Mercury Retrograde's Halfway Point

We ended last time with a mention of Mercury.  As of last evening at 9:04 PM EDT Mercury made its inferior conjunction to the Sun.  This is the time we have been waiting for. At the halfway point in the retrograde cycle with the inferior connection to the Sun, the information that was needed, that Mercury left its throne on Olympus to find, has made its connection to the source of life, our goals, and purpose, the Sun.  If you woke up the last few days with a new thought consider that Mercury has brought you a message that is useful for your future.

Another point to be made is Mercury's larger cycle that includes the time frame from July 15th to September 9th.  Although we all know that Mercury is in apparent retrograde for only about 3 weeks, there are shoulder or shadows time periods when issues first arose that will be addressed in the cycle and will finally get resolved. 

If you go back to July 15th you will find that whatever was on your mind at that time, in whatever department of life (or house in your natal chart) the sign Leo governs, the issues you would be grappling with first came to the surface.  These issues should see resolution around the time of Mercury's direct station on the 26th of August at 6: 05 PM EDT, as Mercury again passes 18 degrees of Leo. 

The final solution of the Mercury retrograde cycle however will not be until September 9th when Mercury again passes 1 degree of Virgo (the sign after Leo).  This is important to consider because when Mercury went retrograde August 2nd he did so facing the planet Neptune.  Therefore this whole retrograde cycle when we are seeking new information has been clouded by the spirtual or illusionary planet Neptune.

When you think about all that has occured in these past few weeks, you realize that we were under a cloud and could not see clearly.  This would be true for each of us in some area of our lives, not everything.  When Mercury again passes 1 degree of Virgo on Friday September 9th-the cloud or confusion that Neptune brings to our thinking will dispearse.  Neptune also connects us to the divine, to the egoless state we are in during meditation. This month should have been a terrific time for those affairs, but not so great for financial matters, where Neptune can augur loss or dissillusion.