December 13 2023

Wednesday, DECEMBER 13

Mercury stations and turns retrograde today in the sign of Capricorn, and it will continue its retrograde journey until January 1st. Some delays or information clogs are possible.

With Mercury retrograde in Capricorn until the 23rd, we may have little tolerance for small talk and tend to express ourselves after much deliberation. Plans may be considered and then reconsidered. We are in a good position to reevaluate professional or life path plans and goals. It’s also a fine time to explore what ambition or our reputation means to us. During this cycle, our thinking turns inward as we review and reassess matters.

Mercury retrograde periods can be times of heightened inner awareness–times when meditation, journaling, reworking old plans, and reviewing past work are favored more than usual. Minor breaks in the mechanical aspects of communication and transportation can reconnect us to other, possibly more meaningful, means of connecting.

The more difficult times are the periods of the shifts themselves (the days surrounding the stations — today and January 1st), after which we grow more and more accustomed to the motion.

There can be tensions if we feel powerless or overshadowed as Mars and Pluto form a semi-square this morning. We could find it challenging to express ourselves in healthy, direct ways. Our desires can be both intense and difficult to satisfy. Efforts to make changes could be thwarted, or power struggles emerge. This is not an ideal time for straightforward interactions.

The Moon is void from 1:49 AM EST, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (a square to Neptune), until the Moon enters Capricorn at 10:32 AM EST.