About every 3 months, Mercury – the planet of communication, the intellect, the conscious mind – turns retrograde; it looks as if it’s moving backward relative to Earth. The retro lasts about 3 weeks. The last one of this year is in Libra and starts on September 27 at 1:10 am Eastern, and at 10:10 pm Pacific on September 26. It ends on October 18 at 11:17 am Eastern and 8:17 am Pacific.
Mercury governs both Gemini and Virgo, so these two signs may experience the retro more intensely. But we all have Mercury somewhere in our charts and are likely to experience communication snafus during these periods. These miscommunications span the spectrum from the absurd to the not amusing at all.
Here are some DOs and DON’Ts and MAYBES for these retros:
– Take nothing for granted. Clarify everything you say.
– Don’t buy a computer, car, or anything else with moving parts. You may regret it later.
– Revise, reconsider and rethink rather than starting or submitting something new.
– Double check appointments
– People you haven’t seen in a long time may suddenly reappear in your life
– Old issues may resurface
– Don’t sign contracts
– Try not to travel during a retro. But if you do, be flexible. Your itinerary and schedule are likely to change, especially now, with Covid regs so fluid.
Don’t buy plane or cruise tickets during a Mercury retro.
This list is just for starters. To find out how this Mercury retro may impact you, click here, the September forecast.
Perfect grand trine in air with the Moon, Mars and Saturn at 7 degrees. Mercury is positioned nowhere near it. The moon will break it off soon but at the moment you captured with that program of yours (it doesn’t show ANY retrograde planets), everything looks so perfect. Like a splash. Uranus is trying to throw Venus off balance. It has been a very weird day that is ending quite well. Have been tripping over UIOs (unidentified invisible objects) for a week.
UIO. Intriguing. What kind of objects?
I find myself tripping over something but when I look to see what it is, nothing is there. I am probably not able to properly manipulate with my feet. This happens not infrequently during Mercury retrogrades but the real culprit is Mars. The sun and Mercury both trine Mars in my natal chart. There’s a Sun/Mars conjunction in this chart. My feet aren’t all that bright by themselves when Mercury’s attention is elsewhere.
Sounds like my hands during a retro. Mercury in my 9th, Mars in my 7th.
I think it’s interesting that our feet and hands get spacey. It adds to the imbalance when the real shit happens.