On August 4/5, Mercury turned retrograde on the 4th degree of Virgo. It will turn direct on August 28 on the 21st degree of Leo.
In traditional astrology, Mercury describes our conscious mind; our ability to think, talk, and process information. It is also our reality construct – what we believe reality to be. Mercury retrograde periods provide an opportunity to revisit assumptions we hold about our experience of reality.
In the language of Shamanic Egyptian Astrology, Mercury is allied with Thoth, the Sacred Scribe. Thoth is the creator of language, writing, and time and can be considered the creator of 3rd Dimensional reality.
In traditional astrology, Leo is the sign of the individual. Virgo is the process of purification that individual must go through in order to better enter into relationship with others.
In Shamanic Egyptian Astrology, Leo is allied with Anubis in his experience of abandonment in childhood. We have all been in some way abandoned. The invitation of Leo/Anubis is to discover, acknowledge and transform those feelings of early wounding.
Virgo is allied with Nekhbet, the Crone Priestess. Nekhbet encourages us to do the work necessary to move through our feelings around abandonment in childhood and into an adult expression of our soul’s calling.
Mercury retrograding from Virgo to Leo has provided a fertile time for personal work. Mercury direct provides an opportunity to take our new understanding for a test drive out into the world. The time of experimentation will last from August 28 to September 12 when Mercury will return to the point at which it turned retrograde on August 5. By September 12, a new level of conscious awareness will hopefully be in place.
Mercury/Thoth turns direct on August 28 at 5:14 pm, EDT.
August 28, 2024, by Ruby Falconer. Available for chart readings.
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