AUSTIN, TEXAS, MARCH 1999 Before too long, not only will the errant messenger of the gods be retrograde,
but Pluto and Mars will both be in apparent backward motion, as well. And that
pesky planet which is not a planet, but also not really an asteroid, Chiron.
All these things in the sky moving backwards are going to have an impact as
we look at the spring of 1999. A lot of folks at the trailer park have a few
things to say about this.
The beginning of the Mercury Retrograde was almost well-timed with a sudden
thunderstorm that offered a great view of the horizon being lit up by brilliant
and savage attacks of lightening. Along with the storm, buckets of much-needed
rain came pouring down. One of my neighbors has a trailer that literally backs
up onto the lake front. While it's the most reassuring place to be on a nice
afternoon with the patio door open, watching the boats and river roll by, during
the storm, it felt a little like the trailer was going to roll away. The great
peals of thunder rattled the window, and sheets of water washed against the
windows with alarming violence.
"Cool, huh?" he said. Right. I was little more worried about the foundation
of the pads the trailers are parked on. The next day was alternately cloudy
and cold, with clouds making haste across the sky, low clouds, dark and foreboding,
with just a degree of sunlight in between to make the day feel a little strange.
But Texas weather is dependable in one respect, it changes a lot. And when the
weather got nice by the NEXT day, we all got out and looked around Shady Acres.
The storm didn't ravage too much, not more than its usual damage, but the torrents
of water that fell from the sky did cause a subtle change in the lake front
property we occupy.
It looks like my neighbor's trailer is a little closer to the lake than before.
It looks like the foundation itself has slipped, only by an inch or two, but
still, in matter of mere yards, it does look like this last storm, heralded
by the beginning of the Retrogrades, has caused a slip in the very foundation
of where we live. I was busy looking at my place, after I saw what happened
to his.
This recent Retrograde looks like it's going to cause some cracks in the foundation
of everything right now. I'm just afraid that my trailer might end up a houseboat
soon. Wouldn't be too surprised if there are similar cracks in more than one
foundation, and not just here in Shady Acres. Mars rules things like cars, and
by extension, mobile homes. Pluto, as the mythical lord of the underworld, could
certainly represent the foundation. And Chiron? Even though I use Chiron when
I work through a person's chart, I'm not entirely comfortable with its meaning
yet. I just hope it represents the management doing something about the cracks
in the foundation. But with Mercury backwards, and the weather in upheaval,
it might take a few weeks to get anything done.
So this retrograde, the rest of this month, is like the welcome rain, a time
to hide out and let the stuff fall where it may. It's going to require a little
bit of patch work, a little repair work, but retrogrades are like a roof that
only leaks when it rains, when the sun's out, any thought about repair is easily
neglected. Mobile homes are easy to fix though, just get a truck and jack, and
we can right whatever is wrong.
© Kramer
Wetzel, March, 1999.
Shady Acres Trailer Park, with its view of the Colorado River, and a trailer park
with such a close proximity to Downtown Austin is a great home. It's where I belong.
Being an astrologer, too, makes it easy for me to understand what is happening
within the heavens above so I can detect a correlation to what is going on down
here in Shady Acres. This month, March of 1999 promises to hold more than its
fair share of Retrograde stories.