More on that MRX

• Mercury hits 20° Scorpio 10/20.
• Mercury bounces at 6° Sagittarius 11/7-13, turning officially retrograde on 11/10.
• Mercury slides back to 20° Scorpio 11/27-12/1, direct on 12/1
• Mercury reaches 6° Sagittarius again on 12/17.

More on that MRX

Sagittarius is mutable fire sign. Maybe not the best fire, that’s usually Leo, but we are companionable. Recent eclipse action, Virgo/Pisces then Virgo/Virgo (opposite Saturn/Neptune)? That paved the way for some new deconstruction, reconstruction. That’s what this is about as Retrograde Mercury dips from fiery Sagittarius back into watery Scorpio, then forward again, culminating at almost the same time as the Sun crosses into Capricorn, the Winter Solstice.

Back in the bad, old days, I used a product as a gasket sealer, called — don’t know the name. It was yellow, branded with a Yamaha tube, nasty kind of glue that withstood engine heats. Used it on European motorcycles because it worked better than anything else. It was nasty stuff. Sickly yellow color. Probably no longer available, and possibly poisonous. But it worked, back then. Tear a motor down to pieces, then gradually reassemble it, and use that yellow Yamaha-brand gasket-sealer as part of the process.

We all need some possibly hazardous “gorilla snot” help glue this together — after Mercury goes direct and gets back to its starting point.

More on that MRX

Sun into Scorpio 10/23 4:38 AM Mars into Sagittarius 11/4 7:01 AM Venus into Scorpio 11/6 4:39 PM Sun into Sagittarius 11/22 1:32 AM Venus into Sagittarius 11/30 2:14 PM Solstice — Sun into Capricorn — is 12/21 at 9:03 AM local.

the Portable Mercury Retrograde

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A quick note about time

The current coordinator at the rock shop in Austin — my handler? Our handler — as there are dozens of practitioners there — she recently reiterated the way this works: Check out is by 5:30 PM. Store closes at 6, and the counter staff has a checkout procedure all their own; therefore, I can’t really take a reading that starts after 5 PM. My usual 20-minute readings at the shop? This should also apply to the shop in San Antonio, but at this point, I have a little more leeway there. But only just. It is profoundly disrespectful to impinge on the counter help. It’s retail.

Be kind, rewind.

Likewise, I’ve gotten to a point where a late reading is mildly offensive. You had all day to reach me, why now?

A quick note about time

In the good old days, I would stay until 7 PM, walk out with the crew, but that was pre-pandemic, and pre-current hours, and at the old location. New location, current hours, and remember?

“Please be kind and rewind.”

For the last year, maybe more, I’ve posted my hours at any place, as 12-4. I get in about 11, usually, and I’m there until at least 5, but not after that. There are administrative details to wrap up, and similar chores.

A quick note about time

So there are three easy ways to get a reading from me:

1. Read the weekly horoscopes.
2. See me live in San Antonio or Austin.
3. Phone readings are always available.

The links are really easy, just three to recall:

1. Horoscopes at astrofish.net (1)
2. In-person at astrofish.net/travel (2)
3. On the phone at astrofish.net/shop (3)

The “live” and “in-person,” just to reiterate, that tends to run from noon until 4 PM, and as always: advance booking, a few days ahead, that helps insure a spot.

A quick note about time

Thanks!

• Kramer Wetzel

Be kind and please rewind.