Planetary Influences for February –

Nothing is impossible, if your heart is

willing and your attitude is positive….

 

If you have been feeling out of sorts, perhaps overly sensitive, short tempered, edgy, indecisive or emotional, you are feeling the influence of the first Mercury Retrograde of 2014. Be aware of the communication snafus that are common with a retrograde cycle as you may experience challenges with the computer, dropped calls, delays and an inability to express yourself clearly. On a positive note, Mercury Retrograde gives us the opportunity to listen to our heart and find confidence to step forward. The retrograde cycle is February 6 to February 28th.

A planet is described as retrograde when it appears to be moving backwards through the sky from the perspective of the earth. Retrograde means redo, so this is not the time for new plans, contracts, agreements, etc. The intensity of the retrograde is most powerful, and likely to get the most attention from us, when it becomes stationary appearing to be motionless in the sky. These stationary times occur at the beginning of the cycle several days before when the planet first STOPS as it prepares to move backwards, and at the end of the retrograde cycle when the planet HALTS in the sky and then goes Direct.

When the planet begins it’s forward movement once again, it is said to be direct. At this point, our lives seem to become more normal and we are left to clean up the mess we may have created while doing things during the retrograde cycles. Mercury retrogrades are probably the most well known of retrogrades. When Mercury is retrograde, everyone’s thinking is more introspective and we tend to think about issues and concerns, which relate to life changing decisions.

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Paying attention to Mercury Retrograde can save you from headaches and costly mistakes. Mercury retrograde can literally be translated as “think back.” It presents us with the opportunity to reflect and review, to re-visit issues, which we thought we had made up our minds. It’s an ideal time to finish unfinished business. We often end up re-doing something that wasn’t done right the first time. The influence is quite real and felt in varying degrees by everyone. When Mercury is retrograde, we tend to have more problems with all forms of communication (verbal, written, electronic, postal, mental), and with local transportation matters.

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This is symbolic of having an opportunity to revisit, readjust, regenerate, reinvent, renegotiate and review lessons you still need to learn in order to truly move forward on your journey. Mercury retrogrades can sneak up on us quickly. Just as we’re catching our breath from one retrograde period, Mercury is getting ready to enter another one. For those who have the 2014 Moon Cycle and Ritual Book pay attention to the dates listed in the book and you can prepare in advance for a Mercury Retrograde. While Mercury can create difficulty with communication it can also enhance our ability to receive information and to catch details ordinarily missed in our daily lives if we work with this energy effectively. Journal, meditate, pay extra attention to your dreams. The second week of Mercury Retrograde is the most challenging but also the week we have the greatest opportunity to really fine-tune our ability to receive guidance from our teachers and guides if we take the time to open those lines of communication. I highly recommend you take the time for inner reflection because nothing else is going to move forward.

In 2014, Mercury retrogrades three times. (For more insight into the energy of the year) click here .  Anything is possible if our heart is willing and we remain positive. Use this retrograde cycle to gain clarity of your hearts desire.

Love and Rainbows,

Robbyne

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