Mercury is stationary today (Jan. 5, 2016) as he prepares to initiate his retrograde cycle tomorrow. I’ve been feeling this subtle energy for days before I realized what it was. Although a big smile spread across my face, I can see many of you rolling your eyes in dismay saying, here we go again.

This is a particularly potent retrograde because it’s so early in the new year. Just when we feel all geared up to tackle the world, Mercury says “Hup... wait a minute! Not so fast.” Although that may irritate us, especially those of us with short leashes of patience, it feels especially appropriate right now. 2015 kicked up a lot of violent chaotic energy as everything is in the process of surfacing at the peak of this epic global transition. Do you really want to launch yourself into that kind of energy before you’re ready? And if you are ready, I venture to say that Mercury is honored to be by your side lining things up with smooth precision.

The primary gift of Mercury retrograde is to slow down the mind allowing us to find peace and gentleness in a world gone wild. It encourages us to go within, offering a retreat from all the external noise. It also inspires us to take a look around, reassess what’s important in our lives, to clean things out, like closets, emails, computer files, etc, to create more space for the new when Mercury goes direct again (Jan. 23). That, in and of itself, is a timely gift as we begin a new year... clean and clear.

And what a better day to begin this retrograde than on January 6 the Celebration of Epiphany. According to Franco Santoro in his article “Epiphany: Emergence of our Multidimensional Self”

“In English the term epiphany indicates the manifestation of a supernatural or divine reality, a sudden intuitive leap of understanding, especially through a visible ordinary yet striking occurrence. The term comes from the Greek epiphaneia, which means “manifestation” or “appearance”.

In the Anglican, Eastern, and Roman Catholic Churches the Epiphany is a traditional feast held on 6 January, celebrating the divine manifestation of Jesus Christ to the three Magician-Astrologer-Shaman Kings, who brought the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

The Epiphany exemplifies the alignment of the Three Magi, representing the height of human wisdom, spirituality and power, with our higher multidimensional nature, as represented by the Christ.

The Epiphany occurs 12 days after Christmas, following the Twelfth Night (the eve of Epiphany), exemplifying the complete retrieval of the 12 strategic pieces of the soul, the signs of the zodiac, and their alignment with multidimensional self.” ~
Franco Santoro, www.astroshamanism.org

Thus, we have just retrieved all the pieces of Who We Are, Awakening to our multidimensional Self. This is a precious time of epiphany, acknowledgement and settling into a new reality where all things are possible.... rather than continuing forward with the same old same old.

No matter how many complaints I hear about Merc retro, it’s always been a special time for me. I suspect most of the “glitches” that are blamed on Mercury retro are actually our own personal glitches because we have not allowed ourselves to slow down along with Mercury, therefore our energies are not aligned with the natural flow of things. Three weeks is all that’s being asked of us. Three weeks to reassess and realign to a more compatible flow of energy, allowing things to flow much more smoothly and effortlessly.

Therefore, I am grateful to my buddy Mercury and I’m already reveling in this retrograde. It’s time to take a deep breath and sync into the multidimensionality of my Inner Being, allowing Mercury to serves up his surprise gifts of Enlightenment.

I wish you many Blessings during this Mercury retrograde. 
May all our Epiphanies emerge and manifest with Ease and Grace.
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~Sharon Lyn Shepard~
“message from my inner wisdom”

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