The planet Mercury has to do with our thinking process. It also has to do with evaluation, speculation, integration and information.Â
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The placement of Mercury in the Natal Astrology chart, by sign and house position along with natal aspects determines how your mind operates and how it deals with information, both favourable and challenging. Regardless of how your Mercury is aspected in your natal chart, you have options as to how you wish to deal with life’s adversities and also how you wish to move forward when opportunity strikes.
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As Mercury moves through the Zodiac, it forms aspects to all of your planets over a relatively short period of time, quite opposite from the movement of the slow outer planets. Mercury is known as a neutral planet, suggesting that it needs stimulation from outside sources before it becomes activated. A transit to your Natal Mercury is quite different in energy from an aspect by Transiting Mercury to your natal positions.
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Transiting Mercury changes signs at least once every month unless it goes into retrograde. Retrograde motion is when a planet appears to move backwards in the Zodiac. Outer planets are in retrograde about half of the time through the year. Mercury remains in retrograde for about three weeks at a time. It can change signs while in retrograde motion, therefore moving over the same degree in your chart three times until it finally moves direct again and continues its forward motion.
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Many individuals fear Mercury while in its retrograde cycle but this is a bit of a fallacy. What Mercury suggests while in retrograde is that you review your current plans before actually moving forward with them. Mercury retrograde is a time for studying and integrating and then moving ahead when Mercury moves out of retrograde and back into direct motion. We are not saying stop your plans to do or buy something. We suggest caution, however, if you are signing documents as the outcome may not go as planned. Some challenges may interrupt the flow of things.
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It is also important to know that those with Mercury retrograde in their birth charts may have more issues when Mercury is in retrograde by transit. It should also be noted that Mercury must affect a planetary position or angle in your natal chart by no more than 3-4° of orb for it to have any type of effect in your chart.Â
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For example, if Mercury crosses your Sun in Gemini at 3° and your Mercury is retrograde in your birth chart, it will have an impact on your chart especially if Mercury conjuncts or is in opposition to this placement (the Sun in Gemini in our example). Squares and Trines along with Sextiles have a lessor effect, and the energies will not be as bad as you might think they may be.Â
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Those individuals that do not have Mercury retrograde in their natal charts may experience nothing more than a minor setback, if at all, during Mercury’s retrograde cycle.
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As a side note, all planets except for Saturn while moving through their retrograde cycle do not operate at full capacity. Saturn, however, seems to operate with far less restrictions while in retrograde than it would in direct motion.Â
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The transits of Mercury & its retrograde motion are short lived as it moves quickly though the Zodiac. Mercury is neutral and needs stimulation. Use Mercury’s retrograde periods to plan and then act when Mercury goes direct. There is nothing to fear with Mercury retrograde.
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