FORWARD HO - AND OFF WE GO !!!

Mercury completed its first retrograde journey, completely in the sign of Aries this time, for 2011 early this morning, 4/23, and stationed back into direct motion at 6:04 AM EST - do I hear a BIG SIGH OF RELIEF out there ??? ... time to ease back into the forward swing of things on many levels - even though Aries would energize us to get "fired" up and move forward rapidly instead ... over the next few days to the next few weeks or even months, there may be some "a-ha" lights coming on in regard to decisions made during the retrograde period from 3/30 through today 4/23 and possibly as far back as 3/16 when Mercury entered its shadow point - the point where it would come out of the retrograde journey this morning which was at 12 degrees of Aries ... or did issues and complications or questioning arise in regards to things done during the last retrograde period from 12/10 - 12/30 ??? ... and the recurring question you may find yourself asking is - "WHY" ???????????????????

What actions did you take or were taken against you that you may now be regretting or simply wondering why you chose to do or were the victim of that particular course of action, and why didn't you or the other person wait a little longer or are simply now trying to figure out why it happened ???? .... did you make any major purchases - homes, cars, electronics - that now don't seem like the best thought out course of action ??? ... there could be problems regarding any purchases made with anything where electrical energy and/or computers were involved .... relationships may have come to an end - some needed to and others may have jumped the gun and you are now wondering, or will be, why did I do that or end things at this point ... and how many of you got married - oops !!! ... all of these scenarios are possible as the energy of a Mercury retrograde is one where communications and mental energy is going "backwards" ...

Did any of you have issues regarding your pesonality, individuality, the way you express yourself, the way you want others to see you or the way others actually see you, or have something happen that brought change to these issues in some way ??? ...were there issues with your physical body - especially in the area of the head - the area of the body Aries rules, your physical body or your health in general - since Mercury naturally rules the 6th house of health ??? ... how many of you decided to or thought very serioulsy about changing your appearance in some way - as Aries naturally rules the 1st house that being the house of "the self" and how we project out into the world ??? ... how many began new endeavors that may not succeed due to the backward moving energy ??? ... were there any issues in regards to your assertiveness - or the lack thereof - surgery and operations, accidents, inflammations, cuts, burns, or maybe even incidences of violence and anger since Mars rules Aries ??? ... and how many of you had travel plans that fell apart, ran into nasty delays or did not turn out how you thought they would ??? ... did anyone from your past come back around only to go out again or make you understand why they aren't actively in your life anymore ???

Now there may be a few instances where nothing really major happened but rather only minor annoyances ... those of you born with your natal Sun between 24 degrees of Aries back down to 12 degrees of Aries may also have had something significant occur during this retrograde as Mercury passed back over your natal Sun ... (hint: if you have, or have not, had a natal chart run that means your birthday falls roughly between 4/2 and 4/15 ...  any new beginnings made and contracts signed during the retrograde period may not pan out in the end as the energy simply won't be supported ... new jobs begun or accepted during the retrograde period may not prove to be what they were supposed to be or completely fall apart down the road ...

Mercury remains in the sign of Aries until May 15th ... even though it is direct, and that is a VERY GOOD thing, Mercury will not be back up to "full speed" until May 11th when it reaches the point at where the retrograde zone began on March 30th which is 24 degrees of Aries ... we can all now take a deep breath and proceed to bust a move forward ... keep in mind things may really start popping and there could be a great big rush of energy propelling us forward as there are now 5 planets currently transiting through the sign of Aries - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus - and this shift back into forward motion will certainly make its energy felt in some manner through these other planets and how they express themselves in Aries outwardly to the world ... so celebrate but know there is much work to be done with Universal support aplenty ... just don't go too far too fast as Aries would naturally dictate that you do - otherwise you or someone else might truly get "burned"  !!!