On this 1 universal day in a 9 universal year – Saturday, 30th July 2016 – Mercury enters the sign of Virgo at 11:18a PDT. What’s your plan to make your theories and ideas the practical and experiential reality of your everyday life? And how do you plan to practice what you preach?
To the first point, it’s time for you to verbalize your plans. Under the influence of this 2016 Mercury in Virgo, it’s not just about discussing theory – it’s stating the steps you are actually going to take to implement the ideas you have been talking about for a while now. The more clear and pragmatic your steps are, the better. People need to know how you’re going to do what you say you’re going to do. More importantly, if you’re going to make your ideas a successful reality, YOU need to know how you’re going to do what you say you’re going to do. You also need to be clear about what you’ll need others to do, and explain their steps in simple ways that they can incorporate into the day-to-day responsibilities of their lives. Without practical steps which produce tangible results, your ideas will go nowhere and your theories proven to be inept failures.
To the second point, are the steps you’re planning steps that you will actually take yourself? After all, it’s one thing to tell everyone else to do something. But why should they do it if you’re not going to walk your own talk? If you can’t prove you’ve been there and done that – or even if you CAN prove you’ve been there and done that – this is NOT the time to make yourself an exception to the steps you expect others to take. You will significantly damage if not entirely lose your credibility in regard to your ideas if you don’t show your intention to do what you’re asking others to do.
You’ll have plenty of time to work with this energy – a little over two months (until 7th October 2016, to be exact). That’s because right before it could move into Libra on 30th August, the 2016 Mercury in Virgo begins a retrograde motion sending it back to the middle of the sign. We’ll talk about the retrograde in more detail in about a month, but the short version of it is that you’ll have plenty of time and many opportunities to make some changes to get yourself and your life in alignment with your plans.
And that’s a detail that many people may overlook when it comes to Virgo – change. Whenever something isn’t working or isn’t working as well as it could be, changes need to be made in order to restore or enhance functionality. Things need tweaking. Sometimes, those tweaks may be external – material, physical, or financial. Other times – and frankly, more often – those tweaks may be internal such as mindset and/or beliefs. With the 2016 Mercury in Virgo, there will need to be changes in both if your plans are going to be successfully implemented. Your daily routine may need a little or a lot of adjustment. The key here is that under the mutable earth energy of Virgo, Mercury practically demands that you deal in realistic terms. Yes, you’ll need to apply some effort and energy to make your ideas the reality of your life. However, the amount of effort and energy depends on how aligned with your plans you already are.
That said, let’s look at some of the upcoming transits for the 2016 Mercury in Virgo:
Virgo Mercury trine Taurus Ceres on 1st August – A reassessment of your personal values may inspire you in creating a workable plan. You’ll follow through with your plans when you’re living into your values.
Virgo Mercury sextile Scorpio Juno, also on 1st August – What are you emotionally committed to and/or emotionally invested in? As you begin creating or implementing your plan, you may find that your commitments may need some subtle yet positive adjustments OR your plans may need some aligning.
Virgo Mercury sextile Scorpio Black Moon Lilith, on 5th August – Your soul’s deepest desire for expression may be awakened by the practical steps you are taking. Is your plan moving you closer to what you most truly want to manifest in your life? This will be a check-in point for you in this regard.
Virgo Mercury square Sagittarius Saturn Retrograde on 6th August – This may be your first big challenge. As you take steps to implement your plan, you may find that you’re unable to grow or expand in the ways you need to in order to progress forward OR that you weren’t prepared for the size or speed of expansion that is occurring as result of your taking your steps.
Virgo Mercury opposite Pisces Neptune Retrograde on 7th August – As you create and/or implement your plans, there may be events which help you realize where other people’s delusional ideals are getting in the way of your plans…or other people’s delusions and ideals may be waking you up to your own delusions or imaginative ideals. This is a great opportunity to make sure that your own plans are rooted in practical reality. It may also be a great opportunity to show how sometimes, taking a chance on a pie-in-the-sky ideal may actually be what is needed to transform an intellectual theory into an experiential reality.
Virgo Mercury trine Capricorn Pluto Retrograde on 9th August – This transit is a powerful one, as the steps being taken to implement your plans will help you recognize whether you are standing for or against the societal and institutional powers that have been in power for a long while now. That said, are you plans aligned with an outdated system or structure that is collapsing, or are your plans aligned with a new system or structure which is being built? Do you need to adjust your mindset so you’re moving forward rather than regressing back? You’ll also notice all around you on all levels of your everyday experience which constructs of power are trying to regress you and which ones are trying to progress you. Where and with whom do you feel empowered? Where and with whom do you feel you are being transformed for the better?
Virgo Mercury opposite Pisces Chiron Retrograde on 19th August – The steps you’re taking are giving you opportunities to see how long-standing wounds are being triggered and reopened…but also how those wounds could be healed. Practicing what you preach will come to the fore here as your ideals will be revealed through your practical actions. If what you do is not aligned with what you say, your gig may be up here. Acting out of alignment with your plans could do more harm than good not only to you, but to your communities and the world around you.
Virgo Mercury quincunx Aries Uranus Retrograde on 19th August – To the afore-mentioned point in Mercury opposite Chiron Rx, though you may not think what’s happening around you has anything to do with you. Yet whether or not you are acting in or out of alignment with your plans has an effect on others around you. In fact, it could be instrumental in bringing people together in peace or driving them apart in conflict.
Virgo Mercury conjunct Jupiter on 21st August – Whatever you’ve set in motion with your plans grows around this time. Functionality improves and expands its presence…or dysfunction grows and expands its presence. With this transit most exact on a 3 universal day of growth and expansion, be ready to receive some feedback in a BIG way, for better and/or worse.
If you’re planning and acting in alignment with your Truth and practicing what you preach, this will be a very fulfilling and rewarding time for you. If you aren’t this may prove to be a very challenging time.
The proof will be the result of the planning. So…what’s your plan?
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~ Light, Love, and Blessings,
Grace
