10 Reasons to love Mercury Retrograde: Humor / Funny Pagan stuff Date: Apr 22, 2004 - 11:18 AM 1. It assures that your ex's (as in friends, lovers, enemies, clients, associates, etc) don't float too far astray. Great for stalkers, obsessive/possessive types, and clingers to the past. How else would we all stay connected despite our egotistical attempts to cut ties forever? Just a sweet celestial reminder that we are all in this glorious cesspool called life. 2. Potential to save money on your mobile bill. Why waste your minutes when everyone will mistranslate your every word anyway? (Not to mention the odds that your reception will utterly suck.) 3. You can finally clean out your closets and get rid of the useless crap that you purchased in grave error during the last MR. 4. If you have some issues with focus and finish, MR is a golden opportunity to pick up your myriad piles of unfinished projects and finally make a dent, and maybe even finish. However, it is not advisable to start any new projects unless you want to wait until the next MR to revamp the whole thing. 5. It's your cosmic license to rest, relax, read, re-group. You know, get off the treadmill of life for a few weeks. Who doesn't need a mental vacay now and then? Mercury knows what he's doing....that little smarty pants planet of practical jokes. 6. You have the perfect excuse for being late, flakey, forgetful, or duplicitous. Blame it on MR. How convenient. That's what cosmic friends are for. 7. Odds are you will find things that you lost during the last MR. Including people you tried to dodge. 8. If you're the type that likes to dwell on the past, for a few weeks you won't be alone. Those were the days. 9. You will be astrologically justified in torturing friends with old photo album showings, googling your ex's, relapsing into bad habits (but only for a few weeks, and then you have to get your shit together because it's no longer cute and cosmic.) 10. Celebrate chaos! Take a vow of silence. Don't schedule new things. There is no pressure to go forward, progress or do anything. This is the transit custom-made for slackers!! Sent on the JaxPagans List This article comes from Phoenix Phamily - Supporting the Phoenix festivals community http://www.jaxpagan.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.jaxpagan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=358