Mercury Retrograde, 07 May to 30 May

01 degrees Gemini to 22 degrees Taurus
1AM EDT 07 May to 9:21PM 30 May
Approach: Began 22 April
Shadow: Ends 15 June

Not ANOTHER Mercury REtrograde so soon? Yes, it seems we just got done with Venus and now her shadow remains til 20 May… is there ever a break? No doubt the collective is requested to be in fix-it mode these days. Although value-oriented Venus retrogrades only every 18 months, Mercury just so happens, due to his quicksilver pace, to do his “backwards thing” typically 3 times in a given year. When you look to the planets, you’ll find there is always someone in the Universal skies offering us a different opportunity for reflection.

Retrograde: Any planet’s reverse movement which results in an opposite direction to that of the Earth’s orbit around the Sun, or of the Moon around the Earth.

REmember, when in Retrograde, that planet’s channel is what one might say is well…a little off in the optimal energy it brings to us. Looking to ruler of all communications and movement Mercury, one can only begin to imagine the multitudes of circumstances that could become a slight eschewed when the channel of The Messenger is not looking where he is going.

We did mention this ultimately is a time of REFLECTION, didn’t we? With awareness, no one has to get caught up in what is known as the Messenger’s “tricks” over his approximate 3 week rearrangement fest.

Awareness always starts from within. Check that 01 degree Gemini to 22 degree Taurus slice of your astrological birth chart. Definitely handy to know where in YOUR life you should be on the look out for Mercury’s mishaps. Equally this will be the place to ultimately engage in reassessment of how communication and movement is working in your life. This area WILL see changes occur- do expect them! Any soul is able to learn a great deal when it adheres to following the requests that are being asked of it.

TO DO or NOT TO DO under Mercury REtrograde…
Why attempt to be the salmon swimming upstream? Try these handy tips over this upcoming period and see the kind of success you will reap!

DO:
Expect CHANGE! in travel, routines, and schedules to occur suddenly
Give yourself extra time to get where you’re going
Spend time in the RE’s: Relax, Revisit, Reflect, Redo, REcharge!
Gravitate to REsponding vs. REacting!

DON’T:
“Freak out” when changes come up
Rush: speaking, driving, doing anything relating to movement!
Sign important documents
Initiate anything new

The approach of this retrograde period began upon 22 April, as Mercury while moving Direct, crossed over the 22 degrees Taurus degrees it will retrograde all the way back to. Seemingly we tend to start to see the things that will undergo reassessment emerge even before the retrograde period officially begins.

Mercury re-enters Taurus upon 13 May, and for the remainder of the retrograde period we are ultimately challenged to practice patience in our routines and communications. Applying this virtue will aide immensely until 13 June when Mercury enters Gemini moving forward. Even within the shadow (his retracing of the recent retrograde degrees) of this passage that ends 15 June, you will see the opportunities for final adjustments that need to be made from all action occurring within the retrograde period.

Some final tips for remaining calm, cool, and collected under the Messenger’s “tricks.” Lexigrams tell us the tale to be told from the letters within any word or name. The title MERCURY RETROGRADE is no exception to the insight this star secret can lend to us all- revealing how to make the most of Mercury’s urge for reflection over the next few weeks. When we apply these messages to our personal places requiring readjustment: VOILA! We become an important part of the collective’s needed solution.

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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