Mercury Retrograde - Deep Dive

It’s when: Mercury slows down in relation to Earth.

It means: anything electronic or communication-related is affected. Computers, laptop monitors, cell phones, anything electric or electronic, can break down all of a sudden. Even verbal communications aren’t safe from Mercury’s clutches. There can be misunderstandings and mix-ups. Your mouth and brain might be getting their signals crossed.

Mercury also rules transportation, so you can expect travel delays and glitches. Travel plans go wrong or fall apart. Cars, trucks, motorcycles, and bicycles tend to break down.

It lasts: roughly three weeks about three or four times a year. The timeframe before and after the retrograde lasts about one to two weeks. It’s called a shadow period.

It helps you by: making you realize that things need to be maintained and serviced. It’s the cosmos telling you that you can’t just expect to throw it together at the last minute. It makes you appreciate patience. Meh….

Your energy level is: not affected.

You may feel: frustrated, short-tempered, impatient, angry, at wits’ end.

 It may affect your: decision-making. You may not have all the information you need. You’ve offered to host your BFF’s party at your twenty-fifth-floor apartment, but during Mercury retrograde you find out that the elevator is shut down due to maintenance. You never got the landlord's warning letter. Classic.

Key words are: delay, mistakes, frustration, misunderstandings.

Sign: can be any. Mercury will always be connected to a zodiac sign. People who have that zodiac sign will feel its effects more than those who don’t. They’ll have a double whammy. Hrmpf..

It looks: normal. There’s no visible way to see it.