Speaker 1: Hello Hazel.
Speaker 2: Hey,
Speaker 1: I'm
Speaker 1: Jermaine and welcome back to another episode of Clash podcast.
Speaker 1: Have you girls heard of this term, Mercury retrograde?
Speaker 1: Yes, I've
Speaker 2: heard of it.
Speaker 1: What is it? Before we even go into that, let
Speaker 1: me share with you a quick story. OK. So just
Speaker 1: because I mentioned about this thing one time to someone,
Speaker 1: her name is Katherine Robert actually.
Speaker 1: Just because I mentioned it once, and it just so
Speaker 1: happened that certain things I said was going to happen,
Speaker 1: happened to her. From then on, she kept asking me,
Speaker 1: so when is it going to retrograde again? What is
Speaker 1: going to happen? I said, don't know
Speaker 1: lah.
Speaker 2: Actually, you know, because retrograde is a scientific thing. It
Speaker 2: is when the planet Mercury appears to move backwards in
Speaker 2: its orbit around the sun. So instead of west to east,
Speaker 2: it moves east to west.
Speaker 1: So
Speaker 1: actually, Mercury.
Speaker 1: It is not the only thing that retrogrades because every
Speaker 1: planet has this retrograde thing where it'll move in the
Speaker 1: other direction than it was supposed to.
Speaker 2: But Mercury astrologically is associated with a few things communication, travel, technology,
Speaker 2: and decision making. So basically what it's saying is that
Speaker 2: during retrograde, those four things will go haywire or
Speaker 1: you should be more cautious of these
Speaker 1: things in your life. I have learned so much in
Speaker 1: the past 2 minutes.
Speaker 2: But Mercury retrograde, well, it happens a few times a year.
Speaker 2: I think last year it was like 4 times. The
Speaker 2: year before that it was 3 times. So it's either
Speaker 2: 3 or 4 times a year.
Speaker 1: So whenever it happens, everybody on earth will be sort
Speaker 1: of like
Speaker 2: affected. Everybody on earth is a big is a big blanket.
Speaker 2: Term, I would say that you make your own fortune. Yes,
Speaker 2: but if you do believe in astrology, maybe you can
Speaker 2: do certain things to
Speaker 1: counter the effects.
Speaker 2: It's like during Hungry Ghost festival, you burn offerings. If
Speaker 2: you don't burn it, do you think you will get haunted?
Speaker 1: Uh, maybe not, but yeah,
Speaker 2: but some people believe that they're sorry. So it's like
Speaker 2: during Mercury retrograde, OK, let's better be safe than sorry.
Speaker 2: Let's not run things.
Speaker 1: Let's be
Speaker 1: a little bit more thoughtful before we say something just
Speaker 1: in case we fight for no reason. OK, so how
Speaker 1: do I know when this Mercury retrograde is going to be?
Speaker 2: So the next one is actually March 14th to April 7.
Speaker 1: That's about a month away from now because it's Valentine's season.
Speaker 1: Happy Valentine's Day, by the way.
Speaker 2: Luckily it's not retrograde right now.
Speaker 1: You guys are safe.
Speaker 1: I mean, if your love life is really shit and
Speaker 1: then it happens to be retrograde, don't just blame it
Speaker 1: on the
Speaker 1: mercury,
Speaker 2: right? That's my problem with it. I don't know if
Speaker 2: I believe in it. In the past I've been like, oh,
Speaker 2: this time period has been really shit for me. Then
Speaker 2: a TikTok video will come up. It's Mercury retrograde right
Speaker 2: now and I'm like, ah, that's why.
Speaker 2: But I don't really think that you should be blaming
Speaker 2: it on the retrograde. Like my, my life has been
Speaker 2: shit other times too like,
Speaker 1: give me some examples of things that will happen when
Speaker 1: it's mercury retrograde
Speaker 2: period, miscommunication with who can be anyone, right? Your boss.
Speaker 2: Your partner, your friend, argument, right? Or maybe your phone
Speaker 2: breaks down.
Speaker 1: Sometimes
Speaker 1: I hear like people saying, oh, that's a time where
Speaker 1: you know, if you haven't received or if your karmic
Speaker 1: loop has not been closed, that's the time where
Speaker 1: Exit from the past will suddenly reappear.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I've heard that happening. So this happened to PD
Speaker 2: Marie actually. Listen to this story. Oh my goodness. So
Speaker 2: this happened in last year's August retrograde. The first week
Speaker 2: of August was very bizarre for me. It all started
Speaker 2: when my current boyfriend, who wasn't my boyfriend at the time,
Speaker 2: texted me nowhere out of 2 months of no contact.
Speaker 2: Totally unexpected.
Speaker 2: The next day, a guy that I had gone on
Speaker 2: a couple of dates with texted me too to return
Speaker 2: a book that he had borrowed months ago. The very
Speaker 2: next day, a random guy that I matched with on Bumble,
Speaker 2: like the year before that, messaged me on Telegram asking
Speaker 2: me to hang out. I couldn't even remember who he was.
Speaker 2: I was like, huh, this is so random. And then
Speaker 2: that night she went for a late night supper run
Speaker 2: with her cousin.
Speaker 2: On the way back, she saw her ex from 3
Speaker 2: years ago. Awkward. Apparently to her this is kind of
Speaker 2: like a cosmic thing. Like why are so many of
Speaker 2: these guys appearing in her life? So
Speaker 1: it's too
Speaker 1: much of a coincidence to be just a coincidence. It's
Speaker 1: like too much happening at the same time. Like why
Speaker 1: now and why
Speaker 1: all?
Speaker 2: Maybe you just have a lot. I'm not sure. I'm
Speaker 2: not sure, but.
Speaker 1: So how can you prevent this from happening? You can't
Speaker 2: prevent the planet from going backwards.
Speaker 1: OK, just go. But
Speaker 1: how can you be safe then sorry then, you know,
Speaker 1: like Hungry Ghost festival, we can burn offerings, right? What
Speaker 1: can we do during the mercury retrograde season?
Speaker 2: PD says you can burn sage to cleanse your space
Speaker 1: or the what do you call it?
Speaker 1: Um,
Speaker 2: oh, the wood, the Palo Palo OK or you can
Speaker 2: burn Palo Santo. I don't know. OK, let me just
Speaker 2: stop at this midway point and just say like it
Speaker 2: really is what you believe in, right? If you don't
Speaker 2: believe in astrology, then don't, don't listen, right? Like for
Speaker 2: my dad, he believes in.
Speaker 2: Like the Chinese calendars, yeah, he's very, very serious about that.
Speaker 2: So he has a book that he gets every year, right?
Speaker 2: It's by like a feng shui master, and it details
Speaker 2: every single day of the year, all 365 days. What
Speaker 2: is this day good for? Is it a good or
Speaker 2: bad day?
Speaker 2: And if it's good, what is it good for? If
Speaker 2: it's bad, what is it bad for? So like for example, right,
Speaker 2: he wants to have a grand opening, right, or an
Speaker 2: open house or something, he will have to choose a
Speaker 2: good day, or not even that. He has to sign,
Speaker 2: sign a document. He's like, if you give him a
Speaker 2: document on a black day.
Speaker 2: Like his, his assistants know never to do that. He
Speaker 2: will not sign it. He would just be like, today
Speaker 2: is black. I'm going to sign it tomorrow instead.
Speaker 1: He's, yeah,
Speaker 1: but it's clearly working out for Jermaine's dad, you can tell.
Speaker 1: So it's
Speaker 2: what you believe, right? But then because he believes that,
Speaker 2: so I believe it too. So then I always check
Speaker 2: the book.
Speaker 1: But the book is specifically for him lah. No,
Speaker 2: the book is for everyone. It's like this Chinese calendar year.
Speaker 2: It's like retrograde is for everyone.
Speaker 1: So it's not tailored to your zodiac sign,
Speaker 2: the Chinese calendar.
Speaker 1: So when it says that you are going to have
Speaker 1: a bad day today,
Speaker 2: is that true? No, it's not that you're going to
Speaker 2: have a bad day. It's that it will be a
Speaker 2: bad day for you to do certain things like spend
Speaker 2: a lot of money. Sometimes it even says like cut
Speaker 2: your hair, bad day to cut.
Speaker 1: It was a bad day to cut your hair, didn't
Speaker 1: go and cut your hair.
Speaker 2: I don't want to test
Speaker 1: fate, man. That is like really
Speaker 2: ballsy to do that. But you're
Speaker 1: the master of your own fate. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Well, I've got to say this is the first time
Speaker 1: in my entire life I'm hearing of the term mercury retrograde,
Speaker 1: but I kind of like it,
Speaker 1: honestly.
Speaker 2: So I think that while we're here talking about like
Speaker 2: Mercury retrograde, you know, planets going backwards and stuff, it's
Speaker 2: it's very important to also acknowledge.
Speaker 2: That in a lot of different cultures, they look towards
Speaker 2: astrology as a very big, you know, signifier of like
Speaker 2: fates and you know how your day is going to
Speaker 2: go and you know, kind of like things like that
Speaker 2: fortune and things like that because it's almost like
Speaker 2: When the planets shift, there is a magnetic shift on Earth.
Speaker 1: I
Speaker 1: think honestly there's a lot of science behind it. I
Speaker 1: can understand why people don't believe in it or say
Speaker 1: things like, oh, you know, astrology is like it's like
Speaker 1: we wee things, right? But I think there's a lot
Speaker 1: of science behind it and I usually like when people
Speaker 1: ask me why I believe.
Speaker 1: I usually say like, oh, but you know like what
Speaker 1: controls the tides and are we not like 70% water?
Speaker 1: Very true and I know I might
Speaker 1: be talking cock no,
Speaker 2: no, I believe that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I know people in the past, they really studied
Speaker 1: the sky, like thoroughly studied them to understand.
Speaker 1: I don't know the energies behind it and the kind
Speaker 1: of connections it has with people living on Earth. So, well,
Speaker 1: I think to a certain extent there's a lot of
Speaker 1: credibility in this as well. OK, so what else can
Speaker 1: you tell me about Mercury retrograde? So basically, right, whenever
Speaker 1: a planet goes into retrograde, because every planet represents something
Speaker 1: like for example, Mercury is like.
Speaker 1: that kind of technology. So every planet represents something, but
Speaker 1: at the same time you got to cross check it
Speaker 1: with your birth chart and see what house that planet
Speaker 1: coincides with and then you can see how it directly
Speaker 1: affects you in which area. Who
Speaker 1: got time?
Speaker 2: My recommendation is if you don't know.
Speaker 2: About Mercury retrograde, don't learn about it because I, I
Speaker 2: almost feel like it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. Like, OK, you see, right,
Speaker 2: this person is like, oh, you know, during last retrograde,
Speaker 2: my car battery died. I was shortchanged $1 at the
Speaker 2: cash register and then I got in a massive argument
Speaker 2: with my spouse. Fuck retrograde.
Speaker 2: Um, maybe, you know, your car battery was just overdue
Speaker 2: for a change. A dollar, let it go lah, OK,
Speaker 2: and massive argument, maybe you need therapy and or better
Speaker 2: communication skills. I don't think it's just a retrograde. No,
Speaker 2: that's what I'm saying. Like people just put it on retrograde.
Speaker 2: Sometimes it's like a.
Speaker 2: Self-fulfilling prophecy like you think things are going to go bad,
Speaker 2: so they do.
Speaker 1: honestly my past master has told me never to wear
Speaker 1: the colors black, white, or wear jewelry that's gold or
Speaker 1: silver because these colors are not good for me. Then
Speaker 1: what jewelry can you wear pearls? Oh.
Speaker 1: You know, those that are not gold or silver basically,
Speaker 1: but I end up going in black or white outfits
Speaker 1: anyway because it's so tough to avoid those colors, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean? And then sometimes when something bad happens,
Speaker 1: I think to myself, hm, is it because I never
Speaker 1: heed her advice. Actually
Speaker 2: you
Speaker 2: look really good in white. Hey, thank
Speaker 1: you.
Speaker 2: I don't know what she's saying because you look stunning
Speaker 2: in white.
Speaker 1: Is that the color clash
Speaker 1: with your past or something, you know, but then one
Speaker 1: year down the road, I realized actually I'm living my
Speaker 1: life just as fine while wearing these colors. So it
Speaker 1: really is what you think it is.
Speaker 2: Someone here actually says she has a bit of a
Speaker 2: different perspective on Mercury retrograde. She says that
Speaker 2: It's not as bad as it seems. It just means
Speaker 2: that you need to have a bit more patience with communication.
Speaker 2: She actually met her partner during Mercury retrograde. They got
Speaker 2: engaged and married during a retrograde. The first kid was
Speaker 2: born during retrograde, second kid on the day that Mercury went.
Speaker 2: Dictionary direct, I don't know what that means. They're still
Speaker 2: happily married and you know, it doesn't mean like it's
Speaker 2: going to be bad or everything then will be bad.
Speaker 2: You just need to have more patience. It's not a
Speaker 2: sign that oh it would be bad. Actually I met
Speaker 2: Andrew during a Mercury retrograde, and
Speaker 1: what challenges do you face, if any? No, when I
Speaker 1: met him, yeah, doesn't mean that if you met, if
Speaker 1: you meet your partner during a retrograde.
Speaker 1: The meetup is not going to be as smooth.
Speaker 2: No, I think my, my point is that, you know,
Speaker 2: retrograde doesn't mean only bad things happen. Like a good
Speaker 2: thing came out of that
Speaker 1: doesn't mean like, oh, breakup season, only breakups will happen.
Speaker 1: So would you say?
Speaker 1: A mercury retrograde brings more challenges to your love life,
Speaker 1: or is it like a chance for reflection and growth?
Speaker 1: I think sometimes it's just a fun thing, you know,
Speaker 1: like I don't think it's fun. No, I said it's
Speaker 1: just fun to like, oh yeah, Mercury, you know, like
Speaker 1: when something happens then you're just like, oh yeah, Mercury
Speaker 1: got something to blame it on, but as long as
Speaker 1: you don't actually believe it or you don't
Speaker 1: actually mean it, you know what I mean?
Speaker 2: At the end of the day, OK, whether or not
Speaker 2: you believe in astrology or you don't believe in astrology.
Speaker 2: It's always good to have a bit more patience with communication,
Speaker 2: with life, and we always say here, everything happens for
Speaker 2: a reason,
Speaker 1: for
Speaker 1: sure. But what are some things we can take away
Speaker 1: from this Mercury retrograde thing? It's not necessarily just a
Speaker 1: bad thing,
Speaker 2: right, girls? Yeah, it's not like, oh, let me just
Speaker 2: stay at home and then hope that it blows over,
Speaker 2: not see anyone, not talk to anyone for like two weeks.
Speaker 2: You can't can't live like that. So maybe take this
Speaker 2: chance since it
Speaker 2: Impacts different areas like communication, travel, technology. Are there things
Speaker 2: you can do in those areas that retrograde could be
Speaker 2: helpful
Speaker 2: for?
Speaker 1: Right? I think one thing I picked up from this
Speaker 1: whole thing is to learn to be more patient. Actually,
Speaker 1: this doesn't just apply during the Mercury retrograde period every day,
Speaker 1: but I mean during that period, it gives itself a
Speaker 1: stronger reason to hone on your communication skills, don't blow up,
Speaker 1: work on the patient.
Speaker 1: Yeah, don't snap so quickly as well.
Speaker 2: So during the retrograde also it brings up a lot
Speaker 2: of the past just now Pey Marie's story, right, all
Speaker 2: the guys from her life, it's like ghost of boyfriend's
Speaker 2: past kind of thing. So once it's being dredged up,
Speaker 2: maybe don't just ignore it. You can approach it, kind
Speaker 2: of like reflect on it and process it with caution
Speaker 2: since it's already being dug up from the grave
Speaker 1: or maybe use this chance to really set.
Speaker 1: An end to it. Like your intentions must be clear, right?
Speaker 1: Like if this person is reaching out, he must want
Speaker 1: something from you, then maybe this is your chance to
Speaker 1: tell him how you really feel or block him. Yes, correct, correct.
Speaker 1: I think all these like boyfriends popping up, for example,
Speaker 1: maybe it's time for you to sit down and just
Speaker 1: think like, why are they coming up? What is the reason?
Speaker 1: And is it going to serve any purpose in my life?
Speaker 1: And then you decide from there like what you're going
Speaker 1: to do with it,
Speaker 2: right? OK,
Speaker 1: so
Speaker 1: what can we avoid during a Mercury retrograde?
Speaker 2: Um, I think hooking up with your ex would be
Speaker 2: the top number one thing to avoid during a retrograde
Speaker 2: because it just sets you back.
Speaker 2: Into old patterns because you're under him, you ain't getting
Speaker 2: over him exactly as said. So maybe you know avoid
Speaker 2: rekindling fires until like after the retrograde and see if
Speaker 2: you feel the same way with or
Speaker 1: without the retrograde, you probably shouldn't be doing
Speaker 1: that.
Speaker 2: That's true.
Speaker 2: That is very true. Um, avoid making impulsive decisions. Avoid
Speaker 2: like overreacting to things that may have just been a
Speaker 2: simple miscommunication or misunderstanding. But all these like are good
Speaker 2: pieces of advice for any time. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but I kind of
Speaker 1: like that last one because when March 14 rolls around,
Speaker 1: I can sort of like
Speaker 1: remind myself to be more patient. I will send a
Speaker 1: text today is Mercury retrograde all the way to what
Speaker 1: April 7th it's good timing.
Speaker 2: Let us know how your retrograde.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we're pushing this episode one month in advance, so
Speaker 1: it gives you enough time to prep for the retrograde,
Speaker 1: you know, but at the end.
Speaker 1: the day, right? Things like this, whatever you believe in,
Speaker 1: whether it's, you know, a religion, whether it's a universe,
Speaker 1: it's still in your own hands and I think sometimes
Speaker 1: to a certain extent, people like to leave it up
Speaker 1: to something else for the lack of accountability. Yeah, so
Speaker 1: believe whatever you want to, but at the end of
Speaker 1: the day, you're still sort of like the master of
Speaker 1: your own fate, I agree. I read out this one
Speaker 1: last story from this user called Hey hey JG.
Speaker 1: She says, I honestly try to not to allow my
Speaker 1: fears over bad astrological weather to rule my life. Karma
Speaker 1: is a tricky thing. I don't think you can get
Speaker 1: away from it by timing your decisions correctly to avoid
Speaker 1: bad times. Likewise, you may miss a beautiful opportunity if
Speaker 1: you stop yourself. It's too tricky to know. So, best
Speaker 1: bet is to be true to yourself. I'm sure there
Speaker 1: are many examples of happy, healthy, successful relationship.
Speaker 1: during Mercury retro. One leading example
Speaker 1: right here,
Speaker 2: good things can come out of a Mercury retrograde, so
Speaker 2: don't shun it like the plague.
Speaker 1: So take today's content with a pinch of salt. It's
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we need like a retrograde alert or something, yeah, OK, OK.
Speaker 2: And of course we're on YouTube as well. If you
Speaker 2: want to know if tomorrow is a good day, ask me,
Speaker 2: I check with my dad.
Speaker 1: I can take you
Speaker 1: guys next time. Bye.