Astrology This Week: Mercury Retrograde's Hidden Blessings Revealed! w/ Georgia Stathis

Listen here:

What is the Mercury Retrograde Good for?

On Today's Episode You'll learn…

🌑 How the transition into Virgo season and Mercury retrograde can be a time for positive revisions, decluttering, and focusing on what truly matters.
🌒 About the practical applications of the astrology of the week, such as preparing for a move or handling tax returns, and embracing retrogrades as opportunities to rethink and reorganize.
🌓 The importance of being honest with oneself, letting go of pride and ego, and aligning decisions with one's true path, with themes of success, revenge, and self-awareness explored.

🌟 3 Weeks. 3 Legends. 3 Chart Reading Techniques for Unlocking Your Highest Potential.

In this workshop series, you will experience 3-weeks of back-to-back workshops including a 2 hour teaching and 90 minute live Q&A, focused on chart reading techniques that will help you overcome financial roadblocks, optimize your health, and find more fulfillment in your life.

You’ll also get to learn from 3 legendary teachers who have over 100 years of collective experience!

And you have the opportunity to custom tailor this experience for you and your unique needs… Learn more at astrologyhub.com/workshop

Transcript

Georgia: [00:00:00] Now, I hear a lot of you out there in the audience going, oh no, another mercury retrograde.

I hate Mer Mercury retrograde. But let me tell you something about the great thing about Mercury retrogrades. Mercury retrogrades last about three weeks, and they are not bad. What they do is they make you look at things that need to be addressed. Wherever mercury is, retrograding in your chart, it's a great time to rethink things.

You know, maybe I need to clean out my files. That's a real good Virgo thing to do. Maybe I need to finish that tax return that's still not sent in. Another really good Virgo thing to do. Maybe I need to renew my license. Very Virgo. Maybe I need to send that application in for the fall classes because the deadline is coming.

That's all Mercury retrograde stuff. And in fact, if you've been doing this before, mercury goes retrograde on Wednesday and it still hasn't shown up in the the mail or in your email, a mercury retrograde's, a really good time to follow [00:01:00] through. Make a phone call, a real phone call, not a text or an email, but a real phone call to find out where is that paperwork.

Where is that card? Where is that passport important? That's what we do on mercury retrogrades, and if your car or a piece of machinery has been giving you a little bit of trouble before the retrograde, That's kind of an indication you probably need to take it into the shop because one thing you don't wanna be is on the highway and something happens because you didn't take care of something that you were already getting messages for before Mercury went retrograde.

Just a thought.

This podcast episode is sponsored by Astrology Hubs Academy. Wherever you are on your astrology journey, we have a class that will help you get to the next level.

Intro

Hi there. Welcome to your weekly astrological weather. I am so grateful that you have joined this [00:02:00] worldwide astrological conversation. Now, if you're new to our channel, welcome, please don't forget to hit the subscribe button and that notification bell. So you can stay updated on all the new content releases each week.

Now, for those of you who do not know me, my name is Jamie McGee. I'm an author, an astrologer, and one of the hosts here on the astrology hub podcast platform. Now, before we get started today, I wanted to let you know about astrology hubs. Health, wealth and fulfillment workshop series. It's coming up. This is going to be taught across three weeks by three legends, and there will be three chart reading techniques to really help you unlock your highest potential.

Now, the teachers of this workshop are Judith Hill, Michael Bryant, and our guest today, Miss Georgia status. Now you can learn more about this workshop series by going to

astrology hub. com. Or slash workshop. We'll have that link below the podcast for you. Now, again, I am so grateful to be here with you today.

And one of my favorites, Miss Georgia status today, we're going to be talking about the week of August 21st through the [00:03:00] 27th. Georgia is a weekly weather favorite. She was an inner circle guide in 2023 and has been practicing and teaching astrology on an international level since 1977. And she is absolutely brilliant.

Thank you so much, Georgia. For being back with us here today.

Jamie: Thank you,

Georgia: Jamie. Love it.

Transits of the Week

Jamie: So for those of you who are listening on the podcast, Georgia always has a beautiful presentation. She describes it very well too, but if you ever are curious about the slides that she's speaking about, you can find it on YouTube and we can't wait to hear what you have in store for this week, Georgia.

And I'll let you take it away. You can share your

Georgia: screen. Okay. And, okay, great.

So hello everybody. We're closing to the end of the summer now. It's been quite a summer, and this week's weekly weather is from August 21st to August 27th.

And what we're gonna be seeing this week is a major movement when the tropical sun is moving from the sign of Leo. To the sign of Virgo, which always happens around the end of August. So, but the week is still [00:04:00] beginning with the sun in Tropical Leo for two more days. And one of the things that happens when a planet.

Is at the very end of its run that's called the retic degree. It's like the, the, you're moving faster and faster and faster, like you're in a hamster cage in a wheel and not knowing what to do. So I would always suggest when you're moving from one sign to the next each month to be aware of that because the energy does markedly shift as the sun enters tropical Virgo on Wednesday, August 23rd.

Now another highlight, which we're gonna cover in What just happened is the sun was opposite, uh, Pluto as it when ca with cancer about a month ago. But at the end of this week, the sun is opposing Saturn and that's a big deal for a lot of people making time.

And this is a week as we move through that week and Greek Sunday's, Saturn opposition to sun to get ready for a week of epiphanies. Definitely [00:05:00] reality checks and perhaps even a few surprises that could actually be good as unaddressed issues bubble up to the surface. One of the major fixed stars is called Regulus, which actually falls under the paw.

Of the lion in the constellation of Leo. So Reus is very important because that's right at the end of Leo and right at the beginning of, uh, Virgo right now. And so it's known whenever planets, especially the sun goes over it, it's known for its strength and the ability to rise up, become famous and prosper, because that's what it's about.

But the key thing with Reus is avoid hubris. The pride, the sin of pride against the gods, which we always talk about when we talk about mythology, but some ma major mythological themes. And it's very important as you're going through this transition this week that you be careful about ego and that your pride does not go with before the fall.

And that's what's happening as the sun is moving from [00:06:00] Leo to Virgo on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. And one more. This is a real constellation in the sky. This is actually the, the paw of the lion where we see regula. And you also notice right below it we see Venus, which is still retrograde since late July when I first spoke about it.

And the key thing about reus is SU success is guaranteed if you keep revenge out of the equation. That's really important. And, um, those less evolved or less, less aware who are hopefully becoming more aware, uh, might find that stepping on other people's stuff because you only care about yourself with this particular fixed star, is something to really think about not doing.

Be aw and being aware of those that support your heart and your heart issues versus those who step on it. Moving forward, so as the sun is crossing from Leo to Virgo in the midweek, [00:07:00] it represents again the ability to rise to great heights. And again, reminding people to let go of pride and ego as you move into Virgo time where you really have to get down to brass tacks and start figuring out some solutions that need figuring out.

And this is gonna be particularly important as we get to the middle of the week because in the middle of the week, mercury, which is ruled. Which rules Virgo is beginning. Its retrograde at 22 degrees of Virgo as the sun is just entering Virgo. Now, I hear a lot of you out there in the audience going, oh no, another mercury retrograde.

I hate Mer Mercury retrograde. But let me tell you something about the great thing about Mercury retrogrades. Mercury retrogrades last about three weeks, and they are not bad. What they do is they make you look at things that need to be addressed. Wherever mercury is, retrograding in your chart, it's a great time to rethink things.

You know, maybe I need to clean out my files. That's a real good Virgo thing to do. [00:08:00] Maybe I need to finish that tax return that's still not sent in. Another really good Virgo thing to do. Maybe I need to renew my license. Very Virgo. Maybe I need to send that application in for the fall classes because the deadline is coming.

That's all Mercury retrograde stuff. And in fact, if you've been doing this before, mercury goes retrograde on Wednesday and it still hasn't shown up in the the mail or in your email, a mercury retrograde's, a really good time to follow through. Make a phone call, a real phone call, not a text or an email, but a real phone call to find out where is that paperwork.

Where is that card? Where is that passport important? That's what we do on mercury retrogrades, and if your car or a piece of machinery has been giving you a little bit of trouble before the retrograde, That's kind of an indication you probably need to take it into the shop because one thing you don't wanna be is on the highway and something happens because you didn't take care of something that you [00:09:00] were already getting messages for before Mercury went retrograde.

Just a thought. So let's move on. So the good news is once the week goes from, once the sun goes from Leo, Which was opposite, uh, Pluto, uh, about a month ago in cancer. Now it's finishing in Leo. It's going to enter Virgo, a much cooler earth grounded discriminating. It knows what's good, it knows what's bad, knows how to parse things out.

Virgo is really a good sign. It's a cooler sign that is far more discriminating when it approaches big problems or big confrontations, the fiery emotional stuff. That we've been getting with not only the sun in Leo and Mars was in Leo, and now it's been in Virgo of course, but, and now Venus still retrograde in Leo, which is very Mars like.

It's gonna give you a little time to chill. Uh, and the takeaway is as it enters Virgo, the Sun, it's also being ruled by or dis deposited by Mercury [00:10:00] and Virgo, which is also slowing down. So what this is going to do, it's going to offer you a little. Bit of and a rare opportunity to buy yourself some time to rethink something that maybe wasn't feeling like the right decision in the last few weeks, or where you don't have all the information.

This is gonna buy you some time to do a little rethinking and to get what needs straightening out straight. And of course as we go towards the end of the week, uh, Mars, because Mars has been in Virgo for a few weeks now and you know, Mars and Virgo, and I'm not being negative about Mars and Virgo. I like Mars and Virgo because it really helps you very get down to the fine details of what editing details is, what I like to call it.

But it can be a little bit, um, picky, a little too picky sometimes. And so the good news is at the end of this week, which is Sunday, August 27th, Mars will be entering [00:11:00] Libra, which is ruled by Venus a little bit more, um, shall we say, tactful and gracious in its expression of what it needs. And right before it does that, we're also seeing kind of a grounding energy as transiting Mars is in the late degrees of Virgo Trining.

Those last degrees of Pluto at 29 and 28 Capricorn, where it seems to be hanging on for forever and we're will be hanging on for a while, but this is a real good grounding day. I. When Mars tries Pluto and then Mars goes into Libra, ruled by Venus, it's a solid day and it begins an opportunity at that point to providing discernment that's needed to make some of the very important decisions that are inevitable in the next two weeks, because in the next few weeks we're gonna have Venus, which is already kind of not moving.

It looks like it's just sort of stationing to go direct. It's beginning to. Move in a direct motion in a couple weeks. September 3rd is [00:12:00] when that happens, but we've been dealing with that all summer long. So there are decisions being made in the next few weeks and this Mars, entering Libra on Sunday gives you more of a balancing act as to what to ask for, what not to ask for, to negotiate.

Mars and Libra can often be a master negotiator, and so that's gonna be real helpful. A lot better than Mars and Virgo where it's been the last few weeks. Okay. Okay. So right after that happens on Sunday, this is the important piece for the week, and this is near the end of our presentation today. The Sun in Tropical.

The tropical sun is moving into an opposition to Saturn in Pisces. And you know, this only happens once a year. And what's an opposition? An opposition is 180 degree. Aspect, it's 180 degree distance in the course of a 360 degree circle. You can't go 181 degrees in any circle. It starts [00:13:00] to reduce the size.

So what is a 180 degree? It's when the rubber band is stretched. It's kind of like a full moon in a lot of ways. You know, when the, when the earth is between the sun and the moon, and. You know what happens when you stretch a rubber band? It breaks or you realize it's about to break and you need to let go of something.

That's what opposition is about, and an opposition also is a back and forth, back and forth decision making time. Some things are gonna have to be set aside. You're real lucky. That it's happening, that the sun is in Virgo rather than in Leo when it's opposing Saturn because the sun in Virgo is gonna be a lot more practical about what you don't need, like the clothes in the closet that you haven't worn for six years, but you really like.

That's a simple, that's a really simple example, but you know, this is, it helps you parse things out. So, um, and this decision making time, this opposition is happening at the late part of this week on August 27th, is a direct [00:14:00] reaction, if you will, to when the sun and Saturn were together. In a conjunction, opposition's a completely opposite, that's 180 degrees conjunctions are zero degrees when the sun and Saturn were together.

And that was in February, on February 16th, 2023 at late, late, late, late degrees of Aquarius 27 Aquarius. So, you know, queries can be a little rigid. Uh, Saturn, sun conjunction, Saturn rules, concrete stones, rocks, conjunct, the sun, the heart Aquarius. Kind of a coldness, although I do love Aquarius energy, but it can be cool.

Very cool. So there's, there's some ideas. We all had, you know, uh, ideological ideas. Uh, this is how it's gotta be. No other way. That happened February 16th, 2023. So the question I asked you, wherever that happened in your chart, Is that really working for you? I mean, part of it has worked because the sun [00:15:00] Saturn that happened in February is about putting some sort of form to an idea, to a creative idea.

But some of that stuff isn't working right now. So that's why this coming Sunday on August 27th, 2023, when the transiting sun is around three degrees, 50 minutes of Virgo, opposite of transiting Saturn, retrograde at three degrees Pisces, 50 minutes. It's about being honest with yourself. What part of that plan you started in the early part of this year works, but what part of that plan that you started early in this year is shooting you in the foot?

And so this is the time to be practical because certain things are no longer tenable because the opposition is stretching you and ask you to decide on something. So decide now. You don't have to throw, as we used to say, the baby out with a bath water. I mean, you know, let's be a little bit prudent about this, but little baby steps can make this happen.

Like [00:16:00] magazines you've been collecting from, uh, Three or four or five years ago, are you really gonna use those magazines? That's the first step. Dump 'em in the recycling bin. Then you move up, you move up, you move up. And this helps you move through this next few weeks as we see the sun moving further and further into Virgo, as we see Venus Stationing direct go, go to go to forward in Leo.

And by doing that, you're letting your genie out of the bottle because is your genie screaming to get out of the bottle. And once the genie. The only way that Genie can get out of the bottle is to make a wish. So don't judge things when ideas come up. Be careful about being too judgmental because that voice of judgment gets in the way of making decisions.

Just tell the voice of judgment to go away. And the other piece to think about is that since we're trying to let that poor little genie out of the bottle, What we're also going to see if we aren't doing that because we have choices. We are human beings, we have free [00:17:00] will, we have choices. But over the next few months, Uranus, which is the great awakener and also has a reputation of being somewhat chaotic.

Which I think it's only chaotic when we're not listening to the radio waves that are coming into our heads. It keeps engaging more and more with that rigid structure that began on February 16th, 2023. Now we always keep something before we throw certain things away. What are the good things that started for you in February of 2023?

That's where the genie is gonna get out of the bottle in a really positive way, but, If you're not letting go of some things that are not working, there's gonna be earthquakes and consciousness because you can't have it all. You just can't have it all. But you can have part of it. And if you let the genie out and let him, let he or she release some steam, then you can have a little bit more magic coming into your life.

A little bit more. [00:18:00] Breathing room. Remember, mercury rules. Virgo Mercury is the planet that rules the lungs. This is why people who have Gemini and Virgo in their charts really have to be very careful about their lungs, the hands, the arms, the shoulders, the lungs. Are you not breathing enough right now? If you're not breathing enough, the genie wants to come out of the bottle.

So be practical, be realistic. Ask yourself what is no longer tenable. Distinguish, and this is very important because Venus is about what I want, what I desire, what I have to have. And Venus has been retrograding all summer long and not, doesn't go direct till September 3rd. And as she's turning to go direct, she's asking you between what do you really need?

That's a good vertical question too, versus what do you want? These are things that we have to have to survive. Once are things that we should like to have to simply enjoy ourselves. And there's [00:19:00] nothing wrong with having once, but right now for a lot of people with the sun opposing Saturn, it's really important to look at the basics, what are our needs, and then put the baggage down that's keeping you from moving forward.

Get a specialist if you don't know how to do it. Someone who's experienced, who's direct yet honest, all week when Mercury is stationing to go retrograde at 21, 22 degrees of Virgo. It's also coincidentally enough and there are no coincidences aligning itself with PAL Athena, which is one of the four major asteroids and pal Athena was the goddess of wisdom.

She's a specialist. She's a consultant. She's a pattern identifier, as Bill Meridian used to say. If she agrees with what you're trying to do, that specialist, then she will give you the strategy as well as the tools to make your ideas happen. If she doesn't really feel it's the right thing, then you're on your own.

So ask the specialist what they think [00:20:00] might be the right thing to do. And then check in with yourself and with Mercury retrograde this week, starting Wednesday, August 23rd, all the way through September 15th, it might be a good time to also sharpen some of those tools of yours. Gain some new ones, some new skills, new ideas, new processes, new employers, new employees, new new equipment.

Take classes, hire helpers, or anyone moving you towards positive change, minimize, and then move on. Move forward and get back on your road with less complacency and indecision. Anything is possible, and that's the weekly weather.

Navigating the Week

Jamie: Goodness. Such a great forecast. I love how you said get a specialist. I, I wonder how many people are gonna be tuning into Astrologer Connect the brand new platform we have here to, to work with a specialist about, you know, decluttering a lot of different areas of our life.

You know, when we work with, like, sometimes it's just [00:21:00] emotional blockage, you know, especially

Georgia: It is, yeah, it is. Especially since the sun is in Leo, you know, Leo is the heart. Yes, it's the heart. You know, if your heart's not. It's open. It's really hard to be creative. It's really hard to receive. Yeah, it's hard to give.

Jamie: And that's a fixed energy too. So going from a fixed point of energy at that ery, right into that mutable, okay. Yeah, it's like a big, it's a big rush to kind of get it done. And even having, I know, I love what you said about Mars and Virgo too, but those to-do lists, man, like they're, they've been evaporating with Mars in that list.

Check, check, check, check, check, check. Yeah. Yeah, we should be in the mood to kind of move that on. So like we're coming into this week with a lot of big, like some transition. We're gonna go from one kind of state of mind to the other, and then we're, and then the retrograde two. I think that's good. Good to note it's to use that energy in a positive way.

Cause a lot of, oh yeah. Oh no. Like all the plans went crazy. But I guess the real question is, If you're being distracted or if something didn't go the way you wanted to, what, where is your [00:22:00] attention going and why? Like, like look, kind of follow that curiosity to see how it works. And I love the de the decluttering idea of it, especially going into the different season cuz we're all, some of us are getting ready to go back to school our, you know, transition our closets to cooler weather, kind of, it was ing up summer was like that summer went by really fast.

This

Georgia: whole year's gone by fast. But I know it's been a weird summer. In the North Amster, uh, a weird summer. Yeah. But I, I think the decluttering, you know, it, it's interesting because Virgo in the natural Zodiac rules the natural sixth house. And the sixth house, uh, is like the small intestine. Yeah. It rules the small intestine actually.

Yeah. And it's the small intestine of the horoscope of the life. And when you have things going through Virgo, like the small intestine, that is the important organ that discriminates. Mm-hmm. Okay. What, what food do we need to keep alive what do really need to discard, which goes to the large intestine, you know, which is very [00:23:00] plutonian what we need to let go of.

Right. And I think that people underestimate the importance of Virgo. Every year. I, I think it has to do with service. I think it has a lot to do with simplify. Simplify, simplify, simplify, simplify. Yeah, I'm sorry. You know,

Georgia Weather Aug 21-27 Gallery: so

Jamie: what really matters? Yeah, the, the, it's in the details too, and, you know, having all the, the mercury, retrogrades, and earth signs, it really is about sometimes that material, we've talked about emotional blockage, but sometimes it really is, like you said, making the phone call, cleaning out the closets.

It's like, Whatever you do not need, that's blocking your path. Um, that's definitely something that you can move. And I also feel too that like when you work with clients, if they're getting ready for, they're like, yeah, I really wanna move, or I really, I'm looking for a partner and I always ask 'em like, okay, well what are we doing to get ready for that?

Do we clean out a a side table? That's good question. Yeah. Do we, are we, what are we doing to, like, did we start packing things up? Because as soon as you start doing the physical. Transition and you kinda turn on that whole energy and you're able to [00:24:00] make some decisions or you kinda see those opportunities that are hidden right there in, in plain sight, ready to be like, oh, oh, there's that one degree of separation.

If I make this decision go right instead left because I'm in that mindset. I think that's a good way to, to work with, um, any kind of retrograde season and yeah, that's

Georgia: kinda, yeah. Yeah, especially, especially mercury retrograde happen. We have the opportunity, a good opportunity three times a year. Yes, when, when, I mean, it's not like one time a year.

It's three times a year, and it's not that long. It's only three weeks. You know, and uh, and I think we can look at Mercury, retrogrades and yay instead of ugh, you know? Yeah,

Jamie: definitely. Yeah, definitely. Especially if you were born with Mercury and retrograde too. Cause it's kinda like everyone starts to dial into your frequency and you're like, yes, this is kind of how it would, the invitation really is to slow down and I think that the, the confusing or the sense of humor of the universe is they often feel busy cuz we're having to do the double work or go back or listen twice as hard.

But really it is to just. To [00:25:00] slow and to listen and to be grounded and to ask yourself. I love the practicality that you brought into this week. There's a lot of points where we're, when we switch this energy, Practical, um, questions that we can ask ourselves. Practical actions that we can take to put things in order and to really look at, like we talked about how fast the summer, this whole year has kind of felt like that.

So like you said, back in February mm-hmm. What's not working, you know, and, and what do you need to go back to the negotiation table with, um, and how can you adjust, uh, you know, Bringing in different people. What specialists do you need? What helpers do you need to to make your life easier? Definitely. I love all your, your wordsmithing too.

Theme of the Week

Jamie: So what would you say would be the theme for this week? Um, we're gonna let the genie outta the bottle, or I wrote in a lot of good lines.

Georgia: Oh, let's see. What would be the theme for this week is Simplify.

Jamie: Simplify. Yeah. I like that. Simplify. Simplify

and then like, um, there's a, there's a simple, okay. And [00:26:00] make a

Georgia: wish and then make, once you start, simplify. Simplify. Make a wish. And make a wish.

Jamie: Simplify. Make a wish.

Georgia: There you go. And, and, and don't judge the wish.

Jamie: Yes, turn the judger off

Georgia: because the Saturn sun can be very judgy, you know? Um,

Jamie: and so can that Virgo son too?

Yes, yes, yes. Cause you're very hard on yourself. So yeah, kind of turn that inner editor off and kind of, you're gonna follow your heart, follow your intuition, simplify what matters, and why does it matter? Like if you're the only person on the planet, what would you create? Create that because then I like that.

That, yeah, I like that. Ah.

Closing

Jamie: All right, Georgia. I love the way that you teach and, and just the way that you express yourself. You are a brilliant teacher and I, I know that you've been doing it for years. It definitely shows and we actually have a great opportunity for everyone to learn from you coming up very soon with this fall workshop series that we have that's gonna be focusing on purpose, health and Wealth.

Georgia is one of the speakers there. She's gonna be talking about wealth, something that she does so beautifully and fluently, like she's gonna tell you, like even in today's broadcast, it was like, did you. Check [00:27:00] on your tax return. There's always gonna be a tax return or budget or something. She's gonna get you into those details, but this is gonna be an amazing workshop.

I personally cannot wait to attend it. If you wanna learn more about this, get ahead of the crowd, you can go to

Jamie: astrology help.com/workshop, and you'll be the first to know about how you can connect with Georgia very soon. Are you excited to teach this workshop,

Georgia: Jordan? I am. I am. And, um, And it's not to be, don't be scared folks about it because there's some very, very practical, uh, examples and, um, exercises that we're gonna do in it that you can do, even if you don't know a lot about astrology.

Jamie: Yeah. That's the best thing is to be able to, you know, just kind of give me the high level, what tool can I walk away with and apply every day and kinda have that. Specialists, which we're gonna be looking for this week, working with you to kinda that little mindset to carry a good note to have. But yeah, it's gonna be great.

It's gonna, I was, one of the things, when I was looking at the year of everything Astrology Hub was doing, I had my eye on this one. I was like, why does it have to be at the end of the year? Why couldn't it be sooner? Because [00:28:00] I was just so excited to see how all of you guys coming together for such a brilliant talk.

But that's gonna be great. And again, you go to.

Jamie: Astrology hub.com/workshop and learn. And if you are looking for a specialist this week, don't be shy to check out

Jamie: Astrologer connect@astrologyhub.com slash connect. It's a lot of great specialists over there for different areas of astrology to kinda help you, um, work with everything from your business, to your health, to your mindset, to your sole purpose.

You name it, there's a great people there, but always so many, uh, great assets here at Astrology Hub. Georgia, thank you again for being here. Thank

Georgia: you. Thank you. Thank you everybody.

Jamie: I look forward to working with you guys again. Thank you everyone for watching this episode, for being part of our community and making astrology a part of your life, and we'll catch you on the next episode.

Bye-bye.

Georgia: Bye.