The planet Mercury is about to end its current retrograde period on Wednesday, 9/2/24 landing at 21 degrees of Leo. Mercury began traveling back from Virgo earlier this month.
The planet Mercury’s energy influences your mental processes, communication of all kinds, technology, and your self talk. Each retrograde period is different, because they occur in different zodiac signs, degrees and elements each time, can take on a different flavor of energy each time the retrograde period occurs.
Yes this soothing mental therapy energy from Mercury is available to every human on Earth, but all do not listen to their inner voice or take actions of inspired change. For those who do, each turn of the wheel and every Mercury retrograde period you live through can help you progress forward on your own spiritual journey. The challenges you are going through are unique to you. And Mercury wants to help you with what matters to you most.
This particular retrograde from Virgo back to Leo is addressing past issues from childhood, and past versions of you who maybe didn’t handle things as well as you would have liked to have. Take it easy on yourself. You did the best you could at the time, with the resources and knowledge that you had at the time. Now that you know better, you will do better.
Mercury is asking you to pay attention to your thoughts and to speak more kindly to yourself.
Forgiving yourself for past mistakes or times you acted in ways that aren’t who you really are is the mental medicine Mercury is asking you to pay attention to now, before this beautiful energy closes the cycle and moves on.
Every year, Mercury enters an approximately three week long “retrograde period” where through apparent motion, it appears to be traveling backwards across the zodiac wheel. These retrograde periods occur three to four times each year. While the actual retrograde period only lasts about three weeks, there is also a shadow period lasting approximately 10 days after, during which time the retrograde energies close the cycle completely for you. The shadow period following will not be completely over until 9/11/24.
These extra few days are a time when the inner work that you did during the retrograde really takes hold and begins to show up as evidence of the changes in your life that came about during the retrograde. Its the perfect time to journal and reflect on what came up for you during this time, how did you grow and shift? Give yourself credit for the inner work you’ve been doing.
(Note: If you are reading this after this time is over, it is ok. You were called to this message to do this inner work at whatever time is right for you :)