Sunday, May 25, 2014 ~ Early Mercury retrograde
OK, so I just did it again -- sent out this week's journal with last week's dates in the masthead.
It must be that I'm just so excited about the Neptunian New Moon and Mercury retrograde that I've already leapt into the effects!
I'm sure it's my reminder about the need to let go of certain aspects of this reality, especially that Virgoan need for perfection. Still, my Moon in Virgo is absolutely SURE I should send out another email with the correct dates...
Have a good week!
Pam
NorthPoint
Astrology Journal
Your Guide to Planetary Energies for
Sunday, May 25, 2014 ~ Early Mercury retrograde
By Pam Younghans
Today's photo is from the National Geographic website, chosen as one of their "favorite space photos." I agree!
THE FINAL WEEK of
May brings remnants of the past into the present. Venus, Mercury and
the Moon's nodes are working together for the first three days of the
week to reconnect us with old friends and lovers.
Venus conjunct the South Node (Tuesday)
is the energy of remembering the relationships of the past -- either
from this lifetime or from other lifetimes. Mercury's trine to the North
Node (Monday) and sextile to Venus (Wednesday)
indicate that these relationships will, at the very least, reach our
conscious awareness. At the most, we may have direct interaction with
certain people from our past, in particular those with whom we share
karmic connections or unresolved issues.
IT APPEARS,
since the South Node is in Aries, that the reconnections and
rememberings that occur early in the week are our opportunity for a
"do-over." Perhaps we ended things in anger, or we acted from the belief
that the other person was like us in some regard, instead of seeing
them (and accepting them) for who they really are.
This
convergence of Venus, Mercury, and the nodes this week provides a view
into our relationship history and offers new roads for us to travel. The
North Node in Libra tells us that we can now resolve and more fully let
go of what was, both by communicating clearly from a place of truth and
by being able to see reality through the other's eyes.
OUR NEW MOON on Wednesday
is in Gemini. Usually, a New Moon in the sign of the Twins emphasizes
the logical, intellectual, and communicative aspects of our
personalities. However, Neptune strongly squares (is 90 degrees away
from) the Sun and the Moon at the time of the lunation -- so, instead of
our brains being fully "in gear," we may find our thinking to be foggy
and our perspective more imaginative than realistic.
In other words, although Mercury does not go retrograde (backward) until next week (on June 7),
we're probably getting a head start on some of that influence as soon
as this new lunar cycle begins. In response to the groans I just heard,
let's take a look at the positive potentials of this Neptune square (and
the upcoming Mercury retro phase).
MOST OF US spend
two-thirds of our lives in conscious mode, consumed with processing the
events of daily life, and one-third of our time asleep and unconscious.
We are aware of variations in those states of consciousness primarily
in times of meditation, heightened creativity, or lucid dreaming.
Neptune,
being the planet most associated with the creative process and spiritual
growth, always reminds us of the importance of those states of altered
awareness for our physical, emotional, and mental health -- and for our
spiritual evolution. Mercury's retrograde phase, occurring for about
three times a year or about 24 days, steps in and helps with those
reminders as well.
IT OCCURS
to me that the Universe is being very compassionate by scheduling a
Neptunian New Moon and Mercury's retrograde phase at this time. We've
just been through a LOT. The recent Cardinal Grand Cross brought great
change to many lives. And, for those less obviously affected, the
intensity of the energy waves required, at the very least, each of us to
adapt and find new ways to stay in balance.
In other
words, we need the healing allowed by those altered states of
consciousness. We need to let go of the worries and concerns, and to
drift for a while. For most of June, we will benefit from being less
attached to concrete, external reality and being more in a place of
expectant listening, waiting for the whispers of our higher minds and
intuition to come into our awareness.
TELECLASS IN JUNE:
Finding the Trail Home
Your guide to planetary influences
for July through December 2014
Attend live on Thursday, June 12, either online or by phone, at these times:
4 to 5:30pm PDT | 5 to 6:30pm MDT
6 to 7:30pm CDT | 7 to 8:30pm EDT
The class will be recorded for replay for those who cannot attend live.
ONLY THREE WEEKS until my next teleclass on Thursday, June 12! I'm calling it "Finding the Trail Home"
because, now that we've made it through the tumultuous energies of the
Cardinal Grand Cross, we have the opportunity to move forward in new
ways -- to come "Home" to ourselves in ways that we've not found
possible up to this point.
During the
teleclass, I will share with you my thoughts about the planetary
energies for the next six months. I'm once again teaming up with Elsie
Kerns, Wellness Educator, who does such a great job of handling all the
technological and organizational side of the event.
As always, you can either attend live or just download the replay afterward at your convenience. For more information, or to register, here's the link:
I hope you can join us!
Blessings,
Pam
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