Sundays With Stephanie

I’ve been wondering if Mercury was in retrograde or something. Weird, unexpected things have been happening all summer, and I was starting to wonder what karmic gods I’d made angry, and why they were coming for me.

So I asked Claude:

“Is Mercury in retrograde? Weird things keep happening and I’m wondering if August will be better.”

Here’s what it told me:

No, not currently — Mercury retrograde ended July 23, and today (Aug 2) is actually past even the post-shadow “residue” period for most of it. The next one doesn’t start until October 24. So August should be smoother sailing, astrologically speaking. The weird stuff lately is more likely just… life being life. 😊

Great. So it’s not the planets. It’s just me. Great.

Let me walk you through the evidence.

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