posted October 07, 2008 04:16 AM         

First, so many friends of mine (including myself) have had ex boyfriends make contact with them and show interesting in "getting back together". My best friend is trying again with her husband...
What's that all about? ... and when mercury goes direct again, are we all going to be sobbing our hearts out because these guys are going to have a change of heart!!??

Emails: - almost everyone l know is having email problems... some friends have actually changed email accounts. What is so special about this RX that it is affecting so many? LOL

Strange, huh?

posted October 08, 2008 12:50 AM         

But I am feeling more clear headed and decisive than I have in months. I don't want to put all my eggs in an astrological basket.. but I am making BIG decisions.

These are decisions I have been contemplating for the past 4 months. Issues involving things such as:

1. Telling Mr. Non-Commital to either be with me or get out of my life. This is a 11 year thing, and I am SO OVER his indecision.

2. Leaving my job of 5 years where I have all the typical work perks, and I don't pay rent, utilities, food, gas, nothing. Yup, today it just clicked- it is TIME TO GO.

These are huge decisions- yet I am making them during a Merc Rx.

I am nuts, or is it just Uranus?

posted October 08, 2008 12:59 AM         

I think I can remain at this impasse for another week....

posted October 08, 2008 01:23 AM         

Backwards for me is confusion. Or it also feels like going backwards into my past.

posted October 09, 2008 10:50 AM         

It is the oddest mercury rx!!!

I just can't get to grips with it... the father of my youngest son wants me back... l said yes and then changed my mind

posted October 09, 2008 12:34 PM         

Funny, I was gonna write something on Mercury retro earlier today.

Just before it went retro on my 8th ruler (Mercury) a debt company just changed the script and started harassing me for what they need. Initially agreed to pay in small installments, but then they changed their mind! F$$$$$s!
Anyway, I told them I would pay it today, but that is not the case, something happened to make it not so. I paid most of it off and told them I will pay the last bit of it in two weeks time.....which just happens to be when Mercury is direct and returns to conjunct Mercury again.

posted October 09, 2008 12:51 PM         

Shame its the wrong virgos doing the opposite of what I'd prefer them to do lol

Please can I have my life back???

posted October 09, 2008 02:18 PM         

btw, no need to respond to that, Lara, as usual ... off topic and all.

posted October 09, 2008 08:03 PM         

before the RX, I made a huge life changing decision to get Mr. Non-Commital out of my life.

Then I decided to talk to him, get it over with...and then we talked again a week later.

He told me, yes, I will move away with you to a new city.

Now, after 4 days of telling him I really need to speak with him about plans, he says he is moving somewhere else.

WTF?

I am SO DONE WITH THIS!!!!

posted October 09, 2008 08:03 PM         

before the RX, I made a huge life changing decision to get Mr. Non-Commital out of my life.

Then I decided to talk to him, get it over with...and then we talked again a week later.

He told me, yes, I will move away with you to a new city.

Now, after 4 days of telling him I really need to speak with him about plans, he says he is moving somewhere else.

WTF?

I am SO DONE WITH THIS!!!!

posted October 09, 2008 10:16 PM         

Most people have heard of Mercury retrograde, but little is known about how to make best use of these misunderstood recurring periods. Since we have another of these retrogrades approaching in the near future, I thought I'd offer you some insights now so that you can get yourself positioned to take advantage of the coming retrograde period. Of course I'll also do my usual 3-part series in the next two weeks on what it means in general, what it means for each sign specifically, and how it relates to past Mercury retrograde themes.

There are a lot of myths, supposition, and confusion about Mercury retrograde, yet there are many things one can achieve during these periods that occur three times a year. It's a great time to examine the Cosmic Magician and figure out some things not evident when Mercury is direct in motion. I offer many insights into how we can use these times productively in my ground-breaking book, "A New Look At Mercury Retrograde," now out of print but soon to be republished on this site as an ebook.

Many want to act productively during these times but don’t know how, usually due to paralysis induced by indecision, ambivalence, or second-guessing. Actually, despite the superstition and fluff of most commercial astrological explanations about how to approach these times, they're really not so bad! Again, if you can find a copy of my book (there are a few out there) you can investigate more about this oft-recurring phenomenon and get major insights how best to use these times. Since it's so hard to find, I'll try to post some relevant sections over the next few weeks that will help you understand what's up when Mercury, or Hermes, "the guide of Souls," is slow in motion, which is really the meaning of a retrograde.

Briefly, it's a time to take a new look at information, insights, and perceptions, and rework interpretations to prepare for the four month period that follows a Mercury retrograde. Mercury goes back over ground it's just traversed, but during the retrograde there is an entirely new angle of view that presents itself so that some things previously unknown or unnoticed can be factored in for the future. There are curious returns that allow us to re-think some things, and find a new rhythm of coordinating our life affairs.

A little explanation here. All the planets go retrograde due to the way perception works from our angle of vision here on Earth. Planets obviously do not go backwards, but they do slow down and speed up in their orbits relative to the Sun, and this creates interesting perspectives here on Earth. A retrograde only appears to be going backwards, much like a slow train appears to be going backwards relative to an express train. Now the fact that motion changes is not what’s important here, unless you’re an astrophysicist. What is important to explore is how best to use these recurring periods for maximum effectiveness without being deflected or hindered by the superstition and mythology surrounding "Mercury retrograde." As I noted in the book,

"… retrograde periods offer us a chance to slow down certain parts of our life for closer examination, preparing for a change that inevitably occurs. This is part of a larger cyclic process of unfoldment when the planet speeds up again in forward motion. Life always speeds up again after a time of reflection, contemplation, and transitional change. One of the benefits of Mercury retrograde is that it provides the time for reflection, which can lead to revitalization after a symbolic fallow period….

Periods of reflection, meditation, and contemplation allow us to take a needed break from routine or inertia. Retrogrades are the natural time to do this. When we turn inward, our Soul connection assists our growth by allowing us to focus on that which we would not address if we were preoccupied with mundane affairs….

When a planet goes retrograde, the areas of life that it symbolizes need to be re-examined. It is metaphorically an in-breathing or dreaming, a retracing and reexamining of steps already traversed, digesting and assimilating previous experience…. This is a time when we can examine the effect that our personal subconscious and the Collective Unconscious has upon us…"

While it seems as though Mercury retrograde causes many things to malfunction and brings miscommunications and delays in its wake, actually no planet or its influence is good or bad unto itself. We are the ones who determine our "destiny," based on our choices, which shape our character. In that sense, "character is destiny," and so we have the responsibility to determine whether we will be active or passive in responding to life’s challenges. We have free will and no planet or star "makes" anything happen. They merely indicate the larger patterns we live within, and so by understanding these patterns and what they symbolize, we are in a position to be in harmony or disharmony with inner and outer "reality." This is the power of our individuality to rise above inertia, superstition, and belief systems that are obsolete, inadequate, or fear-based.

In any case, Mercury retrograde has been with us and will be with us for a long, long, time, as long as the planets have their present orbits around the Sun. So the more we learn about this recurring phenomenon, the more able we will be to take advantage of our ability not to get lost or bogged down by "Mercury retrograde." As one great astrologer once wrote, "Action speaks louder than suffering." By learning how to use Mercury retrograde periods wisely and consciously, even if our affairs are momentarily diverted in strange directions, coordinated in some unusual ways, or take some peculiar twists and turns, they will usually turn out for the best, whether you knew you were doing that or not. Often we get useful information and insights we overlooked before the retrograde, and these times help us factor in different pieces of our life's puzzles so we can operate more effectively after the retrograde period ends.

Sometimes it may seem like it's two steps forward, one to the side, one back, two to the side, and three forward. It's all okay, since it's showing you a different way to be guided to your truth and more effective way of being in the world. Often things don't turn out the way we suspect, but that can be as good as it can be difficult. Still, due to the different rhythm of events and perspectives that send things off on strange or unexpected tangents, it is always useful to get your affairs in order before the retrograde. Then while in the three week period and things are slowed down or seemingly moving in a different direction or even backwards, turn to whatever has been neglected and needs attention, finishing them up so that you can get on with new business when the retrograde ends.

posted October 10, 2008 12:58 PM         

Could anyone help give a little Merc Rx. advice?

If someone you know made a decision about something around the 24th of September and has stuck to it so far, is there any chance they may change their mind by the 15th of October?
Or at least that I will feel more content about this decision by the 15th?

Also, at my college we have to send off University applications by the 15th October... including a personal statement selling ourselves. Is this an unfavourable time to be doing something like this?!

posted October 10, 2008 01:57 PM         

a VERY nice scorpio who i spoke with about 18 months ago has just reappeared as if my magic. We were never an item, but we were attracted to each other. We are in touch by msn at the moment and after just finishing with M virgo I will not be searching out anything else for a good while. but still.... :-)

posted October 12, 2008 06:15 PM         

Set off to go on a trip... I got to the station where I realized, I had forgot my credit card at home and surprise surprise I was out of cash !!! Plus, after the money problem was solved, the station agent denied to give me a ticket for the next train!! So I had to go back to the center of the city , change bus, and take another means of transport to get to my destination !!!

posted October 12, 2008 07:56 PM         

The first week of Merc Rx: My computer at work crashed once and my printer went haywire 2 times in the same week.

Merc Rx is in Libra in my 11th house, so I've been re-evaluating a lot of my current friendships and finding that I'm growing away from a lot of the people I used to be close to. I'm not going to cut ties with anyone until after it goes direct and I'm SURE that it's what I want to be doing... But I do feel like it's time for me to get out some more and make some new friends.

Libra is ruled by Venus and my Venus also happens to be in Virgo, and so I've also been wanting to get back in contact with the last guy I dated, but I'm not going to. I know that this is just my opening old wounds and trying to figure out what to do better in the future.

So yeah... Merc Rxs are very variable for me. Either it seems like nothing happens, or A LOT happens in a small amount of time, and that's what's happening this time. I can tell we're getting to the end of it, because I'm actually feeling more settled about everything that I have in a little over a month. Yay for it ending!

posted October 13, 2008 07:59 PM         

Cause i will be having one booked to this wednesday at 10.30 am...i didnt remembered of the retro thing..hmmm