What happens when Mercury's retrograde?

Monday, the 5th of August brings storm energy where Mercury seems to change direction.

Obviously, Mercury still moves in its orbit around the sun. However, from Earth's perspective, it appears to go backwards.

Over the course of millennia, astrologers have observed that when this occurs, (especially for people who have strong Mercury in their horoscopes: people with a lot of Gemini or Virgo — or Mercury on an angle — such as the Rising sign or midheaven), they HAVE to pay attention...

Mercurial people often do many things effortlessly. They are the original multitaskers; they move through many different mediums at the same time and not lose train of thought. They bounce around with total ease and adept recovery. When Mercury is Retrograde, these people may drop the ball or misstep.

However, people with more thoughtful approaches to Mercury (the realms of communication, details, technology)... perhaps because their natal Mercury is Retrograde or in an earth or water sign... these people often are in their comfort zone at this time.

Mercury Retrograde reminds us that there are different forms of communication.

When Retrograde, Mercury pulls us back to pay attention to the way we often move through the world in a communication capacity. Are we really as effective as we think in transmitting and receiving ideas, concepts and feelings?

Mercury goes direct on August 28 - we have about 3 weeks to observe this.

Use these few weeks ahead of us is to pay attention when something is brought up again; are you asked to edit something, or does the news cycle bring up an old story with a revelation or different spin?

Bottom line, if you think you know everything, or a lot about something - you may be wrong.

We revisit, we realign ourselves, we reconsider; thoughtful consideration actually strengthens communication.

Invite a new perspective.

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