Dec 29, 2022 – Jan 18, 2023 Mercury Retrograde: Review the Vision / Pivot if Necessary
Dec 29, 2022 at 4:32am – Jan 18, 2023 at 8:12am eastern time:
Mercury Retrograde: Review the Vision / Pivot if Necessary
Mercury Retrograde will start off in sidereal Capricorn where it’s sitting with Saturn (who’s gearing up for a very welcome shift Jan 17). On Dec 30, Mercury rolls back into Sagittarius the Truth Seeker until Feb 6, 2023, where it will be influenced by intense Rahu. Mercury governs our connections and communication, our minds, intellect, memory and nervous systems among other things. While retrograde from Dec 29-Jan 18, be ready for the usual shenanigans: delays, misunderstandings, irritations with technology, typos... As always, review and try to have plenty of patience.
Often times, Merc retro signals a chance to pause, reflect and revisit past ideas and intentions. As this Merc is in a forward-moving fire sign and is connecting with Rahu, the typical slowing down Merc retro can offer might not happen as it has. Instead, we may feel a strong drive to embrace our Truth, and take leaps ahead by first going inward. We may find ourselves looking at our beliefs and have an urge to become clearer in our ideas and stronger in the message we put out into the world. Engaging in activities such as these will be supportive:
· envisioning activities (vision boards, brain storming, business plan writing)
· mission-statement building
· marketing and sales plan creation
Get it out of your head and onto paper in order to review and edit. Don’t feel the need to push something out into the world because it’s the New Year. Give it a few weeks and let the planets settle in; the January New Moon is a better time in general.
But Rahu can also be a trickster who can coerce an impressionable planet like Mercury into going along with its plans. This could be a time when people feel lied to, are taken advantage of, and conspiracies and propaganda can circulate. We may feel uncertain and doubtful of ourselves and those we look (up) to. This is a chance to revisit beliefs and see if we still align with what is said by leaders, and to reflect upon our own individual truths and what makes sense to us. This Mercury retrograde gives us permission to pivot.
As with most Mercury retrograde times, supporting the nervous system is highly recommended. Abhyanga (Ayurvedic self massage), grounding pranayama (focused breathwork), increasing healthy fats internally (if it’s ok for your health to do so), journaling, contemplation and meditation are all helpful tools. The idea behind these practices is to help nourish our nervous systems so we feel safe and secure as we journey in the world during a time when things may feel like they’re a bit upside-down. See the resources page on my website for more about these simple and accessible tips: https://www.lexneon.com/resources
::PEACE::
