Here we go again! This is the third and final sex­tile of Mer­cury to Nep­tune in a lit­tle over 40 days. This “three­fold” align­ment came about from Mer­cury pass­ing over Nep­tune in Novem­ber, then turn­ing ret­ro­grade and align­ing again in Decem­ber, and then turn­ing direct so as to align to make the same aspect now. In oth­er words, the ret­ro­grade of Mer­cury gave us three dis­tinct chances to work on how we com­bine Mer­cury with Neptune.

Mer­cury rules our con­nect­ed­ness; it is the net­work with­in, (our ner­vous sys­tem, mind, con­scious­ness, thoughts), and the net­work with­out, (radio, tele­vi­sion, phone sys­tems, inter­net). The myth­ic sym­bol of Mer­cury is Her­mes, the mes­sen­ger of the gods. With Nep­tune, the plan­et of dreams, inspi­ra­tion and imag­i­na­tion shap­ing Mer­cury through this man­i­fest­ing sex­tile aspect, we can beau­ti­ful­ly appre­ci­ate and express our intu­itive mind now.

It is our imag­i­na­tion that is the true foun­tain source of our future; but we must lis­ten to it, and speak from it, if we wish to make it so. The gifts of spir­it are often sub­tle yet pro­found. So take some time today to appre­ci­ate the beau­ty with­in and with­out; remem­ber to lis­ten with your heart and speak through your dreams.

And here we go again, again. This too is the third and final square of Mer­cury with Uranus in this rough­ly 40 day peri­od. Just as with Nep­tune, this align­ment took place near the end of Novem­ber and again in Decem­ber. But here we are deal­ing with the chal­lenge thrown down by a square; we need to face some­thing and use this oppor­tu­ni­ty to change. Here spir­it is call­ing again, but it is not sub­tle whatsoever.

Uranus rules the forces of indi­vid­u­a­tion, inven­tive­ness, ingenuity…of think­ing “out­side the box”, instead of fol­low­ing the easy path of what­ev­er is con­ven­tion­al or accept­ed. The square presents us with a chal­lenge. Mer­cury wish­es to speak now from the “voice” of Sagit­tar­ius through which it is mov­ing. But Uranus is chal­leng­ing that from the per­spec­tive of Pisces. Mer­cury in Sag. is con­vinced that there is one truth, one law, one true way to see the sit­u­a­tion. Uranus reminds us, often through some shock, and here from the Pisces per­spec­tive, that there are many real­i­ties in this world and that we should there­fore accept, with humil­i­ty and grace, the fact that our point of view is always lim­it­ed by our emo­tion­al, intel­lec­tu­al, and spir­i­tu­al development.

When you receive the shock from Uranus do not retreat in fear, nor lash out in anger; rather, always see it as anoth­er chance, anoth­er oppor­tu­ni­ty, to take the path of under­stand­ing, the path of spir­it, which frees you from a more lim­it­ed point of view and expe­ri­ence of life.

Shocks occur, stuff hap­pens, con­stant­ly. The mea­sure of your soul is tak­en then, right after the event, in the man­ner of your response to it. Be cre­ative, show intel­li­gence and move through the shock by ques­tion­ing your own assump­tions. Share with oth­ers your insight so that they may move more freely too. Then thank Her­mes, the mes­sen­ger, for bring­ing you into the light of a greater understanding.