Mercury in Capricorn

On Tuesday, December 24 cerebral Mercury entered orderly Capricorn. This began an 18-day period when minds seek structures and patterns in which to anchor our ideas. Organizing the details of our lives is a positive expression of this transit, yet there is also a risk of becoming intellectually rigid and obsessive about putting information, objects and people in the “right” places. The potential of locking into mental immobility plays an even more important role when Mercury joins the Sun in Capricorn on December 28. While there is hope that the creative solar force can spice up thinking with bright ideas, the Sun’s involvement puts will and ego into play, which can amplify the instinct to restrict reality with our minds. The cosmic message is to reform, renovate and make new traditions instead of rigidly holding onto the old ones. Whether we succeed or not will have a lot to do with how we handle Mercury in Capricorn. Rigid thinking can exacerbate the potential explosiveness of December 25 and leave chaos and confusion in its wake. So the irony is that the more tightly we try to control our world the more easily disrupted it becomes. It’s difficult to adapt to the surprises that appear to be in store for us when we’re stuck with an old rulebook that doesn’t leave room for exceptions. Mercury’s conjunction with the Sun on the 28th, therefore, could represent the last stand of old ideas that are not suited for the new world. Happily, there are other ways to use our minds that should prove to be effective under these volatile circumstances. Clear thinking is different than conditioned thinking. It has an inherent objectivity that offers the widest range of perception possible. Cerebral Mercury is naturally objective until it’s colored by rules and dressed in regulations that inhibit original thought. Conditioned thinking is about preservation rather than discovery, which might be useful in a museum but isn’t valuable in a living, breathing, changing reality. Capricorn, in spite of its reputation for authority and control, is a practical, season starting Cardinal sign whose conservatism is meant to nourish growth rather than to stop it. The pragmatic way to go these days is not to retreat from the rising tides of change, but to build a vehicle of clear consciousness that allows us to lead the way. In fact, the primary challenges of these times and through next two years is to become leaders instead of being followers. Resistance to change is futile but energetically engaging in forging ahead with new personal habits and professional aspirations is how we can succeed. Practicing these habits by making small changes in safe areas of life is perfect preparation for taking bigger steps in riskier areas. Whether it’s opening our hearts in spite of fear of intimacy or shifting careers in an uncertain economy, the solutions we seek come from the courage and creativity of our actions rather than the rules imposed by external authorities. Clear thinking frees us to be in the present, which is the best place from which to create the future.

Wednesday December 11

Wednesday December 11


The Day of Mercury in Waterweek. Expansive Sagittarius can be overwhelming to detail-oriented Mercury. Small things are easily blown out of proportion. Facts are out of whack. Tall tales abound. Yet, this is also when the lens of perception is widened and the mind opens. We could charm a snake from a cat’s vagina just by snoring. We could steer a tank with our diction even if you numbed our tongue with a lethartonic unguent. Mercury in Sagittarius can be a time of enthusiastic words, confident messages and creative communication, but big promises may stretch the truth. The trick is to drop your prejudices, but not your reason. In the desire to find one big answer to all of life's questions it is easy to overlook nuance and
appreciate different points of view. Sagittarius looks toward the future, so that perceptive Mercury's presence here
supports visions of tomorrow. The trick is to fill in all the details so that the picture you're selling is the one
that actually develops. The Moon carries on in Aries, completing its activation of the Cardinal Cross with contacts
to Pluto and Jupiter, providing hints into what we will gain through Jupiter’s retrograde and an opportunity to further
our goals.

December 4th: Mercury shoots into Sagittarius

Wednesday December 4

The Day of Mercury in the kabbalistic World of Fire, Atziluth. Visualize your self wearing sneakers with wings as you read this. Mercury's function is to think. To know. To reason. There is no foot race to win here. Language is his playground. The Akasic Library is his home. And oh yes, Hermes is a Love god. He likes the sound of his own voice. Write a poem, a sonnet, or some erotica today and them transmit that information to at least one other person. Cerebral Mercury, the master of data and details, is less concerned with practical matters during its three-week transit in big-thinking Sagittarius. This farsighted point of view is useful for spurring intuition, inspiration and recognizing lofty principles, but can make us less effective at dealing with facts. Aspirations may blossom in this high-minded environment, yet a failure to ground them in reality is a possible risk..The Moon enters Capricorn just before sunrise. Capricorn represents, on the level of the first octave, the period between 7 weeks until 12 weeks after Conception, when the embryo becomes a fetus, and the sex and physical appearance are determined. The body takes form through it's skeletal system. On the level of the fourth octave (see Chapter 9 of the Metaversal Lightcraft Training Manual for more on the Four Octaves), Capricorn represents the integration and structuring of the higher perceptions of the Self in the World on a practical level. On the World scale, Capricorn occupies the period between AD 1750 and AD 1840. This was the time when the ideology of Sagittarius was translated into material form. Humanity evinced a superiority over the forces of nature, and the Industrial revolution began. Romanticism surrounded the likes of
Shelly, Goethe, Byron, and Chopin, reacting to the cold prevailing mechanistic World view. Rudolph Steiner said
that the human being is created, and destined to be, a self-defining creature. Are we slightly higher than monkeys
or slightly lower than angels? Good old fashion hard work yields the answer. Monkeys and Angels are set to grind
corn with the Sun in Capricorn. Tackle those long term projects and remember, the Mountain must be tackled one step
at a time.