Retrograde Remedy: Mercury Needs to Apologize… However It Retains Messing Up!

Remedy is meant to be a spot of therapeutic, however Mercury in retrograde has turned this session into an absolute catastrophe. Sitting throughout from a really exhausted therapist, Mercury fidgets, prepared to elucidate, however the second phrases begin forming, the WiFi cuts out.

Step One: The Apology Try

Mercury is aware of the previous few weeks have been tough—textual content messages disappearing, improper flights booked, that awkward electronic mail despatched to the improper particular person.

The intention is to make amends, however in some way, the therapist’s notepad slides off the desk earlier than a single phrase could be written.

Step Two: The Over-Explaining Spiral

An try to make clear every thing simply makes issues worse. The apology turns into an astrological TED Discuss on planetary actions. The therapist listens patiently, nodding whereas subtly checking if their session notes are nonetheless saved. They don’t seem to be.

Step Three: The Emotional Breakthrough… Virtually

For a quick second, it looks as if Mercury is about to have a revelation. Possibly the universe doesn’t must consistently shift into chaos mode. Possibly taking a step again is the suitable transfer. However simply as this realization settles in, the therapist’s cellphone rings. It’s an outdated voicemail from three years in the past, out of the blue deciding to play at full quantity.

Step 4: The Unfinished Decision

By the tip of the session, Mercury is aware of an apology nonetheless hasn’t been correctly delivered. However the clock says time’s up, and in some way, the exit door is locked from the surface. The therapist sighs, scribbling a brand new notice on an precise piece of paper this time:

“Subsequent session: Educating Mercury how you can apologize with out breaking the universe.”

One other retrograde, one other well-intentioned however utterly derailed try at progress. Some issues by no means change.