THE MIND OF THE REBEL !!!

Mercury begins its initial transit through the intellectual, highly unconventional  sign of Aquarius today, January 1st, at 9:21 PM EST ... Mercury is considered to be in "exaltation" in the sign of Aquarius meaning it is in a sign other than the one it rules - in this case being Gemini and Virgo - where its energy is expressed very harmoniously as its forces are increased as well as its virtues are magnified !!! ... and once again, as last week, we are given a Holiday "gift" from the Universe that comes with a rather sizable caveat attached ... Mercury's last complete transit through Aquarius occurred from January 4th through March 12th, 2015 - a much longer than usual transit due to its first retrograde journey for 2015 beginning very soon after Mercury initially entered the sign of Aquarius ... we are going to repeat that same scenario once again this year except the first entire Mercury retrograde for 2016 will not be only in the sign of Aquarius like last year - more on that shortly ... Mercury has been in its shadow point since December 19th - so many of you may have already been experiencing or witnessing the backward energy beginning to manifest somewhere in your life or the life of someone else !!!

Mercury in Aquarius makes the mind and tongue tend to be unconventional sometimes to the extreme of shocking other people ... communication is made intelligently, objectively, openly, and independently... language used can be very individualistic and sometimes rebellious ... one thinks for them self and usually resists other people's answers ... learning is best done through questioning authority and seeking out unique experiences ... the mind is experimental, innovative, and future oriented ... one wants to explore all possibilities while keeping options open ... there is the tendency to jump from idea to idea resulting perhaps from an intuitive flash or brainstorming ... one must be careful not to become a victim of fragmented or erratic thinking ... there are usually excellent verbal skills here ... one can be quite objective allowing them to talk with just about anyone ... connections are best made on an individual basis ... interests usually include anything new age - oh say like astrology, numerology and tarot - and anything unusual, different, technological or progressive ... this energy frequently gives one the mind of a computer as well as the soul of a rebel !!!

Mercury in Aquarius usually indicates a fine and clever mind that is accurate, inventive and inquisitive ... people born under this energy - like yours truly !!! - often take a great interest in other people and have excellent judgement of human nature ... there is a love of analyzing character and motivation, and the finely tuned powers of observation that accompany this energy allow one to predict accurately how someone will react in a given situation ... Mercury here makes one a rather notorious people-watcher, and gives one a broad and emotionally detached outlook ... Aquarius is known as the sign of the truth-seeker and that characterizes the way this mind works ... sometimes one may seem eccentric as the ideas are so advanced ... and one may also enjoy saying things simply to shock other people - absolutely priceless, right ???

Mercury in Aquarius gives the mind the need for a lot of stimulation and activity ... interests are pursued thoroughly because of the capability of pursuing a train of thought for very long periods ... one is also capable of great inventive originality ... there is a desire to understand how the Universe is linked together ... one must be careful here of the powerful tendency toward abstraction causing one to become too detached and end up living in a mental environment that may be a long way from the reality of others around you ... also one may find that the thoughts speed so fast that one forgets to finish sentences - thinking others will understand where your thoughts were going - or one finishes other people's sentences for them in order to get on to the next topic ... a benefit of this energy is becoming aware that the individual mind is ultimately NOT separated from the Universal mind !!!

Mercury in Aquarius teaches us to learn to think through liberating ... one perceives things mentally in a manner that seems to others as highly unlikely or even odd ... there is a definite streak of stubbornness running through the mind which is a result of having a sense of the "Truth" and understanding how things really  are ... one has to be careful of the inherent blind spot which is detached objectivity to the point of missing the emotional factors in a given situation ... one of the main challenges of this energy is to learn to communicate ones vision and help others see life from a point beyond their personal hopes and fears ... the energy of Mercury in Aquarius can be expressed in the following ways :

POSITIVE: original thinker, inventive, unorthodox, comprehensive, scientific, objective, concise, well-informed, unable to be shocked, open-minded, truth-loving, perceptive, progressive thinker, Utopian, reformist, socially aware, intuitive, cosmically aware, telepathic and inspiring mind

NEGATIVE: way-out thinker, cranky, irrelevant, disjointed, clinical, lacks warmth, abrupt, unfeeling, indifferent, fixed opinions, contrary, emotionally blind, out of "time", unrealistic, reactionary, anti-social, scatterbrained, spaced out, overactive mind

Mercury is currently the only planet transiting through the sign of Aquarius, and it won't be here for long during its initial transit ... it will only get as far as 1 degree 3 minutes Aquarius when it begins its first retrograde journey for 2016 on January 5th going from 1 degree 3 minutes Aquarius back to 14 degrees 55 minutes Capricorn ... and as it will have to move forward to reenter Aquarius, on February 13th once stationing direct on January 25th,  Mercury will not completely finish its transit through Aquarius until - WAIT FOR IT  - March 5th !!! ... No doubt many will come up with some scathingly brilliant ideas during this transit, but those ideas will be best put on hold to begin with and revisited later once Mercury stations direct and returns to the sign of Aquarius in February ... more details about the first Mercury retrograde for 2016 in a few days when it begins - are you ready for it so early in the New Year ???

For now, enjoy thinking with a very open mind and remember that the truth often awakens like a flash of lightning - are you  ready to be struck by it ???