“Difficult to see…always in motion the future is.” – Yoda
by Len Wallick
Eric has averred more than once that prediction of the future is not the best application of astrology. This plebeian correspondent fundamentally agrees. Eric’s brief blog this Sunday (with rich responses from Richard Tarnas and some of our most erudite readers) added an extra layer of contemplation by bringing in the subject of fate versus free will.
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Wherever one comes down on these issues, there are times, such as today, when, at the very least, a scaffold is revealed in advance. A vessel, if you will, that will ultimately contain and possibly (in retrospect) define the events of coming months, so let’s take a peek.
Mercury stepped onto the playing field of Capricorn this past weekend. As of today it is just coming off a resonant cardinal square to Saturn and conjunction to Pluto; and then taking a brief breath before plunging into the echo phase of its Boxing Day retrograde tomorrow. Today is the perspective between the aspect and the transit, allowing us to take it in. That this retrograde will take place entirely in Capricorn. That it was preceded by a square to Capricorn’s ruling planet.
All told, Mercury’s time in Capricorn will be over two months. Also, because of nearly concurrent stations in opposite directions next month, the Mercury-Saturn square will not be exact again (almost, but not quite). Now, have some fun, start to think about what may look like. Last Friday, Eric suggested this will be about getting our business affairs in order. Will the result be hermeneutic (giving us a key to understanding Pluto’s long occupation, for example) or hermetic (leaving us, to paraphrase Groucho Marx, where it’s too dark to read)?