Mercury direct; The New Year really begins!

 

Mercury turns direct January 18^th, at 8:12 AM, EST. This is good news but when Mercury stations to go direct, things can go haywire once again before really straightening out, so it could get slightly more confusing before it gets better.

Mercury stationing to turn retrograde or go direct are the two key times when we may experience Mercury’s changeable if not disruptive energy. It will take the planet of communication a few days before things start to really level out.

A planet changing direction becomes very powerful, especially if it is aspecting something else in the sky, or in your personal chart and Mercury is no exception. If Mercury turned retrograde hitting a specific point in your chart you may have experienced delays, unexpected issues or other problems. By the same token, if Mercury turns direct and is hitting something in a positive angle in your chart as it turns direct you can expect to move forward in some significant way.

One way of looking at it is that Mercury has been asleep at the wheel for three weeks and it will take a little time before it totally wakes up and gets back to normal.

As Mercury begins its direct motion on Wednesday, called its ‘stationary direct’ phase things aren’t really clear yet, and there may be more surprises in store. Alternatively you may feel inspired, but keep your feet firmly planted on the ground and you know what they say if something seems too good to be true. Make sure you are dealing with facts.

Mercury comes back to life slowly and does not actually begin to move forward for another 5 days or until January 23^rd.  

Mars turned direct after a nearly 3 month retrograde on January 12^th. At this time Mars is also in its stationary direct period and won’t move forward again until January 25^th. If Mars is aspecting something in your chart, this is also a powerful time.

It’s an exciting time with both of these planets going direct but we need to be just a little more patient and things will soon pick up steam. This is when the New Year will really begin!