Get ready to hum the lyrics from the song, "Get Happy!" You can forget your troubles, and get ready to chase all your cares away, because on October 9th Mercury retrograde is officially over. The planet Mercury goes "direct." As the great one, comedian Jackie Gleason, use to say, "How sweet it is!" (i.e. that it's over).
You were officially warned in my recent Mercury retrograde article that this cosmic event was taking place over the past three weeks. During the retrograde period, the world went haywire, crazy ideas were proposed, weird things happened, and your life was probably filled with communication problems you don't usually encounter.
This retrograde brought more than it's share of crazy news stores that typify the strange behavior of people during this time. Here are a few examples of what's happened all over the world.
Mercury Retrograde News Stories
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 (Int'l. Business Times) -- El Chapo Bounty On Donald Trump? $100M Reward Reportedly Offered By Mexican Fugitive For Candidate's Head, "Dead or Alive."
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- CEO Bradley Tilden, the head of Alaska Airlines, which proudly touts a baggage delivery guarantee policy, made an embarrassing confession -- his own airline misplaced his luggage.
NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (MSNBC) Dr. Ben Carson advocates arming kindergarten teachers.
BRUMADINHO, Brazil, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A referee in a Brazilian soccer match is facing potential disciplinary action after he pulled a gun during a dispute about a call.
Regardless of the problems you encountered during this retrograde, if you do some simple things when Mercury goes direct, you'll derive huge benefit and make yourself (or someone else) very happy. Here are five ways to accomplish this.
Five Ways to Make Other People Happy!
1. Return your girlfriend's talking-parrot, Freddy (who you swore flew out the window during the week you were house-sitting for her). Now is an excellent time to find items you've lost (even a parrot, who screams, "Loser" each time he sees you.)
The direct period is a time to find those things that were lost (or, that you had a hand in losing). Keep in mind, that we all lose things of value, even when Mercury is not retrograde. However, during the retrograde, when people are especially careless and mistake-prone, there is a higher propensity to lose important items such as money, clothes, rings or other valuables (or, even a parrot). The direct period is a very fortunate time to find, not only items that you've lost during the retrograde, but valuables you've lost over the years. Make a list of any items you've lost recently, or even months, or years ago. Think back to when and where you lost them. Mentally, your mind is especially sharp now, allowing you to recall details you had long forgotten. You'll think of a new place you've never looked before and magically, your lost item will be there. Or, you may suddenly remember someone you should contact who could help you recover what you've lost.
2. Apologize for what you said about your mother-in-law. Let your wife know that you mis-spoke when you referred to her as, "That nosy b*tch!"
Resolve misunderstandings that have occurred. We all make mistakes in the way we communicate with others. Unfortunately, we tend to make a lot of them during the retrograde period. But what separates the men from the boys and the girls from the women are the way we clean them up, when we make them. If you've had an argument at work with a colleague or boss, or had a big fight with a loved one, or called a loved one's mother a harsh name, Mercury direct is the ideal time to discuss what's upset you, apologize or forgive someone. You'll have the mental clarity to express yourself appropriately and reach a new understanding that will resolve your upset and create a more harmonious relationship.
3. Make an appointment with your hair stylist. . .Please! During the retrograde, you changed your hairdo. What a mistake! It's clear now that the Donald Trump "comb-over" look wasn't right for you. Now that Mercury is direct, it's time to have your hair stylist do a make over and undo the damage, and stop the ridicule you've endured from your family and friends. It's time to "make this face great again."
Before the retrograde began, you may have been evaluating areas of your life where you needed to make decisions. Perhaps, it was inconvenient to delay making those decisions, waiting for the three weeks of the retrograde to pass. (That's why you decided to change your hairstyle during the retrograde. Bad move!) But as the direct period begins, you'll discover mistakes you might have made and learn some useful information you didn't know. With these facts in hand, you'll be ready to make the right buying decision to purchase that expensive car or home, begin a new project with greater confidence of success, more competently select a new attorney for estate planning or a plastic surgeon for your cosmetic surgery.
4. Thank the Lord that 3 weeks ago, you said "no" to those job offers running Rick Perry and Scott Walker's campaign. Happily you can now accept that other job opportunity to work for Bernie Sanders.
During the retrograde, you may have had some confusion about whether to accept a promotional opportunity or a new job offer. However, when Mercury goes direct those doubts will be gone. The fog lifts and your vision is 20/20. You're now able to evaluate the good, bad and the ugly of any employment opportunity and chose the one that's right for you. It's also a positive time to begin a new position because you'll be communicating clearly without the confusion that causes misunderstandings or bad first impressions.
5. Admit to Your co-workers that your recent promotional idea was pretty dumb. Let them know that you understand why they burned your picture in effigy in the company lunchroom as a throng of employees loudly cheered and clapped. Thank them for not doing it at "Burning Man!"
Mercury retrograde is a time to slow down, reflect and re-evaluate all your plans and projects. Re-consider your ideas and what you've learned. If you've consciously done this - you're now more conscious of changes you can make to improve it. To help you with this task, make a list of people you've had questions about, projects you considered undertaking, and activities you were contemplating. Ask yourself: what have you learned about them that you didn't know three weeks ago? This new knowledge will help you make needed changes and more successful decisions.
Take advantage of this period of sanity when the world is no longer quite as crazy, that is, until January 5, 2016 when the next Mercury retrograde begins. Until then, get busy; you have some things to do to make some people very happy.
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