Articles tagged "mercury" ~ Molly's Astrology

Articles tagged "mercury"

Molly's Astrology for August 2010

Cardinal T-square

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Also know by the lofty title, “Cardinal Climax.”

Jupiter, having completed a square to Pluto, moves into opposition with Saturn, forming a cardinal t-square. T-squares are like being in a football game. Persistence and immense effort helps you power through obstacles and win. This is doubly true if you have planets in your birth chart in early degrees of cardinal signs: Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn. Cardinal signs are restless. They all want to take charge, but they tend to pull in different directions. The trick is to get the different sides listening to each other…

Mercury Retrograde: What's it Good For?

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When we hear about Mercury retrograde in astrology, it is usually described as, at best, an annoyance, and at worst, a reason to stop in your tracks and pull the covers over your head for three weeks. While the latter is simply bad astrology, the first description is undoubtedly true. With the lights blinking off an on, wind and weather kicking up, technology glitches, misunderstandings, wrong turns and traffic jams, we have reason to be annoyed and reason to be extra cautious during Mercury retro. But there is a method to the madness, and I want to help you understand and take advantage of it.

Mercury retrograde mishaps

They say folks with natal retrograde Mercury fare better during Mercury rx than those without. I was born when Mercury was retro, and I think maybe that is true on some level, but we are still subject to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

Mercury retrograde... the contest!

My precious cat Stevie barfed on my phone this morning… I am not making this up.

I am used to mishaps involving pets, and disturbances with phones, internet and other connectivity during Mercury retrograde (as well as other Murphy’s Law kind of events); I consider it absolutely par for the course. But the cat spewing on the phone is a new one for me.

More transit Saturn conjunct Pluto in Leo

If you were born in the time period roughly between 1938 and 1956, you have Pluto in Leo. This means that at some time between Summer 2005 and Fall 2007, Saturn either has transited, or will transit, your natal Pluto.

Mercury Retrograde

Mercury turns retrograde for three weeks, every four months. In general terms, this is Murphy’s Law time. Machines tend to go a bit screwy— cars, computers, phone, fax, printer, bulldozer, and the doctor’s machine that goes ping.

Mercury: the messenger

Mercury’s sign shows how we communicate: do you communicate quickly, slowly? Forcefully, softly? Methodically, or off the top of your head?

Virgo

Virgo is the mutable earth sign. Mutable signs are the most flexible and adaptable. Earth signs are the most utilitarian and practical. Therefore, Virgo has a talent for seeing what needs to be done, and doing it. They are very detail-oriented, and good at jobs that require multitasking.

Gemini

Gemini is the mutable air sign. Mutable signs are the most flexible. Air represents mental and social energy. Geminis have an innate curiosity and mental flexibility which allows them to learn new words and absorb new ideas quickly. They also tend to pick up foreign languages easily.