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Zodiacal Potpourri

  by Miss Dee

                                    

       What does this month hold in store for you? We invite you to visit the Forecast page to find out!

    * Special note:  Mercury goes Retrograde on November 26, 2024.  It turns Direct on December 15, 2024.  If you are unfamiliar with the Mercury Retrograde cycle, these two articles, Beggs n' Econ and Bumbled Articulation, will explain what Mercury Retrograde creates in a person's life and what needs to be learned.     

Time Out  

     Here we go again, another Mercury Retrograde cycle is soon to start and I tell you this now because many of you will soon start you holiday shopping! So, read on and get yourself prepared. Mercury goes Retrograde or gives the appearance of moving backward in its orbit on November 26, 2024. It will go Direct, or begin its forward movement, on December 15, 2024.

     Mercury, the Messenger of the Gods, is the planet that rules communication. Try to imagine if you will, Mercury, the quick, winged-footed Messenger of the Gods flying backward. He would stumble, fall, get turned around, and the messages in his leather pouch would be jumbled around and become a confused mess!

     Well that's exactly what happens during a Retrograde cycle: communication becomes a confused mess! People have trouble speaking and getting their point across. They have a short attention span, are forgetful, and have difficulty listening, which naturally brings about misunderstandings, short tempers, schedule changes, the temporary misplacement of items, and general irritability and nervousness. All of the above bring about tedious and confusing communication.

     And because of the above, it is best to avoid making major purchases, signing contracts or making commitments during a Mercury Retrograde cycle that lasts 3 to 4 weeks.

     But it's not all bad during the Mercury Retrograde cycle. While Mercury, our lower mind, tries to set himself back on course, the Higher mind or our spirit wisdom intervenes and bestows gifts upon us: the gifts of search, discovery, review, and finish. We may not, however, receive them or understand them, until after Mercury goes Direct or December 15th in this cycle.

     * Search: as a person becomes more introverted or takes a time out, because it just gets too hard to communicate, he/she searches his/her heart and mind for sabotaging habits and thoughts.

     * Discovery: finding troublesome self-saboteurs, releasing them, then replacing them with positive habits and thoughts is liberating.

     * Review: introversion or time out, allows a person the time to rethink his/her experiences and discover the truth about them which defeats anxiety, fear or a misconception. Introversion or time out, also allows the review of goals and the path to achieving them.

     * Finish: a time out or preferred seclusion, allows a person the opportunity to finish projects.                                                                                                      

       1-2-3 Shop!                                                                                

     * Start your holiday shopping BEFORE November 26th - DON'T shop between November 26th and December 15th - Holiday shop after December 15th.

     During a Mercury Retrograde cycle, we may purchase the wrong size or color of the gift, change our mind about the gift to give or our shopping list is temporarily misplaced. Also during a Mercury Retrograde cycle, we may spend too much money or not enough, the gifts may be temporarily misplaced, and/or we wrap and tag a gift with the wrong name label or (horror of horrors) leave the price tag on. In the meantime, study the list below. It will give you some gift ideas!

     Back by popular demand is my sun-sign preferred gift list, a.k.a. the "Holiday Gift List." Enjoy yourself this holiday season and "Have yourself a merry little Christmas!" Miss Dee

Aries: enjoy aloe plants, chocolate covered and roasted nuts, gladiolus flowers, hats, grilling accessories, and diamonds.

Taurus: love almonds, chocolate covered mints, copper items, daffodil flowers, herb plants, organizers, and emeralds.

Gemini: appreciate audio books, baby's breath flowers, cashews, games, traveling accessories, mints, and black onyx.

Cancer: adore almonds, cutlery, mini-rose bushes, music, raspberry sticks, tulips, and pearls.

Leo: love autobiographies, cheese, marigold flowers, marmalade, massages, orange sticks, and rubies.

Virgo: cherish baskets, gardening accessories, herb plants, mini-rose plants, organizers, scented bath soaps or oils, and sapphires.

Libra: adore daisies, dates, figs, music, stationery sets, strawberry-filled chocolates, and opals.

Scorpio: appreciate candles, chocolate, massages, metaphysical books, pansy flowers, scented bath oils or soaps, and topaz.

Sagittarius: love all types of nuts, carrying cases, jackets, marmalade, sports clothes, wild flowers, and turquoise.

Capricorn: cherish berries, cheese, figurines, iris flowers, organizers, robust soups, and garnets.

Aquarius: appreciate bachelor button flowers, books, cheese, oranges, peanut butter, wild roses, and black pearls.

Pisces: love any of the spring flowers, massages, pedicures, wind chimes, writing accessories, and bloodstones.

     Additional information about each of the sun signs, their health issues, the moon's influence, the Mercury Retrograde cycle, the gifts each sun sign prefers to receive, complementary sun sign costumes, compatible sun signs, and the beneficial foods, herbs and vitamins for each sun sign may be found in the books, The Best of Miss Dee, and Health, Astrology and Spirituality, both by Miss Dee. Please see the Books page.