Breaking News, Dateline: 1 April 2024, Mount Olympus
Overnight while not overseeing dreams, Mercury quit his job. Yeah, exactly when the closest planet to the Sun stationed and reverted to retrograde motion yet again, the highly-touted winged sandals were willfully removed and tossed into a bin.
In the resignation letter submitted by Jupiter’s son, a litany of complaints were cited. These include:
Mercury is tired of mortals blaming them (we’ll get to the pronoun thing) for all communication screw-ups that occur during the retrogradation interval of the deity. Says Mercury, “You do realize I’m not really backing up... it’s a relative motion thing. You know that, don’t you?”
Mercury is fatigued of being the messenger, the bearer of bad news, the trickster, the one doing the bidding of “more important gods and goddesses” and messing with the affairs of mortals with sticky-wicket encrypted communications.
While Mercury enjoys the assigned affinity for commerce, business transactions and those things that seed productive activity the deity reports disappointment for the assigned reputation as the god of pickpockets and thieves, sleight of hand, deception, nuance, innuendo and patron saint of out and out lies. Mercury notes there is a reason Lord Pluto gave him a hall chit for free passage in and out of the underworld and that’s because of the innate straight-talking, straight-shooting nature possessed by the god.
Mercury is fed up with the confusion over the genitalia possessed by the god. The complaint continues that mortals do not know if this deity is androgynous, or a eunuch, or in undisputed possession of the reproductive organs possessed by men and women or whatever combination of the genders may biologically manifest. Phooey on fig leaves!
Similarly, Mercury cannot stand the mixed messaging regarding a proper personal pronoun. Is Mercury a he (looks like one), a she, or a them? How can humans who do not like pronoun hybrids refer to the deity in a way that is comfortable for them? Mercury is quick to point out that referring to ones self with a plural pronoun could be construed as a multiple personality matter. Still, Mercury wants to have a clear, unmistakable pronoun that humans across the board can use with comfort. Mercury proposes “entity” as a pronoun to be used interchangeably with pronouns in any and all grammar checkers. The entity notes that AI has no problem whatsoever with this proposed distinction.
By the way, Mercury is fed up with AI trying to take away the job description and charge that persisted as the way of Mercury throughout the ages.
April Fools.
Mercury did not quit. Mercury, however, did go retrograde, in fact while in the sign of Aries. On 11 April, Mercury, the Sun and Earth align, marking the midpoint of the current retrogradation and inspiring the need for perfect communication all about the self.
“Entity” proposes several suggestions to assist in clear, concise communications that result in crystal clear understanding while he’s in the position of reversal. These include:
First and foremost, consider the point of the communication on the tip of your tongue. Is it useful? Is it productive? Does it promote alignment of thought and clarity between all parties?
Think before speaking.
When listening to another person, work to actually hear the words articulated by the other instead of preparing a response in your mind while allegedly taking in communication.
Repeat as necessary, but not excessively. Entity must revolve around the Sun three times for all surface area of entity to receive the light of the Sun. Three times permits the recognition of both points of view.
When pondering details and information (Mercury’s undisputed charge) if a decision cannot be achieved in three figure-it-out sessions, more information is required.
Given Mercury’s rulership of Gemini and the pillars that interconnect the heavens with Earth, realize that communication is bidirectional, two-sided and involves both transmitting and receiving.
Avoid gossip, idle speculation, and the presentation of “facts” without substantiating data.
When words get mixed and muddled, reset. Go back to the original thought, reclaim the underlying belief and importance for the communication. Center, then articulate.
Review and review again any written communication. Try processing any document in an output different format to offer an alternate point of view while editing. You know, convert the document to PDF and make editing notes there.
If using AI, be honest and announce that no part of your consciousness is included in the communication on the table.
Recognize that the upcoming Jupiter to Uranus conjunction happens during Mercury retrograde. Mercury muses what a tragedy it would be to fail to harness that transit because of an arbitrary point of view of entity’s direction. Realize the above stuff, sign papers and file documents as needed, especially during grand transits.
Given Mercury retrograde in Aries, make damn sure all communication sources from deep within and reflects back upon the needs of oneself to be heard fully and completely.
Happy Mercury Retrograde!
More soon.
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