Mercury Retrograde’s Gift
Your best year ever — if you go back and dot your i's and cross your t's
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
— Winston Churchill
Mercury Crossing
As of this writing, Mercury is about to cross backwards from Capricorn into Sagittarius, where it will stay until it stations direct on January 1st or 2nd (depending on where you are).
As usual, my usual volume of messages bemoaning Mercury’s backwards dance naughtiness have been pouring in — with my usual, response of the opportunity is in the cock-up or let Mercury show you where the mistake is before it becomes a disaster.
BUT this is no ordinary Mercury retrograde — look at what you have to re-[insert verb] in the previous sign / house in your chart before you can move forward with what Mercury showed you in the next sign / house. NO. This retrograde coincides with yesterday’s Winter Solstice (now we’re gaining light) as well as Jupiter slowing down to turn direct at the end of the month. <insert choirs of angels singing>
On December 18th, Mercury and Jupiter perfected their backwards trine. As I often say during consult, whenever Mercury and Jupiter make an aspect a window opens between the divine design and the manifest world. For flowing aspects like trines, the energy gives birth to a balanced idea harmoniously — ESPECIALLY in earth signs — which are all about results you can measure with your senses. This aspect functioned like a hand off from guru to student:
