Sue Moon’s Blog

Wilkinson has some great info on what best to do till 2/1. I love his commentaries and resonate with his intelligence. -Sue

So just what IS Mercury retrograde good for? The conventional wisdom is that supposedly it’s NOT a good time to sign contracts, make purchases of electronics, or major moves or decisions. We are told to hang out with the energies, being alert that things may not be as they appear, and so on. However, I’ve found there is much that a Mercury retrograde period is good for, such as traveling, research, and other important things.

As long as one is flexible, retrograde travel is actually a good thing. There may be shifts in plans, but these are inevitable in an unpredictable world. Other things favored during Mercury retrograde are research, reflection, review, rehearsals, and returns from the past.

It’s also a great time for reconnecting with old friends and finding people and things thought lost, It’s a great time to explore alternative approaches to circumstances and opportunities, as long as no definite decisions are made and options kept open, since they are usually modified or reversed later on.

It’s great for doing things left undone or neglected from previous times. It’s good for resuming something from the past, as long as you are mindful that it may not look like it used to, or that it may require a different approach than before. It’s also excellent for getting new information and perspective that fills in gaps in understanding or activity, and doing things that seem to go in one direction but lead us to entirely new information and understanding.

We can safely resume things begun in previous retrograde periods, or pick up threads we once set aside while other things developed. It’s an energy that favors building in a time lag in judging or evaluating whatever you’re doing, since retrogrades often show that there are things yet to develop that will ultimately fill in whatever is missing in the present.

This last time Mercury was retrograde in Aquarius, opened a new way of conserving our energies and prepared us for what in many respects has been a “back to the future” experience.

This month’s Mercury retrograde in Aquarius offers us a preliminary look at the long range effects that will come as a result of this Eclipse on Jan 25.

There may be insights into old friends, or old ambitions, or a new look at old values sustaining one’s sense of honor. This is the resourceful mind judging from the highest ideal, offering new applications of old principles.

Mercury in Aquarius is seen to be a form of service, as it prepares the abstract mind to search for practical applications of truth.

This position sees world service as a truth. Knowing comes through seeing the unified vision.

Keep seeing a bigger picture, a larger contribution to your world, a wider group of friends and personal effectiveness within a collective project.

This particular Mercury retrograde challenges us to see a larger social-cultural way to contribute to our lives and world, and examine the patterns being “pre-formed” so that we can present our standards and virtues in a public way. Share your values with others, and move toward whatever patterns exemplify your sense of style and ideal, since Jupiter and Mars will activate these energies very quickly in the first half of February.

However, given we are still “crashing into retrograde,” I’ll remind you of something I said earlier: Hang out with the energies and information, pay attention to details while remembering that a lot of it won’t make sense for several weeks or months, and don’t believe everything you’re told. It’s a great time to see a larger vision of things, taking an alternative view of recent experiences and social harvests, and why certain reorganizations are necessary.

Mercury retrograde in Aquarius is great for finding a new view of a greater vision, new forms of ideal activity or world service, and definitely a new look at goals, ambitions, and ideals of friendship in whatever life area is indicated by the house Mercury is moving through. We are stabilizing a new set of life patterns over the next few weeks, so detach, see the big picture, be a true friend to yourself and others, and make your life a miracle of “doing the Angel of your Being.”