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$\"demise$ <\/a>When Mercury is retrograde we tend to look back at the past and revise things. \u00a0This morning I was going through my list of astrology blogs that I have followed over the years and discovered that almost half of the blogs on my list are inactive. \u00a0Several of them ended with posts that explain why the astrologers aren\u2019t writing any more.<\/p>\n

When I began this blog in November of 2005 there were just a handful of astrology bloggers. \u00a0Of those originals,\u00a0some\u00a0of us \u2013 \u00a0 Elsa Panizzon<\/a>,\u00a0 Robert Wilkinson<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0 Jeffrey Kishne<\/a>r,\u00a0 April Elliott Kent<\/a>,\u00a0 Nancy Sommers<\/a>,\u00a0 Eric Francis<\/a>,\u00a0 Michael O\u2019Reilly<\/a>,\u00a0 John Townley<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0are still blogging in one form or another. \u00a0Each of us had a completely unique approach to astrological blogging \u2013 Elsa is down to earth and practical, Robert is philosophical and spiritual, Jeffrey\u2019s Astrology at the Movies blog covered cultural trends, April\u2019s brand of humor and insight is unique, Nancy\u2019s coverage of politics in difficult times brought a new level of understanding to the mundane.<\/p>\n

Over the years as the blogging world exploded literally hundreds of new astrology blogs have come along. \u00a0This has been a huge benefit, making it easy for many thousands of readers to learn more about the magnificent spiritual science that we love. \u00a0However,\u00a0over the years many bloggers have given up and I don\u2019t blame them. \u00a0Finding something interesting enough to capture readers several times a week, much less daily, is no small feat.<\/p>\n

I have literally thousands of articles in the archives and I\u2019m going to begin digging them out on some sort of regular basis because some of them are still relevant and, I hope, still interesting. \u00a0This kind of thing is perfect for Mercury retrograde periods. \u00a0I still watch the news and think \u201cI have to write about that\u201d because as well as being an astrologer, I am a writer by nature. \u00a0I have Gemini rising, which means Mercury, the planet of\u00a0mental activity, rules my ascendant. \u00a0My Moon\/Pluto conjunction is in the third house of communication, giving me a compulsive need to express myself (as well as the fear that I won\u2019t be heard, which is another story for another time!). \u00a0My Mercury itself is in Scorpio, the researcher and solver of mysteries, and it\u2019s in the sixth house of daily routine so the practice of daily writing, while difficult to maintain, has been very rewarding.<\/p>\n

The demise of blogging has been covered in news media and Facebook and Twitter have received much of the blame. \u00a0I love my\u00a0 Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0for daily quick updates and interacting with the public, but it\u2019s no replacement for an in-depth article about something that fascinates me.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no real point to this article \u2013 it\u2019s just something I was thinking about and wanted to share!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"