A long time ago--um, two years--when this blog was young, I wrote Why I Like Mercury Retrograde. Well, I still do, but right now transiting Mercury in Gemini is inching towards its direct station on Thursday at 9:31 A.M. Central Daylight Time, and I am very, very, very tired of it. Presently, normally speedy Mercury whose average daily motion is about 1 1/4 degrees per day, is barely moving...in normally speedy Gemini. As I write it is at 13:06 Gemini and when it stations direct on Thursday, its position will be 12:59 Gemini, that's a mere 7 minutes of arc in 2 days. And yes, this is an optical illusion; the planets do not really slow down and come to a halt, change direction, and then speed up again. That's a discussion for a technical article on direct and retrograde motion. From a geocentric point of view though, Mercury is barely moving, and I, who am Mercury ruled, having a Virgo Ascendant, feel like I and the world are barely moving. That Saturn, the planet that rules S L O W, that's SLOOOOOOOOW, is in Virgo, to repeat, a Mercury ruled sign, probably isn't helping, but often this is the point during Mercury retrograde when I've had enough.
A friend called me this afternoon to tell me that her car--cars and transportation are ruled by Mercury and Gemini--got STUCK in PARK this morning! Talk about not moving. She is also a Virgo rising. She thought maybe it was the Full Moon. No, no, that's another story. This one is Mercury retrograde...yup, I'm sure of that one. Not that I'm blaming it. Nope we don't blame the planets. As above, so below.
Oh, and my friend? She's not moving either. Remember, she's a Virgo rising too. Her secondary progressed (a technical concept used in astrological forecasting) Mercury is in Pisces and she's presently laid up with an injured foot (ruled by Pisces).
This morning a bird--small birds are ruled by Mercury and Gemini according to Rex Bills--got stuck in my fireplace. Not being eager to have a bird flying around in my living room, I contemplated somehow getting it into a box or spare cage and releasing it on my deck. But the bird was having none of that. While I was thinking it over, it managed to force the glass fireplace doors open and promptly proceeded to fly into the patio door, twice. Now this is a longer story than it should have been and I'm not going to tell you about the part when I hid--briefly, briefly--in the bedroom--with the cat--but in the end it was a simple matter to open the patio door and let the bird fly out. My Quaker Parakeet, Gawain, a loquacious fellow (although not a Gemini unless he's a Gemini rising...I don't know his hatch time) said, "Birdie, that's a birdie." Thanks for clarifying that, little buddy.
I have a history with birds trapped in my house, although it's been years and not where I'm living now. I won't go into the history, but this was definitely a RE-visiting that whole thing kind of an event, so I have no problem seeing it as a Mercury retrograde experience. There were two lessons in it: (1) things aren't always as difficult or as complicated as I think they are; (2) all I need to do is to open a door and let something go free that has been trapped.
I have adult onset asthma. The lungs are ruled by Gemini and the onset coincided with transiting Pluto opposite my natal Mercury at 23 Gemini a few years ago. Pluto opposite Mercury: pressure on the lungs. I have an air (Gemini) purifier in my bedroom to give me relief from pet dander, dust, and pollen while I sleep. Yesterday morning when I woke up the air purifier was off and I wondered if the power had gone off overnight. Upon investigation I discovered that my 18-year-old Siamese must have stepped on the on/off switch of the power strip the air purifier was plugged into. Hmmm. My cat is, as they say, getting "up there," and recently I've been wondering when it's going to be time to help her with her, um, transition. She's been getting a bit wobbly lately. Was this her way of telling me what she thinks of that idea? Her way of saying, "We'll see who gets put to sleep here?" (Note to self: tell the family not to let her in the room if I'm ever on a respirator.)
Mercury rules my Midheaven, and I've spent this Mercury retrograde period doing a lot of serious thinking about career and what to do with my life in general. I've had some ideas, some of which involve writing, ruled by Mercury, and I'm eager to get started on some projects I've thought about and am now waiting for Mercury to go direct to begin them.
Curious though, I decided to review and revisit the Vaughn case with transiting Mercury retrograde at 13 Gemini conjunct the Moon in the event chart of the 911 call. That wasn't a conscious timing decision. I just started thinking about it and pulled out a paper I wrote about it shortly after it happened and decided to post a few excerpts on the blog. I wonder if the full Moon falling within 5 degrees of the Ascendant-Descendant of the 911 call chart will shed any light on the case or bring it back into public awareness. As I mentioned in the post, the Ascendant-Sun of the event chart are tightly conjunct my own natal Mercury in Gemini, and I have followed the case closely although there's been very little news about it for months.
So that's my Mercury retrograde report. If you, like me, have the Mercury Retrograde Blues--or blahs--it's almost over.
Peace to you--Doreen
A friend called me this afternoon to tell me that her car--cars and transportation are ruled by Mercury and Gemini--got STUCK in PARK this morning! Talk about not moving. She is also a Virgo rising. She thought maybe it was the Full Moon. No, no, that's another story. This one is Mercury retrograde...yup, I'm sure of that one. Not that I'm blaming it. Nope we don't blame the planets. As above, so below.
Oh, and my friend? She's not moving either. Remember, she's a Virgo rising too. Her secondary progressed (a technical concept used in astrological forecasting) Mercury is in Pisces and she's presently laid up with an injured foot (ruled by Pisces).
This morning a bird--small birds are ruled by Mercury and Gemini according to Rex Bills--got stuck in my fireplace. Not being eager to have a bird flying around in my living room, I contemplated somehow getting it into a box or spare cage and releasing it on my deck. But the bird was having none of that. While I was thinking it over, it managed to force the glass fireplace doors open and promptly proceeded to fly into the patio door, twice. Now this is a longer story than it should have been and I'm not going to tell you about the part when I hid--briefly, briefly--in the bedroom--with the cat--but in the end it was a simple matter to open the patio door and let the bird fly out. My Quaker Parakeet, Gawain, a loquacious fellow (although not a Gemini unless he's a Gemini rising...I don't know his hatch time) said, "Birdie, that's a birdie." Thanks for clarifying that, little buddy.
I have a history with birds trapped in my house, although it's been years and not where I'm living now. I won't go into the history, but this was definitely a RE-visiting that whole thing kind of an event, so I have no problem seeing it as a Mercury retrograde experience. There were two lessons in it: (1) things aren't always as difficult or as complicated as I think they are; (2) all I need to do is to open a door and let something go free that has been trapped.
I have adult onset asthma. The lungs are ruled by Gemini and the onset coincided with transiting Pluto opposite my natal Mercury at 23 Gemini a few years ago. Pluto opposite Mercury: pressure on the lungs. I have an air (Gemini) purifier in my bedroom to give me relief from pet dander, dust, and pollen while I sleep. Yesterday morning when I woke up the air purifier was off and I wondered if the power had gone off overnight. Upon investigation I discovered that my 18-year-old Siamese must have stepped on the on/off switch of the power strip the air purifier was plugged into. Hmmm. My cat is, as they say, getting "up there," and recently I've been wondering when it's going to be time to help her with her, um, transition. She's been getting a bit wobbly lately. Was this her way of telling me what she thinks of that idea? Her way of saying, "We'll see who gets put to sleep here?" (Note to self: tell the family not to let her in the room if I'm ever on a respirator.)
Mercury rules my Midheaven, and I've spent this Mercury retrograde period doing a lot of serious thinking about career and what to do with my life in general. I've had some ideas, some of which involve writing, ruled by Mercury, and I'm eager to get started on some projects I've thought about and am now waiting for Mercury to go direct to begin them.
Curious though, I decided to review and revisit the Vaughn case with transiting Mercury retrograde at 13 Gemini conjunct the Moon in the event chart of the 911 call. That wasn't a conscious timing decision. I just started thinking about it and pulled out a paper I wrote about it shortly after it happened and decided to post a few excerpts on the blog. I wonder if the full Moon falling within 5 degrees of the Ascendant-Descendant of the 911 call chart will shed any light on the case or bring it back into public awareness. As I mentioned in the post, the Ascendant-Sun of the event chart are tightly conjunct my own natal Mercury in Gemini, and I have followed the case closely although there's been very little news about it for months.
So that's my Mercury retrograde report. If you, like me, have the Mercury Retrograde Blues--or blahs--it's almost over.
Peace to you--Doreen
1 comments:
I liked your bird story. I understand about repetitive stories about wild animals. My family has squirrel issues. Not that they live in our attic, but most everyone has a story about a personal squirrel encounter. We all have Moon or Venus in Pisces. I don't know if that figures that's the thing we have in common.
I have an aged cat too, and figure as long as she can jump up on the bed, she's doing good.
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