Reply #9: Well, how would you like to be born...

[Andromeda]

with a retrograde Mercury? When I found out that Albert Einstein had a retrograde Mercury I felt better, lol. :)

It's really not so bad and in some ways it has made me more careful and reflective. When you have an Aries Mercury you have to have some constraints and the retrograde position keeps me from being so hasty.

It's not a fatal position; it's just annoying when appointments have to be cancelled, the check didn't arrive in the mail or that important call didn't come.

In the best case scenario you have an opportunity to right a wrong and go over something you missed when Mercury was direct.

Look at the house placement Mercury is in and what aspects it's making--then you'll know in what area of your life it's going to affect you.