Mercury’s second entrance into Cancer in 2014 is a bit more subtle this time around. Coming in at 9:45p PDT on 12th July 2014, Mercury sneaks back into Cancer under the hype of the Capricorn Full Moon and the combustible Libra Mars-Ceres conjunction. It does not directly aspect any other astrological bodies upon its entrance, which makes its energetic shift somewhat unnoticeable at first. Whether this quiet entrance is for better or worse has yet to be seen.
Mercury’s mindset shifts back to emotional nurturing, caring, and protection in the sign of Cancer. However, this is not an easily fulfilled role for Mercury as Cancer is a water sign, which means it is rooted in emotion. Not only that, Cancer is known as the Zodiac mother, making this the sign of fundamental emotional energy – it is where the basis of our individual emotional principles is established. The Moon (the ruler of Cancer) represents our emotional core, but where Cancer resides in your individual chart is where you feel most emotionally stable and secure and where in your life you are inclined to nurture, care for, and protect others, especially your loved ones.
Mercury is not comfortable with any of this, as it is a quick-minded intellectual. Curiosity, reason, and mental playfulness are its preferred methods of operation. Mercury takes emotions and tries to process them intellectually – it tries to make logical sense of them. It’s not easy or fun as emotions rarely make logical sense, which makes this a very challenging combination as Mercury has to modify its usual emotionally-detached approach to accommodate Cancer’s emotional sensitivities and needs.
The objective for Mercury in Cancer is to bring a consideration of emotional investment into the logic and reasoning process, and to do so with efficiency, charm, and wit. Continue reading
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