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[sarahskirt]

Does Mercury retrograde tend to pull up people from the past? Anybody know? Or is it just spring fever?

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[caillecha]

Yes, it does. Maybe this one more specifically than others because of the way the rest of the planets are aligned.

[sarahskirt]

whew. that's a relief to know. I thought I was going crazy.

[snarkout_rat]

Interesting question. This weekend, I asked my computer-expert husband to see if he could fix my old computer so that I could look at the stuff on its hard drive, which I hadn't looked at since 2005. He managed to do it (by taking the hard drive out of one computer and putting it into another) with some difficulty, but the fact that he managed to do it at all belies the conventional wisdom of Mercury Retrograde.

However, once I got it up and running, I was able to see all these old emails from 1995-2005, including many from important people from my past who I'm not in touch with anymore. So as a direct result of the retrograde-defying success with technology, I pulled up people from the past.

So does this mean that retrograde (or, this particular retrograde period) is willing to give you success with technology if it's in the service of pulling up people from the past?

[sarahskirt]

My old flames were brought to me via text, myspace, etc. - does that count?

[sarah_raz]

It most certainly does. Though in my case it's just been wrecking all my assets (computer, car). Fucking retrograde...

[sarahskirt]

Yeah, so far my only mechanical failure has been my car - it makes an angry, ominous sound when the AC is on. It's in the shop. Otherwise, so far so good . . .