Mercury goes direct on Sunday, March 17th.
What have you experienced? What have you noticed?
The more orthodox among us may wait (to feel better, to buy a new cell phone) until Mercury is out of his “shadow” but I think you’ll feel the light go on right away, life speeding up again, especially in the areas of your life where Mercury has been transiting.
I feel like my life went silent in my Pisces house but soon enough it will crank up again.
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So I spent the day at Macy’s. Had luggage to buy. Not the whole day but it felt like it. Have you been? Macy’s in the Big City. It’s nuts with people and feels like a carnival. I was walking through the fragrances looking for a little bottle, thinking of TSA requirements, and from every corner of every room someone was trying to pull me in or walking up to me – smell this, smell that, want to try this? Try that one!
I have one on my wrist still. I thought I detected cocoa in it. Vanilla he said.
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The Moon is in Taurus now. She will make sweet, supportive (hooray!) aspects to our friends in meandering Pisces: Neptune, Mercury, and Chiron (today and tomorrow) and then oppose Saturn and trine Pluto. This is good news. We need the reinforcements 🙂
Taurus, they say, is lazy. Slow-moving. But unstoppable once they get going. Solid and stubborn. Reliable.
I have a Taurus friend who hates the usual Taurus descriptions although she does admit to being lazy 🙂 And she is reliable (when she’s not being forgetful). She thinks the old books make her sound dumb, a dumb animal in the field.
Taurus for me means beauty, beautiful in a warm way, like Jessica Lange. And Taurus likes to surround themselves with what they like, what they consider beautiful and comfortable. It’s a priority.
I’m thinking of another Taurus friend who has pictures of herself all over the walls 🙂
And although I’ve been witness to and been on the receiving end of a Taurus temper (more than once), I think they may be the most patient sign of the zodiac. The ones I know love children and have these beautiful lulling voices that calm you down.
When you feel at a loss, hold on to a Taurus. You’ll feel better.
It’s interesting though… thinking as I’m editing this post… the differences between water and earth… how we need them both but that water definitely gives something different and I can’t find the words. Maybe if I sit here for 30 seconds I’ll find the words. Or you will 🙂
What do you know about Taurus?
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5 thoughts on “Goodbye Mercury Retrograde”
I agree with your friend hating the usual Taurus intepretations–and i laughed about the dumb animal bit. So true! There is something really sturdy and animalistic about us though. For sure. All of the Taureans I know have really big eyes too. Like cow eyes. 🙂
I think a lot of people think Taureans are boring but we just love to savor and enjoy earthly pleasures. It can definitely take a hold of us. Like one of my favorite things is to lie around my house drinking wine and ordering take-out. Or spending hours in a restaurant, or shopping of course, successful online purchasing are the most satisfying for me because there is no effort of trying on, having to move myself to the store.
Maybe there is something wise about truly appreciating pleasure. We might as well while we’re on the earth plane!
xoxo
I am not a Taurus but your description reminded me of me! Lazing 🙂 But then my Virgo stuff kicks in…
Sun, Moon, Mars, NN, throw in Ceres for the heck of it..that’s what I know about 11th H Taurus. I can provide some water with Saturn, Chiron and Venus in Pisces (also my MC and Lilith YEAH!) The combination is a pragmatic view of the world with a strong appreciation of the random beauty I get to experience every day I’m alive…otherwise I would just sit and cry about all the horrible things I can’t fix. 🙂
My husband is a Scorpio with a Taurus rising, plus a lot of Virgo and some Pisces. If I had to sum it up, I’d say his Water placements support me emotionally through empathy and understanding, while his Earth placements (especially his Taurus rising) provide stability and practical nurturing. I LOVE how he’s stuck by me, even when it’s been very difficult – he’s tenacious. He feels comforting and safe, in a good way. Not boring. Other people notice it too.
Now and then, I do lovingly remind him how he can be ‘obtuse’ at times – I can tell him the same thing over and over, many, many times but until and unless he’s motivated (and the information serves him in some direct way), he doesn’t really hear me, although he’ll pretend like he does (I always know). It’s like a cat trying to tell someone what they need. Or someone trying to tell a cat.
My SN is on Taurus, on 11th H. And I have to watch out, because Persephone -my main archtype- is there all along with Hylonomus. Time for be lovingly -tho seriously- autoobservant for me!
R.