Dear Friend and Reader:
We’re now in the full momentum of one of those clusters activity that arrives at, well, not quite the perfect time. Mercury is slowing to a station, which technically happens on Dec. 26. Based on the echo/storm theory of Mercury, we know that the three weeks preceding the station have plenty of retrograde effects (called the echo phase) and the few days preceding the station are the most intense of all (called the storm phase). We’re fully into the experience, just as everyone is traveling for the holidays, and doing their best not to get their buttons pushed by the same relatives who always push our buttons.
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The Mercury factor suggests: keep Plan B in mind. Check fluid levels in the car before you travel. Bring a flashlight; it’s dark at night this time of year. Skip the scenic route — take a direct way, and know your directions well. Mercury retrograde usually goes fine if we follow the basics. It’s just difficult to get somewhere when the directions are sitting on your desk and you’re roaming around central New Jersey.
Another factor that is amplifying/agitating things is the New Year’s Eve lunar eclipse in Cancer. Eclipses have two dependable feelings: one is that a sense of inevitable transition is coming; and the other is the sense that everything feels just a little more intense than seems normal. There’s that slightly out of control feeling that you fear might become a really out of control feeling. I suggest not getting too caught up in the feeling; compensate not with fear, but with paying attention.