Today the planet Mercury will transit across the Sun for the first time since 2016. Mercury will appear as a black spot and will be visible here on the east coast, but because Mercury is so small you will need a telescope. As with an eclipse do not look directly at the sun. NASA’s website will have this transit for you to observe. The transit or passage of a planet across the face of the Sun is a relatively rare occurrence. As seen from Earth, only transits of Mercury and Venus are possible. Mercury transits the Sun 14 times this century and only in Taurus or Scorpio. This is the axis of the material vs the hidden, the object and its shadow, procreation and death, sex and power, ownership and enslavement. Mercury is currently in retrograde in Scorpio, so this deepens the energy also. Last time, Mercury in Scorpio performed this particular dance in front of the Sun was in 2006. The next transit will be in 2032. So this retrograde connects back to 2006. It also connects to the upcoming Pluto/Saturn conjunction in January, since Mercury’s next conjunction to the Sun will be just a few days before.
It seems this has been an exceptionally deep retrograde for many people. I’ve talked to many who have been on a journey of rapid self-development over the past few weeks. This is about gaining insight into yourself, the great gift of Mercury in Scorpio anyway, but it seems like there’s an opportunity (perhaps) for even more clarity with this transit to the Sun. As Mercury transits across the Sun it is going to be reborn. It is going to level up, raise its consciousness, and start delivering messages at a heightened frequency. We are going to feel Mercury’s lessons from this point forward being delivered with more strength.