Mercury Direct!

Mercury is slowing down to go direct which, as I have mentioned, is one of the more tricky periods of the Mercury Retrograde process. It's all about speed with retrograde planets and the slower the stronger it's effects, though strong does not necessarily mean "Good" -or "bad". This is where Mercury appears to slow down to a stop where it hangs for a few days before slowly moving forward, retracing it's steps. So although your friends may be saying "mercury is direct" it's not really true until the 23rd and even then it's a process of gaining momentum, not a flip of a switch.

These few days where Mercury stops is when you really see bizarre reversals, miscommunication, mechanical malfunctions and errors of logic. What makes this one especially dramatic is that it's in a difficult square aspect to Uranus, the planet of surprises and sudden, drastic change. The combination of the two is explosive and especially weird but it can also lend to times where we are gifted with sudden insight and bright ideas though they may go against the grain of society in some way. If every there was a time to watch what you say and double check the safety straps on that rocket your are harnessing onto your very nervous chinchilla  this is that time.

Mercury Hangs at 13º Cancer from July 17 - July 24th. These are approximate dates and just like the changing of the seasons it happens on it's own timescale not ours. We apply our measurements to it not the other way around. That said, it's accurate enough to know when to hold em & know when to fold em (& Ect).

As always with these things you will most notice this transit if it is aspecting your natal chart. To know for sure you will have to have your chart read by an astrologer like me ;D. That said, we can see where Mercury Retro is effecting us generally by looking to see what house it's transiting through. To do that we need to look to our rising sign. To find out your rising sign go to the Rising sign calculator at Cafe astrology.


Aries:  4th House : Home & family, houses, real  estate, rentals, renovations and relocating,  roommates and all who live in the home.

Taurus:  3rd house: The Mind, writing and communications, siblings and neighbors, errands and movement within your local area, plans, media.

Gemini: 2nd House: Self worth, money, wealth and finances, personal assets and values.

Cancer: 1st House: Identity, self-assertion, selfishness, personal demands, the Face and outer appearance. 
 
Leo:  12th House: Hidden issues, self-undoing, secret or private issues, retreat, cooperation, hospitalization, retirement, completing old issues, subconscious drives and issues which harm our conscious will. 

Virgo:  11th House: Groups, friends and Acquaintances, networks, cliques, Hopes, dreams, gains, personal and shared goals.

Libra: 10th House Career, profession, position in society, public standing, reputation, authority figures, bosses, fathers, awards, responsibilities, desire for achievement.

Scorpio:  9th House: Travel, education, philosophy, teachers, foreigners, legal issues, courthouses, broadcasting and publishing. 
 
Sagittarius: 8th House: intimacy, sexuality, psychological and occult matters, shared resources, inheritance, credit, loans, personal power of regeneration. 

Capricorn:  7th House: marriage, partnership, close friends, rivals, open enemies and all important one-on-one interactions.
 
Aquarius:  6th House: health & illness of physical body, work, service, routines, habits, co-workers, hired workers and staff.

Pisces:  5th House: Love affairs, dating, games, fun, play fullness, entertainment and entertaining, performance arts, creativity, pregnancy and children.