The first Mercury Retrograde of 2021 is here. We will expand this post a bit in the next few days, but we want to put up a few charts first (on the outside chance you know how to read them or are trying to learn that skill).

A few key points:

• Mercury Retrograde begins with the Retrograde Station today (January 30th of 2021)
• Mercury Retrograde ends with the Direct Station (February 20th of 2021)
• The Shadow Period prior to the retrograde started January 15th
• The Shadow Period after the direct station ends March 14th
• Most of the chaos is associated with the stations and aspects in the shadow period
• Mercury Retrograde can always be useful; use it to complete “unfinished business” and overlooked maintenance. Cars break down, but often we have the flat tire because the time for new tires had arrived (and we ignored the warning signs). Opportunities abound…