Some like to blame Mercury for technical glitches when it goes in retrograde. Miscommunication is noticed more during this period. But the highest way of looking at an astrological influence is to see it as a gift, a time to pause and let go of anything in the past that no longer serves us. To be at peace, even when things appear to go wrong. Ultimately, it is not Mercury who conjures such things, it's us, under the influence of layers of creation.