{"id":72742,"date":"2013-12-19T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T05:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=72742"},"modified":"2013-12-18T22:25:20","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T03:25:20","slug":"mercury-riding-through-sagittarius-toward-solstice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/mercury-riding-through-sagittarius-toward-solstice\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercury riding through Sagittarius, toward solstice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Close on the heels of the Sun\u2019s journey through the herd of centaurs in Sagittarius and the highly polarizing Full Moon, Mercury is now making its way over the same Sagittarius planets. Mercury represents the mind and how we communicate our thoughts; conjunct some planets that invoke old baggage and the potential for out-of-control consequences, Mercury is signaling to us to monitor our reactions.<\/p>\n

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Simplified chart section showing Venus in Capricorn preparing to station retrograde; Pluto in Capricorn; the Sun preparing to leave Sagittarius and Mercuy conjunct Pholus in Sagittarius. View a full listing of current planets and points at Serennu.com<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the background of Mercury\u2019s movement, we are approaching the Capricorn solstice (when the Sun enters Capricorn and the shortest days in the northern hemisphere) as well as Venus stationing retrograde in Capricorn — both on Saturday, Dec. 21. The Sun will enter Capricorn at 12:11 pm EST. Venus stations retrograde a few hours later, at 4:53 pm EST.<\/p>\n

One take on the solstice and Venus retrograde is the idea of gifts from the past and gifts from within emerging. The trick may be finding the stillness and quiet amidst holiday bustle (or busy mental landscape) to recognize and receive them. It\u2019s worth noting that the sense of an impending seasonal pivot point and an impending inner planet retrograde may feel like pressure. If you\u2019re wondering why the tension of the Full Moon seems to have been replaced with some other, less defined sense of unease, that could be it.<\/p>\n

The other factor is Mercury moving through those minor planets in Sagittarius. Yesterday Mercury encountered Chariklo, Haumea, Ixion and Pholus; on Friday, Amycus; Saturday it will conjoin Hylonome and Quaoar. (There are a couple others in the mix, too.) <\/p>\n

Those planets are not necessarily \u2018negative\u2019, but taken together, they represent a lot of \u2018stuff\u2019 coming into consciousness very rapidly, and possibly in a hard-to-untangle mix.<\/p>\n

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One of the other points Mercury will encounter over the weekend is the asteroid House in Sagittarius. If you\u2019re feeling a vague sense of \u2018something coming home\u2019, or if that sense feels like fear, how do you respond to that? Are you able to let down your guard enough to explore it, or do you reach for what Eric has called \u201cthe Sagittarius Pollyanna smile\u201d or the \u201cLet\u2019s Be Spiritual\u201d mantra?<\/p>\n

For anyone who tends to get stuck in their head, stuck in the past or gets anxious easily, Mercury could be stirring up fear or negative expectations. <\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve been noticing that, try to find a healthy outlet. Breathe deeply; practice your mindfulness and gratitude; get outdoors; get creative and focus your mind on something productive. The idea is not to distract yourself from what you need to process or go all Pollyanna, but rather to give yourself a chance to observe your reactions inwardly before unleashing them outwardly. <\/p>\n

You\u2019ll want to be clear, and to give things a day or two to settle. Take it easy, but be real — and remember that sometimes, valuable gifts come in unexpected or nondescript packaging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Close on the heels of the Sun\u2019s journey through the herd of centaurs in Sagittarius and the highly polarizing Full Moon, Mercury is now making its way over the same Sagittarius planets. Mercury represents the mind and how we communicate our thoughts; conjunct some planets that invoke old baggage and the potential for out-of-control consequences, … 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\/72742"}],"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=72742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}