{"id":3580,"date":"2019-07-06T14:05:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T18:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2019-07-06T14:05:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T18:05:49","slug":"mercury-turns-retrograde-july-7th-to-july-31st-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/06\/mercury-turns-retrograde-july-7th-to-july-31st-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercury Turns Retrograde (July 7th to July 31st,&nbsp;2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/06\/mercury-turns-retrograde-july-7th-to-july-31st-2019\/mercury-in-leo-rx_2019\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3581\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3581\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mercury-in-Leo-Rx_2019.jpg?resize=625%2C625&#038;ssl=1\" alt width=\"625\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mercury-in-Leo-Rx_2019.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mercury-in-Leo-Rx_2019.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mercury-in-Leo-Rx_2019.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mercury-in-Leo-Rx_2019.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mercury-in-Leo-Rx_2019.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astrologerbillattride.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Mercury-in-Leo-Rx_2019.jpg?resize=624%2C624&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is that time, to slow down, step back and con\u00adsid\u00ader once again your most pre\u00adcious gift, your self-aware\u00adness, the lev\u00adel of your con\u00adscious\u00adness, what you think of as \u201cyou\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it is always good to take time to reflect and revise, (but espe\u00adcial\u00adly for the next three weeks), so that you may be more able to under\u00adstand your\u00adself, as well as under\u00adstand one anoth\u00ader. Use that space \u201cin-between one moment and the next\u201d, a most pre\u00adcious time, before you react to what was done or said, because you will always ben\u00ade\u00adfit great\u00adly by paus\u00ading, reflect\u00ading and being ever more mind\u00adful of your own men\u00adtal atti\u00adtude and how that influ\u00adences your demeanor or tem\u00adpera\u00adment, as well as how that affects those around you most cer\u00adtain\u00adly as&nbsp;well.<\/p>\n<p>All you can con\u00adtrol is you, and this is prin\u00adci\u00adpal\u00adly estab\u00adlished by your Mind\u00adful\u00adness, by your aware\u00adness of your Aware\u00adness. Yes, it is time to take the next step in being a bet\u00adter per\u00adson by tak\u00ading a firmer hold of your own mind. This is what Mer\u00adcury ret\u00adro\u00adgrade offers to you&nbsp;now.<\/p>\n<p>Mer\u00adcury is turn\u00ading ret\u00adro\u00adgrade once again, and it is a most nec\u00ades\u00adsary and won\u00adder\u00adful oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to con\u00adsid\u00ader: What you know, how you know it and in what man\u00adner should you (or should you not) share it with others.<\/p>\n<p>Take even more time, be much more care\u00adful in lis\u00adten\u00ading to and speak\u00ading to others.<\/p>\n<p>Much like the weath\u00ader, if we do not pay atten\u00adtion to the con\u00addi\u00adtions around us, we will most cer\u00adtain\u00adly be unpre\u00adpared for what befalls us. Know\u00ading about this \u201cAstro\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Weath\u00ader\u201d of Mer\u00adcury, which affects our own men\u00adtal dis\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion as well as our com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions with one anoth\u00ader, we can avoid many problems.<\/p>\n<p>Make use of this time, which ide\u00adal\u00adly is a time for intro\u00adspec\u00adtion, con\u00adtem\u00adpla\u00adtion, and for a deep\u00ader recon\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion how we know and what we know. By going deep\u00ader, and being self-crit\u00adi\u00adcal, we can make cor\u00adrec\u00adtions, refine our under\u00adstand\u00ading and open our minds to oth\u00ader pos\u00adsi\u00adble ways to com\u00adpre\u00adhend the world around us, and be more con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adate and mind\u00adful about one anoth\u00ader&nbsp;too.<\/p>\n<p>Mer\u00adcury ret\u00adro\u00adgrade is for review, revi\u00adsion and renew\u00adal. From July 7<sup>th<\/sup> till July 31<sup>st<\/sup>, mat\u00adters may become more chal\u00adleng\u00ading, progress in your affairs may seem\u00ading\u00adly slow down or become even reversed. This is per\u00adfect\u00adly fine and is quite tru\u00adly an oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty. It is very like\u00adly that the mat\u00adter need\u00aded fur\u00adther study or revi\u00adsion. Though you might wish that you could always go for\u00adward in straight lines, you must under\u00adstand that your jour\u00adney and life are more cir\u00adcuitous, (and more inter\u00adest\u00ading and mean\u00ading\u00adful for that in the&nbsp;end).<\/p>\n<p>Yes, if it is pos\u00adsi\u00adble, avoid sign\u00ading an impor\u00adtant con\u00adtract or oth\u00ader doc\u00adu\u00adment. But in the mod\u00adern world life does go on, so just be pre\u00adpared that when Mer\u00adcury moves for\u00adward you may find the need to revise that agree\u00adment. The key as always is to main\u00adtain your own cen\u00adter and self-con\u00adtrol, because that is all you&nbsp;have.<\/p>\n<p>By tak\u00ading this time, by pay\u00ading more atten\u00adtion, by being even more pre\u00adcise in your com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions, (and like\u00adwise encour\u00adag\u00ading those you are con\u00advers\u00ading with to make this same attempt too), you will be able to nav\u00adi\u00adgate the unin\u00adtend\u00aded pit\u00adfalls and prob\u00adlems that Mer\u00adcury ret\u00adro\u00adgrade seems to bring. Real\u00adly, it is just our own mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstand\u00ading of the change in ener\u00adgies that is to blame. As the great observ\u00ader of the human king\u00addom Shake\u00adspeare wrote:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>The fault, dear Bru\u00adtus, is not in our stars \/ But in our\u00adselves, that we are underlings.\u201d<\/em><br>\n(<em>Julius Cae\u00adsar<\/em>, Act I, Scene&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">III<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>We have lit\u00adtle to no con\u00adtrol as to what takes place around us; but we have the capac\u00adi\u00adty through the devel\u00adop\u00adment of Wis\u00addom and Humil\u00adi\u00adty to be mas\u00adters of our own mind, and by this we will forge an ever more pur\u00adpose\u00adful life lived in \u201cRight Think\u00ading and Right Action\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mer\u00adcury is ret\u00adro\u00adgrad\u00ading from around 4 degrees of Leo back to about 24 degrees of Can\u00adcer. The first 12 days of the ret\u00adro\u00adgrade in Leo will bring to focus ques\u00adtions regard\u00ading respect, hon\u00ador and integri\u00adty. You will be remind\u00aded to under\u00adstand that you should expect to receive what you bestow; give oth\u00aders their due, respect their posi\u00adtion or point of view and they may be more inclined to show you the same consideration.<\/p>\n<p>The sec\u00adond half of the ret\u00adro\u00adgrade, from July 19<sup>th<\/sup> to July 31<sup>st<\/sup>, Mer\u00adcury will move back through Can\u00adcer, and the focus will shift to ques\u00adtions about your home, fam\u00adi\u00adly, nur\u00adtur\u00ading, and secu\u00adri\u00adty. The prin\u00adci\u00adpal oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty here will be to more deeply con\u00adsid\u00ader what is at the root of you, what makes you feel \u201ccen\u00adtered\u201d and secure. Ulti\u00admate\u00adly, it should remind you that all our cen\u00adters come togeth\u00ader and so we find that by our ori\u00adgin in the One \u201cwe are all relat\u00aded\u201d. From this we will estab\u00adlish our own well-being through our com\u00admon cen\u00adter; tru\u00adly our secu\u00adri\u00adty is found\u00aded upon car\u00ading for one another.<\/p>\n<p>The gift of Mer\u00adcury Ret\u00adro\u00adgrade is to help you lift your\u00adself ever high\u00ader, and it will bring you that much clos\u00ader to the most pre\u00adcious thing you will ever know\u2026\u201cPeace of&nbsp;Mind\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Peace is found with\u00adin. By tak\u00ading this time for qui\u00adetude and con\u00adtem\u00adpla\u00adtion, you can move clos\u00ader to the sacred space that lies with\u00adin one and all. It is there, in your sacred cen\u00adter, that you will hear \u201cthe Voice of the Silence\u201d, the gen\u00adtle whis\u00adpers of Wis\u00addom and Truth that form the Hier\u00adar\u00adchy of Life and&nbsp;Love.<\/p>\n<p>There, at the cen\u00adter which is every\u00adwhere, and whose cir\u00adcum\u00adfer\u00adence is nowhere, it is there that you will become a mas\u00adter of yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is that time, to slow down, step back and con\u00adsid\u00ader once again your most pre\u00adcious gift, your self-aware\u00ad\u00adness, the lev\u00adel of your con\u00adscious\u00adness, what you think of as \u201cyou\u201d. 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