The 'Message' on election day will not be straighfoward. In short, Mercury only has gone stationary once on election day in the US, and that was a recount. Retrograde Mercury is good for redoing things. Redo, review, reread, etc.
Mercury — the planet of communication, tabulation and transportation — goes retrograde on Nov 6 representing changes or disturbances in areas of life represented by that planet.
In 2000, Mercury was in retrograde when controversy swirled in Florida over the recount that took center stage in the race between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Florida was a swing state, and the outcome of the election wasn’t known for more than a month after balloting.
________Date_________|__mercury__|
08 Nov 2000 02:28:00 UT | 29 li 56 Rx |
08 Nov 2000 02:29:00 UT | 29 li 56 |
06 Nov 2012 23:03:00 UT | 4 sa 18 |
06 Nov 2012 23:04:00 UT | 4 sa 18 Rx |
Basically, Mercury is stationary in the afternoon or evening of election day for both 2000, and 2012. In 2000 it was stationary direct, and this time it will be stationary retrograde.
http://astrology.about.com/od/advancedastrology/p/MercuryRetro.htm
What are the Mercury Retrograde dates for 2012?:
March 12th to April 4th in Aries
July 14 to August 7 in Leo
November 6 to November 26 in Sagittarius, then Scorpio
What happens?:
Mercury is the messenger, and in this time, legend has it that mail vanishes en route. Some people find that their computers go on the fritz or phone lines go down. If you're at all jittery about it, go ahead and back up your important files. That's always a good idea anyway, right?
A Time-Out:
Mercury retrograde gives us time to catch up with ourselves, and reflect. Something from the past returns in a different form. People, ideas or buried insights that are keys to moving forward, float to the surface. Often it's felt as a slowed down, contemplative time, and depending on the sign, a chance to go over old ground again, to claim what you missed the first time.
Err on Side of Caution:
There's a long-held belief that it's best to avoid making set plans during the Mercury Retrograde. This means holding off on signing contracts, and forming partnerships and alliances. What gets put in writing at this time may turn out to need serious revising after Mercury goes direct. But since tying up loose ends is the domain of retrograde, this type of finalization might fly.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12207932
Notably, Mercury has only ever stationed one other time on a presidential Election Day — in 2000, when we had Bush v. Gore and the loser won.
Now, for the second time in American history, Mercury is stationing exactly during an election. What is this about? In this segment, I cover the basic possibilities: it looks like some kind of scam, such as an overt case of election fraud. There is lying and denial; and since it’s in Sagittarius the courts may be involved. Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius, square Neptune, has a bit of the religious huckster or confidence man to it. In that way that astrology can be bizarrely literal, this chart is the perfect image of the political landscape — and it is volatile."
http://planetwaves.net/pagetwo/plan...e-events-of-2012-mercury-retrograde-election/
Now, for the second time in American history, Mercury is stationing exactly during an election. What is this about? In this segment, I cover the basic possibilities: it looks like some kind of scam, such as an overt case of election fraud. There is lying and denial; and since it’s in Sagittarius the courts may be involved. Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius, square Neptune, has a bit of the religious huckster or confidence man to it. In that way that astrology can be bizarrely literal, this chart is the perfect image of the political landscape — and it is volatile.
http://planetwaves.fm/2012/
Planet Waves FM Special Edition: Top Five Events of 2012
http://trading-daze.blogspot.ca/2012/02/presidential-election-nov-6-2012-and.html
In Astrology Mercury retrograde is a period of time where people frequently change there minds. It is not a time for signing or finalizing agreements. There can be breakdowns in equipment, failed communications in short confusion.
It should be noted the 3-4 day period before and after Mercury goes into retrograde motion, particularly the time it is standing still can be a short period of great inspiration.
This election has the potential for voting irregularities, miscounts, recounts and recrimination from both sides.
http://voicingouropinions.wordpress.com/tag/mercury-retrograde/
When Mercury goes retrograde, communications breakdown; they become confused or delayed. Letters are sent to the wrong address, contracts omit important information, trips are more difficult, computers crash, cars fail, phone calls go unanswered or are not returned. We forget appointments or get lost on the way there. It’s as if we’re operating at cross purposes with the universe and/or ourselves.
During mercury retrograde periods, our thoughts, concepts, ideas and communication will be adjusting and revising – perhaps in surprising ways. Anything we start during these times of revision may be revised even further, possibly creating frustration as we change our minds, review new ideas and improve our communication so as not to be misunderstood. For this reason, recognize that mercury retrograde periods are times to gather information, but that the information will be continually changing. It’s helpful to be flexible and to not react to these changes, but to look at what information is still there when Mercury goes direct again. That’s the better time to put everything in order.
Mercury Retrograde Examples:
Titanic sinking, April 15, 1912 – communication confusion delays rescue, causing more deaths
John F. Kennedy-Richard Nixon election, November 8, 1960 – confusion about winner in close election
John F. Kennedy, Jr.’s plane crash, July 16, 1999 – pilot inexperience causes confusion about plane’s instrument panels
George W. Bush-Al Gore election, November 7, 2000 – election results are confused for 35 days
John McCain’s campaign event on October 8, 2008 – calling his supporters “My Fellow Prisoners”
Barack Obama’s presidential oath on January 20, 2009 – Barack Obama and Chief Justice John Roberts misspeak the oath, causing them to re-do it the next day
if we made a chart of Nov 6 with all of the midpoints of all the planets and asteroids and their midpoints we would pretty much just make a mess but with some appreciation of what might be sometimes we can find interesting things without effort.
4 sa 18 Mercury, station
4 sa 34 Isis
5 pi 01 Chiron
4 pi 22 Sphinx/Buysballot
Mercury: can't count properly
http://www.treehousemountain.com/html/keywords2.htm
ISIS: Sibling relationships; issues involving “scattered” locations, ideas, people and things; fragmentation; sense of needing to “get or put it together;” desire to make things whole.
CHIRON: Expression of unique or individualistic views and behaviors; refusal to conform with parental or societal expectations and standards; effecting turning points or changes in status; accentuation of differences from categories, norms; adolescent crisis; exceptions/exemptions to the rule(s). Note that Chiron has been classified a comet, not an asteroid.
SPHINX: “Unsolved Mysteries!” Enigma, paradox, questions, missing information, lack of answers and understanding
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Buysballot: Election fraud
