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Mercury in Retrograde?

Stuck for an extra overnight in Austin, I got to fiddling with charts and such. I was looking for the exact moment, according to the location-based astrology software I’m currently using, I was looking for the exact moment when that Sun crossed into Gemini. Yielded some interesting observations, and the two charts, back to back? Nota Bene, Mercury in its apparent retrograde pattern, tightly aligned with that Gemini Sun — fairly takes the wind out of a feller. Previously, as Coriolanus observes?

The first chart is 8:18 PM, the Sun is right above the Western Horizon, so it’s that moment before technical sunset. Hills, trees, and clouds can conspire to change that timing, at least locally, but the astrological sunset, right then.

Look more closely, and the chart shows Retrograde Mercury at 1° of Gemini, so that Sun is technically conjunct Mercury. But wait, there’s more!

The second chart is 8:23 PM, and that old Sun has slid past the horizon, setting, and the same moment, slipping in Gemini. In a short span of time, Mercury moving backwards heads to align with the Sun moving forwards.

While, to some, this looks like a collision, or collusion, it’s really just a normal astronomical, astrological occurrence, and such events merely mark passages.

Depends on who, when, and the particulars of a chart, over the last six months or so, I’ve suggested that “Mercury is basically retrograde for all of Gemini,” stretching from the beginning of May until the summer solstice.

While not technically true, this Mercury goes un-retrograde on June 3, it feels disconnected until Cancer, the sign of the Crab starts, the summer solstice.

When the Sun and Retrograde Mercury align then pass each other (in the night), the posited theory is that “The worst of the Mercury Retrograde is over.” Theory, and in practice? Usual cautions, caveats, and assorted dire warnings still apply.

In the coming days, as detailed elsewhere in my horoscopes? The Moon, in Aquarius as the Sun slips into Gemini, but the Moon then aligns with Saturn, then Neptune, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, with each angle a right of passage as the phase of the Moon gets smaller and smaller? Each stage illuminates a single part, individual pieces, components of what this is all about.

Meanings differ from person to person; see dealer for details; expected outcomes may vary.

Looking for that Gemini Happy Birthday? Sure, at least we’re over the worst of it, right?

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A rare find (draft)

4 (four) vintage Samsonite briefcases. This is a package deal, local Austin pick-up only.

Here’s what we got, two slim-line briefcases, one is still in the original factory plastic! These are regular Samsonite briefcases, like truly vintage — from a bygone era.

Perfect props pieces for stage or screen!

This is a package deal, too, as there are also two regular-sized briefcases, five inch wide. Hard-side, deluxe.

One of them? Comes in the ORIGINAL cardboard box. If I hadn’t opened it? Might have been factory sealed still, although, no plastic wrapper, so it wasn’t really “factory fresh,” and besides?

Family history suggests are from before the late 80’s, but I’ve not been able to independently verify the exact age of of the genuine Samsonite briefcases, with minor online sleuthing putting these at late 70s styles.

Each briefcase has a set of keys, and without looking again, still in the factory envelope.

These have been essentially untouched in at least 30 years, might be even older than that, as I can’t find an easy way to date the products. No documentation, but the suggestion stands that the one is in its original box, and the other has been wrapped in plastic, at least three decades.

On eBay? Looked like $25 each was the average price, while comparable on etsy seemed priced around $60 and up.

A rare find

4 (four) vintage Samsonite briefcases. This is a package deal, local Austin pick-up only.

Here’s the deal: I’m not shipping these. I’m not packing, shipping, or doing any other kind of a deal, all four briefcases, $100 or better offer. Cash only, Windsor Park area.

I’m not making a dime out of this deal, I’m just helping family move some products out of the closet and on down that road. I was just taken by the quality, the almost new wrapping, and how there are four (4), nearly identical.

I want to call them, “like new,” but with the apparent age, really, not quite that good, but there is — family lore — “like new.” Sort of?

A rare find

Serious offers only, cash only, email for details. Not texts, please. No sales outside the Austin City Limits.

Mercury is, indeed retrograde, which makes it a perfect time for resale, and even better for reuse.

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