Every bad decision, every email sent to the wrong person, every awkward “wave at someone who wasn’t waving” moment—blame it on a planet. And not just any planet. Mercury. The tiny menace of the solar system. The one that can’t mind its own business. The reason autocorrect is suddenly possessed and WiFi collapses exactly when it’s needed the most.
Mercury: The Chaos Intern of the Cosmos
Some planets inspire. Some destroy. Mercury? It just casually flips the table and walks away. Retrograde? That’s when this celestial prankster shifts into reverse and drags communication, technology, and general life functioning down with it. It’s like someone hitting “undo” on an entire month. Texts mysteriously vanish, GPS reroutes to a parallel dimension, and exes crawl out of the abyss like it’s their life’s mission.
But Wait, It Gets Worse
Mercury doesn’t work alone. It partners with daily inconveniences to keep the suffering balanced:
Autocorrect disasters?
Mercury’s doing.
Lost important files?
Mercury had a meeting with the cloud.
Said “love you” instead of “thank you” to a stranger?
Mercury whispered it in the ear.
Zoom call mutes at the worst moment?
Mercury was the host.
Every Sign Has a Unique Mercury Crisis
Aries:
Accidentally sends an angry text to the wrong person.
Taurus:
Orders the wrong comfort food and now has to eat it out of spite.
Gemini:
Phone dies mid-conversation, making them look unreliable.
Cancer:
A sentimental email from 2013 resurfaces, triggering an existential crisis.
Leo:
Camera freezes during an important moment, but only on their end.
Virgo:
Laptop crashes right before saving a detailed spreadsheet.
Libra:
Double-books an event and has to choose chaos or ghosting.
Scorpio:
Finds out a long-kept secret—but too late to use it properly.
Sagittarius:
Books a flight for the wrong month and only realizes at the airport.
Capricorn:
Misses an important deadline due to an unread email stuck in drafts.
Aquarius:
Forgets passwords and is now locked out
of life.
Pisces:
Gets lost in a city they’ve lived in for years.
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