When is retrograde mercury 2017

Earth signs are sensible, practical, and able to craft a plan for dreams to become real. In , all the retrogrades were in air signs—Aquarius, Gemini and Libra.

As Mercury dials back into air signs, there's a review of the mind's patterns—the conclusions we each draw from experience. It's possible to see the past in a different light, or from another angle.

It's time for a breather. Mercury's retro cycles are times of slowing down, gaining new perspective. Mercury in air signs fluff out some distance, to be able to see as if from outside. In the realm of air, the new is conceptualized, making it a creative time of hatching possibilities.

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If you impulsively send a text to an ex-lover and it doesn't go through, that could be a good thing. But it also means you're at risk of sending that steamy Venus-Retrograde-induced text to the wrong person, like your boss. I'm exhausted just thinking about this. This time period often results in a lot of small but significant misunderstandings and disruptions, such as losing a document, sending a private email to the wrong person, and dealing with a lot of computer and other electronic-related issues.

All of this means you should take extra care when dealing with important paperwork, sending emails, and looking over instructions at work and elsewhere. After all, life is stressful, regardless of whether Mercury is in retrograde or not. Note that in North America, this would be during the evening of the previous day, December Please note that all times are approximate.

The actual times are defined by the observer location and vary due to parallax.