Two steps forward

After a 6 week period of review and reflection - new information and understanding is helping us create a better way forward. 

Mercury went retrograde in the sign of Leo on July 8th- and then turned direct Thursday August 1st-  and last week (15th) it reached the point that began its retrograde motion - meaning that we are now moving FULL STEAM AHEAD - at least as far as Mercury is concerned.

Mercury is about how we think and communicate. When it went back into Cancer and activated the Collective Destiny Points (Nodes of Moon)  - there was focus on re examining inherited family patterns and childhood wounding.  Eclipses in this area emphasized the possibility of some majour shifts. Accountabity was emphasized (Saturn) as well as the need for forgiveness(Neptune). 

That doesn’t mean dismissing the impact of  what has occurred. Yet when we face and release the roots of our discontent, we give permission to our soul to move forward in a positive way.

“When we hate people, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.” - Dale Carnegie

This is not a straightforward process - it’s often two steps forward - one step back, and at this time everything seems to be accelerated. 

Mercury represents our stories-  what we think about - how we think about it. Sometimes those stories were told to us. They’re not even our own. As we rethink and rewrite our own personal and unique  narrative  - new elements come into play that we didn’t consider up till now. 

Mercury in Leo can be haughty and prideful - at its best it represents a strong sense of self based on personal sovereignty. It’s telling us that when all is said and done- we are the master of our own ship - and the writer of our own story! 

Time for something completely different!