Can you feel the Mercury in Retrograde coming?

[♥Starlene]

... I sure can!

Mercury goes into it's 3 week long retrograde phase on Octover 12 and wont be out until November 1.... Here is an article I wrote on for my blog about what Mercury in Retrograde means to us...

Mercury is the planet that governs the zodiac sign of Virgo & Gemini but at the same time, this retrograde period affects all of us. All of the celestial bodies (except the moon and sun) travel in a retrograde period at some point or another as it is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs from the orbit the planets travel around the sun and the viewpoint of the planets here on earth.

Mercury goes into it's retrograde period about 3 times a year and because it is the closest planet to the sun it is the most talked about and quickest to return to its forward moving state.

Mercury is the planet that rules all forms of communication, quick thought, processing thoughts, commerce, and transportation (and more, that’s the short list!). Mercury is all about clear thinking and focus so when Mercury goes into its retrograde period all of those things can and usually do go awry some.

Some things to watch out for are mis-communication of any sort, mail, email, writing, general conversation etc. Also cars, busses, trains, airplanes etc are all affected by this time period. So take note and double check the oil on your car or the water as well, preventive medicine is helpful here but not always going to fix it either! So aside from general maintenance on these things, stuff can still go screwy. It is also not an auspicious time to be doing anything in a legal sense, for example signing legal papers or going to court. I know we can not always help when we do these sorts of things but if you can defer doing something in the legal sense, I would suggest that.

Some things to think about when Mercury goes retro is anything that begins with the letters RE... ie, REmember, REflect, REview, REorganize, REcall, REturn. Pretty much anything that starts with an RE you should sort of take into action here. Mercury in retro is a great time to focus yourself and review things in your life that might not be working for you properly and then taking the time to reflect and move forward. In my experience with this time period it seems that people that once seemed to have moved in a different direction in life that I might have sort of lost touch with, they come back. It is often during this time period that people will remember the past and recall the people from there and reunite with them. Past friends, family, lovers etc. So all is not lost in this time period. I have discussed this with many other astrology students and the general thoughts on Mercury doing it's retrograde period is one of negativity and concern but in my opinion if we use this time and realize that this is only a cycle we can actually benefit from it.

The effect of Mercury in retro start about a week before it actually goes into its retrograde period. Which is about October 5, from then until October 12th, it actually looks like it is standing still in the sky and then on October 12th it starts to appear to move backwards. Mercury remains to appear moving backwards until November 1st when it will once again appear to stand still and then on November 8th it will start to move forward again. I have heard it described as a "shadow time" that starts 3 weeks before Mercury does its retrograde period, then it lasts for 3 weeks in retrograde and the final 3 weeks afterwards are the shadow time again. If that is the theory here the effects will last until November 15th.

Like anything else concerning astrology I feel there are many "cusps" where we have to sort of gradually move from one aspect to the other though so this shadow theory does make sense to me. At any rate expect the majority of effects of this astrological aspect to be between October 12th and November 1st and then it gradually tapering off. Not to worry though, in January next year Mercury will begin its retrograde period again!

Here is a cool visual about how Mercury travels in it's retrograde period...
This is speaking more of an Astronomers views in the article but as I see it Astronomy and Astrology are closely connected...
www.mercuryinretrograde.org/index.php?title=Mercury_in_Retrograde

So remember to review those letters before we send them off, be more careful how we interpret things said verbally and read, remember the past and most of all RElax!

Happy Mercury in retrograde….
(((hugs))) Star

[Peace]

cool info! mercury is my ruling planet...................i'll surely miss it. he he he................

[♥Starlene]

Oh right, I said its the ruling planet of Virgo but I was wrong and I know it,,, it also governs you lovely Gems!!

[yogagurl]

ughhhhhh, I can feel it. Mecury Retrograde usually does not agree with me.
Kristi

[saffy]

Aren't I Virgo with Gemini. I have already started seeing differences. I have a bad memory but I have noticed a lot more forgetting and most of the re-things you mentioned. Yuk

[yogagurl]

I have a crazy Mercury in Retro story. On Wed my boss called to say I needed to stop seeing a client because he was being fired form his job and losing his insirance. I was stunned, he is a new client, and losing his job and insurance would be absolutely devastating. My boss was very short with me about it, and said there was nothing I could do. I had to call the client and tell him. I didn't tell him he was fired, just that I had to stop seeing him. He was totally surprised, and did not seem to have any idea he was being fired. The next morning in the office my boss and our business manager were talking about this client and our business manager was saying how he had cancelled this guy's services because he was not meeting with me. I was stunned, this was absolutely not true, he had made every appointment. This was a completely different sotry from what my boss told me the day before. To make a long story short my boss told the entire management team last week that this client was not meeting with me so we need to close him. Our business manager called the client's work psychologist and told him all of this, and the psychologist said stop working with him and he will probably be fired. This was a huge f*** up on the part of my boss and nearly cost this client his job. When I set the record straight with my superiors my boss told me I had to make the phone calls to make it right. She took no responsibility for causing this disaster herself. I made the phone calls to make it right because I did not want this to harm my cleint, but have been amazed that my boss still does not get it that she told everyone a different untrue story. Talk about screwed up communication................made my week a lot more complicated!

[Sloan]

Oh Kristi what a horrid thing to happen! I hate it when that stuff goes on at work. Unfortunately I see it happen all to often. Not to the extreme of loosing a job but such petty little things that people end up getting reamed at for. Never fun.

[saffy]

Office Politics is so bad everywhere. My experience has been you are either a back stabber or getting stabbed. Because I am a person people, guess who got stabbed and most of the time, I was trying to make excuses making me look like the screw up. Just like what you said.

I'm sorry that you and your client got caught up in someones personal problem.

Communication, as I think, around me has really been pretty bad and I'm still in the middle. Between my husband and my daughter. Little tiffs before, but this was very rude. And me in the middle. Thanks for reming me about the retrograde I was thinking some really horrible things.

oops...got off topic again. Talk about bad communication.

[Sloan]

loves you all the same Saffy! Hugs and stuff

[♥Starlene]

i am so glad that my office is here,,, on the forum,,, i have such wonderful co-inspires hehee..
i used to miss being social at my old jobs,,, but id much rather be around like minded souls.... i have had some email issues this week though,,, which is so mercury in retro,,, fun fun fun,,,, at least knowing that is likely the cause makes me feel less frustrated

[Christine]

Hi Kristi,

Your boss really should have taken ownership of what she screwed up here. I'm glad everything ended up OK for the client but sorry to hear you had to do her dirty work. Sounds like you handled this well!

Namaste,
Christine

[yogagurl]

Thanks Christine, I am glad I figured out what happened before anyone was hurt by the misinfo. Unfortunately my boss is notorious for not taking repsonsibilty. I did found out that her husband left her recently, which may explain some of her extreme spaciness. I have decided to send her Reiki in order to resolve my anger toward her. I am already feeling beter about it all.
Kristi

[Peace]

i'm sorry ya'll are having such issues. reiki for all. i hate to be the odd ball, but i've been having really cool experiences, myself. hmmm.........interesting either way, though, huh?

[spirituallygiving]

I've been having issues too. Suddenly I'm totally unfulfilled at work and hate my job, want to quit, am having problems with my bosses, etc. Time to REflect and figure this out...

[Anamere]

It's so interesting to see how we're all effected differently by different energy.

I've been feeling kinda physically yucky and feeling the strong need to Re-organize my house like a mad woman.

I mean it's like I'm totally uncomfortable even being here and have to fight the urge to just jump up right this minute (which I'll do sometimes and drive my husband crazy!) and tear it all apart and put it back together how I want it.

So I'm trying to get organized. This seemed to happen last retrograde too. Well... being a Virgo probably explains alot LOL!

[lyroc]

Oh, bizzzaaaaaarrrrrrreeeeeeeeeee! I didn't know about Mercury in retro this time, but I feel like craaaaapppppp! Dizzy, clutzy/dropping things, a bit irritable, intestinal stuff.........hmmmmm.

The thing about the Re's, Star......at my mom's memorial on the 10th, the pastor said REmember, REflect and REfocus when thinking about my mom's (or any other) life and its meaning. How cool is that?!

[♥Starlene]

That is really cool Lynn, and I bet he didnt even know how on he was!