Merc Rx-ing His Muscles

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Mercury retrograde is here. Now. In Aries.

Before you hit any kind of panic button or prepare to ascribe every single shitty thing going on in your life to it, a heads up. Mercury retrograde is a test you can only pass if you do your revision. Herewith your cheat sheet, darklings. Pin it to the dartboard.

Merc rx always tests our stamina, our patience and our control freakery. It rightly messes with our idea that we are all over it by wrongfooting us to see how we respond. It plays with our notions of time and certainty. It never leaves us where it finds us. It engenders change and growth.

All of the above tend to be discomforting and disruptive. Accept it.

In Aries Merc rx is going to test our temper. Can you avoid tantrums, dummy spits and vulgar displays of anger when things don't go your way? Be prepared for unruly muggles and repeat offenders who can't. Avoid like the plague.

In Aries it is going to test our patience. Good things come to those who wait. Better things come to those who don't lose their shit when what you want doesn't neatly fall from the sky on your command. Channel your ready right now into productive baby steps.

In Aries it is going to test our relationship to DRAMA. Yes in capitals. Prepare to be repeatedly niggled by the high maintenance dharma farmers in your life. Treat them as you would a toddler jacked up on juice and told to sit tight. Time outs are the new yoga.

Seeing red is for young players. Do your homework and avoid the circus. Fingers off the trigger. Anger management is a higher order life skill that hinges on proper communication. Why hello Mercury, overlord of how we make ourselves understood reversing through the flames.

School is IN, darklings. This isn't a popularity contest. Be that nerdy kid who does the (inner) work and loves a test to prove what she has learned. The alternative will only find you caught smoking.

Ready. Set. Slow.

Words c. Kerrie Basha, 2018