Forget the Ides of March.
Beware Mercury retrograde!
We are all smack dab in the middle of this cosmic force and it lasts through Nov. 20.
I know not everyone believes in astrology, but if you are being affected by this wonky planetary influence, you might start to.
Personally, I find it helpful to know that when all starts to go to hell in a handbasket that there's something to blame that's outside my control.
According to horoscopes.guru, this is the definition of Mercury retrograde:
“When Mercury is in retrograde, the usual channels of information are disrupted. It can mean that a piece of mail takes a circuitous route or goes missing. For some people, computer problems get out of hand even to the point where content or emails are lost.”
Imagine with all the ways we depend on technology, for everything from banking to general communications, and then imagine them all messed up for a month.
Mercury rules travel, communication and expression, so those areas of our lives are likely to become more stressful.
Case in point: I spent half a day trying to submit this blog to my editor. I have done it the same way for three years, but with Mercury retrograde, the system didn’t accept it, wouldn’t save the content and I ended up sending it three times.
Everything just goes a bit haywire.
Example No. 2:
I had my snow tire installation done. The dealership’s courtesy shuttle driver didn’t write my address down correctly, so I was effectively lost in the system for eight hours.
Example No. 3:
Twelve of my friends were locked for 45 minutes in a hotel elevator on the way to a Hallowe'en party. At least three people were claustraphobic. Imagine when the rescuers came and the doors opened and out paraded Snow White, The Evil Queen, Prince Charming, the Seven Dwarfs, an oversized baby and a drummer. You can’t make this stuff up. Nobody said the planets don’t have a sense of humour. If you want, you can blame OTIS (the guy whose name is on the elevator), but I prefer to think it was the result of orbital disturbances or one too many dwarfs.
Let’s put it this way. Everything will take longer. Calls won’t connect. You will spend endless hours trying to post things to Facebook. People might misunderstand the intention behind your emails. Your TV will act up.
While experts say there is no need to panic, they do advise avoiding signing contracts or booking travel until the planet straightens out, which will be Nov. 21.
OK, this just happened. I am typing along and, for no reason, the type changes to this baby font. Oh, I forgot to mention read all small print.
It is well known the moon affects people, so why not Mercury?
You do what you want and believe what you want, but I will be typing carefully and treading lightly until this is over.
