Cardinal T-Square

There may be a feeling of panic while events speed up with the Cardinal Cross in effect. Uranus turns back to Pisces, while in retrograde, until the electricity returns in March 2011. Still, Pluto in Capricorn squares Jupiter in Aries on one end, Mars on the other (closely followed by Saturn and now Venus). This energy is all about initiating. Starting to pull out of the oppositions, the polar struggles that shaped the last 10 months. You may be looking for help and that's not a bad instinct.



While the energies sort themselves out, we face another of the three annual Mercury in retrograde periods. These cycles ebb and flow, and are generally thought of as bad times to sign contracts, start partnerships, have critical discussions.

My idea is that we customarily talk to each other - a balance between listening and responding, along with our own need to speak. During a Mercury retrograde, we turn inward. More so than usual, we are talking to ourselves. We are talking behind closed doors. Therefore, straightforward processes - like signing contracts, like starting businesses, don't have all of the information needed. After Mercury turns direct, and about a week later, the shoes fall and you find out what details we missed, what conversations were had.

It may feel a bit like crossing a stream in a crowd.



After Mercury returns to direct motion, in mid-September, the path will be open to act on new projects - to resume a more synchronized means of achieving your goals. Through the next month and then some of speedy chaos, keep your mind focused on the second half of September.



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SOS by Mary Anne Clark
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