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Releasing the fear of Mercury Retrograde

Many empaths report subtle (or dramatic) shifts in mental, emotional and physical energy around astrological occurrences. Cascading moon cycles, one planet squaring another and especially during retrogrades.

Today is the first day of Mercury retrograde, a term used to describe a visual phenomenon when a planet appears to be moving in reverse, because of its positioning to other planetary bodies. (It’s not really going backwards, it’s the same visual phenomenon when you’re riding in a car, look over and it appears the car next to you is traveling backwards).

How some cards in an intuitive reading might pop out in reverse, so you can choose to interpret them differently, planetary reversals, or retrogrades, give us the opportunity to slow down, be reflective and see things from a new perspective.

Mercury, in Roman mythology, is the messenger god of commerce and communication. With winged feet, he was tasked with delivering messages between the gods and, from gods to mortals. I like to think of him as that flash of intuitive inspiration we receive from Divine Mind. Aha!

Mercury in forward motion is precise and swift, his flight path direct.