https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLetgLY14sI&t=2320s Sarrah Christensen invited me to speak on her One Sage’s Podcast to speak about the meaning of the Mercury retrograde periods in 2023 occurring in earth signs. We talked about the meaning of Mercury and the synodic cycle of Mercury in general, including the meaning of Mercury taking on the role of a psychopomp when … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in 2023
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Interview on Mercury & Gemini
I am excited to share an interview I did with astrologer Mary Jo Wevers about the sign of Gemini and its ruler Mercury on her radio show "Astrology: The Theory of Everything." We spend a lot of time speaking about Mercury retrograde, and this show was in fact recorded right before Mercury stationed retrograde in … Continue reading Interview on Mercury & Gemini
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 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
Tending the Fire of the Virgo Full Moon
The Full Moon on March 5 glows radiant in the sign of the winged Virgin, and her presence can help us tend the fiery trine between Jupiter retrograde in Leo and the new conjunction between Venus and Uranus in Aries. What's more, the flames of the exact trine between Jupiter, Venus and Uranus are further … Continue reading Tending the Fire of the Virgo Full Moon
Mercury retrograde: a forest dark in liminal twilight
"I go along dreaming roads of the twilight" Antonio Machado Between thought and expression, between the colors of the sunset and the eye of the beholder, in the liminal light of twilight we feel the atmosphere of Mercury retrograde. Mercury retrograde is a three week period in which we can surrender to opening our awareness … Continue reading Mercury retrograde: a forest dark in liminal twilight
Mercury Mediates the Cardinal Cross
Just as we are in the wake of the exact Cardinal Cross corresponding to a multitude of chaotic current events, Mercury steps into his Superior Conjunction with the Sun. When Mercury is moving direct and conjunct the Sun it is called a superior conjunction because Mercury is moving very fast (this is in contrast with … Continue reading Mercury Mediates the Cardinal Cross
Mercury Retrograde: the liminality of being in between becoming
Mercury Retrograde in between Eclipses The painting "Bringing Light without Pain" above is by Roberto Matta, an artist with a Scorpio Mercury and Sun (11/11/1911), and so an apt painter to showcase in this time when Mercury is retrograde in Scorpio and headed toward it's "inferior" conjunction with the Sun in Scorpio. While being able … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde: the liminality of being in between becoming
Pleiades in midst of Midspring Eclipses
Pleiades: Seven Sisters Whenever Mercury enters the sign of Gemini as it did on 5/15/13, it is thought of as Mercury returning "home," since Mercury rules Gemini. Yet this is even more true according to myth, as Hermes is the son of the Pleiadian sister Maia (the Pleiades are seven sisters in Greek Myth), and … Continue reading Pleiades in midst of Midspring Eclipses
Mercury’s odyssey through Leo: Hermes as Hero
Ah, that Hermes, a crafty fellow who causes much mischief, but at the same time often shows up to save the day in myths, such as braving the underworld to rescue Persephone. During much of this past Summer, the planet Mercury has gone through a long strange trip through the sign of Leo, an odyssey … Continue reading Mercury’s odyssey through Leo: Hermes as Hero
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