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If you feel as though this election cycle is more turbulent and crazier than most, you may be right, and you may be able to blame the Zodiac. For the first time in American history, a presidential election takes place on the same day that, as fans of astrology may understand, Mercury goes retrograde. From the Huffington Post:

 

The first and last days of any Mercury retrograde are usually the most challenging. Those days are called stations, which is short for stationary; one is that station retrograde (when the retrograde begins), and one is the station direct (when it ends). The word station in this context means “changes directions.”

There can be considerable confusion on the day of Mercury station, and in fact for about four days on either side there’s something astrologers refer to as the Mercury storm. Think of this as the change of direction rippling out in time. It’s turbulent, just like a ferry pulling into the dock, with the captain putting the engines in reverse to slow the ship down. When that happens, the water is churning in all directions.

On the day of a Mercury station, that’s how the mental and psychic energy feels. We get the worst, and the most interesting, manifestations of the retrograde on the days that it begins and ends — and that happens next on Nov. 6, the day of the 2012 presidential election, when Mercury stations retrograde in early Sagittarius.

Could we have another long night of reporting the results? Possibly.

 

We are looking at the possibility of irregularities that could take weeks or months to sort out, and where the truth may never be known. The results may seem to change suddenly. With the retrograde happening in Sagittarius (another sign associated with the courts) there are likely to be legal challenges. My colleagues and I at Planet Waves have been analyzing this chart for a year; it seems to illustrate the meltdown of the electoral process.

I know most people think the polls are running in Obama’s direction, though we still have the endgame to consider — and from the looks of the astrology it’s going to be quite a game indeed.

We’ve been talking about this for many months now. There are efforts afoot in many states to block voter participation. All these efforts conclude on a presidential Election Day — the first in history — where Mercury stations retrograde. It makes perfect sense, really, at least as an illustration and even pointing to a result.

If there is a silver lining to this whole business, it’s this. I’ve noticed observing many, many Mercury retrogrades that they have a common property: The truth comes out. Whatever we witness, we will have access to seeing a bit more of reality than we’re accustomed to. The question is, will we recognize it when we do? Will anyone care? Or will it stoke cynicism? If anything happens to the Internet, we will have a clue why that might be.

There is much more to this astrologer’s report and you can read it at Huffington Post.

And, hey, if it’s going to be a crazy Election Day, come spend it with The River City News! RCN is hosting a live Election Results Party at the top of the Radisson Hotel near Mainstrasse Village. Want details? Click Here