Mercury will station retrograde at 25° 18’ in the sign of Libra on Monday, September 27, 2021 at 1:10 am EST, 10:10 am PDT and 5:10 am UT.  It will station direct at 10° 08’ in Libra on October 18, 2021 at 11:17 pm EST.  Mercury’s post-shadow phase will end on November 3, 2021 at 9:07 pm EST, 6:07 pm PDT and 1:07 am UT.  This will be the last Mercury Retrograde of 2021.  

Mercury retrogrades are subjective pivotal points that require us to initiate self reflection, reassessment, re alignment, reevaluation and planning.  This retrograde will be in the sign of Libra which is the sign of partnerships of all kinds, relationships, marriage and balance.  The recent Harvest Full Moon in Pisces prompted us to begin the process of identifying, healing and releasing our unconscious behavioral patterns and traumas within our lives.  These unconscious behavioral patterns and actions created through past trauma can have a detrimental effect on the relationship we have with ourselves as well as others.  This was a wonderful awareness brought to light by the recent full moon.  During this upcoming Mercury retrograde we are being guided to reflect, reassess, realign and re-evaluate our relationships, how we want to be present within them and how we are relating to ourselves as well as others.  We are also being guided to observe how others are relating to us. As mentioned earlier, this retrograde starts at 25° of Libra and stations direct at 10° of Libra.  The number 25 signifies spiritual discrimination recieved through close observation and analysis of people or things through our experiences with them.  The vibration of this number helps us to learn from the mistakes of our past when it comes to our relationships with people and things. Being able to observe behavioral patterns of the past within our relationships with people and things assists us in making better judgments regarding our relationships as we move forward. The number 25 when simplified is the number 7.  The number 7 is spiritual in nature and seeks spiritual wisdom/ knowledge through solitude, contemplation, meditation and analytical study. During this Mercury retrograde be guided to contemplate, reflect, reassess and re-evaluate your relationships through careful observations to help you plan how to move forward within them in the future. This is not only a time to closely observe others, but also to analyze our own behavioral patterns within relationships with ourselves, others and the world.  When Mercury stations direct at 10°of Libra, we will then be able to choose to move forward within our relationships with a new found awareness to create new positive and healthy relations or continue to create relationships from our past unconscious behavioral patterns and actions.  The number 10 is synonymous with The Wheel of Fortune card in the tarot which signifies positive or negative outcomes according to our personal desire.  The number 10 when simplified is the number 1.  The number 1 is independent, creative, original and initiates action of new beginnings.  What new beginnings within our relationships and how we relate to ourselves, as well as others will we create at the end of this last Mercury retrograde of the year?