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Yep, it's that time again. Mercury goes retrograde (appearing to move backwards in the sky from our vantage point here on Earth) roughly three times a year. It went retrograde in the emotional sign of Pisces Thursday, March 2nd at 3:29 pm Eastern Time here in the US and will remain retro until March 25th at 8:42 am.
Mercury retrograde really does generate electromagnetic effects, often blowing out communications, computers, and other technical stuff or making it behave in weird ways. (Case in point: today I can't access some sites that I had no problems accessing on Wednesday before Mercury went retrograde. Hmm.) It also makes people very distracted, so be careful while driving. Road rage and irresponsible driving really kick up during these times, so much so that I've learned to keep my eyes VERY open and drive extra cautiously during retrograde times -- and it's saved my life on more than one occasion.
On an emotional level, Mercury in Water sign Pisces might make it more tempting to jump down somebody's throat because you believe you've been wronged. Can we say, extra sensitive? So extra patience and empathy are definitely called for.
Jupiter is also going retrograde. It goes retrograde Saturday 4th (tomorrow) at 1:02 pm Eastern Time and remain retrograde until July 6th at 3:19 am.
Jupiter is one of the slower moving planets. It takes about a year to travel through one astrological sign vs. Mercury, which changes signs about every three and a half weeks.
When Jupiter is retrograde, we may find ourselves pulling back from long term projects, goals, hobbies, or relationships that we've been pursuing. We'll want to introspect, analyze, and figure out the best path for ourselves. This process of examination can be very positive. It doesn't mean you have to END the relationship or project or career in question. But you may discover that you need to fine-tune certain aspects of your life to make them work. By the time Jupiter goes direct again in July, you'll be ready to move ahead with those changes and to experience improvement.
Since Jupiter is in Water sign Scorpio, there could be a lot of deep meditation, spiritual illumination, and moments of psychic connection going on as we turn within for answers. Also, the darker side of Scorpio can stir up feelings of wanting revenge, of identifying others as the "enemy," so don't get too obsessed with what you perceive to be "evil." If you take those obsessions too far, they'll pull you in and you'll forget all of the good stuff going on.
Anyway, I wanted to mention these things for people who enjoy pattern recognition and tracking certain energy cycles in the world and in their own lives. The neat thing about these cycles is that they happen irrespective of our "belief" in them. It's just a matter of whether they interest you or not. If astrology bores you to tears or if you've had bad experiences with astrology in the past, then I completely understand your wanting to ignore my post!
But drive safely anyway, 'kay? ![]()
LipstickMystic aka Jennifer
PS Here's an archived piece that goes into how we can handle retrograde times:
http://www.lipstickmystic.com/astro/Can … itive.html
Hahaha, this explaines alot
I got bitched at by my father and i got emotional and bitched back. Which isnt very usual for me
He tends to bitch constantly but usually i dont snap back
*waves fist at jupiter and mercury* ![]()
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Hi LipstickMystic aka Jennifer,
This explains a lot for me too; thanks for posting it! ![]()
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LipstickMystic wrote:
Mercury....went retrograde in the emotional sign of Pisces Thursday, March 2nd at 3:29 pm Eastern Time here in the US and will remain retro until March 25th at 8:42 am.....It also makes people very distracted, so be careful while driving. Road rage and irresponsible driving really kick up during these times, so much so that I've learned to keep my eyes VERY open and drive extra cautiously during retrograde times -- and it's saved my life on more than one occasion....
Holy smokes, Batman...!
Yesterday, March 2, at about 4:15 pm - 45 minutes after Mercury went retrograde - I was almost hit by a Mack truck while driving home. No lie. Thing came right up on my probably going about 80, and didn't want to stop and pull back until he was literally inches from hitting me. I looked in my rearview and it was startling to see a truck grill filling my mirror....and getting bigger, because he seems to not want to slow down. I didn't get scared though really, because I "knew" he wouldn't be able to hit me. Let's just put it that way.
He then proceeded to do this thing where he'd lurch forward until he was only a couple inches from hitting me, then pull back, lurch forward, then pull back, "bullying" me you could say. I was going 50 mph, totally the speed limit for that road. It's not like I was going 30 in a 70 mph zone. He was the one that was driving like a nutcase. Luckily I only had one mile to deal with him before turning off to where I was going. As he continued past, he laid on the horn, acting like a crazy nut. I didn't even get mad, felt nothing. I've learned not to anymore.
To read your words, then remember what happened yesterday is so uncanny.......
Last edited by lyra (2006-03-03 16:29:16)
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Lyra,
I'm so glad you're okay! I have to tell you, this is NOT just a "coincidence." If I look out over times over the years when I have found myself most in danger on the road, usually from a character like the aggressive truck driver you describe, 99% of the time it happened during Mercury retrograde.
I can actually go back into my journals and look at the dates to verify this. And this has been happening my whole life, even long before I learned how to read an ephemeris and research when Mercury retrograde was occurring. So even if I had no conscious CLUE that it was a retrograde time, these events were much more frequent during these times. That's the thing about major astrological trends. They don't require our "belief" in them to be real. So I think it's helpful to be aware of them.
Another phenomenon I notice is "soccer mom cluelessness." I've literally lost track of the amount of times soccer moms in SUV's almost ran me over when I lived in Princeton, which is largely a pedestrian town, where people are usually very careful at crosswalks. I bounced up on more than one hood of a car - always soccer mom types caught up in chaos and not paying attention. A couple of times were really creepy. I stopped before entering the intersection, engaged in eye contact with the driver, she gave me a nod to go ahead into the crosswalk, I went into the crosswalk, and THEN she pressed the gas pedal to run over me - seemingly clueless and zombie-like about what she was doing. Absolutely freakin' bizarre. I began to wonder if there was some secret evil brigade of soccer mom zombies quietly infesting the suburbs. Seriously. It's like they were completely vacant and some kind of negative OP force was operating through them for those split seconds where they could have easily killed me. Fortunately, the worst that happened was one of my umbrellas got busted. Thanks, guardian angels!
Another thing I'll mention is this....
If someone is an OP or has a tendency to behave in OP ways, retrograde times seem to activate their nastiness programming. So OPs will tend to be more abusive in many forms.
So people, if you have an OP in your life, monitor them closely for the next three and a half weeks and just generally steer clear. I think OP's tend to fixate on the spiritual seekers around them during these times and try to "take them out' in one form or another. Don't let them negate you verbally, stand in your power, don't let them harm you, kick their butts back!
Or, work on the "invisibility" thing, which also can be effective. Withdraw your auric field so that, instead of it sitting out several feet from the body, the edge of it is very close to your skin.
This is the shamanic technique that's kept me alive on more than one "death threat/stalker" situation.
If you're going to ask me HOW you withdraw your auric field, or "Am I doing it right?" well, I'm afraid that's the problem right there.....you have to just be clear in your intent, be able to say, "I'm withdrawing my energy field NOW" at a moment's notice, and be confident with your intention. It's more a trick of the mind than any big estoric woo-woo thing.
I encourage everybody to practice this technique.
Next time you're at a mall, a school, or other crowded place moving among the masses, try it.
"I hereby withdraw my energy field." Baam.
See if people stop "seeing" you.
You'll be able to track the effects this way.
1) Nobody will be looking you in the eye, they won't be drawn to you. Even if you're wearing a miniskirt, fishnet stockings, and a bare midriff ala Britney Spears, they will NOT look at you. (I tested that one in the old days - it was fun!)
2) The way the invisibility things works is that you just fade into the background. You'll see people kind of part like the Red Sea as they come near you. They won't BUMP into you, it's more that they will have a low level aversion like "I shouldn't walk over there." So if you're in a crowd, you'll actually find it EASIER to navigate through the masses if you do the invisibility thing correctly.
So look for the two effects....no eye contact, nobody checking you out, and also people kind of parting like the Red Sea as you move through them.
Very cool stuff, the invisibility trick. I think it's important to master this so you can do it very quickly should you find yourself in a bad situation with an OP or non-human or other negative type who could endanger you.
It's also good for avoiding abusive ex-boyfriends or ex-friends while still getting to hang out at all the same places you used to go. You'll be there, but they won't "see" you.
Another piece of becoming invisible is to STILL your energy field. Most of the time, especially if we've had coffee or other stimulants, our energy fields are pretty "jumpy" and frenetic.
Take deep breaths and consciously SLOW DOWN the vibratory rate of your energy field.
So....two steps....withdraw your energy field and pull it in tight to the body....and slow your energy DOWN.
I'd love to hear feedback from people on being invisible if they have the opportunity to experiment with this at a mall or in a crowd. Post your experiences here - maybe we can start a new "on being invisible" thread. If you pass by people you know and they don't see you, that's an especially good sign that you're doing the invisibility thing correctly. Test it out on your friends!
LipstickMystic aka Jennifer
Well, now I know why I was "invisible" a good part of my life! I had such low self esteem that I was making myself invisible and that just verified my insecurities about myself. When I finally reached a positive point in mylife, and felt good about myself, I noticed people making eye contact with me for once (of course at that point I thought I must have booger hanging out of my nose or something because I wasnt used to people noticing me) I play the invisibilty game all the time, and here I thought I made it up! Our internet server went down last night, and my 10yr and I had a big argument last night and we NEVER argue. I think the neighbors had a domestic this morning because the police were at their front door.
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LypstickMystic,
I have a question for you regarding the retrogrades. I have prepared a lengthy resume and explanation of services I am planning to offer to century 21 real estate. Then I heard Mercury was going into retro. I don't know anything about astrology, but I have heard that retro is not the time to get things going...when would it beneficial for me to send it? It concerns my livelyhood which is anything but lively at the present.
Thanks
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Hey Lipstick Mystic,
Those invisibility tips are awesome, thanks for posting them. I've been interested in this for years. For years I've lamented that I wish I could just be invisible when I'm out in public. Here in Virginia it's not an issue anymore really, but back in Fort Lauderdale there are a lot of negative types out in public, crazies, and empty robot types that would continually hone in on me, yelling crazy stuff, harassing, and so on. Being invisible was my desire. I would run errands with a shrunken up mindset, not making eye contact with anybody, just hurrying about my business as unobtrusively as possible, but it didn't do anything at all to stop the phenomenon. In fact, it only seemed to encourage it actually. It made me more of a target. It was only after I adopted a "tough" mindset and was willing to go face to face with anybody who dared to even look at me the wrong way did it suddenly halt. ! Go figure. Maybe your techniques work better. Back in 1999 I came across this book called "The Urban Witch's Handbook" at some metaphysical shop, and the one thing that jumped out at me was the "invisibility spell", this technique for making yourself fade out of view from other people. !!! Pretty cool. I'm going to give your techniques a shot though, it sounds fun actually. We'll see what happens! (ps edit - in thinking about my own experiences, compared to your technique, I realized that your technique is the "third option" - There's Option 1: Being meek and shriveled up, trying to hide - doesn't work. Seems to attract negative stuff in even more. Option 2: Becoming combative, and willing to face off with the harassers - it makes them back off because now "they" know you can't be bullied around, but it's a negative frequency to be in, let's face it. Not good at all. Or, there's Option 3: Being confident, positive....but *intending to be invisible.* In this way, you can maintain a positive frequency, while sidestepping the negative harassers by fading yourself out from reality.)
Oh yeah.......and your soccer mom horror stories are creepy! Was it you who was mentioning before that Princeton has a lot of weirdness going on there? I think those things happen more in areas that have a lot of "weirdness" in general. You know, strange black ops activities, military bases, etc. I don't know what is around Princeton, other than the University, but it would be interesting to research. If the people are acting like that, then it's indicative of a much bigger "issue" going on with the entire area, and there's always "somebody" behind it.
I know this is a Retrograde thread, but if you have other Princeton weirdness stories, please share! ![]()
Last edited by lyra (2006-03-04 13:47:46)
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It is more like a chameleon than invisible; I do not know how it works, just works.
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Pamelajean,
Yes, it's really wiser to hold off on submitting resumes and initiating new connections with people, either for business or pleasure, during retrograde times. Things tend to get off on the wrong foot. So even if you do strike up interest from a potential employer, you might find that communication gets delayed or there are some misconceptions on either your part or their part about the whole process, which can also lead to having to redo or revise a contract later on, yada yada.
One way you CAN take action to bring work/clients toward you during retrograde is to reconnect with contacts from the past.....business leads, mentors, colleagues, job boards or networking groups you've had positive experiences with before. Quite often, in reinvestigating this productive energy from your past, something cool and new will surface.
This happened to me just this week. A good client of mine unknowingly told a news wire service about my columns and they've just commissioned something new from me. (My new romantic astrology column, Lipstick Mysticâ„¢ Love Forecast, will be turning up in a special relationships insert in many of the daily newspapers before long. So my secret plan to take over the world is proceeding on schedule. Waaa haaa haa ha!) (intended to be an evil yet comical laugh)
But if I had approached this newswire blind, without the advantage of the positive referral from my other client, I doubt I would have achieved the same effect.
When I had my counselling practice during Mercury retrograde I would call or send newsletters to people who had had sessions with me in the past but hadn't been to see me for a while....reactivating or restimulating those positive ley lines of energy. This seemed to be a good way of manifested new work from OLD sources.
So definitely get in touch with old clients and business leads during retrograde and see if you can shake up some new work through them. Something good might come of it. But if your intention is to submit resumes and other material to completely NEW contacts who don't know you (and you don't already have a positive referral to those people,) you're best off waiting until after retrograde to establish those fresh contacts. You'll definitely come off the most positive way post-retrograde.
I hope this makes sense and that it's helpful to you! Any further questions, please post them, and I'll try to respond this week.
Lyra,
I think you're right about the invisibility thing and the three different ways of approaching it. I agree with you that sometimes if you've been hassled by a lot of negs and street theater types that you need to go through a period where you assume almost a martial arts stance of readiness to go into battle. Once they see you're not in fear, they always back off. Which is weird, in its own way. It really means that they DON'T have power over us unless we GIVE it to them.
And Pictus is right about the chameleon aspects of stilling your energy field. That's another good way of looking at it. What energies are around you, and how can you best blend in to the background so as not to be noticed? That sort of thing.
Another aspect of being invisible....you know when you played Hide and Seek as a child and would hide in a closet or something and hold your breath as you heard somebody approach? Breath control also seems to be a part of it. Slowing your breath, containing your breath. So that's another aspect to experiment with.
Re: Princeton.....oy, yes that is a weird place. All gorgeous architecture and high end retail stores and restaurants, very pretty on the surface. But you've got the particle accelerator down the road where they're always messing about with the atom (and believe me, Mother Nature is NOT amused....every time they run the accelerator it's like there's a rip in space time and the ley lines get really chaotic and distrubed.)
And then you have the University and the Engineering Anomalies Lab. Fellows there were very friendly professorial types when I went to test out their machines and learn about their PSI experiments....But I had unknowingly wandered into a snake pit, because after that David Morehouse, one of the "former" Stargate remote viewers, sent a chief of police to start calling and bullying me into meeting Morehouse to potentially become part of his "consultant company" of professional remote viewers.
At first, I was flattered. But then after I got off the phone, later that night, I felt Morehouse and the other guy scanning me (without my permission, which was very invasive and extremely creepy-feeling.) Anyway, I could sort of detect their ethics just from what they did to me energetically. So the next time the guy called I let him have it, and he became threatening, and I became MORE angry and stood more firmly in my power and called him on the energy they had been using.
The next two years were a nightmare of psychic attack, including one night when a black-clad human came into my bedroom in the middle of the night, beamed black energy into my heart, and induced a very real heart attack. I was in major heart pain for the next two years until I cured myself through pranic healing and shamanic healing (and receiving healing sessions in these techniques from others; plus learning spiritual warriorship from a no-nonsense shaman who realized I needed to get out of the "white lighter/it's all love" bullshit and into the kickbutt warrior mode.
The moral of the story? Well, tread carefully should you set foot in Princeton. You immediately activate the street theater, which is usually harmless but sometimes frightening. There are a bunch of mental patients who for whatever reasons are regularly running around, yet I learned to distinguish between folks like my sweet buddy Louie, who was on medication and always sweetly said we were going to get married (while never acting aggressive or mean towards me); he had a heart of gold and the most luminous spirit I've ever seen; and the "mental patients" (cough; street theater inserts) who would do all manner of intimidating things to try to psych me out. Like, I'd walk by a guy and he'd start finishing the sentences I was starting in my head......complete with minute, personal references to things this complete stranger couldn't possibly have known....with that stuff, you either think YOU'RE going crazy, or you start realizing that certain places are one big OP.
Princeton is one. 'Nuf said!
Lipstick Mystic aka Jennifer
Speaking of being invisible. There's a crystal device called a "succor punch", which is a very simple device that can amplify your intent. It's been used by very talented psychic's to make them invisible. I have not tried this myself, but I do not doubt their stories. It also works wonders on fending off any psychic attack's, or etheric attacks. Anyone who's serious about creating an invisible shield around themselves should check this out:
http://educate-yourself.org/dc/spindex.shtml
J.P.
Thank you Lipstick Mystic (Jennifer),
Your advice arrived just in time; I was ready to email my proposal the very day you posted the retrograde info
! Whew E!
How long should I wait to send it or rather when would it be auspicious to do so?
Thanks again.
Last edited by Pamelajean (2006-03-06 13:04:56)
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Hi Pamelajean,
I'd give it until about three days after Mercury goes direct (comes out of retrograde.) So since it goes direct on the 25th, try by the 28th or so. You'll be clear then. Of course, follow your instincts on this. There's no real "right or wrong." Any time post the 25th would be fine.
Oh, another thing - retrograde times are GREAT times for doing research, planning your strategy, and fine-tuning your plans for when Mercury goes out of retrograde. So they can be extremely productive times for brainstorming, gathering steam, and accumulating information. It's just not such a great time for taking aggressive action. Those energies will be better rewarded post-retrograde.
Meanwhile, I'm sending you many regards and much positive energy for your marketing and emailing process!
LipstickMystic aka Jennifer
Just wanted to resurrect this thread and bring attention to the fact that Mercury has gone retrograde as of today, July 1st. On forums, it has the biggest impact with miscommunications and misunderstandings. People reading into something that wasn't there, not understanding what was said, people feeling as if they're either being ignored, or unnecessarily targeted, and so on, etc. So, a head's up! Let's all be aware. ![]()
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I hear ya on the semi trucks lyra, they almost always think they can bully people out of their way on highways and intimidate them with their trucks. Anyways thanks for the heads up guys I'll be sure to keep my awareness open for these astrophysiological effects thanks peace
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