Mercury has now completed its Retrograde journey - having backtracked from 6 Degrees Libra to 21 Degrees Virgo from 7-29 September. Mercury performs this Retrograde(backward) journey 3 times a year, for 3 weeks or so each time as it loops in between the Earth and the Sun - creating the illusion, from our Earth-based perspective, that it is moving backward.Retrograde periods are often marked by delays in communication or transportation; people or items from "the past" turn up; unusual insights can occur and "Mercurial Mischief" is afoot, generally.
During the recent Retrograde period my radio/tape deck went bonkers and had to be replaced; I "bumped into" Prince Charles twice in one day in Exeter; visited an old Tumulus on a hill near Looe, gaining much insight concerning past visitors to the site (how about the young Jesus and Uncle Joseph of Arimathea ?) :attended an excellent talk on "Mystery Schools" at the Torquay Theosophical Society; watched series 2 of "Merlin" on BBC 1; and , on 29 September, Michaelmas Day, at St. Michael's Mount, met Hamish Miller at the Chapel there, later, as Mercury turned Direct, was sitting in a quiet corner by the Castle, sensing the currents and exhilarating power of the several great "Ley Lines" which meet on the Mount..

A cornucopia of Mercurial Magic, on this occasion, assisted by Jupiter/Neptune Chiron in Aquarius. Have you been quickened by a quotient of quixotic quicksilver quiddity of Mercury, messenger, Psychopomp,and possibly, Avatar of Alliteration ?