Posts from — April 2010

‘News You Can Use’

Yes, Mercury has turned Retrograde once again and we will learn to live with it for three weeks until May 12th.  Are you one of those people who really notices the effects or are you oblivious unless notified?  Not everyone is necessarily impacted by this phenomenon which happens approximately three times per year.

In general Mercury Retrograde is a time to work with all the RE-words: re-think, review, re-consider, re-train, re-’member’, re-claim, repair, re-do.  Can you think of other appropriate words?  I like to use this time to catch up. I got a jump on things yesterday by filing a huge stack of documents and papers that I had allowed to accumulate.  It’s clean-up time!

Mercury is now in Taurus, and as it moves back and re-traces from 12 degrees to 2 degrees we each have an opportunity to slow down and exert careful thinking on all matters having to do with Taurus themes.

Note that the Sun is rising ahead of Mercury, and that Venus follows behind Mercury, also in Taurus.  The Sun is about to enter Taurus so there will be massive themes surrounding money matters.  Issues of feeling safe and secure will be foremost in many people’s thoughts.  Some will be feeling insecure and fearful, but Taurus is logical and practical, so the real key is to be constructive.  Think like a builder, a contractor.  How can you put together a plan that is sure, steady, and practical?  Re-think all matters with this in mind.  Planning and re-structuring for a safer, happier, more stable way of life is in order.

Taurus is also about the enjoyment of the basics in life: ‘wine, women, and song’ themes.  It’s time to slow down and smell the roses.  Many of life’s gifts are still free, or relatively so.  Take a walk, sit under a blooming apple tree, have a quiet and meaningful dinner with the one you love, be a lover.  Enjoy being in your body, and see what else you can do to make life more pleasurable with what you already have.