Remembering...Mercury in Retrograde, September 2022

Today, September 9th, Mercury is stationing retrograde at 8 degrees Libra at 11:38 pm EST. The chart of the sky deals us a Grand Kite aspect with the Sun at the tail of the Kite. Grand Kites hold an energy of free will versus fate and with all the Mercury action going, this fall backs on how we communicate. There is an emphasis on Mercury here, the rising sign of Mercury’s retrograde in Gemini, Mars in Gemini at the apex a mutable T-square, chaotic action for chaotic change.  Mercury itself is the constant shapeshifter, ruling air and earth, Mercury facilitates to mold how we communicate, how we heal, and how we serve others. Dane Rudhyar’s Sabian Symbol of this chart’s Ascendant at 4 degrees states, “Holly and mistletoe reawake old memories of Christmas.” Can you feel the longing of connection to yourself and to others?
The Sun and Venus lie in Virgo in the 4th house, emphasizing the importance of nurturing in how we serve others, nurture others, and our deep-rooted beliefs, and the Universal alignment of the Sun’s trine to Pluto in retrograde in Capricorn in the 8th house trine to the conjunction of the North Node and Uranus retrograde in the 12th house reiterates nonstop the importance of awakening and transformation through our spirituality and service to others at this period of time.

Neptune retrograde in Pisces is opposite the Sun, creating tension between ego and spirituality, and with the Full Moon just a few hours away, the tension will be amplified between our compassion and dreams and how we choose to serve others through how we serve ourselves. Are you committed?  Neptune also sextiles the North Node conjunction to Uranus and Pluto in Capricorn, offering the gift of ultimate awakening and following your True North? What compels you to change this Full Moon, what ideologies have woken you up to a different tune? What no longer serves you that is hard as fuck to let go of in your everyday life? We can thank the South in Scorpio for that powerful transformative power of the past that comes back to haunt us, sitting right here in the 6th house of this chart.

I like to think of the 8th house as our external forms of transformation and the 12th house as our internal forms of transformation. For most of us it is through external circumstances and those underlying issues most are not comfortable discussing, the secrets we share with select others that set off the process in which we decide to change. It is through the 12th house that we bring those thoughts and beliefs to the surface and where we most to go to ultimately change for better or worse, whichever direction YOU decide to go. Do you resist that transformation or are you a go getter and interested in intentional living and regrooving your neuronal pathways to create the life you want and habits that will support the change you want?

Jupiter retrograde is also opposite Mercury, both holding at 8 degrees, the number of mastery and power itself. Tension is in the air, mostly definitely fueling us all to move in a direction which serves us on this journey. Mars who represents actions-in all forms, squares Venus, our feelings, the Sun, our focus, and the Moon, our intuitive and emotional reactions. There is chaos everywhere, but with promise of change, inner and outer. Balancing that of our intuition to that of our ego. The available energy is there to align our heart, mind, and soul.  On the most positive side and intentional use of Mars in Gemini, he revels in multitasking and handling all this at once, while being sucked into the negative can leave you feeling scattered and insecure.

This is an awesome time to think back to relationships and the ways you communicated, and how you served others, including yourself, in the past.  Put down the phone, ask others how you can help, how you can serve their needs, and lay a compassionate hand on his or her shoulder as you ask. Touch communicates and heals in so many ways, and the advent of all this technology and the domineering unnecessary fear porn that has infiltrated our lives the last few years, we all could use more touch and sympathy in our lives.  
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Interested in looking at where these astrological events are showing up in your life? Where are you being asked to balance your free will and the upcoming fateful events in your life? If you are interested in coaching sessions on your chart the beautiful pattern of events that perpetuate your transformation. Email me at [email protected].