Mercury retrograde is coming! Here’s what you must never do

July 15. Today, the card "Death" fell out for you

The grim reaper in the Death card scares you? It shouldn’t. After all, all it wants to do is liberate you. And what better time is there for liberation than Mercury retrograde? The card’s message is both simple and urgent: stop clinging to what is already dead. There are some relationships, plans, or habits in your life that do not wish to be resuscitated, yet you CPR them to no end. The Death card wants you to stop, right now. Otherwise Mercury retrograde will punish you. 

When it comes to love, the Death card stares at your half-dead, half-alive union in wonder. “Is this the thing you are fighting to keep?” the card seems to ask. Well, if it is, Mercury retrograde will finally burn it to the ground through misunderstandings and sudden realizations. Don’t wait here to see how the remains of your relationships collapse. Walk away right now and start a new chapter in your life. 

The Death card as a feeling is all about the sensation that something is weirdly off. While you can’t quite put your finger on it, the card will. The discomfort you are feeling stems from a simple fact: you have outgrown something that was once important. Below the discomfort lies anticipation. Don’t brush it off. Relish it. The old version of yourself is sentenced to death come Mercury retrograde. Don’t shed a single tear. Instead, plan your bright future. 

Whether it is yes or no, the Death card chooses to say “No!” “No” to your old habits, hopes, and approaches. The unsatisfying job, the one-sided love, the creative self-sabotage - “no” to all of those things! Mercury retrograde agrees. “Let’s clear up some space,” it says, and beams at you.