Mercury catches up with Jupiter for a Taurus conjunction that will take place overnight for most of us. For Mercury to conjoin Jupiter in the auspices of fixed earth so soon after we have entered an eclipse cycle (with yesterday’s annular solar eclipse) indicates a fortunate opportunity. Mercury rules Gemini, where yesterday’s solar eclipse took place. Jupiter rules Sagittarius, where the June 4 lunar eclipse will take place, closing the cycle. Merging their energies through a common raiment, Mercury and Jupiter encourage you to think big and make the most of this time.
Like most symbolically promising aspects, tonight’s conjunction of the smallest and largest of planets requires your awareness to be fully realized. You can begin by simply contemplating the contrasting length of Mercury and Jupiter’s current Taurus tenures.
Jupiter entered Taurus on June 4 of last year, but a retrograde took it back to the first degree before direct motion resumed on Christmas. That retrograde essentially reset Jupiter’s tour of Taurus, giving you a symbolic chance to start over, after having re-examined the nature and miracle of practical joviality — that giving is receiving. On the other hand, Mercury’s entrance to Taurus less than two weeks ago gave us the opportunity to appreciate something entirely different, a fresh start.
Mercury spent nearly three months confined between Pisces and Aries as result of its own, most recent retrograde period. That’s a long time for an object that can change its energy signature twice a month. With its entry into Taurus less than two weeks ago, the innermost planet made a very discernible fresh start. As the archetype of mind and its means, Mercury moved beyond a stale oscillation between its intuitive and emotional expressions and into a space of practical wisdom with its ingress to Taurus. Tonight, that mythical messenger of wisdom gained by refreshment and perspective will merge with Jupiter’s practical joviality just before Mercury moves on to Gemini this coming Thursday. That conjunction comes at an opportune time.