Access the Magic of Mercury Retrograde in Virgo 2023.

About Mercury Retrograde in Virgo
​August 27th to September 14th, 2023

Mercury is known as "the messenger," as it is associated with the mind, thinking, expression, and communications, but Mercury is also "the magician," and the alchemist.  

Mercury goes retrograde about 3 times per year - the most of any planet - but the good news is its effects are always fleeting.  That's because Mercury is, well, Mercurial, and when we are working with the energy of Mercury, we can use this to our advantage.  The idea is to stay flexible and curious - when Mercury is active in our lives, it's never a time to make any concrete decisions - if we try to do this, it's no surprise when it doesn't work!

Mercury just stationed retrograde in its own sign of Virgo on 8/23, and it will turn direct 9/14.  Mercury rules two signs - Gemini, mutable air, and Virgo, mutable earth.

Since Mercury stationed retrograde, you may have noticed your inner critic kicking up as your forward momentum seemed to spin out and maybe plans and communications went awry.  It isn't helping that just days later on 8/27 the Virgo sun opposed Saturn retrograde in Pisces, on 8/28 (the day I'm writing this) Uranus is stationing retrograde quite likely causing restlessness and unexpected disruption (maybe even more tech issues?), and we have a full super moon on deck for Wednesday the 30th in Pisces, with the sun-Saturn opposition still lingering.  

Things might feel a little squirrelly right now.  Or okay, a lot squirrelly, and Saturn getting activated at a super moon climax in lesson-bringing reality-check mode doesn't help.

But, there's a way to work this in your favor.  Remember, Mercury might be the trickster, but its also the magician and the alchemist, so once you understand the energetic dynamics at play, you are empowered to step into the role of creatrix in your life and start weaving the elements and energetic currents in your favor.

Keep in mind we are in the deep end of "retrograde season" now for 2023 with 6 planets retrograde - Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.  It's like summer school, made up of individual planetary mentorships offering their expertise in different areas of your life.  This is time to slow down, double check, review, make edits.  Pay attention where things are blowing up and going sideways and where you are running into walls and check back in with your body, with your intuition, with your inner guidance and alignment.  These delays might just be working in your favor.  

Also keep in mind that Mercury retrograde is brief - only 3 weeks, and we come out of Venus retrograde 9/3 and then out of Mercury retrograde 9/14.  Like I've been saying in the new and full moon emails and on social media, tangible results from all the inner work we've been doing since June will be showing up late September into October, so hold that line!

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More on Mercury Retrograde

Mercury in astrology is known as the messenger, and is closely associated with the mind, thinking, communication, technology, commutes, networking, travel, and everyday money.  Mercury never travels more than 28° from the sun, meaning astrologically speaking, it is never more than one sign away from the sun. 

That's why many of us will notice sun and Mercury in the same sign in our charts, and that makes sense given the sun is "light of consciousness" and Mercury is mind and thinking. 

Mercury goes retrograde about three times per year, and its retrogrades always happen in a series of three - for example, all of the 2022 Mercury retrogrades began in air signs and ended in earth signs, then starting December 2022 into January 2023, we began a series of three Mercury retrogrades in earth signs, and in 2024 we will have a series of three Mercury retrogrades that begin in earth signs and end in fire signs.  While all Mercury retrogrades slow us down so we can review and edit thinking and communication, there's a something bigger at play happening here than just delays, breakdowns, lost phones, missed messages, and miscommunications. 

​When we take the high view, we can see that over 2022 we were working on learning how to bring ideas into reality (air to earth), and over 2023 we are working on the real world practicalities of doing that (all earth), and over 2024, we will be using what we've learned with our earth retrogrades as a container that will hold new creative ideas so we don't burn ourselves out (earth to fire).

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Working With Mercury Retrograde in Virgo 2023

This is our third and final all earth Mercury retrograde in a series of three.  We began in December 2022 with the Capricorn Mercury retrograde that carried us into January.  Then in April 21st to May 14th, we had a potent Mercury retrograde in Taurus overlapping with the spring eclipse portal.  We wrap up this series of all earth Mercury retrogrades in Virgo (during Virgo season, of course, because Mercury is never more than 28° away from the sun).  

Like I mentioned above, in 2022 the Mercury retrogrades all began in air and ended in earth - lessons in making ideas reality.  In 2023, the focus has been completely on Mercury making its periodic reviews in earth signs, and in 2024 Mercury will continue the process beginning each retrograde in earth but ending in fire.

The takeaway is that right now we need to let Mercury retrograde in Virgo help us zoom in on the everyday rituals and routines that hold us.  

Virgo is the sixth sign, an earth sign known for organization, sorting, refining, perfecting, and strongly associated with health, and especially things like diet and exercise that support good health and prevent disease.  Virgo is a sign of devotion and acts of service too.  When we get out of balance with Virgo energy, we can find ourselves feeling anxious and never good enough, and then highly critical - of both ourselves and others.  (As within, so without - as I teach my clients, we cannot give or do to anyone else that we aren't already giving or doing to ourselves - its the same for love and criticism - its like a filter or energetic prism we are living through created by our beliefs.)

Here are some ideas for accessing the magic of this Mercury retrograde in your life:
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• Create time soon for an alignment check in - what are your core values and desires?  Does where you are putting your time and energy each day support that?  If not, it's time for a little life remodel, and this Mercury retrograde is the perfect time to do it.
• Use this time to craft everyday routines and rituals that truly support the you you want to become and the life you are creating.  You are laying the foundation for 2024 right now, and your life experience, the results you get in your everyday life "out there" are a direct result of your everyday habits - and your physical habits and routines stem from your everyday thinking and feeling habits, which are born from your subconscious beliefs.  It's time to make any necessary edits.
• In addition to lifestyle habits such as sleep, downtime, hydration, diet, exercise, and play, this Mercury retrograde is a magical time to create a special time each day, whether morning or evening, where you won't be disturbed, for a set amount of time - 30 minutes to an hour ideally - where you can check in with your body and its needs and also your muses, guides, and inner guidance.  You are creating a container for inspiration, new ideas, and solutions to land with you.  It's important to keep this as consistent as possible, and at the same time each day.  Use an altar if you want for this too.  Light the same candle, use the same incense - create a ritual, still your mind, and open to whatever wants to come in.  If you have specific questions, you can write them down, and then ask them one by one, but the key is to be sure to then switch your mind out of questioning mode and into receiving mode, and to trust whatever comes.
• Also use this Mercury retrograde to focus on clearing out of your life whatever is no longer serving and doesn't align with your core values and desires.  Since this is in Virgo, an earth sign, a good place to start is in your physical realm - your home, your office, your car.  Don't be afraid to go big here.  This is a major transition year and it's time to let go on every level so we can move into the new in our lives.  Since this is a Mercury retrograde, cleaning up your tech/digital spaces is a great move too.  
• All of the Mercury retrograde basics still apply - if you're trying to make move or sign contracts, know that during Mercury retrograde its easy to overlook important details and make mistakes with fine print, and things are very changeable.  Typically the general rule is if you negotiate a contract and sign it during the retrograde, it's likely to come back up for review or changes and not be "solid."  This can be to your benefit or not, which is why you need to be conscious of this energy.  Don't expect things to feel "settled" until after the 14th when Mercury stations direct again.  Communicate clearly, to be understood, double check emails and texts, double check itineraries and times, leave extra time to get where you are going, and don't buy tech items, cars, or appliances.  

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Hi, I'm Kasey, an astrologist professionally trained in hypnotherapy, and I help women rewire their lives so they can start living the lives their hearts truly desire.  I do this by teaching them radical self-value along with emotional and energetic mastery.  Many times this involves rewiring old beliefs.  Sometimes it requires healing of deeply embedded old wounds.  It always is a process of coming home to yourself and reclaiming the throne of your heart and your creative power in life.  

This is The Art of Consciously Creating Life.

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