Mercury, messenger of the Gods and the planet of communication has turned retrograde and will remain so until July 12th Three or four times a year, we all go through the infamous Mercury retrograde.
A retrograde occurs when the planet appears to travel backward in the sky and slows down. Most people dread Mercury Retrograde as communications can go haywire. Yes, it’s true, it is a difficult phase, but we can look at it in other ways as well. Sure, communication is wonky. An email from a coworker may randomly decide to send itself to the trash.
We take things personally when we don’t need to or slip and accidentally insult a friend. And of course, there is the infamous return of the exes. Everything can just feel harder, as if you’re dragging yourself through the mud every time you want to have a conversation. And right now, there are many important conversations to be had.
However, we can also see Mercury Retrograde like a good long rainstorm or East Coast Low ? We can sit on our bums and complain about it, or worse, try to rush and get things done while waiting for the sun to come back out. Only be met with delays, contention and frustration!
I feel the better option is to tune into Retrograde energy. Follow the 3 R’s – Rest, Reset and Regenerate!! Clean house, take care of forgotten tasks, double check over future plans and be productive. Either way, the Sun will eventually come out again. Why make it hard on ourselves!
For this Retrograde period Mercury will journey through family-oriented Cancer, turning our attention to our communities. In addition to the sign the planet is in at the time, other planets are often associated with Mercury retrograde and can have an effect on how we experience it. However, this Mercury retrograde makes no planetary aspects. It does, however, connect with a star called Sirius, which is the brightest star in the sky.
Sirius is much less dramatic than any of the planets, but it’s still brilliant. It’s the star of wealth, abundance, honor, passion, and resentment. Overall, it’s pretty positive. When Sirius connects with Mercury retrograde, it can help us make decisions that lead us on a path towards abundance.
When any planet goes retrograde, it gives us a second chance to make things right. For Mercury retrograde, that means we get a chance to make amends when it comes to any recent communication mishaps.
Though this Mercury retrograde will be easier on us than those in the past, it doesn’t mean we’re having an easy go of it right now by any means. Regardless of what the planetary aspects say, to imply that anything right now will be easier than usual would be false, given the political circumstances we’re currently living under. Many of us are trying to not only navigate surviving a pandemic and an economic collapse but are also protesting police brutality about inequalities and how to break them down and start over to rebuild for a better future.
With our focus on community and the pull of the brightest star, use this Mercury retrograde to reflect and repair any past communication errors. When we ignore unresolved issues, they stay unresolved.
This Retrograde energy also greets us as we walk the Eclipse Gateway, which is the sacred and profoundly transformative time between Eclipses. Collectively, this combination of Retrograde and Eclipse energy will stir up some uncertainty and some deeper questioning about the direction of our lives.
Past wounds may also rise up in order to be cleansed. We may even intuitively feel that our past, or even past lives, hold a clue as to where we are heading. Under all of this energy, Mercury retrograding in the sign of Cancer heightens our sensitivity and brings increased power to the words we speak and the through thoughts we think.
We are going to be able to see how our thoughts and words impact the way we see the world.
Mercury traveling through the underworld of Cancer also means we will be able to feel the vibration, emotion, and true intention behind the words that are shared with us with greater sensitivity.
While we may find ourselves getting easily upset when someone says something harsh to us, we will also find ourselves feeling easily healed and soothed when someone says something kind to us. This energy works both ways.
The words we share always matter, but especially during this Mercury Retrograde in Cancer, we want to be aware that they carry extra power.
This is a wonderful time to reach out to those that are struggling and those that need some extra love – ourselves included, and share some beautiful words of encouragement and compassion.
We can all use the family-focused pull of Cancer to support the communities we align with and have the tough talks with any friends or relatives who still have a lot of work to do. Have them now, because the next Mercury retrograde likely won’t be so friendly.
Love and Blessings ♥♥♥