“Time is a created thing. To say ‘ I don’t have time’ is like saying ‘I don’t want to.” Lao Tzu
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” Lao Tzu
Mercury, the planet of commerce and communication, stations February 26 at 22 degrees of Pisces. This station is occuring within orb of the Saturn/ Neptune conjunction which is at 0 degrees of Aries..
This Mercury station reminds me of the Hermit Card in the Tarot deck. The Hermit Card is the number 9 – in numerology, the number representing a period of preparation. The Card of the Wheel of Fortune follows the Hermit and is the number of change, number ten.
In Waite’s deck, the Hermit stands in the darkness, clothed in a grey robe, holding a lantern, which casts light on the path ahead. With his white beard and his hooded cloak, he resembles a wise man. The lantern lights his way in the darkness and there is a feeling of finding his way carefully on his journey.
The number nine in numerology indicates a time of pause and reflection before a time of change and movement. This retrograde period -through March 20 -gives us a time of respite to rethink goals and aspirations – what has worked and what hasn’t worked and why. And a time to look at what dreams are best left behind in order to make room for others to flourish.