Retrogrades: Legit or total hogwash? Discuss.
Blame Mercury for all kinds of shizzle...
It is a huge, massive, whopper of a bee in my bonnet that my birth certificate doesn’t have my time of arrival on it. And before you kindly write me and suggest that I simply give the Tulsa hospital where I was hatched a little jingle and just ask, trust that I’ve already done that.
Here’s what the perfectly lovely woman on the other end of the line had to say to me: “Ma’am, we have no record of you. Are you sure you’re not adopted?”
Since my mother and father were already buh-bye by that point (heavy, heavy, heaaaavy smokers), I called my sister. “Hiiiiiiiiiiii!” I chirped, doing my best Kelly Bensimon impression (lightyears before I’d even heard of a Kelly Bensimon). “How are youuuuuu??? Am I adopted?”
Whatever. I’m not. But she still couldn’t tell me when I was born. And even though she was only about six at the time, for that I will never forgive her.
Okay, circling back to the related topic at hand: Retrogrades. Although I will never, ever, for as long as live, be able to have a proper chart done because of this whole time-of-birth business (sniff sniff sob sob), I still place a hell of a lot of stock in Susan Miller’s monthly AstrologyZone forecasts. Man, I live for those things. And I don’t just read them once; depending on my mood du jour, and what’s going down in Momover Lady-ville, I may circle back every few weeks.
Right now, my pretties – from August 2 through 26 – we are in a mother of a retrograde. And according to Susan, that’s when communication gets garbled, gadgets and gizmos don’t behave themselves, and anything you might be waiting for news about stalls out. In other words, if you’re on pins and needles expecting to hear about some fab new job you’re up for, give it a rest and bury that damn CrackBerry in a big bucket of sand.
Besides, if you do get an offer, Susan recommends trying to avoid making a firm commitment until after the retrograde lifts. It just isn’t an auspicious time to sign on any dotted lines.
But there’s one thing that retrogrades are really, truly wonderful for: Getting back in touch with old friends and loved ones. Or even former work colleagues. So don’t be afraid to schmooze and network, as long as you keep it light.
After all, it’s summer. Still. Yay!
How timely! My sister just sent me the name of her astrologist, whom she trusts completely (and she started out as a curious-skeptic). I am trying to arrange a reading too. Coincidentally parents also cannot remember when my sister was born (one says am, the other says mid-afternoon)!
Hi Daina! I hope you’re having a fun summer!
I’m considering ordering one of Susan Miller’s natal reports anyway, because she can use sunrise as “the default” for us poor suckers who don’t know our birth times. She won’t be able to determine your rising sign, but I think it might be fun to read all the same.
Keep me posted about your groovy astro journey!
Peace, The Other Dana