Mercury Retrograde
I ran across this recently in the Rand’s Leadership Slack #random channel:
Anyway if you’re asking yourself “should I really do this thing while Mercury is in retrograde?” and that thing does NOT involve carefully measuring the position of a small dot in the sky while being careful not to point your ‘scope at the Sun, the answer is it doesn’t matter.
— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) October 2, 2021
Yes, it is true: “Mercury Retrograde” is an astrological phenomenon, does it have anything to do with decisions, life changes, etc. as in the astronomical description:
Mercury rules all types of communication, including listening, speaking, learning, reading, editing, researching, negotiating, selling, and buying. Mercury also rules all formal contracts and agreements, as well as important documents such as book manuscripts or term papers, agreements, deeds, contracts, leases, wills, and so forth.
Included under this planet’s domain are all types of code, including computer codes, as well as transportation, shipping, and travel. When this planet retrogrades, these areas tend to get scrambled or spin out of control.
Why does this happen? When a planet retrogrades, astrologically it is in a resting or sleeping state. Therefore, while Mercury naps, the activities that it governs don’t have the benefit of a well-functioning, wide-awake planet to supervise them. Expect a certain degree of pandemonium to ensue!
For me, I never believed in the astronomical aspect of Mercury retrograde until my life coach in a group session told me:
You will regret this decision in six months.
The craziest part: in six months, I was calling her up, begging for her help to get me out of that decision! The timing was eerie - from one Mercury Retrograde to another.
This experience made me rethink: How did my life coach know the timing? How did she know the outcome??
She’s been a fantastic guide before so this was not a one-off thing.
The logical part of me does not want to believe Mercury Retrograde is the explanation for what happened. I still made the decision given all the information.
Even after time has passed, I haven’t found a reasonable explanation around that time. So, I do have “mercury retrograde” in my mind when I run out of logical explanations.