The main aspect of this week’s astrology, Mercury square Saturn, calls to mind Sarah Taylor’s tarot reading for the week (a few posts below this one). Implied in Mercury-Saturn is a possible sense of feeling a little stuck by your own mind, or the sense of going back and forth between who you should listen to (‘others’ or yourself; or an authority figure or yourself) — until you finally stop, actually think for yourself, and make a decision.
Mercury-Saturn is exact Tuesday at 2:14 am EDT, with Mercury in Aquarius (which is ruled by Saturn) and Saturn in Scorpio. Mercury in a square implies there is a decision to be made; in Aquarius that decision is being influenced by a group. Saturn in Scorpio represents the “emotional juggernaut” (as Eric has described it) that forms other basis for making this decision.
If you’re trying to figure out who you should listen to, you might be feeling a little stuck — as though neither option you see is quite right. Sometimes a square in astrology implies not only tension to which we respond with action, but also the experience of leaning toward one side of the equation and then the other, back and forth, until a third option presents itself.
That third option might involve Mars in Libra, which is making an air trine to Mercury (exact Friday). Mercury-Mars brings in some practical, positive ways to use your energy and a little more alertness to your mind. Implied is some greater harmony between the aforementioned group influence and another relationship (though with Mars retrograde, that might be your inner relationship to yourself more than an externally expressed one).