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Mercury Retrograde has Begun: 8 Things Not to Do.
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ve most likely heard of the cosmic event called Mercury Retrograde.
Well, get ready to buckle up your seat belt and strap yourself in…because this event started February 26 and goes until March 20, 2026.
In simple terms, it’s a time to be careful about the way you operate your life in order to avoid a variety of problems that tend to occur during these three weeks.
Keep in mind that in astrology, the planet Mercury rules our intelligence, mind, memory, and all types of communication ranging from talking and texting to writing. It also affects our self-expression, and communication style. In a more public sense, it rules commerce, computers, telephones, transportation, and air travel.
This time around, it could affect politics.
How Mercury functions in a person’s birth chart explains a great deal about how they formulate ideas and share them. It indicates how someone makes sense of the everyday world they live in. During these three weeks, when Mercury is retrograde, one’s mental faculties are not functioning well—in fact they “go on vacation.”
When this unique event happens (3-4 times a year), communications of all types go “bonkers”!
Suddenly, normal communication becomes unreliable, filled with misinformation, where important data is missing or misunderstood. The passage of information from one person to the other seems to be unintentionally cloudy or confused in some way. After all, Mercury does rule the mind, mental clarity, talking, self-expression, and overall communication. During the Retrograde period, a person’s intellectual, communication, and mental processes are less acute.
They become mistake-prone.
Here are: 8 Things to Avoid During Mercury Retrograde
1. Traveling
If you can’t put certain trips on hold, just be aware that you can expect an unusual amount of last-minute flight cancellations, meeting postponements, and long delays. Allow extra time when traveling; make sure your bags are secure. Re-confirm your reservations, appointments, and addresses for your meetings, as delays and cancellations can be expected. (Which is always good advice, any time really!)
2. Repairing your car
Unless you absolutely have to. If you have to repair it, make sure to triple-check the work that was done. You may find out when Mercury goes direct that the repair wasn’t properly done and will have to be done again.
3. Purchasing computers or phones
This is when you may discover that you bought the computer from hell. You might also regret not buying the three-year warranty the salesperson suggested. And, when you install your new software, you could expect glitches. Hard drives fail, so make sure to back them up ahead of time.
4. Accepting or starting a job
I had one client who did just this, after I advised against it. By the time she started the month after, when Mercury went direct, the company had changed her job so much that it no longer resembled the one that she had accepted. Her reporting relationship had also totally shifted from the great guy she was going to work for to the loudmouth, chauvinistic boss from hell! During Mercury retrograde, things may not be as they seem.
5. Scheduling meetings
Avoid (or minimize) scheduling meetings and events during Mercury retrograde, because you may be more likely to experience confusion, mistakes, and cancellations. I once had a client whose business was offering public seminars. He had a ridiculously high number of cancellations and no shows for his seminars during the four times a year of Mercury retrograde. I told him to stop booking his seminars during those dates. That advice solved his problem.
6. Initiating new projects
From an astrological point of view, I’d be wary of launching new projects or making that big presentation at this time. People may either not understand it or oppose it. (Which can still happen outside of retrograde, sure.) You may find out later that you left out a vitally important detail that you didn’t think of. If your project is adopted, it may either fail or have to be totally restructured at a later date to succeed.
7. Making agreements
Whether it be negotiating contracts, agreements, or signing any legal documents, be mindful of whatever you put into writing, because it may require serious revision when Mercury goes direct. You may miss something in the details, so if you’re going to go ahead, be sure to check twice. (Also generally good advice!) And, there may be something you’re not aware of that you will only discover when Mercury goes direct.
I had a friend who got married during the Mercury retrograde. Three weeks later, her new husband decided to tell her about the two children he had out of wedlock.
8. Selecting or moving in with a roommate
I have a good friend who invariably finds himself looking for a roommate during the retrograde. Recently, he chose a person he was sure was the perfect roommate. Their credit checked out. They seemed nice enough and said all the right things at their “lets get to know each other” meeting. But once Mercury went direct, he found out that his new roommate was a slob, loved to play music loudly, and watched TV into the wee hours of the morning because he was an insomniac.
The Best Advice
Wait until Mercury goes direct to take actions and make important decisions. When that happens, clearer communication will return, important data can again be relied on, and you’ll see matters with 20/20 vision. You’ll possess important information you didn’t know while Mercury was retrograde. This new knowledge will help ensure you’re making a correct decision.
If you heed this cautionary advice, you’ll have less frustration, fewer mistakes, and disappointing failures during these three weeks.
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*If you want to know if you were born with Mercury Retrograde or more about how the planets may be bringing changes to your life, go to the Free Transit Calculator and enter your birth date.
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