SEEING IS BELIEVING !!!

MERCURY, steadily and with a precise logical progression, begins its highly focused and concentrated transit through the sign of Taurus today, April 5th, at 7:10 PM EDT ... our mode of thinking and communicating will now shift from the rapid fire energy of Aries into the slower and more methodical energy of Taurus ... the keyword for this energy is "factual" ... here the mind and tongue work deliberately and steadily with the tendency to sometimes get stuck in mental ruts ... this energy can be highly practical and grounded ... business skills or any activity that incorporates the use of common sense usually accompanies this energy ... often there can be learning through tactile contact or actual physical manipulation of the world ... perceptions can often be limited due to a desire to learn slowly and carefully ... there is a desire to bring ideas down to earth, and there are usually interests in money, sensuality and physical comfort ... Mercury was last in Taurus from April 14th through April 30th, 2015 ... 

Mercury in Taurus loves to read - ANYTHING !!! ... time is taken in order to arrive at all decisions ... this Mercury likes to "sleep on it" and needs solid, tangible, physical proof in order to really believe in anything ... the thought pattern is developed in terms of worth thus making "value" the ultimate selling point ... there is usually an excellent memory bestowed by this mercurial energy and it makes one a good observer but ironically one is apt to listen inattentively as their mind is almost always already made up and will rarely be changed !!! ... even though there is a love of reading, it is ultimately realized that experience teaches one the most valuable lessons in life ...

Mercury in Taurus teaches us to think through stabilization ... it's all about the concrete mind - SEEING IS BELIEVING !!! ... the mind here likes to chew things over and over in order to acquire a true depth of knowledge ... and frequently because this energy takes longer to reach a decision, opportunities may be missed ... this energy has its definite likes and dislikes ... there is more of a taste for the traditional rather than the abstract and the avant-garde, and one finds it is steady working habits that produce thorough and solid results ... ultimately there is a gift given here to see how any plan will work out in physical terms ... the energy of Mercury in Taurus can be expressed in the following ways:

POSITIVE: sound mind, thorough, patient, cautious, shrewd, resourceful, sensible, realistic, good concentration, mentally sure, deliberating, practical thinker, sense of form, steady mind, enduring, mentally laid-back, docile, undemanding

NEGATIVE: slow minded, plodding, tardy, guarded, mean-minded, money-grubbing, boneheaded, one-track-minded, overburdened, limited thinker, stubborn mind, lazy-minded, dumb, misses the point, couch potato

Mercury is the only planet to be currently transiting through the sign of Taurus, but the Sun will join the party on April 19th - and what a train wreck it's liable to become between the Sun and the personal planets - Mercury, Venus and Mars - with Mars already retrograde followed by Mercury stationing retrograde on April 28th, Venus currently in Aries and moving into the sign of Taurus on April 29th !!!

Mercury remains in the sign of Taurus until - WAIT FOR IT - June 12th and you know why !!! ... Mercury begins its second retrograde journey for 2016 on April 28th which will be completely in the sign of Taurus going from 23 degrees 36 minutes back to 14 degrees 20 minutes Taurus ... Mercury is already "slowing down" and will enter its shadow point on April 14th when it reaches 14 degrees 20 minutes Taurus which is the degree where it will conclude its next retrograde journey on May 22nd - more about that retrograde period when it begins ... AND ... just a reminder once again, this Mercury retrograde period will be completely embedded in the Mars retrograde period which begins on April 17th - things could get very challenging and frustrating !!!

Taurus born individuals, are you beginning to feel the tempo picking up in your thinking and communicating somewhat even though Mercury is "slowing down" ??? ... now is your chance - along with the rest of us - to get a lot accomplished and get our minds anchored to a firmer foundation of rational and practical thinking with this earth energy ... 

Ironically this particular energy of thinking and communicating will be influencing us until the retrograde begins and then rethought, and, once Mercury stations direct, rethought again as Mercury moves forward to exit the sign of Taurus in June ... but isn't this thinking and rethinking exactly what Mercury in Taurus naturally likes to do ??? ... perhaps not under these set of circumstances however ... gotta love that cosmic sense of humor and that is no "BULL" !!!