Mercury and Hotspur

Mercury and Hotspur

Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
Hath but a losing office, and his tongue
Sounds ever after as a sullen bell,
Rememb’red tolling a departing friend.

Northumberland in Shakespeare’s
King Henry IV, part 2 (I.i.100-3)

Listening to this as a companion piece to Henry IV, part 1? I was first struck by booth the gravity yet willingness of the father to sacrifice his son — Hotspur — for the rebellion.

The quote itself bore some important notices about my job, “The first bringer of unwelcome news hath but a losing office.”

Mercury goes Retrograde December 19, 2016 at 4:55 AM, not turning direct until January 8, 2017, at 3:42 AM (Central Time, +/-).

Of interest? Mars, Zero Pisces to start. This dovetails with material from the last year, and a larger pattern is emergent.

Mercury and Hotspur

Mercury and Hotspur

Stay tuned, only going to get more fun from here.


Henry IV: Part 2 (The Hollow Crown) – Richard Eyre

Portable Mercury Retrograde – Kramer Wetzel

Portable Mercury Retrograde: astrofish.net's Mercury in Retrograde

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