posted January 24, 2016 11:20 AM            

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?

posted January 24, 2016 11:30 AM            

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).

posted January 24, 2016 11:36 AM            

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.

posted January 24, 2016 12:04 PM            

But, one of my best friends had three exes contact her the other day, when Mercury RX was almost exactly opposing her Cancer Venus.

posted January 24, 2016 12:10 PM            

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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.

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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.

posted January 24, 2016 12:20 PM            

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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...

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posted January 24, 2016 01:20 PM            

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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.

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Too late then

posted January 24, 2016 02:51 PM            

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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.

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posted January 24, 2016 03:03 PM            

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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.

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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?

posted January 24, 2016 05:27 PM            

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.

posted January 24, 2016 05:57 PM            

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.

posted January 24, 2016 06:03 PM            

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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.

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posted January 24, 2016 11:40 PM            

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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?

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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...

posted January 24, 2016 11:57 PM            

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.