SpiritLibrary October 21 2013 (Thanks, Constance)

This final retrograde phase of Mercury in 2013 occurs in the sign of Scorpio. Here Mercury engages with secrets and lies, investigations and exposés. It wants to dig beneath the surface and get to the root of an issue.

Polite chit-chat is not the domain of Mercury in Scorpio. Be prepared for some uncomfortable, but enlightening, conversations!

The chart of Mercury’s turnabout is ‘busy’: there’s a lot going on and it’s full of distractions and cross purposes. But Mercury refuses to be distracted. Teamed up with Saturn, the planet that brings things into form, binding them to the laws of the physical world, this is a Mercury that means business. And its business during this retrograde phase is that of revealing the miscommunications in our lives, uncovering where we were so sure we said one thing but someone else is equally sure they heard something else. It’s here to uncross those cross-purposes once and for all! Continue reading →