Mercury Enters Gemini
Mercury Enters Gemini
17th 3:27 AM PDT / 17th 8:27 PM AEST
After playing an ancillary role with the Taurus New Moon, Mercury enters Gemini and immediately aligns with Uranus. Eureka! A bold, if not fragmented, idea surfaces! Are you rescued from indecision? Could this be the solution that you’ve been seeking?
It’s possible, but it also may be just the first in a series of a-ha! realizations intended to release you from circular thinking. Next up, a square with the lunar nodes on May 19/20 offers a this-or-that choice, and a trine between Mercury and Pluto later the same day inspires the closing of a deal or the commitment to an investigation. There is an analytical bend to all of these transits, but they come with an impish quality that will make the first week of Mercury in Gemini an exercise in navigating the surreal. We’re invited to laugh at ourselves and acknowledge that the impermanence of an idea, relationship, or even karma itself doesn’t make its exploration any less meaningful. Mental malleability makes us all better negotiators, and ups our persuasive power if we must drive home a point with a friend or partner.
The remainder of Mercury’s stint in Gemini sees only supportive aspects issuing from planets in Aries. And despite turmoil in the wider world, this might be one of the year’s peak moments for interpersonal rapport, understanding, and acceptance. At home in Gemini’s terrain of novelty, Mercury generates social buzz and offers an outlet for nervous energy at a time when we really NEED to be talking with one another, at best in person, even better in diverse group settings, so as not to get stymied in tunnel vision of one individual's (or one media conglomerate’s, etc,) particular vision of the world. Go forth and connect. Expect surprises and keep curious. These are this transit’s only asks.
Written by Nyssa Grazda
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