Mercury is in a Hurry as it Zips through Aries and the North Node Pushes Us Towards Our Collective Path

 

The planet Mercury is wasting no time this month as it enters the cardinal fire sign of Aries on April 3, 2021 and cruises through at breakneck speed in Aries until April 19, 2021.  Communication is about to change in a very big way, and if you blink you just might miss it.  Many of us got complacent with Mercury in Aquarius from January 8 through March 15 with the first Mercury retrograde of 2021.  Then Mercury entered the mutable water sign of Pisces on March 15.  I don’t know about you, but from my personal experience and from everything I have been hearing from friends and clients, it has been a highly emotional time and the water works have been flowing nonstop since Mercury entered Pisces.  People who rarely cry have been subject to the feels and tears have been released by one and all.

But when Mercury moves into Aries for sixteen days on April 3, all of this is about to change dramatically.  I am sure that emotional release was necessary with Mercury in Pisces, but Mercury in Aries is a whole new ball game. Mercury in Aries likes to express ideas with more passion than usual.  Our minds are restless and impatient as spontaneity is the order of the day.  We are going to be speaking our minds clearly and directly with no subterfuge. Of course the shadow side of Mercury in Aries is that we might be a little less tactful as we are on a course to translate our dreams into action.  We will be filled with courage and innovation. Trust your first thoughts because they are the best and most accurate at this time.  And the best part is that Mercury is joining the Sun and Venus in Aries, so team Aries is in full force until April 14 when Venus is the first to leave Aries for Taurus.

We have also been under the influence of the North Node in Gemini recently. The North Node has been in the sign of Gemini since May 6, 2020 and will remain there until January 18, 2022.  The North Node represents where we are stretching out of our comfort zone to attain our highest purpose.  When the North Node is in Gemini, that purpose is to reveal and disseminate truth and knowledge in a friendly and straightforward manner.  When I was first learning astrology many years ago, I remember my astrology teacher saying that Gemini was the most democratic sign of all the air signs.  We really need that to be true during these challenging times. But it can also be unpredictable and too curious for its own good, so be mindful of that.  Don’t forget that while the North Node is in Gemini, we are dealing with the South Node in Sagittarius and a certain bluntness and lack of tack can accompany it.

I have been musing quite a bit lately on the North Node in Gemini because it has been conjuncting my Moon in Gemini in my 8^th house.  This transit only happens every 19 years, so it has caused me to reflect on what was happening in my life during 2002.  But overall the North Node in Gemini has been very active lately.  During the Full Moon in Libra on March 28, it was also conjunct Mars in Gemini, which could have served as an agitating influence or a call for action.

But during the first week in April the North Node will also be trining Saturn in 11-12 degrees of Aquarius.  Trines are easy flowing aspects and this is a very good thing in terms of making progress for creating new structures in our lives that benefit the collective greater good.  Hopefully this will manifest in more honesty in spreading the word on how to implement positive changes in the world. 

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