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The traditional teaching of Mercury

retrograde periods is that they are not
the time to start anything new or to

make important life-altering decisions
regarding new possibilities. Plans made
and executed often do go awry, due to

unexpected (unforeseen) happenings,
disruption of variables involved, or

miscommunication (faulty connections).
Things begun during Mercury retrograde
periods often never reach fruition or

don’t turn out as promised or planned.
These experiences are most likely to occur

when we ignore the primary function and
meaning of Mercury in the horoscope,
and the purpose of retrograde motion as

it relates to any retrograde planet, which is
“the five R’s”: REST, REVIEW, REVISIT,

REEVALUATE, and RESET.

Mercury rules “the automatic mind”,

which is that virtually unconscious part
of our thinking process that works on

automatic pilot. Most of us operate at this
level of thought for the better part of our
daily lives. We don’t “pay attention” as

we make our morning coffee, brush our
teeth, drive the same route to work each

day. We make assumptions about other
people’s behavior (i.e. If I say/do this,
then he/she will respond like this.) We

take for granted that our appliances and
technological devices will work according

to plan. (i.e., When I flick the switch,
the lights will come on.) We assume we

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