Mercury entered the sign of Scorpio at 12:58a PDT on Tuesday, 17th October 2017, bringing a shift in the way we think and communicate – a shift into deeper than usual thoughts and deeper than usual exchanges about matters at hand which result in conversations with a deeper impact on those exchanging ideas and information.
Under the influence of Mercury in Scorpio, communications demand clarification. Clarification comes when decisions are made. It’s time to be clear about where you stand on the matters at hand.
The interesting thing about this 2017 Mercury in Scorpio energy is that it comes with a warning: words communicated in a very off-handed way or that may not be given much thought may end up haunting you. In fact, not taking your words seriously could be a devastating mistake as they may be more powerful and influential than you think. Everyone around you will be more inclined than you may realize to take them seriously and use them as templates or benchmarks to clarify your positions. In fact, if you’re worried about your words or intentions being misinterpreted, you may not want to say much of anything at all for the next three weeks as people will be inclined to look for a deeper meaning in everything… and in most cases, they won’t be wrong.
The issues that come up as result of various statements and exchanges in these next few weeks are not going to go away easily if at all – they won’t simply disappear. Though specific communications and/or incidents may fall from immediate focus, the core issues they brought forth will be amplified rather than eventually going ignored or dismissed. The 2017 Mercury in Scorpio calls for a deeper examination of the major matters in and around your life, your community, your society, and in the world. These are examinations that will not be comfortable or polite. In fact, it could get downright dirty. Yet it will get to the bottom of the matters at hand and the issues which must be dealt with if these matters are to truly be resolved.
The 2017 Mercury in Scorpio makes a big impact right out of the gate, making exact conjunction with Jupiter in Scorpio on 18th October. This transit has the potential of making statements or communications that didn’t seem to be of significance major events.
This Mercury-Jupiter conjunction brings the theme of this 2017 Mercury in Scorpio right to the fore – communications which reveal where people really stand on matters. People may find that their thoughts and words are more revealing of their deepest convictions than they believed, which is likely to result in people either trying to become more secretive about what they really think or feel about matters of paramount importance at this time… or pushing people to the point of no longer caring what others think of or feel about them, freeing them up to fully disclose their positions.
Of course, the challenge with a bold declaration of your position is that in “picking a side”, you may be alienating the other side. Yet under the triple influence of Mercury, Jupiter, and soon the Sun all in Scorpio, there may not be another option available other than to disclose where you stand.
That disclosure may be the real eye-opener of this 2017 Mercury in Scorpio – learning where you actually stand in the matters of your life. As you are faced with dilemmas and engage in dialogues and debates, you may find that you don’t stand where you thought you did…
…and that realization of where you really stand may have the deepest impact of them all.
Mercury will be in the sign of Scorpio now through 4th November 2017.
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