Hi,
Mercury spends about 3 and a half weeks retrograde three times a year. So, it is not the end of the world. That said, here are some particulars that might help.
Mercury retrograde is a perfect time to re-do anything, especially anything that is Mercury-ruled, like going over and improving drafts of written materials, organizing file systems, decluttering, handling health issues that you've neglected and so forth.
If you have personal points and planets in Gemini and Virgo, you need to slow down more than others, as your natural way of being is to proceed without analysis. Whichever houses of your horoscope are ruled by Mercury, that is you have Gemini or Virgo on the cusps of those houses, needs special care. This is why those with Gemini or Virgo on the Ascendant, the cusp of the 1st house, need to be more careful--as the first house has to do with your whole being!
So, does Mercury retrograde until the end of the month mean that you will necessarily have problems? No! But be very careful with any Mercury matters.
Lalia
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Monday, September 7, 2009
Thursday, December 25, 2008
One Origin of Christmas
Greetings and Merry Christmas!
One of the origins of Christmas is the pagan holiday of Yule. And Yule is one of the eight sacred days of the year... all of which correspond to the Sun being at 0° of a Cardinal Sign or 15° of a Fixed Sign.
The Cardinal Signs are Capricorn, Aries, Cancer and Libra. Respectively, for the northern hemisphere, the zero degree is the Winter Solstice, the Spring Equinox, the Summer Solstice, and the Fall Equinox. (Reverse the seasons for the southern hemisphere.)
Fifteen degrees of the Fixed Signs are the Cross-Quarter days, that is the days that are halfway between the beginnings of the seasons.
Each of these eight days--all about 45 days apart--was a sacred day in the religion practiced in Europe before Christianity. When Christianity arrived in Europe, the sacred days were introduced into the Christian calendar.
Yule, then, became Christmas, and corresponds to the entry of the Sun into the sign Capricorn. It is actually a couple of days off, which may be due to calendar adjustments over the centuries.
I'll take up the other seven sacred days as they come along. But we have one more vital point about these eight days. These degrees, 0° of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, as well as 15° of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius, are important more than any other degrees because they indicate connections to the entire world.
Thus astrological phenomena that occur at these degrees are much more important than those that happen at other degrees--giving an orb around these degrees of plus or minus 2°.
That is why astrologers predict events with charts for the ingress of a planet, usually the Sun, into the Cardinal points (especially). And that is why people with Personal Planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus or Mars) or Personal Points (Ascendant or Midheaven) at these degrees are fated to impact the world in some way.
Best of the Season to you!
One of the origins of Christmas is the pagan holiday of Yule. And Yule is one of the eight sacred days of the year... all of which correspond to the Sun being at 0° of a Cardinal Sign or 15° of a Fixed Sign.
The Cardinal Signs are Capricorn, Aries, Cancer and Libra. Respectively, for the northern hemisphere, the zero degree is the Winter Solstice, the Spring Equinox, the Summer Solstice, and the Fall Equinox. (Reverse the seasons for the southern hemisphere.)
Fifteen degrees of the Fixed Signs are the Cross-Quarter days, that is the days that are halfway between the beginnings of the seasons.
Each of these eight days--all about 45 days apart--was a sacred day in the religion practiced in Europe before Christianity. When Christianity arrived in Europe, the sacred days were introduced into the Christian calendar.
Yule, then, became Christmas, and corresponds to the entry of the Sun into the sign Capricorn. It is actually a couple of days off, which may be due to calendar adjustments over the centuries.
I'll take up the other seven sacred days as they come along. But we have one more vital point about these eight days. These degrees, 0° of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, as well as 15° of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius, are important more than any other degrees because they indicate connections to the entire world.
Thus astrological phenomena that occur at these degrees are much more important than those that happen at other degrees--giving an orb around these degrees of plus or minus 2°.
That is why astrologers predict events with charts for the ingress of a planet, usually the Sun, into the Cardinal points (especially). And that is why people with Personal Planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus or Mars) or Personal Points (Ascendant or Midheaven) at these degrees are fated to impact the world in some way.
Best of the Season to you!
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