Burning Peacock’s Blog of Magick

Thanks to the spin of the world, and where exactly a planet is in its “year,” and all of that manner of trivia, people on Earth perceive said planets as going in reverse, an effect called “retrograde.” “Retrograde” kind of obviously translates into “moving backward” (retro+gredire). Mercury’s the planet that seems to most often fly into retrograde motion, as its year goes by very fast. But, what does that action represent? Let’s give you an account of a typical, and true Mercury Retrograde moment and work from there.

So, I’m sick, with a dried up caked inside of the head and fevers coming on and off like a pouncing cat. Seeing as I was to be bed-ridden for an entire day, I decided to venture out into the perilously hot, thick, wretched Crock Pot weather. With me, I took the game Final Fantasy 12, which I was looking to trade in for being a pretty, yet ultimately boring game. I see that the sequel to one of my favorite childhood video games, Secret of Mana, had come out. I’m not sure that I can describe to you in full the effect that SoM had on me at that age, but beyond even then, it was a damned fine game. So, I go in for the sequel, and the person behind the counter mentions that they have a used one; I take it, and trade in FF12 for it. Well, I get back home, happy as a clam, and start playing. The game mechanics are terrible, simplistic, and the control is awful, but the game is pretty. So, I traded in the previous game for a game that had exactly the same problem, lost $35 in the process, and can’t return it because it’s a used game.

Now, I should have done my research and checked on the elements of gameplay before buying it, but I didn’t because I was so wrapped up in the memory of the original. Now, the Retrograde thing symbolizes things that “return” in the psyche, in terms of memories, like songs that get stuck in your head. Mercury resetting like this also symbolizes the functions of language (and thus motor skill; The two parts are connected in the brain) and logic, so a person’s ability to move and communicate is beginning to re-evaluate itself. In short, a lot of people do stupid things because of their memories of things that came before, and often end up making really stupid choices when it comes to commercial ventures, too. It’s not a great time to make a decision without a plan, or without research, especially since our usual immediate skeptical responses aren’t as sharp. Bird out.