Mercury Stations Direct January 18, 2023

On January 18, 2023, Mercury’s 3-week journey (since December 29, 2022) retrograde ends.  Astrologically, this takes place at 8°08’ Capricorn and only 4 degrees from the asteroid Hygeia.  In the sky, this shows the apparent movement of Mercury from “backward” to...

Mercury Retrograde on December 29, 2022

On December 29, 2022, at 1:31 am PST, we get our last Mercury Retrograde of the year.  This comes at 24°21’ Capricorn and marking 2023 as an “earth” themed year for Mercury synodic cycles. In the sky it means that Mercury is about to pass by Earth in its orbit of...

Mercury Stations Retrograde – May 10, 2022

For the second time this year, on May 10th at 4°51’ Gemini, Mercury is stationing retrograde, between the Pleiades and the star Aldebaran.  This happens on the day Jupiter ingresses into the sign of Aries for the first time since 2010-11.  In the Shamanic...

Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius

by Erik Roth, Shamanic Astrologer The messenger planet Mercury is getting ready to change direction on Saturday, January 14th at 10 degrees, 19 minutes in the sign of Aquarius and on the back of the Sea Goat constellation. Mercury is about 3 degrees from Saturn as...

Surrender of the Masculine

Between now and June 7th, the planet Mars will continue to diminish in brightness and then become invisible to the naked eye, at which time Mars, which symbolizes the masculine principle in Shamanic Astrology, surrenders to the underworld.  Why is red planet...