Mercurial

This is a public service announcement. Mercury is retrograde. I repeat, Mercury is retrograde.

What does it mean? Well, Mercury is moving backwards instead of forwards in it's orbit. As you can imagine, if you drove in reverse for a prolonged amount of time, (I can't go farther than 1/4 of a block without getting all freaked out) things can get a little difficult. Since everything is contrary to how it usually is, things can be unpredictable and shall we say, crunchy.

It traditionally is not a good time to start any new projects, sign any contracts, leases, legal things, purchase expensive items, or decide to chuck your job and and move to Iceland.

It doesn't mean if you do any of these things you're doomed, but don't be surprised if it doesn't go as smoothly as you wish. Don't be surprised if it all has to be redone either (as hiring a web designer to do my website one fine Mercury retrograde period taught me. It. was. horrible.)

Since I've been tracking Mercury's retrograde and what happens in my life I found this: It's a good time to stay low, and sit waaaayy back and just ride out the storm.

Now that I've painted a grey sky, let me say this: It's a fantastic time to go back to projects that you've started and then shelved, reconnect with old friends you've lost contact with and look back on your life with new wisdom and clarity. It's the backward moving energy that facilitates this looking behind you and revisiting aspects of the past.

For me, that means cleaning up my basement, which is a project that has almost gotten done 3 times in the past year and then returns to chaos shortly thereafter. Other than that, I am going to see what happens.

For more information and to see how your particular astrological sign will be affected by the retrograde, check out Susan Miller's website www.astrologyzone.com