Mercury the psychopomp enters its pre-retrograde shadow in Libra today where it will practice its gender-fluid alchemy in relationships right up until November. Retrograding in the sign of relationships from September 27, over the next three weeks we receive a glimpse of topics that require more conscious attention. Responsive risk-management re both mundane Mercurial matters (business communications, technology, vehicles etc) and relationship issues that border the shadow realms of consciousness will help to eliminate unnecessary chaos during Mercury’s mystical journey of death and rebirth.
From mid September the two personal planets most closely related to relationships - Venus and Mars - will be negotiating each other’s territory with varying degrees of discomfort. Mercury’s capacity to transition between realms and between states of gender, being, activity and perception suggests the possibility of being able to balance opposing perspectives so that we can better understand what’s being asked of us in relationships.
Venus rules the masculine sign of Libra (all of the planets possess a spectrum of gender expressions with Mercury being most fluid) and its activities exert considerable influence over Mercury’s mystical passage. Today the goddess makes two major aspects that set the tone for both tomorrow’s New Moon in Virgo and the months ahead. At around 1pm AEST she makes an exact square to Pluto at 24 degrees Capricorn. This tense aspect between the planet of love, beauty, fairness and material abundance, and the planet of trauma, transformation and riches highlights power dynamics, feelings that seek transformative outlet, and even possible financial breakthroughs and profound emotional shifts. Hours later Venus makes an extremely fortuitous trine to Jupiter, the Greater Benefic at 24 degrees Aquarius.
These energies bode well for a deep release that gives rise to renewed optimism, abundance and good fortune. It’s a day to name fears that stand in the way of intimacy, connection and relating, to have heart to heart conversations that get to the heart of matters, to face fears and take transformative action. It may feel intense. But nothing less than tender diplomacy and radical honesty on topics of crucial feeling importance will do. Once we’ve cleaned out the emotional detritus, tomorrow’s New Moon offers a revolutionary reset.
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