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liquid_language
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posted August 16, 2005 08:16 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi all,

Today, the current Mercury Retrograde period ends. Mercury rules communications and travel, which are important factors in our modern-day lives.

From my observations, the major influence this time seems to have been on air travel.

Last weekend, there was major disruption at Heathrow airport in London when flight catering workers were sacked over something trivial. A small 'wildcat' strike esacalated into a full-blown walkout of British Airways' baggage handlers. This affected several airlines' passengers, which use the British Airways facilities. Things are only now returning to normal.

This week, there was the tragic aeroplane crash in Greece, which killed over a hundred people. It is currently thought to have been caused by explosive decompression at altitude.

I heard this morning about two more aircraft crashes. One was a military helicopter in Afghanistan; the other a passenger aeroplane in Venezuela. Obviously we can't blame these events solely on Mercury, but i suppose the astrological conditions would increase any chance of these things happening.

I've noted postal disputes, a telephone maintainance dispute, travel delays, a bus strike and miscommunications during previous Mercury Retrogrades.

There was a local dispute recently, but that was bfore the retro period - 23rd of July - began.

My question is this: Does anyone on this board know of a properly conducted academic study concerning these types of occurances during Mercury Retrograde periods?

Also, have you been affected by any communication and travel disruption in the past three weeks? My own experiences include narrowly-missed busses, reformatting my computer's hard-drive twice and replacing it's floppy disc drive. That's pretty trivial really!

A proper scientific study would involve the monitoring of travel and communications disruptions, say postal disputes or plane crashes over a long period, say a year. noting the dates and times (if possible) of incidents and checking whether they fall within these periods.

If the astrologers are corect, such a study *should* detect any increase in major disruptions to travel and communication systems during these periods.

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astro junkie
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posted August 17, 2005 01:40 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Astrology Noel Tyl has a nice site which is updated regularly, and also has a message board. They are more into serious studies, and if you go into the message boards, they have a more formal protocol when participating. (More formal than here).

There's an archive of bunches of articles too. See if you find anything, and let us know.

www.noeltyl.com

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amisha121877
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posted August 17, 2005 02:14 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
not to detrach from the purpose of the post but did anyone else find the air tragedies to be Langolierish?

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astro junkie
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posted August 17, 2005 02:25 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
www.imdb.com/title/tt0112040/

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amisha121877
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posted August 17, 2005 02:53 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
p.s. thanks astro, i'm reading over it - sidebar, a coworker referred me to imdb yesterday since he knows i'm an up and coming movie-niesta. so many coincidences lately. the veil thinneth.

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liquid_language
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posted August 17, 2005 07:55 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks for the link and reply, Astro. I'll take a look. :-)

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