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Mercury’s retrograde cycles in 2009 will combine the elements of air and earth, meaning thoughts and ideas must be grounded in reality. The first Mercury retrograde cycle starts January 11 at 7/8 degrees Aquarius and ends January 31 / February 1 at 21/22 degrees Capricorn. When we combine Mercury’s shadow periods, we will feel its influence from December 26 (Mercury at 21/22 degrees Capricorn) all the way through February 21 (Mercury at 7/8 degrees Aquarius), two full months.
The shadow periods before and after a planetary retrograde symbolize the three passes a planet makes through degrees of the zodiac. The first passage is known to expose the themes that will be addressed through the actual retrograde transit, or second passage in reversing direction. The third and final passage over these same degrees - after the retrograde, offers resolution and understanding of what the lessons were all about.
With Mercury, the lessons revolve around the details of communications and left-brain processing. We are bombarded with information in today’s modern world. While Mercury retrograde in general points to the right-brain and a focusing upon what really matters in our world, Mercury retrograde in Aquarius simultaneously signals a time to throw off thoughts and details which are no longer important relative to an increasingly detailed vision of what we would like our lives to become.
We may consciously receive future-reorienting messages and seem unable to act upon them. It may be almost like we can taste an at once desirable and yet unattainable future. For various reasons unique to each of us, this seeming paradox may also mean we must review (retrograde) these flashing ideas and see if they are actually in our best interests. With Saturn also retrograde - in Virgo - as Mercury moves back into Capricorn, we must look at things from the most practical level possible.
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