Stop, look and listen! You need to accentuate crystal clear communication across the board today as Mercury at 12 degrees of Cancer stops and turns retrograde (4:41PM). Mercury will remain in reverse until July 9 when it stops and turns forward again at 3 degrees of Cancer.

 All Mercury themes - communication, business and trade, words and language, classes and school work, literary and publishing ventures, information and learning programs, transportation and short journeys, the five senses, health and medicine, trickery, theft and sleight of hand - are emphasized now and during the next couple of days. It's important to realize that Mercury is virtually motionless for the entire weekend.

 This can often coincide with plans and activities coming to a standstill or proceeding much more slowly than anticipated. However, Mercury retrograde is not bad or horrible. It simply represents an approximate three-week time-cycle to go inward (mentally) and review, reflect and re-evaluate about recent happenings in your life.

Messages, papers, luggage and valuables can be lost at any time of the year - not just when Mercury moves in reverse from the Earth's perspective. Early today the Moon is void (3:00AM PDT to 6:46AM PDT). At the latter time, the Moon enters Cancer - the sign of its natural abode. After 6:46AM PDT, cooking, baking and domestic interests top the charts. Film and literary classics are back in vogue as a wave of nostalgia proves irresistible.