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Topic: Wait...why aren't we supposed to contact people from our past during Mercury Rx?
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Violets Knowflake Posts: 5244 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted January 24, 2016 11:20 AM
What's the deal with that, anyway?The past week, I've contacted quite a number of people from my past, not to mention that my family and I are preparing to move back to my hometown in a few weeks. So...uh. Is that supposed to be a no-no? Please don't quote! IP: Logged |
Koniucha Knowflake Posts: 418 From: Registered: Jun 2014
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posted January 24, 2016 11:21 AM
I personally don't get it really. Mercury retrogrades so often, how can you not doo all of those things you aren't supposed during it.I also do have it RX natally. IP: Logged |
CosmiqPhuz Knowflake Posts: 496 From: Lititz, PA, USA Registered: Jan 2014
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posted January 24, 2016 11:23 AM
I have it natally too. I thought Mercury RX IS a good time to reach out to people from your past?IP: Logged |
Violets Knowflake Posts: 5244 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted January 24, 2016 11:30 AM
I dunno. I don't have it natally, but it seems like there's always some weird warning about contacting people out of the blue (which I've done with this transit, and others have done with me as well). Hmmmm... IP: Logged |
DopGang Knowflake Posts: 1840 From: Registered: Jun 2015
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posted January 24, 2016 11:31 AM
I think mercury retrograde calls for more caution, not avoidance. Take a little more time and/or a little more thought into decisions. Expect some hiccups along the way here or there. I've bought a phone and a car during mercury retrogrades gone by and really haven't had issues. A few minor things. So as far as people from the past. Nah, I wouldn't even worry unless you suspect that they could have any ill intent. Such as the recent stalker that I told you about. Still blows my mind. I think it's a time to make sure that you have your head in the game and you'll be ok. IP: Logged |
Violets Knowflake Posts: 5244 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted January 24, 2016 11:36 AM
Lol. Stalkers. Not good. Yeah, with Mercury and Pluto hanging out together during this transit, it's definitely been different! IP: Logged |
Cappi112 Knowflake Posts: 537 From: New York, New York, USA Registered: May 2015
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posted January 24, 2016 11:36 AM
No no, I don't believe the theory is that you should not contact ANYONE from your past - the caution is when you are contacting an ex lover from your past, and it actually makes perfect sense...Whenever mercury retrogrades, I get hit with this problem two-fold: I tend to question the relationship I am in and long for days before when I was single. And I am ALWAYS contacted by ex boyfriends. Always. I have never gotten through a merc rx without being contacted by one from my past. A few times, with one particular ex, I caved and got back together with him or hooked up with him during a mercury rx period. This happened a few times, honestly. We had a very back and forth relationship for a few years, and what happened was that once mercury went direct again, suddenly reality would come crashing in. We had one big reconciliation during a mercury Rx period after he had broken up with me to go be single and hookup with other girls. As soon as merc went retrograde, he reached out to me regretting the decision. We got back together. Then, the next year of our being back together was a mess of indecision. As soon as merc went direct right after we got back togehter, I noticed he seemed unsure again. He was waffling on being with me, confused about what he wanted out of life, etc. This drove me crazy for the next year until a final merc rx took place and we broke up. Another time, not long after that, we met at a party during merc rx, hooked up, and then it was ME who questioned it immediately once it went direct. I cut it off at that point, and we've never seen each other since (was the right decision). I don't believe I had any idea at the time how mercury was messing with us. He was a virgo, so it had a direct impact on him, and mercury is afflicted in my chart so it is always sensitive energy. So my motto for connecting with past people during merc rx: If it's an ex, avoid it. As soon as it goes direct it's likely that reality will hit. IP: Logged |
Violets Knowflake Posts: 5244 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted January 24, 2016 11:57 AM
^ Yikes. I hope that's not a reflection of the type of thing I'm talking about! My husband accepted a job offer in my hometown this Mercury RX, which we're very grateful for, and will be a new area of his field for him, an advancement.But I do have a love/hate relationship with my hometown... IP: Logged |
Faith Knowflake Posts: 15299 From: Bella's Hair Salon Registered: Jul 2011
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posted January 24, 2016 12:04 PM
I don't know why...But, one of my best friends had three exes contact her the other day, when Mercury RX was almost exactly opposing her Cancer Venus. Kinda strange... IP: Logged |
AmelieRose81 Knowflake Posts: 380 From: Registered: Nov 2013
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posted January 24, 2016 12:10 PM
quote: Originally posted by Cappi112: No no, I don't believe the theory is that you should not contact ANYONE from your past - the caution is when you are contacting an ex lover from your past, and it actually makes perfect sense...Whenever mercury retrogrades, I get hit with this problem two-fold: I tend to question the relationship I am in and long for days before when I was single. And I am ALWAYS contacted by ex boyfriends. Always. I have never gotten through a merc rx without being contacted by one from my past. A few times, with one particular ex, I caved and got back together with him or hooked up with him during a mercury rx period. This happened a few times, honestly. We had a very back and forth relationship for a few years, and what happened was that once mercury went direct again, suddenly reality would come crashing in. We had one big reconciliation during a mercury Rx period after he had broken up with me to go be single and hookup with other girls. As soon as merc went retrograde, he reached out to me regretting the decision. We got back together. Then, the next year of our being back together was a mess of indecision. As soon as merc went direct right after we got back togehter, I noticed he seemed unsure again. He was waffling on being with me, confused about what he wanted out of life, etc. This drove me crazy for the next year until a final merc rx took place and we broke up. Another time, not long after that, we met at a party during merc rx, hooked up, and then it was ME who questioned it immediately once it went direct. I cut it off at that point, and we've never seen each other since (was the right decision). I don't believe I had any idea at the time how mercury was messing with us. He was a virgo, so it had a direct impact on him, and mercury is afflicted in my chart so it is always sensitive energy. So my motto for connecting with past people during merc rx: If it's an ex, avoid it. As soon as it goes direct it's likely that reality will hit.
Ive been in touch with an ex a few times in Merc Rx. He usually comes back or we are on again. This time last year merc was retrograde and we started seeing each other more regularly. Then he ended it again. I had hoped to hear from him this retrograde but alas IP: Logged |
AmelieRose81 Knowflake Posts: 380 From: Registered: Nov 2013
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posted January 24, 2016 12:20 PM
quote: Originally posted by Faith: I don't know why...But, one of my best friends had three exes contact her the other day, when Mercury RX was almost exactly opposing her Cancer Venus. Kinda strange...
How long have I got left on retro? Maybe he will get in touch? IP: Logged |
Cappi112 Knowflake Posts: 537 From: New York, New York, USA Registered: May 2015
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posted January 24, 2016 12:22 PM
Even if he does get in touch, it would just end again if that's been the pattern - no matter how powerful the astrological influences, they cannot fix what's wrong between you. Only time and evolution can.Tomorrow is the end of the merc rx period. IP: Logged |
AmelieRose81 Knowflake Posts: 380 From: Registered: Nov 2013
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posted January 24, 2016 01:20 PM
quote: Originally posted by Cappi112: Even if he does get in touch, it would just end again if that's been the pattern - no matter how powerful the astrological influences, they cannot fix what's wrong between you. Only time and evolution can.Tomorrow is the end of the merc rx period.
Too late then The pattern is he doesnt try with me. Just uses me between relationships. Why doesnt he want to get to know me?
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Violets Knowflake Posts: 5244 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted January 24, 2016 01:34 PM
A funny thing happened this morning, too. I had literally just been thinking about a girl I had gone to junior high/high school with, and haven't seen or spoken to in about twenty years. She contacted me today, out of the blue. IP: Logged |
Belage Knowflake Posts: 2013 From: USA Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 24, 2016 02:47 PM
I am not sure where you folks got that advice of not contacting people from the past during Mercury Rx. Because actually it is the opposite. Mercury Rx is a GOOD TIME to contact people from the past. Mercury Rx is a good time to go over one's past, over one's tracks. A good time to re-do things, re-visit things and people. IP: Logged |
AmelieRose81 Knowflake Posts: 380 From: Registered: Nov 2013
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posted January 24, 2016 02:51 PM
quote: Originally posted by Belage: I am not sure where you folks got that advice of not contacting people from the past during Mercury Rx. Because actually it is the opposite. Mercury Rx is a GOOD TIME to contact people from the past. Mercury Rx is a good time to go over one's past, over one's tracks. A good time to re-do things, re-visit things and people.
Maybe I shoulda contatced him then? IP: Logged |
Violets Knowflake Posts: 5244 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted January 24, 2016 03:03 PM
quote: Originally posted by Belage: I am not sure where you folks got that advice of not contacting people from the past during Mercury Rx. Because actually it is the opposite. Mercury Rx is a GOOD TIME to contact people from the past. Mercury Rx is a good time to go over one's past, over one's tracks. A good time to re-do things, re-visit things and people.
Lol. I got my advice from Cosmopolitan magazine. No, not really. I've seen it posted on numerous sites and forums. Out of curiosity, why do you say that it's a GOOD TIME to contact people from the past? It seems like a natural inclination, but why is it necessarily a productive inclination to follow? IP: Logged |
unforgiven_soul Knowflake Posts: 628 From: Registered: Feb 2013
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posted January 24, 2016 05:23 PM
I'm not afraid of contacting people or people coming to me in a Rx. It all depends on the transits and on which sign it is and how it reflects on the chart. Rx Mercury is always a good chance to stop and think and contact. After Rx you can get all the action. But no need for us to be afraid for everything because of astrology.IP: Logged |
Kannon McAfee Knowflake Posts: 1221 From: Portland, OR - USA Registered: Oct 2011
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posted January 24, 2016 05:27 PM
Violets,Not sure who you've been talking to or reading, but your question posits the opposite of the known dynamic of Mercury-Rx. ALL Retrogrades involve some inner and/or outer backtracking. This is a distortion of the usual linear perception that we are moving forward as a body leaving point A for point B. So we 'backtrack' only in our (limited) perception. What we are doing is picking up on a still active relational or karmic dynamic. Think of riding in a car when you look over and see another car traveling slightly faster in the adjacent lane. It was not until you looked that you had the sensation of 'backward' motion relative to another moving body. Retrogrades highlight relations, relativity, sometimes a sensation of falling behind. ALL Retrogrades remind us of the relativity of all particulars within the whole. ------------------ The Declinations Guy Modern professional astrology & rectification IP: Logged |
Violets Knowflake Posts: 5244 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted January 24, 2016 05:57 PM
Hi Kannon.I should clarify that I've seen this mentioned here on LL, as well as on other astrology pages (Mystic Medusa comes to mind, which I enjoy enough to read fairly often). Perhaps I have misunderstood the meaning behind it, as it definitely makes sense to avoid contacting ex lovers, flames, etc.
If that doesn't apply to generally revisiting the past on a permanent level, that's a nice thing to know. I think some of the responses here have been pretty decent in explaining the misconception. Not necessarily to avoid entirely, just perhaps avoid exes, and to exercise caution around documents, legal agreements, etc. IP: Logged |
Violets Knowflake Posts: 5244 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted January 24, 2016 06:03 PM
quote: Originally posted by DopGang: I think mercury retrograde calls for more caution, not avoidance. Take a little more time and/or a little more thought into decisions. Expect some hiccups along the way here or there. I've bought a phone and a car during mercury retrogrades gone by and really haven't had issues. A few minor things. So as far as people from the past. Nah, I wouldn't even worry unless you suspect that they could have any ill intent. I think it's a time to make sure that you have your head in the game and you'll be ok.
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So my motto for connecting with past people during merc rx: If it's an ex, avoid it. As soon as it goes direct it's likely that reality will hit.
Both of these make sense to me.
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Violets Knowflake Posts: 5244 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted January 24, 2016 06:33 PM
Anyhoo, I guess I'll get ready for the move by watching Pretty in Pink, or Footloose. IP: Logged |
Belage Knowflake Posts: 2013 From: USA Registered: Apr 2009
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posted January 24, 2016 11:40 PM
quote: Originally posted by Violets: Lol. I got my advice from Cosmopolitan magazine. No, not really. I've seen it posted on numerous sites and forums.Out of curiosity, why do you say that it's a GOOD TIME to contact people from the past? It seems like a natural inclination, but why is it necessarily a productive inclination to follow?
Kannon has saved me many keystokes. I will just add that mercury is the planet of communication. As it is "going back", getting in contact with people or revisiting places from the past is in harmony with the movement of this planet. It doesn't mean that those people we contact or things we revisit will be with us forever, but it gives us an opportunity to re-view, re-valuate, re-lease,and sometimes, re-connect for good. Anyway, Mercury is set to turn direct tomorrow... IP: Logged |
cchampliss2 Knowflake Posts: 384 From: Registered: Jul 2014
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posted January 24, 2016 11:51 PM
So if a past love gets in contact with you or vice versa, and you make plans to connect during Mercury rx for some closure, but they fall through, shall we try again after the retrograde or no?Obviously this is a personal question. IP: Logged |
Violets Knowflake Posts: 5244 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted January 24, 2016 11:57 PM
Edit. Oops, I just saw your post, Cchampliss. This wasn't meant as an attempt at an answer. The general idea that I seem to have gotten is that the connections will probably not last, so perhaps the caution is to not expect as much? That would make sense. I know that I have personally had the inclination to check up on people I've dated in the past, where there is still a lack of resolution (to my Pluto/Venus way of thinking), but to do that would absolutely be a terrible idea. Getting in touch with friends seems fairly harmless, but I'm likewise suspicious that the bridges formed may not last, and that it's only a temporary thing (so really, why bother?). Mildly concerned about making decisions about moving to a place from my past, but that was sort of in the hands of the Universe, so to speak. So, while I do understand the natural inclination, I'm still not convinced that it's ideal to act on said inclination. Oh well. I'll read up a bit more on this, as I've never really considered it until now, I've mostly concerned myself with making sure I read the fine print during Mercury Rx. IP: Logged |