Put down that survival guide.

Mercury is currently in retrograde. Some people think that's a bad thing.

Saying "Mercury is in retrograde" (or "Mercury is retrograde", for grammar fans) means that it looks like it's going backwards from where we are on Earth. It happens three times a year and people claim it leads to all kinds of bad luck and failures of communication.

NASA / Via en.wikipedia.org

You can even find survival guides to help you through this difficult time.

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