Mercury Stations Retrograde
Mercury stations Retrograde
17th PDT 9:45 PM / 18th AEST 2:45 PM
Mercury stations retrograde on Leo’s 15th degree. All of this year’s Mercury retrogrades take place in fire signs, adding heat to communication breakdowns and alerting us to the real possibility of getting burned.
Mercury’s turnaround in Jupiter-governed Leo decan II cautions against presuming that, because we have successfully made our point, our communication is healthy. We’re anticipating that we have to get loud be heard, and when that doesn’t happen, when we maintain our volume and still get attention, our guard drops significantly. And while there might be a few awkward interactions at the beginning of this transit, we also may move through it relatively conflict-free, with seemingly very little drama stirred up in our wake.
However, this is where Leo spectacle can blind us to the substance. If we paused for a minute to reflect on the aftermath of our conversations, we might notice the small details that failed to register in the moment: the look on our friend or lover’s face after we’ve said our piece, the shift in mood, the way they edited themselves in our presence. Only with the passage of time will we realize that we haven’t seen so-and-so in a while. Where did they go off to?
This isn’t to say that we shouldn’t conduct ourselves with confidence now – there is much that we can share! However, if we treat our discourse as if we are on a stage, speaking to an audience, then we shouldn’t be surprised when the audience leaves following our act. We never actually *included* them in the dialogue. This is the medicine of Mercury rx: just because you’re not being criticized doesn’t mean everyone loves your take. Because it’s not your desire to be witnessed that is the problem, it’s forgetting that the other person wants to be witnessed too.
Written by Nyssa Grazda
