Retrograde Venus plus Retrograde Mercury in the 12th House equals “Stop Texting Me!”
Real Conversation
“Look at this composite chart between me and this dude.”
“I’m not at my computer.”
“Oh… … …”
“Dammit, ok, hold on…”
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Retrograde Planets: How Does That Work? by Satori
“Man plans, God Laughs.”
–Yiddish proverb
Mercury is currently retrograde and Venus is “fixin’ to go” in October. Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Chiron are retrograde now as well. As most of us know, planets don’t actually move backward, they just appear to do so from our fixed perspective here on earth. Explanations of the mechanics of a thing are interesting but insights on the net effect are generally more useful.
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Are We Doomed Because Our First Date Took Place With Mercury Retrograde?
Astrology in real life
Is a relationship doomed if Mercury is retrograde on the first date?
Worried
Absolutely not. Your dinner reservation might get messed up but that’s about it. Someone is 10 minutes late, the other person deals with it well and you’re off and running on a great date.
Nothing and no one is ever “doomed” via their chart or a planetary configuration in the sky. If an astrologer tells you otherwise – run!
You don’t need perfect conditions to fall in love. In fact the opposite is more conducive so go on your date and enjoy!
Mercury Station in Virgo, Turning Retrograde – Hindsight Is 20/20
Astrology in real life
All my life I have heard the phrase, hindsight is 20/20. I thought I knew what it meant right up until this week.
Sure it’s hard to comprehend something when you are in the midst of it, especially when it is stressful. Sure it’s hard to to comprehend “forest” when you’re up close to a tree but never, ever in my life have I seen such clarity when it comes to information.
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Mercury Retrograde: One Week To Go – How Are You Faring?
My eye on the sky
This Mercury retrograde period ends in a week and has seemed super slow and concentrated to me. Communications have been heavy, delayed or about delay as in, “I am going to be slow responding.”
It’s a feeling of not being able to process very quickly or even if the mind can get there, the fingers (or the mouth) are lagging.
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Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn: How Are You Faring?
My eye on the sky
We’re about halfway through Mercury’s retrograde period and it’s been very noticeable to me. Typically I have no problems writing the blog with Mercury Rx but this period has been a true strain and I chock it up to the Capricorn factor.
Usually it’s just a jumble and a do over here or there but with Mercury Rx in Capricorn, there has been an abundance of caution around what I say or don’t say. I’ve had to exercise restraint, take down posts, delete my comments and all of this is very unusual.
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Transit Watch: Mercury Retrograde In Capricorn: December 26, 2009
My eye on the sky
Mercury goes retrograde the day after Christmas. You’ll hear a lot about returns and snarled traffic, I thought I’d offer another angle.
Since Mercury has entered Capricorn I have seen my writing become very structured. I have started a newsletters for clients which incorporates writing (Mercury) into business (Capricorn) and requires I discipline my thinking to create something that falls into a specified format.
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Pluto Direct Square Mercury Retrograde – Discovery
Astrology in real life
I feel frustrated over my inability to communicate my thoughts that have formed due accessing my deep emotion. I have made four attempts with four different people and can see I may as well be speaking French or Pig Latin or gibberish or something because no one seems to know what I’m talking about. They just don’t grasp the depth of what I am saying and as a consequence I fall deeper in.
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Transit Watch: Heads Up – Mercury Retrograde, Sept 7, 2009 – Direct Sept 29, 2009
My eye on the sky
Typically I come on here and tell people not to worry about Mercury retrograde but this period is particularly fraught. Notice I said “fraught” not “fraught with danger” and that statement right there reflects this energy in that is very assertive and controlling. Also note I don’t ascribe negative judgment to either of those words, this just is.
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Open Question: Mercury Retrograde – What Are We Supposed To Get Out Of This?
Ask the collective
Dear Elsa,
I get that Mercury retrograde throws a wrench in Mercury-esque things (communication, travel, technology, and whatnot) up. But what is the POINT of it? What do we get out of it?
So, for example, these people we haven’t seen in a long time resurface. Is there a meaning to it? Is this a chance to heal some wrong or review a lesson we missed in the past? And what about network outages and planes that have to turn around because of glass from a broken window that got in the engine (this happened the other day to a flight in Texas) … is Mercury retrograde just a
time where gremlins get in the gears or is there some benefit?
I guess I’m just trying to understand what it’s time to celebrate and DO during Mercury retrograde, as opposed to focusing on fear of little annoyances and of being required to sign any contracts, etc.
Wondering
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