Mercury Retrograde in Libra

Wisdom Teaching

Mercury Retrograde

September 28, 2001

Our swiftest moving planet Mercury is going Retrograde in the Sign of Libra on Monday, October 1st (12:23 PST) until Monday, October 22nd Mercury is the planet of communications, everyday mental activity, and movement. Mercury goes into Retrograde approximately three times a year.

A retrograde planet (when viewed from the earth) “appears” to have stopped and is moving backward through the sky. Then, after some time, the planet goes “direct” and is back on its standard cyclic path—every planet retrogrades except the Sun and the Moon.

Mercury retrograde can lead to personal misunderstandings, disrupted or delayed communications, and poor negotiations. In addition, breakdowns with devices that help us with our ability to communicate can be affected, such as telephones, computers, cars, planes, and trains. Many of these problems can arise because some crucial piece of information has been miscomprehended or misunderstood.

Mercury retrograde in Libra focuses on the blockages that occur in our relationships. It also draws attention to our many structured interactions, the origin of law, justice, and a sense of balance or fair play. The Wisdom needed during this time with the Mercury in Libra is to rethink your relationships. Begin to turn your mind inward to the relationship with yourself. Use it to reflect the relationships you have drawn to yourself in this life. Be cautious with your words and thoughts to others. Words have power. Are they expressing what you want to say?

“Quote For The Week”

“A man’s mind may be likened to a garden,

which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild;

but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth.

If no useful seeds are put into it,

then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein,

and will continue to produce their kind.

~James Allen