posted February 03, 2007 01:26 PM            

The major transitions during each Mercury retrograde in 2007, provide adjustments needed for the completions and endings slated to occur. The Mercury retrograde process becomes important in the adjustments required for our journey as 2007 is the end of the NINE-year numerology cycle that started in 1999. Mercury retrograde provides the opportunity to adjust our thoughts, attitudes and decisions and tie up loose ends from our old direction to clear the way for our new direction to emerge as we move toward 2008. The adjustments that are slated to occur in 2007 are in Air and Water signs. The water signs of the zodiac relates to our inner emotional and spiritual world and the air signs require mental adjustments and changes in our attitude during the retrograde.

Mercury relates to thoughts, concepts, ideas, and communication. When Mercury retrogrades, we find that many parts of our life are being revised. Often these revisions can be a surprise or throw us back a step. However, these revisions which occur during a Mercury retrograde, are a "course correction” and provide a stop-gap measure until we can review situations. During this time of revision, change is compounded and confusion is created by our reactions to the ever-changing situations. Thus anything started during this time will ultimately be taken back or even revised further, making for a high-frustration time.

The best mode to be in during a Mercury retrograde is one of "non-reaction". Treat the time period as a time of gathering information, yet because the information will be in constant change it would be like trying to comb your hair in a windstorm. Best to wait until the changes stop before attempting to make things orderly. Therefore, just let the winds of situations blow around you without reacting. Once Mercury turns direct, take a look at the information that is still around at that time and go about integrating it into our life, while maintaining the fine art of flexibility.

Mercury Retrogrades occurring in 2007, touch into water signs, causing us to review our emotions and our emotional connection with our own self and the self of others. Then as the retrograde occurs and moves into the air signs, we must adjust our mental attitudes and thought patterns to integrate the events and new information that occurs.

Starting with the Mercury retrograde in February/March 2007, our emotional connection with our spiritual self will be reviewed and then we will look back to the air sign of Aquarius, ruling humanity. We will begin to refocus our connection to others according to the intuitive and spiritual connections we have. This adjustment will have many varied events that prompt us to review our spiritual blueprint and how we are integrating our own spiritual directions with those of others.

The Mercury retrograde in June/July 2007 doesn’t go back into the air sign preceding Cancer, it stays and hovers over the emotions of Cancer, which require that we address our true feelings. The mid-year Mercury retrograde only spans 9 degrees, while the other two span 16 degrees. The intensity of June/July will demand that we face our emotions. Instead of getting out of the requirement it’ll be a necessary step in this transition process for the year of 2007.

The Mercury retrograde in October/November 2007 requires that we view our own inner depth and inner strength as we connect with this core part of our being. Then Mercury retrogrades into the air sign of Libra, ruling partnerships. This adjustment will create changes according to the line up of our core being and others that we share similar connections with. The focus of these changes bring new alignments with people and find those of similar ethics, motives and values.

In brief:

Mercury turns retrograde February 13th at 10° Pisces
Mercury turns direct March 7th at 25° Aquarius
(Spiritual connection and our belief in humanity)

Mercury turns retrograde June 15th at 11° Cancer
Mercury turns direct July 9th to 2° Cancer
(Emotional connection with our self and honesty with the emotional realm)

Mercury turns retrograde October 12th and 9° Scorpio
Mercury turns direct November 1st at 23° Libra
(Inner qualities and values in our shared relationships)

posted February 03, 2007 01:37 PM            

From Karyl Jackson (cont'd) ~

Mercury turns retrograde February 13th at 10° Pisces
Mercury turns direct March 7th at 25° Aquarius

With Mercury moving into the sign of Pisces and then retrograding back into the sign of Aquarius, our spiritual attitudes and beliefs about humanity are the focus of this Mercury retrograde.

Pisces rules our spiritual and intuitive qualities that make our true beliefs seen in the outside world. The viewpoint of about humanity and our attitude about others will be seen as well. If we see ourselves separate than others, then our spiritual attitude is one that only exists within a compartment of church and does not venture out into our day to day lives. The importance of how we see others, especially our ability to deal with people who are different than we are, becomes a major focus during this first Mercury retrograde in 2007.

To see the area of your life that will become the backdrop and the stage for addressing these issues, look to where late Aquarius and early Pisces is found within your birth chart. Your true inner self and your beliefs about where you fit in with humanity become the spotlight that shines on the real issues to be addressed during this Mercury retrograde which begins February 13th. You might have two houses that are impacted as you must blend the similarities together to have our spiritual beliefs encompass others around you.

Mercury retrograde – According to your Rising Sign

Mercury retrograde according to your Rising Sign - the houses (below) - shows the impact of these changes in your own personal world. Mercury retrograde according to your Sun Sign (bottom) shows how the changes will impact your outer world.

Mercury retrograde in Aquarius/Pisces impacting your 1st house – The 1st house requires the Self to project the qualities within the 1st house and with Aquarius/Pisces in the 1st house there are great requirements to project more of the intuitive, spiritual and global awareness of humanity and how we are all connected. There may be opportunities given to you to move into new directions that demand that you harness your intuitive qualities. Changes and adjustments with the qualities you project will be an outcome of this Mercury retrograde as you revise your focus. This will set the pace for this year to become one that brings you the new opportunities that will prompt the real you to become a strong leader.

Mercury retrograde in Aquarius/Pisces impacting your 2nd house – The 2nd house deals with finances and therefore you will be addressing the monetary requirements during the changes and adjustments that come during this Mercury retrograde. You will look at how to finance the events in your life that are prompted by your care and concern for others. You want to make a difference, and you want to harness your spiritual beliefs to make a different to others that may not have the financial or other ability to move forward. Changes and adjustments with your finances will be an outcome of this Mercury retrograde as your values shift during this time. This Mercury retrograde will find you making many adjustments in your financial plans and directions as you prepare for these transitions to occur.

Mercury retrograde in Aquarius/Pisces impacting your 3rd house – The 3rd house rules communication and with information being a key ingredient of this Mercury retrograde, you will find yourself collecting information as well as information landing on your front doorstep. You want to manifest your strong global concepts about mankind and the fact that we are all connected. Your goals may be surrounding writing and bringing this information forward in plans and aspirations that you set into motion during this Mercury retrograde. Changes and adjustments with your communications will be an outcome of this Mercury retrograde as new and different information comes into the picture. Your thoughts surround the plight of others because you have a sensitivity level toward people in general and have an innate understanding of humanity. This understanding will find the appropriate pathway for you to express this attitude and connection with others.

Mercury retrograde in Aquarius/Pisces impacting your 4th house – The 4th house rules home, family and your emotional base. With the Mercury retrograde impacting your home environment, there may be changes in your environment that help you to have more compassion with others and the shifts in their home environment will bring you closer to a new group of people. You have a real sensitivity with others as your emotional base is aligned with similar securities felt with other people. You will understand how important this connection is in the transitions of this year. You align yourself favorably with others and can put yourself in others shoes easily. With this natural emotional sensitivity connected to others, you will be prompted to give others a home environment in which emotional security is an import basic need and requirement. Changes and adjustments within your home environment will be the outcome of this Mercury retrograde as new and different emotions are brought into your environment. Your humanitarian goals will kick into gear this year as you recognize the gifts that you give because of your natural understanding.

Mercury retrograde in Aquarius/Pisces impacting your 5th house – The 5th house relates to expression and creativity. You have a way to help design for the group of humanity that needs your self expression. You say the things that need to be said for the voiceless people around you and bring forward the information that takes shape as music, art, design, movies and other creative projects. You have a knack for understanding the desires of humanity and you want to bring this information to the level of understanding that brings a message into reality. You are sensitive to others and to the idea that people are different and they need to be understood. You have the opportunity during this Mercury retrograde to move into alignment with a new group of people with a new message. Changes and adjustments within your creative expression will be the outcome of this Mercury retrograde as new and different ideas prompt new and different expression. You eagerly take this message and create the expression needed.

Mercury retrograde in Aquarius/Pisces impacting your 6th house – The 6th house relates to health, healing, work and counseling. You may be shifting your work environment or take up a new position in which there is more counseling involved, either by you or others. You may also do some volunteer type work that opens up a whole new group of people that you can work with that you have a natural feeling and a natural calling toward. You may join a gym or some sort of group effort surrounding issues of health and healing that prompt you to gain a great deal of information that connects you to others. With a changing work environment possible, you may also shift your stress load in such a way that also offers you an improved health scenario. Changes and adjustments within your work environment will be the outcome of this Mercury retrograde as new and different people shift into your environment. This Mercury retrograde will assist in bringing you together with others that have a similar focus and attitude toward work, health or counseling.

Mercury retrograde in Aquarius/Pisces impacting your 7th house – The 7th house rules relationships and partnership concepts. You have a strong ability to provide relationships with others whether business, personal or community. You are involved with public relations aspects in some way or another and your connection with others will be expanding and shifting during this Mercury retrograde. You will be re-connecting with others that you used to know and this will give you a chance to expand your circle of contacts yet even further. The shift during this Mercury retrograde will focus on your ability to relate to all types of people and can easily lead and work with many, diverse individuals. Changes and adjustments within your partnerships and relationships occur as the outcome of this Mercury retrograde because new and different people are moving into your environment. During this Mercury retrograde, you may also shift your focus of a partnership as you are always going to be geared to work and meet lots of people, thus your partner emphasis will need to make appropriate changes as well.

Mercury retrograde in Aquarius/Pisces impacting your 8th house – The 8th house relates to inner values, inner strength and ethics associated with coordinating efforts with others values. Often the values of others are financially based, or monetary arrangements may be associated with the 8th house, however, there is more of a focus on ethics and shared values during this Mercury retrograde because of the humanitarian emphasis. You may be able to work with others surrounding with investments in humanity or in gathering funds needed to spearhead a whole new direction associated with providing those things of value to others. Aquarius in the 8th house shows that you connect with the larger picture and the focus of bettering the status of others. Pisces gives you the intuitive know how to bring values into reality as your sensitivities open your desires to bring into reality the needs of mankind. Changes and adjustments within your inner values occur as the outcome of this Mercury retrograde because of interactions with others promote shifts.

Mercury retrograde in Aquarius/Pisces impacting your 9th house – The 9th house relates to travel, international cultures and philosophical groups. You are aligned with a natural affinity to understanding different and diverse cultures and this prompts you to expand your connections into international avenues. Your natural talents that you have are aligned with international understand and this Mercury retrograde will shift your focus and connections to expand and re-focus on a group of people that you have a natural affinity with. Changes and adjustments within your understanding occur because your perspective is being revised according to the influx of people that have a multi-cultural influence in their interaction. As your movement occurs during the Mercury retrograde, you will find that others are drawn to you because of your wisdom and knowledge about these things and you provide a great deal of understanding to others.

posted February 03, 2007 01:39 PM            

From Karyl Jackson (cont'd) ~

Mercury retrograde – According to your Sun Sign

Mercury retrograde according to your Sun Sign (below) shows how the changes will impact your outer world. Mercury retrograde according to your Rising Sign - the houses (above) - shows the impact of these changes in your own personal world

ARIES – Mercury retrograde is impacting your inner and intuitive world with how you see your self and your own inner perspective. With Mercury retrograde you will adjust the people that you relate to and how you see the people that share your inner perspective. Your want humanity to connect with and share your perspective, and the changes that occur during this Mercury retrograde will change the audience that can better appreciate you as a person. This will ensure that during this Mercury retrograde time period that you revise the people you relate to and connect with. You may expand your connections to reach more people and to relate your perspective, talents and abilities. With changes and adjustments you may have the opportunity to impact larger groups of people and may even have the option to expand your pursuits to yet another sector of humanity.

TAURUS – Mercury retrograde is addressing the group of people you have around you and how it relates to the career and business world. You will no-doubt have an influx of people coming into your business world and the focus of people that you share your career environment and business pursuits. This time period of change and adjustment will see the ebb and flow of people moving in and out of your business environment. You may have an adjustment of your career as Mercury retrograde will change and adjust the focus of your goals and position and thus change the people around you. You may also experience a promotion which will take you out of one business environment and thus change the people you interact with or you could experience just a change of environment, as shifting desks and offices always bring new and different people into your life. With Pisces being the intuitive energy that connects you with people, you may have this change of social status that helps to connect you to new and different people. Even though your business world is changing, you will know who to intuitively connect with and who to distant yourself from. This will be the impact of this Mercury retrograde because your business world is changing and your social connections within this environment are changing.

GEMINI – Mercury retrograde is impacting your career world and how you integrate your philosophy, goals and aspirations. You may have the opportunity to point yourself into new directions, ones that truly allow your philosophy and beliefs to be integrated. You may experience changes and adjustments that put you more into a religious environment or allow you to bring forward your philosophy in some way or another. You may also set new goals for yourself and choose to go to school to gain more education to pursue the direction you are looking for, thus expanding your contact with groups of people and this shift will put you in touch with a whole new sector of humanity. You are ready to change your career direction and integrate new goals and bring in new and different information into your business pursuits. You are ready to expand your knowledge base and you want this knowledge base to impact your value and appreciation by others about your knowledge. With Gemini energy, your knowledge is your prize and you want others to see and value what you are able to put together, and it is by expanding, and implementing this new information into your career and business world that you will find a custom made direction for you that will emerge through this Mercury retrograde.

CANCER – Mercury retrograde is making a difference in your philosophy, goals and aspirations and retrograding back to address issues of shared values and financial partnerships. You will connect with people that share your philosophy and goals and want to expand more of these type of relationships. You will also find that the people around you who share your same goals and aspirations also have a strong foundation of belief that is a core to their emotional being. You find it easy to connect with others when the shared values, emotions and perspectives are in place. You will be connecting with new and different people as the shifts, transitions and changes move people in and out of your life. You may even come together with others that share your same philosophy and goals to join in a similar venture together that will take a joint financial commitment together that opens the door to expressing your shared values. You have a strong emotional connection with others and this shared venture will be the way that you begin to connect with others that you normally don’t connect with. You will be expanding the people that you reach because of your emotional values and your corresponding philosophy.

LEO – Mercury retrograde is impacting your more sensitive side of shared values, inner strength and financial partnerships. The changes and adjustments that occur with Mercury retrograde will impact your partnerships, relationships, interactions with others. Because Mercury is retrograding back into Aquarius, which is in your opposite sign, you may feel that you will make changes in the people that you are around. You want to share your inner self with those who value you and the change of people, shift of groups, will be a direct result of the ability of others to understand you. You are able to share your values with others and the inner strength that you have, that sometimes is not understood. The change of people around you will move you closer to those that share your perspective and your direction. You have a naturally charismatic expression and if you are not seen in your entirety, your depth and inner strength is ignored and a great portion of your true self goes unseen. This Mercury retrograde moves you closer to others that are similar and share the same inner depth, thus ensuring you are seen for who you are. This is a positive shift during this Mercury retrograde.

VIRGO – Mercury retrograde is impacting your partnerships, relationships and all of your interactions with others. With Mercury retrograde these changes and adjustments will impact your work, work schedule health and healing regime and the people that are part of this series of adjustments.. Mercury retrograding in Pisces, which is in your opposite sign, will be adjusting your course regarding what is the right thing to do. Pisces brings forward the intuition and as a Virgo you want to do the right thing. This adjustment will give you the impetus to adjust your perspective and to determine how you are going to relate to others because of this adjustment. You will work to make situation harmonious and to assist any healing process that needs to occur. You will change your interactions with others to make sure that situations bring in more opportunities to heal and to allow positive regimes to be experienced. You may choose to shift your health focus by going to a gym or a new group setting.

LIBRA – Mercury retrograde is impacting your work, work schedules, health and healing and any well-being regimes that you implement. Your work and health schedules will be the focus of expanding your self expression, creativity, leadership choices and opportunities. You will meet others that are focused on similar schedules and regimes. You will strike up friendships because of the similar focus. You may meet a group of people at the local gym that you have similar philosophy with and your interests begin to meld a positive connection. Since Mercury retrogrades back into your creativity and self expression, you will begin to meet others and your excitement about your new work and health ventures begins to shine through as these choices add to your well-being. It is at times like these that we hardly think that friendships will be found in these type of environments, however, with Mercury retrograde impacting your health and well-being you will undoubtedly see the rewards for making these choices quickly and also see your friendships expand from this new avenue.

SCORPIO – Mercury retrograde is impacting your self expression, creativity and leadership opportunities and Mercury retrograde will bring in events and circumstances that impact your home environment, emotional base and family setting. You may find out that you are going to have a new addition, change your home to one that allows you more expression and opportunity to expand more of your natural depth and insight. With the changes and adjustments that are emerging you will find that your emotional world along with your family setting is changing and shifting to open up to more social type of connections, thus expanding your environment and options to share your creative expression. You have a strong inner depth that you connect with and this allows you to give more to each person and each environment that is chosen by you. During this Mercury retrograde phase you will be re-connecting to your strong emotional base and the importance of your family setting. You want to express your real self and do so only in secure environments such as your home and family. The changing of this environment opens the door to expand your social connections, which typically comes from a new addition in your family or a change of home thus change of neighbors and subsequent people that you naturally relate to. In any case, this Mercury retrograde will have a positive impact on your environment and your emotional connections with others.

SAGITTARIUS – Mercury retrograde is revising your focus of your home environment, emotional base and family setting and brings changes into your perspective with events prompting changes, adjustment and revision of your future direction and your corresponding attitude. Because Jupiter is also in your sign, you will begin to realize that yet another adventure is in store for you with a change in your home environment and change according to your family. The changes that energy with Mercury retrograde bring in a whole shift of focus and require that you change your attitude, perspective and look into a new direction. You may begin to see that your home environment needs to change to open up to the opportunities that are emerging this year and the impetus that you get at this time will begin to push you to look into new directions. You will be exploring new and different ideas and will be pushed more than you may want to be at this time, but situations are becoming stronger and stronger for you to make these adjustments sooner than you thought.

CAPRICORN – Mercury retrograde is impacting your ideas through a change of attitude and adjustments of your mental thoughts and communication. These adjustments will naturally change your communication style and this will have a direct impact on your financial choices, values and monetary focus. You may sell a good idea or bring a new perspective into focus that allows you to gain a financial foothold that you have not had before. You may also bring in more of your intuitive perceptions that put you into the spotlight that allow a larger group of people to see your inner depth and to bring you more customers or demand for your intuitive insight. The adjustment will impact your financial opportunities and you will begin to feel the adjustments of the financial ebb and flow. Communication of these changes will occur during the Mercury retrograde process as a larger, more diverse group of people become aware of your talents and abilities. This can only have a positive impact upon your financial pursuits as your formulate the different ideas and begin to put them into the right communication packages needed. You excel at documentation and putting together contracts, pacts, treaties and agreements and you will not only put these together but there will be financial arrangements woven through them.

AQUARIUS – Mercury retrograde is impacting your financial choices, values and money and retrograding back to revise your image of self, and choice of leadership, and individual pursuits. Because Mercury retrogrades back into your own sign of Aquarius, you will feel the impact more on a personal level because you will be adjusting the choices you make regarding the people around you and the role and position you will be moving into. This type of Mercury retrograde aspect brings a change in your sense of purpose and the direction that you choose. You want to connect with people and have a positive connection in the world of others. This impacts your image, your sense of Self and the leadership potential that you carry with you naturally. Mercury moves into your financial sector and then Mercury retrogrades back into the sector that prompts you to make some new and different choices. Obviously the financial arena will be impacted, but you want to make choices surrounding your leadership and position first and that will have an impact on your finances, but your priorities are all about your interaction with others in your social arena and the leadership directions you naturally choose. Your position will change as will your purpose. This becomes an important choice for this year.

posted February 03, 2007 02:58 PM            

In 7 days it gonna turn on my Moon in Piscies..brrrr
In June it will retrograde in my 7th house of Cancer.
In October it will turn on my Uranus in Scorpio..and after that I will have Mars retrograde in 7th house...

posted February 03, 2007 03:24 PM              

I kind of like Merc RXs. They usually have plenty of surprises. I don't experince too uch of things like cars and computers breaking down. But sometimes things get a little weird.

This is one in my 6th house- seems promising from teh above prediction.

The following one goes retro on my b-day! In my 10th!! We'll see have that plans out.

posted February 04, 2007 10:14 AM            

Nymph you want to make fight again?

posted February 13, 2007 11:42 PM            

OTOH, i'm glad it's moving away from my Venus at 14'Pisces; go away, leave my Venus alone, bad rx Mercury!

No, seriously, it will all be ok. I liked what that person said above (in the article) - just reflect more than react. I'll have to remember that & stay calm over the next 3 weeks (argh; did I just say 3 weeks? - is it really 3 weeks? Ok, gotta remember... stay calm... deep breaths...)

posted February 14, 2007 12:13 AM            

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Could someone please tell me if Mercury might move between two houses in an individual's chart during this retrograde?

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posted February 14, 2007 11:12 AM            

Thanks for the bi-house clarification! Was wondering that myself!

O goodie!!! Mercury will turn around and slam my IC, (gosh I know he is in cohoots with Uranus) then sit upon my stellium in Aqua

Tho---I am feeling that this retro will be much more positive than the last one!!!

posted February 14, 2007 01:05 PM            

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Hey, thanks for the info, Zala. You must have a Virgo ascendant too. (Merc's going to be drifting into the same houses in my chart.)

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Terri ~

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Mercury will turn around and slam my IC, (gosh I know he is in cohoots with Uranus)

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cristina ~

posted March 11, 2007 01:15 PM            

I remember reading somewhere that Mercury actually goes Direct on the 12th of March (it has been Stationary Direct from the 7th onwards), but can't seem to confirm this anywhere. This is all I found:

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Mercury is Retrograde in Pisces and Aquarius from February 13th to March 7th, 2007.

30 Jan 2007 05:11 am 2525' Enters Rx Zone
13 Feb 2007 11:34 pm 1014'Rx Stationary Retrograde
07 Mar 2007 11:38 pm 2525' Stationary Direct
27 Mar 2007 11:57 pm 1014' Leaves Rx Zone

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Does anyone know where that information was? I just know I didn't make it up (unless I did? ) I need to sign some important papers tomorrow, and want to make sure of the time, since I've (im)patiently waited out this rx period

posted March 11, 2007 02:11 PM            

Mercury is definitely direct now, although we're not out of the Shadow Zone..... (charts here: http://www.astroprofile.com/2007mercuryrx.htm )
It's at 26Aqu03:21 as I write this..... speaking emotionally and not astrologically, I wouldn't worry about those papers you need to sign tomorrow Unless you want to put it off until after the 27th??

posted March 11, 2007 09:23 PM            

But, OMG, noooo, I can't wait any longer.. I've waited long enough, I think. I'm going to send up a little prayer, sign them tomorrow & get things moving. Wish me luck!!

posted March 11, 2007 09:29 PM            

If it's Big D papers, and it were me, I would probably do it tomorrow (Moon-day), Tuesday (Jupiter-day) or Wednesday (Mercury-day).....
After all, the Full Moon is about endings -- the New Moon about beginnings..... perhaps it would be good to get it done before the New Moon at 10:30pm EDT on Sunday.....

posted March 11, 2007 09:47 PM            

These are papers for the "Big D"... tomorrow feels like a good day ~Moonday... I'm feeling calmer & more centered these days with regards to it all, so I'm going to go ahead & take the plunge tomorrow... *sharpens pencils in readiness... on second thought, getting ink pens out*

Sunshine