No You Are Not Imagining It – And No, Mercury Isn’t Retrograde

Hey Occulties,

One of the benefits of my job is that it gives me a very clear view of "weird things" happening in the lives of others. When Mercury goes retrograde and people don't know what that is or that it's happening, I still can watch it effecting people across the board. So when all sorts of financial/bank/electronic stuffs starting going weird about 1.5 weeks ago, I at first thought it was a Mercury retrograde. I was having weird banking errors, ATM errors, and even a large amount was taking forever to clear. I checked, and no, Mercury was not retrograde. But then, in speaking with many clients, readers and friends during the past week, I've realized all sorts of bizarre stuff was going on with them, too, and it was all involving finance or jobs.

Let me be frank, obviously there is always going to be that one client who can't pay me right now because (excuse.) I would not find that odd. When it's my friends and people that in no way owe me money, then yes, that's weird that they are also complaining of similar problems. 

So, no, you aren't imagining it. Something is making money stuff kinda crazy right now. This is really unpleasant if you live like a lot of people do – from paycheck to paycheck. So what might be a trivial annoyance to someone with some savings might mean you wonder how you're going to get groceries this week because there's some weird error and your check didn't get deposited by direct deposit. And if this "financial weirdness" is widespread as it seems to be, good luck borrowing some money, because believe me, I have some friends who have a lot of savings and are well paid who are complaining their bank card just stopped working…and I wasn't asking for money, so there is no reason for them to say that. 

If I were to venture a guess (because I am not this astrology goddess, and not pulling out charts and such on a whim,) we may be suffering the effects of Jupiter being retrograde. If such is the case then this might keep up a bit longer. I think it went retrograde on April 10 and goes direct on August 11. BUT, the mere length of that having already been retrograde makes me wonder if there is just something else stinky afoot in the world of astrology. Between you and me, I can notice a distinct change in MAY but not in April. 

The positive side seems that personal relationships are doing well. I actually did kind of a "wellness check" in this regard with people I know who have relatively volatile relationships (ones that frequently are falling apart whenever there is a bit of stress and strain, or people in situations where they have to work with or live with someone they aren't very fond of.) Everyone reported being absolutely happy or close to it. That's actually very impressive. Rare is it that I say things like this, but I wish people would bring me some really hard cases right now, because I want to see if this is a positive influence on fixing relationships – because people who often are at odds with each other just naturally are getting along so dang well.

In fact, this is the least amount of relationship dysfunction I think I've ever seen, and that's saying something. Remember the time I told you that nothing you told me would even amaze me because I've heard it all? Well, right now if you have relationship issues, I will be amazed. 

Either way, I just figured I'd let everyone know – it's not Mercury retrograde, even if it kind of feels like it. 

More exciting article on the way (and it won't be about Game of Thrones and it will be about spells and spellcasting, I promise, lol.)

~Cat