Mercury Retrogrades are in the Fire Signs in 2012

The Mercury in Leo retrograde currently underway is inching toward direct movement on August 8th, so for those involved in entertainment and the performing arts, your appearances will be in a better spotlight very soon after the retrograde ends.  If you are signing to contract or doing other business that involves contracts etc., it's best to wait until about mid August for best results otherwise, negotiations may have to be adjusted.

Writers and others who are involved in literary activities and productions will have the green light too in terms of pushing forward their creative work when the retrograde has ended, which will be after August 8th. 

Mercury will have retrograded in each of the fire signs this year with the last retrograde period approaching later in the year when Mercury is in the sign of Sagittarius.  The end of the year may or may not be the best time for long distance travel due to the anticipated activities (solar, planetary eccentricities and other 2012 indicators that may prevail at the close of this year). 

Venus and Jupiter in Gemini and the Venus Transit of the Sun

Lucky Friday the 13th today occurs with two planets, Venus and Jupiter in the sign of doubles, Gemini. 

Nothing to fear about Friday the 13th being unfortunate, generally speaking of course because, the luck pair (Venus the lesser benefic and Jupiter the greater benefic) together indicates just the opposite.  

Despite appearance to the contrary we here on earth are covered with love and beauty on many levels we are blessed.

The two most powerful and significant indicators of prosperity, abundance and beauty, Venus and Jupiter, when placed together as they are now in the sign of doubles, Gemini - twins and doubles will be especially blessed and good fortune comes in doubles.

Everything wonderful is doubled. 

Venus in the sunsign of Gemini occured this year and, we have just experienced a rare transit of Venus across the sun.  

Planet Jupiter was not with Venus for the transit but followed a few days later leaving the earth sign of Taurus where it was positioned approximately for a year and entering the earliest degree of Gemini where it remain until June 2013. 

Jupiter remains in Gemini until next year but Venus will soon move forward into the next sign of Cancer on August 7 until September 6th. 

We are blessed on the local, global and beyond that at the universal level. 

We should keep this rare transit that has passed in mind not because it is simple wishful thinking.  It was astrological fact. 
The significance of which can be interpreted in any number of ways. 

But, it is not just because we are living in difficult times (with wars and other inhumanities proliferating), that we wish, hope and pray that military actions, war, and violence will improve.

It is not merely "wishful thinking," that we do so. 

What is needed in my opinion, is a collective surge of prayer and good will that is demanded and required from humanity.

We thought of and looked to the heavens in some context during the Venus transit of the sun the day of the transit. 

For our world to begin anew in a new direction of love, peace and good will to all nations and "races."  Our prayers and hopes and wishes and efforts to make it so will make it so.

We have little other choice or said differently, if we continue the way we have and don't step up our humanity game, we will continue to suffer hatred, war, inequality and worse.

Our world has a hope and a prayer that we can and will make the difference but, of course, it starts with us here at home on earth.

Wishful thinking, prayers and collective efforts of good-will are simply all good.

Yes, prayers do increase especially when troubled times necessitate prayer.  But, it is the rare times as when the planets themselves move into position of harmony that can benefit us all and this year we have seen the little and lovely planet, Venus make her long awaited transit. 

Very welcome, very necessarily placing herself, a tiny mark of beauty where her blessings could be amplified to our world, a sublime and beautiful transit as you can see from images taken by astronomers. 

Rather because the long standing effects of the Venus and Jupiter's mutual transit of Venus which have given us an amplification of the benefits of these two powerful planets of love and abundance amplified by the solar power of the sun itself! 

Little Venus making her move across the giant face of the sun is a heavenly indicator and a great blessing, since we are living at this time, we are the benefactors and have all been blessed.   

For many who follow spiritual as well as astrological trends see this rare transit as the "return of the Goddess." 

Every century or so, Venus makes that special movement in position to magnify the power and the grace and energy of our sun to our little blue planet, Earth.

Now let us do our part.

Here it is as it fast approaches, after six long months (count them) in Virgo, Mars will leave Virgo for the next sign, Libra.  Thank goodness, the planets move in their course because, while inflammatory Mars has been in the sign of critical health, Virgo, many of us have had to suffer through one kind of health crisis or situation of some another.  I am sure trips have been made to the doctor by many of us.   

With Venus in Libra we have an entirely different scene and placement for Mars and a more compatible one in terms of relationships and the natural opposition of Venus and Mars by way of their respective sun signs, namely, Libra and Aries.  The female and the male principles have been a positive hit since day one so, now that summer is here. 

You know what they say, "The time is right."  The right time for Mars in Libra to bring on new romantic possibilities and or the not nice kind of friction (watch it out there folks, everyone needs to keep their tempers and temperaments under wraps too because this placement of Mars can bring with anger issues that may surface in close relationships). 

The ardor of love (sex) or the anger of argument (war), we can and do have control over which direction Mars will take while in the sunsign of Libra for approximately a month and what our desired outcome will be. 

Choose wisely and have a wonderful, love filled summer. 

Sultry days are here again!