Retrograde station aspects, 7 September 2009

Mercury stations retrograde in Libra on 7 September 2009, and I have been meaning to blog about the chart for weeks but have been in denial….

From the Ptolemiac aspects at least, it looks to be a challenging day, with only one trine amid a grand cross and a number of yods. The grand cross is out of sign but because one of the points is the Moon, which moves quite quickly, I’d say it’ll feel like a grand cross nonetheless. And if even if you preferred to dispute the configuration, the retrograde Mercury still forms the apex of a t-square between Mars and Pluto — talk about the potential for explosive conversation!

 

iCal vs Google Calendar?

Like for a lot of people Apple’s MobileMe sync screws up when I am trying to sync my iCal calendars across different computers due to the mysterious ‘inconsistent data’ problem. Nothing works so far. And the MobileMe calendar on the web doesn’t do subscriptions.

I know that many of you subscribe to my Mercury retrograde calendar, so if you have a solution, please offer one. I haven’t tried Google Calendar yet. Would it work better?

I’ll leave this post at the top for a while to give people time to respond.

On another note, I know I haven’t been updating this blog for a while but this summer of eclipses has been gruelling. You can check out my other blog if you’re interested, otherwise I hope to have something up about September’s retrograde soon.

 

Mercury square Neptune: Can’t think straight?

I blogged last year about Mercury retrograde (in Gemini) trine Neptune retrograde (in Aquarius) as ‘talking through a fog’. Energy flows smoothly in a trine. Mercury (in Taurus) is currently making its third and final square to Neptune which is currently retrograding once again in Aquarius. The first pass was on 25 April, the second on 23 May, and the third on 9 June. Energy passing through a square can feel like it is forced over an obstacle or through a very narrow passage.

Mercury (albeit direct now) square Neptune can produce blocks in communication, perhaps resulting from fuzzy (Neptune) logic (Mercury), or overly idealistic (Neptune) thinking (Mercury). It may also drain (Neptune) the energy out of communication (Mercury), or too much thinking (also Mercury)! But I am not certain how many experience this — I’m certainly feeling it. It may be that my own natal Mercury is opposite my natal Neptune, or that Neptune is currently squaring the ruler of my Gemini Sun (Mercury) and conjunct the ruler of my chart (Jupiter).

 

Mercury stations direct + Chiron and Neptune station retrograde = ?

Hamster in a wheel in slow motion.

At least that’s my visualisation of the sense of exhausted limbo we seem to be in.

 

Merc rx in Taurus and me: Rediscovering earth energies in crystals

It seems like this Mercury rx has been a rough one for many people. There is some pretty potent astrology at work right now, especially the rare Jupiter-Chiron-Neptune conjunction. Merc rx in Taurus is currently squaring that conjunction making us all uncomfortably aware of being uncomfortably aware, if that makes sense.