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Questions about Mercury Retrograde
Seeing as tomorrow marks the beginning of the latest Mercury Retrograde and this phase is a rather long one (considering its pre and post-phases), I was wondering if making important
changes in one's life is a good idea.
Is staring a professional blog an appropriate course of action during this period? What about starting to self-analyze and make serious plans about the future? What worries me is
that Mercury Retrograde brings confusion and false assumptions and this makes me feel quite uneasy about bringing important changes and commencing new beginnings in my life.
Answer: Mercury retrograde tends to bring challenges to about 25% of the population at any given time, depending on their chart. Those with prominent Mercury, Gemini or Virgo tend to be affected more often at this time. The big question for you is whether you are addressing something that you have put on the back burner, or if you are starting something totally new.
If new, then consider doing due diligence at this time. Why are you doing the blog? what are you trying to achieve? Are you using the best approaches, use of
time and assistance? Do you need to ask more questions or get more information? Can you afford to wait, and still start writing?
Writing is good during Mercury retrograde, but putting things out and the assumptions etc. with respect to the goals and targets of the writing is where things
show up. For most people, it can cause delays, misunderstandings and acting on incorrect information.
Take the time to stop and ask yourself what you are doing and why. Where are you coming from? Also, sit down and ask yourself where the worry is coming from? Are
you creating this blog out of need or a want or is it an expression of your soul and spirit. If you take the time to be introspective to determine where you are coming from, and if you
have done the due diligence, then you are less likely to run into difficulties. However, you still have to contend with the hurdles created with and by others.
If you have done the work and all seems a reasonable risk, then go ahead. But do do the work first.
Hi Raechel You have asked an interesting question, which I did not more fully address on my site: Yes the same rules apply for each period. Check and re-check everything and be prepared
for other people not to do so. Although the same rules apply for each period, the themes and focus of each period are different. The first thing I would like to point out is that Mercury Retrograde does not increase
the rate at which things tend to incur difficulties. It is more appropriate to say that the difficulties tend to show up with Mercury related themes. Other times also have the same frequency
of issues, but tend to be along other themes. The second thing I would point out is that most people do not feel Mercury Retrograde all
that much. Yes there are communication and travel complications, but they do not personally feel it all that much. Mercury Retrograde more clearly affects about 25 to 30 percent of the
population at any given cycle, and this relates to whether Mercury is a major ruler in their charts, or if Mercury in Retrograde significantly aspects important parts of the natal chart,
especially by conjunction. It is very important to discern your stance in dealing with Mercury Retrograde. It is
important to determine where you are coming from, and to discriminate whether you are being pro-active, acting in the flow of the moment, or if you are re-acting and getting caught up in
previous issues and fears. It is the latter that tends to exacerbate the cycle. If you are coming out of fear, it is the fear and reactive-ness that is the
problem, and it is what tends to set you up. Mercury Retrograde tends to occur when we over generalize: i.e. we make unfounded assumptions, or when we act out of
tunnel vision: we ignore the larger picture. I would not delay the job hunting process becasue of Mercury Retrograde. In fact, for
you, the delay may be the retrograde cycle! Instead I would advise you to be more watchful in terms of the communication,
preparedness for the interview and the clarity with which you approach the process. Re-examine your assumptions. Although it is less favorable to sign contracts during the retrograde phase,
most of the reason is that there is a tendency not to check all of the facts, or to prepare for the likelihood that others may not have done so, and that there may be surprises. Therefore, a
more level headed or unemotionally attached attitude is better. Often, when you are doing an activity, such as searching for a job during the retrograde
cycle, it is best to truly contemplate how you ended up having to do so, you past experiences looking, your successes and lessons. The inner and contemplative work helps a lot. In the simple situation, the pre shadow period tends to reflect the process of
misunderstanding or not paying attention or assumptive behavior that sets up the retrograde itself. Often the post shadow reveals a deeper layer of the set-up, or brings the error or false
assumption to the surface. Where a lot of people are involved or with respect to national or international events, this tends to be the case. However, each person’s experience is unique, and a lot depends on how the retrograde
interacts with their natal chart. For that reason, the actual challenges can occur at any of the periods, but often the themes do follow the phases, i.e., the tendency to contribute to the
challenges in the pre phase, and for the post phase to reveal more of what happened. Roman Roman Oleh Yaworsky
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www.astrologyhoroscopereadings.com From:
Raechel Morgan [mailto:raechelmorgan@yahoo.com] Hi, Thanks for your informative web page re:
mercury retrograde. I'm wondering if the same rules apply - as to the do's and dont's during mercury retrograde - when we're speaking of the pre and post shadow periods.
Mercury retrograde itself only lasts for a 3 week period, right? Reason being - I'm currently unemployed and looking for work, and wondering whether or not to be applying for
jobs during the pre and post shadow retrograde period. And if I were invited to interview for, or even accept a job, would it be advisable or not to do that during this time?
Is it best to wait through the whole pre, direct, and post mercury retrograde period before even applying for jobs? (that's quite a lengthy period). What do you suggest? Thank you so much, Raechel Morgan STOPPED AT APRIL 2015! |
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