Re-imagining Mercury RX, and How it May Work out for You in Aquarius

Re-imagining Mercury RX, and How it May Work out for You in Aquarius

I am not a Mercury retrograde doomsayer. Much of the narrative around this thrice annual retrogradation event is hyperbolic to me. So, much of what I write here will be informed by a cooler sensibility. Which is wonderfully evocative of Mercury’s nature in Aquarius anyway.

What are the facts?

Well, in 2021, Mercury will retrograde three times: once in Aquarius, once in Gemini, and once in Libra. A suite of air signs. The retrograde of note in this write up is the Aquarius one. Mercury has begun to slow down in the sky as it stations retrograde. This lead up to the actual event is called a shadow period, and much of what is happening now specific to Mercury in Aquarius topics in your chart have already reared and will come up again for resolution when Mercury stations direct and treads back over these same degrees. Mercury will officially retrograde on January 30th at 26 degrees of Aquarius and then station direct on February 20th at 11 degrees of Aquarius. Accounting for shadow periods, the bread on the retrograde sandwich at either side, Mercury technically began annoying us on January 15th and won’t stop until March 13th.

The Astrology of a Doomed Event: NASA's Challenger Disaster

The Astrology of a Doomed Event: NASA's Challenger Disaster

Taking a break from public figures and focusing instead on the natal chart of an event. It's also a subtle shout out for electional Astrology, or the intentional planning of an event under the most favorable cosmic sky you can find, within limit. (Please note: I don't think Challenger could have been saved by favorable Astrology. If you know anything about the lead up to the disaster, it was human error after human error, miscommunications abound, etc.)

The fascinating thing about this event is that NASA launches are kept record of in a rigorous way, meaning that the chart of the Challenger disaster is derived from official record. So, we can look upon the chart with a tremendous amount of credibility. There is also an official record of the "birth time" of the Challenger vessel, so we can compare the natal chart of the ship to the chart of the event. Here are some tidbits of note.

FKA Twigs, Shia LaBeouf and the Astrology of Difficult Relationships

FKA Twigs, Shia LaBeouf and the Astrology of Difficult Relationships

I want to start by saying a few things:

  1. trigger warning (this was hard for even me to write because--relatable and because--appalling)

  2. these placements and aspects DO NOT MAKE YOU AN ABUSIVE PERSON

  3. these placements and aspects DO NOT MAKE YOUR FRIEND/PARTNER AN ABUSIVE PERSON

  4. what makes an abusive person? a person who makes choices that are abusive--to themselves and others. astrology cannot save that, and cannot predetermine it. there are a multitude of ways planets manifest in a person, and the way it does is largely based on the person's free will.

  5. # PROTECTBLACKWOMEN

  6. if anything in this piece reads like a defense or justification of his behavior -- IT. IS. NOT. My aim is objective analysis.

  7. LeBeouf's (LB) birth time is rated AA.

  8. Twigs' birth time is unknown, and a noon chart is used.

The Houses as Famous Films

The Houses as Famous Films

I was thinking about how Harry Potter/Hogwarts is the perfect encapsulation of 9th house themes: magic, the hero's journey, traveling far from home, learning new things and getting that coveted acceptance letter, adventures, etc. Then I started to think if there were other films that could come to represent the significations of the other houses and why.

This is just a fun exercise to start thinking more about the houses, so feel free to comment your own below, to disagree, agree, or just ponder the resonance.

Here's what I came up with and why.

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