Dear Friend and Reader,
Have you ever met a person who, in your first 10 minutes of conversing, you come to the conclusion that they are an “old head on a new set of shoulders?” This is one way to look at Mercury as he crosses into the realm of the Earth-goat Capricorn. He begins to appreciate the structure of time and history. He starts to consider how best to organize his backpack.
Capricorn Mercury is not the fastest dart in the pack, but the conclusions and observations made are ones that carry a lot of weight and power. In this sign, Mercury slows down and is able to make weighty considerations and careful connections.
According to my sources, Mercury in Capricorn has an authoritative air, speaks and writes slowly and has a strong desire to compartamentalize the world around it. Isabel Hickey writes of this Mercury: “Good concentrative power. Dignity and earnestness. Good memory and attention to detail…Down to earth type which can be wonderful if they don’t forget their branches reach for the sky.” In other words, dreaming is a good exercise during this transit.
Since Mercury has also conjoined with Pluto, thoughts become powerful. Since both Pluto and Mercury are in a square with the Aries point, the influence of thoughts and communications may reach farther than just your kitchen table. Eric has written a lot about the Aries Point, but I will sum it up using his words: “the personal is political.” In other words, your life, your circumstances, your decisions take on a tone that seems to ripple through the fabric of society itself. It’s something like you spent all day watching Court TV and you look at your mom and dad in a totally new way because of it. That’s one way to illustrate the Aries Point.
So to sum up what’s going on today: thoughts and conversations can take on a heavy, powerful tone and may carry the weight of the society and experiences that surround it more than at other times.
Personally, I’m going to make sure to be out in public as much as possible today, spying as quietly as I can!
Merry Met,
Genevieve
Genevieve, when my head hit the pillow last night, my day released and . . . interesting. I think I understand this Pluto Mercury thing now. I have some homework to do. At least some more listening to do. In the midst of larger forces at play, it feels good to bring it home to where I live. This has been so very helpful.
Genevieve, was your out and about day revealing. I was out on errands for a change today. Everyone was so friggin happy and friendly. And the business people seemed very straight ahead, to a point.
An older gentleman driving behind me honked cuz I didn’t make a turn fast enough. His car roof had six inches of snow on it from the storm three days ago. Maybe he honked to make me look at his silly looking car.