MERCURY RETROGRADE IN CANCER Thoughts, plans and emotions are all entangled Mercury stations retrograde on 29 June at 26°15’ Cancer (antiscion 03°45’ Gemini). Cancer, being a Water sign, is all about feelings and emotions and, being ruled by the Moon, how these fluctuate in time. Mercury is a little out of sync in Cancer, finding some minor dignity only between 10-20° of the sign. Being a Water sign, Cancer is far too emotional for “all-in-my-head” Mercury. Retrograde planets seemingly interfere with the normal ongoing flow of activities represented by that planet in [...]
OOB MERCURY ENTERS CANCER OOB until 14 June, Mercury enters the nurturing sign of Cancer on 01 June where it will remain until 9 August due to its retrograde period from 29 June to 23 July. Mercury is a little out of sync in Cancer, finding some minor dignity only between 10-20° of the sign. Being a Water sign, Cancer is far too emotional for “all-in-my-head” Mercury and with the planet being OOB* for the earlier part of its stay this may mean that we have an overflow of rationality when it comes to sentiments and feelings or, our poetic vein and story-telling could reach new [...]
MERCURY ENTERS GEMINI AND GOES OOB* Mentally unhinged? Mercury enters one of the signs that it rules on 17 May and goes OOB at 12° of the sign on the 22 May remaining in this condition until the 14 June when it will be at 17° Cancer. Mercury is obviously in his element here, a rational and agile thinker open to new ideas and experimentations, puns and intellectual flexibility are also part of the game although Mercury is also the prankster of the zodiac and here words could be used to alter the truth in some way! The OOB status could make this planet very versatile indeed with [...]
SLOW AND STEADY WHEN MERCURY RIDES THE BULL…. Mercury enters Taurus on 2-3 May. Mercury in this Fixed, Earth sign can be associated with common sense, down-to-earth thinking and practical intelligence with an eye on security and self-worth issues. When contrasted in the natal chart, he could turn narrow-minded, stubborn, inflexible and suspicious of new ideas and theories. In all cases he takes his time to make decisions but once made they usually become irrevocable. Mercury transits are fast. During the planet’s stay in Taurus the speed will be extra fast at 2°+ per day so the [...]
MERCURY ENTERS ARIES Forget those sweet words and dreamy thoughts now it’s time to defend our views and follow through with our plans in a “no holds barred” manner. Mercury in Aries just loves to talk and discuss, usually being over-concerned with himself and his views and easily getting combative and argumentative so don’t let temper and sarcasm interfere with common sense and politeness! Mercury will make the following aspects during its stay in Aries: 16-17 April: conjunct Neptune (02°47’ Aries) – lies and deception as we defend our ideas. 18 April: sextile [...]
MERCURY STATIONS DIRECTS Fantasy becomes reality and authenticity waivers…. Mercury stations direct at 08°29’ Pisces (antiscion 21°31’ Libra) exactly conjunct the transiting North Node so if your chart has this degree prominent you may find an upswing of the affairs of the house where Mercury is to be found and the houses it rules. Mercury is also parallel Mars which adds anger and haste to actions and words. Mercury isn’t at his best in Pisces, he’s actually in both detriment and fall which obviously doesn’t help him feel good, or on the ball either for that matter.[...]
MERCURY GLIDES INTO DREAMY PISCES Fantasy becomes reality and authenticity waivers….. Mercury isn’t at his best in Pisces, he’s actually in both detriment and fall which obviously doesn’t help him feel good, or on the ball either for that matter. Mercury here tunes in his antenna, he’s the receiver of the word and thought but he has some difficulty in articulating his actual speech and sentences often come out confused and of dubious or multiple meaning. In other words; confusion reigns! This is due to the fact that being on the receiving end means he’s churning out [...]
MERCURY ENTERS AQUARIUS And joins Venus who’s already there… In Aquarius, a sign co-ruled by Saturn (traditional) and Uranus (modern), Mercury is even more thirsty for knowledge, always in search of new ideas and technologies but ready to reject or even abandon them as soon as the new (Uranus) becomes the normal (Saturn). Mercury in Aquarius will give us new visions, make us aware of new possibilities, allow us to envision an ideal world or society, which might be great as a theory, but much less so as a practicality. Aquarius is a fixed Air sign so here Mercury is at home in[...]
OOB MERCURY MOVES INTO CAPRICORN ….a suddenly serious mood as the year begins Today, OOB Mercury barges out of Sagittarius with the usual bluntness and awkwardness that often characterises his sojourn there and bounces into Capricorn. After fun-loving Sagittarius this will certainly hit him with force, dampening his mood and deepening his thoughts and encouraging all of us to think, plan and talk in a much more serious fashion. Mercury’s first encounter is an opposition aspect with a retrograde Jupiter in Cancer (19°34’) on 14 January whilst the planet is about to return in [...]
MERCURY ENTERS THE SIGN OF SAGITTARIUS Mercury rides into Sagittarius, goes OOB (29 Dec) and that’s when any hope of tact should be ignored Mercury, ruler of Gemini (collects information about whatever, whenever it can) and Virgo (only interested in information that can be used in a practical way) enters the sign of its detriment. Mercury in the sign of the archer has the tendency to overlook and discard generalised information (Gemini) and practical details (Virgo) placing attention on the bigger picture and thus becoming sloppy as information becomes scattered and unfocussed.[...]