As I publish this, the planet Mercury is passing directly behind the sun, from earth's point of view. As a result the little planet is invisible for a few days.
(Pixabay scene of Radha Krishna in old Sanskrit text)
This conjunction occurs six times a year, in three pairs. At each pair of transits, Mercury first passes between earth and sun, moving backwards or retrograde from earth's point of view. About 8 weeks later it then passes by the sun again, this time forward or direct motion, but now behind the sun, instead of between earth and sun as before.
Each time this occurs, Mercury moves into the path of the sun's rays and so becomes invisible for a few days, known as combust. Astrological lore suggests that this is a time when mercury's influence is limited or obscured.
However, as mercury reaches is exact point of conjunction with the sun, to within 17 arc minutes (60 min in 1 degree) either side of the sun, it is then known as exact, named by the old Arab astrologers as cazimi.
This is a powerful window of opportunity, according to the old Arab astrologers, when mercury is in the heart of the Sun, or on the throne on the sun. This period only lasts less than 24 hours, and is occurring right now, as I write this.
With today's cazimi being a superior conjunction, where mercury is passing on the outside of the sun, from earth's point of view, the lore suggests that the influence allows for the mind to think big, think outside the usual parameters, to broader perspectives.
Now, today, is a time for grasping the bigger picture and receive greater downloads. Usually this is a moment of opportunity, inspiration, creativity, bright ideas, good trades and possible genius.
For examine, as I write this, I have just received a massive request from a client to provide my services, and that will bring in good income later this year. So even though the opportunity is only for a few months from now, still the booking arrived right now on this mercury cazimi window of opportunity.
It may be so personally good for me today because today's mercury cazimi is within less than 5 degrees of my natal mercury in my birth chart. I'm getting the blessings of mercury for this entire year ahead.
Therefore, I'm recording this moment in the captain's log and journal here like this, as I have done with numerous mercury cazimi moments in previous years, as can be seen in previous blog posts.
This one is a particularly good event personally, and much needed as it brings further financial security which is needed now as the cryptocurrency market continues to be very bearish short term, despite it now being the bullish part of the longer 4 year Bitcoin halving cycle.
Mercury is traditionally the Greek or Roman god of traders, and coincidentally, during the last mercury cazimi, 8 weeks ago, when mercury had it's inferior conjunction to the sun, there was a massive pump in the Bitcoin price, only to retrace the full amount, all during the Mercury cazimi window of opportunity. I thought it highly anomalous yet ironically synchronous.
It was also around the very same day that Bitcoin reached $100k for the first time in history. Any trader with an eye on the charts might have scalped a good profit during that window of opportunity.
Here's a list of the mercury cazimi dates for this year of 2025.
February 9, 2025: Mercury Cazimi in Aquarius
March 24, 2025: Mercury Retrograde Cazimi in Aries
May 29, 2025: Mercury Cazimi in Gemini
July 31, 2025: Mercury Retrograde Cazimi in Leo
September 13, 2025: Mercury Cazimi in Virgo
November 20, 2025: Mercury Retrograde Cazimi in Scorpio
Let's make a note to observe the coming cazimi and see if it brings another great trade opportunity.
(Ref: https://girlandhermoon.com/2025-cazimis-divine-downloads-inspiration-clarity/)