Mer­cury turns ret­ro­grade on July 26^th, at 23 degrees of Leo, and turns direct again on August 19^th at 11 degrees of Leo. I men­tioned this upcom­ing ret­ro­grade in my most recent radio show on Sat­ur­day July 21^st. Here is the link to that show: Radio Show. If you move the progress bar for the play­back to about 18 min­utes into the show, by click­ing in the play­er progress win­dow, you can hear my thoughts about this, (rough­ly 11 min­utes of com­men­tary). And, while you are there you might want to see what oth­er shows and top­ics might inter­est you too.

The expe­ri­ence you will have with Mer­cury ret­ro­grade depends upon your lev­el of spir­i­tu­al aware­ness. To the extent that you know your­self and equal­ly under­stand your world, well to that same extent you will expe­ri­ence a greater mea­sure of free will. You will choose how to meet each day, guid­ed by an open mind, a lov­ing heart and a cen­tered will.

If you are more awake and aware, your per­cep­tion and sen­si­tiv­i­ty to the shift­ing ener­gies formed by the plan­e­tary influ­ences will be held and under­stood as being nei­ther harm­ful or benef­ic for you or any­one else…these uni­ver­sal ener­gies “just are”. It is up to each of us, by rais­ing up our self-aware­ness to deter­mine whether we will live our lives as free or sub­servient to these Winds of the Spirit.

Many will com­plain over the next many weeks, that Mer­cury ret­ro­grade has brought them into a series of annoy­ances, dif­fi­cul­ties or even greater harm. But the fault lies not in Mer­cury at all, but in our own fail­ure to under­stand and make use of this change in the “Astro­log­i­cal Weather”.

When Mer­cury is ret­ro­grade we are offered an oppor­tu­ni­ty to shift our nor­mal men­tal dis­po­si­tions and con­sid­er­a­tions into a more reflec­tive, pen­sive and intro­spec­tive mode. We, like Mer­cury, need to turn back upon our­selves and re-exam­ine our minds, to be ever more self-reflec­tive and take this time to recon­sid­er our thoughts, to ques­tion our means and mech­a­nisms of per­cep­tion, and to revise and improve our avenues and tools of com­mu­ni­ca­tion too.

If we do this, we will use this ener­gy shift as it is meant to be expe­ri­enced, for self-exam­i­na­tion, repair and renewal.

Of course, we all live very busy lives, and though it would be nice to take a 3‑week break, to go on a retreat or to par­take in some form of a vision quest, our oblig­a­tions to fam­i­ly, com­mu­ni­ty and the larg­er world will usu­al­ly not allow us to do so.

But we can take time, every day, maybe as the day begins, and cer­tain­ly at the end of each day, (and per­haps we will find some time dur­ing the day too), to pause, turn around and con­sid­er why we are think­ing about some­thing in a cer­tain way, why we are writ­ing or speak­ing with that tone or atti­tude. And, maybe we will under­stand that we can and should try to refine, renew and rebuild our self-under­stand­ing. And when we have done this, we can turn out­wards and renew our sacred spaces with one anoth­er by forg­ing a bet­ter under­stand­ing of one anoth­er too.

For this ret­ro­grade, Mer­cury is mov­ing through the sign of Leo. It is focus­ing this oppor­tu­ni­ty to reset and renew upon our heart, upon how we might bet­ter under­stand and live with greater love, hon­or and respect for one anoth­er. Plant the seeds of bet­ter tomor­rows by treat­ing those before you as you wish to be treat­ed too.

The weath­er is chang­ing, and you would be wise to make use of this gift of the Spirit.

Be wise like the ser­pent, and gen­tle as a dove.

The path to wis­dom is forged in humil­i­ty and grace.

Bow down to Her­mes, the mes­sen­ger who brings gifts from above.

Open your heart, and you will be wise.

You have spent the last 30 days in the sign of Can­cer, find­ing your way to the cen­ter of you. You aligned your self with your roots, to your fam­i­ly, to your loves, to your cul­ture and friends too. You felt your way back, to those many touch­stones that evoke the deep­est truths in the very heart of you, to those stir­rings, those feel­ings of ori­gins and hints of des­tiny. You made you way to your cen­ter and you remem­bered once more the gold­en chord that anchors you to your past and points the way to your future too.

But now you enter the time of Leo, for hav­ing met your self at the cen­ter you have no oth­er choice…you must be You!

Yes, in Leo you stretch beyond what has been. You are “the Cre­ator”’; and your great­est cre­ation, through all your many worlds and lives is you.

Your jour­ney has tak­en you from your begin­nings, as a mere spark of the divine, as an un-self-con­scious, self-unfold­ing enti­ty cycling through count­less worlds, forms and lives. Ahead of you awaits your des­tiny as a com­plete human, to the final ini­ti­a­tion, your Apoth­e­o­sis as a ful­ly awak­ened divinity.

As you become more aware of who and what you are, as you real­ize and reveal the dis­tinc­tive­ness of you, what is your Quin­tes­sence (or what is known as your Swab­hā­va, the germ or essence of you), as you do this you move into ever more truer forms of being, cre­at­ing, lead­ing and lov­ing. You become what you are, you are “THAT”, and by this you bring out the best in you and in those who are with you, and they become inspired by your exam­ple to be their bet­ter selves too. You become ever truer to your­self and you shine; you are the self who becomes, the Self-illu­mined with the light of Truth and Love.

When you do this, when you Lead with right inten­tion, when you become one more exam­ple, one more proof and inspi­ra­tion for oth­ers to be their bet­ter selves, it is by your being true to your­self and aligned with your high­er self that you inspire oth­ers to live and love with that same noble bear­ing too.

We do not need, nor do we look for lead­ers who tell us what to do; we look to those who inspire in us the shin­ing proof that we can, and we will, over­come our present lim­i­ta­tions and be the cre­ators of a brighter future for us and for our chil­dren too.

Leo is about what abides in the heart of one and all. It is about the light that shines in the dark­ness, the eter­nal flame of spir­it that will not fail.

Leo is about what is in your heart; It is about Uncon­di­tion­al love.

That love, which is Spir­it-Mat­ter, is the source, pre­serv­er and promise behind the whole of Creation.

We are one; you are one.

We are here to be who we are.

We are here to love ourselves,

And we are here to Love one anoth­er too.

This is Truth; this is the Heart Doctrine.

And, this is the Light of the Uni­verse that will not fail.

Astro­log­i­cal Mus­ings – Sun Enters Leo, Mer­cury Turns Ret­ro­grade (Sat­ur­day July 21, 2018)

In my eighth show of 2018 I will con­sid­er the cur­rent Astro­log­i­cal indi­ca­tions, look­ing at the upcom­ing move of the Sun into the Sign of Leo on July 22^nd, and the plan­et Mer­cury turn­ing ret­ro­grade from July 25^th until August 19^th.

As before, I will answer your ques­tions dur­ing the show, whether on these top­ics or some oth­er mat­ter, includ­ing per­son­al ques­tions about your astro­log­i­cal chart. If you do wish to ask a per­son­al ques­tion, please be ready to pro­vide at least your birth date and birth place, and time of your birth if you have that too.

If you wish to sug­gest a sub­ject or top­ic for a future show, please email me as I would be hap­py to hear from you. My email is: billattride@gmail.com.

Here is the main link to Astrologer Bill Attride Radio:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/astrologerbillattride

Here is the link to the show on Sat­ur­day July 21^st @ 2 pm EDT:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/astrologerbillattride/2018/07/21/astrologer-bill-attride-radio-show-sun-enters-leo-mercury-turns-retrograde

The phone num­ber to call if you wish to ask a ques­tion dur­ing the live show is: (516) 531‑9638.

Please join me on Sat­ur­day July 21^st at 2 pm EDT as we look at the cur­rent astro­log­i­cal indi­ca­tions and what they mean for you.