Where Energy Flows

by Linda Sowden

For years I have written and spoken about Mercury Retrograde. As a double Virgo ruled by Mercury, I lived in fear every time I knew that it was coming, which is almost half the year by the way, when the shadow periods are included. Recently, I realized that there had to be a real benefit to Retrograde Mercury and I needed to discover what that was — and now I feel that I might have the answer.

When Mercury is Retrograde, it is a time to go inside of ourselves, to reconnect with our soul and spirit and to review our actions since the last mercury retrograde to see if we are on the right path: Do we need to readjust our plans, do we need to take a vacation and a break to center ourselves, do we need to slow down? Sometimes this is forced on us if we don’t take heed … maybe a fall that breaks something occurs if we are not listening … so we must slow down and reconnect with ourselves during this time.

Mercury Retrograde is an internal time and that is why I believe there are errors in judgment, we buy the wrong house, we take the wrong job for the wrong reason, we buy the wrong computer……..everyone is slowing down and facing inward at this time and not quite aware of what is going on externally.

At this particular time, Mercury is retrograde in Cancer, a water sign. It is a time to nurture ourselves, the home of our soul, our families and our external homes, our Mothers and Mother Earth. Our emotions need to be healed and soothed so that when Mercury Retrograde is over we can reconnect with our external world and merge our inner thoughts with our outer life … blending and harmonizing our lives with our spirit.

So, when the next retrograde is around the corner, I will wait excitedly and patiently to see what my soul and spirit has cooked up for me and where I am being directed to spend time and revisit my next step in life.

Copyright Linda Sowden, 2007. All rights reserved.