In astrology, when a planet is in retrograde, it seems from our vantage point here on Earth, that it’s going backwards in the sky. Mercury represents is the messenger of the gods, Mercury (the planet) rules communications and transportation. So whenever it is in retrograde, you get static in the air where “people don’t say what they mean and they don’t mean what they say.” It’s important to note that they (and you) will not be doing it deliberately, it’s just that we’re all affected by the retrograde. But don’t panic. It’s not all bad news. We can actually use this time to reflect and grow.
Mercury retrograde is perhaps the very best energy for enhancing reflection. It gives us energy to reflect back on anything we have been avoiding or suppressing and see things from a new perspective. Miscommunication is the most well known symptom that comes during the retrograde and also the most beneficial. At first its hard to see how a miscommunication can end up helping anyone out but, it helps us face the issues we have with the people we miscommunication with.
For example, say your best friend has been calling and changing the date of you weekly lunch without much notice for a few weeks now, but you deal, assuming they are just busy and not actually trying to blow you off. So you agree to a new date (again) only to show up and find out they wrote the wrong date down. Since this has happened during the Mercury Retrograde you are less likely to brush it of as nothing so you freak out. You tell your friend that if they don't want to hang out not to even try and hang up on them. This act might make your friend realize they have been a not so good friend and so they call to apologize and have some dinner in which case could lead to remediable bonding experience that ends up strengthening your friendship.
This is the magic that comes out of the mercury retrograde. Despite all the bad things that can and probably will happen they are meant to lead you in a direction you have been meaning to go in but avoid. In the example one person withheld their feeling of disappointment over an over again, and unfortunately for us the universe doesn't allow us to ignore our feeling for long and uses the retrograde to steer us back on track. They often appear as negative events because sometimes our greatest changes or revaluations happen when we are at our lowest points. Evolution in both science and spirituality is propelled by events, the bigger the event the bigger the change.
The biggest mistake people make during these times is try to avoid the conflicts that often come out of these time periods. DON'T!!! Allow this to happen, do not hide from friends or loved ones and don't decide not to take chances, this is also a good time to practice the state of allowing. Some of us have a hard time with this since our lives have become so routine. I promise your life wont fall apart by doing this.
So today I challenge everyone to start a mercury retrograde journal. Mark the dates on your calendar and remind yourself to write down any revelations or life changes that occur during these times. You also are going to want to write down why you think these events happened. Why did they need to happen? Soon you will begin to see how necccary thes events are and how important the Mercury Retrograde really is.
Hurry this retrograde ends June 11th.
With Love
Jorden <3
Mercury retrograde is perhaps the very best energy for enhancing reflection. It gives us energy to reflect back on anything we have been avoiding or suppressing and see things from a new perspective. Miscommunication is the most well known symptom that comes during the retrograde and also the most beneficial. At first its hard to see how a miscommunication can end up helping anyone out but, it helps us face the issues we have with the people we miscommunication with.
For example, say your best friend has been calling and changing the date of you weekly lunch without much notice for a few weeks now, but you deal, assuming they are just busy and not actually trying to blow you off. So you agree to a new date (again) only to show up and find out they wrote the wrong date down. Since this has happened during the Mercury Retrograde you are less likely to brush it of as nothing so you freak out. You tell your friend that if they don't want to hang out not to even try and hang up on them. This act might make your friend realize they have been a not so good friend and so they call to apologize and have some dinner in which case could lead to remediable bonding experience that ends up strengthening your friendship.
This is the magic that comes out of the mercury retrograde. Despite all the bad things that can and probably will happen they are meant to lead you in a direction you have been meaning to go in but avoid. In the example one person withheld their feeling of disappointment over an over again, and unfortunately for us the universe doesn't allow us to ignore our feeling for long and uses the retrograde to steer us back on track. They often appear as negative events because sometimes our greatest changes or revaluations happen when we are at our lowest points. Evolution in both science and spirituality is propelled by events, the bigger the event the bigger the change.
The biggest mistake people make during these times is try to avoid the conflicts that often come out of these time periods. DON'T!!! Allow this to happen, do not hide from friends or loved ones and don't decide not to take chances, this is also a good time to practice the state of allowing. Some of us have a hard time with this since our lives have become so routine. I promise your life wont fall apart by doing this.
So today I challenge everyone to start a mercury retrograde journal. Mark the dates on your calendar and remind yourself to write down any revelations or life changes that occur during these times. You also are going to want to write down why you think these events happened. Why did they need to happen? Soon you will begin to see how necccary thes events are and how important the Mercury Retrograde really is.
Hurry this retrograde ends June 11th.
With Love
Jorden <3