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Mercury Retrograde

What Is It and What Does It Mean?

By Iria Vasquez-PaezPublished 4 years ago 3 min read
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Mercury Retrograde is a concept that somewhat impacts me but then again I've had to deal with one too many skeptical astronomy teachers when I was in my 20s. Yes, intuition gets high at this time, and the last Mercury Retrograde period was February 17th to March 10th of this year. Some people swear by not signing contracts at all. In basic astrology, Mercury rules over communication, travel, contracts, and cars.

Some people also believe that review projects or major plans at this timeframe. Mercury may be to blame for the bad stuff that happens in your life at that time, and it is important that you step back from your projects, to refocus on who you are and why you are doing what you are doing at that point in time. Some people are more affected by Mercury retrograde than others, depending on their zodiac sign. Mercury retrograde can and does create chaos like miscommunication about travel plans, or not getting something in the mail, or even having your water heater die on you. If anything, Mercury Retrograde demands that true believers, as the Internet may go down in your house during such an event. Some believe that Mercury Retrograde can muddle your thinking habits, also causing communication to become cluttered.

Astrostyle claims that during the past Mercury Retrograde of this year, means that you cannot see people being upfront with their intentions. Astrologers see Mercury Retrograde as a difficult passage of time for certain astrological signs among others. Some feel that Mercury Retrograde will cause things like: falling out with friends, communication misunderstanding issues, travel being disrupted, lost emails, delayed flights, so basically a whole lot of Murphy's Law coming into place. What is Murphy's Law? But the statement "anything that can go wrong, will go wrong". This leads to much havoc in ordinary life. People with Pisces in their chart means that Mercury rules this sign, Mercury in Gemini and Virgo are the most affected signs. It is difficult to pinpoint what will happen during a Mercury Retrograde, since some of us need working technology if we infuse using an insulin pump that just can't go down when it feels like doing that. Mercury Retrograde supposedly brings Exs out of the woodwork.

Some of us know better than to do that though, so I can say with confidence I'm avoiding my ex. If Mercury Retrograde affects people as much as it is said they do, then it must be something. If Mars enters the Capricorn sign, it provides disciplinary energy that some of us need at this time. Workings with contracts you have double-check all the fine print. If Mercury enters Aquarius, this gives affected people a time to not take things seriously, much less not being detached and with a Zen-like mindset about things. I don't necessarily believe in Mercury Retrograde personally but some people do know it affects them. If I am going to start businesses for psychics, I have to learn to understand their belief about Mercury Retrograde before they set up a contract that they may not sign until Mercury transits to somewhere else? Yes, some people will do that. But anyway, I guess I have to adapt to those who would not sign any contract for my social networks for psychic's business idea.

That is not so much of a stretch for me because I'm simply good at remembering people's names, and what they need. Mercury Retrograde is real to some people, skeptics should do well to remember that and try to understand their differences with those who do have to deal with Mercury Retrograde wrecking havoc with human life on this planet.

Works Cited

https://www.almanac.com/content/mercury-retrograde-dates https://www.allure.com/story/mercury-retrograde-february-2020 https://astrostyle.com/first-mercury-retrograde-of-2020/ https://www.countryliving.com/uk/news/a26746624/how-mercury-being-in-retrograde-affects-you/

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Iria Vasquez-Paez

I have a B.A. in creative writing from San Francisco State. Can people please donate? I'm very low-income. I need to start an escape the Ferengi plan.

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