{"id":68717,"date":"2013-07-18T00:13:50","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T04:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=68717"},"modified":"2013-07-18T00:13:50","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T04:13:50","slug":"how-do-you-really-feel-mercury-direct-in-cancer-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/how-do-you-really-feel-mercury-direct-in-cancer-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you really feel? Mercury stations in Cancer — and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

From now through Monday, we\u2019ll be in a zone of heightened emotion and intuition about how you really feel<\/em> about some matter. It\u2019ll be key, however, to move slowly and carefully in thought, speech and action. The Sun, Moon and Mercury, plus planets in the Moon\u2019s \u2018home sign\u2019 of Cancer, are all getting busy — with Mercury leading the parade. <\/p>\n

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Misty spider web; photo by Amanda Painter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Retrograde Mercury is in its storm phase, stationing direct in Cancer at 2:22 pm EDT Saturday (July 20). From now through early next week, you\u2019ll want to observe all the typical Mercury Rx cautions about verifying information, communicating clearly and focusing when it comes to technology, money and travel (which includes just driving across town).<\/p>\n

This retrograde has brought our attention beneath the surface of our feelings about safety. What makes you feel safe? Is it being financially stable or having locks on your doors? Is it having a physical \u2018home\u2019 or feeling \u2018at home\u2019 in your own skin? Is it holding your spiritual ground or knowing you are loved by family and friends? Do you need a sense of stability or of freedom in your relationships to feel safe?<\/p>\n

Have you been questioning your assumptions about what \u2018safety\u2019 means and how to get it? When Mercury stations, there can be a moment of truth finally emerging. And that truth will likely be about how you feel<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Many people walk around without really knowing how they feel — or that they might be able to feel a wider spectrum of emotions than they tend to allow. Our inner compasses get corrupted and spun easily by obsessive thought loops, guilt, needless fears and ingrained parental messages.<\/p>\n

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With all the other astrology ramping up, you\u2019ll want to pay extra attention during Mercury\u2019s station, lest a subtle insight get lost amidst everything else. Intuition is your friend this weekend.<\/p>\n

That \u2018everything else\u2019 includes Mars conjunct Jupiter in Cancer, just past Black Moon Lilith. That trio seem to be saying, “This is what you have not dealt with, all of your disowned stuff; how would you like to deal with it?” You may be surprised to find that Mars and Jupiter are stirring up your need and desire to finally do so. <\/p>\n

The Sun is wrapping up in Cancer, ingressing Leo at 11:56 am EDT. The last couple days of the Sun in a sign can have a slightly antsy quality, another reason not to rush things. The Sun will not make any aspects to major planets for these last two days before it enters Leo. Eric has written before that this kind of void-of-course Sun can have an unusual quality in terms of what can happen. Keep your subtler Spidey-senses (intuition) on.<\/p>\n

Just over two hours after the Sun ingresses Leo, it opposes the Moon in the first degree of Aquarius for the Aquarius Full Moon just before 2:16 pm EDT. If you look at the full chart here<\/a>, you\u2019ll notice that two planets, Venus and Pallas Athene, are also at 1 degree of their signs, with the Sun exactly between them.<\/p>\n

It looks something like a satellite dish, with Venus, the Sun and Pallas focusing their energy on the Moon across the wheel (this is a yod aspect). <\/p>\n

That Aquarius Moon is either a conduit for humanitarian energy, or it’s all caught up in being one of the \u2018cool kids\u2019. Will you allow yourself to feel deeply enough to care about the social issues that are on your mind, and let it move you? It\u2019s your choice. Mercury stationing direct will be giving you hints about how you feel if you\u2019re willing to listen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From now through Monday, we\u2019ll be in a zone of heightened emotion and intuition about how you really feel about some matter. It\u2019ll be key, however, to move slowly and carefully in thought, speech and action. The Sun, Moon and Mercury, plus planets in the Moon\u2019s \u2018home sign\u2019 of Cancer, are all getting busy — … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1734],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}