IT CAN’T BE DONE WITHOUT BRINGING UP WHY RETROGRADE SEEMS TO CAUSE STRIFE FOR PEOPLE WHILE THEY’RE GOING THROUGH IT. FOR STARTERS, MERCURY RETROGRADE IS AN ASTROLOGICAL PATTERN THAT HAS GONE MAINSTREAM AND IS STRUGGLING IN DIRE NEED FOR A PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGN. ALL I SEE DURING MERCURY RETROGRADE IS STRUGGLE POSTS AND SARCASTIC QUOTES FROM PEOPLE I KNOW WHO DO NOT FOLLOW ASTROLOGY, AND MAINSTREAM LIFESTYLE AND FASHION OUTLETS THAT DON’T COVER ASTROLOGY OTHER THAN A POORLY-WRITTEN HOROSCOPE. MERCURY RETROGRADE BECAME A SCAPEGOAT FOR EVERYONE’S PROBLEMS.
☾ IT’S NOT THAT BAD. WE WANT SOMETHING, AS A SOCIETY, TO BLAME OUR STRUGGLES ON. SO WHEN A RETROGRADE CAME UP THAT PEOPLE COULD BLAME ANYTHING FROM COMMUNICATION TO FLIGHT DELAYS ON, YOU CAN BET YOUR CRYSTALS THAT THEY STARTED BLAMING STUFF ON MERCURY RETROGRADE. BUT BACKING UP YOUR COMPUTER AND DOUBLE CHECKING YOUR BOARDING PASS ISN’T WHAT MERCURY RETROGRADE IS ABOUT.
☾ MERCURY RETROGRADE IS A CALL FOR US TO SLOOOOOW DOWN. TAKE A DEEP BREATH. TAKE TIME TO LET THINGS FALL AWAY FROM YOU THAT NO LONGER FIT. IT’S A TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN WE’RE BEING BLESSED TO LET THE THINGS THAT HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR LIFE MOVING FORWARD, FALL AWAY. AS THEY SHOULD! NOW, IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN DOING YOUR EVOLUTIONARY WORK, HOLDING ONTO BAD HABITS OR THOUGHT PATTERNS, OR HAVE BEEN ABANDONING YOUR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE: YES, RETROGRADE WILL F*CK WITH YOU. BUT ONLY AS A WAKE UP CALL! IF YOU’RE IN TUNE TO YOURSELF AND YOUR EVOLUTION, YOU’LL WAVE GOODBYE SWEETLY TO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT NO LONGER SERVE YOU.