Post by ADMIN on Aug 13, 2004 10:38:48 GMT -5
Yes, it' s that time again, when Mercury, planet of communication, technology, and energy flow is in retrograde. It stays this way until September 2nd. You can read my take on this particular Mercury retrograde plus check out all the goodies on my new website - just see the link below.
Meanwhile, I'd love for you to send me your Mercury retrograde stories. During Mercury retrograde times, there appear to be more communication glitches, computer problems, traffic jams, and general klutziness. Mishaps occur with greater frequency than normal. If you can keep a positive attitude about any delays, carry your umbrella with you for those unexpected thunderstorms, and just generally slow down throughout this period, you'll be just fine.
It's when you're tempted to join in other people's crankiness that you can get into trouble. Don't let anybody pollute you with their road rage. Just smile, say a prayer in their general direction, and go about your day.
Do any of these events sound familiar to you: Mechanical misfires? Verbal miscues? Items being broken, dropped, or spilled more than usual? Packages being misdirected to Outer Mongolia? A larger than usual percentage of ads appearing in your "in" box for erection-enhancing items?
These are all symptoms of Mercury being in retrograde. Don't worry if this stuff is happening to you. It's a global occurrence.
Here are a few of my own Mercury retrograde misfires, which just happened since Monday. (Mercury went into retrograde Monday evening, Eastern Standard Time.)
* Things keep jumping out at me from inside of the refridgerator and spilling themselves everywhere. I can't count how many rolls of paper towels I've had to go through so far, and it's only been a few days of retrograde!
* I'm tripping over my cats more than usual. (We have eight of them, so this isn't hard to do. But usually I'm pretty good at not stomping on their tails.)
* I gave somebody a door ding today when I was parking next to my favorite coffeehouse in a crowded lot. And, of course, it had to be a nice red Jaguar that received the door ding. Geesh! The well-manicured owner was there and just gave me a dirty look, thank goodness. I can't afford to finance the rebuffing of luxury vehicles at the moment.
* I was ordering some stuff online and the order just hung in the system, suspended somewhere in a dead zone between computers. When I called the customer service line to get a live person to check on what had happened, here was our exchange:
Me: "Hello, I'm calling to find out the status on my account."
Customer service woman: "Whaddya mean?"
Me: "I'm calling to find out the status on my account."
She: "Whaddya mean?"
Me: (Figuring that the third time's the charm.) "I'm calling to find out the status on my account. I placed an order, and I'm wondering if it went through."
She: (Heavy sigh) "Gimme yer user id."
I thought the "Whaddya mean?" was classic Mercury retrograde. Doesn't checking the status on an account qualify as a common customer service issue? I felt like I was imposing on the poor woman, like maybe she was in the middle of watching American Idol or something.
(For all I know, she probably was.)
I'm putting out a request for you to send me YOUR best Mercury retrograde stories. (C'mon. It's healthy to laugh through tears.) I find that people often feel isolated in their moments of klutziness, episodes of getting lost, or computer explosions. When they realize that these things are more likely to be happening to EVERYBODY right now, well, at least they realize that they have company.
Send your Mercury retrograde moments to me at:
editor@lipstickmystic.com
The worst, most excruciating Mercury retrograde story (or the funniest one) will win a free written tea leaf reading done by me, the Lipstick Mystic, and posted in a week or so at www.lipstickmystic.com.
Meanwhile, I'd love for you to send me your Mercury retrograde stories. During Mercury retrograde times, there appear to be more communication glitches, computer problems, traffic jams, and general klutziness. Mishaps occur with greater frequency than normal. If you can keep a positive attitude about any delays, carry your umbrella with you for those unexpected thunderstorms, and just generally slow down throughout this period, you'll be just fine.
It's when you're tempted to join in other people's crankiness that you can get into trouble. Don't let anybody pollute you with their road rage. Just smile, say a prayer in their general direction, and go about your day.
Do any of these events sound familiar to you: Mechanical misfires? Verbal miscues? Items being broken, dropped, or spilled more than usual? Packages being misdirected to Outer Mongolia? A larger than usual percentage of ads appearing in your "in" box for erection-enhancing items?
These are all symptoms of Mercury being in retrograde. Don't worry if this stuff is happening to you. It's a global occurrence.
Here are a few of my own Mercury retrograde misfires, which just happened since Monday. (Mercury went into retrograde Monday evening, Eastern Standard Time.)
* Things keep jumping out at me from inside of the refridgerator and spilling themselves everywhere. I can't count how many rolls of paper towels I've had to go through so far, and it's only been a few days of retrograde!
* I'm tripping over my cats more than usual. (We have eight of them, so this isn't hard to do. But usually I'm pretty good at not stomping on their tails.)
* I gave somebody a door ding today when I was parking next to my favorite coffeehouse in a crowded lot. And, of course, it had to be a nice red Jaguar that received the door ding. Geesh! The well-manicured owner was there and just gave me a dirty look, thank goodness. I can't afford to finance the rebuffing of luxury vehicles at the moment.
* I was ordering some stuff online and the order just hung in the system, suspended somewhere in a dead zone between computers. When I called the customer service line to get a live person to check on what had happened, here was our exchange:
Me: "Hello, I'm calling to find out the status on my account."
Customer service woman: "Whaddya mean?"
Me: "I'm calling to find out the status on my account."
She: "Whaddya mean?"
Me: (Figuring that the third time's the charm.) "I'm calling to find out the status on my account. I placed an order, and I'm wondering if it went through."
She: (Heavy sigh) "Gimme yer user id."
I thought the "Whaddya mean?" was classic Mercury retrograde. Doesn't checking the status on an account qualify as a common customer service issue? I felt like I was imposing on the poor woman, like maybe she was in the middle of watching American Idol or something.
(For all I know, she probably was.)
I'm putting out a request for you to send me YOUR best Mercury retrograde stories. (C'mon. It's healthy to laugh through tears.) I find that people often feel isolated in their moments of klutziness, episodes of getting lost, or computer explosions. When they realize that these things are more likely to be happening to EVERYBODY right now, well, at least they realize that they have company.
Send your Mercury retrograde moments to me at:
editor@lipstickmystic.com
The worst, most excruciating Mercury retrograde story (or the funniest one) will win a free written tea leaf reading done by me, the Lipstick Mystic, and posted in a week or so at www.lipstickmystic.com.
I have been tripping over things too and I asked myself what was wrong with me. All of a suuden I got clumpsy? I also have bumped my head twice...I had no idea Mercury had this influence on us.
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