Mercury Retrograde (part 2 of 2)
by Dr. Dani
Make sure you read yesterday’s post! It is a primer for today’s teaching. Today I am going to share the astrology of this particular Mercury retrograde, which started last night and also how you can start using Mercury energy, during the entire cycle.
Mercury gains wisdom through the transfer of knowledge and information. Mercury is also a channeler and an antennae to the Akashic Record. He/She does not interpret the information for us, but simply receives and delivers the energy and knowledge of the constellation and house in which he/she dwells.
There is a conflation with Mercury retrograde and mishaps in Ptolemic Astrology. These mishaps do not occur because Mercury appears to move backwards on a transit chart. Heavens, NO! They occur because we are misusing Mercury energy during this time.
I’ll review the Mercury cycle points with the relevant astrology. Remember from yesterday: The points below are simply inflection points to review how the energy is changing. Also remember this is a cycle with frequency waves, peaks and troughs of receiving and transmitting energy from source via Mercury energy.
Superior Conjunction: Mercury direct – Sun – Earth. Last one 3/17/23(Pisces), next one 6/30/23 (Gemini). Mercury is receiving downloads from sun and transmitting our intentions and questions. Humans have no access. Once Mercury passes the sun from our perspective, he/she begins to transmit messages to the earth increasing in speed and frequency. This was in Pisces. This means that Mercury was receiving messages from the depths of our inner truth. From this point to now, many of us have been receiving messages in our dreams and in synchronicities.
Station retrograde (TODAY) 4/20/23. WE ARE HERE! Mercury is rushing towards the earth, appears to slow down on transit chart and is in Aries conjunct Uranus. Informational downloads are increasing and will continue until the next inflection point. Uranus adds some oddities and idio-sychronicities to the mix. This should be a beautiful time for humans, but for so many it is fraught with frustration.
Do you try to talk to someone when you are at a loud concert? Do you yell at drivers across an intersection, like they are going to hear you? Are you actually going to type out that emotionally charged message thinking you will be understood? THIS IS WHEN WE STOP AND LISTEN. Listen is an anagram of silent.
Listen to the concert. Keep your eyes and ears and intuition focused when driving. Speak, write, think, and communicate with intention. If you cannot do these things with intention, then simply stop and listen. Not with your ears, but with your whole spirit. Mercury in Aries is sending us very loud messages about the seeds we are planting during this phase and will only get louder until the next point in the cycle…
Inferior Conjunction: Sun – Mercury retrograde – Earth. Next one 5/1/23, Aries. This will be the peak of transmissions. KEEP LISTENING. Pluto goes retrograde, beginning the growth and healing phase of its flow with chaos. The codes of the seeds of creation have been transmitted and Mercury will begin to deplete in its ability to transmit. Messages from source will begin to fade. You may begin feel less creative, less inspired as Mercury races towards its next inflection point. This is when we can begin setting intentions and asking divine source questions.
Station direct on 5/14/23. Still in Aries. Loading up on creative intentions and inquiries from humanity to the divine. Keep asking, stay positive and trust that Mercury will deliver any intentions and questions you have that serve your greatest and highest path. Jupiter and the North Node are conjunct Mercury. All three of these luminaries will assist in the delivery of these intentions.
Mercury will once again move behind our Sun, in a superior conjunction, on 6/30/23, in the sidereal sign of Gemini trine Saturn. Mercury is the ruler of Gemini. Get ready for the next set of transmissions. There may be more truth than we can handle!
Do you see the difference of energies between tropical and true sky when we look at what is happening from above the solar system? The retrograde matters, but only that it is an inflection point in Mercury’s energy cycle, when our antennae to source is very accurate and sensitive.
Key Points:
There is a transmitting (from Superior to Inferior conjunction) and a receiving (from Inferior to Superior conjunction) phase with Mercury
When Mercury is transmitting, we Listen (silent), WE RECEIVE before the inferior conjunction. If we write, think or speak in this phase it must be with intention.
When Mercury is receiving, we transmit, after the inferior conjunction. We ask spirit questions, we speak our desires for the next cycle.
Our ability to receive messages from the divine and to set intentions, are directly related to how close Mercury is to the Earth.
The Natal sign and house that your Mercury dwells, and the constellation it is moving in currently, is directly related to your ability to discern and communicate with divine source energy and what area of your life will be affected.
Hit me up with questions. I know this was a lot. I am here to help.
In love with the Universe,
Dr. Dani