Mercury retrograde may sound like the bane of your existence — but trust me, it isn’t the end of the world. (You can blame some of the drama on it, of course.)

The best news of the week is that starting on Aug. 10, our cosmic messenger will end his backward spiral. However, the week ahead is still going to be very slow as it will take him some time to get back to normal speed. Day by day, the cosmic dust will start to settle, but we won’t be “back to normal speed” until Aug. 25 (yes, you read that right).

As for cosmic weather this week, we are experiencing a tremendously rare cosmic alignment on Aug. 11, as Saturn , the planet of permanence, links in a sweet dance with Uranus , the planet of evolution. While the energy peaks on this date, we can still feel it for a month before and

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