Post by Rose on Sept 29, 2008 14:55:33 GMT -5
Ouch! As of this moment (the New Moon in Libra, Sept 29, 2008), the $700 billion deal has just fallen through, stopped by the legal arm. Welcome to Mercury retrograde! Perhaps the day will be known as Black Monday #2.
Mercury’s trickster (retrograde) tour, backtracking in Libra this time, runs from Sept 24 to Oct 15. This cycle, known as astrology’s Murphy’s Law is predictable in terms of it’s propensity for derailing that which has previously appeared to be on track. It is notorious for throwing the monkey wrench into decisions and deal making; it can be near impossible to close a sale or complete a deal. Touring Libra this time, Mercury retrograde will swing the scales from one extreme to the other.
Regarding the economic scene, enmeshment and co-dependency is already proving to be a major issue/problem of this particular Mercury retrograde cycle. We’ll see this in our private life circumstances too, things that happen to others can have a fallout effect on us, perhaps also dragging us into crisis. Of course, we can already see the domino effect of the Wall Street crisis, not only for the failing US banking systems, but for all the rest of us too. Our beloved Canada is, of course, far too entrenched for comfort.
The next couple of weeks are sure to be a rollercoaster (or tumbler!) for the money markets. With Mercury at the tail end of the retrograde cycle, the Full Moon on Oct 14 (day of the Canadian Federal Election) is sure to produce a climatic moment. A Full Moon creates polarization and crisis on the one hand, but it also informs, illuminates, and turns the tides, taking things to a critical head. Hopefully, we will begin to see something productive occur. Mercury will move out of Libra and into Scorpio through to the early morning of Nov 4 (8 am PST, 5 am EST) the US election. I hope and pray that we’ll see a positive turnaround in the markets for the better. (Mercury in Scorpio can be a resurrection influence.) Still, whatever rally may occur in the short term, know that there is plenty of work ahead and it will take not months, but years to steer ourselves into a smoother sail.
Mercury’s trickster (retrograde) tour, backtracking in Libra this time, runs from Sept 24 to Oct 15. This cycle, known as astrology’s Murphy’s Law is predictable in terms of it’s propensity for derailing that which has previously appeared to be on track. It is notorious for throwing the monkey wrench into decisions and deal making; it can be near impossible to close a sale or complete a deal. Touring Libra this time, Mercury retrograde will swing the scales from one extreme to the other.
Regarding the economic scene, enmeshment and co-dependency is already proving to be a major issue/problem of this particular Mercury retrograde cycle. We’ll see this in our private life circumstances too, things that happen to others can have a fallout effect on us, perhaps also dragging us into crisis. Of course, we can already see the domino effect of the Wall Street crisis, not only for the failing US banking systems, but for all the rest of us too. Our beloved Canada is, of course, far too entrenched for comfort.
The next couple of weeks are sure to be a rollercoaster (or tumbler!) for the money markets. With Mercury at the tail end of the retrograde cycle, the Full Moon on Oct 14 (day of the Canadian Federal Election) is sure to produce a climatic moment. A Full Moon creates polarization and crisis on the one hand, but it also informs, illuminates, and turns the tides, taking things to a critical head. Hopefully, we will begin to see something productive occur. Mercury will move out of Libra and into Scorpio through to the early morning of Nov 4 (8 am PST, 5 am EST) the US election. I hope and pray that we’ll see a positive turnaround in the markets for the better. (Mercury in Scorpio can be a resurrection influence.) Still, whatever rally may occur in the short term, know that there is plenty of work ahead and it will take not months, but years to steer ourselves into a smoother sail.