Reader and astrology blogger (MercuryRetrograde) hitchhiker72 asks:

“I wonder if anyone feels completely drained in the days just before Mercury goes retrograde? I am finding that as Mercury slows down just prior to retrograding, my batteries go completely flat. Where I’d ordinarily function quite well on 5 or 6 hours of sleep, suddenly 10, 11 or even 12 hours might not be enough.

The feeling is of a heaviness in the body, and having to literally peel myself off the bed, and the mind feels like it’s wading through quicksand. It only lasts for a few days and when Mercury retrogrades properly, I’m back to normal energy levels, trying to clean out my closets or whatever.”

hitchiker72 – personally I notice a bit of quickening right before Mercury turns retrograde, like a baby in my body, twitching. But I think this may be physical effect of scrambling ’round to get things done under the wire.

Anyone else?

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