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Is Mercury in Retrograde?
I swear I’m not as fruity as I’m about to come across, but I also swear to you that I go through these periods where I cannot say the right thing to save my life and (because my mother is really, really into this sort of thing) I can’t help but think to myself, “Is Mercury in retrograde?” And… it is.
Three of my most dearly beloveds are going through some crap right now — all work-related crap, oddly enough — and though I think for at least two of my three beloveds, I’m usually a pretty good person to talk to about this sort of thing, I’m clearly not right now. In two instances, I’ve clearly stepped in it. In the third, I’ve avoided saying anything since the initial phone call, as I’m certain I would have made things worse. (Do you know this about me? I have the bedside manner of Dr. Spock. I always mean to be helpful, but apparently the whole, “what would I want someone to say to me in this same situation” tact isn’t a universally clever approach.)
Anyway, the good news for the fruity is that the Mercury thing ends tomorrow and I ought to be entirely returned to my charming and helpful self by November 23rd. Mark your calendars.
But see, that’s why I’m friends with you.
You are clearly mad and I say thank god.
It explains a lot. I investigated a fatality today. The second one in a week.
Like Phil said…that’s why we all love one another, because we realize we are not alone in our foibles. Faults love company.
If tomorrow is to be a better day, I’m riding the bike to work. I need the mental floss.
I feel a bit off myself the past few days… thought it was just getting this awful cold out of my system. Or that mercury thing.
Working on ravelry… Slow but hopefully steady.
One of the tricks of my trade that helps me sometimes is reflection, where you hear the other person’s lament or complaint and reflect it back to them. Thusly they say: “I hate my god damn job!” and you rephrase and reflect: “It sounds like your job is giving you a lot of stress. Would you like to talk about it?”
There is some ridiculous drama percolating through one of my friend-groups even as I type this, probably, and while I don’t think I believe in Mercury-retrograde madness, the timing is undeniably spooky.
There is one horoscope that always freaks me out when I read it, from astrologyzone.com. I have tried not to read it, but it lures me! When mercury was in retrograde, it said don’t move ahead with anything, because it will be like walking through quicksand, Sure enough. Then it said, that my career would be going gangbusters as of the 20th or so of Nov. So, new job on the 20th of Nov.
“undeniably spooky” – indeed… but that keeps it interesting?