Today, the messenger of the Gods - Mercury - will retrograde for the first time in 2021. Mercury rules over our mental planes, information, technology, communication, and anything with moving parts. When mercury retrogrades (normally 3 or 4 times a year) we have to slow down and retrace our steps. Mercury retrogrades classically are a time to rest, revisit, re-edit and revise our plans, reorganize and restructure our thoughts and feelings, and reconsider our position in life. Mercury retrogrades get a bad reputation, but the truth is, mercury retrogrades are a powerful time for us to refine our energy and vibration.
This year, Mercury will be retrograding in air signs which will have us rethinking pretty much every element we’ve ever thought of. Its first retrograde of the year is in Aquarius, which means we have some revamping to do. Aquarius energy is about freedom, independence, the collective, rebellion, technology, and progressive movement. It’s focused on thinking outside of the box, breaking the moulds and is futuristically focused.
With mercury retrograding in Aquarius, we will see a huge reorganization of societal structures. We the people are being empowered to take our power back from the bigger establishments and have seen such a huge revolt against the old outdated paradigms and structures.
Collectively, mercury retrograding in Aquarius will have us backtracking just a tad to review all that has happened. We will have to take a second look at the information that we may have skipped over. We may see a huge reform in how we are interacting as a collective unit. Individually, we will likely have to revisit some old ideas, and revamp our plans before moving forward. We will likely see old people, ideas, and emotions re-emerge for a second glance.
Because communication is always disrupted during a retrograde, we have to expect a few minor conflicts that we will likely be able to clean up after mercury goes direct. We have some serious thinking to do and much of this thinking will be perspective changing as we move throughout the energy of the retrograde. Our intuitions lead us while mercury our mental plane is asleep at the wheel.
Expect huge amounts of insights and cosmic downloads to inspire you with a new vision. Expect the unexpected and expect to be confused as hell until we gain clarity once mercury goes direct. It’s a time of recalibration so don’t expect to make huge moves forward, and big steps of progress. Don’t put pressure on yourself to be productive as this isn’t the time to see physical results; instead it’s a time of deep contemplative thinking.
Mercury retrogrades are nothing to fear and instead are something to be cherished and valued. We always come out of them with more wisdom than we ever had before and more certainty on where our path is leading us.
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