We get such a brief window of retrograde-free time, I’m telling you way in advance, so you can mark your calendar for the next New Moon, when we get a precious twenty-four hours that are retrograde-free. On Friday, February 28, it’s a New Moon, no personal planets are retrograde, and aspects between many of the planets are lovely. Usually we would say a moment like this is … [Read more...]
Loose lips and Mercury retrograde
Mid-April 2010: The planes were grounded, liquor was flowing, and Mercury was retrograde during the weeks that journalist Michael Hastings traveled with General McChrystal and dutifully recorded the comments that eventually got the General fired. Mercury retrograde is the sleeptime of the mental cycle, when travel plans are derailed (what was supposed to be a two-day meeting … [Read more...]
Mercury Retrograde Bomber
When Mercury goes retrograde, for three weeks every four months, communication and machinery break down, and the logical mind goes on vacation. The trickster gums up our thinking so that we find ourselves storing the butter in the dishwasher and dropping our checkbook in the trash. It's an aggravating time. But the next time we curse this tri-annual event, we should remember … [Read more...]
Crazy Dog Wisdom
Mercury stationed retrograde yesterday and my bank denied the personalized image I requested for my credit card (it seems I don't own the copyright to Botticelli's Birth of Venus...but oh, in my heart, I do!). I also got a parking ticket and my iPod stopped working. Part of me loves Mercury retrogade. It's the sleep time of the mental cycle when the busy analytical mind hands … [Read more...]
