“Spring is like a perhaps hand
(which comes carefully
out of Nowhere) arranging
a window, into which people look (while
people stare
arranging and changing placing
carefully there a strange
thing and a known thing here)and
changing everything carefully.” e.e. cummings
Mercury stations retrograde Friday April 21 in the wee hours at 4:35 am EDT at 15 degrees of Taurus. The retrograde period will last through May 14 when it will station direct at 5 degrees of Taurus.
Mercury will station conjunct the Moon indicating that this time period will be good for developing psychic and intuitive abilities. Mercury will be also be conjunct Uranus, the planet of innovation and the unexpected. This can lead to sudden flashes of insight and original thinking.
With Pluto squaring the Sun there is transformative energy throughout the retrograde period -making this a good time to get things done.
It’s wise as always with Mercury retrogrades, to make sure important information is backed up and to take more care with communication and travel.
One of the Sabian symbols for this time is,”On the beach, children play while shellfish grope at the edge of the water.