We are two days out from Mercury turning retrograde and no doubt eagerly awaiting Venus’ April 15th return to direct motion.
Mercury remains retrograde until May 3rd. The ideal day for matters mercurial during the fleet footed one’s backtrack occurs when Mercury aligns with the Sun and Earth. In this upcoming retrograde trek, this alignment forms on April 19 - 20. Check your local celestial guide for the exact time.
It’s worth checking the celestial guide. When Mercury aligns with the Sun and Earth, light can be shed on mundane matters. Sunlight is shed on the real world (Earth) and all that must be articulated (Mercury) about it. When you locate the exact local time for the alignment, assume you have six to ten hours either side of that alignment, where you can do things normally assumed to be taboo during Mercury retrograde. You could sign a contract, make a major purchase of a communication device, or vehicle used for local travel, apply for a grant, pen the first word of a book. Whatever you think Mercury retrograde prohibits, in this window, it’s cool.
And one should note, that if using this three-way conjunction, you still need to apply Mercury retrograde cautions: Do you understand what is before you, the rules of the road, your end game? Equally important, do you know that those people nodding, listening to you are tracking?
Also of note in the next week to fortnight, are two mid solar system bodies aligning with Sedna. Sometimes with these new planets with whom we do not have a complete delineative grasp, transits can insight and further define the nature of the newly integrated solar system object.
On April 15th, Mars conjoins Sedna. Two days later, Ceres does the same.
Mars and Ceres are a scrappy combo. They are likely to pick up a cause and fight like hell to defend it, even if their motivation seems unclear. Regardless, it’s a good fight.
Sedna rules the deepest depths of the oceans and the creatures that live there. Given than Donald Trump with a swipe of what Geminis apparently believe is a scepter, his pen, undid climate change regulations previously installed to protect the Earth, expect a fight about that. As well, given that Secretary of State Tillerson formerly helmed a major oil company, and given the administration’s inextricable relationship with Russia, it would be reasonable for major protests to commence regarding the exploitation of pristine regions of the Arctic for the extraction of oil. Sedna sanctions such campaigns.
What does this mean personally though? Mars and Ceres to Sedna might be looking to pick up the banner and fight for personal causes... sure, like what?
Sedna’s north node lies in Leo; her perihelion resides in Cancer.
A body’s perihelion - closest contact with the Sun in its revolution - is where the planet receives solar emanation through the shortest distance. It’s highly charged and feeling the maximum effect of its gravitational relationship with our star. It moves the fastest of any point in its orbit. The result creates a set of priorities, life urgency and the thing that above all, must be kept in mind.
With her perihelion being Cancer, Sedna insists one value real world needs and demands with the utmost regard and clarity. Take care of food, shelter and well-being first. Perhaps in some cultures extreme fasting or deprivation stimulates consciousness; not for Sedna. She knows how stark things can get and in full attention mode seeks to fill the pantries of life with good provisions: food, physical resources, nurturing people and emotional expression without reservation.
The north node represents a body’s mission statement. The underscoring theme or motivation to which one might ascribe ones best efforts can be derived from the node. In Sedna’s case, this must be self referential. However, the self referential intent of Sedna does not bow to the ego and whims of worldly accomplishments. Sedna is driven by pure, soulful aspirations that seek to establish a sense of personal dominion, soulful sovereignty and karmic charge.
Combining the above, one might assign a tag line of a self help book that became a spectrum of books in the recent years... Chicken Soup for the Soul.
It does not matter if you’re gluten free, vegan or vegetarian. What Sedna defines as your demands are those things that support your life in day to day existence, and those things that cause your soul to flourish.
The transits of Mars and Ceres to Sedna in Taurus establish a few priorities that require energy, enforcement and personal enlightenment:
Is your domicile working? Do you feel safe, content, luxuriated? If not, do something simple to affirm your commitment to quality. Spare some modest expense for high quality new towels, sheets or even a sharp paring knife (Mars is part of this transit). Rearrange some furniture. Change the direction of your bed for better rest. Fix up that nest of yours.
Is your food good quality? Resist the urge to do fast and furious junk food because you’re hurrying to the gym - a real world oxymoron. Prioritize clean food, properly prepared, that tastes good. Somehow the process of nurturing goes further when the process of eating is enjoyable.
Are all your life efforts purposeful? Eliminate junk behaviors. An hour less on the video game controller, or that addictive Internet game, or those surveys that take a half hour and get you a dollar in the mail... are they filling your sails with purpose and direction? Are all your causes noble? When you tell others about your avocational interests at the opening of the new art gallery or library, do you do so with pride and the sense that this interest serves what you are all about?
Ultimately, no one else needs to know your motive for your efforts. Sedna rules the deepest of the darkest oceans. If it works for you and your spirit and demonstrates the best of Leo in your life, no explanation nor justification is required. The causes of your spirit require no explanation to anyone.
Should you feel tugging undercurrents from the trends of this time, put on your galactic GoPro... that camera that looks within with 8K resolution and dive into the depths of your being with wonder. While diving deep, emulate the whale. Slow your metabolism, calm your tensions, and feel the baseline resonance within.
More soon.