the Mercury Rx

…it is the 4th day of the 4th retrogradation cycle of Mercury.  The year is 2010.  He is now at 5 degrees Capricorn, planning his trip back into Sagittarius.

Mercury retrograde is funny to me.  It’s one of those Astrological events that lots of non-Astrologer’s are aware of–much like the Saturn return or their Sun sign.  Mercury retro humors me because all the “textbook”  interpretations you hear about it are actually true.  I remember first reading about this phenomena when I was around 20.  The next day, my computer crashed (WIndows virus!).  And so it lingered and continued–on and off–throughout the years; I would both be noticing and sometimes ignoring his cycles.  As my Astrological practice deepened, and the more I watched Mercury, the more I understood.  He was making me smart.  I learned to Backup my hard drive–in more than one place; I started fixing my car–or at least getting it tuned up–before the cycles would start, I would also “unconsciously” start cleaning/reorganizing my life: my house, my computer, my clothes, my guitar, my notes, my songs, my entire wOrld!!! This time around (since Friday) it has been even more pronounced.  It actually began in his Shadow (see Image below) for me, when the energy started inspiring me and changing everything.  But when he actually went retrograde, it was hardly short of hilarious! My backups were disappearing, my computer was failing, the car was in the shop with spendy repairs, and my alarm died in the middle of the night, forcing me to miss an important reading the next morning–and this was only the tip.  Like I was saying, this is Mercury’s 4th retrograde of 2010.  Usually, Mercury only goes retro 3x for around 3 weeks.  This cycle is unique, no doubt……for a few reasons:

1. He Stationed (appeared to stop moving) at 5 degrees Capricorn, conjunct Pluto/Northnode/Mars. This is significant Why? This is the signature that is Destroying our world–inside and out–so that it can be born anew. He paid a visit and will be back, but for now, he must report to the Galaxy’s birth canal, in the hope he will be rewarded with copious amounts of Spiritual manna to make it back through the “hell hole” (Pluto/NN) in mid January, when the whole cycle ends.

2. He will pass the Sun on the 20th (day befor the Eclipse) at 27 Sag “the Center of the Milky way galaxy.” This is the Source of all Cosmic energy in our neck of the Universe. It’s Inspiration, Divine calling, and the Muse whispering softly in your ear.

3. He will also square Jupiter/Uranus in Pisces on the 22nd (day after the Eclipse).  Jupiter rules over Sag and is the facilitator for these Cosmic downloads. Palaver with the Guru–the one behind the curtain.

4. He will move forward again–going Direct–just before the New Year on the 3oth at 19 Sag, very close to “the Great Attractor.” Terence Mckenna talked about “the Great Attractor” as this vortex or Event Horizon, that looms at the End of History.  Not the End of the world, the End of history.(kinda like Time–at least our version of it).

...the Great Attractor, the Center of the Milky Way galaxy, and Mercury reconfiguring his Mental circuits.  What might this mean?  How does it affect me? Does it mean I will become Enlightened or learn something new about my place in the Cosmos?

maybe.

When Mercury is Retrograde–or any planet for this matter–he is resetting his Mental focus.  This means that our Interests can change.  It also means we will start seeing “things” from a slightly different vantage point. The goal is to See where we are going wrong–skimming over the details–and then to become inspired to cultivate the necessary cognitive awareness for those “skipped steps” we may have missed yesterday, and the day before.  It is my hope that by the end of this Mercury retrograde cycle–with the arrival of the New Year–brings profound awareness to where we have become rusty.  If you are reading this it means you are into Astrology.  This cycle could represent the arrival of new heights within your Astrological understanding; it also could represent the calling to take your study of the Science/Art more seriously.  It is my hope that whatever the Inspiration, you pay heed, and drink it’s every drop.

….The mercurial nectar is dripping from the stars; Pay heed!

If you are interested in the implications of this transit in your own chart, I am offering sliding scale Readings for the Holiday season…

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namaste,

sOMa

Transit of the day: Venus and Mercury “Zero for eyes”

The day is Dec 1st, of the year 2010.  Mercury and Venus both moved into new signs today: Mercury into Capricorn; Venus into Scorpio (the thunderstuck part of the zodiac where she began her retrogradation cycle, nearly two months ago).  They will be walking in this Sextile aspect (60 degrees of seperation) until Dec 10, 2010, when Mercury goes retrograde for his unique 4th (and last) time of the year, until just before New Years Eve, going Direct at 19 Sagittarius. So….oOo….what does it mean? Is it special? If so, how special? Why? And, of course: How does it apply to me…? Well……:

Venus uniqueness:

She began the beginning of her cycle on Oct 9, when she went Retrograde, passing the Sun in the process, beginning her Morning star phase, going Direct at 27 Libra on the 18h of November (don’t miss her at Sunrise).  Venus goes Retro evey 19 months, and is the beginning of her journy to the Underworld–relfecting, reevaluating, reconfiguring her entire set of values and what she considers beautiful and worthy in her life.  Relationships play a big part.  I’m sure–if it wasnt you, then it was someone close to you–who experienced relationship trauma during this cycle.  It’s a healthy symptom of the transit, it makes us stronger.  When Venus locks down in lotus, and begins her meditation, most often there is a realization about our partners, and how they arent meeting our Needs.  This is the root cause of all our Hearts turmoil in the past few months. Venus reflecting.  If you remained with your significant Other, there is no doubt–that right now–you are soaring in newer greater heights than before.  This is what happens when she turns Direct (Nov 19).  Her Needs become certain (….she stands, and blows out the candle).

…..Venus just entered back into Scorpio–the sign it all began in. Scorpio is the realm of unconscious energies (entities) who are attempting to take over our lives through our emotions.  They represent: hidden desires, emotional trauma, obsessions, unhealthy attachments, sex, debt, and death.  When working with the Scorpionic, it takes all we’ve got.  Courage. Fearlessness. An Open and watchful Heart. Now that she is back–returning from Libra (where our relationships were really tested)–she now sees with fresh, tear cleansed eyes.  Our Hearts have been re-awoken.  So, for all of you reading this, “Don’t worry….we don’t know enough to worry; everything is working out perfectly–with your Lovers and with Yourself.” The tides of Love and Love lost have crashed in.  You can now ready yourself for better days.  Days filled with moments pregant ecstasy. The Great Easter Sun…and Venus.

The Mercurial edge to this Story:

Mercury just moved into Capricorn–just two degrees away from the transiting North Node , and only 4 from Pluto.  Pluto conjunct the Northnode represents the core atomic power of destruction which has been happening in the world–inside and out of us–for nearly the past year.  This vital combination (Pluto/Nn) is challenging all life on planet earth to rebuild and rewrite the scripts of our lives.  Capricorn represents Society, the Man, and Integrity.  In a Big World way, this transit is what we are worried about: the Economy, the Enviroment, our Jobs.  In our day to day, they bring great change and emphasis on the structure of our lives.  I believe they are assisting all of us to be more Integral beings, filled with Honor and Strength.  No lies, no deciet, just living in accordance with Natural law–Divine law. And now, Mercury is involved, asking the questions. Hopefully, learning of all the best ways in which we can assist in this slow and steady Transformation on planet Earth.  Mercury will stay in Capricorn until Dec 10th (6 degrees Cap), then go retro until New Years, at  19 Sag, heading back towards where he Stationed Retrograde at 6 degrees Capricorn on the 18th of January. These are important days–revisting days. Ask the Big questions, learn what your heart and Spirit is longing for most, go after it. Make time! Mercury, the Messenger of Gods, the only planet with enough wit and cunning, to enter Pluto’s world and still return unscatched, is allowing us to enter the deepest, most hidden and profound areas of our Minds this month. He is gathering the information needed, and then soaring like a eagle across the Galactic Center of our Galaxy (27-28 Sag) throughout the Retrogradation, bringing to our Minds all we need to know.  Whether we pay attention is another matter.  This coming Mercury retrograde is going to be a psychedelic one–lets snot doubt that.  Meditate. Write. Read. Go deeper with Astrology.  Never a better time! Don’t miss the Signs–they are Everywhere!!!!

Together: (Venus/Mercury)

Having affirmed our Essential Needs throughout the Venus retro period, and with Mercury now in Hell’s playground (Pluto/NN Cap) soon to turn retro himself, the change we are waiting for has arrived.  The Sextile Venus and Mercury are making to eachother right now is Exciting, Informative, and no short of Inspirational.  It’s good for Art, its better for Love.  So create, do some practice, sit with yourself, and make sure you get some good lovin’! I believe the cosmos.  No timepeice could ever compare to the perfection and impeccable timing of the planets and stars.  Happy New Love my friends. You deserve it.

Wanna know how this Transit affects your chart…? Email me and we can set up a Reading….

Long days and pleasant nights…

namaste

sOma

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Art: Autumn Skye: Time Keepers

Pluto in Capricorn, 10th house, or with Saturn…

 

“To hit bottom is to fall from grace.”

- Doug Horton

Maybe hitting bottom is a bit extreme–it could simply be : heading towards “the bottom.” Whats the bottom all about?: to have Nothing to identify with; a cluelessness of who we are in the World.  It all circles around the idea of Authority (Personal and external Authorities). Pluto with Saturn creates an instant karma equation, where we are always testing the laws that bind us–messing with authority (in and out).  Deep down we know we are screwing up, yet we push the envelope anyways. When Pluto is in the 10th house, we must face all our fears and intense reactions to society, and find our own power within it.  Lets allow Jeff Green to illuminate:

 

 

Pluto in the Tenth House or Capricorn: emotional trauma can occur to these individuals for the following causes:
1. When they experience a total “fall from grace”, or from positions of power and/or social position. This can be extremely intense because these individuals are inwardly defined by their social position or role. The fall or loss of position requires an intense inner reformulation or metamorphosis of their sense of identity, an identity that is not defined by social power or position. Former President Nixon is an example of this dynamic.
2. When they are born into a family in which one or both parents are emotional dictators who expect the child to conform to their sense of reality. The child is thus not acknowledged for their own innate individuality. This type of trauma creates an adult who is emotionally closed and rigid because he or she has learned as a child to emotionally shut down in order not to be hurt. The delayed stress of childhood manifests as adults who try to control or shape the emotional lives of those that they interact with. This is done through confronting type judgements that they project onto others.
When Pluto transits the Tenth House, forms stressful aspects through transit to Saturn, planets within the natal Tenth House, or to the planetary ruler of the Tenth House it can generate these issues and subsequent traumas.

 

Currently, Pluto is in Capricorn.  The above descriptions apply to the entire world over.  Our paper goverments and see through media will–inevitably–be revealed.  Pluto’s job in the cosmic scheme of things is to remove the weakest links–to unbridle the lies–and show the true face of what we are dealing with.  If its ourselves, then we see faces we have long forgotten; If its our governments, we see their “true” faces on the bottom.  Pluto will remain in Capricorn until the early 20′s, during which time, the United States of America will experience a Pluto return (take Saturn return, apply it to a country, multiply by 10, and you begin to see the power of this mark). By the early 20′s–i feel–our world won’t be recognizable to itself.  Pluto will have changed the rules. May it be a Good change. We pray.

….where is this transit in your chart? How is it affecting your life? Want to know more, just contact me if interested in a reading. ~*~

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long days and pleasant nights,

sOma

art: Andriod Jones: Fist