Mercury Retrograde in Virgo

Mercury stations into retrograde motion on Friday 20th August 2010 for a 3 week backtrack until September 12th 2010 (depending on timezone).

This marks a period of re-evaluation.  Mercury in Virgo is a mind of analysis, the little details that make up the whole.  Those things we toil over painstakingly and where the devil usually resides!  During a retrograde there is a reversal, an inner expression and reworking required - an evaluation of details and routines for a later presentation.

The Sabian Symbol for the station reads "A swimming race" - a symbol of competitiveness, struggles with others over differing ideas and plans and therefore being in the deep end - sinking or swimming and striving to get ahead.

Mercury in Virgo can be mentally obsessive, so intent on 'doing it right' that the wood gets missed for the trees.  This is what needs to be watched for now; getting caught up in spirals of thinking that create more inner and outer conflict culminating in the opposite desired effect - more chaos and confusion.  Success at the moment can be found in the background - putting the ducks in a row so to speak, contemplation of your next moves, re-examining your routines, health, habits and perhaps learning just to let go if things aren't going the way you want them - relax.  Any overly ambitious attempts to 'fix' might prove difficult.

As is usual with Mercury retrogrades communication streams can get cranky - computers, the internet, travel plans and all manners of correspondence are being put metaphorically into reverse gear.  So...get your ducks in a row.

Picture Copyright Kriss Szkurlatowski