How’s everyone doing? Thankfully, October is almost half over. The astrology of this month is one of the worst of the year! What’s in store for the next few days? Well, Mercury went retrograde today. What does this mean?
Mercury rules things like communication, language, the mind, postal and delivery services, commerce technology, and comedians. It also rules the concepts of deconstruction, editing, sorting, etc.
When a planet goes retrograde, it signifies different things in relation to any of the above topics, in addition to the houses it rules in your individual chart (i.e. the houses that Gemini and Virgo fall within):
– reversals
– revisions
– something/someone coming back from the past
– delays
– miscommunications
The most common things people experience during Mercury retrograde are delays, miscommunications, travel delays, and technology problems.
We can expect more developments in the news regarding the US Postal Service situation, mail-in voting, etc. The general advice most Astrologers have for people during this period is not to sign contracts, as there are often revisions or people backing out once Mercury goes direct. Though sometimes this works out well, i.e. a contract that is revising something, like a mortgage refinance.
What else will Mercury doing while it’s retrograde?
– Another opposition to Uranus will occur on October 20th. This will amp up the effects of the retrograde, adding extra disruption, sudden/unforeseen events, etc. Expect technology problems to be worse than normal on this day, and the couple days leading up to it. The positive expressions of a transit like this would include breaking free from something, revolutionizing a particular area of your life, having a liberating conversation, doing something ground breaking, writing some unusual poetry/lyrics or music. Mercury last opposed Uranus on October 8th. One of our dogs knocked my windows laptop off the table that day and the screen broke!
Signs most affected:
– Scorpio
– Taurus
– Gemini
– Virgo
– Another square to Saturn around Election Day. Saturn rules things like roadblocks, delays, restrictions etc. So we can expect the vote count to be somewhat of a debacle, with a re-count possibly being called for at some point after Mercury goes direct on the 4th. General intensification around Mercury retrograde themes will be present around this period. Mercury was last square to Saturn on September 3rd. Whatever was happening around that day may resurface or develop further.
Signs most affected:
– Libra
– Capricorn
– Gemini
– Virgo
Fun & games! Remember though, this too shall pass!