So Mercury is finally direct. Everyone can breathe and send e-mails now. Make those important communications that you’ve been holding back for fear that they might be disrupted or lost if you made them before this week. Go sign your big contracts, people.
Mercury actually turned back into direct motion in the sign of Libra on Saturday, 25th October. However, it does take a few days to get back into the swing of things. The exchange of information may still be a bit shaky until mid-week. Nevertheless, Mercury is direct in Libra…again.
Libra, the sign of the peace-loving, conflict-avoiding, justice-defending, and equality-seeking, is at the helm of our thoughts, ideas, and communications now through 8th November 2014. This means that well into our current 2014 Scorpio Sun period, there is likely to be a strong inclination to peaceful and pleasant diplomatic efforts. We are inclined to speak nicely, even if we’d rather say things that aren’t so nice; act quickly to make ourselves look more kind and objective than we really are; and think positive thoughts in the hopes that it will help what comes out of our minds and mouths pass any tests of truth and authenticity that they may be subject to.
However, we are under the influence of a Scorpio Sun, a Scorpio Venus, and a Scorpio Saturn, all which add a bit of edge to these “peaceful” communications. What once was delivered with a smile is now being delivered with a caustic and cautious tone. Once Mercury Direct re-enters Scorpio on the 8th of November, all bets for kinder and gentler diplomacy are off. Thoughts and words and perspectives may become very extreme and intense very quickly. The claws that were hidden behind the soft and pretty masks of peacekeeping are likely to come out to do some fighting in order to force things to go their way and eliminate any opponents. If it didn’t get balanced during the Libra Sun period, and if it didn’t get balanced during this last chance of Mercury in Libra in 2014, we may find that the only course of diplomacy left is simply to let the fur fly.
For those of you who are peace, love, and happiness idealists, this may not be good news for you to read. But I’m here to tell you – it’s all good.
That’s because sometimes, things need to get ugly before they get pretty again. Sometimes, the not-so-savory elements of the human condition need to be revealed for all of the dark, seedy ugliness it can be. Every now and then, people need to be outraged by how horrible we human beings can be when we allow our self-absorbed egos to drive our agendas rather than being champions for unconditional Love for All. This 2014 Scorpio Sun Period is already intense, and Mercury in Scorpio joining its ranks may very well be one of these times in which we may see, learn, and truly begin to understand at a very deep and fundamental level just how awful humanity can be when it deals in ego-based, emotion-driven, fear-based, and power-hungry extremes.
Yet these dark times can be powerfully transformative for individuals, for humanity, and possibly even for the planet as a whole. Sometimes seeing how ugly we really are being helps us realize who we truly want to become. Sometimes, we must see our darkness and hate in order to realize how much we long for our Light and Love. That is what this 2014 Mercury in Scorpio will be all about – helping us face our darkness to recognize the Light we are capable of. Mercury will be in Scorpio until 27th November.
Until the 8th of November, we get to do our best to get through this comedic if not satirical spectacle of pretending that we all get along for only two more weeks. Hang in there, and get your claws sharpened and ready in the meantime. You may need to fight for your deepest truths sooner than you think.
Thank you for reading and sharing Signs and Numbers. Until next post…
~ Light, Love, and Blessings,
Grace
