Mercury will retrograde from Capricorn back into Sagittarius energizing us to slow down on our goals and plans and review our intentions. I like to think of Mercury Retrograde like the proofreading and rewriting phase of a school paper, article for publication, or writing a book. We thrust ourselves into the creative writing process by developing an idea or story in our minds that eventually becomes a first draft, both manifestations of Mercury Direct. After the first draft is complete, we should take the time to review the work and refine it because, very rarely, is a first draft sufficient ... and even email or Facebook comments can most often use a proofreading. In general, at this time, we should all be feeling pretty good, or much improved, as all remaining energy points are direct. Uranus finally released on 12/6/2010 and went Direct, following the release/Direct of Jupiter, Chiron, and Neptune. When Mercury goes Direct on 12/30/2010, every energy point will be direct until Saturn goes Retrograde on 1/26/2010.
Mercury gets a bad rap when Retrograde because we live in the Western mindset, which is a frontier, forward moving, go hard at all times mentality. So, when a natural rhythm to slow down, proofread, review, take inventory, check safety protocols, check the service on your car, comes up and we DO NOT do any of those procedures or follow any of those actions, we usually get a mess, a wreck, a bad business arrangement, a faulty contract, and broken this or that. As I've studied Astrology more and more and found myself getting more and more in tune with my body, I'm observing more of the patterns. Last night I laid down on the sofa at 7PM, moved to the bed at 9PM and got up at 7AM. Now, normally, I will fall asleep around 10:30 or 11PM and get up, like clock work, at 5:30AM ... not so on the first day of Mercury Retrograde.
With Mercury Direct in Capricorn we should all have been feeling, in our thinking, a desire to pursue or establish goals and achievements based on the house occupied by Capricorn in our charts and aspects of Mercury in Capricorn to other energy points in our chart. This period should have been like the creative idea bursting out onto the first draft of the page. Now with Mercury going backwards in Capricorn and into Sagittarius, we need to spend the next 19 days reviewing, proofreading, and revising our goals and aspirations in those areas of our lives. Use this period to slow down and take your time, including in your Christmas shopping ;-). But most of all, especially if you like to have a New Year's goal list, go over it twice, maybe four times. Think about your long range plans for 2011, which will, based on energy movements for the year, be pretty quiet compared to the fireworks planned for 2012 and until 2015.
Happy Holidays to all!
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