Category: Mercury Retrograde

  • Mercury Retrograde: Pisces to Aquarius

    Mercury Retrograde: Pisces to Aquarius

    So… what was going on 3 months ago? Here we go! This retrograde cycle starts out in the watery terrain of re-exploring the quality of our lives and shifts to the intellectual consideration of our relationships on February 14th. To make things more intriguing, toss in that Venus (our planet…

  • Could you be saying “No” to Joy?

    Could you be saying “No” to Joy?

    Many of us live in a very small room in our lives… and I don’t mean a NYC studio apartment! I’m talking about keeping yourself “small”, never getting “too excited”, “too passionate”, “too much”, to avoid feeling disappointed. But how is living an “almost life” a fair trade for never…

  • Wearing Blinders? Redefining “Success” during Mercury Retrograde

    Wearing Blinders? Redefining “Success” during Mercury Retrograde

    Play the podcast of this article below During this Mercury Retrograde, I’ve been taking my own advice and have been revisiting the quality of my life. What’s surfaced has been interesting and frankly unexpected. Referring to my last article, I began to explore my “Home or Personal Life” (see Leo)…

  • Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio: From the Darkness into the Light

    Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio: From the Darkness into the Light

    #3 in a Series of 3 (While this was originally published in 2013 when Mercury was retrograde from Monday, 10/21 through Sunday, 11/10, any time Mercury is Retrograde in Scorpio, the following post will apply.) Mercury gets a bad rap. Every 4 months or so, Mercury turns retrograde (meaning it…

  • Till Next Time Mercury Retro…

    So… how’s this Mercury Retrograde been treating ya? Wacky, right? One thing Mercury the teacher likes to do during a retrograde cycle in water is re-introduce you to your former self by bringing back people who shine a light on that old way of being. Mercury was so kind as…

  • Birthing Your Independence: Mercury Retro in Cancer

    Birthing Your Independence: Mercury Retro in Cancer

    Play Podcast Taking ownership for our own happiness now allows us to create meaningful lives today.”? Christine Faucher-Kelley On our country’s upcoming “birthday”, we continue to ride out this emotional Mercury Retrograde in Cancer (6/26/13-7/19/13). As I mentioned in my last post, in addition to the usual Mercury Retrograde cautions…

  • Where are you?

    Where are you?

    Where were you when you opened this blog post? Not physically, I’m talking about in your head, in your heart. Were you here, in this moment? Or were you somewhere in the future, or in the past? A few days ago I was on my way to visit my Mom…

  • Mercury Retrograde in Cancer: Who’s Your Mama?

    #2 in a Series of 3 “Mercury governs our thoughts and perceptions and these can limit us; but Mercury also gives us the ability to have new thoughts… which free… us.”1 This will be the 2nd of three Mercury Retrograde periods in water this year. Mercury will be Retrograde from…

  • Mercury Retrograde in Pisces: The Shadow From The Deep

    Mercury Retrograde in Pisces: The Shadow From The Deep

    Play Podcast #1 in a Series of 3 “Mercury assists the shadow function to the fore in order that repressed unconscious material may be more fully expressed… [giving] rise to issues that have lain dormant for the three months prior.1” “Mercury Retrograde”… the very phrase strikes fear into the hearts…

  • Your Mercury Retrograde Rx (Prescription)

    Play Podcast (Cut to the chase? The usual Mercury Retrograde Cautions) Well… in keeping with Mercury Retrograde’s timing issues, I thought I’d submit my observations late. Wouldn’t want to disappoint Mercury, now would we? Have you ever sat on a still train when the train beside you started to move…