Her­mes crossed into Can­cer 4 days ago, greet­ed by a beau­ti­ful caress from Nep­tune in the sis­ter Water sign of Pisces…Now Mer­cury (your mind) faces a more daunt­ing prospect…Today, not one but two out­er plan­ets bring their atten­tions to bear upon your point of view…and they will not be denied!

Ear­li­er today Mer­cury runs into Uranus whose ener­gies impel you towards a freer, more open and eclec­tic atti­tude of mind. Uranus push­es Mer­cury to extend your mind beyond your ordi­nary assumptions…Those assump­tions have been focused late­ly upon mat­ters close to home. While in Can­cer Mer­cury seeks to bring you back to the cen­ter of your life, to your thought­ful-feel­ings of fam­i­ly, home, eth­nic­i­ty and all those ele­ments that will always con­nect you to your roots…

Uranus, usu­al­ly through some shock or sur­prise, seeks to chal­lenge your secu­ri­ty and roots now, so that you might see, which roots are true and which you should let go. You dis­cov­er what parts of your fam­i­ly or cul­ture res­onate for you and which do not. The fuller release of your indi­vid­u­al­i­ty depends upon this, this cen­ter­ing upon your truth, which comes through this cleav­ing to what is true and let­ting go of what is less true for you.

Those shocks and releas­es, that would be enough on any day…but the Uni­verse is build­ing up to the “Big Event”, Uranus Square Plu­to lat­er this month, and so after depart­ing Uranus Mer­cury runs right into the third of the out­er plan­ets, the Lord of Will and Bound­aries, Plu­to. What does this mean for you?

Mer­cury in Can­cer is seek­ing for the Cen­ter, div­ing to con­nect to the root of what­ev­er mat­ters to you so that you can feel whole and com­plete. Plu­to stands oppo­site in Capri­corn, bring­ing pres­sure to bear, with which to pull or push you. Plu­to’s influ­ence will appear to come from with­out, from some oth­er who is try­ing to either pull you to their cen­ter or push you off yours. You may feel you must give in or give way, or even to push back to prove your way…but the truth is you should see the oppor­tu­ni­ty that is here before you.

Plu­to’s chal­lenge is a gift, it is here to remind you to always hon­or and keep whole the sacred­ness of your space, as you equal­ly must hon­or the sacred space of every oth­er too. That when­ev­er you find your­self in some sort of strug­gle with anoth­er, a bat­tle of wills over points of view, beliefs or principles…that you under­stand that the real strug­gle, the real bat­tle will always be with your­self. For the only con­trol you must have and need is Self-Control!

The chal­lenge is to main­tain your cen­ter, to secure your sacred space…and to real­ize that this encounter has pro­vid­ed the very means by which you will more clear­ly feel, secure and hon­or what is more true to you. You will see what is tru­ly at your core because of this strug­gle, and that this is more than you ever could have achieved on your own.

Uranus shocks you…to free your mind…

Plu­to pres­sures you…to pre­serve your sacred space…

Togeth­er they steer and guide your Consciousness.…

Ever onward…To your Greater Understanding!