Mercury retrograde in Virgo from August 30 to September 22: August was a month with energy essentially in Fire and Earth, with no planets in air and only Neptune and Chiron in the Water element sign.
August was a month with energy essentially in Fire and Earth, with no planets in air and only Neptune and Chiron in the Water element sign. Fire and Earth vibrate at very different levels of energy and opposite in its subtlety. But this difference in their forms of expression does not reduce the importance of one over the other, because "Everything in the universe is a manifestation of energy" (Law of, TAO). Fire symbolizes the creative energy, activating element is an alchemist principle.
The earth element is only and only the ultimate form of expression of creative energy, its manifestation in denser element, where it derives its condensation and materialization. Fire, being the origin of all, consciousness is the energy that is never lost, just changes form, because it is this creative principle of excellence. Therefore, from time to time, forms die so that more subtle and creative expression levels may arise ... in new ways. As with the release of our soul upon the death of our physical body and return to Spirit (Fire). And this resembles the Renaissance process represented by Phoenix. The fire that consumes the "body" (the form), which turns into ashes then reborn in a new form of life.
When we fail to establish a balanced relationship between these two levels, we can get too attached to the forms and limited to expressions on the physical plane, and that manifests itself usually by fear of loss or fear of death (the earth element), creating resistance to this transmutation process. Or, too unrealistic with an energy dispersion without holding capacity. When our relationship with these two principles takes place in an unbalanced way, one switches from opposite to the other extreme way, sometimes too contained, sometimes too fiery, hard to introduce progressive changes in our "ways" of life.
And if we go back to the astrological analysis, this was certainly a month with strong quadrature between Virgo (Earth) and Sagittarius (Fire), but with the difference that, at the time of the beginning of "Hell on Earth" were the fires, Mars already passed through this last fire sign (entrance on 2 August) and, as mentioned, they abounded the energies in these two elements. As Scorpio's ruler, Mars is the principle that activates the process of destruction of forms, while Pluto (co-ruler of Scorpio) takes the regeneration function necessary for the process of rebirth. When we live these energies from the Heart in Love, these are true academical processes that allow a huge release of energy and that catapults the individual to more refined levels of consciousness.
When we live these energies from the solar plexus or our lower nature, both the energies of Mars and Pluto, become destructive and often expressed through cyclical crises experienced by humanity. Then we have the burning fire instead of the fire that quickens. Both release energy, however, the first propagates in an uncontrolled manner, only the second consuming impurities in order to eliminate them, and to purify the substance. To transit through Sagittarius, a Fire sign, active Mars this process through this element, and that symbolically we can associate with the physical fire (extremely expansive and difficulties to be limited).
Neptune in Pisces in difficult aspect with the planets transiting these two signs (Virgo and Sagittarius) adds chaos, despair and confusion, being very difficult to define limits to this igneous expression and achieve a timely and organized action. This chaos and confusion these neptunium represent the emotions, the water element, which are deposited all the desires of our personality and the collective, the more and the less refined.
It is these desires and emotions that feed our "Fire" (our will), and that is that gives life and creates or that firing and destroys. No doubt that this was a month during which the fire tilled the earth, and only propose to review these events to them can take some added value through its astrological interpretation, not only consider misfortunes of a hot summer and a result of few preventive measures. A great chance with a lot of damage, some irreparable. The aim with this astrological reading is to understand the Law of Correspondence ...
These letters reflect the entire human condition, their desires, anxieties and blockages, which is expressed through all these circumstances, because even if we have not been directly affected by them, the pain and suffering produced by them want a reflection by all humanity about these issues. And this does not mean that no action is taken and cleared responsibilities, but we can go a step further in understanding the events.
It's so important to talk about all this before moving on to the interpretation of the retrograde motion of Mercury in Virgo because their symbolizes are deeply related. After so much damage and destruction resulting from the fire that consumed the Earth (real and symbolic way for all of us) will count up the losses, damages are analyzed and looking Re-see the flaws, re-examine details ( and detail), we will Re-fish the old work plans to re-think that aspect or detail, to understand a form of the Re-organize to improve our "modes operand". But this (Virgin) is a Yin sign, so even if we apply his energy on the external environment, it refers to the inner life, for the monitoring of our internal processes in order to objectify the imperfections of our personality and work on best way to improve the system.
As our forests need surveillance, care and cleaning, we also need to watch, care for and clean our "ground" internal. The fire that we talked about, the activation energy and creation, is powered by our internal resources (attitudes, emotions and thoughts). The cleaning (purification) of our internal terrain reflects the quality of our resources, which in turn will determine the destructive or reconstructive nature of our "Fire." This is the true meaning of "work" associated with the sign of Virgo.
Still, obviously this is a job that necessarily will be reflected on the outside, but the process begins internally. Therefore, with Mercury retrograde, Re-analyzing methods, and methodologies to avoid unnecessary waste and spending both time resources. After all, Virgin is part of Trinity that make up the Earth element, the sign that mediates the process between the resources we have at our disposal (Taurus) and the success that through them, and with them, we get (Capricorn). How to use these resources efficiently, which way to better serve through them and get to structure effectively life (personal and collective, social).
Especially after so much loss of resources (Taurus), these re-assessments (Virgin) become essential to prioritize priorities and overcome obstacles and difficulties (Capricorn) awakens us also to develop other qualities during the transit of Mercury in Virgo and to re-think our relationship with the Earth element during its retrograde motion:
In 221 days, humanity has exhausted the annual environmental budget that ensures the Earth, that is, from today we will consume more resources than those that the planet can renew in a year. (...) "We issued more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than what our oceans and forests can absorb. We fish and harvest more and faster than what we can reproduce, and flourish." (...) If the ecological footprint of humanity to follow the Australian trend or five planets identical to Earth would be enough to sustain us. If we follow the example of India, it is us would, however, more than enough a single globe. In general, the rate currently adopted, the world population requires almost two Earths' statement from the Global Footprint Network (CFN)
The Virgo also speaks of humility, which is very different from "poverty" or "shortage" means merely knowing how to live with the knowledge to use only the features that truly need, without excess or waste. With reference to Saturn in Sagittarius, it means we have to realize that there are real limits to our need for expansion, and in that sense, it is imperative to re-see the way we do. This Consciousness (Fire), requires new ways of living life (Earth). Numbness that our day-to-day, our routines, our work schedules and may have during the time that Mercury moves retrograde, reflecting the relaxation necessary for us to return back and re-analyze these processes.
Want to analyze with reference to our micro or macro reality, this is an opportunity to re-seeing the use we give our resources, whatever their nature, as we are (and are) to consume. Our mental picture of how life is and must be organized should be subject to re-assessment to appeal to the sense of constructive criticism. Re-doing something always lets dig a little deeper what initially had been done allows us to go back to not move forward on the same error or failure.For all the potential that is always implicit in astrology (and by that I mean the use of its symbolism to understand the experiences that life brings to us) I must remember that more than we think of ways to escape the inconvenience arising from this Retrograde motion (because it is an illusion), is to think in their potential for any "evil" from becoming "good."
Re-think it