{"id":2071,"date":"2011-08-01T17:59:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T21:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/01\/mercury-turns-retrograde-aug-2-2011\/"},"modified":"2011-08-01T17:59:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T21:59:06","slug":"mercury-turns-retrograde-aug-2-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/01\/mercury-turns-retrograde-aug-2-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercury Turns Retrograde (Aug 2, 2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, so who let the Grem\u00adlins out\u2026again?<\/p>\n

Yes, that\u2019s right it\u2019s your favorite scape\u00adgoat for every\u00adthing not going accord\u00ading to \u201cplan\u201d, (tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy fails, com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions become gar\u00adbled and mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstand\u00adings mount), Mer\u00adcury ret\u00adro\u00adgrades for over 3 weeks till August 26<\/em><\/strong>. This time it\u2019s a lit\u00adtle more com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded as I not\u00aded ear\u00adli\u00ader<\/span><\/a>, since it will start in Vir\u00adgo and then go back into Leo. There are oth\u00ader chal\u00adleng\u00ading align\u00adments along the way too, so this will be an August to remember\u2026<\/p>\n

It does seem evi\u00addent that things seem to go awry when Mer\u00adcury turns around. But that real\u00adly is not the \u201cfault\u201d of Her\u00admes; you just need to align your\u00adself with the ener\u00adgies around you, which have shift\u00aded indeed. The ordi\u00adnary flow of your men\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty will now be direct\u00aded inward, becom\u00ading more reflec\u00adtive, focused and intro\u00adspec\u00adtive. This is good news; you need these oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties to cor\u00adrect false assump\u00adtions, flawed per\u00adcep\u00adtions and misunderstandings!<\/p>\n

But if you pro\u00adceed as if every\u00adthing is \u201cnor\u00admal\u201d, if you do not stay alert to the changed men\u00adtal ener\u00adgies, then you will stum\u00adble and fall into error in both your per\u00adcep\u00adtions and com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsions of your world. And, since most oth\u00ader mor\u00adtals are sim\u00adi\u00adlar\u00adly \u201cafflict\u00aded\u201d by this lack of aware\u00adness with regard to the shift\u00ading ener\u00adgies, the mis\u00adcues, errors and con\u00adfu\u00adsion mul\u00adti\u00adply expo\u00adnen\u00adtial\u00adly. No won\u00adder every\u00adone seems to see these peri\u00adods as \u201cchal\u00adleng\u00ading\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mer\u00adcury gets the \u201cblame\u201d, but as the bard wrote in Julius Cae\u00adsar<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/span><\/em><\/em>Men at some time are mas\u00adters of their fates: The fault, dear Bru\u00adtus, is not in our stars, But in our\u00adselves, that we are underlings.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What Shake\u00adspeare affirmed is that your exer\u00adcise of your most pre\u00adcious gift, your Free Will, is not lim\u00adit\u00aded exter\u00adnal\u00adly by the ener\u00adgies around you, so much as it is by your lack of self-under\u00adstand\u00ading (and so self-con\u00adtrol). The key to your spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal progress is self-aware\u00adness; it is that unfold\u00adment of your aware\u00adness which leads to self-knowl\u00adedge and the resul\u00adtant expan\u00adsion of your Spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal Will. And this is why you should cel\u00ade\u00adbrate Mer\u00adcury\u2019s gift now. Why?<\/p>\n

Why, because this is pre\u00adcise\u00adly what is offered up to you now, an oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty for greater Illu\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion is here, right now. Her\u00admes is the guide who will lead you inward. He is the mes\u00adsen\u00adger of the gods who will take your hand as you seek to re-vis\u00adit, review and revise what you have come to expe\u00adri\u00adence as your reality.<\/p>\n

But you have to par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpate; you have to be alert, adapt\u00adable and will\u00ading to use your pow\u00aders of dis\u00adcern\u00adment, dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion and self-crit\u00adi\u00adcism. It is always up to you how you will \u201cdance your dance\u201d with the ener\u00adgies of the universe.<\/p>\n

So you can com\u00adplain about all the pet\u00adty annoy\u00adances of the next 3 weeks\u2026Or, you can under\u00adstand that the uni\u00adverse is offer\u00ading you a gift, a most pre\u00adcious gift of greater self-awareness.<\/p>\n

What can you do? From now till August 8, Mer\u00adcury will ret\u00adro\u00adgrade in Vir\u00adgo so the empha\u00adsis is upon a re-work\u00ading of your pow\u00aders of crit\u00adi\u00adcal think\u00ading which should be applied reflec\u00adtive\u00adly now\u2026That means, yes, it is a time to be self-crit\u00adi\u00adcal and weed out false assump\u00adtions and pet\u00adty attach\u00adments. Be care\u00adful about becom\u00ading over\u00adly annoyed by some\u00adthing or some\u00adone; instead turn that back on your\u00adself and see why it upset you so much\u2026then let it go. Use a lit\u00adtle Pis\u00adcean imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion and keep step\u00adping back so you can see the big\u00adger pic\u00adture; remem\u00adber to counter any attach\u00adment to minu\u00adtia by assum\u00ading a more encom\u00adpass\u00ading view\u00adpoint, one that steps back so as to con\u00adsid\u00ader the for\u00adest and so pre\u00advent you from becom\u00ading lost among the count\u00adless trees.<\/p>\n

Then from August 8 to 26, as Mer\u00adcury ret\u00adro\u00adgrades in Leo, use this reflec\u00adtive focus to reex\u00adam\u00adine your ide\u00adal\u00adism, ego and pride as regards your thought process\u00ades. Be care\u00adful here about being over\u00adly upset by some\u00adone who is ego\u00adis\u00adtic, demand\u00ading of atten\u00adtion or bossy. Again, you must look with\u00adin and see why this is so upset\u00adting to you; what are you too attached to or fear\u00adful of\u2026then release it. Use the pow\u00ader of Aquar\u00adi\u00adan detach\u00adment to bal\u00adance out the pas\u00adsions of Leo. Remem\u00adber always, that the noble path is the Mid\u00addle Way; that extremes of emo\u00adtion lead to regression\u2026your way must be calm, cen\u00adtered and self-crit\u00adi\u00adcal. If you real\u00adly want respect, live that truthway\u2026stay on the path.<\/p>\n

Okay sparks of the Divine, are you ready for some new music, are you ready to show some new steps? Her\u00admes is pip\u00ading, lead\u00ading you through the veil of appear\u00adances to a greater understanding.<\/p>\n

Ready, Turn, Dance!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, so who let the Grem\u00adlins out\u2026again? Yes, that\u2019s right it\u2019s your favorite scape\u00adgoat for every\u00adthing not going accord\u00ading to \u201cplan\u201d, (tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy fails, com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions become gar\u00adbled and mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstand\u00adings mount), Mer\u00adcury ret\u00adro\u00adgrades for over 3 weeks till August 26. This time it\u2019s a lit\u00adtle more com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded as I not\u00aded ear\u00adli\u00ader, since it will start in Virgo [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2fx6K-xp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}