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Mercury Retrograde - it can do some nasty things!

Mercury Retrograde.  Oh yes.  It’s here and it’s going to be here until September 29, 2009.  Can you feel it?  I’ve heard so many people grumbling and mumbling about the Mercury Retrograde.  It’s the time when we expect things to break, things to fail, or delays in general.  But, I mean, we were all expecting him to show up unexpectedly for dinner, right?

Of course, I’m probably testing Mr. Mercury just by writing this post.  This week, so many things have gone wrong or “unexpected” – that I can’t help but laugh to myself.  Electronic things going haywire?  Mental fogginess?  Yes, these are a few influences during a Mercury Retrograde.  Also with this retrograde being in Libra, a few people from my past have came by to grace me with their presence.  Not necessarily bad things – just time to revisit old relationships and if needed, work on their “unfinished business”.

So far with this Mercury Retrograde…

• My DH’s job “lost” his paycheck.
• Forgot to pay rent for this month.  This is crazy because I’m pretty insane when it comes to paying bills.
• My camera stopped working.  I went somewhere and wanted to snap some photos, but my camera stopped working.  It’s a digital camera and the display wasn’t showing anything. After I left this place, I decided to fiddle around with the camera but alas, it was mysteriously working again.
• Message board woes!  I posted on a message board by e-mail, however when it posted- it was showing up as post from a text message… from somebody else!  The funny part was that this person didn’t even have a cell phone.  I had to change some settings on my profile, then it was posting like normal.  It was probably some silly error on my part, but funny nonetheless.
• This guy from my past reappeared right after Mercury went retrograde.  Mainly, he wanted to tell me that his wife had left him and he wished he pursued me instead of her… errr, what?
• Another guy that I hadn’t talked to in a while… he messaged me to just “say hi”, but I knew that it was more than that.  How often do you get people that haven’t talked to you in years or months, messaging you to just say hi?  Ahh, I don’t that often… but it turns out that he was having problems with his woman and needed advice.
• On another Libra/relationship note, there was some family drama.  It really upset me, but I was able to calm down my Scorpio stellium (including my wonderful, Mars in Scorpio).  Around this time, you really have to realize that this retrograde may influence some more than others.  This means that people will blurt out things- sometimes hurtful- (clouded Mercury communication!) without thinking.
• Cell phone problems.  The signal has been on and off.
• My Internet connection has been flaky, as well.

Of course, these things could happen any other during the year… they just happen to fall on the Mercury Retrograde.  So, whenever something happens, I can’t help but laugh.

Mercury Retrograde is also great for creativity!

On the positive side, this is what the Mercury Retrograde has helped me with…

• It’s given me time to reflect on things.  I’ve been able to slow down and take a look around at everything going on.  It’s helping me understand what’s working and what isn’t working for me.
• I’ve had time to do some cleaning – and not just house cleaning (if you follow my Twitter account, you know what I mean!), but thinking about the people that I surround myself with.  Along with the reflection, I’ve felt the need for a “spiritual cleansing”. This has helped me weed out negative people/influences in my life.  This is something that I’ve needed to do for a while.
• I’ve also felt a wonderful wave of creativity.  Although I have slowed down on some things, I feel like my creativity is in high gear.  I love it!

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Now, my question to you is: What has Mercury Retrograde done for you so far? Please post your answers in the comments.  I’m interested in seeing what everyone else is going through.

Image of “breaking down” courtesy of BeverlyLR on sxc.hu
Abstract image courtesy of ba1969 on sxc.hu

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1. Transits, the Sun and Moon in Leo, and Mercury Rx – Fall 2009
2. Saturn leaving my 5th house
3. Astrology Games: Guess the Sign!
4. Flakiness and Astrology

Tags: Libra, Mercury Retrograde

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