It’s Wednesday, and the waning crescent Moon has just moved into Scorpio. Today, a lot of people are relieved by the news that a majority of voters in Alabama have opted for the more qualified of their candidates, in a special election to complete the U.S. Senate term previously held by current U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Interestingly, Alabama polls closed yesterday just as retrograde Mercury was sharing the same degree of Sagittarius with the Sun.
Conventional wisdom in astrology says any major decision made during a Mercury retrograde will ultimately be subject to some regret, if not reversal. One reputed exception to that rule is the day when Mercury’s retrograde reaches its midpoint, in conjunction with the Sun.
Hence, we will have an fascinating test of astrological theory when this same Senate seat is contested again for a full term. Meanwhile, however, we all have one shining example to prove that the world is not necessarily plunging headlong into abject insanity.
With about ten days remaining before Mercury resumes direct motion again, now might be a good time to take stock of how things have gone for you since its current period of reversal started on Dec. 3. In particular, you may want to evaluate whether yesterday brought you any personal reasons to breathe a bit easier.
For the longer term, you will also want to keep another factor in mind. It has to do with the so-called elements (fire, earth, air and water) which contribute so heavily to distinguish one astrological sign from another.
Ever the trickster, Mercury’s retrogrades follow a pattern backward through the elements: from water, to air, to earth, to fire and back to water again. With this current backpedal through Sagittarius, Mercury has initiated the first of three retrogrades that will take place entirely within the bounds of fire signs.
By now, you should have at least an unconscious taste of what a fiery background means for Mercury during one of its periodic retreats. Assuming that’s the case, from now until Dec. 23 would be an excellent time to raise your experience thus far to full awareness. (Mercury stations direct on Dec. 22.)
Specifically, take note of issues that are being emphasized this month. Given how the fire element in astrology tends to correlate with energy, desires, instinct (as distinguished from intuition) and — yep — actual fire, you can probably see some trends already starting to stand out for better or worse.
Based on yesterday’s election results in Alabama, for example, you can plausibly associate the outcome with a rather fortunate human instinct known as conscience. On the flip side, recent tragic wildfires in California might be partially redeemed if extra precautions are taken when it comes time for Mercury to retrograde in Aries and Leo.
And for all you men in possession of power over others, remember: don’t say or do anything to a woman subordinate that you would not try with a 300-pound professional football player. As we have already seen, abusers don’t bounce very well.
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Just to add to the flames of this rather extraordinary Mercury retrograde, British prime minister Theresa May has just lost a vote in parliament that deprives her of sovereignty over any Brexit deal she might negotiate. British MPs will now have the right to judge whether the terms she negotiates for Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) are truly in the national interest.
She, of course, will say that this does not alter the fact that Britain will leave the EU in 2019. What it does mean, however, is that elected members of parliament will have the right to say whether the details of the divorce are acceptable.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42346192
The connection between this vote in the British parliament and the Alabama vote for a seat in the Senate is intriguing. Brexit is, in may ways, the result of campaigning by Nigel Farage, founder of Ukip, a party originally designed to prevent the UK abandoning the pound sterling for the euro. Nigel is best friends with no other than a certain Donald Trump and was a mentor to the would-be president before his election last year, providing him with the evidence that the electorate could be sold a seemingly impossible ticket. There is a deep cultural connection there but perhaps the tide has turned in both our countries.
I suspect that Trump will ignore the Alabama result in the same way that May will dismiss curbs on her Brexit impulses. Until today I had hoped that Moore would win the election in Alabama so that anger could be directed at Trump for supporting a suspected child molester. Now I feel that the result, together with the British vote, indicates a more universal resistance from electorates that are not inclined to be led by the nose blindly down the road to fascism.
Yesterday was personally revelatory, and your words Len help me confirm the validity of my self-observations.