Mercury Aspects: Astrology Highlights, Week of December 30, 2019-January 5, 2020

Hello Folks! I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season. The calendar year of 2019 is on the way out and 2020 is entering. I am optimistic and looking forward to the coming year. I hope you are as well.

Due to the holiday, I'm only going to get to a few of the aspects in this coming week. One is that Mercury seems to take center stage. Mercury is the planet of intelligence, mental agility and communication. The planet rules over perception, memory, reason, speaking and writing. In ancient mythology, Mercury was the messenger of the gods.

Mercury trines Uranus on Monday, Dec 30. The trine aspect is positive and promotes a harmony between both planets' energies. Mercury is in Capricorn, and Uranus is in Taurus, both earth signs so the planet's energies will be focused on the tangible. Uranus is the planet of spiritual awakening, massive transformation, and often likes to change this up quickly and in unexpected ways. Look for information or news that comes in unexpectedly about finances, business, or politics.  Learn to expect the unexpected with Uranus in the mix. Surprises can be both good and bad, so let's hope for the best.

On Thursday, January 2, 2020 Mercury conjuncts Jupiter, in which they each intensify the other's energy. As I've written before, Jupiter is a benefic planet that wants to expand everything it can influence. It expands things in both positive and negative ways. Both planets are transiting in the sign of Capricorn (with the Sun, Saturn, and Pluto). Capricorn rules our life path -- what we do for our career, destiny, how we make our money and hold our power. This is a good time to apply for that dream job, start writing that book, or start vlogging on Youtube. The feeling and energy is optimistic, generous, and about sharing your knowledge.

On Friday, January 3, 2020, the planet Mars moves out of the zodiac sign Scorpio and into Sagittarius where it is supremely more comfortable. Sagittarius is a fire sign, passionate and spiritual, but it is also a mutable sign, which means it changes direction all the time. Mars likes to move forward in a laser like fashion. While it will be much more comfortable, its energy may be scattered. So your forward movement in that area of your chart may be in short bursts and stops.

Blessings for
2020!

Joan Barnes
Three Feathers Spiritual Wisdom