Weather and travel chaos courtesy of mercury retrograde!
We can blame the government or the local council for all the travel chaos, gritting shortages and school closures the snow has brought, however, the other fly in the ointment is the planet Mercury. In astrology, Mercury is the winged messenger and governs everything to do with communication, transport, travel, weather, schools and our daily routines. Every four months or so, this planet decides to take a step backwards and go into retrograde motion for around three weeks. Its effects are mainly annoying and irritating, causing disruption during these periods to all forms of communication, transport, travel and our daily routines. When Mercury decides to go retrograde, the effects begin at least a week before the official date - this is when the planetary motion begins to slow down. On the 27 Dec 2009 Mercury went retrograde in the sign of Capricorn, but its effect were felt prior to this, particularly with the cold snap and travel chaos just before Christmas, the proposed BA strike and foiled airline terrorist attack. With Mercury moving backwards in the business sign of Capricorn, no wonder the impact has hit business performance hard. Capricorn is the coldest of all the signs and remarkably rules snow and salt. It also presides over the government, the public sector and big institutions. Perhaps Gordon B, Lord Adonis, BA, British Rail and the Met office would do well to procure the services of an astrologer in the future! The continuing bad weather and travel chaos has plagued most of us throughout much of December and January, but you’ll be relieved to know Mercury ends it retrograde cycle on Friday 15th Jan 2010. It will take a few days to get up to speed, but business should start moving again w/c 18th January 2010. You can now relax as Mercury won’t go backwards again until April, this time in the money sign of Taurus. Checkout my blog in March 2010 to see its likely impact.
Look out for my next blog about what happens when Mercury goes retrograde and for hot tips on how to handle the planets annoying U turn.
