MOVING ON !!!

Mercury completed its second retrograde journey for 2012 today, 8/8, and stationed back into direct motion at 1:40 AM EDT - do I hear a BIG SIGH OF RELIEF out there ??? ... time to ease back into the forward swing of things on many levels ... 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 7/14 through today 8/8 and possibly as far back as 6/27 when Mercury entered its shadow point - the point where it would come out of the retrograde journey today which was at 1 degree of Leo ... or did issues and complications or questioning arise in regards to things done during the last retrograde period from 3/12 - 4/4 ??? ... or maybe even as far back as the Mercury retrograde period from 11/23 - 12/13 !!!!

Now the recurring question we may find ourselves 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"... 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 ???

With Mercury retrograding in Leo, there could have been issues in regards to romance, creative pursuits, pleasurable activities, emotional attitudes, the love we give to others, social affairs, the education of children, and any dramatic. literary or artistic endeavors as these are areas ruled by the 5th house of the natural zodiac which Leo naturally rules ... anatomically there could have been issues with the heart, back or spine, the right eye of the male and the left eye of the female ... and it should be quite ovious with all of the above mentioned possibilities, this was NOT the time to make vast sweeping changes ... rather one should have kept an eye open for possibilities that could prove more satisfying once the energy returned back to direct motion ...

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 12 degrees of Leo back down to 1 degree of Leo may also have had something significant occur during this retrograde as Mercury passed back over your natal Sun at some point ... (hint: if you have, or have not, had a natal chart run that means your birthday falls roughly between 7/23 and 8/5) ... also, 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 Leo until August 31st ... even though it is direct, and that is a VERY GOOD thing, Mercury will not be back up to "full speed" until August 22nd when it returns to the retrograde zone which is the point at where the retrograde began on July 14th and that was 12 degrees of Leo ... 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 especially now the personal planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars - sequence of retrogrades is over for the time being ... so celebrate but know there is much work to be done with Universal support aplenty ... Mercury remains in direct motion until its final retrograde journey for 2012 begins on November 6th !!!