Blog Post 31 October 2019
The last Mercury Retrograde of 2019 is now upon us, and this one is all about going deep into our emotional bodies.
Mercury Retrograde is a 3-week period we are given 3 times every year to go within ourselves; to re-visit, re-assess, re-vise and re-align all that we are with all that we feel. And as this Mercury Retrograde falls in the deep and intense sign of Scorpio, one of the most powerful things we can do within this period is RE-SEARCH. This is an ideal time to research what we are working on, what we want to know more about and where we are going in life. But more importantly it is an excellent opportunity to re-search and examine your truth; to really look at your motivation and need for power, secrecy and revenge. What inspires you and what makes you react the way you do? We get to search our inner worlds for who we truly are, and what is good for us, as well as what is toxic within us.
Scorpio energy loves power but at the same time is quite comfortable also playing the victim. Whatever it takes to get a reaction will do. But how much time do we waste reacting, overreacting or simply exploding over things that we have simply misunderstood or misinterpreted? So, we can all use this Retrograde period to have a look at ourselves and why we feel the way we do and what we perceive as being hurtful, and to take the time to process all of this so as we can learn more about our inner worlds.
We all arrive in this lifetime with our wounds that we have come here to heal through our experiences and through what we feel. And so often rather than looking at the core issue, we simply look at the triggers and blame those who activate these. True self-power and understanding come through taking responsibility for all that affects you – good and bad – and then learning what this is supposed to be teaching you. All is learning, yet so often the humanness of us wants to tell us that everyone is just out to get us, and that we have no control or power over our lives. You have chosen before you were born all who will hurt you and all who will love you in this lifetime and all of these experiences have been chosen to teach you something very important about yourself and your soul’s journey. So, stop reacting and start learning. Stop feeling the victim and become the master. And, stop blaming and start understanding.
Mercury retrograde in Scorpio will also trigger that opposition with more slow-moving Uranus in Taurus who has already been poked and prodded a few times this month by the Sun and New Moon. The greatest lessons of Taurus are forgiveness and compromise, and so our need to forgive and to find a compromise with what we feel and what we accept will be brought to the surface so as we can use such things as tools for our personal growth, self-love and your acceptance of who we truly are.
So use this retrograde period, which will last until 20 November, to re-visit your feelings; to re-assess your direction; to re-vise your plans and to re-search your inner self for your mastership and power that is all for your highest good within you and in your outer world. Our intentions in life hold incredible power to change things, and when these are in alignment with our destiny we truly find our peace, our power and our perfection. Blessings xox
