Mercury Stationary Direct

On 9 October, after about three weeks of retrograde motion, Mercury appears to stop and remain stationary, before going direct or forward through the zodiac once again. During the cycle, a planet's energy is most powerful (and more likely to generate critical events of universal importance) when the planet makes a station: appearing motionless in the sky. These stationary periods occur near the beginning of the cycle (when the planet first halts as it prepares to move backwards) and midway through the cycle when the retrograde planet slows to a stop before moving forward again as it will on the 9th. This direct station (when the planet halts before moving forward again) is the most powerful and can be used for maximum benefit. Even though there can still be some annoyances after the moment of stationary pause, due to Mercury still moving so slowly, the day of station itself is a valuable one.
Although occurring at the very beginning of Libra, this influence is felt by or available to all, although those born in early Libra or any of the other cardinal signs(Aries, Cancer and Capricorn) may feel its influence more directly. Since the Sun is also still in the sign of Libra now, the qualities of cooperation and companionship still permeate, where teamwork is favoured – as long as it adheres to ones core principles and a sense of what is just. After all, those Libran scales only balance when the input is fair on both sides.