posted December 19, 2009 05:57 PM
http://jshawvan.homestead.com/mercrx2009.html The Mercury Retrograde of December 2009 and January 2010
Mercury enters its subsequent Front-end Shadow on December 9, 2009. It enters the Front-end Storm on December 22, and makes its retrograde station on December 26. It leaves the Front-End Storm on December 30, and continues retrograde into January of 2010. More details will follow in next year's article!
Summary
So now you know that the SNAFU's associated with Mercury Retrograde can and do occur while Mercury is direct, in particular during the Mercury Storm periods right around the stations. You also have the tools to identify these periods, as well as the Shadow Periods.
Good luck dealing with this stuff -- be careful, but have fun learning from your experiences, too!