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Those of us “of a certain age” remember knock-knock jokes as a staple of childhood humor. For you readers who learned humor from Beavis, Butthead, Bart Simpson, SpongeBob and other comedic symbols of the later 20^th Century onward a “knock-knock” joke went something like this:

Knock-Knock

Who’s There?

Ima

Ima Who?

Ima Psychic.

Of course, after the “Who’s There?” response, you could reply with just about anything (and usually did) that could be the first part of a phrase, name, etc.  Today, however, I feel that there is a different kind of “knock-knock” joke just around the corner astrologically speaking and the joke may just be on us.

Many of us have felt the sense of something approaching on the horizon without being able to specifically put our psychic fingers on the pulse, so to speak. Astrologers, psychics, and other esoteric practitioners, are focusing their skills to try and clarify what this sense is revealing. In looking skyward, I find my attention being drawn to the next four months of the year as being particularly significant.

The influence of planetary retrogrades is going to be magnified in ways we haven’t seen for a while. Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Neptune all move in reverse during this four-month period. Mars, the God of War, began this rearward waltz on January 23. When moving in reverse, accidents, arguments, and anger all flare from impulsive actions and ill-timed decisions. With aggression and violence (emotional and physical) highlighted, what is needed (but often lacking) is a rethinking on how to move forward. The red planet resumes its forward motion on April 13.

Saturn retrograde, (Saturn also known as he Great Leveler), joins the dance on February 7  and stays that way until the end of June. Saturn Retrograde brings us face to face with our limitations, both individually and as a society, reminding us what we can and can’t do in the world. These are lessons that will be learned one way or another. Progress will be slowed and we find ourselves wanting to say “YES” to courses of action that really require a “NO”.

Compounding the difficulties, Mercury, The Messenger,  joins his planetary brethren moving backwards on March 12th and staying in that motion until April 4. I have written at length about the travails of a Mercury Retro previously and this one could be nasty to say the least. Communication snafus on all levels (personal, political, international, financial) will spark a lot of emotional flames and add to the Martian conflagration.

The energies of Mercury retrograde, Mars retrograde and Saturn retrograde will be magnified and reinforced by each other from March 12 through April 4. I believe we can expect a possible international conflict as the result of a missed message, impulsive action driven by a desire to enforce our will on a situation that, in truth, cannot be forced or allowing a deep-seeded anger to explode. While the financial crises worldwide deepening could be a possibility, it is an armed conflict that seems the most probable during this time.

On the political front, I believe that at least one prominent figure is going to learn his (or her) limitations in a rather dramatic fashion that will cause them to recalculate the future that they had planned for themselves. This could also be tied in with the world financial situation which, as a result of the conflict mentioned above, is going to be on extremely shaky ground.

Another Cosmic Knock Knock Joke

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Survival Guide for Mercury Retrograde

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Mercury Retrograde Finally Passes

About The Author:

Lou Raedwulfe is the author of Stars and Stones – A Look Forward with Astrology and Runes, 2012 An Astrological Overview and The RuneChest. All books are available at Amazon for Kindle and Barnes & Noble for Nook. He is also a psychic advisor, clairvoyant, tarot master and rune master.  Get a reading today from him on this site.