Back in January I wrote a post when I was about to start a job during Mercury retrograde, in my 6th house no less, which rules jobs, skills, and the things we do on a daily basis, our routines. Now it's time to tell you how that all worked out. I'm especially motivated to do so because I've noticed that several people have come to this blog over the past two weeks since Mercury has been retrograde in Gemini by Googling some variation on the theme of starting a job during Mercury retrograde.
What happened is quite simply that the job I started back in late January/early February while Mercury was retrograde in Aquarius in my 6th house did not work out. Since I've mentioned where the job was I won't go into excruciating detail, but the job wasn't right for me, and I wasn't right for the job. It was no one's fault, and I'm not upset or mad about it nor is the employer although I was very frustrated at the time. I didn't get very much work (and it wasn't up to me to generate it). I did not care for the setting, and I never really felt like I belonged there. Another person could take the same job and be perfectly happy. It just wasn't a good fit, and it never felt right. There was even a glitch in the payroll system--again no one's fault really--and it took weeks for me to get my first check, and nothing like that has ever happened to me before.
I was very disappointed and at first I kept thinking it would work out if I'd be patient and let the kinks work out. With Mercury conjunct Mars in Gemini I can be anything but patient and can easily be tempted to jump ship, but my tenacious, loyal Cancer Sun and intense Scorpio Moon like to see things through and usually prevail. But the whole thing didn't feel right and I quit in March and was much relieved when I did.
This post is by no means intended to be advice concerning starting a job during Mercury retrograde. In general, I would advise avoiding it if at all possible, but I can think of scenarios in which it would make sense. In this case, I didn't originally intend to start the job during Mercury retrograde. I interviewed for it in December and originally intended to begin in early January while Mercury was direct. When my mother died I delayed my start date and by the time things got going Mercury retrograde was on top of me.
All told, it was an important experience. It really made me step back and re-think I what I really want to be doing with myself work and career-wise. Mercury rules my Virgo Ascendant and my Gemini Midheaven and is in Gemini in my 10th house conjunct my Midheaven and Mars. So, Mercury in my chart has a great deal to do with the essential Doreen and with my Ascendant and Midheaven ruler in the 10th along with Sun, Mars, and Uranus, the essential Doreen has a great deal to do with career and work.
Since quitting the job, I've been busy, but mostly doing things behind the scenes, a little massage here and there, a little Reiki teaching, a little astrology, and a LOT of thinking things over. (Note to astrologers: I've had Mercury retrograde in my solar return for the last two years and my tertiary progressed Mercury has been retrograde for a little over a year now, so I'm up to my eyebrows in Mercury retrograde.)
During THIS Mercury retrograde--in my 10th HOUSE--a few interesting things have happened. Among them, the VERY day Mercury stationed retrograde--just shy of my natal Mercury, someone told me about a job that had opened up that on the surface I seem ideally suited for--it for me and I for it. I knew immediately it wasn't a good fit, although for less than obvious reasons, but I could have really rationalized (air sign/Gemini word) myself into pursuing it. I no sooner put it out of my mind and ANOTHER person suggested I look into it and I found myself feeling a teeny bit tempted, but not right is not right. Presently, transiting Saturn is my 12th house, and I'm reorganizing myself and my life on a lot of levels behind the scenes. Saturn is in Virgo, i.e., ruled by Mercury, and every time one of these things pops up, I keep remembering something Elsa said (not so coincidentally before that Mercury retrograde back in January) about "never letting anyone rush your game." It really spoke to me because I am so Mercury-ruled and have Mercury conjunct Mars in Gemini, an impulsive, restless, and impatient combination, and what with Saturn in Virgo in my 12th shoring up my own natal Saturn in Virgo as well as my secondary progressed Sun, it has become my mantra over the last few months. "I don't let anyone rush my game...I don't let anyone rush my game..." It's like I'm cooking something in a big soup pot on the back burner that simply needs to simmer for hours and hours and I can't rush it. It'll be done when it's done.
Peace to you--Doreen
What happened is quite simply that the job I started back in late January/early February while Mercury was retrograde in Aquarius in my 6th house did not work out. Since I've mentioned where the job was I won't go into excruciating detail, but the job wasn't right for me, and I wasn't right for the job. It was no one's fault, and I'm not upset or mad about it nor is the employer although I was very frustrated at the time. I didn't get very much work (and it wasn't up to me to generate it). I did not care for the setting, and I never really felt like I belonged there. Another person could take the same job and be perfectly happy. It just wasn't a good fit, and it never felt right. There was even a glitch in the payroll system--again no one's fault really--and it took weeks for me to get my first check, and nothing like that has ever happened to me before.
I was very disappointed and at first I kept thinking it would work out if I'd be patient and let the kinks work out. With Mercury conjunct Mars in Gemini I can be anything but patient and can easily be tempted to jump ship, but my tenacious, loyal Cancer Sun and intense Scorpio Moon like to see things through and usually prevail. But the whole thing didn't feel right and I quit in March and was much relieved when I did.
This post is by no means intended to be advice concerning starting a job during Mercury retrograde. In general, I would advise avoiding it if at all possible, but I can think of scenarios in which it would make sense. In this case, I didn't originally intend to start the job during Mercury retrograde. I interviewed for it in December and originally intended to begin in early January while Mercury was direct. When my mother died I delayed my start date and by the time things got going Mercury retrograde was on top of me.
All told, it was an important experience. It really made me step back and re-think I what I really want to be doing with myself work and career-wise. Mercury rules my Virgo Ascendant and my Gemini Midheaven and is in Gemini in my 10th house conjunct my Midheaven and Mars. So, Mercury in my chart has a great deal to do with the essential Doreen and with my Ascendant and Midheaven ruler in the 10th along with Sun, Mars, and Uranus, the essential Doreen has a great deal to do with career and work.
Since quitting the job, I've been busy, but mostly doing things behind the scenes, a little massage here and there, a little Reiki teaching, a little astrology, and a LOT of thinking things over. (Note to astrologers: I've had Mercury retrograde in my solar return for the last two years and my tertiary progressed Mercury has been retrograde for a little over a year now, so I'm up to my eyebrows in Mercury retrograde.)
During THIS Mercury retrograde--in my 10th HOUSE--a few interesting things have happened. Among them, the VERY day Mercury stationed retrograde--just shy of my natal Mercury, someone told me about a job that had opened up that on the surface I seem ideally suited for--it for me and I for it. I knew immediately it wasn't a good fit, although for less than obvious reasons, but I could have really rationalized (air sign/Gemini word) myself into pursuing it. I no sooner put it out of my mind and ANOTHER person suggested I look into it and I found myself feeling a teeny bit tempted, but not right is not right. Presently, transiting Saturn is my 12th house, and I'm reorganizing myself and my life on a lot of levels behind the scenes. Saturn is in Virgo, i.e., ruled by Mercury, and every time one of these things pops up, I keep remembering something Elsa said (not so coincidentally before that Mercury retrograde back in January) about "never letting anyone rush your game." It really spoke to me because I am so Mercury-ruled and have Mercury conjunct Mars in Gemini, an impulsive, restless, and impatient combination, and what with Saturn in Virgo in my 12th shoring up my own natal Saturn in Virgo as well as my secondary progressed Sun, it has become my mantra over the last few months. "I don't let anyone rush my game...I don't let anyone rush my game..." It's like I'm cooking something in a big soup pot on the back burner that simply needs to simmer for hours and hours and I can't rush it. It'll be done when it's done.
Peace to you--Doreen
2 comments:
8/14/09 - Doreen, I love this site and I am so impressed with your interests and I enjoy my Reiki and massage therapist - you are an inspiration to me! Deb
Thank you Deb. I greatly appreciate your words of encouragement (which are badly needed at this time).
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