Mer­cury aligns with Mars today so watch out for quick thoughts and words.…We might need to slow things down, to pause and reflect, rather than jump to con­clu­sions or to speak too hastily.

Mer­cury rules thoughts and com­mu­ni­ca­tions. Mars rules desires and actions. Their com­bi­na­tion encour­ages us to speak about our desires and to act upon our ideas. We are eager to con­tribute to the con­ver­sa­tion, our thoughts come fast and furi­ous. But that means we can more eas­i­ly say too much and/or not lis­ten enough. 

All forms of com­mu­ni­ca­tion are sped up. But, we must be care­ful not to be so quick, and seem­ing­ly “intel­li­gent”, that we lose the bal­ance that comes with giv­ing some time for reflection.

Some­times quick­ness wins, but being thor­ough and steady is a truer sign of intel­li­gence. We must also remem­ber that our minds require mutu­al stim­u­la­tion for true growth. There­fore, we must make an even greater effort now to lis­ten to one another.