How To Survive Halloween While Mercury's In Retrograde

When I realized that Halloween was falling on a weekend this year, I was over the freaking moon. Yes, Thursday qualifies as the start of the weekend in college and I’m ready to take full advantage of that. However, I just so happened to stumble upon an Instagram story yesterday that informed me today is also the start of Mercury going into retrograde. Let me tell you, I was shook.

If you don’t know what it means when Mercury goes into retrograde, it’s time to buckle up because things are about to get wack. Communication, technology, and travel are three main categories that you can expect to struggle with during this time.

Whether you believe in this shit or not, you’ve got to admit, Mercury in retrograde is a pretty good excuse to blame all your problems on for the next couple weeks. It’s especially perfect for Halloweekend, the most clusterfuck three days in all of college. If you find yourself in these situations this weekend, just blame it on astronomy.

Communication

If you waited until today to talk to your roommates about a group costume, you’re in for some trouble. This is prime time for miscommunication and misunderstandings. It’s also probably not the best time to try to talk the bouncer into letting you in without a cover because of how sick your costume is, but is there ever really a good time for that?

Technology

Two words. Uber. Surges. On the most anticipated going out weekend of the school year, Uber prices are about to go through the damn roof. Add Mercury’s retrograde to the mix, and you should expect app crashes, shitty phone service, and battery issues. This is not the weekend to forget your portable charger at home.

Travel

TBH, I’m not sure who books vacations for Halloween, so you probably don’t have to worry about any air travel issues. However, it might be the year to stray away from haunted houses or pumpkin patches that are a decent car ride away. Or go for it and lmk what happens.

Listen, I’m not saying that this stuff doesn’t happen every Halloweekend, but I just want to keep you all in the loop so that you know what tf your hippie roommate is talking about when she blames her self-sabotaging behavior on Mercury in retrograde. Bottom line: Halloweekend gets crazy enough without the universe out of line, so stay safe this holiday.