My room and this vastness, / awake over the darkening land,-- / are one. I am a string, / stretched tightly over wide / raging resonances. Things are violin-bodies / full of murmuring darkness: / in it dreams the weeping of women, / in it the grudge of whole / generations stirs in its sleep … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius & Scorpio
Mercury Retrograde
Mercury Retrograde in Leo
Mercury Retrograde in Leo Flower-muscle, slowly pulling open / the anemone's vast meadow morning, / until the loud sky's polyphonic light / comes pouring down into its womb, muscle of infinite reception / flexed in the quiet flower star, / sometimes so overwhelmed by fullness / that the sunset's call to rest is scarcely able … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Leo
Mercury Retrograde in Aries
Mercury Retrograde in Aries Journeying through the cosmic sea of celestial conditions, what Plotinus called the cosmic circuit, some periods will be felt as more volatile and challenging than others. Mercury retrograde periods have a bad reputation as signifying doom, a misguided notion as all Mercury retrograde periods are not equal and in actuality … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Aries
Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius: Crossing of Cronos
Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius In the twilight of encroaching darkness Mercury disappears at sunset toward the beginning of its retrograde period, initiating its invisible phase. As nightfall and its bed of glittering stars overtake our senses, we lose the light of Mercury during the liminal time of its retrograde until it's reflected light returns again … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius: Crossing of Cronos
Mercury Retrograde in Virgo & Leo
The quieter we are, the more patient and open we are in our sadnesses, the more deeply and serenely the new presence can enter us, and the more we can make it our own, the more it becomes our fate; and later on, when it "happens" (that is, steps forth out of us to other … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Virgo & Leo
Mercury Retrograde in Taurus & Aries
Mercury Retrograde For one throb of the artery, While on that old grey stone I sat Under the old wind-broken tree, I knew that One is animate, Mankind inanimate phantasy. — W.B. Yeats, A Meditation in Time of War In the cool air of twilight as the Sun descends below the horizon, Mercury begins its … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Taurus & Aries
Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn and Sagittarius
At the bottom of the Seine there is gold, rusting boats, jewels, weapons... At the bottom of the Seine there are dead bodies... At the bottom of the Seine there are tears... At the bottom of the Seine there are flowers; in their vase of mud they are nourished by silt... At the bottom of … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn and Sagittarius
Mercury Retrograde in Virgo
We know where [ Hermes ] comes from and what type of consciousness he exemplifies. He is most likely the same dark depth of being from which we all originate. Perhaps for this reason Hermes can so convincingly hover before us, lead us on our ways, show us golden treasures in everyone through the split-second … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Virgo
Venus & Mercury Retrograde in Taurus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUhnNHnMmGI Venus receives Mercury Retrograde Venus conjoins Mercury Retrograde in her own home of Taurus this Friday, May 13. Venus unifies, harmonizes, brings us pleasure, and in the earthy, body-centered lair of Taurus, she wants to delight our bodily forms and the deepest recesses of our sensory, sensual natures. Mercury in astrology can destabilize, contest, … Continue reading Venus & Mercury Retrograde in Taurus
Mercury Retrograde in Taurus
Mercury Retrograde in Taurus Mercury will retrograde in Taurus, the home of Venus, from April 28 through May 22. Mercury when moving direct through the zodiac is known as a swiftly moving planet of mental connections, discernment, and expression. Yet the protean nature of Mercury is revealed in its variable speed, as it slows down … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Taurus
Mercury Retrograde in Saturn’s Home
Hermes I call, whom Fate decrees to dwell in the dire path which leads to deepest hell O Bacchic Hermes, progeny divine of Dionysius, parent of the vine, And of celestial Aphrodite Paphian queen, dark eye-lash'd Goddess of a lovely mien: Who constant wand'rest thro' the sacred feats where hell's dread empress, Persephone, retreats; To … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Saturn’s Home
Mercury Retrograde in Libra
Mercury Retrograde in Libra Mercury stations retrograde at 15°55' Libra on September 17, 2015 Mercury unites with Sun at 7°07' Libra on September 30, 2015 Mercury stations direct at 0°54' Libra on October 9, 2015 Mercury leaves its retrograde shadow zone on October 26, 2015 The transit of Mercury retrograde in Libra beginning September 17 … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Libra
Mercury Retrograde in Gemini
—When I die, I will see the lining of the world. The other side, beyond bird, mountain, sunset. The true meaning, ready to be decoded. What never added up will add up, What was incomprehensible will be comprehended. −And if there is no lining to the world? If a thrush on a branch is not … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Gemini
Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius
Mercury retrograde is an inner alteration that comes to us three times a year, and our first of 2015 that begins on January 21, 2015 in Aquarius initiates a year of Mercury retrograde phases in each of the three Air signs of reflection, thoughts, and ideas. Being afraid of Mercury retrograde is like being afraid … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius
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