In the past few weeks, we’ve had a Mercury in Cancer Retrograde and a Grand Trine in Water signs. Saturn is still in Scorpio and Neptune is still in Pisces. I don’t know about you, but I think all that emotionally-charged Water stuff can feel pretty overwhelming sometimes. Even if you yourself aren’t emotional, having to work or live with others who are can be a challenge.
I’m finding that the Neptune in Pisces aspect is hardest for me. Neptune is the ruler of Pisces, so therefore they have similar meanings: spirituality, emotions, enlightenment, mysticism, compassion. Those things sound good, but Neptune and Pisces also represent delusion, addiction, escapism, and ever-expanding boundaries.
It’s that capacity for illusion that frustrates me so much. My Virgo Rising/Grand Trine in Earth self can’t abide such ungroundedness. Trying to communicate or interact with someone who isn’t clear on everyone else’s reality gives me a headache. (Let me clarify: I’m all for allowing every bit of wildness and creativity and free-spiritedness to roam unfettered. . . . inside your own head. When you are at work or in a group, you gotta be able to dial it back when you have to, and you gotta be able to hear input from others, even if you might not agree. That’s all I’m saying.)
Now, during a Mercury Retrograde, we are meant to review and reflect. We get four weeks to mull things over and contemplate how to go forward in a better way.
So what have I learned from my own month of ruminating? Boundaries are a good thing.
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