You wake up an hour late because you unknowingly slept through your alarm. You leave for work, then get caught in traffic for what feels like an eternity. You ask your boyfriend to grab you a mocha, only for him to come back with a cappuccino in hand. If you can identify with this irritating saga of scenarios, you're not alone (hopefully solidarity makes you feel better). But, who's the real culprit? What gives?
You can blame it on Mercury being in retrograde. When someone first said that to me, I responded with, "Damn you, Mercury retrograde! . . . What does that even mean, though?"
According to Astrology.com, this is the basic breakdown: Three to four times a year, Mercury slows down its orbit, which causes the illusion for us earthlings that the planet is moving backward. And that, my friends, is what throws everything so off-kilter. Things are off in the universe, which means things are off and spiraling into chaos in our own lives. This year, things are set to go back to normal come Feb. 11, 2015, but if you want to take matters into your own hands and tell Mercury that you're done with its sh*t, here are our tips.