Mercury stations retrograde at 8 deg Capricorn (2:09 am EST). Plans, discussions, documents and projects may be put on hold. You may get a message from the past or find yourself preoccupied by memories (Capricorn is an archetype of tradition). While things are paused, it's a good time to question certain traditions and peer beneath the structure. What was defined will require a second look. This has the feeling of breath being held and crystallized - the pause itself will be defined.
Mercury Rx is an appropriate time to revisit a past issue and address it - going back to sign the document, finally getting the "thing" done that's been waiting.
This occurs one day after the Dec 12th New Moon so what begins then will be questioned or paused right out of the gate. Progress will not be a straight line. Mercury Rx retreats into Sagittarius on Dec 23rd and stations direct on Jan 1st, 2024 (at 22 deg Sagittarius).
Also today, Venus in Scorpio conjoins Pallas (10 deg) for a precise, deeply effective strategy regarding relationships, intimacy, inheritance, money or values. The love or craving may be profound but there will be a bit of calculation involved- which secrets can be revealed, which resources can be shared. This doesn't invalidate the relationship or want but it is a reminder that planning can help things go smoothly. Watch for instinctive strategies that evolve in the perfect way, at the perfect time.
Saturn in Pisces trines Vesta Rx in Cancer (1 deg) and we have an easy blend of rules (Saturn) and absolute focus (Vesta). One issue (involving the past, home, family, core needs) will be firmly defined and all your attention will be drawn to it. The rules/authority will naturally guide you here -it will all make sense and you'll understand perfectly what you need to work on and protect.
Combined with Mercury Rx (in Saturn-rules Capricorn) this suggests a highly focused day where you look to the past and fortify your personal boundaries (Vesta in Cancer is the home as temple). Parental issues will be emphasized. The shadows of what was will be scrutinized and a course plotted through them. Knowledge is sourced from memories, from whispers, from unearthed family tales. Old photographs and letters are examined in the still, silent hours.
Painting by Peter Ilsted: Wikimedia Commons
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