Start #RetrogradingRight! Mercury Retrograde began this past Sunday, and predictably, I’ve already seen a feed cluttered with people who are blaming things on #MercuryRetrograde. Spoiler alert: Mercury Retrograde will only act up if you let it. The point of this season is to spend time focused on reflection, not time spent ruining your travel plans and have you out here responding to your exes. That isn’t the point. If you have been unable or unwilling to do the necessary work for evolution in your life, then Mercury Retrograde has been known to force a tower moment or two. ☾ There isn’t anything in astrology that exists solely to “fuck you up.” A lot of people feel this way. But Mercury Retrograde gives us the opportunity to let things fall away that no longer serve us: relationships, habits, even thought habits. When people say that retrogrades are causing them to implode and their lives to explode, they are likely holding on to something that doesn’t serve them anymore. ☾ Take time and take solace to let Mercury Retrograde make way for the things that are destined for your life. Whatever they are, whatever or whoever they might be, retrogrades can leave you on the precipice of a brand new phase of your life — if you let it. If you want to fuss about delayed flights, texts from your exes, or even your coffee order being wrong, you aren’t #RetrogradingRight.