Uranus turns retrograde this week, until mid-December. The effect of any retrograde planet, like with Mercury, is that its energy is exacerbated but internalised. Uranus is all about revolution, invention, technology … it is the expect the unexpected planet. As it transits through Aries, this suggests some kind of cultural and technological revolution at the same time as a strong and potentially disruptive drive for freedom and independence. During this retrograde period it again closes up the Square with Pluto (exact at the end of October), giving us an opportunity for deep evolution at a personal, the kind of evolution that can eventually play out in a global and political level (hmm, it’ll be interesting times for an election … expect more of the unexpected when it comes to power plays). For the moment though, combining Uranus retrograde with the Grand Water Trine, I anticipate that the next week will offer flashes of brilliant intuitive insight … take note of the wacky stuff, there’s likely to be a message in it somewhere, but it won’t be the one you planned for!!
Illusion and the psychic connection … Neptune in Pisces (2012-26)
Neptune moved into Pisces in Feb 2012, a significant wobble in planetary energies. Neptune is a very slow moving planet, it stays in PIsces for 14 years (the last time it was in Pisces was the mid-1800s). Things spiritual and psychic take the driver’s seat. If we’re open to it… this was a global shift that could even challenge gross materialism … it is the opportunity to appreciate the illusion. Surrendering to the field, to energy that is greater than the merely mortal, is the ultimate liberation. All is maya, illusion.
“Your suffering is a dream, your darkness is a dream, your going astray is a dream. That’s the meaning of the word maya. Man lives in illusion. The way out of illusion does not exist, because the way out of illusion will be another illusion. You have simply to wake up. There is no way, no bridge. One state is of unawareness, another is of awareness. And from unawareness to awareness the distance is nil… just a little effort, a little jogging.” Osho.
Neptune in Pisces … it’s a chance to wake up, to accept the illusion that is!
Mercury retrograde is not an excuse for stuffing up!
I read somewhere the other day about a school teacher who had students using Mercury retrograde as an excuse for not completing homework (http://hibiscusmooncrystalacademy.com/crystals-for-mercury-retrograde/) … seriously! Take responsibility. Astrology is not causal, it is just a way of reading the fundamental interconnectedness of all things. I think of it more like a weather report … if the BOM said it was going to rain, I’d prepare by taking an umbrella (hmm, maybe that wasn’t such a good example!!). An astrology report is the same, it is like an energetic weather forecast … an insight into the art of timing.
Sure things go a bit haywire when Mercury is in (apparent) retrograde motion, but the message is … take more care, be more watchful, double check the details. The important thing about this time is that we tend to be more internally focussed (which is why we might not notice that we’d booked that flight for the wrong month!), so it is a time to sssslllllooooooowwww down.
Mercury retrograde is a great time for working out how you think about something, but not such a great time for communicating that to someone else. So, if you do need to communicate, double check that what the person heard is what you intended to say.
Mercury retrograde is not an excuse, it is just a caution! An astrological weather forecast …
Uranus Rising 