Getting Divine Help During a Mercury Retrograde
Several times a year, the planet Mercury seems to be moving backward in the sky. This is called Mercury retrograde. While other planets also move retrograde. Mercury seems to be the most troublesome. Things break down. People lose their tempers and make ridiculous mistakes. Murphy’s law — “if anything can go wrong, it will” — take over. When Mercury is retrograde, we are warned not to sign contracts and to think before we speak.
During a Mercury retrograde, speak to the God himself:
Great Mercury, even though you are
walking backward right now, please
remember that we mortals do better
when going forward. Lend me your
winged hat, which I will wear as a
thinking cap that will straighten my
thoughts and ideas and keep me from
doing stupid things. Keep me safe until
you go forward.
Or more directly (so to speak):
Tricky planet, go direct right now!
Pesky Murphy, go away, don’t bow!
–Barbara Ardinger
Llewellyn’s 2017 Witches Spell-A-Day Almanac
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