On December 22nd the Sun enters Capricorn, marking the beginning of winter.
Capricorn are solid Earth signs who are practical, ambitious, traditional, cautious, creative, and hard working. Capricorns seek positions of authority and make able business leaders.
Mercury Retrograde
Just in time for the Holidays
Dec 10th – Dec 30th
in the sign of Capricorn
Retrograding into Sagittarius
Capricorn’s style is practical, serious and sensible. They make a list and check it twice, at least. They know who they’re shopping for and how much they’ll spend. Always very well organized. If you’re on a budget, Mercury in Capricorn will help you stick to it.
Mercury reenters Sagittarius on December 19th and restraints disappear. You might get caught up in the holiday magic and have to go shopping again, without a list. Feeling generous, your heart tells you more and bigger is better; spend, spend, spend. Oh, what fun it is to spend on the Christmas holiday. This Mercury may also encourage you to overdrink and overeat; everything tastes so good.
Sagittarius loves the grand and glorious, forget the price. Capricorn has to pay the bills.
Your holiday shopping will be most successful if completed before Mercury goes retrograde. You’ll find it easier to stay on budget, and the gifts you purchase won’t find their way back to the stores. Then when January comes around with December’s bills, you’ll be carefree because everything went as you planned. Thank you Capricorn.
Mercury will be retrograde for about three weeks. As always, this is the perfect time to be conservative and reconsider all aspects of your life. Avoid making important decisions at this time, as you’ll probably change your mind. When retrograde, all forms of communication are more likely to be misunderstood, so it’s best to avoid new projects or journeys to unfamiliar places. Mercury retrograde affects anything having to do with travel, as well as the means you use TO travel (car, train, boat, plane, spaceship…), these can all be problematic. Likewise, mail (including e-mail) is often delayed, lost or misdirected. Appliances and things with engines tend to break down.
It’s a good time to do all things “re”:
rewrite………redo………recall………rearrange………..reboot………..reconnect.
Check the “re” words in the dictionary; those are the things to do.
It is a good idea to check and recheck your plans. You absolutely don’t want to buy a car or computer during this time; too many tales too sad to tell. Forewarned is forearmed.
Mercury retrograde causes difficulty with:
Revise and reconsider. Knowledge is power.
Blessings, Lindy Burke mylindy@prodigy.net 714-998-6935 \
When a planet turns retrograde (backward) the energy of the planet turns inward and its usual expression can be come the opposite of itself. It’s a time for reconsidering the meaning of the planet and to limit action ruled by the planet.
Mercury goes retrograde Dec. 10 – 30. Communication and travel may not go smoothly. Rethink before you act.
Lindy Burke