Wednesday, JANUARY 18

Mercury stations and turns direct today after retrograde motion since December 29th.

Over the coming weeks, recent problems with communications and decision-making should begin to improve. The answers we’ve been waiting for can arrive, and plans or projects that have stalled might now resume.

However, we can be flooded with energies that are hard to make sense of during today’s shift. Thus, we might avoid critical decision-making for the time being, if possible. It’s a better day to take in than to take action. It’s also a good idea not to rush conversations and observations.

Still, the Sun forms its yearly alignment with Pluto, and we seek more intensity from our lives and relationships. We’re persistent, and the need to gain more control over our lives can feel pressing.

We are strong-willed, resourceful, and focused, and we may very well benefit by keeping things to ourselves and not rushing forward prematurely. This influence brings the desire for self-mastery to our attention. A minor crisis might alert us to an area of life that requires work, improvement, and transformation.

We should guard against temperamental behavior and decision-making. Some paranoia or extremes of thinking could be behind this. The focus should be on recycling, updating, revising, and eliminating so that we can grow.