Protecting Your Energy During a Mercury Retrograde

Normally during Mercury retrograde, you feel sluggish, make bad decisions, jump to conclusions, have communication issues, have trouble in your love life, and so many other negative effects. Until you learn how the retrograde can affect your life, you will not be able to protect yourself from it.

Knowing your enemy is the best way to beat them, so let’s get to know Mercury Retrograde.

Google defines it as; When the planet nearest to the Sun is retrograde, it appears to move "backwards" (east to west rather than west to east) across the sky. This apparent reversal in Mercury's orbit is actually just an illusion to the people viewing it from Earth.

With this happening, it causes energy to flow differently, as well as it leads to many blockages impairing all forms of communication, documents, and even our electronics. Usually by the time the Retrograde has ended, a lot of these issues will have worked themselves out, and a sense of normality will be reinstated, although you may be left feeling a bit frazzled after all the BS the universe throws at you during this period.

What To Do

Be careful not to make huge life changing decisions during this time, Mercury in retrograde has a way of making sure it won’t work out as planned. This goes for things like changing jobs, a move, plastic surgery, signing contracts, etc. *DON'T BUY/LEASE THAT CAR*

Be cautious of new job opportunities or business offers, they can easily turn out to be nothing like what you had first expected. Take this time to relax, heal old wounds, and protect your energy.

HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF DURING MERCURY RETROGRADE

• Burn lavender flowers daily.
• Take salt baths or swim in the ocean to clear negative energy.
• Don’t start any new projects.
• Clear yourself of others' energy.
• Double check all your work.
• Back up your computer and devices.
• Tie up or cut off all loose ends.
• Listen to your intuition.
• Try not to take other people’s irritability personally.
• Think before you speak.
• Remember that everything that happens at this time is going to help push you forward, and give you a new set of skills or knowledge that will help you soon enough. Even within all its chaos, there is a secret design working in your favor if you let it. Once again TRUST YOUR INTUITION.

Cleansing bath recipe:

• One cup fresh lemon juice
• Handful of fresh basil leaves
• A few tablespoons salt

Put the basil leaves in a pot of water and let boil, add salt and lemon once it reaches a rolling boil. Let mixture cool to room temperature. Add it to your bath water, and soak for 15+ mins, and think about all the negative energy releasing from your body. Allow the salt and lemon to cleanse you, the basil to renew you, and for added protection, you can add lavender essential oil.

*if you don’t have a bath or access to one you can pour it over yourself at the end of your shower. Do not rinse off the mixture, let your body dry naturally and wash it off with your next shower.*

This is also a time for self-reflection, and reflection upon past issues that have remained unresolved. Right now most people are experiencing a flood of emotions and feeling very guarded, which leads to them becoming defensive, and taking things the wrong way. Be kind to others and realize that we are all feeling this roller-coaster of emotions. Try not to jump to conclusions and seek clarity instead.

You'll find yourself misinterpreting text messages, work emails, phones and wifi going a bit haywire, and maybe even the unexpected lovers quarrel, but stick it out, and you'll soon find peace return to your life. This chaos might seem overwhelming at times, but if you learn how to not let those outside forces affect you so deeply, you will learn to navigate through these hard times with ease.

In the meantime, take salt baths or swim in the ocean, burn sage and lavender daily to cleanse the energy flow in your home, and take a deep breath. I like to take this time to focus on what previous retrogrades taught me, and remember to not continue those negative cycles that have led me to live in a lower frequency.