I've decided to revamp my blog after an absence of several months. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it, but after giving it a fair bit of thought, I have decided to focus on astrology. I want to focus each week on a major aspect, planetary sign shift, or astrology topic. If there are any topics you'd like me to cover, please let me know if the comments below.
Today's topic is Mercury in Libra. On August 30, 2021 Mercury moves into the sign of Libra where he will stay for a longer than usual amount of time due to a retrograde period from September 27 - October 18, 2021. He finally moves out of Libra, into Scorpio on November 05, 2021. So this energy will be with us for two months.
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| Mercury in Libra |
Mercury is the planet of communication, travel and the mind. When he moves into the sign of the scales, communication becomes more diplomatic, and people want to talk more about partnerships, romance, the arts, and beauty. It's a good time to make plans for renovations, beauty treatments, weddings, and creative projects. If you know your astrology birth chart, look to your Libra house to see where this energy will be showing up for you over the next two months.
Even if you do not know your chart, generally this period is a good one for communicating with partners. This can be romantic partners, business or creative partnerships. Its a period where compromise and coming to fair and equal decisions are highlighted. The down side of Mercury in Libra is it can lead to passive aggressiveness, rather than confronting others directly, as there is a temptation to avoid conflict. This can also lead to over compromising in an effort to smooth things out, which one can regret later. It's good to try to be fair and diplomatic, but make sure you are not compromising yourself.
This extended Mercury period will see some aspects with the slower moving planets repeat themselves three times, once as Mercury moves forward direct through Libra, once again during the retrograde (where he appears to move backwards), and then again as Mercury moves forward direct again.
Mercury square Pluto - Squares are stressful aspects which create internal tension. There can be uncomfortable communications with those in power (Pluto) or with those you may have some power over. Expect difficult insights to arise around issues of mortality, leadership, and structures in our lives. Mercury in Libra wants to smooth over these topics and doesn't want to talk about them, but Pluto is compelling us to do so.
Mercury opposite Chiron - Oppositions are also stressful aspects, but rather than showing up as tension, they often show up as outside forces or events that challenge us to find a balance, or to make a clear choice. Chiron is the wounded healer, who is presently in Aries, the sign of self identity. Some of the compromises we are being asked to make may bring up old wounds to our sense of self from when we were younger and challenge our ego and identity. Do we choose to find a balance between our partner and self, or do we completely give in or walk away entirely? Whatever our decision, Chiron asks us to approach old wounds with new and better behaviors.
Mercury trine Saturn - It's not all challenging news for this period. Trines are helpful and supportive aspects that bring ease and opportunities. Saturn in Aquarius has been asking us to create rules and boundaries around community and to be responsible to the good of the whole. It is a good time to talk about our long term plans and what kind of rules we want in place to make society better for everyone. And Mercury in Libra makes us better listeners to another person's point of view, which can help us make things more equitable for everyone.
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