As I stated in the last post, the timing of this Mercury Retrograde is especially interesting…at least for those of us here in the United States.
With Election Day on Tuesday, November 6th here in the U.S., and with the selection of who will fulfill the role of President of our country being one of the choices for us to make, it is a very important election cycle.
However, this importance is only made more powerful and profound by the abundance of transformative energy in the astrological air.
We are currently in a Scorpio Sun cycle, with Saturn and the North Node both in Scorpio as well. This indicates not only a transformative period, but a period in which the choices we make could bring a major overhaul of what we perceive to be the normal way of living as an American.
- The Sun brings Light to Scorpio’s vulnerability and its emotional intensity in protecting its emotional truth.
- Saturn brings structure, stability, and discipline and in Scorpio, there is a good chance that structures, institutions, and ideals that have long been in place can be overturned, or people who have long held offices could be replaced…or that in a desperate need for stability and security in the ever and quickly changing world, people choose to vote for the status quo not realizing that even in keeping things the same, changes will continue to occur.
- And with the North Node, there is a sense of purpose and destiny in play – we are being guided toward a world of loving and compassionate oneness in which the old and outdated is being destroyed and cleared away for the new and progressive to have space to come in.
The question becomes – do the changes happen because our government finally chooses to function as a unified and co-partisan whole to create effective and efficient solutions, or does the staunch and hostile partisanship that has been in place for the last few years continue to force and manifest implosive circumstances?
Either way, change will happen. It is inevitable, as change is the only constant in all of life.
However, Mercury Retrograde turns change on its head a bit.
Mercury’s retrograde cycle begins late in this election day (3:04p PST) and in this motion, and in retrograde motion, Mercury is known for reaping all kinds of havoc when it comes to communications and information. All kinds of things could happen. Most astrologically-aware people expect various elections to be so close that we experience an abundance of recounts, including the high likelihood of another re-counting of votes for the Presidential role reminiscent of the 2000 election. Others expect a major malfunction or conspiracy causing delays or investigations of the unfair or unlawful processing of votes. (In my opinion, the latter is more likely with Mercury in Sagittarius in trine aspect to Uranus in Aries as the day gets under way.)
But most important to remember, Mercury Retrograde also has a distinct do-over element.
Could this do-over energy result in an Obama re-election, as in giving his administration another chance to make the positive changes they pledged to make?
Or is it simply the desire to do-over for a different kind of change altogether, resulting in a changing of the guard to a Romney administration?
Or is it simply another re-count of votes (doing the counting over again)?
Either way on this 2012 election day, once Mercury goes retrograde, all bets are off. I will say this – I’d suspect that though it seems the early returns will have a major effect on the ultimate outcome of this election (with whatever seems to be going into place at the beginning of the day will be the likely outcome coming out), there could be surprises coming by the hands of voters casting their ballots at the last minute. They may vote based upon what they are hearing and how they feel about the feedback and/or returns from early voting polls and returns being announced as they are going into their polling stations.
But that isn’t to say that people are going to vote for what seems to be the popular choice. With Mercury in Sagittarius, their votes will likely reveal not what is popular, but rather, what is true.
Because the search and striving for truth is so important to Sagittarius, as last-minute voters (decided or not) go into the booths, they are likely to find themselves hearing all the goings-on of the day and asking themselves, “What rings true to me? What feels good and true to me?” Of course, these are questions we’d like to believe every voter asks every time they vote. But this time around, these questions hold much more power and could effect much more than just the next four years.
Sagittarius also considers the bigger picture of matters at hand. It doesn’t only think about itself – it thinks about how its choices and what it has to offer could affect everyone around them as well. It courageously asks, “What rings true for all of us, not just me?”
It’s not just about who leads our country. There are many other roles and issues to be decided upon that will have an enduring impact on our way of life this time around. It is more important than ever to recognize the turning point we have come to.
So if you haven’t yet voted, consider what rings true for you and to you when you go into the booth tomorrow. Consider not only what you believe to be best for you as an individual, but also what is best for your city, county, state, country, and the world as a whole… you, and you as part of the bigger picture.
It’s bound to be a very profound day.
Thanks for reading and sharing…and voting.
~ Light, Love, and Blessings,
Grace
