Congratulations all for slogging through the last few weeks of Mercury Retrograde, with computer frustrations, car woes, and miscommunications, some on a global display of embarrassing political gaffs. As of Wed., 8/8, Mercury is again Direct in its path, relative to Earth’s path around the Sun, and we can sweep the cobwebs away from our brains, and start to think more clearly again.
Since Mercury-Retro happens every few months for 3 weeks, it’s wise to understand the value it holds, and to appraise how you’ve used it these last few weeks. A key to enjoying your next Mercury Retrograde is to ask yourself: what communications or paperwork had I been putting off, and did I tackle it? Some examples are: organize tax receipts, clear clutter, trash outdated papers, outworn clothes, pay old bills, clean the attic, garage, closets, back hall or drawers, make repairs, visits or phone calls you’ve been avoiding, turn in your stash of recycle bottles, and read that book you’ve been meaning to read … all fine uses for Mercury-Retro, which turns our attention in, and to the past, to things we forgot to get around to before, and which, once achieved, will clear space in our psyches.
This just-ended Mercury Retrograde holds a fond place in my heart. During it, I dusted off a 22-years-old project, plunged in to revisit it, to see if it still merits investing my time and mental energy. It is 500+pages of information that I collected circa 1990, to study the connections between Career Theory and Astrology. Upon review, I discovered valuable material that now begs to be published as a longitudinal study!
Of course, I used Mercury Retro phase for other catching up, like paying bills, visiting family I hadn’t seen in a long time, and learning about the history of some local community issues that I’d been meaning to better understand.
So, with Mercury now Direct again, as your mind shifts into forward gear, think kindly on its Retro days – without it, we may never catch up with all the dropped connections we need to restore, revisit, repair, recycle and renew. By August 22, Mercury returns to where it was when it turned Retro, so the next two weeks can get you back on track under clear mental skies until its next Retro on November 6, when pundits will surely be in full swing, analyzing “what happened?” on Election Day!
Blessings,
Amy
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For 40+ years, Astrologer Amy Shapiro has nurtured soul growth with skills and services drawn on her training with Astrologer Isabel Hickey, William Swygaard, Jo Onvlee, John Chung Li and Dr. Oskar Adler. Amy was the first Clerk for NCGR and an early President of NCGR- Boston. She co-discovered a technique with Astrologer Ron Davison called The Relationship Chart or as she calls it The Conception Chart of the Relationship due to its esoteric implications. Her TV and radio show, "Good Heavens!" won her wide acclaim with the public and her Good Heaven’s column appeared monthly in Dell Horoscope Magazine. She founded the Cape Ann School of Astrology and has been a consultant, editor and writer for Para Research, Astral Research, Cosmic Communications and Dell Horoscope. After earning her MA in Education and Psychology, she earned an M.Ed. in Counseling, and trained in stress management, T’ai Chi, meditation, visualization; reincarnation, hypnotherapy and nutrition. She has been as a Head Start Advisor, taught at Wheelock and Endicott Colleges, and trained at Harvard’s Mind-Body Institute and New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
She has dedicated 20+ years to The Testament of Astrology, a 7-volume course by Austrian Astrologer Dr. Oskar Adler, and has now published a comprehensive Curriculum Guide for the entire 7 volume series. She has also written and published Dr. Adler's biography called Dr. Oskar Adler: A Complete Man. Her other books include One Sex to the Other – Reincarnation and the Dual-Gender Soul, The Dis-Appointment Book –A Human Therapy Guide to Conquering DisappointmentsShe coauthored the book Questioning the Oracle—The IChing and The Gift of the Tortoise-New Insights into the I-Ching.
Her newest book with Jay Hickey called Never Mind, is Isabel’s last book, never before published. Along with the book, she has written an Astrological Natal Report adapted from Issie’s Astrology A Cosmic Science, called “Your Cosmic Blueprint: A Seeker’s Guide.” The Natal report and program are available at http://www.newagesages.com/.
With her husband, Ed Kaznocha, Amy raised two sons in Gloucester, MA, where they enjoy gardening and landscaping.
Other Blog Posts by Amy: Astrological Forecast for August 2012, This Pivotal Year ~ Uranus goes Retrograde on July 13th, 2012 A Pivotal Year, 2012 - A Pivotal Year - Coping with Changes, Whose Astrologer Are You?
With her husband, Ed Kaznocha, Amy raised two sons in Gloucester, MA, where they enjoy gardening and landscaping.
Other Blog Posts by Amy: Astrological Forecast for August 2012, This Pivotal Year ~ Uranus goes Retrograde on July 13th, 2012 A Pivotal Year, 2012 - A Pivotal Year - Coping with Changes, Whose Astrologer Are You?
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