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THE LANGUAGE OF DREAMS Daily Astrology Sun 13th Sept Mercury moved into Libra a couple of days ago, where he will remain till the end of the month. It is a time for balanced thinking, for seeing both sides, for seeing from the other's point of view. Not many people can do this. They can only see from their own side, and it seems like reality to them. If you had ambitious or aspirational parents, you will know this one. Different people value different things. Many people think they are being open-minded and tolerant when they consider people from other cultures as wanting the same things as we do. They may not. They may, for example, believe in theocracy rather than democracy, and in the subjugation of women and the execution of gays. This is the shadow, the blindness of Mercury in Libra. It thinks it is wrong to be critical, that one must always give the benefit of the doubt (even when there is no doubt), and this is what blinds it. There is a strong societal pressure at this time to be blind in this way. Its tolerance is in reality an intolerance of difference. Mercury is also opposite Neptune. This peaked last night, so pay attention to your dreams over the next few days. Mercury in Libra likes to be rational and therefore to analyse the 'meaning' of dreams. They do not primarily have this kind of meaning. You need to sit with them and let them reveal themselves. You may not remember more than fragments. But you have the feeling of the dream. Stay with that, recall it from time to time. And you will have a sense of an alchemy at work, that the dream is informing and changing your life. But you may never have words for it.