posted June 22, 2016 09:04 PM            

I'm reading, understanding communication faster, communicating articulately, multitasking faster, and have a more literal step by step process to things.

Thinking of moving out of the house soon and to keep busy everyday. And pick up another job.

My childhood was definitely right brained/fantasy themed.

posted June 22, 2016 09:23 PM            

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Originally posted by DopGang:
Ugh. Lucky you.
I have about 1 1/2 to 2 years left. It'll have been about 20 years.
To me, it seems like my mental capabilities are fine. It's getting the messages across to others in ways they'll understand that is the problem.

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Quite different to you. I can communicate somewhat effectively to people but processing was slower than others. Having the vocabulary and stringing it altogether was a bit of a challenge. I did have some learning abilities like paying attention in school, understanding grammar. This caused feelings of alienation and shyness.

Also my parents didn't even teach me English when I was a little toddler, they taught me French instead as my first language. Maybe that's why I had difficulties? in elementary.

posted June 22, 2016 09:34 PM            

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Originally posted by DopGang:
Ugh. Lucky you.
I have about 1 1/2 to 2 years left. It'll have been about 20 years.
To me, it seems like my mental capabilities are fine. It's getting the messages across to others in ways they'll understand that is the problem.

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Also, can you give an example of the messages you gave that were not understood?

posted June 23, 2016 03:59 PM            

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Originally posted by ayujegeg:
Has anyone born with a mercury stationary or Mercury retro that progressed to direct?

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Yes, partly. I was born when Mercury was in full direct motion, but went Rx the day after I was born.

In secondary progressions it was Rx until just days before I turned 25 in April 1995. That coincided very closely to when I discovered herbal medicine that month, and began to utilize it to improve my health, as I had been operating in the dark about my body's needs, ran myself down and lost my job. From that time I began to learn more from others and engage in outward learning in a social context. I became more communicative with others. Previously most of my language was expended in writing songs and poetry. I never really spoke my opinions much at all and was very stubborn.

The Mercury Rx phase in progression is more internal, as you've described with your right brain/fantasy-driven mentality. The brain connections you made during that time can then allow for more outward interaction, more communication once the prog.direct motion starts.

posted June 23, 2016 07:57 PM            

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Originally posted by Kannon McAfee:
Yes, partly. I was born when Mercury was in full direct motion, but went Rx the day after I was born.

In secondary progressions it was Rx until just days before I turned 25 in April 1995. That coincided very closely to when I discovered herbal medicine that month, and began to utilize it to improve my health, as I had been operating in the dark about my body's needs, ran myself down and lost my job. From that time I began to learn more from others and engage in outward learning in a social context. I became more communicative with others. Previously most of my language was expended in writing songs and poetry. I never really spoke my opinions much at all and was very stubborn.

The Mercury Rx phase in progression is more internal, as you've described with your right brain/fantasy-driven mentality. The brain connections you made during that time can then allow for more outward interaction, more communication once the prog.direct motion starts.

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posted June 24, 2016 01:39 PM            

Progressed to 9° Aqua, turned Rx when I was 8 years old
Learning slowed down. I had been so far ahead, I think they should have let me skip a grade. But at age 8, I actually had to start concentrating.

Progressed Rx into Cap when I was 18
Just in time for college, taking studies seriously.
But I think Cap Mercury Rx also made me too conservative for my own good.

Progressed Mercury turned direct when I was 27.
Stayed at 23° Cap for about three years, into my Saturn Return
When it finally got moving direct again, I was coming out of the stupor of my Saturn Return which had been hard.

Gradually started becoming more liberal, accepting, open-minded, and willing to study all kinds of weird stuff finally. Those were my good, direct progressed Mercury years in Capricorn.

And my pr Mercury is finally back to Aquarius now! 0° Aqua, since late 2015.

I have a lot of transits affecting me right now so I'm not sure if this is all Mercury or not:

Sometimes it just feels like I'm in free fall because I actually don't know what I think.

It's like I'm trying to de-program myself, so I don't want to rely on easy answers. I want to think on my feet. Often this leaves me with nothing to say (Mercury at zero degrees.) But to be socially appropriate I do have to say something, and sometimes I just feel like talking (Gemini Mars).

And then I get the oddest feeling, like I'm dissociated from myself for a bit, because I realize that anything I say will not feel sincere, or complete, or like an accurate picture of all that's running through my mind. (Because things are running through my mind!)

So there's resignation to that...and more objectivity and willingness to just think whatever I think, without strings attached, without feeling like the words are extensions of me. The strings just aren't attaching like they used to. I can't fully believe everything I say, no matter how hard I concentrate. Like this little essay only feels partly true, partly BS, and since it's at least half BS, why not just say anything at all??

Is this how Aquarius Mercury got its reputation for being crazy? LOL

It's uncomfortable and interesting at the same time.

I almost feel like I'm in a crisis of needing to re-build my thought processes. Because I'm so desperate for good mental sustenance, not the same old stuff I thought before, I am abandoning (at least for now) topics I once loved. Modern culture looks wackier than ever to me, so the whole context in which books are written, and their underlying assumptions, just feel "off" and backwards and worthless. I walk into the bookstore, pass books I used to care about, and think, "Wow that's so boring. How did I ever pay attention to that??"

So, we'll see.