THIS IS MY DOG TESS WALKING BACKWARDS DOWN THE BEACH PATH. This is also you in August, September 2023 as Mercury Retrograde in Virgo begins. Virgo rules work, wellbeing, unpaid work, lifestyle, academia and health. Mercury is the paperwork, the negotiations and the plans. Retrograde is rethinking, rescheduling, rewriting, retracting and all the ‘re’ prefix words.
YOU CAN USE THE TAROT ON MY WEBSITE OR IN YOUR OWN DECK to ask “What or whom should I be most cautious with?” You can also ask “What do I gain the most, or from whom do I benefit, as Mercury retrogrades?”
The actual cycle starts sooner and ends later than a lot of interest astrologers will tell you. Friday 4th August begins the loop and it does not stop until Saturday 30th September.
Mercury is about the worldwide web, the mail, couriers, meetings, negotiations and transportation. Retrograde, it is going backwards even as it appears to go forwards.
YOU CAN PICK A SINGLE TAROT CARD NOW ON MY WEBSITE TO ASK the first question then pause, to ask the second. Mercury Retrograde can be productive. It is very good for first drafts and beta testing. Soft launches. Mistakes can produce great albums.
The sign really matters. Virgo is specifically about your job, your housework, your course, your voluntary efforts. It is particularly about your physical and mental health. I’m happy to reach for any book on my office shelf (below) in a special Zoom on Friday 4th August, dedicated to this. Details, end of page.
TAROT TO THE RESCUE! Your own unique case (and birth chart) is best decided by you, so do personalise this transit in August, September.
IF YOU HAVE FOUR, FIVE, SIX OR MORE VIRGO FACTORS then your work and wellbeing is strongly affected, because we also have the Sun in Virgo from August 24th; the Full Moon against the Sun in Virgo on August 31st; Mars in Virgo until August 27th.
JOIN ME ON ZOOM WITH THE TAROT GUILD ON FRIDAY 4TH AUGUST for a 90 minute session where you can bring your own Smith-Waite Tarot cards or use those on my website. We will go into tips, tricks and techniques to navigate August and September. Admission is $10, donated to The Tarot Guild.
We’ll meet 7pm Friday in Sydney and Melbourne; 9pm in Auckland, 2.00am in Los Angeles (hello Night Owls), 5.00am in New York and in London, 10.00am on Friday morning. Looking forward. See you there.
Patrice, Mercury Retrograde ends on September 30th so you are in the clear. It's in Virgo, ruling work. You have Uranus and Pluto in Virgo too. Wait for October and onwards. In your Capricorn chart Virgo rules the worldwide web. In your natal chart it rules paid work, unpaid work and academia. So from two angles you'd want to wait for October and beyond. There's a New Moon in Scorpio in your solar Third House of writing and reading, broadcasting and media on 13th November. See what your Tarot says about that.
I have a question about Mercury retro. Today's horoscope on your site, and many of them, have been about me getting a "plan" for internet, communication and putting forth my best strategy. I have so many things I want to launch on the internet but I keep sitting on the ledge because I feel its never the right time because of some negative aspect. Today's horoscope (Sun Capricorn) makes me want to take the jump but Mercury retro stops me. 12/31/1965 2:30AM Washington DC
Is there really a way to fix that? I thought timing was everything in astrology??
Thank you so much
Patrice