Mercury Retrograde – Avoid Pitfalls When Mercury in Retrograde

Mercury Direct and Mercury Retrograde

Mercury, the thinker… It revolves round the Sun in about 88 days, being 36 million miles away from it, Its approximate speed is 95000 m-p-h and is considered as a youth flying with wings. It is as quick as quick-silver and as sharp as intelligence. It is faithful by association as it varies its influences according to the lord of the sign it is posited in. It rules over the mind and has a spiritual-human soul.

Mercury with Saturn gives a crystalised concrete mind; with Jupiter it is move fructified and philosophical; with Venus, enlightened, cheerful and artistic; with Mars, energetic and individualistic; with the luminaries, a ray of the Sun. Thus it is mutable, neutral and dualistic.

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“Messenger of the Gods” – it is Mercury, the winged messenger, the planet ruling mind, intellect and intelligence. Mercury was named after the Roman god who was given the task of delivering messages from the other gods to humans. And it is THE LINK between Earth and Heavens, because Mercury is the expression of all planets taken together and that is why he is called the winged messenger of the Gods.

Animation showing the apparent retrograde motion of a planet in the outer solar system, Not drawn to scale © Dominic Ford/ in-the-sky.org

Mercury is also a planet whose influence is felt more etherically than physically, for its vibrations are far too fine and subtle to be distinguished by those who are not very refined and sensitive, and it is only by way of the nervous system that its influence can act freely.

Its physical effects are, more often than not, experienced through its relation with other planets or their aspects.

Mercury governs Pure Reason or what is known as Abstract Reason, that which is truly human and entirely free from the animal and coarser sides of nature, a state which for many is super-human.

It is essentially the planet of rhythm and harmony, and therefore adverse positions or aspects to this planet disturb the reason and the higher and purer thoughts and intuitions in man. Its best expression is through the Airy and Mutable signs, with Virgo as a sub-influence, the most etheric of the signs.

Its influence alone and apart from the signs can only be felt by skilled experts.

The planet representing any Ego in manifestation may be ascertained and placed at the apex of the individual triangle by noting the following lines of development:

If on the Will line, Uranus; on the Wisdom line, Mercury; and on the line of Activity, Venus.

MERCURY RETROGRADE SPREAD at the personal level

Use the Mercury Retrograde spread below to find out your personal pifalls when Mercury is approaching retrograde or in retrograde.

To find out your personal Mercury retrograde transits use our TRANSITS BIRTH CHART CALCULATOR.

A MERCURY RETROGRADE SPREAD TO AVOID PITFALLS

How Mercury in Retrograde will Affect You

Identify Your Personal Pifalls:

1. ARE THERE MAJOR TRAVEL PLANS/UNCERTAINTIES DURING MERCURY RETROGRADE WHERE DELAYS WOULD BE SERIOUS?
2. WHAT STRATEGIES DURING MERCURY RETROGRADE CAN/SHOULD BE USED TO AVOID GLITCHES?
3. WILL ANY RETROGRADE DELAYS/POSTPONEMENTS/DELAYED OR LOST COMMUNICATION PROVE ADVANTAGEOUS IN THE LONGER TERM?
4. DO YOU MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK AND DESTINY DURING RETROGRADE MERCURY, OR DO YOU JUST NEED TO DOUBLE-CHECK DETAILS?

Interpret Them

ARE THERE MAJOR TRAVEL PLANS/UNCERTAINTIES DURING MERCURY RETROGRADE WHERE DELAYS WOULD BE SERIOUS?

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In astrology, Mercury indicates how we think. It influences our mind and the mental plane of our selves. It is often called the writer’s or orator’s planet, because strongly positioned Mercury in a natal chart will indicate a writer, lecturer, motivational speaker, or one whose life purpose is to communicate and create dialogue.

Mercury relates to curiosity, how we think, our mental activities, how we communicate, and our intelligence. It relates to money, commerce, business deals, and our thought process. Mercury changes zodiac signs every 7-8 days.

Is Mercury Retrograde Right Now?

Mercury rules any profession dealing with writing, teaching, speaking, books, and publications. Mercury is the natural ruler of the third and sixth houses and governs Gemini and Virgo.