BACK TO "THINKING WITH THE HEART" !!!

Mercury reentered the domestic and sympathetic sign of Cancer today, July 13th, at 12:45 AM  EDT ... once again our thinking and communicative processes turn from an intellectual mode towards a more emotional mode of operation as the ruler of Cancer is the Moon which among other things rules the emotions ... Below is a reminder, in case you don't "remember", what this energy is all about :

"Mercury in Cancer has a way of subconsciously picking up signals from everyone else .. the mind becomes as much a receiver as a transmitter under this energy ... here we have a highly intuitive mode of thinking and communicating ... this placement also usually bestows a very good memory along with strong poetic power ... Mercury in Cancer thinks with the heart and often interprets the meaning of others communications through how it "feels" ...

Mercury in Cancer does not always say everything it is feeling as it tries to avoid hurting itself and others as well with careless ill-spoken comments ... one is very protective of their thoughts ... it likes to nurture ideas and encourage growth before sharing ... one uses emotions as well as logic and often may end up letting sensitivities sway ones decisions ... subconscious fears, habits, or prejudices could inhibit ones objectivity or openness to the new ... there is usually an above-average psychic ability ... one learns through absorbing their  experiences and making emotional connections ... interest here may include family, the home, the land, the past, the public or security ... Oh yes, we most definitely may find ourselves thinking about food A LOT - and with Venus currently transiting through Taurus, we may find ourselves partaking of the dreadful activity of over eating which ultimately causes the wrong kind of "expansion" in our lives !!!

The lesson of Mercury in Cancer is all about thinking through nurturing ... its the caring mind ... one has to be careful not to take everything so personally here ... it is important to remember to look at the facts in addition to the opinions of others ... it is also important to remember and be aware that each one of us is our own source of light and warmth ... most importantly it is necessary to make a collection of good memories that will give rise to clear and positive thinking ... the energy of Mercury in Cancer can be expressed in the following ways:

POSITIVE: mentally tenacious, good memory, reliable, sensitive mind, poetic, intuitive, agreeable, absorbs information, attuned to public opinion, profound, polite, softly-spoken, discreet, diplomatic, arouses sympathies, emotionally appealing, persuasive speaker

NEGATIVE: mentally habit-ridden, distracted, inflexible, overly impressionable, impractical, irrational, yes-person, too open, taking things too personally, depressive, self-conscious, unclear, incomprehensible, diffuse,  prejudiced, untruthful "

Many of us may now be rethinking and reviewing what we were involved in from May 29th through July 17th as Mercury began its initial transit through Cancer on May 29th, then began its retrograde journey on June 7th having gotten no further than 3 degrees Cancer returning to the sign of Gemini on June 17th for the remainder of its second retrograde journey for 2014 which ended on July 1st ...

Mercury will now make its complete transit through Cancer which will conclude on July 31st ...