I love this topic. Denial is one of those things that has a bad rap. No one is ever supposed to be in denial even though we all are at various times about various things for various very important reasons.

This goes along with the discussion a couple days ago about coping in crisis. I have found you are often better off not knowing it all as “all” when there is so much going on because if you could did it would overwhelm the psyche.

As an example, I have recently come through intense crisis. And apparently I gained some weight in the midst of this but lucky for me I did not know it. Everyone else knew it but I blurred it out because I just could not cope with even one more thing at the time. As things eased, I was able to see myself in the mirror and get back on track but boy am I grateful this was not shoved in my face at the time.

This subject is relevant now with Mercury (logic) in Pisces, a sign accused of denial but “denial” with the judgment taken out might be called, faith in God or faith in the universe which so many recommend. Because if it belongs in your lap it will surely wind up there eventually so here is this story about the soldier again, this time with a footnote below…

Eventually the soldier found out unequivocally that his wife was cheating on him and he divorced her immediately as he always said he would. “If I were to find out for sure… but I was never sure.” Had he faced this earlier his life would have been different for sure but who says it would have been better? And what about his son? The soldier’s son grew up with 2 parents courtesy the soldier’s denial. Does Saturn in Virgo want to judge that?

Mercury (information) is in Pisces (faith) at the moment and the soldier and I were discussing how things get communicated. Turns out we both agree it is often in your best interest to not go out looking for information.

For example, I have all this court stuff going on right now. I have meetings being scheduled left and right. There are all kinds of people in all kinds of committees making all kinds of decisions that affect my life. If I tried to track them all I would do nothing but track them all but as is, I just rely on someone to call me when my number comes up. This is very hard to do. I think human nature wants to know what is going on and the faith method does have some risks. However I think the benefits outweigh them.

“I’ve noticed if you do nothing, you do tend to find things out in time generally speaking,” I said. “One way or the other. Sometimes you find out in a dream, or in your case you may get it via your antenna (his psychic ability). One way or the other what you need to know, you do seem to find out and in plenty of time.”

“I have always felt that way,” he said.

“Yeah, especially in times of stress the last thing you need is a bunch of minutiae. I have just seen this over and over, you do find out what you need to know and always in plenty of time. I imagine we have both been spared all kinds of things living this way…”

How do you handle the flow of information? Where is Mercury in your chart?