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Mercury has been in Virgo for more than two months. Much of this time he was retrograde or walking degrees he would walk when retrograde (he moves forward, he stops - from our perspective on Earth - he moves backward, then he stops, he moves forward over those same steps until he reaches the degree where he stopped the first time then he is said to be 'out of his shadow' period). Mercury rules Virgo and is very strong here.
Our conversations, ideas and communications have been picked through quite thoroughly by now. We all know where we stand, and where everyone else does. We are tired of talking/bickering about this stuff and are probably craving more pleasant and civil interactions. I know I am! I have mostly been avoiding social media for weeks.
(the VP debate is a perfect example of how the person who appears the most 'polite' and 'in balance' right now - Libra Sun, Libra Jupiter and Mercury moving in - will win the day - heads up, the 3rd Presidential debate on October 19th should be interesting because Uranus is ruling that day so anything can happen)
After today, Mercury moves out of the shadow degrees of his retrograde - he finally starts covering new ground! This is big news. If something got shelved or morphed around August 10th it could come back to life now, in a new way, or morph again.
Right after he moves out of his shadow, Mercury moves into Libra. We move forward from here.
Now we have Mars square Jupiter - so we are not going to have it all figured out (and we never will!). We don't have to push that hard. Mars is in Capricorn and wants to reach the top of the mountain and because he is Mars he wants to do it yesterday. Jupiter is in Libra and wants to chill out a little, check out all the angles, figure out how other people figure into the mix - he has recently moved into Libra for a long stay and is just getting himself acclimated here.
This weekend there is alot of Capricorn - the Moon (emotions), Pluto (karma, fate), Mars (action, initiative, anger) with Venus (desire, love, women) sextiling - stuff will be serious.
There will also be a lot of Libra (Sun, Jupiter, Mercury) - Libra rules balance, justice, love, money, women. Being the sign of fairness she sees everyone's side and so it is hard to make a decision here. And because this is the way life works we will often be faced with a decision at exactly the time all this energy makes decision-making hard!
With all the grounded Capricorn and airy Libra - the ways we are out of balance could show up. If we have grown too one-sided in Virgo, a person or situation could show up now to allow us to see both sides of a situation. Relationships are still being reset. New things are just getting started - some in the dark and behind the scenes!
Capricorn is ruled by Saturn (father time) - there isn't really the rush here Mars has some of us feeling. We might feel like we are late or behind schedule (has anyone ever met a prompt Libra unless they have some very strong Scorpio, etc). Libra season with heavy Capricorn means if we make a rush decision we will then have to weigh it out afterwards (we will not be allowed to skip the weighing it out step) we will probably be stuck with the thing we have chosen for a long time - which could be a good thing or not, that isn't shown here. It might be better to weigh things out first. Gather information. Make plans.
When Mercury gets into Scorpio (next month) commitments will be sealed - for now we get engaged, we take some action, we get balls rolling, we weigh everything as we go forward- we will more naturally move into balance through Libran niceties - things are going to really speed up though!
OK back to Mercury into Libra!
On Friday, Mercury (after being holed up in Virgo analyzing the hell out of everything for two months) moves into Libra.
Mercury is not super strong in Libra because Mercury is fast and rules our intellect and Libra is slow and rules balance and justice. She weighs all sides of an issue before taking any action - the reason for the indecision she is so widely known for. There will maybe be some superficial chitchat and passive aggressive stuff while Mercury is in Libra, too. That's all to be expected.
The good news though is that none of this can happen without other people - Mercury in Libra is all about social interactions. Virgo doesn't need other people to analyze, but Libra can't achieve balance without them!
(the Libra house of our natal chart is where we need balance most of all - with fast moving Mercury moving in this house will wake up now)
So, to be successful our words are more polite now. We need to listen. If we want our communications to hit their target we need to make the other person feel listened to.
Conversations become kind of a dance here. We wouldn't tear off our dance partner's trousers and leave them standing there with hands covering their under shorts and last shreds of their dignity.
We wouldn't tell them they are a crappy dancer even when they step on our toes and smudge the tops of our favorite shoes.
A type of kindness and civility prevails on the dance floor. We smile. We talk about the things everyone can agree on.
With the floor spinning beneath our feet we still manage to find common ground.
That is the energy that moves communications, ideas and conversations forward now.
We'll go deep next month in Scorpio, for now - let's dance!
xo all
3 comments
Just wanted to ask how Olive is doing...? Hopefully she is recovering well. xo
Hope you are looking forward to a nice weekend Cat. Ugh, I definitely feel myself questioning everything right now. I liked how you said we don't have to have it all figured out, and that we probably never will! LOL. A sweet reminder to just keep going with the flow. Stop stressing. I hate not knowing the answers. Drives me batty.
Love you much, thank you always for your posts.
xoxo
Olive is doing great Renate - thank you so much for always checking, you are so thoughtful! xo
I got back into astrology because I wanted to know what was going to happen. I wanted to know what choice I had to make to make things work out best. I've really found that although working with the energy is helpful, since what we do changes what will happen, there is almost no way to look ahead. There are always multiple timelines that lead to multiple timelines! I always want answers, too- ack- even though I know this isn't the way the game here is played! :) xo You have a nice weekend, too - raining here again.
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