Make Mercury Retrograde Your B!tch

In this episode, I break down Mercury Retrograde into a simple three-part story so you'll know exactly what phase you're in, what it's asking of you, and the specific actions to take during each chapter. Instead of fearing delays, miscommunications, and technology glitches, you'll learn how to work with the universe's timing to make better decisions, avoid unnecessary frustration, and come out ahead every single retrograde.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 1:16

Well, hello, Astro Lover. And let me tell you, right here at the top of this podcast, we are here busting cosmic myths. This here episode. This is all about making Mercury retrograde your bitch every single time. Because you know, at least three times a year we're gonna have a Mercury retrograde. So this here episode, you better file it away somewhere. You can always find it at least three times a year, because I'm gonna give you the tools to understand how to use this personicity ass transit and work it in your favor. All right, because Mercury and his little bitch ass retrogrades are a number of things that the internet does get right. The internet does get it right, that communication snafus happen. Schedules, appointments, construction on your way to work that you always take, you know, backing up your technology. Anything with a battery, you know, can go wonky. It is all true. But my dear friend, my dear listener, my dear astro lover, that is just the surface level of Mercury retrograde. And you know, you I don't have to tell you this, but I'm gonna tell you to you anyway. That astrology serves a much deeper purpose than just saying, hey, make sure you back up your devices, make sure you don't, you know, double check everything. This is true, right? This is this is practical advice that is yes indeed true. But I'm here to tell you that Mercury retrograde serves a much bigger purpose in life, in business, and relationships, and that's what we're gonna talk about today. So the first thing that I just want to say is Mercury as a planet, his role in astrology is to connect you, is to encourage you to use your voice, to exchange information with others, to brainstorm, to think at like beyond an intellectual level, especially if Mercury in your chart lives on a water sign, it's not all about intellect. It's about the integration of your intuition, about trusting your feelings and using your feelings as intellectual data, as fact, right? Or if it's in a fire sign in your birth chart, then understanding how your words inspire action, how your own thoughts can be transmuted into passionate action. And if it's in an air sign, well, then there you go. That's where Mercury is like pure brilliance zone, pure genius thoughts, innovative ideas, but there is a reliance on getting them out of your head, right? Mercury's shadow in all of us, no matter what element, sorry, what element he's in is an overthinker. He's an over-criticizer, he's overanalyzing everything. And if you've got Mercury in an earth sign, well, then how you can take your thoughts, your ideas, your dreams, your manifestations, and turn them into systems, routines, and habits so that you form healthy habits creating things practically, right? So Mercury has this role of what we do with our ideas. And it's depending on the sign he's in in your natal birth chart, and also depending on house placement, he has this role of how you think about yourself, how you think about your ideas, how you do or do not feel like what you have to offer is valuable, is worthy. And beyond that, as Mercury makes his transits throughout every single year, every month, every week, every day, and makes new connections to the other planets, he is asking you to do very specific things. But when he gets to retrograde, he goes now, wait just one jolly ass minute. We need to take some more time to reflect on this. We need to think before we leap. And we look to the sign or potentially signs that Mercury retrograde will be taking place in to get the cues on where indeed we need to take more time, where we need to slow our role and consider more information. So before you go rolling your eyes anytime you see the astrology side of TikTok and Instagram go up in arms about, oh no, Mercury retrograde's coming, block all your exes. I want you to know, and I want you to embody this as soon as you're hearing it, that you're being asked to gather more information before you press go, before you jump or leap into something that that needs more consideration. And depending on where Mercury retrograde at any given time is happening in your chart, that's even gonna give you a deeper understanding of like, wait a minute, based on my current circumstances and what I'm experiencing in my life, and my business, in my relationships, I need to look at this area of my life, these areas of my life based on wherever transiting Mercury is gonna retrograde in your chart. And I need to take more time to think before I go any further. All right. So that's first and foremost. Now, the second thing that I really need you to know is that Mercury Retrograde is not a one and done transit. It's not just like a few weeks go by and like boop, okay, retrograde's over. No sorry, no matamatom. Mercury retrograde is a three part story. It unfolds in three parts. Now in Astro Lingo, there is a the first chapter is the pre-retrograde shadow. The second chapter is the retrograde itself, the three and a half, four weeks that retrograde actually takes place. And then there is chapter three, and in Astrolingo, this is the post-retrograde shadow. Now, over here at Drunk Astrology, we have named each chapter so that you can understand deeper what is happening as you actually live your life in each one of these chapters. And my goal as your astrologer, as your coach, as your guide is to empower you with each of these chapters. Okay? So let's just go chapter by chapter. Chapter one, the pre-retrograde shadow. This is what I call the preview of the movie. You're getting hints and clues and tiny little details about what is coming up for your retrograde experience. Okay, so this is where you're gonna want to start paying attention to your thoughts, who you're thinking about, maybe already who is showing up from your past, whether in real life, like the phone rings, you get the text message, you get an email, you get a DM, or in a dream. Who are you suddenly starting to think about? What ideas are you getting during this pre-retrograde shadow? And all you need to do in chapter one is be very curious and also jot down. Notate whether it's in the notes app in your phone, whether you're a journal girly, I've got my manifest big in 2020. Well, it doesn't matter what year, but I've got my manifest big journal, I've got my daily dose of stars planner. So I notate, I mean, I literally write things down in my planner every single day because I track all of this information on any given day. So there is, it's basically in chapter one, data collection. All right, and you're just going, oh, interesting. So-and-so that I haven't heard from in six years just popped up. Oh, that idea that I had like three months ago, like it's coming back now. Interesting. You don't have to do anything. You literally don't need to do anything unless you are so inspired to do so. But in chapter one, remember, we're already in the retrograde experience, but it actually hasn't entered the phase of retrograde. Chapter one is just the preview, like, okay, the universe is going, all right now. I want you to, I want you to see this, I want you to note this, I want you to be aware of this, this person, this thought, this idea, this dream, this relationship. I just want it to be on your radar. And then chapter two hits. Now, chapter two is when Mercury actually stations retrograde. And when he stops in the sky, now, first of all, this is where like the two days before he stations and the two days after he stations, that's when some of his most, you know, not so eloquent work could be done with all of the communication snafus, travel delays, construction, you know, your phone gets wonky, your your internet goes out. I can't tell you how many times the day Mercury Stations retrograde, how many times I've woken up to emails from my internet provider going, oh no, there's a there's a an outage in your entire area. So sorry. Like, okay, cool. Well, I guess I'll just, you know, sit here and twiddle my thumbs. So just be be mindful, be aware that the two days before Mercury stations and the two days after, that kind of like five-day period is more often than not when you will experience quite a bit of that surface level buffoonery. So those are the days you want to be extra mindful of travel. You know, you get to the airport like hours early to just be ready for anything. And if you get off without a hitch, you know, cheers to you. You know, sometimes, I mean, I've traveled a lot in my life, and there were times where I did semi-escape travel buffoonery, but I did at least I got to the airport super early, way before my flight was ever gonna take off. And I enjoyed a few bloody Marys at the bar, you know, as one does. So during chapter two, we're bringing it back. While Mercury is actually in his retrograde, this is when you most simply F around and find out. You, your goal, your mission during Mercury retrograde is to try anything and everything, and the most important part without judgment, without criticism, if you keep in chapter one thinking about your ex, if you keep thinking about this job, this toxic opportunity, this, you know, like this toxic experience, not really an opportunity, but hey, some opportunities are toxic AF. So, you know, let's not limit ourselves. If you can't stop thinking about a person, a an opportunity, a relationship, a memory, an experience, and you find yourself pining to uh open the open the gates of communication and you want to just experience that for yourself during retrograde, let your freak flag fly. Make the decision, you know, send the text, make the phone call. And without any self-criticism, without any judgment, simply F around and find out. Experiment to your heart's content. Variety is the spice of life. There is no way, there's no one way to solve a problem. There's no one way to create a solution. There's no one way that's right or wrong to start a conversation and see where it goes, to, you know, start an idea and see how far it can go, see how far you want to take it. But the idea is that you don't get married to one particular thing. You explore your options with an open mind, with no criticism, with no judgment. And if you need to tell your friends and family, like, look, I might be making the dumbest decision of my life right now, but I need you to support it because I'm effing around and I'm finding out. And in a few weeks' time, I'll know whether it was right or wrong, or whether I want to continue this or not. And that, my dear Astro Lover, is exactly what chapter three of Mercury Retrograde is all about. Chapter three is what I call time to integrate with clarity. Now that Mercury has stationed to move forward again. Now all the pieces of the puzzle that weren't fully fleshed out, all of those the experimenting, all of the effing around that you did during retrograde, playing around with the information in chapters one and two. In chapter three, the clouds start to dissipate. It starts to become very clear whether or not the decisions and the experimenting and how you approach things just with pure curiosity during retrograde, this is when it starts to come together. This is where you gotta get more realistic and you gotta go like, am I really into this? You look back on chapters one and two and go with all of this information now. What makes the most sense? What feels most aligned with my highest self? What's aligned with my goals, my dreams, my hopes, my manifestations? What makes the most sense? Does any of it make sense? Again, everything you do in chapter two is no criticism, no judgment. You just try and try and try. Explore with curiosity, let variety be what variety is and how it relates to you and your certain set of circumstances. And then in chapter three, the post-retrograde shadow, for this couple of weeks time, you just simply go, hmm, well, I'm glad I did A, B, C One, Two, three, but now that I have my wits about me a little bit more, I need to just say like none of that's gonna work. Or I need to just I can see now that C of A, B, C, and one, two, three, C is the only part that I want to stick to. That's the only part that I want to commit to. That's the only little nugget of wisdom that I want to carry with me beyond this whole retrograde three-part story. All right. So, in essence, to make Mercury retrograde your bitch every single time, you gotta know the chapters, right? And in the drunk astrology world, I'm always gonna give you chapters, especially if you join my Daily Dose of Stars community. I'm on Telegram every single day talking about the astrology of the day and how you can apply it to your life, to your business decisions, and to your relationships. The planets are moving every single day. And so the daily doses is where I can give you daily guidance based on what's happening on any given day. So when you know the chapters, pre-retrograde shadow, retrograde itself, post-retrograde shadow, making Mercury retrograde your bitch is purely dependent on you integrating and embodying these messages for each chapter. Chapter one, preview of the movie. Gather all the data. What are you thinking about? Who are you thinking about? Who shows up from your past? What dreams are you having? Who's there? What ideas are kind of percolating? You just gather information and get really curious about like how this will be relevant over the next span of several weeks. Then chapter two, Mercury Stations Retrograde, and all you gotta do is experiment with curiosity, F around, and completely find out with no criticism, no judgment. You just go all in on everything, not being married to one thing, one outcome, one solution. You just simply go, all right, okay, this old issue with my partner is coming back up. Like, hmm, well, we've tried to address this before, it clearly didn't work. So now let's try another way of problem solving, of addressing this issue. And then chapter three, after you've done all the effing around, after you've done all the experimentation, you simply allow the clouds to dissipate. You start looking back at chapters one and two and deciding with a clearer head, with a more from a more grounded state of mind and state of being, and go like now, what do I want to carry forward from this, these two chapters of my life? How do I want to integrate this information? Do I need this information? Do I need these experiences? Do I need to commit to any of this? And if so, then you pluck what you want to take with you and take it on forward beyond the retrograde chapters. And if you don't see anything there, like, okay, then don't judge yourself. Don't judge yourself whatsoever. Okay. So that, my dear friend, that, my dear astro lover, is how you make Mercury retrograde your bitch and move beyond the surface level. Oh no, I can't do anything new. Oh no, I, you know, I'm gonna block all the people I don't want to talk to, like, ugh, you know, that that ain't it. And let me tell you something for those of you that are business baddies out there. I have made some of the most, like, I've had some of the most successful things in business launching them during Mercury retrograde. And I want you to know that there's a very specific way to use astrology when it comes to business, when it comes to your career, when it comes to making sales, when it comes to marketing. There are very specific things to note when you're going to move intentionally during a retrograde. I do not want you sitting on your hands feeling like, oh, I have to wait until I do anything. There's so many nuanced, magical ways that you can work with Mercury Retrograde when you're in business. So don't let that stop you. And what you really need to know is that it comes down to your specific chart and where Mercury Retrograde is touching down in your chart, what else is being activated in your chart. And sometimes, because there are plenty of charts that exist in this world, Mercury Retrograde is actually your sweet spot for launching new offers, making new sales, setting up your offers, your programs, your masterminds in a way that sells out completely. I have helped a number of my coaching clients, my birth chart reading clients, figure out this exact thing. So if anything, just know astrology is here as a tool to empower you, to empower your decisions. And Mercury Retrograde is simply one of those transits where the universe is going, wait just a minute, hold on, let's take a little bit more time before we just say press go. Now, with that, that's this episode. Let me know. You can send me a text. I want to hear your thoughts about Mercury retrograde, what you think about it. Do you have any questions about Mercury retrograde? Just send me a text in the follow the link in the show notes. Send me that text, and maybe on the next episode, I'll just be answering your question. Until next time, see you later.