Sunday 7 August 2011

Mercury Retrograde in Leo and our Zodiac Sign: Part II


In my previous post I talked about how each zodiac sign from Pisces through to Libra are expected to incorporate the energies of Mercury retrograde in Leo. Following from that, I will now discuss how the rest of the signs, that is, Virgo through to Aries, are expected to incorporate these energies. I remind you that Mercury turned retrograde on August 3rd and won't go back into direct motion until August 25th. Mercury, though, will remain in the sign of Leo until September 9th, which means that communications and transactions will still have an enthusiastic, playful, honest, and perhaps authoritative feel to them, and will revolve around the same issues as during Mercury’s retrograde period.


If , as I suspect, you’re only interested to read about your personal zodiac sign (or the sign of your loves ones), please scroll down until you find it. Each paragraph is devoted to a different sign, with Virgo coming first, Leo second, Cancer third, and so on. If you’re not quite sure under which zodiac sign you were born, you will notice the start and end dates of each sign being depicted in brackets next to the name of the corresponding sign. Please also note the next couple of things: a) If you’re born on the cusp between two adjacent zodiac signs (e.g., April 20th, which would be the end of Aries and the beginning of Taurus), you might find it useful to read both signs and b) you might find it equally useful to read the sign of your Ascendant as well. For example, someone who was born on May 21st and has Scorpio ascending (like me!) would get more out of reading the signs of Taurus, Gemini and Scorpio.


Virgo (August 23 – September 22)

Transitting your twelfth natural house, which has to do with compassion and charity work, behind the scenes activity, hospitals, retreats, as well as with resting, taking days off and escaping daily routines, Mercury retrograde in Leo reflects impressive delays and setbacks, but also unusually enthusiastic, creative or playful ideas, communications and transactions in relation to the issues mentioned above. For instance, you may experience delays and misunderstandings in your communications and transactions with doctors and people who work at any kind of retreat and institution, but you may also become engaged in unusually enthusiastic or creative acts of compassion and charity work. There may further be delays and setbacks in activities that take place behind the scenes and thus affect you only indirectly. On a more psychological level, you may go through a period where you experience an unusually powerful need to escape from everyday life’s communications and transactions, in order to do introspection and perhaps even meditation, but delays and setbacks may have to be dealt with before you manage to fulfill that need.


Leo (July 23 – August 22)

Transitting your first natural house, which has to do with one’s self, body, wellbeing, vitality, health, self-image, outer appearance and self-development, Mercury retrograde in Leo reflects impressive delays and setbacks, but also unusually enthusiastic, creative or playful ideas, communications and transactions in relation to the issues mentioned above. For instance, you may experience delays and misunderstandings in communications that revolve around yourselves and your outer appearance, health and self-development, but you may also experience an unusually enthusiastic, powerful or even dramatic interest in your own self-development, appearance and health. You may even be motivated to evince an unusual degree of leadership potential, staying power and assertion in communications and transactions connected to yourselves. On a more psychological level, you may notice an unusually enthusiastic and powerful motivation to learn, to ask questions, to be understood, to express your ideas and opinions and to show your intelligence, but you may also have to face some delays and setbacks before you can get others to admire and respect you for your ideas, opinions, intelligence and learning skills.


Cancer (June 21 – July 22)

Transitting your second natural house, which is related to material security, personal resources and sense of personal worth, Mercury retrograde in Leo reflects impressive delays and setbacks, but also unusually enthusiastic, creative or playful ideas, communications and transactions in relation to the issues above. For instance, you may receive salary, or money you had lent, later than expected, or there may be misunderstandings with regard to money you have to make or spend. Another possibility is that you come up with unusually creative and courageous ideas to make money or that you decide in an unusually enthusiastic and dramatic manner to spend money on products that are related to knowledge, communication and travelling (e.g., books, telephones, computers, cars). You may even be motivated to evince an unusual degree of leadership potential, staying power and assertion in your financial communications and transactions. On a more psychological level, you may notice a tendency to derive self-esteem and personal worth from communicating your ideas, thoughts and opinions in an unusually enthusiastic, creative, playful and honest manner.


Gemini (May 21 – June 20)

Transitting your third natural house, which has to do with learning, schooling, communicating and relating with neighbours and close relatives, such as siblings, cousins, uncles and nephews, Mercury retrograde in Leo reflects impressive delays and setbacks, but also unusually enthusiastic, creative or playful ideas, communications and transactions in relation to the issues and people mentioned above. For instance, you may experience delays and obstacles in your learning and educational activities, as well as in your communications with neighbours and siblings, in your short-distance travelling and commercial dealings. However, you may also hold unusually honest, affectionate or even dramatic conversations with schoolmates, teachers, neighbours and siblings. You may even be motivated to evince an unusual degree of leadership potential, staying power and assertion in your communications with any of the people mentioned above or in your learning activities, transportations and commercial dealings. On a more psychological level, it seems that your minds seem to be working, on the one hand, in a more reflective, hence slower, manner, and, on the other hand, in an unusually creative, playful and passionate manner.


Taurus (April 20 – May 20)

Transitting your fourth natural house, which has to do with parents (usually the father), family, private life and the past, Mercury retrograde in Leo reflects impressive delays and setbacks, but also unusually enthusiastic, creative or playful ideas, communications and transactions in relation to the issues and people mentioned above. For instance, you may experience delays and misunderstandings in your communications with family members and in home-related transactions and commercial dealings, but it may also be a time when you experience an unusually powerful need to find out or to talk about things concerning your past. You may also hold unusually honest, affectionate or even dramatic conversations with the father or other family members. You may even be motivated to evince an unusual degree of leadership potential, staying power and assertion in your communications with the people mentioned above or in home-related transactions. On a more psychological level, it appears that you will find inner peace and security, in taking your time to ponder and reflect, on the one hand, and in thinking in an unusually creative, playful and passionate manner, on the other.


Aries (March 20 – April 19)

Transitting your fifth natural house, which has to do with children, love affairs, sports, gambling and any creative or other joyful pursuit, Mercury retrograde in Leo reflects impressive delays and setbacks, but also unusually enthusiastic, creative or playful ideas, communications and transactions in relation to the issues and people mentioned above. For instance, you may experience delays and misunderstandings in your communications with children and romantic partners or in your transactions concerning sports, gambling, hobbies and other creative or artistic activities. You may also hold unusually honest, affectionate or dramatic conversations with the people mentioned above. You may even evince an unusual degree of leadership potential, staying power and assertion in the communications and transactions mentioned above, while you may also exhibit an unusually enthusiastic interest in going to the gym, practising sports, having fun and engaging in creative or other artistic pursuits. On a more psychological level, you may have an unusually powerful desire to be noticed and recognised for activities related to learning, trading, driving and networking, but you may also have to face some delays and setbacks before you gain this recognition.

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