posted November 21, 2010 02:26 PM            

some ephemeris say the 9th others the 10th

I need to know the exact day hour and minute for PST!

posted November 21, 2010 02:30 PM              

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November 22, 2010-
2:36 PM (UT)
19º 37' Sagittarius
Mercury shadow begins

December 10, 2010
7:04 am EST (4:04 am PST)
05º 56' Capricorn - Rx

December 29 (Dec 30), 2010
2:21 am EST (11:21 pm PST)
19° 37' Sagittarius - Direct

January 18, 2011 -
05:48 AM (UT)
5º 56' Capricorn
Mercury shadow ends.

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Mercury enters its subsequent Front-end Shadow on November 23, 2010. It enters the Front-end Storm on December 5, and makes its retrograde station on December 10. It leaves the Front-End Storm on December 14, and continues retrograde, conjoining the Sun on December 19. Still moving retrograde, it enters the Back-end Storm on December 26, then makes its direct station on December 29/30. Its Storm and Shadow continue into January 2011.

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The Mercury Storm

To understand the timing of the weirdness still better, we need another concept -- the "Mercury Storm". I owe this very useful term to a short anonymous article in an old bulletin of the Arizona Society of Astrologers. (Would the author please step forward and take credit for it?)

As Mercury approaches and passes its retrograde station, it appears to slow down to a crawl, then stops for a moment, then starts moving "backwards" very slowly, and slowly speeds up. By the middle of the retrograde period, Mercury is moving at something approaching its normal speed, but in the "wrong direction". The speed of retrograde Mercury peaks sometime around the date when it conjoins the Sun, and life often seems to be getting back to normal for a while around that time. Then Mercury begins to slow down again as it approaches its direct station. Again it slows to a crawl, stops for a moment, and then resumes its forward motion.

The "Mercury Storm" is that period right around the station -- either station! -- when Mercury is moving very slowly. Normally Mercury is the fastest-moving planet (other than the Moon, which is really a satellite of the Earth), and it is helpful to think of Mercury as being "happy" when it is moving fast, and "unhappy" when it is moving slowly. My working definition of the Mercury Storm is any period in which Mercury is moving less than 40' (minutes of arc) per day, since experience shows that the SNAFU's tend to peak at those times. Using that definition, in the case being discussed here, the "Front-end Storm" around the retrograde station lasts from (DATE) to (DATE) and the "Back-end Storm" around the direct station lasts from (DATE) to (DATE). The number of days in the Storm is highly variable, which is at least consistent with the fluid nature of Mercury!

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posted December 29, 2010 12:22 AM            

During Mer Station Direct (end Dec 2010) is it okay to start something new like signing or taking up a new job instead of waiting till after Mer shadows ends (mid Jan 2011)?

posted December 29, 2010 01:53 AM            

I believe that matters.

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