Your astrological horoscope (natal chart) at birth is an important key to your personality and character, but your natal chart is not the last word about you. As time moves on after the moment of your birth, the Sun, Moon, and planets continue to circle through the heavens forming ever-changing kaleidoscopic patterns in relation to your own birth chart, bringing out or obscuring this or that part of you.

It can be useful to know how these on going lanetary patterns relate to your life, and that is what this report is about. Here we calculate the primary astrological changes in your chart and interpret them so that you can see at a glance what is happening at any given time. Your events are arranged and interpreted chronologically, by well-known astrologer Michael Erlewine, and each event includes date and time, keywords, astrological indicator, and an astro-tarot card. We hope you enjoy your forecast.

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In the tradition of astrology the planets have always been interpreted separately from the Sun and the Moon, which are called "The Lights," and for good reason. They literally light up our life and their combined interaction describes the essence of what is happening to us at any given time. Although called "The Moon Report," any mention of the Moon automatically involves the Sun, and of course, our Earth. These three, the Sun, Moon, and Earth, in their endless interaction are perhaps the single most important factor to observe in astrology.

The ever-changing relationship in the sky between the Sun and the Moon is perhaps most obvious at the Full Moon, but as we know, it is going on all the time. This report tracks the Sun-Moon relationship as it relates to your particular natal horoscope and birth chart, detailing all of the major events that take place in the current month for a specific life area and planet.

The Moon has always represented the 'mother', meaning anything that nurtures or cares for us, our support system, however that is made up. It also indicates our emotional makeup, how we feel about things, and the nostalgia of the past - where we came from.

On the other hand, the Sun represents the 'father' principle and the future, where we are heading toward and, to some degree, the means we have to get there. The Sun burns brightly, while the Moon is cool and comforting. The two together mark the endless play between the past and the future, and we here on Earth, are caught right in the middle, that is: the present.

Your Mercury Forecast

Mercury is the planet of all communications, the links and connections that keep us alert and aware of what is going on around us. Mercury is the light in our eyes, the energy and interest that keeps information circulating through us via news, messages, messengers, small talk, and of course gossip. Mercury is also more than just awareness and intellect; it also relates to how we learn, and learning of all kinds, as students, apprentices, disciples, and anything that can be used as a way to point out and increase and circulate our awareness.

This forecast is about how the planet Mercury figures in your natal chart and what it portends for the immediate future. It will have much to say about your mind and mental state and the best way to keep your awareness and mental energy circulating. We hope you enjoy it.

Before we present your Mercury forecast for the coming months, let's review how the planet Mercury is configured in your natal or birth chart. What follows is an interpretation of Mercury at your birth to the Sun, Moon, and other planets. It should help to give you a general idea of how you approach matters of learning and communication. Here goes:

Preservation

Awareness (even justified pride) of your situation, perhaps your support environment, or family and the past often come to mind and give you confidence to deal with minor obstacles, and work through them. You tend to be thoughtful, to take stock, and not to blindly push forward. Words and ideas. You could be a great storyteller.

Teaching Ideas

When it comes to matters of the mind, ideas, thoughts, and the like, you have a natural sense of mental clarity, and enjoy planning and envisioning the future, always filling your inner mental skies with new ideas, something you may wish to share with the world. With you, there are always new ideas, new plans.

Damper

You possess a keen awareness of all things bright and beautiful, but with perhaps a more critical eye than you would like. You tire of your own commenting, and will find greater happiness in a simpler life and perhaps more solitude.

One Word

When it comes to urges to express yourself in feelings, to put your emotions into words and thoughts, you may sometimes have difficult times, ones filled with arguments, as the world nudges you toward being more careful in what you say, expressing only what is essential. You may want to reduce your ideas into a few words.

Code Word

As relates to educational issues, advancing the mind, and career plans and ideas, in general, you naturally know when is the right time to gather up the best of the best, the seed issues - whatever you want to carry into the future on these matters. You encapsulate.

Obstacles

Your attempts to concentrate, think deeply, and, in general, use the mind to organize or be more disciplined may be at times frustrated by all manner of distractions that might appear to hold you back. Best to move patiently ahead into clearer waters when this takes place.

Successful

As for creative thinking, new ideas, and, generally, insightful words or plans, these are skills of yours that should bring some palpable sign of progress for you (and others) to see. Through you, some new concept may establish a foothold in the real world.

In a Word

You have a talent for taking the most cherished ideas and idealistic thoughts, and reducing them to slogans or their root essence.

Change is Blocked

You can be perhaps too forceful in words and arguments, and might benefit from letting thoughts develop more, before expressing them. There could be some difficulty at times bringing the mind to focus, and cutting through the day-to-day obscurations. Patience is suggested, and continued steady effort will clear this up and bring the mental clarity needed.

Your Mercury Forecast

Now that we have reviewed how Mercury is configured at your birth, let's get to the heart of this report, a forecast as to how Mercury (matters of communication) will play out in the coming months. These are the actual transits that will occur between the Sun, Moon, and other planets in relations to Mercury, laid out in an easy-to-read calendar-like format.

Each event will be described by date, day of the week, and include an interpretation written by astrologer Michael Erlewine about how that event might appear in your life. This includes a brief keyword description, when you can expect this event to be exact, the astrological jargon professional astrologers can read, and even a little tarot-like card image to jump-start your imagination.

By reading through the activity of Mercury forecast in the coming months, you basically have a roadmap of how this planet will manifest its nature and play out in your life. We hope you enjoy your forecast.

This is one of "Planetary Forecast" series of life-area reports from Matrix Software, one for each of the planets in relations to the astrological lights, the Sun and the Moon, the two most potent chart facts. Feel free to check out the other planet reports. We hope you enjoyed this report and forecast.