Chill Out on the Mercury Retro Madness!

“Fire and brimstone coming down from the sky! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes! The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats, living together! Mass hysteria!“

The above quote is either the Ghostbusters talking about Gozer the Gozarian or someone on my facebook feed talking about the recent mercury retrograde. I cannot tell which anymore.

I had a pretty bad day the other day. Lots of communications breakdowns, that kind of thing. It happened to be the last day of the recent Mercury retrograde period, which prompted TWO friends of mine to harp on me for not putting a tremendous amount of stock into Mercury retrogrades and things like that.

Here is the thing. Yesterday was pretty awful as well. No Mercury Retro. Both days however had me experiencing less sleep than normal because of a project I am working on. My wife is also being treated with steroids for an ear problem. The combo of all that, with two toddlers and a recent hurricane tends to be a good recipe for at least a squabble or two, don’t you think?

Now, do I DISBELIEVE the effects of Mercury retro and other astrological events like this? No, I believe that they are an influence. At times they are a potent influence. They are however just an influence.

There is just one problem: the influence that Mercury retro has is being magnified in recent years.

How is it magified? It is magified by everyone being freaked the fuck out and paranoid by Mercury retrogrades. If my facebook feed is any indication, even non-magical people have gotten bit by the Mercury retro bug and blame EVERYTHING that goes wrong during one, on it. The amount of people who have no occult interest that were worried about the election being effected by Mercury retrograde was just astounding!

Oh yeah, what a fiasco that election was right? No? We had a clear winner by 11:30 and a concession by 1am? Oh, well never mind.

Anyway, in my estimation the amount of damage caused by the psychic influence is MUCH greater than the actual influence of the retrograde itself. Its similar to a company that has a problem: the influence of buzz and paranoia in the market is often way harsher on the share price than whatever the actual problem is.

So please, can we all just chill out when the next retrograde hits? Invoke Mercury, ask him to balance it out for you and get on with life. Trust me, you CAN accomplish things.

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Hanshishiro

“Trust me, you CAN accomplish things.”
Agreed.

Andrew Watt

Not only can you accomplish things during Mercury retrograde, but you can also use the energies of the retrograde to consolidate business plans, build extra credibility by being extra-clear on communication, and being careful to explain EXACTLY what you want.

Karen Richardson

Absolutely agreed. Like everything: it is what you make it. It’s a great opportunity to focus on communication when one knows there may be challenges, and become better at it overall.

ConjureMan Ali

Great post, Jason. This is the best attitude to have about retrogrades. Shifts in the astrological “weather” should be treated like the tide. Learn to ride it, not fear it, or panic.

Sara

Amen!!

John Barghest

I totally agree with your sentiments; however, despite you writing that there was no Merc Retro yesterday, Mercury Retrograde was and is still on until next week.. I’ll blame that typo on the subject at hand. lol 😉

elle

Yeah. It’s still on. Until Monday.

Personally I can attest that my life sucks when my ruling planet goes retro. And I mean, historically. Money flow stops, people derive idiotic things from what I say, etc. Enemies are made..

Most astrology sources will tell you that it’s good to “re-____” just about anything during this time. Yeah. Or, put something out there and watch it swirl around in a tornado until it lands in some foreign place. Fun fun! Say or do something, watch it whirl… and see what comes of it when it settles. Good for chaos if chaos is needed.

runeworker

My life becomes easier during Mercury retro, so I never understand why people freak out. From an astrological perspective, I think the essential dignity of the planet has more influence then an accidental dignity like a retrograde. It also makes me wonder why they don’t get all worried when other planets are retrograde, like Jupiter is right now until the January 30 of next year.

Andrew Watt

I actually made a condition oil when Jupiter was well-dignified a year-ish ago, and have been getting good results adding it to things that need Jupiter energy in them.

My lady was a little annoyed at me for doing what she said was “fear-based magic” but I think I helped re-frame it for her this way: Every so often you have a friend, a good friend, who has serious mood swings. When they’re in a good mood, you can make them a present specifically to help them remember their good mood days on bad-mood days. It’s a way to deepen the friendship and keep it going even when they’re in a rough patch.

Anna Greenflame

Thank you. I have felt this way for a while. I never had any problems at all during any Mercury retrograde periods until the past year. In fact, for several years I noticed that things seemed to hum along a bit better than usual. I always kind of attributed it to having Merc retro natally, with no real science behind that, only a gut feeling.

Only in the past year did I start to see issues, and I’m not convinced the retrograde period was a major factor. I’m convinced a lot of the issues people have is because of the increasing hysteria surrounding Mercury retrograde periods – which of course are no longer limited to the actual retrograde period because of the “shadow” periods preceding it and following it.

Kebechet

I’ve actually had no serious problems this retrograde at all. I balanced things out in my life before it hit, set a lot of things in motion, and suddenly I’m getting hit with job offers, making lots of money in a short period of time, and having a great time traveling and visiting friends for the holidays without a hitch 🙂

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Chill Out on the Mercury Retro Madness!

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