Topic: WC - Daily Practice
9:33am Saturday 21Oct06
Still groggily awake and moving slow. Made a big breakfast to rev up my engines for the day ahead.
Dreamed that I was looking for new furniture at an Ikea like store. Couldn't find a bed that suited my needs. I woke up all achy this morning so clearly I wasn't positioned properly. In my dream, three youth came up behind me and tried to push me into oncoming traffic. I sensed what they were up to and grabbed a telephone pole in the nick. They lifted me up to throw me into traffic but someone came and stopped them. They followed me as I walked up the street and I was surrounded by other people who ushered them away.
In my apartment building I walked with two maternal women. They were a representation of my Mother and my Aunt Faith but they weren't them as they were white ladies. They walked with me as I started to feel the emotions of my pending death. They comforted me as I started to cry. Within me I felt the presence (intuition, higher power) that reassured me that I could trust, that I could depend on the presence - I've always been able to.
I know that death is an end of a cycle. I interpret it that way in the Tarot anyway. I'm often emotional when I have to let things go sometimes even when they're bad for me. Health wise, I've had to let go of bad habits. Relationship wise, I've had to let go of ideas/fantasies and justifications. That seems to be a constant. Mind you the space I've made for new people has been filled with people beyond my wildest dreams, people who I like and am already growing to love as kindred spirits. I think the emotions are a culmination of the fear of the unknown and learning to trust and the feeling of time that was wasted stubbornly holding on to tactics that no longer worked for me.
The new moon starts as of 10pm tonight. A new moon is a time to set new goals and start new programs etc. One of these days I will sit down and get out all the info for people who may be interested in following the moons. IFOA isn't the best time to do it.
Mercury goes retrograde Oct 28th to November 17th. And that is a time to keep the status quo. Don't buy any new electronics, cars. Don't sign contracts or start a new job because you will regret it. Communication is mixed up. If you make plans with someone, this is a time to confirm and reconfirm just to make sure you got the info straight.
You'll notice that you will come in contact with people you haven't seen or spoken to in ages. Blasts from the past. Either they will look you up or you will look them up. Mercury retrograde is a time to go back to projects that you may have been having problems with and reworking them. Starting a new romance isn't good but rekindling an old romance is great...
Here is a better description of it from Susan Miller's Astrology Zone
What happens when Mercury retrogrades? You miss appointments, your computer equipment crashes, checks get lost, you find the car you just purchased during Mercury retrograde is a lemon. (Or, you hate your haircut, the lamp you bought shorts out, your sister hates her birthday gift.) There will be countless delays, cancellations and postponements--but know these will benefit you in the long run. Don't fight them, although your frustration level and feeling of restlessness will be hard to cope with at times.
All machinery and things with moving parts--such as computers, VCRs, camera equipment, garbage disposals, and so forth, will reveal any weak links now. It is critical that you back up your data system and be more careful and vigilant than ever. Projects will demand more time and money than anticipated this month.
In matters of the heart, if your boyfriend or girlfriend breaks up with you or says something hurtful, take a wait-and-see attitude. Since Mercury rules speech, they may not mean what you think they are saying now. Let them have some space, and wait to see if they mean in October what they said in September.
When traveling, leave early and allow for extra travel time. Have all bags double-taped closed, count your belongings, double-check addresses and reconfirm appointments. Things get lost when Mercury messes us up. Take NOTHING for granted. The sector of your chart that Mercury happens to be skating through will be effected most dramatically, so check your forecast!
Why would the Universe give us Mercury retrograde? Because to move forward it is sometimes necessary to backtrack and reconfigure our paths in life. It is important to reconsider, repair, reflect, and reconnect. Mercury forces us to slow down and fix what's broken, and in so doing, rethink things. It also gives us time to get to projects we have put on the back-burner.
Some activities are lucky or actually improve when Mercury retrogrades. You are likely to bump into old friends that you haven't seen in years. Adopted children tend to find their birth parents during Mercury retrograde periods, or people locate their long lost siblings. Prosecutors often find clues to crimes that had previously remained unsolved for years. (Although sometimes the reverse is true--there is a greater danger, or example, that police can bungle evidence during a Mercury retrograde period, for clear thinking doesn't come easy for any of us then.) Mail that went astray weeks or even years ago shows up during Mercury retrograde. Some things that were lost reappear.
Now is also a good time to dress old wounds, clean up relationships or to simply bury the hatchet. Some people have great breakthroughs in psychotherapy during a Mercury retrograde period. For salesman, it is a positive time to backtrack over previous contacts rather than call on new ones. It is a perfect time to schedule work on projects that you haven't had time to do and you've let pile up. Bring your resume or portfolio up to date, and clean out your closets. Take time to paint the house. Clear your decks.
Just try not to start new things. If you have to start a job during a Mercury retrograde period know that the nature of the job is likely to change dramatically over time. Perhaps the person you report to will leave, or your responsibilities will be very different from what you thought they would be. Or your company won't be ready to take you on, and you won't have much to do until things are reorganized. But remember, if this was a position that you tried for in the past, then you've got the vibes working for you rather than against you.
Lucky me the next retrograde period falls in my birthday. So I'd better make my plans before February and getting that tattoo I was thinking about is probably out of the question. ha ha!
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