Mercury Retrograde Oct 4 – 25: A Survival Guide

10 October 2014

 - Planetary retrograde periods are times of the “RE”, that is redo, rediscover, reexamine, replenish, restore, regenerate, reconsider, rejuvenate and a bunch of other related terms. It’s also a time of cleaning up loose ends or finishing projects still in limbo.

Archetype Mercury in particular rules the realms of communication, commerce, exchange of ideas and thoughts, and information.

News of late has been filled with a lot of emotional intensity, discord, miscommunication and quick changes. These are strong symptoms of this retrograde cycle.

Other Mercury Retro signs you may experience include spontaneous meetings, new insights and unexpected connections and changing plans.

In short, during a Mercury Retrograde, the logical side of life takes a breather while the spontaneous/creative side takes the lead. This is akin to leading with the heart instead of the head.