With Mercury becoming visible as an evening star, I have a gift of Hermes to share with you - Gemini Brett joining me to talk about the Homeric Hymn of Hermes and its starry telling link to the synodic cycles of Mercury and Jupiter, as well as the annual cycle of the Pleaides becoming invisible … Continue reading Speaking of Hermes with Gemini Brett
Mercury Retrograde
Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn
The Faun Musician by Pablo Picasso Mercury enters shadow zone: 12 December 2022 at 8°08’ Capricorn Mercury at maximum elongation as evening star (becoming slower than Sun): 21 December Mercury stations retrograde: 29 December at 24°21’ Capricorn Mercury inferior conjunction: 7 January 2023 at 16°57’ Capricorn Mercury stations direct: 18 January at 8°08’ Capricorn Mercury … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn
Mercury Retrograde in Libra and Virgo
Victor Brauner, The Nuptial March of the Sorcerer Mercury Retrograde in Libra Mercury in astrology is known for guiding us across thresholds and making his presence known in the plot twist, sudden slip or surprising boon that changes the direction of narratives. When Mercury stations retrograde, the star of Hermes demarcates a turning point in … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Libra and Virgo
Mercury Retrograde in Gemini & Taurus
Gold ring with Hermes (late 4th century B.C.) Mercury Retrograde in Gemini To tell the beauty would decrease, / To state the Spell demean, / There is a syllableless sea / Of which it is the sign.My will endeavors for its word / And fails, but entertains / A rapture as of legacies- / Of … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Gemini & Taurus
Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius and Capricorn
by Barbara Crane Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius and Capricorn "The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings. It is an internal sense of satisfaction to which, once we have experienced it, we know we can aspire. For having experienced the fullness of this … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius and Capricorn
Mercury Retrograde in Libra
Transmutation by Kate Flückinger Between the ideaAnd the realityBetween the motionAnd the actFalls the ShadowT.S. Eliot from "The Hollow Men" Mercury Retrograde in Libra In the space between the changing colors of twilight, in a moment of presence within liminal air charged by solar descent, the stillness of Mercury stationing saturates the atmosphere with his … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Libra
Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius
Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius Every person is a half-open doorleading to a room for everyone. — from “The Half-Finished Heaven” by Tomas Tranströmer, translated by Robert Bly Mercury is a friend to humanity, albeit a tricky guide who enjoys sleight of hand and cunning words that catch us off guard. In astrology, when Mercury pauses … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius
Mercury Retrograde in 2021
Mercury Retrograde in 2021 I recently joined astrologer Stormie Grace on her astrology show to talk about the significance of the three Mercury retrograde periods in 2021. Mercury will be retrograde in air signs in 2021 and as a result will help facilitate our transition into the new era of air signified by the recent … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in 2021
Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio and Libra
Someday, at the end of the nightmare of knowing,may I emerge singing praise and jubilation to assenting angels.May I strike my heart’s keys clearly, and may none failbecause of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings.May the tears that stream down my facemake me more radiant: may my hidden weepingbloom. How I will cherish you then, you … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio and Libra
Mercury Retrograde in Cancer
Mercury Retrograde in Cancer Mercury shifts retrograde at least three times a year, yet some are positioned at more pivotally important times than others. Mercury will station retrograde at 14º45' Cancer on the night of June 17 in Pacific standard time, only a few days before the Moon will eclipse the Sun on the solstice. It is … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Cancer
Mercury retrograde in Pisces & Aquarius
Mercury Stations Retrograde in Pisces We paused amid the pines that stood / The giants of the waste, / Tortured by storms to shapes as rude / As serpents interlaced, / And soothed by every azure breath / That under Heaven is blown / To harmonies and hues beneath, / As tender as its own; … Continue reading Mercury retrograde in Pisces & Aquarius
Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio
Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio Call me to that one among your hours / that incessantly resists you: / beseechingly near like a dog's face, / yet ever again turned away just when you think to grasp it. / What's thus withdrawn is most your own. / We are free. We were dismissed / at the … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio
Mercury Retrograde in Leo & Cancer
Mercury Retrograde in Leo & Cancer It's the main highway leading in, / the sun soon down. / Traffic backs up, creeps along, / it's a torpid glittering dragon. / I am a scale on that dragon. / The red sun all at once / blazes in my windshield, / pouring in, / and makes … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Leo & Cancer
Mercury Retrograde in Pisces
Mercury Retrograde in Pisces "All I have is a voice / To undo the folded lie, / The romantic lie in the brain / Of the sensual man-in-the-street / And the lie of Authority / Whose buildings grope the sky: / There is no such thing as the State / And no one exists alone; / Hunger allows no choice / To the citizen … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Pisces
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