Mercury & Jupiter Direct Opening Transits of 2024
OPENING THE YEAR - MERCURY & JUPITER DIRECT
Mercury & Jupiter Station Direct today as the Debut transit of 2024.
Mercury is the Psychopomp. The Messenger. The one who brings through dispatches from other realms.
Jupiter is the Lord of Abundance, and Wisdom. A benific, who inspires us towards “More”.
As I’m in a Mercury Profection Year, one of the things I’ve been playing with is Divination.
Divination (Gnosis from the Divine) comes in so many forms. From Tarot, Runes, Stream of consciousness writing, internal listening, and following synchronicities, the I Ching, The Pendulum, there are so many ways to hear from Mercury, the Throat of the Gods, aside from just Astrology.
Today, with Mercury Stationing Direct as our opening transit for 2024, I thought it might be fun to cast the I-Ching. Least not, just to feel into the opening energy a bit.
I use an online I-ching service which I'll link in the comments. I asked “what is the energy of the upcoming Mercury Cycle?” I find that the I-ching is often wonderfully accurate when you ask the right astrological question.
And this report did not disappoint.
Just after his Cazimi (beginning of his new cycle) he made a conjunction with Mars. With them still within a Five Degree orb, Mercury is beginning his cycle conjunct Mars. While Mercury takes a minute to gain momentum after a station, Mercury and Mars temporarily separate, for the first two weeks of January, only for Mercury to catch up in the later half of January where they travel together again for a bit.
During their separation in early January, they both trine Abundant, Benific, Jupiter in resourceful Taurus.
Here is what the I-ching Reading Says…
Question: “what is the energy of mercury direct?”
our question resulted in the following hexagrams
34 changing to 55
Hexagram 34, Great Vigour
Key Questions of this Hexagram are...
How will you use your power?
Where do you stand?
Oracle:
'Great Vigor,
Constancy bears fruit.'
With Great Vigor, you stand upright and robust, full of resilient energy. You are inspired and animated by strong purpose, and ready to wield your strength like a hero.
For this to yield results, you will need to act with steadiness and consistency – standing in your strength, but without mistaking it for omnipotence.
The Image of this Hexagram is...
'Thunder dwells above heaven: Great Vigour.
A noble one treads no path that is without ritual.'
Hexagram 55, Abundance
Key Questions of this Hexagram...
What are you called on to do?
What decisions must you take now?
Oracle of the Hexagram
'Abundance, creating success.
The king assumes it.
Do not mourn. A fitting sacrifice at noon.'
This is a cornucopia, a wealth of resources – but also a wealth of choices, tasks and demands. This is the crucial moment, where it all comes together.
The name of the hexagram, Abundance (Feng), is also the name of the garrison city where King Wen made final preparations for the overthrow of the Shang rulers. There, Wen died, and his son Wu had to decide whether to observe the prescribed period of mourning in isolation, or take command of the armies at once.
He was given a sign: a total eclipse of the sun at noon. Divination revealed that it was not time for Wu to mourn: he had received Heaven's Mandate to conquer the Shang, and should make the right offering to the earth in preparation for war, so the darkness of Shang rule would come to an end.
In a time of Abundance you find that, despite what you have lost, there is a new charge given to you that leaves no place for sorrow or anxiety. It is not the time to hide yourself away and grieve the past. Decide what you will do, take it on, make the practical preparations and march out.
I think this wonderfully speaks to the upcoming energies concerning Mercury, and our opening part of the year. We can feel the mix of Mercury in the constancy, the ritual. Mars in the strength, vigor, and "war", and Jupiter in the abundance. There's so much more to discuss in the nuances here. But this gets the message across beautifully.
When the divination lines up with the stars, we can trust its message. It’s like double confirmation.
We can keep these inquiries on the dashboard of our awareness, as a realm the Universe supports us in exploring for ourselves.
How will you use your power?
Where do you stand?
What are you called on to do?
What decisions must you take now?
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