Mercury moves into Libra
By Kelli Fox, The Astrologer
Mercury is in Libra where it will stay until October 2nd. While Mercury is in Libra, and depending on its influence on your personal birth chart, you may find yourself seeing both sides of any situation. Before making a decision or committing to a course of action, you’ll weigh the options carefully and objectively. Above all, you want to be fair to everyone involved, and you strive for justice and win-win outcomes. With your ability to see from different angles, indecision could be a problem, and you could drive people crazy with your fence-sitting and fickleness.
You could make an excellent diplomat, liaison or negotiator at this time. You’ve got a gift for spotting the common threads in differing perspectives, and are able to bring people to consensus. With your grace and charm, you can be quite persuasive, able to communicate in a way that others can hear. Negotiating contracts and closing deals is your specialty now.
In your role as peacemaker, you might have a tendency to downplay your own desires or opinions in order to avoid conflict. Being too attached to keeping the peace and being “nice” can get you into trouble if you compromise to the point of sacrificing your own needs and suppressing your truth. At the same time, you might enjoy an argument just for the sake of debating — especially when it comes to politics — and you might even switch sides in the middle!
Famous people with Mercury in Libra include: Scott Baio, Heather Locklear, Dylan McDermott, Randy Jackson, k.d. lang, Tommy Lee, Kelly Preston, Anthony Kiedis, Harry Connick, Jr.,Kristen Johnston, Faith Hill, Guy Ritchie, Will Smith, Naomi Watts, Hugh Jackman, Rachel Hunter, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Gwen Stefani, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jimmy Fallon, Leonardo DiCaprio,, Michael Bublé, Kate Winslet and Ryan Reynolds.
