Mercury

I got an email today that said Mercury was no longer in retrograde. Is that true? If so, YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!

Now maybe no more appliances will decide to take a hike. Or a pass.

I'm gonna go check it out...BRB, as the kids say. ....

Man, wish I hadn't done that. Turns out Mercury is back on track but now MARS is going retrograde!

This month Mercury will normalize its orbit to direct speed on November 1, so you won't have to prove your resourcefulness or staying power anymore, thank goodness.
Under normal circumstances you would have an open road ahead, but Mars, your energetic ruler, is about to settle down for a nap on November 15 when it retrogrades. Mars will stay in that sleepy mode until January 30. When it comes to home or family-related plans, you will need to be patient. Try to be content with a slower pace. Telling an Aries to be patient is usually hopeless, I realize, but during that period you won't have much choice. Mars is the timekeeper of the zodiac, which means it decides what gets done and when. On top of that, Mars holds a much stronger power over you, for Mars rules you.

Whatever. I think it's all crap anyway. Somedays. Can you just hear the 2 neters (personality traits, sort of) duking it out here?

WooWoo Neter: Oh Linda, you shouldn't say things like that, remember karma.....

Practical Neter: Oh Puh-leaze! We create our own reality--get over yourself.

WooWoo: The planets and stars have powerful effects on our personalities, think of the moon.

Practical: I got your moon right here.....it's all just the power of suggestion! You read that something bad is supposed to happen, so you make it happen.

WooWoo: Oh so I suppose YOU killed the washer?

Practical: Purely Coincidence.

WooWoo: And what about all the other things that went on in the last month that made you nuts?

Practical: That's just life. And a result of the inner suggestion that things would go haywire.

WooWoo: Then why did we smudge the house and buy new crystals?

Practical: Ummmmm, they were pretty?

You can see why I get nothing done. This conversation will go on and on. And then The One Who Works jumps in and reminds me of all that needs to get done. And the Resentful One will start complaining about having to do it all. Procrastinator will tell me to do it tomorrow. Organizer will have me write a list.....and SoulCollager will tell me I haven't finished all their cards yet.

Ai yi yi. Overwhelmed just popped in.....

Torn

I find myself thinking in terms of the committee suit from SoulCollage. Committee is all the parts of your personality--sort of Sybil like, without the drama. Once you really start realizing how many parts of you there are, it's astounding. It's also relieving because you begin to notice the balance there. Like my Resentful self is balanced by my Grateful self, my Selfish self is balanced by my Abundant self and on and on. Finding time to make a card for all of them is difficult because right now all my selves are competing for time.

My wanting to be pampered (by Max!) self is competing with my business off the ground self who is taking a bunch of time from my oh dear, why did I say I'd do another show self who is bartering with my I just kinda want to put my feet up and snuggle self. Course the practical, you need to make money to survive self is yelling at the who cares about money self who is fighting with the can't we just go live on a commune self.

I'm so glad I don't have to call it bi-polar anymore LOL!

So which card do I make in the midst of all this hoopla?

My Tree Hugger Self. Because that seemed very important right now. Ha ha.... I am the One who will chain myself to a tree to save it. I am the One who appreciates the strength and beauty of the trees in all seasons......

Did I show you my inner child self?

I love this card! I colored the blank spaces with my crayons! Had so much fun making it--it's me before the age of reason overtook the age of innocence....

Back to work.....

Really, you must!

I always have to do everything!

But you love what you do!

Well you're right.....

Trudges off, whistling....