Weekend of July 27-28, 2019: Another Dimension!
These reports have been posted since 1999, a period of 20 years, which means I have written about the Mercury Retrograde period 60 times at least (about 3 times a year). Here is some material from 10 years ago:
(29 December 2009:) Fortunately, various weirdnesses of the Retrograde Mercury season canceled one another out so that the passengers were saved. First, the decision of Umar Abdulmutallab to blow up the plane and himself with a device hidden in his underwear was bizarre, retrograde, and nutty. Second, the airline or airport failed dismally to investigate a suspicious passenger or detect the explosive which "would have been easily detected with the right airport equipment" according to the Associated Press. Third, the device itself failed. Fortunately this last "Mercury retrograde" phenomenon was beneficent, canceling out the first two, as a manifestation of divine grace--most certainly not of human sanity or competence! And people doubt God's providence.
. . . activity toward your goals. . . As said often, while Mercury is retrograde these should be old goals you understand well rather than new ones which could go awry before you realize you are wasting your time.
Things which need to be done over and over repeatedly can be wearing on morale, but fidelity to major life purposes will keep you going.
I have been sitting here helplessly for a half hour waiting for my email to load on a very slow Internet connection. This is typical of the Dark Hermetic Epoch. (22 August 2009)
The "What's it all about, and why bother?" attitude is exacerbated by the Dark Hermetic Epoch. . . (3 September 2009)
Mercury almost at his station, that is, motionless, heralds the Mercury-retrograde period . . . . It does not have to be a depressing time unless we let it be, although it brings up matters which need reworking or rethinking. (5 September 2009) ~Patience and Restoration~
9 September 2009 We have Prime Time, although since Mercury is retrograde and will be until the 29th no time is as Prime as it would be otherwise. It is well to think twice or thrice before deciding on any change of plans.
10 September 2009:
}Slow Dialectic{
The Mercury-retrograde period is fully upon us. Those of you who have been reading these reports for years know pretty much what I will say, but even for myself it helps to reformulate a plan for this period. Here is a thumbnail sketch: Divide your activities into two groups:
Clear Duties __________Other Stuff and New Ideas
a, b, c . . . ________________ x, y, z . . .
Now, whenever you feel lassitude, despair, weariness, boredom, or uncertainty, think about the Clear Duties list. These are things you just need to do (according to your own soul-choice, as it were, even if they seem imposed "from outside"). Most likely, you will be wanting to try something form the "Other Stuff" list instead. Well, it's your decision, but when Mercury is retrograde too often people gravitate to the "Other Stuff" and get in all kinds of trouble.
But a need for "difference" or "something else" is also a need during this time. So you could do the following on a given day: Select a few of the Clear Duties and determine to get them done. But realize they may take longer than usual and so perhaps do fewer of them than you would normally. Then, in the time left over, let yourself experiment with some of the Other Stuff. This could be quite fascinating and illumining. However, it could go too far, so remember that, and get back to the Clear Duties before things get way out of hand.
That's about the best I can do for all-purpose advice during the Mercury Retrograde period. Except this, which is very important: Resist an impulse to "drop everything" when it comes to job, marriage, home, school, or whatever is basic in your life. Quitting a job at these times is usually a mistake. Filing for divorce could be. Moving could be, not necessarily, but if you have a lot of doubts about it it is probably a mistake. And so on.
The Mercury-retrograde period is fully upon us. Those of you who have been reading these reports for years know pretty much what I will say, but even for myself it helps to reformulate a plan for this period. Here is a thumbnail sketch: Divide your activities into two groups:
Clear Duties __________Other Stuff and New Ideas
a, b, c . . . ________________ x, y, z . . .
Now, whenever you feel lassitude, despair, weariness, boredom, or uncertainty, think about the Clear Duties list. These are things you just need to do (according to your own soul-choice, as it were, even if they seem imposed "from outside"). Most likely, you will be wanting to try something form the "Other Stuff" list instead. Well, it's your decision, but when Mercury is retrograde too often people gravitate to the "Other Stuff" and get in all kinds of trouble.
But a need for "difference" or "something else" is also a need during this time. So you could do the following on a given day: Select a few of the Clear Duties and determine to get them done. But realize they may take longer than usual and so perhaps do fewer of them than you would normally. Then, in the time left over, let yourself experiment with some of the Other Stuff. This could be quite fascinating and illumining. However, it could go too far, so remember that, and get back to the Clear Duties before things get way out of hand.
That's about the best I can do for all-purpose advice during the Mercury Retrograde period. Except this, which is very important: Resist an impulse to "drop everything" when it comes to job, marriage, home, school, or whatever is basic in your life. Quitting a job at these times is usually a mistake. Filing for divorce could be. Moving could be, not necessarily, but if you have a lot of doubts about it it is probably a mistake. And so on.
I wish our culture could realize the cyclic nature of time. It is not true that every day is the same and the same attitude ought to rule every day. It would be good for everyone to reduce external expectations during the Mercury Retrograde period (and even the whole Dark Hermetic Epoch, which lasts several weeks longer). That means, don't expect things to work out as quickly. Give it time. Do what you can but when something in you tells you "this isn't working" you need to slow down and try an alternate approach for a while. Not suicide (which I believe happens more often during these times). And not quitting your job, except in extreme cases. But something you can work in around your Clear Duties. Even those Duties need to be examined because some of them could be false, that is, mistaken in the way you think they need to be done. Often less is more at these times. "Slacking off" could be the cardinal sin of sloth, or it could be a needed retreat helping your soul to recover poised orientation.
The current Mercury R period in July-August 2019 feels like all the others. Our understanding of it grows with the years, however. I would emphasize the extra-dimensional nature of these periods. I entertain seriously the thought that we enter into a different dimension at these times, That is, at least some of the time, in our dreams perhaps or sleep, or in waking moments when we feel "out of it" but "in" something "else." Trying too earnestly to define that would probably do little good. It has to be experienced individually.
Welcome to your personal extra-dimensional reality! It has elements of the past---special memories. It has elements of the future. And it unfolds many undefinable elements of mystery and illumination.
Cosmic Piper
Saturday 27 July 2019
Moon in Gemini
Sunday 28 July 2019
Moon in Gemini
/moon goes void-of-course at 8:25a PT | 11:25a ET | 3:25p UT
I usually post a Message from the Christian Science folks---really excellent---and one from Sri Sathya Sai Baba. I am leaving those out this time. You might want to choose your own method of spiritual orientation.
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