09/13/2023
Mercury stationed Retrograde on August 23 and stations direct on September 15th.
Why do we always talk about this particular event, afterall it happens A LOT, four times a year in fact. We will spend 84 days (non-consecutive) in 2023 in this particular space, four separate cycles throughout the year. That is why we talk about it all the time. It is happening often enough that it disrupts our lives or slows us down in some way. It brings us out of the monotony of our routined ways of communicating, thinking, analyzing, and working.
The energy of Mercury is many things to us. It is the energy that fuels (or not) our communication, our minds - the way we process information, it’s our intellect. It also rules all methods of communication, including the internet, texts, tones, and not to mention it rules technology.
When we hear the warnings of this cycle, it’s only a warning of being cautious and intentional with how we speak, how we think, to be more aware of the mistakes we can make in writing (contracts, emails, texts), is our tone harsh? Did we double check that contract? Did we double and triple check our travel plans?
On a deeper level (and depending on where it is in the sky) it’s also a call to observe the words we say to ourselves, what limiting beliefs we are holding on to, the places where we hold ourselves back in our communications. Where are we not being honest with ourselves?
This particular retrograde has taken place on the stage of Virgo energy. This doesn’t mean it only affects Virgos. No. Each and everyone of us has Virgo in our energetic makeup, it is just in a different place than a Solar Virgo. Maybe you have Mercury in the sign of Virgo - this would have been a particularly interesting period of time for you. If you are a Virgo, Sun, Moon, or Rising or if you have any personal planets in the sign of Virgo (Mercury, Venus, and Mars) - this may have been a time of intensity, a trip through the underworld of your shadowed thoughts, behaviors, and a deep look into what you value.
Virgo is ruled by the planet and energy of Mercury. *see the rest in my link in bio.
