Well the time of the year we all fear is here… Mercury turns Retrograde today! Mercury stays in retrograde until November 1st. It’s the time to slow life down, to dot all your “i’s” and cross all your “t’s “ in a conscious manner.
Let’s move from a place of fearing this energy to working with it constructively. It’s understanding the patterns and the cycles in our lives that counts! You will have to figure out for yourself how Mercury retrograde affects your life as it is unique for each of us according to our individual birth charts and then how we choose to respond to the cards God has dealt us.
Mercury or Hermes is the planet of communication and short distance travel. So when Mercury goes retrograde matters dealing with communication and travel such as running for errands can get messed up. The problem is this darling communication planet goes retrograde three times a year for close to three weeks each time. Yikes! That’s approximately the same ratio as the awake-sleep cycle in our lives. This is NO accident then. Coincidences are like that – sign posts pointing “the way” along the soul’s journey highway.
So what exactly happens during Mercury Retrograde time? Anything to do with communication, travel and contracts you will have to “RE” something or other to. So some verbs that go with this cycle are rewrite, redo, redefine, repair, replace, return. Yah it’s a pain because Mercury makes you re-examine different matters that you preferto deal with efficiently and one time only. It’s just not going to happen during this time!
Here are just some of the multitude of problems that arise during this time. Never buy anything major like a vehicle or furniture or a new computer during Mercury retrograde time. It will be a lemon and you will never be satisfied with it. When it turns retrograde you do not hear the message clearly and things are mis-communicated. You get the furniture home and discover it is the wrong color or the wrong size and you have to take it back to the store. Computer problems statistically speaking occur with greater frequency during Mercury retrograde.
How can you effectively make use of Mercury Retrograde time? A friend of mine chooses this time to help her go within and rewrite things she creates professionally. I choose to take web design courses during Mercury Retrograde because I don’t resent spending time redoing minute detail stuff. Paying attention to detail is not my forte, so I'm grateful for Mercury Retrograde assistance to get me to where I want to go. I'm always happy with the end result since Mercury Retrograde gives me the patience to rewrite and rewrite until whatever I'm working on reaches my desired perfection. Another friend of mine is studying for an arduous exam at this time – bonus for her since she will be willing to study over and over some pretty tedious and boring stuff.
Empower yourself and work with the Mercury Retrograde energy over the next three weeks. Otherwise you will spin your wheels and get frustrated about stuff. Use this time for re-thinking, re-planning and re-drawing your plans. It’s much better to re-frame, laugh with the energy and bide your time to move forward after November 1st!
I would love to hear your Mercury retrograde stories! Now knowing about it, how does this energy affect you personally?
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