April 9, 2003
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Not yet. Not for over two weeks, but later this month Mercury will go retrograde. That thought makes some people uneasy, but I’ll be ready for it. I’ll have a lot to catch up on after the current intense period of novelty and challenge.
I’m planning again, after not having a plan for a while. I hadn’t had a life strategy, a Master Plan, Plan A, for a decade or so. My Plan A got shot down and I didn’t have a Plan B. My strategy after that was to survive, continue in the Flow, see what happened and do what seemed appropriate at the time. Then I nearly died, from an infection and an acute exacerbation of my chronic auto-immune syndrome. Doing for myself, carrying my share became the objective–that and survival. Giving and taking, writing the memoirs… none of that required a plan, I just let it flow.
Then I thought of something I wanted to make happen. It was a bit more complex than just sitting at a keyboard and letting my thoughts flow out my fingers. I had to learn new skills, handle unfamiliar tools, stretch my mind and make plans. I’m having fun with it, but intensity does get tiring, and it has kept me away from my SIR and the PS2. I’ll be ready to take a break when Mercury stations (R) at Taurus 20°33′ on April 26. I can use the time to put the finishing touches on what I am building. I can get into the memoirs and into past life regressions. I’ve been having flashes of other times as I work away at these new tasks. Exploring them could be fun and profitable.
The direct station at the end of this next retrogradation, Taurus 11°08′, impacts my curse/blessing pattern. Both of the stations of the following one: 26 Virgo (August 28) and 12 Virgo (September 20), are impacting my stellia at the 10th and 25th degrees. The retrograde station is conjunct my Sun/Chiron conjunction. My solar return comes only two days before the direct station. Then, mid-December to early January, there is the next Mercury retrogradation. Both of those stations: 12 Capricorn and 26 Sagittarius, impact my curse/blessing pattern. The direct station on January 6 is conjunct my Ascendant.
Surfing this set of timewaves is keeping me on my toes. As challenging as it is learning to use new tools, I’m glad I HAVE those tools. I have way too many people to thank for it to ever be able to get to them all, so I just thank God. If you’ve gotten a thank you from me lately, or even if you haven’t, here’s a big one: thank YOU. The whole idea for this nutty new project that’s stretching my mind came from Xanga. People here provided the use for it, its purpose. The Xanga Team has given me an accessible, flexible home for it. All I have to do is to make it make sense. No problem.
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Comments (8)
dammit…I think I really do have the flu. i tried reeeeeeeeally hard to understand that, but it was mostly colors and dancing garden gloves. …off to find me some drugs.
Still sounds like algebra..butI’m going to look into it. I think it’s time for everyone to start using some new tools and stretching their minds. I know I will be.
I start panicking every time I hear the words “mercury retrograde”. I start thinking of all the things that could go wrong, all the problems me and my lover could have, all the words gone awry, the information lost and/ or garbled… and then I remember the last couple times haven’t been too bad, especially when I forget when they are and quit wiggin’ out… Still a little nervy about it but *shrug* Yeah, I’m in Xangatherapy, feel free to comment away, dearie.
Great info. Thanks.
I’m Virgo too. I’ll be interested to see how I do this Retrograde…
-M
Good for you in setting a new plan, taking on new challenges to live “outside the box”, and from essentially moving from one stage in life to another. That takes some courage and dedication. I wish you all the best in that journey, and much happiness too!!
WoW. I need a plan b other than to simply survive. Thanks for that …
Mercury Retro … *ugh* …
The last two have been especially horrid for me … I’ll have to take a look at my chart and see where Taurus is. Among other things.
you know, K…I might not always understand what the heezy you’re talking about but…it’s one of the things I like best about you.
You’re a peach!
Bought some Alaskan Shasta Daisy seeds this weekend. Can you grow Alaskan flowers in Kansas? Wait…I think the true question here is, will I be able to get anything to grow at all? Heh. What the heck. I’ll try.
That book looks good…intriguing.