Mercury in What??

Raise your hand if you have had some unusual experiences with your cell phones or computers the last few weeks, or any odd and possibly heated conversations seemingly out of the blue. Yep. I knew it. Me too. It was the end of Mercury in Retrograde about a week ago and the lingering effects are passing through.

It didn’t occur to me that we were in this cycle until a couple of days ago. Suddenly, I was having issues with my computer that seemed to come from nowhere and I was having a lot of “clearing the air” conversations. I realized that I had read a few weeks ago that we were nearing a retrograde cycle for Mercury.

“What does that mean?” you may be thinking. Well, to begin – because I like things to be thorough and concise in my explanations – you have to first understand that everything is connected. And, I mean everything. It is similar to the Butterfly Effect idea that the movement or positioning of one thing has an effect on its neighbors. This isn’t to say that if a butterfly flaps its wings, we have hurricanes in Mexico. It’s more like the causal nature of vibration.

Everything has a certain vibration to it – from rocks, the clothes we wear, and the stellar bodies in our solar system. Think of being next to a large speaker – the music is blaring, the bass is pumping and you can FEEL the vibration of the pulsing sound. That vibration effects you in some way or another – you may feel happy because you love the song, you may feel agitated because it reminds you of something in your past. One way or another, the vibration of that speaker is causing you to have a vibrational movement.

What does this have to do with Mercury? Everything ;) Mercury in mythology was the messenger of the gods. The vibration of the planet Mercury has everything to do with communication, technology, and the movement of energy. Communication isn’t necessarily just talking or corresponding – it is a flowing and movement of energy; a conversation between one space with another. The vibration and energy of Mercury helps keep all of those corresponding pathways clear. It is, actually, one of the most important cycles we as a whole go through.

A simple and good definition for the word retrograde is “moving, occurring, or performed in a backward direction”. When Mercury is in its retrograde cycle, it appears to be moving in a counter direction of its normal movement. The retrograde cycle itself generally lasts about 3 weeks with a about a week and a half after of adjusting to the ‘cleanse’.

A lot of people will experience issues with anything involving technology during this time. This can be your car, toaster, computer, cell phone – anything that is electronic. Business affairs tend to slow down while the purge is happening but can still happen. A lot of conversations that could be considered heated will happen during this time as well. It is just the vibration of Mercury pulling out all of the junk. What I mean by that is this – the Law of Attraction states that vibrations of an equal harmony and frequency will always be drawn together so long as the free will of the individual does not stand in the way of the magnetic pull. The vibration of Mercury in Retrograde resonates with anything that blocks the flow of communication. It is literally pulling out all of the junk blocking the flows on a global scale! When you think about it, it is really and truly epic.

So, the next time we are in a Mercury in Retrograde phase (and we will be), do your best to think of the benefits it will bring and that it is truly the way for the Universe to keep our flow free from blockages. The only thing we can do to keep it from being overly difficult is to think lovingly about the process and that it isn’t a bad thing – it is actually a very good thing! We can’t have lives full of joy and harmony when there is junk in the way. The pull of Mercury in Retrograde in a way does a lot of the work for us. We just have to be willing to allow it to work for us and fill the spaces it creates for us with love and, sometimes, nice new things.
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The drawing today is showing my helpful Brownies clearing my computer. We did a lot of work on it! I am so thankful we were able to work our way through it.