This Retrograde is a bit more complicated than most, which I will explain before leaving you with my Mercury Retrograde Survival Guide. Before I give you exact dates, know that there is a shadow period before and after anywhere from seventeen days before to up to fifteen days after. Whew, no you are NOT crazy, the effects of this upcoming Retrograde HAVE already started!
This Retrograde is taking place during eclipse season, Cancer (Sun)/Capricorn(Moon). The Cardinal signs of Cancer/Capricorn, Aries/Libra will be hit the hardest, and feel the brunt of that one-two punch the most, (lucky me).
The actual dates are July 7th, 7:14pm/EDT at 4* Leo, then moving into Cancer on July 20th, ending on July 31st, at 11:58pm/EDT at 24* Cancer. With the duo signs, Leo and Cancer respectively, we have drama, fiery energy, egos, over-sensitivity, ex-lovers, and family issues. If that ain’t enough to want to make you spend the next three weeks on a deserted island, I don’t know what is!
Instead of going back with the ex (remember why you left him/her in the first place) consider having a short fling with no strings attached, 
and leave your phone at home. The Cancerian part of the Retrograde calls for us to turn inward and reflect on family matters of the heart, and revisit old hurts. Please, leave the box of salt at home, we don’t need to add insult to injury.
Remember the three R’s: Review, Reflect and Reassess, with that Leo energy, keep your ego in check, take that pent-up energy to the gym and hit a punching bag instead of your boss or your ex! When Mercury re-enters Cancer, take things S-L-O-W, count to TEN before you utter ANYTHING! Misunderstandings will be flying everywhere, take off your passive-aggressive hat, and put an extra shield-of-armor- on those way to sensitive personal feelings of yours! Ouch, that one hurt! Get out your journal and write it all out instead, who cares if it’s novel.
Towards the end of the month, when Mercury meets up with Lady Luna, you’ll feel like pouring out your heart in a text equivalent to Wuthering Heights, STOP! I’m warning you, wait it out, when in doubt do without. You’ll come across a little too needy.
Here’s your Mercury Retrograde Survival Guide:
DON’TS: (let’s get these out of the way)
- don’t install new software, or decide to completely overhaul your computer (you’re not the Geek Squad) & even if you are, this is NOT the time to do it
- watch your words, this is the time when people tend to “open mouth, insert foot, or whole leg” and for God’s sake; don’t drunk text or FB after doing shots of Tequila, it’s bad enough when we do it without the
Retrograde - double check, triple check, all documents, emails, posts, and appointments, you don’t want to end up in Tijuana, when your friend said Topanga, or if you’re in Ohio, same thing you don’t want to end up stranded in Kinsman when you’re friend is waiting for you in Kirkland
- don’t sign any important contracts or start a new job
- hold off signing on the dotted line for that new house or your new Lincoln
- planes, trains, & automobiles; if at all possible hold off travel, if you must, triple check everything; be extra careful with keys, batteries, tires
- HOLD OFF on trying new daring adventures at this time, if you’ve never climbed Mt. Everest this isn’t the time to decide you’re going to make a name for yourself, (unless you want the headlines to read “first time climber found missing in avalanche)…also don’t throw yourself in front of a train just to prove it’s not your “time” to go, (that’s just called ‘dumb-ass’)
DO’S:
- reassess, redo, relax, rejuvenate, redesign, rethink, reapply, reflect,
- reconnect with old friends from the past, and don’t be surprised if an ex-lover shows up at your door, this is meant for a reason so healing can happen and then the two of you can move forward, (or get back together) however I feel it’s the former
- reorganize your closets, your files
- rewrite that novel you started months ago
- revisit that project you abandoned (I have a few of those)
- something hidden is revealed, be open and aware
THE EXCEPTION:
- If you have a “history” with something then it’s OK to sign the deal on a house you have a history with (you put a bid on it months ago, you babysat the neighbors kids in that house, etc.)
- if you’re old boss (whom you liked) is at a new company & offers you a job
- if you’re in sales, cars, real estate etc. look up former clients you have an established “history” with
- you started building a website & put quite a bit of work into it, then let it sit for months
Click here for: How the Retrograde Will Affect Your Sign
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