![]() ![]() But do expect a kind of course-correction after Mercury has gone direct. Relationships that start during Mercury Retrograde aren’t always doomed to failure.You can totally prepare for this talk in advance by writing out your own feelings – a bit of journaling might just help you to achieve an insight you’d ordinarily miss. Wait until you can look each other in the eye, see each other’s expressions, and hear each other’s vocal nuances, without having to read between the lines. ![]() If you simply must have that talk, and have it now, do yourself a favor and don’t do it by text or email. This is healthy not just because it’ll save you from having to explain yourself five times - but because you’ll understand your own mind better once Mercury is at his best pace. Try to avoid the most potent, emotionally fraught discussions until after Mercury has gone direct, if at all possible. Be extra clear, direct, forthright and honest when you’re confused. Don’t take it for granted that your partner knows you and knows what you really mean - assume he/she has no clue. Simply aim to be more careful about what you say and how you say it. You gently ask your partner to do something normal, like take out the garbage, and they hear, “You’re a horrible person!” The subtext of our conversations is mangled when Mercury is retrograde - we fail to say what we mean or to mean what we say.īut a practical fix is really all you need right now. Your partner says something totally innocuous, but you hear something accusatory. There are a few common communication snafus during retrograde - you say one thing and your partner hears another. However, even in-person exchanges are in Mercury’s crosshairs. It’s true that electronic communication - text messages, IMs, voicemails, emails and re-tweets - are likelier fodder for retrograde-esque chaos. Just as Mercury leaves that email hanging out in your outbox unsent, it can confuse your conversations with the lover next to you in the bed. When communication breaks down, everything breaks down. This change in our perception is powerful enough to have enormous consequences for our consciousness, and to set everything into a bit of chaos for the duration of the retrograde.īut what you may not know is how all of that can also affect your relationships. When Mercury is retrograde, it’s not really moving backwards - it’s just slowed down enough in its orbit to appear that way from our perspective on Earth. Just as Mercury leaves that email hanging out in your outbox unsent, it can confuse your conversations with the lover next to you in the bed.” ![]() “When communication breaks down, everything breaks down. It rules the way you think and process information - which is to say it rules everything. In astrology, Mercury is the planet in charge of travel, communication and the mind. As the planet closest to Earth, our relationship to Mercury is deep and direct. ![]() Genderless and winged, Mercury is known for its swiftness. Mercury, like the Greek Hermes, was considered by the Romans to be a messenger of the Gods. The truth is that it happens about three times a year (but in 2016, we’re getting four). Because retrogrades last about three weeks, with a 10-day “shadow” phase before and after, it might seem like we’re always starting or ending one. Sometimes it feels like Mercury is always in retrograde. ![]()
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