posted September 24, 2008 12:43 AM         

I feel anxious. Planning a trip like this during a Merc Rx gives me this feeling of impending doom. I'm trying to not be as enthusiastic about this trip because I dunno... what if something happens like I can't get a visa because of some stupid rule that I am unaware of or... something silly as that?

Who knows. I'm being paranoid... or ... anxious. And I feel like my inner gemini-ness just can't take the chaos that my cancer paranoid imagination is manifesting. I need details, I need a plan, I need my boss to call me ASAP so I know what to do next!

posted September 24, 2008 12:51 AM         

I know there is a lot of paperwork to process, but you just have to trust that things will go well. Make sure you are blunt (though not rude) in your communications with others. Speak in a way that is clear and concise.

I've planned trips and even gave speeches during Mercury retrogrades and nothing went wrong. The key is to be prepared and it sounds like you've done a lot of preparation, so there's nothing to worry about.

posted September 24, 2008 05:56 PM         

its sitting in my 7th H BANG OPPOSITE MY moon/venus/saturn/nn stellium LOL

posted September 24, 2008 06:53 PM         

And I was astonished: It is moving forward/backward/forward between my own Name-asteroid - and my Sun/Moon-Midpoint! No wonder, that instinctively I take this "personal", even in advance! ;-)

It will mainly run through my 11th house during this forward-backward-forward-phase. Mercury came to a stop now at 22° Libra - which is one degree before my own name-asteroid in my natal chart - so, it might be, that first I have to re-think some things in my communication with my surroundings/friends, before I can gather a (maybe new?) understanding of myself?

In fact, Mercury's turning point, where it will stop its retro-movement and move forward again in Octobre, is at 7° Libra - very close to my Sun/Moon-Midpoint (at 8° Libra) - so it will cross my most personal chartpoint 3 times in a row!

Here are some more natal chart-points of mine that will be touched by Mercury again- chronicologically in "backwards" motion Mercury will conjunct
- my Cupido ("self love")
- my Poseidon
- Sun/Eros-Midpoint
- Venus/AS-Midpoint
- asteroid "Lovejoy"
- asteroid "Indulgentia"
- asteroid "Adonis"
- asetroid "Tristan"
- asteroid "Eurydike"
- Moon/Mars-Midpoint
- Sun/Moon-Midpoint
... and then foreward again, from downwards to upwards.

posted September 25, 2008 01:54 PM         

I finally got an e-mail from my boss' secretary... the power is out at their office. i found out that i only needed to print one copy of my contract to send to the education office in seoul. for some reason, my boss told me to print 3 (one for the office, one for the school, one for myself). the contact is 30 pages long. i killed a tree and a half.

posted September 25, 2008 02:41 PM         

Why feelings with Mercury? Well, he is ruling my 7th house, maybe that might be a reason.

And Mercury will transit my 10th house (11th in equal system), the placement on 22° Libra is square my Sun-Moon-midpoint, conjunct my Sappho and opposite my Chiron.

7° Libra will be exactly between my MC-Pluto-conjunction and square my Venus. *sighs*

posted September 25, 2008 05:04 PM         

I walked out of my house this morning and the moment I slammed the door shut, I realized that I locked myself out of the house without my house keys, my train pass, and my office ID card (the new "9/11 security pass" for my job). I missed my first train while trying to break into my house without setting off the alarm. I'm happy and sad to say I couldn't get in. LOOLL!!!

Lucky for me I had cash so I could walk to a different train station, get some coffee and get to work a half hour late. Before I left my backyard, I took out my new iPod Touch and walked to a spot where I knew my WiFi would reach the iPod. I checked with Astro.com to see if Mercury was retrograde and BINGO!! I try to laugh through Mercury Retrograde. Knowing that it's going to happen and that people will make funny communication errors kind of floats my boat in a weird way.

Just before I went to lunch this afternoon, the computer IT guy comes into my office and announces that he's installing a new computer for me. So far it seems to be working just fine. It's a nice wide screen and all my files seem to still be here.

Please pray that I'll get home alright, which reminds me, I better call my roommate to make sure he'll be home when I get there.

Happy Mercury Retrograde,

Gcocosmei Vlneitaen

posted September 29, 2008 09:25 AM         

1) My digi-cam broke last Friday - not repairable - must buy a new one - grrrr.

2) My computer-printer also doesn't work anymore!!! It came down yesterday - grrrrr....! I need it for my work, urgently - must buy a new printer as well!!! (expansive ... with that digi-cam and all...)

3) THE HARDEST PART: A company which I had worked for in summer just sent way too much money to my bank account! Say ... we spoke about 3.000 $ that they wanted to pay for my work ... but ... they made a computer-mistake and sent me almost the double amount!!! SO MUCH MONEY!!!

This was a tough one for me to deal with ... Should I be honest - and return the money that they had over-payed? Or just ... keep silent, take the money and run???? ;-)

I decided to be "almost honest" and wrote them an e-mail, immediately ... not talking about the exact amount of money, but alluding that there might be "something wrong" ... (In secret, I was hoping that they wouldn't see throught their mistake, haha.)

Well ... but after my hint they got it - unfortunately!!! So I have to give them some money back. So much money on my bank account - and I have to give it away again!!!

Now: Is THAT Mercury going retro ("going crazy") or what??? ;-)