Promises Fulfilled

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Promises, Promises, Promises. This weekend Mercury is our celestial trickster and teaser making promises he can’t deliver at least not for the moment. Mercury in Gemini has reached a virtual standstill ready to station Rx on May 26, and missing by a hair’s breath a harmonious aspect with the Nodes and a square with Uranus forcing us to wait it out until making an exact contact in early July. If your life is anything like mine at the moment you are juggling more than enough balls and mightily challenged to keep them all dancing in the air. Brainstorming is a guaranteed activity when Sun, Venus, and Mercury are in Gemini and we can use the time between now and early July to refine our thinking. If something isn’t working well for us it may be because we haven’t considered all the possibilities. When Mercury stations retrograde it is for 3 weeks, and during that time we are given the opportunity to re-consider, re-evaluate, and re-think how we communicate our thoughts and feelings. When Mercury is in the sign of ruler ship, as now, the forces are upon us to make adjustments in how we communicate. Now is a great time to let a lot of information filter in but not a great time for making long term commitments because right now our experiences are flowing like air and need constant movement not containment. We should have a better idea of what we want to contain once Mercury goes direct in mid June. Mercury enjoys playing the trickster and at the moment life is not as it seems, so enjoy the flurry of activity, keep your mind flexible, your heart open, and look beyond the obvious.

Today, Venus entered Gemini, the sign of Mercury’s rule, and we may find ourselves in a flutter of social activities and we need to be watchful of situations where communication is rife for misunderstanding. Venus is that dimension in ourselves assigning personal value to our experiences in life, and consequently, is a leading influence on the choices we make about the food we eat, the places we go, the people we meet. The first aspect Venus makes in Gemini is a quincunx to Pluto, the aspect of adjustment, challenging us to change something about how we communicate what we value. When under the influence of Gemini we find value in everything and in nothing, and when Venus travels in Gemini our values and the choices we make are learning to be more tolerant, accepting, and inclusive. If we can remember that our encounters with others reflect something within ourselves, then we gain a deeper insight and appreciation for who we are and for what we value in life.

On May 22 Chiron and Mercury made a harmonious trine just days before both celestial bodies were to station retrograde and each carrying the influence of the other allowing us on Earth to contemplate the healing of a deep wounding that I suspect has something to do with our ability to receive love without judgment. Today, Chiron in Aquarius stations retrograde translating Mercury’s message of non -judgment as will Mercury translate Chiron’s wounding and possible healing as we journey toward a more clear understanding of the choices we make . Mercury and Chiron meet again for brief moments during Mercury’s retrograde cycle providing us with the opportunity to re-kindle the original contact and keep the intensity of purpose clear. I highly recommend reading Julie Demboski’s Astrology for a sensitive and insightful understanding of this celestial phenomenon.