In the past whiles I've limited my ramblings to mainly live performances (most often with a margarita in hand). Recently, I've felt the need to get back to typing it out and expressing myself with only the gentle clacking of my fingers on the keyboard.
That being said! Mercury is in retrograde! (findyourfate.com has a color-coded calendar that I recommend. The retrograde days are marked in OH SHIT red so you can prepare to pee your pants in uncomfortable silence in advance.) What the hell am I or anyone else thinking by re-starting or beginning anew in ANY pursuit related to communication of any sort?
I've perhaps jumped ahead a little. The planet Mercury is the ruler of Gemini and represents communication, messages from far away, technology and swift energy that rides along the surface of an idea never quite plunging into the dark depths of understanding but creating enough buzz and confidence to assure a certain type of competence to an observer.
A retrograde occurs when a planet appears to move backwards across the sky from Earth. Other planets go through a similar transition but the one that gets the most press is Mercury. Why?
Our society relies on very sophisticated technology to communicate. People constantly use computers, smart phones, watch television received by satellite. It's so fast and works so consistently well that if we were to describe it to someone from merely a century back (Tesla excluded) they would have thought we would have a promising career in science fiction or as a professional mental patient. Since almost all work and a lot of our leisure time relies on the use of technology Mercurial influences matter a great deal. As you know when you think of "retro" you think of the past, neon mesh, hideous bell-bottoms, other things that "seemed like a good idea at the time perhaps.
When Mercury goes retrograde and moonwalks across the sky the lines of communication.
(figuratively and literally) flicker causing havoc in the realms of technology and all kinds of movement of ideas verbal and otherwise. Conversations with your boyfriend turn into staring contests and "Um..." wars. Your computer, which may already seem slow decides to switch doctors and up their klonopin prescription causing it to freeze. Not that you have anything to really type anyway. If your computer made it through the haze you'd still be hypnotized by your blinking cursor, just sitting right there after "To Whom it may concern," wondering what the ever-lasting fuck you're supposed to say to get the attention of the person reading your cover-letter.
That being said! Mercury is in retrograde! (findyourfate.com has a color-coded calendar that I recommend. The retrograde days are marked in OH SHIT red so you can prepare to pee your pants in uncomfortable silence in advance.) What the hell am I or anyone else thinking by re-starting or beginning anew in ANY pursuit related to communication of any sort?
I've perhaps jumped ahead a little. The planet Mercury is the ruler of Gemini and represents communication, messages from far away, technology and swift energy that rides along the surface of an idea never quite plunging into the dark depths of understanding but creating enough buzz and confidence to assure a certain type of competence to an observer.
A retrograde occurs when a planet appears to move backwards across the sky from Earth. Other planets go through a similar transition but the one that gets the most press is Mercury. Why?
Our society relies on very sophisticated technology to communicate. People constantly use computers, smart phones, watch television received by satellite. It's so fast and works so consistently well that if we were to describe it to someone from merely a century back (Tesla excluded) they would have thought we would have a promising career in science fiction or as a professional mental patient. Since almost all work and a lot of our leisure time relies on the use of technology Mercurial influences matter a great deal. As you know when you think of "retro" you think of the past, neon mesh, hideous bell-bottoms, other things that "seemed like a good idea at the time perhaps.
When Mercury goes retrograde and moonwalks across the sky the lines of communication.
(figuratively and literally) flicker causing havoc in the realms of technology and all kinds of movement of ideas verbal and otherwise. Conversations with your boyfriend turn into staring contests and "Um..." wars. Your computer, which may already seem slow decides to switch doctors and up their klonopin prescription causing it to freeze. Not that you have anything to really type anyway. If your computer made it through the haze you'd still be hypnotized by your blinking cursor, just sitting right there after "To Whom it may concern," wondering what the ever-lasting fuck you're supposed to say to get the attention of the person reading your cover-letter.
This is you during mercury retrograde. Let the blankness consume you
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Ah well. The best thing to do during a Mercury retrograde is to sort of lay low communications-wise. If you have an opportunity to being something new, related to speech, technology, mass-communication. Instead of opening your heart and trying to find the sweet words to woo a new lover into your life you had better take this moment to shut your shit up instead. Just ride it out, keep doing what you usually do, just don't get ambitious. Don't buy a brand new computer with all the bells and whistles, you'll fuck it up. Don't make a huge keynote speech somewhere and attempt under any circircumstances to "wing it", you'll fuck it up beyond reckoning. Don't you dare start back up writing in your blog to "pick up your writing career", "find your voice in the sea of other bloggers" or "come back from a self-imposed 'hiatus' to a warm, appreciative audience". It's Mercury Retrograde from February 23, 2013 through March 17, 2013. You've made it this far, DON'T FUCK IT UP.
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Oh gurl, this explains a lot. And dammit, that's a long time to have to keep my mouth shut. You know this.
ReplyDeleteIt's impossible. : D
ReplyDeleteIt's an opportunity to strengthen what's already there and slow down and take inventory. There's an opportunity in every bit of down-time.