep issue within. Your subconscious wishes to purge. If you remember your dreams while sleeping write them down, they have a plenty to talk to you about. Watch Mars’ feisty eruptions on the surface, as it is essential you guard the Lions’ roar carefully. These next two weeks will result in a serious change of your inner world, but it’s up to you to recognize what no longer needs to be in your royal court.

Virgo Why the worry about friends or a group? If you’re holding on to someone or something that doesn’t serve you, you’re just going to get more and more nit-picky about why you don’t like it. Possibly there may be a hope or a wish unfulfilled, so perhaps it is time to move on. Use that Mercurial logic of yours and make the right choice. Focus on reinventing your creative nature over the next two weeks, and you’ll find some pleasant surprises.

Libra There are tired and over-played desires to release in the career and how your public life views you. If not now, Saturn will make sure you listen to reason later, and that just might tip your Scales too much. Take some time in the next two weeks and revisit how you care about what you do- what needs refreshing? You’ve been equally quite comfortable at home as of late- just watch Mercury’s possible upsets- and please don’t run in the house.

Scorpio There’s a worn out philosophy you need to relinquish. You’re no stranger to surrendering to regeneration, so rest assured over these two weeks by the solar eclipse there will be new ideas cropping up again, so make the necessary room. Try on a way to re-educate yourself. Watch out for conflict in the work place and channel some new energy into a project that needs reassessment.

Sagittarius As always, nothing is too calm within your stirring fire. It is time to truly let some old and lingering habits die. If you would put down your arrow for a second to peer into the future at the long-term perspective, you’d realize there is abundance of new values that are waiting for you to aim for. Gain scope of everything surrounding you right now, then figure out where to expand next after these next two weeks of consideration.

Capricorn You are always looking for perfection in those relationships. If there is a partnership or a memory of one that no longer works and is weighing you down emotionally-let it wash away with the tide. It will be tough that a tradition seems to be broken but that’s the point. There’s a new approach ready to unfold for you, but it can’t come out and say hi until you let go of the past. With Pluto now in your sign for a number of years, this is just the first of many deep transformations you will see.

Aquarius There’s always a way you are looking to bring new life to things- best now to focus upon your health and how you serve others. Resolutions are wise to adhere to within regimes and routines, which you are probably bored with. Welcome a reinvention that serves you. Be careful with conflict coming at you from partnerships, for this isn’t the time to become more detached, but react with understanding.

Pisces Oh Wise One, what’s not been working for you creatively lately? If your imagination is feeling stuck, move on to a fresh sheet of paper. You need to revisit the ways you nurture your lovely sensitivity and all it wants to initiate. How can you improve your channels of creation? Your friends and social circles are a buzz right now, just don’t let those miscommunications get out of hand. Jupiter is about to shine upon you for 2010, so get ready to feel lucky this year.

As we conclude, the mighty wisdom of Lexigrams grants us all the final messages to go within to find the truth. The inner workings of LUNAR ECLIPSE share some uncanny insight to get there. As we apply these attributes to our personal signs, we can then reap the best rewards as we enter the brand new Universal Year of 2010. Happy Reflecting Stars…

LUNAR ECLIPSE

I CLEANUP, I CLEANSE, I RESCUE A CAUSE
A SUN REPLACES A LUNAR LAPSE IN A SPACE PLEASER
I RISE IN A SÉANCE AS I ESCAPE
I CLEAR PANIC, I ERASE LIES, I EASE CRUEL LIARS,
I CURE, I CARE
I SEE A REAL CLEAR PACE
I SURE LEARN EASIER
I CALL IN AS I SEE ARISE UPRISE
I CRUISE IN A SPIRAL AS I RECALL
I PULL IN SLEEP IN A REAL EASE
I SEE CRIES, I SEE CLUES,
I CAN SEE, I A SEER
IN A PRECISE SILENCE I PLAN A NICER AREA
IN A PURE, CLEAN, SECURE, SINCERE PLACE
I SEE A SPECULAR PLEASURE
IN AN ALLURE SPIRAL SUPER SPREE
I SEE A NICE RELIANCE
I SEE PECULIAR PEERS REALISE ALL IS REAL

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Mercury REtrograde in Aquarius 2008, 1/28 to 2/18

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23 degrees to 08 degrees Aquarius
3:31PM EST 28th January to 9:57PM EST 18 February

TIME to REinvent those communications, and bring REnewal and REflection upon the astrological house Aquarius affects in your birth chart. Mercury, our Messenger planet, once again REquests we gravitate to REassessment and REmaining calm while he plays his typical “tricks” upon the collective. One should not be surprised over this period that appointments change, travels see delays, and other kinds of movement upsets will be occurring. Watch for those ill-flows in conversation, as it is without fail at this time that this inner planet’s “backward motion” casts its’ arrows of flux upon us all.

So while those still in unawares stir around in the chaos thinking their worlds are ending, REmember it is to any soul’s advantage to be in the know of when Mercury is in REtrograde. There is no doubt it is our REactions to the abrupt and seemingly unexpected mishaps that are most important over this period. It is essential to realize we have so much we can succeed in over these times on a personal level; but first we have to know where to start.

A great place to begin is that Aquarian slice of your own individual astrological Zodiac “pie,” your birth chart. Which ever house that 23 to 08 degrees Aquarius rules is the area of life where Mercury urges you to spend the proper time focusing upon REnewal, REflection and movement within. REmember, this is the Water Bearer sign, naturally marking in your chart where you ultimately drawn your originality from. Coupled with the New Moon in Aquarius on February 6th, one can take this energy and equally allow emotions to be REborn within this area of the life.

Knowing your Current Personal Year Cycle, along with the Month and Day through your numerical perspective of forecasting also grants further insight to what is happening for you on an individual basis over this current astrological transit. When we couple the view that our personal numerical forecasts provide for us to the astrological, we are equally filled in with more important details for us to take in to account. One never needs to be caught up in the typical tricks of Mercury REtrograde when adherence to their self-knowledge is being done.

Attending to own personal work is always valuable time spent. Once we have properly attended to ourselves we then can shower the Universe with the gifts that we have acquired through our individual commitments to self. Thus, this first Mercury REtrograde Period of 2008 asks the collective to REassess communications in the areas of altruism and our sense of brotherhood.

In as much as the intellectual sign of Aquarius excels in its’ inventive and rebellious outlets, while the Messenger planet goes “backwards” through this energy, we are especially wise to adhere to meditation at this time. By doing so, we can allow the achievement of the positive results of this period to unfold. As the intellect of any mind is calmed and grounded, the personal affects felt REflect those that are seen on a Universal one as well.

Looking ahead, it is interesting to note that each of the three times Mercury goes REtrograde within 2008, it will fall in all three of our Zodiac’s intellectual Air Signs. Our Sun during each of Mercury’s phases will also be conjunct, transiting through the same air sign. This first passage in 2008 marks time spent in the fixed air understanding- the REworking of the organization and foundation of how Aquarian energy affects our personal and Universal lives.

To conclude, we give you the norm of any Mercury REtrograde periods’ do’s and don’ts. As always there is plenty of Lexigram wisdom to be derived from the revelations within the MERCURY RETROGRADE name itself. No doubt we have the aides to allow this natural period to go all the more smoothly, and if you adhere to the advice that follows, one’s REflective time over the next three weeks just can’t go wrong!

DO:
*Expect breakdowns and REscheduling with especially with travel arrangements as mechanical problems can easily surface.
*Understand appointments change, people fall to running late, and delays of any kind may occur.
*Communications are easily misunderstood, so be extra clear and patient with your words.
*REview and REnew things already under way.
*When Mercury is direct, go ahead with the launching of new projects.

DON’T:
*Sign important documents, legal agreements, etc.
*Initiate something new you wish to have the long-term successful outcomes with.
*If something must be set in forward motion over this period, be in the know there will be a restructuring of it further down the road.
*REact to any surprise changes in anger, as it will magically manifest more of the same to attract itself to you. Again, patience and courage is key.

MERCURY RETROGRADE

DAY TO DAY, GREET YOUR URGE TODAY:
GOT TO REDO, GOT TO RETRACE
GOT TO REROUTE YOUR GAME
GOT TO RECREATE TO REORDER
GOT TO RE-EDUCATE
GOT TO GO TO A GREAT ART
GO TO A GREAT COMEDY
GO REDECORATE
GO READ, TRY A REREAD
GO DO YOGA
GO EMERGE, RECORD A RARE DREAM
GO MEET A TAME COURAGE
GOT TO REDUCE OUR TERROR
GOT TO REDUCE A RUMOR
GO TO REGARD TO REDUCE A REGRET
GO! TRY TO AGREE- GO TO A TRUCE
GO MEET A TRUE EGO CURE: TRADE OUTRAGE TO GRACE
TRADE OUTRAGE TO A COURAGE REMEDY
GO TO A MERCY TO CURE A GREEDY EGO
GO GREET A MORE MATURE AREA
GO TO A REMOTE AREA TO MEET A GREAT REMEDY
GO TO A GOD- ADORE YOU!

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