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February 21st, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Jonathan Donner (Microsoft Research India) at wtfmediaconf 2011.
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February 21st, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Keeping an eye on Mercury and its retrogrades
The only red circle present at wtfmediaconf will be the speaker spot. After a troubled 2010 conference, which was originally scheduled for the three weeks in Mercury, the planet of communication, turned retrograde. Never again.
For those not in the know, Mercury turns retrograde three times a year. Each period is about three weeks long. It is a time of caution and re-evaluation, equipment will fail, misunderstandings will occur and everything seems to move at a snail’s pace if it moves forward at all. Indeed some things will actually go backward.
The first Mercury retrograde will start its pre-retrogade period on February 27 – March 12, when retrograde proper beings, until April 4, when post-retrograde begins and live – as normal – resumes on April 23, 2012. According to those in the know this first retrograde will bring challenges, transitions and transformation. The second period starts with pre-retrograde on June 27 – July 13, Retrograde July 14 – August 7-8 and post-retrograde August 8 – 21. Once again those who know more than I state this period will activate winds of change and create situations than branch out into many new directions.
With the conference scheduled for September 1, 2012 we can (fingers crossed) breathe easy.
