Just something I noticed yesterday, and I must preface this with the caveat that not every communication I received falls in this category; but I did hear from a scattering of individuals who all had something I’ll define as a theme in common: they were busy ‘showing me.’ These were people I don’t hear from often, the rarity of their communications part of what tipped me off to the trend. Did this happen to you? Did you hear from someone whose message was passive-aggressive, filled with angry engagement that you don’t (or perhaps no longer) feel? The tone of these notes/ messages was ultimately sad, as these individuals somehow feel that something is owed them psychically, emotionally, and yet that’s not appropriate to the existing relationship (and in my case, it never was appropriate, a condition that these people do not seem to fathom). It was the psychic equivalent to Bill Gates’ mosquito releasing stunt: irritating as he tried to make a point, but not really of significance.
Now, don’t get me wrong, my mailbox wasn’t stuffed with hate mail–far from it, but there were enough out-of-the-way communications (some of them wearing very pretty words and images) that it made me take a look at conditions. My first thought was the Moon; it was moving through Gemini, so no surprise that people felt motivated to speak out, and in easy aspect to many energies (specifically the gathering in Aquarius–and that’s a lot of air, spurring us to think, whether we want to or not). Jupiter squared Vesta, and this may be key to the tone: these individuals may have been challenged to measure their own beliefs against what they truly find sacred–and when we come up short, the tendency is to rationalize and justify, for the ego (Mars–more about him in a moment) to jump forward. Mercury moved into semi-sextile with Neptune yesterday, and this says that communications can be guided by ideals or by delusion and fantasy–you decide. But I think the real trigger may have been Mars–as it moved from Capricorn (restraint, reality) to Aquarius, we may have seen the brakes come off the aggressive and assertive energies, with a tendency now to intellectualize and rationalize (Aquarius) one’s desire to lash out (or just to speak out–as I said, not all communications will fall into the ‘show you’ category). So, if this happened to you, I would say take it less as a true communication and more as a statement, an instance where someone is showing how they believe (Jupiter) you should be engaged with them, in defiance of the real life situation.
Today much the same is in effect, with one important difference: the Moon goes Void today at 9:45 AM PST today (the 5th) and remains so until 8:05 PM PST. This suggests that, with the same conditions in effect, we could have two radically different outcomes: messages received today may be of the same character, but they may either pack no punch (where even the individual speaking doesn’t believe what they’re saying), or they could spark a completely unanticipated response within you, leading you somewhere you never expected to go.
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Here’s some great truth-telling going on about male/ female relationships, excerpted from an upcoming work by Jessica Shepherd http://moonkissd.com/2007/12/12/use-your-venus-ladies-not-your-mars/ and here http://blogs.astrology.com/venus_beyond/2009/02/chiron-neptune-node-shake-the-disease.html
Take note of more Mercurial happenings here with Jude Cowell http://judecowell.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/inauguration-2009s-mercury-return-feb-15/
And have a great Thursday!
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I haven’t had this directly but I have been hearing about strange third-hand conversations about me — someone distorting things and asking inappropriate questions in the guise of checking references. I don’t think it’s personal, but it’s definitely weird and leaves me a little defenseless. Monday was the strangest day. But onward we go . . .
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Hi Julie, Yes, I was handed a couple of tasks yesterday and did not feel like completing them. I took it personal as I had just returned from vacation and felt that it was someone’s way of saying-okay, back to work now.
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this is really helpful. I’m trying really hard not to “swim down” and do the lalalalalalala with my hands over my ears. I felt empowered by your observations here and used that boost to reply to the emails I put on the back-burner yesterday.
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Oh yes, I’ve both received messages and have had to hold myself back from back from saying things that I’ve wanted to say for years. Simultaneously, I also know that I am expecting too much of the people I want to speak to. In more rational moments, I do believe they did the best they could with the info and resources they had. And what’s done is done. They really are no longer a part of my life, so there is no point in chewing them out now.
Similar to Lainie, above, I noticed someone checking up on me. A former professional rival who made things difficult for me. I never did take the bait and so it is with some humor that I find that this person is still so interested in my whereabouts.
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I may have misstated my experience — this person was indeed checking my references with my permission, they were just asking questions that were outside the scope of normal reference-checking and twisting some parts of the conversation we’d had about the job. It seemed very odd. But it made me realize that I had to take my power back in the job-hunting situation and not accept whatever turns up, but at least mentally take charge and not just be subject to the whims of others.
So is this also part of Mercury returning to normal speed and progression, or more about the party in Aquarius?
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To all–
Thank you for sharing your experiences!
To Lainie–
I think it’s you finding out about the ‘true’ character of the possible employer, just as we spoke of previously, courtesy of Mercury direct.
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Yes!
My husband started a huge argument over what was essentially *nothing*, then stomped out of the house to smoke a cigarette in this “I’ll show you!” manner. He quit smoking 17 years ago and has recently taken it up again as some kind of act of rebellion. (Against? Me? Work? Life in general? I don’t know!)
Now he’s stonewalling and giving me the silent treatment, and I’m back where I’ve been for a while now, wondering just WTF is going on. 😦
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Sorry to hear it, tek. One thing I can say about the people who have been behaving in this manner, they’ve got a reason other than the one they say they have for the behavior. But you probably didn’t need me to tell you that!
One thought: what ‘behavioral era’ does his smoking ‘take him back to’? By that I mean, what things about him were part of him back when he smoked that he got rid of in between? Characteristics, behaviors, preferences, bad habits, inclinations–because the smoking is the time signal, the way of showing that something has come back from that time–and he’s literally ‘blowing you smoke signals,’ even as this is something he (at least consciously) would like to hide.
Hope that raggedly explanation is of some help!
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Interesting. On the fifth I received a phone bump (no msg) from a creative partner who disappeared from our last project without a trace. The energy I picked up on (she hasn’t returned our calls) was ‘hang on.’ It felt benign and, as you say, faintly sad.
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Hi Julie,
Thanks for the link to my blog.
Meanwhile, my thoughts are that Mars’ movement triggered the Chiron/Neptune/Node conjunction. The homeopath is at work (chiron). There’s wounding to resolve here, and old habit patterns that people can’t quite shake – and need to. This may involve blame in relationship * because that’s the way we’ve been socialized to respond to our pain. You may want to check out my Venus&Beyond astrology.com blog – Chiron, Neptune & the Node: Shake the Disease.
Best to you!
Thanks, Jessica, for sharing your thoughts. I’ve moved the link to the body of the article, as I don’t allow links in the comments section anymore. People, visit Jessica!
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