Mer­cury turns ret­ro­grade today until Decem­ber 30th. Our minds are turned inward, we become more reflec­tive and intro­spec­tive. But life goes on, so the end result is that nor­mal out­ward com­mu­ni­ca­tions become much more scram­bled. We are not speak­ing, writ­ing or design­ing as clear­ly as before; and, who­ev­er is our intend­ed recip­i­ent is not receiv­ing as well either. Mis­un­der­stand­ings build up and frus­tra­tions and ten­sions result in what appears to be a break­down of “mes­sag­ing”. This need not be.

Instead, use this time to re-exam­ine your thoughts, ideas, and plans. Repair your think­ing and use this oppor­tu­ni­ty for intro­spec­tion. Mer­cury is actu­al­ly clos­er to us dur­ing these ret­ro­grade peri­ods, (3 weeks in dura­tion, 3 times in a year), so its pow­er and influ­ence should be strength­ened. Many indi­vid­u­als find that these peri­ods are often filled with a flur­ry of activ­i­ty and much progress can be made in improv­ing our thinking.

Till the 18th, Mer­cury ret­ro­grades in Capri­corn, so we need to re-exam­ine our thoughts regard­ing author­i­ty and respon­si­bil­i­ty. Then, till the 30th, Mer­cury moves through Sagit­tar­ius help­ing us to ques­tion and look more deeply into our beliefs and assumptions.

When it comes to the day to day neces­si­ty of stay­ing con­nect­ed with oth­ers, just make cer­tain to be more care­ful in both send­ing and receiv­ing. We can make mis­takes at any­time; it just seems more like­ly at this time because we are all under the influ­ence of this change of direction.

Also, we will com­mu­ni­cate some­thing of val­ue today thanks to Mer­cury sex­tile Venus. The pro­duc­tive com­bi­na­tion of these two inner plan­ets means that our appre­ci­a­tion of and thoughts about beau­ty, grace and love will turn out well.

Talk about what you care for, enjoy the arts, and share lov­ing thoughts with friends and fam­i­ly. You will find greater mean­ing in some­thing or some­one today.