Podcast 11 - Mercury Retrogrades, what causes them and what to expect
In this video, we talk about the synodic cycle of Mercury retrograde, what you can expect from Mercury retrograding through the various natal houses and explain about the retrograde shadow period.
In keeping with the Mercury retrograde theme, we have several snafus while filming this episode, such as smoke alarms going off within minutes of staring recording, various moments where the video stream froze up and talking over each other (well, more than usual).
Lynda has articles about Mercury retrograde and about the Retrograde Shadow Period over at the Scullywag Astrology website.
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Timestamps/chapters for the podcast episode are listed below.
Timestamps/Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:32 Diagram of Mercury retrograde and synodic cycle
3:24 Demo of Mercury retrograde using Solar Fire
4:12 Synodic cycle of Mercury
4:49 Retrograde shadow periods
11:43 Mercury retrogrades in the same element for a few years
16:03 Natal aspects to the Mercury retrograde
19:47 Annual Profections and Mercury retrograde
21:32 When Mercury retrogrades in two houses
22:10 Mercury retrograde through the natal houses
22:20 Mercury retrograde through the 1st house
23:11 Mercury retrograde through the 2nd house
23:57 Mercury retrograde through the 3rd house
25:07 Mercury retrograde through the 4th house
25:48 Mercury retrograde through the 5th house
26:35 Mercury retrograde through the 6th house
27:30 Mercury retrograde through the 7th house
28:03 Mercury retrograde through the 8th house
29:06 Mercury retrograde through the 9th house
29:36 Mercury retrograde through the 10th house
30:07 Mercury retrograde through the 11th house
30:47 Mercury retrograde through the 12th house
32:06 How often Mercury is retrograde
34:00 How to cope with Mercury retrograde
41:48 Contact Donna
42:23 Crystals to help when Mercury is retrograde
44:27 Contact Lynda
Transcript
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Welcome to Astro Babble. I’m
Donna from Donna B Astrology.
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And I’m Lynda from Scullywag Astrology.
We are talking about
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retrograde planets and we are
starting this podcast for the
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second time for our Mercury one.
Yes. Yes. Mercury
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Retrogrades. We’re in the
shadow period at the moment and
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it shows. Couple of starts but
yeah, let’s get into it
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because it’s very, very
interesting. Do you have a
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diagram on how we can… kind of
explain this to people? Because
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the planets actually don’t go
backwards but when they get to
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the end of an
elliptical… which is not a
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round circle. It’s more of
a oblong thing. When they get
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to the end of it they… they
seem to… look to go backwards.
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For the outer planets. For the
inner planets they they look a
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little different. Yeah they do,
they do. Do you want to
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allow me to share screen?
All right. Okay. So I’ve got a
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couple of diagrams here. So
this one is from NASA. They do
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allow you to use them. And we
have the Sun in the middle. The
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middle (ring) we have the orbit of
Mercury or Venus, both of
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which are inferior planets.
Because they’re between us and
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the Sun. And then on the
outside (ring) we have the Sun. I mean,
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no, we don’t. We have the earth.
So the start of Mercury cycle
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is the superior conjunction
when the Earth and Mercury and
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the Sun are all in a line there.
So Mercury is as far away
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from the Earth as it can be at
that time. It’s opposite it.
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Because Mercury starts really
fast, it comes up, overtakes the
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Sun, keeps going till it gets to
the eastern elongation. That’s
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as far away as it can possibly get (from the Sun)
and about this time Venus (or Mercury) appears
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in the sky as an evening star.
Then about a week later, it
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stations retrograde, which is
this dark purple shading here.
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Goes for about 22 days. Halfway
through the Sun catches up to
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that Mercury. Mercury’s going
backwards. The Sun’s going
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forward, so they’re mutually
applying to each other. They
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have that inferior conjunction,
which happens when the Sun and
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Mercury meet together when
Mercury is retrograde. Then the
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Sun keeps going. Mercury keeps
going backwards and about 10
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days after that, it will station
direct. At which time the Sun
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will have moved far enough
forward that Mercury is visible.
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It will be visible for about a
week and then it will reach the
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western elongation. And at that
time it will be the morning
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star. Between when it stations
direct and the western
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elongation, it is a morning star
and that’s the other side where
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it’s as far away from the Sun
as it can get. And then it will
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start to speed up again, until it
overtakes the Sun again. Which
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that’s all very well for some
people but we’re also going to
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show it on Solar Fire too, because I
think it’s a little bit easier
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to see. So let me stop sharing there.
Right so when we’re
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talking about it we when we say
it’s conjunct it’s when
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they’re in a line. So that
superior conjunction… we’ll
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call it a conjunction. So with
this diagram we’ve got three
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glyphs on here. We’ve got the
Sun which is a circle with a
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dot. You’ve got Mercury, which is
like a man with a little hat.
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The purple one. And then
we’ve got one down here to
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represent Earth. So round about
the 2nd of April 2022…
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because…. what’s
today Donna? It’s May third yeah.
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Back in the 2nd of April 2022
the Sun and Mercury were
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at 12 ° Aries. So they were
conjunct and this is a superior
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conjunction and it’s starting a
whole new cycle. Donna I’m
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going to advance it and do you
want to just tell people what’s
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happening? Okay I’ll try my
best. Okay so the cycle starts
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at the farthest part in this
the synodic cycle. It
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continues to go through. The
Mercury is separating from the
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Sun. Yeah it’s moving a lot
faster than the Sun at this
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stage. Right about in a
few days, that’s when the
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shadow part starts. So when
this… when that shadow part
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started at the end of
April. Yep right there. That’s
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where the Mercury will go back
to once… once it’s gone through
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the retrograde stage.
So, this is called the
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shadow period. That being said,
you start to feel what Mercury
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is… the energy of what Mercury
is doing. You’ll run
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into snafus. You’ll have
to go back to the store for
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ingredients. You’ll… you
could get delayed in travel.
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Communications can get mixed
up. You’ll start to feel that
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during that shadow period.
Yeah, I mean, this a podcast
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we’re doing, which is going to
be a general podcast for
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Mercury Retrogrades but for
example with this one. Mercury
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is going to be retrograde from
the 10th of May to the 3rd of
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June 2022. Right
It will retrograde at 4° of Gemini and
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it will go all the way back to
26 Taurus. So you can see this
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here, it’s 26 Taurus and it’s in
direct motion. It’s not
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retrograde at the time and
that’s on the 26th of April (2022) and
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it will be another… I don’t know… what’s that?
Two weeks, two weeks
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Yeah yeah another 13 days or
something until it will
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actually be retrograde. But
during this period you can kind
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of already get glitches as
we’re experiencing… and it will
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retrograde all the way back to…
what did I say? It’s going to
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retrograde back to 26th Taurus
Because it will (station) retrograde at 4
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degrees of Gemini go all the
way back to 26 Taurus. It will
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stop there and start going
forward again but the
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retrograde shadow period
doesn’t finish until it
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actually passes that 4° (Gemini). Until it
gets back to where it was when
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it first started going retrograde.
This gives people
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a chance to redo whatever they
were doing. If you were
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you know, doing something… it
gives a chance to revisit that
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event that you are supposed to
learn something about or …
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get a lesson from it. That’s…
that’s the purpose of
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retrogrades… is they’re
meant to have you revisit an
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issue. Yeah you’re literally
going back over old ground.
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Mercury has just covered those
degrees in the zodiac and now
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it’s like – “oh I forgot
something. I better go back”. I
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gotta go back and review that.
Redo it. Re-edit. You know
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reevaluate. Re is a
very good anything that starts
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with re is very good during
Mercury Retrogrades. Yes.
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Restart. Yes, restart.
So yeah so if you’re watching on
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the video you can see round about… it’s slowing down. That’s
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what this S here means. It’s
slowing down… Stationing …stationing.
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Then it will retrograde on the 10th.
Right. You can see that
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it’s still ahead of the Sun at
this time. But the Sun is going to
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slowly start catching up
because Mercury’s moving very
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slowly at this time. Until they
get to the point where they
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have another conjunction. Which
looks like it’s going to be
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about the 21st of May. And this
is the inferior conjunction
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when Mercury’s retrograde. You
can see Earth is opposite here.
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Yeah you have us (Earth), then Mercury
and the Sun for the inferior
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and then for the superior conjunction
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you’re going to have us (Earth), the Sun
and then Mercury’s going to be…
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That’s right. …the other side of the Sun.
Yeah. Okay. So that’s the
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inferior conjunction. Yeah.
Which is still… you know it… I
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mean when you gotta… you
gotta remember all those
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planets. Those three bodies are
still in a line. So that’s a lot
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of energy. Right? You know, right
there, pointing at you. Yeah. Oh
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exactly. Then the Sun will pull
ahead because Mercury’s still
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going backwards. Sun will pull ahead
until Mercury starts to
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slow down again, because it’s
going to change direction
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again. Yep now it’s stationing
and it’s going back in
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the direct motion. And it’s
about this time that Mercury is
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far enough away from the Sun
and it’s at its most western
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elongation and it appears as
the morning star at this stage
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because it rises before the Sun.
So and that lasts, what
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about a week? A week and a half?
About a week I think.
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Yeah. And then eventually…
This is still that station, that
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shadow period that it was in.
Now it is 4 or 5 degrees.
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We’ll be out… we’ll be clear of
that retrograde kind of energy
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that we were in. So that’s all
the way till June 18th.
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What I think about with
retrogrades, sort of how I kind
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of explain it to people is like –
you’ve left the house and you…
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halfway to the store you
remember you’ve forgotten your
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wallet and you stop and then
you reverse. You backtrack. But
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you know, just because you
didn’t start reversing… which is
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when the retrograde starts… your
journey actually started when
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you left the house. Even though
you don’t stop until about
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halfway… you know to the store
you backtrack all the way and
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when you get home you pick up
your wallet because you forgot
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it. And that’s fine, then you
go forward again. So the
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retrograde’s finished but it
doesn’t really count until you’ve
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caught up to where you stopped.
When you first, you know, were
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halfway to the shops and
realized “oh, I haven’t got my
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wallet. I’ve gotta go back”.
That retro shadow period doesn’t
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finish until you actually get to
where you (video freezes up) Where you
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remembered you forgot your
wallet. Okay well, we’ll
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plug through this because it’s
our… it’s our… it’s just the
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Mercury retrograde and we’re
going to do that. Lynda was frozen.
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Mercury Retrogrades. We’re
having a lot of fun here today
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aren’t we? It is. It is. But you know what?
Smoke alarms going off…
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And Donna getting frozen. It’s part of life. Yeah.
Oh my. So yeah, and oh yes.
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Oh that’s what I wanted to
show. I’m going to share screen
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again because I want to show
you something pretty cool. So
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Mercury retrogrades. They tend
to come in what we call
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elements. So we’ve got fire,
earth, air and water. But with
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the retrogrades for about a two
year period they tend to go in
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elements. And it’s a little bit
like eclipses in that sometimes….
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with eclipses you’ve only got
two signs opposite each other
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but sometimes like we’re
currently in Taurus Scorpio
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eclipses but like last year we
had a… I can’t remember whether
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I think it was a Taurus eclipse…
but it kind of snuck in with
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the Sagittarius and Gemini
eclipses. And the same thing
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happens with this sometimes. But
I just want to… we’ve currently
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got in January 2022, we had a
Mercury retrograde at 10
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Aquarius so say about there.
Then in May at… we’re going to
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have one at 4 Gemini. Right.
So say round about here. And
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then in September we’re
going to have one in 8
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Libra. So they’re all going to
be… drawing like a triangle.
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Like a grand trine. We’re going to…
So those are all in
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air signs. Right? The Aquarius
is an air sign. The fixed air
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sign. Yeah. Libra’s the
cardinal and Gemini is mutable.
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So they’re all the… all the air signs.
Yeah exactly. Quite
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interesting. And yeah and oh
I’ve got a book here. It is
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“Retrograde Planets” by Erin
Sullivan. Really interesting.
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Lot of information about the
retrograde planets. That’s
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where I found a lot of this
information. But she says that
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when the retrogrades are
happening in air signs they
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tend to be about relationships.
And you know, your air signs are
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kind of a little bit more… not
intellectual but they’re kind
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of thinking, rationalizing…
that’s kind of how they are.
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Your water signs are more
emotional. Your fire signs are
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more passionate, generally
speaking. Your earth signs are
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more after stability and that.
But yeah so that’s your air
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signs and then next year we’re
going to have a Mercury
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retrograde at about 24
Capricorn. So let’s say about
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there. 20… why is that not working?
Cuz it’s Mercury ….. 24 Capricorn.
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Yeah it it’s going to be one of
those nights. 24 Capricorn.
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Then in April we’re going to
have one in about 15 Taurus.
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And then in August at 21 Virgo.
So that’ll be all in Earth
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signs next year. Yeah.
wow
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Yeah, you’re looking forward to
that aren’t you? Definitely.
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And then… let’s have a look.
We’ll have… All in the fire
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signs. Yes the fire signs.
So let’s say Aries to Leo.
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to Sag and back to Aries. And then we
need a water sign after that. Yeah.
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So let’s say Pisces to Cancer.
Scorpio.
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Very cool. So yeah. I mean you
know, my drawing isn’t exactly
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right. But it’s interesting
that they go like that. But
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yeah with water apparently when
the retrogrades are in water
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signs we tend to be more about
our quality of life. Things to
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do with habits and emotional
responses. With air tends to be
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about relationships, thinking
and analysis. With earth signs
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it tends to be tangible
results. We’re focused on
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security and practical things,
practical matters. And with fire signs
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we tend to be about inspiration
for the future. So things like
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creative stuff. So yeah. I
thought that was interesting.
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That is very interesting.
It will come down too, to, you know
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what’s in your chart and you
know if it’s hitting anything.
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You know, if you’ve got Mercury
stationing on a natal planet or
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opposite it or you know square it…
Aspecting by any means whether it’s a
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conjunction, a square, an
opposite. It will affect…
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And I’d say pretty, I would
keep those – that what we call an
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orb – so like this one coming up
at May… so it’s going to be 4°
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Gemini. It’s going to go back to
26 Taurus, which is an
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interesting degree isn’t it Donna?
It is a very interesting
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degree. It’s where… it’s where
Algol resides, which is a mean
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star. Not that it, you know,
lashes out at you but it… a lot
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of things when planets hit that
particular star… a lot of rough
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things can happen. A lot of
violence. It’s a violent, it’s
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known to be a violent star.
It’s actually the head of
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Medusa. It’s the eye. Which I
think we’ve talked about
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before. It it actually blinks
every either 6 minutes or 60
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seconds. That’s something to do
with 6. But it it looks like
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it’s blinking. If you… if
you watch it for a while it
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does actually… it gets less
bright. It looks like it’s blinking at you
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Oh, interesting. I don’t know if
it’s visible down here. I’ll
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have to check that out.
Well look for the head of Medusa.
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Cuz that’s where…
I will I’ll look that up and I’ll find out.
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And it’s also going to be…
because like I said this is
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what May 2022 , we’re going to
have on May 16th, we’re going to
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have an eclipse at 26 Scorpio
opposite, so… And then round
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about, what do we say? What
date? The 3rd of June. So
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what’s that? Is when it stations direct
Yeah, so it’d be
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interesting to see what happens
there if it’s got kind of any
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linking with that eclipse.
It will be very interesting to see
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because it is hitting that star
by opposition because it’s
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going to be it’s going to be
coming from… of course the
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Sun is going to be directly on
it (Algol). But it is like going to
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be a Lunar Eclipse. But yeah
it’ll be kind of maybe
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triggering something with that
degree. Cuz with eclipses
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sometimes when Mars or Satun
kind of passes over the eclipse
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degree they say it can trigger
things so I don’t know about
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stationary planets but the fact
that they’re stationary… You’ve
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spoken about this before about
planets… it’s a bit like, you
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know, ironing something
backwards and forward, you know
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And I kind of think of it
like… ah for some reason I got
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this car analogy… I think it’s
Mercury in the 3rd (house) for me… but
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it’s like… If a car drives
past your house you might not
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notice. You know, you might know
it’s a white car but I mean if
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it’s sitting outside your house
for a couple of days you’re
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probably going to pay a bit
more attention and it’s a bit
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like that when a planet is
stationary, you know. Or it
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appears to be stationary. It’s
slow, it’s kind of putting an
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emphasis on that planet because
you know Mercury moves pretty
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fast usually it might move, you
know, over within in a day sort
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of thing. Whereas it might be
sitting there for just two or
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three days you know, so. And it’s,
you know, probably going to go
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forward and come back and yeah
so mm….. Was there something else
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I was going to say? Uh yeah.
When like for this
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particular retrograde it’s
going to happen in Taurus and
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Gemini. But if Mercury is your
Time Lord… and we’ll do an
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episode for Annual Perfections.
And if Mercury happens to
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be your Time Lord this is
going to be a particular time
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when it’s… it might affect you
more stronger than it normally
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would. Yeah. It’ll affect
you stronger than the average
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other person and if it, if you
don’t have anything to do with
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any of the places where
Mercury’s going to be at. If you
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don’t have anything aspecting
those points or or it might not
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even affect you at all. I mean
I’ve gone through many
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retrogrades and I didn’t even
know that they existed. Well I
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knew they existed but I didn’t,
you know, know that they were
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going to affect me but if they
weren’t affecting my… any of my
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houses or any of my points
there it’s… it can go unnoticed.
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But if it is aspecting your
chart in any way
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and hitting any of your points
it probably will and I want to
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say that this particular one
very well might because it’s on
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that Algol star. You’ll hear
of… you’ll probably hear
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of something that happened, you
know, with somebody else or …
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or in the news… I would think
from that because it’s
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that specific point.
Yeah losing your head. Not a really
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good thing. So… Mm. Yeah.
So yeah we were saying about
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Mercury Retrogrades. They tend
to kind of, you know, they’re
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moving through a house and in
the case of like this one, like
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Donna was saying it’s going to
start in Gemini, it’s going to
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go back into Taurus. So you’re
going to have two houses in the…
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that are being emphasised. So
you might feel a change halfway
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through that retrograde period.
It might start off with say
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third house matters and then
move into second house matters.
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Or you know seventh house and
move into sixth house. But yeah
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but we’re just going to run
through what Mercury
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retrogrades through the houses can mean.
That sounds good. So,
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do you want to start off, or…?
Okay. So, if it happens to be
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in your first house, you’re
going to be changing or redoing
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things that you were doing for
yourself. If you maybe got a
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haircut about a week or two ago
and really, you know, your
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bangs weren’t quite short
enough and you have to go back
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and get them re-shortened, that
would be a Mercury
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signification. Anything that you would redo.
I like that. Yeah. Mm hmm.
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Yeah yeah. Yeah. If you do
your nails chances are you’re
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going to be redoing them
because you’ve… you’re
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going to roughly spot them or something.
Yeah yeah. Probably
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not a good time to do a a big
major revamp of your image but
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it can be a really good time to
research what you want done and
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all that sort of thing.
Oh yeah. That research, that
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are that “re” yeah yeah.
And if this is happening in your
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second house. This is your
house of income, finances and
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resources. So you know maybe a
good idea to your pay stub make
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sure you’re getting paid
correctly. You know, if you put
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in overtime make sure that they
actually pay you the overtime. If
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you’re at the shops, you know,
you’re using cash, you know, make
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sure they give you the correct
change or that they didn’t
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double charge you on your card.
That sort of thing. Yeah… Oh and
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if you’re buying things. So, you
know, buying something, make sure
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you keep the receipt in case
you need to take it back. Oh
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yeah. Cuz you would restock it.
If you were… if you were at the
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store you’ll be restocking it.
Yeah so on the third house
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if it happens to be hitting
your third house or you know a
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planet is aspecting it that way.
It’s going to have to do
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with your community. So you
would… might be redoing some
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errands that you had already
planned. If you, you know… You
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went to the cleaners you didn’t
have everything with you. You
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would have to go back and
retake something back to, you
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know, the cleaners or whatever
your errands would be. You
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would be redoing them.
Yeah yeah. Maybe retaking a test if
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you were at like in school.
Yeah. Yeah. Actually… and of
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course, like, short trips in
this. So you know sometimes
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flat tires or things wrong with
the car and electronics and that.
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So like, you know, make sure
everything’s backed up and
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yeah. But definitely with the
transportation. Yeah anything.
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I mean… we say redo
things but it could also just
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be plain old snafus that just
come at you sideways and you’re
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like – why did that happen here?
Its Mercury retrograde.
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That’s why that happens.
And if this is happening in your
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fourth house this is your house
of home and your living
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situation. It’s also real
estate. It’s also family. So it
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could be parents and that. Could
be long lost relatives pop up
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at this time. You mightn’t have
seen them for years and
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suddenly they’re back in your
life for a short amount of
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time. If you’re ,you know,
selling, buying real estate,
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signing a lease, something like
that. Just make sure, you know,
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you’re aware of all the facts.
Just, you know, don’t just kind
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of sign without looking. Make
sure you know exactly what
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you’re doing because maybe
there’s something that you just
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haven’t been paying attention.
So make sure to review. That’s
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some really good advice. And if
it happens to do with your… in
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the fifth house this is
going to have to do with your
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kids or things that you or
the things that you create. So
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probably if you’re working at a
painting you’re probably
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going to want to redo like a
spot that isn’t sitting with
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well with you or if your kids
are living with you they’re
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going to be redoing things or
they might be removing back
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into your house. So those could
be all those Mercury
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retrograde kind of things.
Yeah good time for editing or
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going back and re… redoing
something. Yeah, like you know if
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you’ve put it aside, now’s a
good time to come back and look
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at it with fresh eyes sort of
thing. Yes. And if this is in
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your sixth house this is your
house of illness. It’s also pets
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and work… work for others,
service for others. So this
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could be… I’ve seen this like,
you know, paperwork and that. I
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remember taking my daughter to
she had to get some tests and
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we got there and it’s like – “Oh I
don’t have the paperwork”. So I
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had to go back and get the
paperwork. I’ve known people
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that have had to go back to
have, you know, like a mammogram
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redone because you know the
results weren’t quite right
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sort of thing. Yeah, so that
sort of thing can happen.
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You might see old work
colleagues or people that used
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to work for you at this time.
Or redo a surgery. If you
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have, you know…
Yeah that’s a distinct possibility
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That that kind of issue
might come up for… during a
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retrograde. Yeah. Yeah.
So, moving on to the seventh
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house, that could have to do
with… if you are out, those are
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the one-on-one relationships.
So, you might have somebody who
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was an old relationship come
back into your life which is
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you know, one of the
significations or you could you
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know redo your wedding vows
might come up… Nice! I like that
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I like that a lot. …during the retrograde.
Yeah. So yeah, stuff like that. And if this
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is happening in your eighth
house, this is the health of
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other people’s money. So this
can be inheritances. It can be
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wills. It can be loans. It can be
debts. It can be financial
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agreements. So you want to make
sure that everything’s, you know,
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as it should be. You know, you’re
not signing paperwork that, you
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know, you’re not fully aware of
what’s happening. You also
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want to make sure… well, you
don’t want to make sure, you
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might find that there’s delays,
setbacks. You know, you think
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everything’s going right but – oh
no. This person hasn’t signed
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this. So you gotta go back and
get them to do this or, you know,
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somebody’s missed something or
it… it, you know, it’s under a
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whole heap of paperwork and
just been missed. That sort of
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thing. Yeah. Yeah. This
is a good time to just recheck
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and make sure that everything
is… is there, you know, when
393
00:29:03,128 –> 00:29:06,888
you go in for any appointments.
So if it happens to be in your
394
00:29:06,888 –> 00:29:11,608
ninth house you might be
redoing tests and it has to do
395
00:29:11,608 –> 00:29:15,288
with higher education and
travel. You could get a lot
396
00:29:15,288 –> 00:29:18,408
of snafus if you’re doing foreign
travel. I know Lynda, you
397
00:29:18,408 –> 00:29:23,648
have quite a story. Yeah.
Yeah. Or the higher
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00:29:23,648 –> 00:29:31,348
education. Yeah. Yeah. Yes.
40 hours in transit. But yeah
399
00:29:31,348 –> 00:29:36,568
don’t travel during Mercury
retrograding in ninth house.
400
00:29:36,568 –> 00:29:42,328
And if this is happening in the
tenth house you might be seeing
401
00:29:42,328 –> 00:29:45,128
old bosses. You might be
running into people you used to
402
00:29:45,128 –> 00:29:48,528
work with, because this is
the house of career and public
403
00:29:48,528 –> 00:29:54,168
reputation. Could be, you
know, maybe you’re being
404
00:29:54,168 –> 00:29:58,408
honored for something that you
did before. It’s come back now.
405
00:29:58,408 –> 00:30:01,088
You know, you put some good out
into the world and now it’s
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00:30:01,088 –> 00:30:09,388
rebounded. Oh cool, and
in your 11th house this
407
00:30:09,388 –> 00:30:13,068
is your house of groups, of
groups and of people. So you
408
00:30:13,068 –> 00:30:16,908
might want to get where
everybody re, you know, re back
409
00:30:16,908 –> 00:30:20,348
together especially during you
know after the couple years
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00:30:20,348 –> 00:30:24,028
we’ve had. You know, where you’re
reconnecting with groups of
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00:30:24,028 –> 00:30:27,068
people. You’re finally able to
do that. So that would be a one…
412
00:30:27,068 –> 00:30:36,568
a very good positive aspect yeah.
Really nice. I would just… Also if you
413
00:30:36,568 –> 00:30:40,248
kind of had, you know, a special
hope or dream that you’ve been
414
00:30:40,248 –> 00:30:43,448
working towards but you’ve put
it aside – maybe a good time to
415
00:30:43,448 –> 00:30:47,208
go back and revisit that. See
just how achievable it might
416
00:30:47,208 –> 00:30:52,328
be. Yeah. And if this is
happening in your twelfth house
417
00:30:52,328 –> 00:30:56,488
this is the house of your
undoing. So it could be issues
418
00:30:56,488 –> 00:31:02,968
to do with addictions or mental
illness or self-defeating
419
00:31:02,968 –> 00:31:06,708
habits, escapism, you know
little things like that, or
420
00:31:06,708 –> 00:31:10,068
maybe not so little. Things
like that might come back.
421
00:31:10,068 –> 00:31:14,228
There might be a relapse
perhaps or maybe you’re going
422
00:31:14,228 –> 00:31:20,388
back you know trying to
overcome that. Also the
423
00:31:20,388 –> 00:31:25,588
places of confinement and… such
as hospitals or prisons. So
424
00:31:25,588 –> 00:31:29,348
perhaps you meet somebody that
you haven’t seen for a while
425
00:31:29,348 –> 00:31:32,068
that you knew through one of
those institutions or a
426
00:31:32,068 –> 00:31:36,568
monastery or a place of
retreat. Something like that.
427
00:31:36,568 –> 00:31:40,168
So yeah. Very good. Or a good
time to sequester yourself and
428
00:31:40,168 –> 00:31:45,208
redo a project you were trying to do.
And that’s the other
429
00:31:45,208 –> 00:31:48,568
thing. Yeah because the twelve
house can often be a good time
430
00:31:48,568 –> 00:31:53,128
to do things behind the scenes
and apparently with the
431
00:31:53,128 –> 00:31:56,568
retrograde that can kind of
muck with things. So maybe not
432
00:31:56,568 –> 00:32:00,648
the best time to be planning
behind the scenes… but what can
433
00:32:00,648 –> 00:32:06,548
you do? It is Mercury retrograde.
Yeah yeah. Doing it
434
00:32:06,548 –> 00:32:12,408
twice. And I mean it happens
about 3 times every 13
435
00:32:12,408 –> 00:32:16,328
months or so. So it’s about
every four months which is you
436
00:32:16,328 –> 00:32:20,328
know every four months fits in
with why they have that
437
00:32:20,328 –> 00:32:27,208
elemental relationship. So…
because, you know, the signs are
438
00:32:27,208 –> 00:32:34,288
4 signs apart. All in earth, all in air, air,
all in fire or all in water. Very
439
00:32:34,288 –> 00:32:40,148
interesting. That is definitely
something I’m going to keep my
440
00:32:40,148 –> 00:32:45,708
eye open on for, you know, on
how those are affecting that
441
00:32:45,708 –> 00:32:50,908
elements. Yeah. We will be
doing a… obviously, we will be
442
00:32:50,908 –> 00:32:56,748
doing a Annual Profections
episode pretty soon because, you
443
00:32:56,748 –> 00:33:00,988
know, things don’t happen if… if
it’s… if it’s not the right
444
00:33:00,988 –> 00:33:04,108
time. You know your grandmother
said “timing is everything” or
445
00:33:04,108 –> 00:33:07,708
your grandfather said “timing is
everything” or your parents. That
446
00:33:07,708 –> 00:33:11,308
is, that is… this is why. If it’s…
if it’s not activated it’s
447
00:33:11,308 –> 00:33:16,248
probably not going to happen.
So we really need to do one
448
00:33:16,248 –> 00:33:19,928
of those. Yeah well, maybe we’ll
do that one next. I mean what
449
00:33:19,928 –> 00:33:25,208
have we gotta do next? We’ve
gotta do another… must be, what?
450
00:33:25,208 –> 00:33:33,768
The new moon in… what are we up
to? Must be Gemini
451
00:33:33,768 –> 00:33:39,508
coming up. Yeah, at the end of
May. So yeah we’ll have to do
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00:33:39,508 –> 00:33:41,988
that and then maybe we’ll do
the Annual Profections. But
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00:33:41,988 –> 00:33:45,588
what I have noticed with say
people that have Mercury as
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00:33:45,588 –> 00:33:49,188
Lord of the Year. Sometimes when
it’s stationed… sometimes it’s
455
00:33:49,188 –> 00:33:53,188
not on the actual day it stations
but it’s still the degree. So
456
00:33:53,188 –> 00:34:00,188
that degree is, you know, that
can be really really strong. So
457
00:34:00,188 –> 00:34:07,748
Very cool. Yes we’ve had an
eventful recording. We had what
458
00:34:07,748 –> 00:34:12,508
was it? Smoke alarms going off
within like minutes and then
459
00:34:12,508 –> 00:34:16,388
yeah we’ve had lots of things.
Donna froze for a little while.
460
00:34:16,388 –> 00:34:20,211
I did. Yeah. So yeah.
But you know what?
461
00:34:20,211 –> 00:34:24,668
That’s you still have to plug along. I mean just
because the planets are not
462
00:34:24,668 –> 00:34:28,468
favorable to you doesn’t mean
you should just give up or stop
463
00:34:28,468 –> 00:34:32,148
your life. You just need to
plug along and expect
464
00:34:32,148 –> 00:34:38,568
them and ride adventures.
Yeah and I mean like, as we said
465
00:34:38,568 –> 00:34:42,168
we’re in this Mercury shadow
period. I was supposed to meet
466
00:34:42,168 –> 00:34:47,928
a friend today and yeah… just
didn’t happen because… yeah just
467
00:34:47,928 –> 00:34:53,688
not good. Traffic duh duh
duh da dah that so…
468
00:34:55,108 –> 00:34:58,608
You’re looking absolutely
shocked and appalled there
469
00:34:58,608 –> 00:35:03,868
Donna. I just had a couple
things flash on my screen and
470
00:35:03,868 –> 00:35:07,548
I’m not quite sure. I’ve never
seen them before do that. Oh
471
00:35:07,548 –> 00:35:11,948
oh. So. That’s not a good sign.
Well if it flashes on the
472
00:35:11,948 –> 00:35:19,668
screen it’s… Okay, fair enough. .
It is a Mercury, as we were saying,
473
00:35:19,668 –> 00:35:23,668
it’s a Mercury Retrograde and
you just have to , if you can, if
474
00:35:23,668 –> 00:35:26,228
you know about it ahead of
time, you can plan ahead and
475
00:35:26,228 –> 00:35:29,428
plan ahead to like to, you
know, sit down and redo that
476
00:35:29,428 –> 00:35:32,228
painting or re-go over your
your… if you haven’t been
477
00:35:32,228 –> 00:35:38,468
through your Email and good to,
you know, do that and… Yeah.
478
00:35:38,468 –> 00:35:41,468
Yeah. Redo, get your life in
order. This is a good time to
479
00:35:41,468 –> 00:35:44,868
reorganize your life. This is a
good time to reorganize a
480
00:35:44,868 –> 00:35:49,028
pantry. It’s a good time to
organize a closet, your dresser
481
00:35:49,028 –> 00:35:55,228
your life, your love life, you know, whatever.
Well yeah… no! DO
482
00:35:55,228 –> 00:36:04,028
NOT take him back… or her!
Yeah, if an ex comes back
483
00:36:04,028 –> 00:36:07,708
into your life, it’s probably
not the best time to be
484
00:36:07,708 –> 00:36:12,628
thinking about it. See if you
still feel the same way after
485
00:36:12,628 –> 00:36:17,428
the retrograde period.
Right. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Cuz chances
486
00:36:17,428 –> 00:36:21,348
are you know there it’s you
know it’s out for a reason.
487
00:36:21,348 –> 00:36:28,228
Yeah yeah. So yeah but it
can be… yeah, well I don’t know
488
00:36:28,228 –> 00:36:31,348
if I’d call it a fun time but
yeah. What can you do? You just
489
00:36:31,348 –> 00:36:33,828
gotta laugh and yeah just
kind of keep your wits about
490
00:36:33,828 –> 00:36:37,188
you. Well know that it’s coming
and this is the energy that
491
00:36:37,188 –> 00:36:41,348
it’s trying to teach you.
That’s… I mean you’re
492
00:36:41,348 –> 00:36:44,948
you’re on this planet to
learn and you’re on the planet
493
00:36:44,948 –> 00:36:50,628
to, you know, work with
other people. So how you can
494
00:36:50,628 –> 00:36:55,828
get the best representation of
yourself is what you’re trying
495
00:36:55,828 –> 00:37:01,188
to do as far as I’m concerned.
That’s my philosophy. No, no, I
496
00:37:01,188 –> 00:37:04,788
think that’s a good one. And
that’s what I’ve heard too ,that
497
00:37:04,788 –> 00:37:08,868
like, you know, you might have
done something. Just say you
498
00:37:08,868 –> 00:37:13,568
were doing a report and, you
know, the computer just goes pfft
499
00:37:13,568 –> 00:37:17,888
everything’s gone. It didn’t
auto save. So you gotta rewrite
500
00:37:17,888 –> 00:37:20,768
it but maybe you write it
better, you know, and it’s better
501
00:37:20,768 –> 00:37:23,408
than the original. That’s what
they say. That sometimes by
502
00:37:23,408 –> 00:37:28,928
having to redo or go over or
you know… you wanted to go to
503
00:37:28,928 –> 00:37:32,928
the store to buy this and it
wasn’t the right one or you
504
00:37:32,928 –> 00:37:36,688
know you had to take it back
because it didn’t work and you
505
00:37:36,688 –> 00:37:43,088
know, so you get a better one. I mean…
Oh, so, you’re saying like
506
00:37:43,088 –> 00:37:48,448
saying the the planets didn’t like
this version. Just throw it
507
00:37:48,448 –> 00:37:56,828
out. Get rid of this. Yeah. Okay. Fine.
Start again. It seemed
508
00:37:56,828 –> 00:38:02,908
very Mars like. It did. It did
seem like Mars. Oh, oh speaking
509
00:38:02,908 –> 00:38:08,588
of Mars, I’m glad you said that because
Mars is… where Mercury is
510
00:38:08,588 –> 00:38:13,868
retrograding this particular
one… and it does it three times
511
00:38:13,868 –> 00:38:17,508
a year so this isn’t that
special but it is special in
512
00:38:17,508 –> 00:38:22,548
regards to Mars is going to be
on, or in that sign for six
513
00:38:22,548 –> 00:38:27,108
months. Which is way longer than
it normally is in a sign. Like
514
00:38:27,108 –> 00:38:31,348
three times longer than it is
normally in a sign. Mars is a
515
00:38:31,348 –> 00:38:37,228
is a pretty quick planet as
well. But it’s going to be in
516
00:38:37,228 –> 00:38:44,868
Gemini for six months or very
close to it. So get familiar
517
00:38:44,868 –> 00:38:49,828
with that Gemini energy. I’m
sorry what? Yeah August 20 I
518
00:38:49,828 –> 00:38:54,148
think Mercury, not Mercury, Mars
is going to go into Gemini. And
519
00:38:54,148 –> 00:38:58,548
I think it’s in there till like
January 2023 or something.
520
00:38:58,548 –> 00:39:01,028
That’s it is. That’s a long
time. Yeah it might be even
521
00:39:01,028 –> 00:39:06,068
longer. It is. Yeah. Yeah so.
So yeah get used to Gemini.
522
00:39:06,068 –> 00:39:10,388
Whatever the house Gemini’s in.
Yeah. It’s going to be fun.
523
00:39:10,388 –> 00:39:14,548
It’s being noticed. It’s
being noticed by the planet.
524
00:39:14,548 –> 00:39:19,428
And the planets want
you to do something with that
525
00:39:19,428 –> 00:39:23,648
house. Well this might be a good
time to kind of prepare for
526
00:39:23,648 –> 00:39:28,768
that retrograde Mars that is
coming up because, you know, get
527
00:39:28,768 –> 00:39:33,008
your house in order whatever
house Gemini is in and because
528
00:39:33,008 –> 00:39:36,368
when Mars gets in there it’s
going to be frustrated because
529
00:39:36,368 –> 00:39:40,528
Mars just wants to go ahead.
Wants to move forward and it’s
530
00:39:40,528 –> 00:39:43,248
going to be kind of like having
to go back over old ground. So
531
00:39:43,248 –> 00:39:47,568
he’s going to get very
cranky. So, if you can kind of
532
00:39:47,568 –> 00:39:50,848
pave the way a little bit
during this Mercury retrograde
533
00:39:50,848 –> 00:39:54,928
maybe it will be helpful.
Yeah. Yeah, make sure all your ducks
534
00:39:54,928 –> 00:39:58,128
are in a row, especially when
it has to do with your Gemini
535
00:39:58,128 –> 00:40:01,968
house, wherever that is falling
in your, in your, in your
536
00:40:01,968 –> 00:40:07,168
natal chart. It would be, it’d
be advisable to, to take a look
537
00:40:07,168 –> 00:40:11,088
and make sure that you have
that house in order, because I
538
00:40:11,088 –> 00:40:15,728
think that’s what Mercury’s
doing, you know, going over it,
539
00:40:15,728 –> 00:40:22,608
making sure it’s, you know, all wiped clean.
It’s making me, making
540
00:40:22,608 –> 00:40:26,428
me think of like, you know, the
herald or like the page that
541
00:40:26,428 –> 00:40:29,868
goes ahead. You know, because I
mean Mercury’s a messenger and
542
00:40:29,868 –> 00:40:33,148
that but yeah I, I’m just getting
a image of like Mercury going
543
00:40:33,148 –> 00:40:38,028
ahead and saying “Yep. Mars,
Sir Mars is coming. Get your
544
00:40:38,028 –> 00:40:43,708
house in order”. Help Help.
Yeah yeah. Yeah I would think
545
00:40:43,708 –> 00:40:46,668
so. Well we have, you know,
scouts you know. You go up on
546
00:40:46,668 –> 00:40:51,708
up ahead before you bring the
the major energy behind or
547
00:40:51,708 –> 00:40:54,568
the you know, the
traveling party. You have a
548
00:40:54,568 –> 00:40:57,928
scout up ahead to make sure
there’s, you know, if there’s
549
00:40:57,928 –> 00:41:02,248
rivers to be crossed. Give
people a heads up. So this very
550
00:41:02,248 –> 00:41:07,368
well might be a heads up.
Yeah, yeah. Now I’m curious if
551
00:41:07,368 –> 00:41:13,208
Mercury and Mars do kind of
travel in some sort of… I don’t
552
00:41:13,208 –> 00:41:16,808
know. Probably not. Maybe. Who knows?
But that’s what I love about
553
00:41:16,808 –> 00:41:21,888
astrology. It’s like hmmmm.
Yeah. You wonder like… I wonder if
554
00:41:21,888 –> 00:41:25,648
that there’s any connection.
I’m just going to guess.
555
00:41:25,648 –> 00:41:31,088
Yes, there is a connection.
That’s you know. That’s just
556
00:41:31,088 –> 00:41:35,768
me. I think there is. I’m
finding out there’s a
557
00:41:35,768 –> 00:41:40,888
connection more often than not.
Yeah. Yeah. All these different
558
00:41:40,888 –> 00:41:44,168
cycles and that’s what’s so
fascinating about astrology and
559
00:41:44,168 –> 00:41:55,148
when those cycles collide.
Yeah. So where can people
560
00:41:55,148 –> 00:41:58,828
contact you Donna? Where can
they find you? You can
561
00:41:58,828 –> 00:42:04,428
contact me at
DonnaBarrConsulting@gmail.com. I also
562
00:42:04,428 –> 00:42:10,508
have a website
www.DonnaBAstrology.com and you can read
563
00:42:10,508 –> 00:42:17,628
all kinds of my… well, my views
on what I think the planets
564
00:42:17,628 –> 00:42:21,388
do. I also work with crystals.
I have some crystal information
565
00:42:21,388 –> 00:42:28,068
there too. I have a question.
Go ahead. Is there a crystal that can help
566
00:42:28,068 –> 00:42:31,668
with Mercury retrograde?
567
00:42:33,568 –> 00:42:39,748
There would be, I don’t have
one right with me. Well, you
568
00:42:39,748 –> 00:42:44,508
know what? Actually, all of them.
Yeah. Well I’m just
569
00:42:44,508 –> 00:42:50,188
wondering too whether….
Oh yeah, I do. Whether like the different type
570
00:42:50,188 –> 00:42:55,228
of what element it is. So like
we’re in air sign retrogrades
571
00:42:55,228 –> 00:42:58,108
at the moment. Whether it would
be a slightly different crystal
572
00:42:58,108 –> 00:43:01,628
for the different element retrogrades?
No I have more
573
00:43:01,628 –> 00:43:05,228
supportive crystals
574
00:43:06,568 –> 00:43:11,068
you know, that would help help
the symptoms. Okay so this like
575
00:43:11,068 –> 00:43:18,428
Fluorite would help with focus.
Oh okay yes yes. Purple. You
576
00:43:18,428 –> 00:43:24,028
know Lepidolite calms you down.
This helps you breathe
577
00:43:24,028 –> 00:43:27,588
easier. It’s… you know, keeps you
moisture… keeps you
578
00:43:27,588 –> 00:43:34,428
moisturized. Like if you have a
sunburn, like I do.
579
00:43:35,568 –> 00:43:42,868
The Mercurial stones are… well
the element Mercury would
580
00:43:42,868 –> 00:43:48,988
definitely support Mercury. I
wouldn’t take it out of the
581
00:43:48,988 –> 00:43:54,268
thermometer that you might find
Mercury in because it is toxic.
582
00:43:54,268 –> 00:44:01,628
So a lot of… there’s a
few. There’s another… there’s
583
00:44:01,628 –> 00:44:04,588
another what I call a Mercury
stone. It’s called Cinnabrite
584
00:44:04,588 –> 00:44:08,188
and I call it my Mercury stone.
I used it to do a lot of my
585
00:44:08,188 –> 00:44:11,868
writing on… original writing on
my website which I really need
586
00:44:11,868 –> 00:44:16,188
to redo because… you know it’s
Mercury retrograde and my
587
00:44:16,188 –> 00:44:19,388
website hasn’t had a … I
haven’t rewritten my intro
588
00:44:19,388 –> 00:44:27,128
in three years, so. I will probably be
doing that. What are you
589
00:44:27,128 –> 00:44:30,848
doing with your… how are you… how
can people contact you Lynda?
590
00:44:30,848 –> 00:44:35,768
I’m at Scullywag Astrology.
That’s www.astrology.scullywag.com
591
00:44:35,768 –> 00:44:41,608
I’m on Facebook and
Twitter and Instagram.
592
00:44:41,608 –> 00:44:46,488
I’m doing readings. Natal
readings, relationship readings,
593
00:44:46,488 –> 00:44:49,608
year ahead. We can do the
annual profections for you to
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tell you what planets to look
out for. And that’s
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about it. And if you know your
time and birth place, you can get
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a hold of either Lynda or I to
help you find out where that
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Gemini house is for you.
Yeah that’s a point, yeah. And we’d
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be happy to help you with your chart.
Yeah. Yes. It’s very
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jumpy energy isn’t it Donna?
Yeah. Oh, I’m jumpy. Mercury
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is not known to..
Well yeah and we’re currently between
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eclipses too which doesn’t help.
No. As we’re recording
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this so yeah. Yeah. I have the
Sun right on my ascendant which
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gave me the burnt face. Just
three days ago. Still not
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recovered. Okay. Well thank you
for listening, and yeah
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please like, share, rate, follow…
And comment. Thank you.. Yeah, comment.
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you for watching.
Tell us if you know where Mercury is in
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your chart. Where Mercury is in
your chart. Where Gemini is in
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your chart and yeah.
Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Bye.
Astro Babble is co-hosted by Lynda from Scullywag Astrology and Donna from Donna B Astrology.
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