January 19, 2023
Mercury turns direct and provides the impetus to find solutions to difficult problems using prolonged and intense mental focus. Self-motivated and self-oriented, ambition is the driving force behind activity. You may be very aggressive and competitive in pursuing professional ambitions and achieving your desires. The emphasis is on your own needs, interests, ideas, and opinions and independent action without feedback or input from others. While exchanges may contribute to refining your ideas, you tend to be very opinionated or dogmatic in discussions and can sometimes ignore the rights and feelings of others. A pessimistic attitude contributes to severe judgement either given or received. In the broader picture for the world at large, you may hear news of aggression or harsh actions.
The insistence on your own beliefs can mean acting with great conviction or extreme foolhardiness. With Mercury conjunct the Part of Faith, you place trust in your own authority, leadership, or established systems, although you can be deeply angered by the abuse of power. On the other hand, you may have the belief that tradition or predictability is limiting or suffocating. This influence can highlight those attracted to military careers or hardworking entrepreneurs. Some feel great pride in personal strength and the ability to act with decisiveness in emergency situations or take advantage of opportunities, but there’s also a need to find a constructive outlet to cope with the seriousness of situations.
Knowledge for you is power and a revolutionary mind inspires you to concentrate on intellectual pursuits through self-study or actualizing concepts you’ve acquired through projects that include reading, writing, or studying. In some cases, you might be involved in negotiations or contract discussions. Mercury’s direct movement means that you’ll now be making business contacts, taking short trips, having social contacts with siblings, and possible involvement in stimulating interests involving young people. Surprising events are beneficial and usher in a busy, eventful, and happy period that stimulates your social circle and introduces many new friends of different backgrounds.
However, your mental processes are also in creative flux with thoughts that are prone to change. You may be so overwhelmed with ideas that you don’t know where to begin or you may have the tendency to overextend yourself with goals that are out of reach. Impulsiveness can cause you to scatter your energy without delving deeply enough to gain benefit. You may be realizing failures in the past caused by negligence, lack of foresight or educational background, or the inability to keep promises. Additionally, chaos and disruption may be related to unexpected events that connect to study, commerce, paperwork, transportation, and close ties. If you’re not actively engaged productively, you may be experiencing nervousness or depression.
Ultimately, this forward motion Mercury carries the energy of enlightenment granting power to those who are capable of shedding light on dark issues. Some may even perform deeds where the work will be regarded by many far into the future.
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