Her­mes moves back into Leo and so you must adjust your think­ing accord­ing­ly. The prac­ti­cal details and finite re-order­ing of your thoughts in Vir­go must give way to larg­er con­cerns; you must now exam­ine the under­ly­ing assump­tions of your point of view.

Where­as since Aug 2 till today Mer­cury’s ret­ro­grade offered the oppor­tu­ni­ty to recon­sid­er your per­cep­tions as reflect­ed through the lens of Vir­go, now you must shift and con­sid­er the ide­al behind the idea as Mer­cury slides back­wards through Leo. Until August 26, when Mer­cury turns direct, you need to re-exam­ine your assump­tions, the prin­ci­ples-ideals-truths, which col­or the lens of your mind’s eye.

Use this oppor­tu­ni­ty to con­sid­er how your need for respect and approval (Leo), may lead you to form “blind spots”, and there­by lose the con­nec­tion you must have with those before you. You must offer that respect and approval to those before you if you wish to receive it. Like­wise, you must guard your­self from too eas­i­ly “waver­ing” on your own truths so as to “please” oth­ers as you seek their approval. All you will affirm by such a per­for­mance is your own lack of self-respect.

Enhanc­ing this oppor­tu­ni­ty for you today, Mer­cury forms an oppo­si­tion to Nep­tune who is now in Aquar­ius. This is the sec­ond of three such align­ments between Her­mes and Posei­don. Dur­ing the first on July 29, the chal­lenge seemed to take place between your­self and anoth­er as regards mis­per­cep­tion, illu­sion or, at its worst, decep­tion. But as not­ed then, the real chal­lenge was with­in your­self, you need­ed to work on your pow­ers of per­cep­tion by re-exam­in­ing your cer­tain­ties, by ques­tion­ing your per­cep­tu­al assumptions.

Here, today, the empha­sis is even more deter­mined­ly turned inward with Mer­cury’s ret­ro­grade motion. Though a disturbance/confusion/delusion will prob­a­bly man­i­fest between your­self and anoth­er, it will most cer­tain­ly lead you to ques­tion those ideals which inform your point of view.

Wel­come the gift of Nep­tune’s Intu­ition­al Inspi­ra­tion, which helps you to inward­ly pierce through that veil of pride­ful-cer­tain­ty, the veil which obscures the deep­er truth about the ques­tion before you. Guid­ed by Nep­tune’s com­pas­sion, you will be able to let go of any one-sided approach and appre­ci­ate the Mul­ti-Verse you tru­ly live in.

Though Nep­tune’s grace may lead you through an ini­tial peri­od of uncer­tain­ty and doubt, yes even fear, know that this is the Path that you must trav­el towards true accep­tance, greater under­stand­ing and divine wisdom.

Com­pas­sion, Humil­i­ty and Love…follow the Path­way to the Light.