Mercury Retrograde: The Planets Ain’t Aligned!

Did You Know?  “You are either Water, Fire, Earth or Air.  The twelve signs of the zodiac are divided into four groups, water, fire, earth and air. The element of which your zodiac sign comes under can influence you and your personality. Water signs are Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces. Fire signs are Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius. Earth signs are Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn. Air signs are Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius.” (via)

I had to set everything aside for this: Mercury Retrograde.  I never considered myself someone who’s interested in astrology, space, planets, ect.  BUT, I’ve heard enough people talking & I think I may have jumped on board, for now.  It’s STORY TIME!

I had an EXPERIENCE in the parking lot this weekend.  Let me quickly tell you the story & then get to Mercury Retrograde.  Wafiq & I were trying to leave a congested parking lot.  You know the scene – holiday shopping, a holiday festival in the courtyard, Saturday, 2pm.  This particular parking lot had extremely narrow lanes, making it difficult to pull out of a parking spot.  We were stuck in a parking lot traffic jam that wrapped around the corner, & we couldn’t figure out what was going on.  We’d been waiting.  Wafiq wanted to honk & hope to speed things up, but instead, he got out of the car & walked over to the front of the jam to see exactly what was happening.  I always imagine it’s a 95-year-old person struggling to drive, so I can’t get myself to simply honk the horn.  Even still, I’m definitely STRESSED waiting in the traffic jam.  I get serious anxiety in parking lots that don’t have a quick exit (I was in a parking garage that had a challenging exit during my anaphylactic shock, when minutes mattered. Nowadays, congested parking lots quickly worry me).

Back to it – Wafiq walked to the front of the congestion & went up to the window of the car that was clearly trying to get out of a parking spot.  He noticed the woman driving was having a major panic attack in her car, she couldn’t get out of her parking spot & had now wedged herself in.  There were a lot of factors going on here, other cars were too close to her car & anxiously trying to pass, vehicles around her car were also trying to pull out but couldn’t… It was a mess!!  Eventually, Wafiq GOT INSIDE HER CAR & moved it out of the parking spot for her, then cars were able to pass & life as we know resumed.

During this time, I had gotten out of the car to help move cars around & make sure the woman was chilled out before she started driving.

WHILE cars started moving & we’re rocking & rolling – A woman, several cars back started YELLING out her window, in her best sarcastic attitude, some crazy shit, to me.  Something along the lines of “Hey!!  Can you hurry up!” *eye rolls* *head nodes* “We’re all waiting and have places to be!”  *eye rolls x 10* “Whatever it is you’re doing, can you get it moving!!”  WITH. AN. ATTITUDE.  I couldn’t believe she was yelling at me, at this point in the entire situation I was a bystander.

In a congested parking lot, aren’t we ALL trying to go home & get through? 

AND THEN… I did something I’ve never done before.  In a confident, surprised, loud, voice – I said: fuckinggg bitch.

I’ve called people that before, lez be honest, most of the time joking, sometimes serious – but never that public, with such confidence, without thinking.  I shocked myself.  I’m sure my face clearly showed a surprised & shocked reaction.  I was slightly proud too.

This crabby woman, with her pointer finger out, tried to get my attention as the congestion was cleared & cars were moving through.  Here comes her car & she’s ready to talk to me.  I would have loved an hour long conversation with her so we could work out a few kinks in her personality, I should’ve tried to get that scheduled – but I knew it’d only be seconds of an interaction.

She pulled up, stopped, and tried to innocently say: “oooooo was that woman having a hard time backing out?  Yeah these parking lots are small.”

I responded “She was having a panic attack and you’re yelling didn’t help.  We’re all trying to get home, I was trying to help us get there”

THEN, she screamed, “I’M TRYING TO APOLOGIZE, CAN’T YOU SEE THAT?”

Ask Wafiq what I did after that because he’s familiar.  I didn’t say anything.  When people start acting without thought & simply want a reaction, the best response… is no response.

HERE’S MY MIRACLE TAKE AWAY FROM THIS:  BE THOUGHTFUL!

If that upset woman had slowed down to think before she yelled, to see exactly what she was yelling at, she could’ve seen someone was having a panic attack & then very likely wouldn’t have said anything!  Maybe she would’ve tried to help or at least show empathy!  If you rewind, that’s what Wafiq & I did in the first place.  We wanted to honk, get frustrated, yell, but instead, checked on the situation.  If you ever decide to get angry & yell at someone or a situation, you better make sure you know exactly what you’re yelling at.

Another sweet person that was stuck in the traffic jam & saw me call crabby woman a fucking bitch, came over to me after everything & apologized for the crabby woman’s behavior.  Sweetest.

Now, you’re wondering, when does the Mercury Retrograde come in?  Well, as Wafiq parked our car, he backed into the car next to his!  WHAT?!  Yes, read that again.  While he finished making sure someone else got out of their parking space without any dings or scratches, he makes a scratch while parking his own car!  WHERE ARE YOU KARMA??

Blame it on the planets bitches!

We walked away feeling weird about that entire scenario.  We’re just trying to park our car & buy some spices.  Next thing you know, I nearly swore to a woman’s face & karma is dead.  What’s up?

WELL – I follow several organic, natural, homeopathic friends on Instagram & have been seeing a ton of info about Mercury Retrograde through my feeds, so I googled it.  We have to blame this weirdness on something!!

I found THIS amazing website, if for nothing else is a curious read.  It says:

“Because Mercury is the planet situated closest to the Sun, its orbit is much shorter than Earth’s. About three or four times a year, Mercury speeds past Earth, and that is when we experience a Mercury retrograde period. If you were in a car and another car passed you, you could tell it was going faster than you. But if it slowed down and you then passed it, it would appear that that car was actually going backward. Then when the other car speeds up and passes you again, it kicks up all of the dust in the road. As Mercury speeds by, it is like a train flying past, creating a powerful, turbulent gust of “wind” in its wake. The turbulence and disruption Mercury creates when it retrogrades can affect what we feel on Earth in our everyday lives.” (via)

and…

“When a planet retrogrades, astrologically it is in a resting or sleeping state. Therefore, while Mercury naps, the activities that it governs don’t have the benefit of a well-functioning, wide-awake planet to supervise them. Expect a certain degree of pandemonium to ensue!” (via)

I don’t know about you… but this is COOL SHIT!  Thinking outside the box really tickles my pickle.  If I had to bet my life on astrology after 1 google search I performed last Saturday, I absolutely would not.  BUT, if I had to go about my daily small talk convo’s revolving around the planets & learning what they may or may not do on earth, I’m 100% here for it.

You tell me what version of small talk you prefer:

“I wonder if it’s supposed to rain all week”  OR!  “These planets really need to get back in order, I called this lady a fucking bitch in the parking lot this morning & now I’m only thinking about cold brew or regular…”

I’ll take v2 plz.

Let’s have fun with the planets a little, this is what’s ahead:  “On November 17, 2018, Mercury will station retrograde at 13°29′ of Sagittarius, staying retrograde until December 6, when Mercury will station direct at 27°16′ of Scorpio.” (via)  Meaning, be patient & watch out for wacky situations until December 6th!

I mean, how much FUN are we having this Thanksgiving week!?  I bet you didn’t know this news was coming.

Soooo… in our house, this is what we’re saying when ANYTHING, and I mean ANYTHING goes a little wacky: “the planets ain’t aligned!” & we breeze right past it on to the next situation. #thankunext

If you made it this far, thank you for reading! I love storytelling posts, they’re my personal favs.

If anyone is actually into astrology, my apologies for being so minimal, share your wisdom below!

Have a great Thanksgiving & focus extra hard on listening cuz… the planets ain’t aligned!

Be thoughtful,

Xx

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