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!

Your path­way of growth turns in a new direc­tion, your life expands into new dimen­sions as Jupiter makes his move into Gem­i­ni. Here is what I wrote about this in my year­ly forecast:

Jupiter Enters Gem­i­ni (June 11)

The biggest plan­et “hops over the prover­bial can­dle­stick” (again and again), as it moves through the sign of nim­ble­ness, intel­li­gence and com­mu­ni­ca­tion. The over­all ener­gy lev­el (thoughts, com­mu­ni­ca­tions and actions) will expand great­ly, but you will need to work on try­ing to main­tain direc­tion­al­i­ty and focus. Advances will be made in all forms of net­work­ing, and indi­vid­u­als and groups will have access to more and more infor­ma­tion. The ques­tion will be: “Do we real­ly have more under­stand­ing or are we mere­ly becom­ing more distracted”?

Jupiter is mov­ing from Earth to Air, from expand­ing the under­stand­ing of your Val­ue to stretch­ing the under­stand­ing of your Mind. Dur­ing this past year, while Jupiter played in the Gar­dens of Tau­rus, you had numer­ous oppor­tu­ni­ties to devel­op your appre­ci­a­tion of your self-worth. You deep­ened the con­nec­tions to your true source of val­ue, your ever-unfold­ing poten­tial that pours forth from with­in, from your Self.

Jove’s shift into Gem­i­ni draws you into his world of mar­velous mul­ti­plic­i­ties, a daz­zling array of new oppor­tu­ni­ties await you for the com­ing year. Your growth will take the form of greater under­stand­ings and more com­plex and wider con­nec­tions. Jupiter’s pas­sage through Air favors all forms of intel­lec­tu­al inspi­ra­tion as you more eas­i­ly form more mean­ing­ful con­nec­tions with­in your mind and in the world around you. Ques­tions and puz­zles that seemed beyond res­o­lu­tion will be resolved in the light of Greater Under­stand­ing. Your spir­it will soar as you push back the bound­aries and explore wider spaces…

As always with Jupiter, be cir­cum­spect with your new-found enthusiasms…You need to remain mind­ful that too much of any­thing is, well, Too Much! Enjoy the surge of ener­gies cours­ing through you…but it is up to you to bring them to bear and main­tain your focus. You cer­tain­ly can expand from one into many activ­i­ties and direc­tions, but remem­ber that there comes a point where you dis­perse your ener­gies over­much and your poten­tial for real growth is wast­ed in the hubris of your every and all…

Cel­e­brate your New Cycle of Growth…

Let the Winds of the Spir­it car­ry you through the Por­tal of Gemini…

You are ris­ing to the challenge…ever onward to your opportunities!

You, now filled with awe, as you behold the Won­ders of your Universe!

Today is a day for Dreamers…Today is a day for Beauty…

Today is a day for Love…

Her­mes is just begin­ning to enjoy his new Watery home, and lo and behold, of all the fel­low trav­el­ers he could encounter in your star­ry space, who is there to bestow bless­ings today…It is the Lord Nep­tune, the mighty Ruler of the Seas, who greets him from her own Watery realm of Pisces! Okay pil­grim, it is time for a lit­tle mag­ic, time to turn that think­ing cap into your Dream­ing Wonder!

Your mind is uplift­ed by the whis­pers from beyond…perceptions shift as you pierce through the veil of the ordi­nary and dis­cov­er worlds with­in worlds…Intimations of your immor­tal­i­ty are felt through Song and Dance, Paint­ing and Sculp­ture and the eyes of the beloved before you…

Enjoy the goose bumps as you con­nect to the Spir­it with­in and around you too…Even for a moment, you will feel it, The One…and you are one of the ones of the ONE!

So get up…Dance, Sing…go to a muse­um, for a walk in a cathe­dral of trees, climb that moun­tain path, or sit your­self down in your sacred space…it is all good!

Today you are Spirit…and the Divine is calling!

Today you are a Creator…Life your canvas!

Today you are Lovely…pass it on!

Today…that is lat­er today, it will be a lit­tle difficult…You find that your actions do not always take you to your intentions…it seems as if the Uni­verse has anoth­er des­ti­na­tion in mind for you. You can try, you can push hard­er, but trust me the Uni­verse is big­ger than you are!

Today, tonight you might find that you, and every­one else, are all a lit­tle more irri­ta­ble because of mount­ing frus­tra­tions. You and any oth­er are more prone to anger…but usu­al­ly (as always, in the end) the true source of your trou­ble is your anger with your­self. Where does all this obstruc­tion, frus­tra­tion and anger come from?

The Sun in Gem­i­ni is putting all your ener­gy behind the pure expe­ri­ence of new diver­sions. Delight­ing in more stim­u­la­tion, more dis­cov­er­ies, more inputs…It does not mat­ter what for, the point is to extend your­self into as many direc­tions as human­ly possible…It is the “Jack be Nim­ble, Jack be Quick” time of year. That is all well and good, for this serves to devel­op your fac­ul­ty of Intelligence…your curios­i­ty, inge­nu­ity and adaptability…All essen­tial qual­i­ties you need and should strive for!

Mars comes along now with a reminder; Mars lays down a more cau­tion­ary message…Mars is in Vir­go and stands here for the prin­ci­ple of Mean­ing­ful Actions and Order. What­ev­er draws your atten­tion, what­ev­er you wish to pursue…well, there has to be, in the end, a prac­ti­cal rea­son for that, some­thing applic­a­ble, some­thing use­ful and not mere­ly amus­ing or stimulating…Mars in Vir­go stands upon the path to steer your Nimbleness…into Adeptness.

The Uni­verse, Spir­it, is always seek­ing to help you find your way along the path to greater ful­fill­ment, to draw you on and out in your unfold­ing, won­drous jour­ney of Growth. When­ev­er you move too far along a cer­tain path of Motivation/Action, the Uni­verse comes in with a reminder to get back to your cen­ter, to walk that mid­dle road of Bal­ance and Integration.

The chal­lenge today, the chal­lenge every day, is to stay on the path where you endeav­or to employ your con­stel­la­tion of sen­si­bil­i­ties and tal­ents in a har­mo­nious Cho­rus, each and every fac­ul­ty bal­anced with and for one anoth­er. Rather than act­ing at cross pur­pos­es, and becom­ing cross with your­self, you must become the Lord of all you have and har­ness your pow­ers to your ever-spi­ral­ing path­way of Growth…

Be Nim­ble, be Quick…

But be Hum­ble and Patient too.

You are on the path…

The path­way to becom­ing an Adept.

Her­mes has only been in Gem­i­ni for 2 weeks and what a ride it was! Twist­ing and turn­ing, enjoy­ing every moment of his delight­ful dis­cov­er­ies, danc­ing from facet to facet, see­ing in those reflec­tions many mul­ti­ple mul­ti­plic­i­ties, being cap­ti­vat­ed by the curi­ous­ly divert­ing, those myr­i­ad life views…Mercury looks fond­ly back at his quick ride through his native sign as he slides his way into Cancer.

He is mov­ing a lit­tle slow­er now, tak­ing a lit­tle more time, time to take in this realm of Water. Mer­cury in Can­cer brings you to his enfold­ing, won­drous palace of feeling-thoughts.…This is where your pure mind or thought-ways become infused with the nuanced res­o­nance of your feelings…This is where your com­mu­ni­ca­tions become mod­u­lat­ed by your emotions…Yes, it is that time again, time to con­sid­er life from a more sen­si­tive point of view.

Your mind can either rise up or be dragged down­wards by this encounter with your emo­tion­al self…Loving, car­ing thoughts will help you to con­nect to oth­ers in a more elo­quent manner…Your mean­ings and mes­sages will be under­stood more deeply and res­onate more tru­ly. You will con­nect in that deep­er, truer way to your world.

Trou­bled or dis­turb­ing thoughts will cre­ate dis­con­nects between your­self and any other…No mat­ter how rea­soned your rea­sons, no mat­ter how sound your proofs, your mes­sage will be met with deaf ears because that bridge of feel­ings, that con­nects you to one anoth­er, that bridge will not span the gulf between I and thou.

This meet­ing-meld­ing of your thoughts and feel­ings, that is what is required here…you need to be the Weaver at your Sacred Loom of Integration…where the warp of your Mind is drawn through the weave of your Heart…

For when you do this, you cre­ate a more per­fect bal­ance, Mind­ful­ness and Consideration…

You think from your Heart…You feel with your Mind…

You are Thought­ful and Kind.

Yes, yes you are…

You are That!