The fleet -footed messenger god, Mercury is transiting the late degrees of Leo now and will station retrograde on August 5 at 4 degrees of Virgo.
The sign of Virgo governs critical thinking and discrimination. Symbolically it is represented by the process of separating the wheat from the chaff – using discrimination to separate what is important from what is not. The key word associated with it is “I analyse.”
The symbol of this sign – The Virgin holding a sheaf of wheat- represents the gathering of material needs at harvest time. This detail- oriented sign rules the assimilative system in the body.
The retrograde period will last through August 28 when Mercury will station direct at 21 degrees of Leo.
Retrograde periods are a good time to rethink, redo, refresh and revive. It’s a good time to revisit the order and routines in your life, whether they build or tax strength and overall well being and if change would be beneficial.
If you’ve been wanting to make changes in your diet or lifestyle, this time -frame would be beneficial for thinking about or researching what to do and how best to implement it.
Mercury will then retrograde down into the late degrees of Leo, providing a good time to revisit creative projects and think about the kind of activities that provide recreation in your life – not just fun but “re-creation” or restoration of the vital energies.
There can be new and fresh perspectives that come to life as the result of this retrograde period.
One of the Sabian symbols for this time is,”A person becoming aware of nature spirits and normally unseen spiritual energies.”