Mercury in Leo began its second retrograde motion of 2018 at 10:02p PDT on Wednesday, 25th July, 2018. This makes Mercury the seventh retrograde body in astrology at the present time, joining Mars, Vesta, Saturn, Chiron, Neptune, and Pluto all moving in “reverse” which may require many if not all of us to rethink our approach to the matters of our lives, especially in regard to ideas and communications and the ways we think and speak.
With retrogrades, the “problem” is most often that people don’t pay attention to their environments. Retrogrades are “feedback” energy, and especially with Mercury Retrograde, they are communications being given to us for us to listen to rather than times for us to assert our will onto others or our circumstances. The more we push our intentions and agendas, the more we’re likely to get push back on anything not aligned with our individual life paths and purposes.
In pushing forward with their intentions, agendas, or their usual ways of doing things during retrogrades, not thinking that they may be causing more destruction to their intentions and agendas than production or construction, many people find themselves frustrated by retrogrades period, let alone Mercury Retrograde. They try to carry on, doing things the way they always do them and complain that everything is getting screwed up because things aren’t conforming to their will.
That’s why 7 concurrent retrogrades represent such a major shift – The Universe is essentially telling us all to shut up, sit down, and adapt to the changes occurring in and around our lives. What is happening in the world right now will not simply conform to our wills just because we ask for it. We’re going to have to work for it this time around. And as we do, the landscape will be rapidly changing as we try to do our work to make things happen.
With Mars Retrograde in Aquarius, it’s changes in our actions and leadership which challenge the collective social status quo. With Vesta Retrograde in Sagittarius, it’s changes in how we pursue our determination to grow and expand. With Saturn Retrograde in Capricorn, it’s changes in how rules, focus, and discipline and applied or enforced. With Chiron Retrograde in Aries, it’s changing our approach to healing self-identity wounds which may affect our everyday life functionality. With Neptune Retrograde in Pisces, it’s changes in how we perceive or pursue our dreams and ideals. And with Pluto Retrograde in Capricorn, it’s changes in the dynamics of power and influence in various aspects of our lives.
But if we keep our focus on Mercury Retrograde in Leo, it’s changes in our ideas and communications which allow us to creatively and uniquely express ourselves. This 2018 Mercury Retrograde in Leo – especially under the Leo Sun – is letting us know that if we are seeking acknowledgment of our unique and individual self-expression, the more we try to push or force our self-expression onto others, the more it may backfire in our faces. Instead, this is a time in which we want to pay attention to how others reveal to us how they want to be approached by us. This is a time to observe which opportunities open up and/or come to us as result of observing and listening to and respecting others in our environment(s).
As the world changes, we too, must change. Let the world show you how to change in a way which you can both express yourself fully and be acknowledged for it without having to try so hard to make yourself seen or heard.
Mercury will be retrograde in Leo now through Sunday, 19th August 2018.
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