I am not a superstitious person and I like to have some kind of “scientific proof” for popular beliefs. Most of the time. A number of years ago someone called the concept of “Mercury in Retrograde” to my attention and since then I have noted curious events.

When a planet is “in retrograde” it appears to be moving backwards. It first appears to stand still, then back up, stand still again and then move forward. The length of the retrograde depends on the planet’s orbit and for Mercury it is usually about twenty-two days.

Mercury is the messenger, the planet of communication, and during a retrograde the following are supposedly prone to being bolluxed up: communication, transportation, interactions, even simple workings of things. They say this is not the time to sign contracts, have surgery, get a medical diagnosis. Things get lost, misplaced, communication and interactions can be misconstrued. Mercury is said to rule the north and can create climactic changes.

But Mercury in a retrograde can also be positive: it can bring issues to the surface that have not been dealt with, bring people to communicate who need to or who have unresolved matters.

In 2011, the Mercury in Retrograde periods are:

Mercury turns retrograde March 30
Mercury turns direct April 23

Mercury turns retrograde August 2
Mercury turns direct August 26

Mercury turns retrograde November 23
Mercury turns direct December 13
Typically what I have noted are computer issues.

During this retrograde I have experienced the following:

• My desktop computer had booting issues
• My laptop began to freeze
• The mouse stopped working due to radio transmission problems
• My son’s laptop couldn’t install a program he needed for school
• My son’s laptop accepted an anti-virus program one day and said it expired the next
• The computer in my car went crazy and had to be re-calibrated
• On a recent trip so many road signs were missing we couldn’t find highways
• My refrigerator has a master computer; for several days it has giving error codes
• People send me emails and I don’t receive them
• We received other people’s mail
• While away, the fire alarm went off in the middle of the night at the hotel
• My cell phone went wonky: people can’t hear me
• My cat-sitter who has always been reliable, made a computer error and as a result no one showed up to take care of my pets for more than two days. (She is mortified and can’t understand how this happened!)
• While traveling last week we encountered freak lightening storms.
• Yesterday, there was an earthquake in Virginia that was felt all the way to Canada
• We are due to get a hurricane
• My “twitters” haven’t been going through for a few days
• waiters and waitresses can’t get an order right-happened twice
• fridge computer still wonky even after a technician worked on it

Here’s hoping that I can post this blog, and I wish us all well until Mercury goes direct!

 

reply carinadolce wrote on Aug 24, ’11 🙂 nice post, thank you )O(

reply butlerdidit2 wrote on Aug 24, ’11 I’m just grateful to know it will be over the 26th; I’d begun to feel this one would never end 🙁

reply greenwytch wrote on Aug 24, ’11 LOL, what a fun blog! thank you dear.  i hope things will improve for you.  XO

reply jadedruid wrote on Aug 24, ’11 You forgot to mention the world moved beneath your feet yesterday and Sunday we will get a visit from at least a tropical storm. Mercury better move out soon

reply aspenglow24 wrote on Aug 24, ’11 I enjoyed this post – and I think what you’ve noticed during these times is very interesting. I’ve had many of those lately, too.

reply astranavigo08 wrote on Aug 24, ’11 Sis, it’s all coincidence. (Now, why crap comes in batches, I’ll never know….)

reply shoppingdreams wrote on Aug 24, ’11 I hear ya.

reply sanssouciblogs wrote on Aug 24, ’11 I did mention it–see yu missed it, communication gets messed up=Mercury in Retrograde!! 🙂

reply sanssouciblogs wrote on Aug 24, ’11 astranavigo08 said Sis, it’s all coincidence. (Now, why crap comes in batches, I’ll never know….) Coincidence?? Ya think so??? Why did the brisket burn–huh? huh?? Why?? Just kidding. But I gotta tell ya bro of mine–it’s consistent!!! Computers go nuts EVERY TIME.

reply asolotraveler wrote on Aug 25, ’11 yeah yeah yeah… but, are you ‘regular?’

reply moniquemkk wrote on Aug 25, ’11 Now you need to count the number of those events taking place when it’s anterograde, or whatever they call it :-))

reply agnes128 wrote on Aug 27, ’11 Well, now almost 3 good months to look forward to ;-D

reply sanssouciblogs wrote on Aug 27, ’11 Aggie…I was just thinking that a waiter and waitress got our orders mixed up in tow restaurants.   Three months AFTER this hurricane!!!