The Pisces Moon the last few days brought a deeply emotional quality to our attempts to process the information given us by the retrograde. Scorpio always creates the deepest, the most profound, the most intense, the most emotionally impacting. As I continued down the current rabbit hole of my trip through the past, I discovered the top keyword for this most recent Mercury conversation.....RETRIEVE. Six years ago, I began another entirely new life, and, although I am thrilled with what it has become and fulfilled in many ways by all the changes, I find that so many pieces of myself have been lying by the side of the road - opossum-like - in a state of coma that feels very near to death. Through the wise and gentle words of a dear close one, I see now that my yearning for what once was is actually the need to retrieve those neglected and starving pieces of myself, RESUSCITATE them, REINVIGORATE them, breathe the Breath of Life back into them by celebrating them, and then pull them into present time, discovering as I go how to create the deeper, more profound, more intense new future from the magical beauty that they originally held. New "RE" words to put at the top of my list for these 3 very special times of the year....and new reasons to be so deeply and profoundly grateful for the wonderful loving people in my life.
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Mercury moves out of the retrograde and back into forward motion, although we will feel the hangover of it until Thanksgiving Day. With the Moon in Pisces for a couple of days, it won't be surprising if we have experience another possible effect of these weeks with the retrograde......a spell of melancholy. As the retrograde requires us to examine the past, sooner or later we come across good times and beautiful moments, situations and people and feelings and opportunities that are no longer in our present lives. It surprised me to realize in this one that I was still grieving for parts of my past...of my youth....of long ago days and the "golden age" of my years here in this life. I wasn't focused on unresolved issues or unforgiven hurts as much as I was yearning for the things that were magical and mystical and special...and for the way I used to feel back then. As we leave the retrograde behind us and the past along with it, we need to hold on to the beauty that once was and no longer is, and carry it in our hearts instead of the grieving for it.....fueling our ability to recreate more of that beauty now and in our futures.
And so, the Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio continues, and the line between the past and the present blurs. Dear friends from long ago, somehow lost to the busy demands of your everyday life, reappear -- call from out of nowhere to meet for a coffee. Long-buried feelings, never completely resolved and put to rest, resurface for review and re-examination. Broken things, left on the shelf to gather dust, jump into our line of vision for repair. Yes, there is chaos and confusion....too many trucks blowing through red lights and almost pulling us into a crash....so many appointments cancelled and rescheduled and cancelled again....that low-level hum of irritation and frustration....and the computer and telephone glitches that can make a normal day a torrent of delay and miscommunication. But hopefully you are also experiencing some of the benefits of the Retrograde, too --- things slow down a bit for some of us, even if we are forced to --- and Mercury digs into the bag of our lives to pluck out some gems from the past -- sweet moments and beloved people that may have been left on the side of the road as we traveled, so focused and so driven by circumstance. Today, try to turn your attention to the blessings that the Retrograde brings us. I hope you find many of them.
The New Moon in Scorpio arrives tomorrow along with a eclipse to add energy to its already powerful influence. We have now been traveling with Saturn in Scorpio for a year. Many things have died and been put away. Mercury is Retrograde now in Scorpio, asking us to review that process and look at what else still needs to be resolved and released. The Vulture cleans up the debris of the past, clearing space for the Dove. Scorpio rules the lowest of the low and the highest of the high. It's time to turn loose of the predatory, revengeful nature of old Scorpio and clear space for the transcendent transformations it creates instead. Purging ourselves of obsession, control, manipulation, paranoia and power games allows us to move higher into a state of compassion, understanding, intimacy, and love. Sort through your feelings carefully, searching for the dividing line between present moment, appropriate emotional responses and old, ingrained, karmic patterns. Be aware of the difference between your own feelings and those you may be absorbing and carrying from others around you. Pay special attention to your dreams now and interpret the synchronistic symbols around you, knowing that past life information is always strong and visible during the Mercury Retrograde -- especially in Scorpio. Let the past be the past, be grateful to the Vulture for taking away that which was no longer useful or needed, and soar with the Dove as she tries to teach us how rising above it all can feel.
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