{"id":34727,"date":"2011-02-21T06:48:54","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T11:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=34727"},"modified":"2011-02-21T11:37:43","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T16:37:43","slug":"thinking-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/thinking-on-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking On It: Mercury in Pisces"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Len Wallick<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Everything we experience begins with thought,
\nOur words and deeds spring from thought,…”
\nAttributed to Buddha <\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A lot <\/em>of energy is moving from Aquarius to Pisces this week. Today, Mercury follows the Sun into Pisces (which entered on Friday), conjoining Chiron 12 hours later. Late tomorrow or early Wednesday, depending on where you are, Mars concludes the precipitous and closely synchronized migration out of Aquarius. Mars then also conjoins Chiron about a day and a half before Jupiter exacts its square to Pluto on Friday. This square between Jupiter, the planet that traditionally rules Pisces, and Pluto is a relatively rare and meaningful aspect. That’s the backbone of astrology for the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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All of this combines to imply a shift or transformation. Concurrent with these events we may see a change in emphasis. Some might experience the need to re-balance or re-organize. The means and tone of expression may alter.<\/p>\n

But before we start to\u00a0look at the vertebrae of today’s astrology, let us not forget the Moon. Oh yes, again we begin another Monday with\u00a0Luna in\u00a0a cardinal sign. Today it’s Libra, all day. This pattern,\u00a0which started with the first Monday of 2011, will begin to taper off next week.<\/p>\n

This has been an an extraordinary run. Perhaps\u00a0the time has come to put it in perspective. Maybe it was the Industrial Revolution, or perhaps the Protestant Reformation. Could be it goes back before\u00a0all of that. Somewhere along the line, the day\u00a0named after the Moon came to\u00a0mean the beginning of the secular, business week — the day\u00a0when it is a common practice to\u00a0go back to work or school after at least one day off. In the United States some Mondays, such as today, are an exception to the rule, designated as a holiday for at least some of us. On the whole, however, this day has\u00a0assumed a cultural identity that is identified with the start of a new cycle, both in our personal and in our political lives.<\/p>\n

Long before\u00a0time was organized into weeks, the cardinal signs\u00a0had acquired an identity of their own.\u00a0There is tangible evidence, going back over 10,000 years that\u00a0human beings have noted, marked, tracked and commemorated the first day of Aries, Cancer, Libra or Capricorn because they correspond to\u00a0perceptible and auspicious moments in the Sun’s annual cycle — the seasons.\u00a0It’s extraordinary, really. All over the world, ancient people who knew little or nothing of each other observed the beginning of a new phase in their public and private lives. In other words, the first day of a cardinal sign was a sort of seasonal Monday. So it is that this year of transition starts off with an unlikely rhythm\u00a0that\u00a0links the ancient days of initiation with those of the present. This transition symbolically\u00a0provides not only a bridge between cardinal sign templates, but also\u00a0a between-epochs past to this present moment.<\/p>\n

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For\u00a0an extended period that came to\u00a0both symbolic and eventful fruition\u00a0last year, transitions were instigated by the cardinal T-squares. Beginning next year, extending its influence towards the end of our new decade, transition begins when\u00a0Uranus’ square to Pluto gets down to the business of history. This represents the start of a new cycle — for individuals and for all human kind.<\/p>\n

Next week the rhythm of cardinal sign Monday Moons begins to dissolve. Dissolution is a Pisces sort of thing.\u00a0It is thus synchronous and even fitting that Mercury, representing, among other things,\u00a0how we think, should change its own context of expression\u00a0today.\u00a0Planets, like people, are influenced by where they are. Think of it. Do\u00a0you change how you dress, what you eat\u00a0or what you talk about\u00a0depending on what you are doing,\u00a0where you are\u00a0or who you are with? Perhaps there are some who would say that they do not.\u00a0Most of us, however, do not wear the same thing to\u00a0sleep as we do in public. Many of us would\u00a0avoid certain topics of conversation in\u00a0one\u00a0place while engaging them in\u00a0others. Nearly nobody\u00a0consumes chips and dip for every meal. Synchronicity leads us to expect\u00a0that\u00a0our experience of things associated with Mercury begins to show some difference starting today.<\/p>\n

First it must be noted that\u00a0the sign opposite Pisces is Virgo.\u00a0Virgo is one of two signs ruled by Mercury. That is to say Mercury is very comfortable expressing itself there, as you would be with people you\u00a0know and trust. Another word used by astrologers is domicile, as in home. Mercury\u00a0feels at home in Virgo.<\/p>\n

For many astrologers, the sign that opposes\u00a0a place of domicile is\u00a0referred to as a location of detriment. This is not bad, just different. Imagine yourself camping in the woods. You do not have the comforts of home but it is a worthwhile place to be for the experiences it has to offer — different experiences from what most of us would have at home.\u00a0The object is to adapt yourself in order to enjoy and learn from those experiences. One of the ways you can adjust is by insulating yourself from the elements. So it is with Mercury in Pisces for the next couple weeks.<\/p>\n

Think of Pisces as an expression of water. Think of Mercury as\u00a0representing electricity, which is valid in concept and in practice. It is not impossible for electrical devices to operate in water.\u00a0In order\u00a0for them to function and safely enhance\u00a0an aqueous\u00a0experience, some insulation must be used to keep things from shorting out. So, when it comes to perceptions, ideas, words,\u00a0and their interpretation\u00a0as represented by the speedy planet,\u00a0some sort of protective layer may be in order.<\/p>\n

On the positive side, that may call for us to be tastefully discreet or cautiously confidential. On the negative side,\u00a0we may\u00a0encounter ambient confusion or even\u00a0intentional misrepresentation. In order to avail ourselves of the un-domiciled experiences Pisces has to offer, we need to be aware\u00a0of the purpose and spirit of our thoughts before we express them.\u00a0It would also be helpful to\u00a0examine our intent when we travel so that we will have a clear idea of what we do when we get there, and how to return. When receiving the communications of others we might want to help ourselves with a measure of compassion to go with the caution. It could be that the\u00a0facts are not being misrepresented at all, only insulated. Even\u00a0those who intentionally mislead are speaking some sort of truth, usually having to do with fear. Think of this as a time to help with that.<\/p>\n

Finally, Mercury in Pisces is a time for creativity. If prose is not working, try poetry. If you find yourself stuttering, you may want to sing. If you find yourself at cross purposes, offer a hug. If words fail entirely, try a picture. If you can’t get to where you want to go, see if there is another means between points. A planet in detriment is not crippled, it is simply challenged to exist in a different way. When it comes to how you think, speak, hear, write or receive expressions, try something that you would not need to do at home.<\/p>\n

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