MERCURY IN VIRGO:Â SHORT STAY SEPT 22ND-OCT 10THÂ
Virgo is one of the more fascinating signs representing the World Mother. Virgo ascendants sometimes feel cut out of material prosperity and sensual pleasures and feel unhappy taking on the sins of the world embodying the German word, Weltschmerz. The sign is endowed with great intelligence, Shakti, physicality, and Universal life along with the gift of poetry, speech, music, and great psychic, intuitive powers. And yet despite all these gifts, there is often great dissatisfaction with life.
Whenever a planet appears in Virgo in any sign of the zodiac it means where we need to be better, improve, or be pure. Being the natural sixth house of the zodiac, it means that we need discipline around regular work, health, and diet to prevent illness and we also need to develop skills to work with people so that we do not develop enmity with co-workers at work. The challenge is Saturn and wanting too much perfection in the world and being too hard on oneself and one’s weaknesses.
There can be too much self-deprecation and continual beating oneself up on the dark side or a continual focus on always wanting to do it better, which can also become a good quality. Keywords to remember are purity and improvement
Mercury transited into Virgo, its sign of exaltation Sept 22nd , and stays there until Oct 10. The first week of Mercury in Virgo is probably the best before it gets afflicted. Later in the sign it  is an afflicted transit as it is combust but not seriously within 5 degrees until Sept. 24-Oct 8th.  Mercury is used to the Sun and it only gets wild energy within 3-5 degrees. Mercury combust can create a buzzy, busy mind and can increase nervousness. Â
Mercury is also conjunct Ketu into Sept. 30th in the true node system and the Solar Eclipse occurs at 15 Virgo and Mercury will be hit by it within 2 degrees. Mercury/Ketu conmbination are good for intelligence and intuition but sometimes can scatter energy in the mind and lead to mistakes so be careful with proof-reading.  Mercury is also conjunct Ketu, Sept 28-Oct 2 within 3 degrees and Mercury is conjunct the Sun Oct. 1st . .  This can bring out chaotic and frenzied mental activity confusion and anger and can make it difficult to process information and communicate it to others. There can be surprises and mental imbalances. Luckily this is a quick transit.
Mercury in Virgo creates a great time for deep thought and creative expression in music and writing and is a great time for a clear intellect and coherent thinking. Geminis and Virgo particularly do well with the transit for health and career. It is a fourth house transit for Geminis bringing up richness in family life and a chance for real estate development and remodeling projects. It is a 12th house transit for Libras and a 7th house transit for Pisces and they may have more problems with it than others.
Mars is squaring Mercury from Gemini to Virgo which can create accidents and verbal jousts and disagreements and that is exact on Oct. 6th but may be felt most on Tuesday and Wednesday Oct 8-9th.
So enjoy the first part of the transit. After Oct. 25th or so, more problems with Mercury will heat up.Â
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