And so…today, Aug. 28th…
I have a Mercury retrograde story of why NOT to purchase a car (or any large item) during Mercury retrograde times.
NO matter the situation!

Why?
In Mercury retrograde times, information can be hidden, manipulated, confused & confusing, lost, all mixed up, upside down, and unable to be untangled.
Then at the end of Mercury retro or just as it’s about to station direct….revelations (information confused or lost or hidden) come forth. This happened yesterday!

So…because my car just stopped working & no one could find parts for it, I had to consider buying a car.
I was sent several weeks ago photos of a car, its odometer (119K miles), it’s license place, & told it was one owner.

As we attempted to secure financing, the person sold the car to a dealer – I tracked down the dealership & talked with a manager & said I wanted to buy that specific car. They set up paperwork & I tried to negotiate the price of the car (to no avail). Since we thought we knew the car & the owner we went ahead, knowing it was Mercury retro, & said we would purchase the car.

At the bank, attempting to wire the money, & signing the papers sent to us – we noticed something unusual – a discrepancy in the car we thought we were buying & the actual car that would be sent to us.

The car being sent to us had 3 owners (we would be the 4th), & the odometer was at 165K! What was this we asked ourselves?
Is this two different cars?
So we stopped the purchase of the car immediately.
We then sent an email to the manager we were working with asking for an explanation & to tell us what the discrepancy was & how this came about.
So….on this Mercury station day we are waiting.

What did I say about not purchasing a car during Mercury retrograde times?
That information can be lost, hidden, upside down, confusing, not real, shifted & changed!
And if one must purchase a large item like a car, to read the fine print over & over (3x).
And that should one do that, revelations that were previously hidden begin to appear! Which they did & we were appalled!

And so, here we are on this Wednesday, Aug. 28th.
Mercury retrograde stations direct today at 24+ Leo – at the following times: 2:15pm (PT); 4:15pm (Central); 5:15pm (EC).
Then Mercury will remain in its shadow until Sept. 13th.
Mercury re enters Virgo on the 9th of Sept. Order & organization then begins to prevail.
‘Til the 13th though…we are still under the retrograde shadow. Be careful, alert & keep reading the find print. I’ll let everyone know the outcome of our car situation.

In the meantime – today we have Cancer moon – we need some nourishment through these challenging times.
Venus is opposite Neptune today – so the information we seek may still be rather foggy & hidden (Neptune).
Tomorrow, Thursday – Venus enters Libra – harmony is sought.
On Sunday Uranus retrogrades at 27 degrees Taurus.
Till next year.
So grateful to know astrology.
It’s not me – it’s the retrograde!
love, Risa