Yes! Mercury is in retrograde between March 5 – 28. And Mercury is the ruler of communication, transportation, and schooling.

SpiceJet to cancel around 35 flights today amid Boeing 737 Max 8 crisis

These are the tell tale sign that Mercury is in a retrograde cycle or not. You can reflect on your state of mind and you’ll have the answer regarding Mercury planet.

You are less proactive and procrastinate
Setbacks and Obstacles
Closing other people out
Self-doubt and Questioning yourself

Mercury rules transportation and the communication so these disruptions events in the major social media and major flights are not a surprise at all.

Facebook and Instagram appear to be partially down for some users around the world today. While you can open both platforms and some services appear to have been restored, users are reporting issues with sending messages on Messenger, posting to the feed on all Facebook products, and accessing other features on Facebook.com, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said the U.S. would issue an emergency order to ground all Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 aircraft in the wake of the plane crash. According to Trump, any planes currently in the air would be grounded upon reaching their destinations.

On the top of that since the Mercury rules college and schooling, College admissions scandals too are in the news.

This Mercury Rx. is more eventful than most other times and we can expect more of those events in coming weeks as well.

In a college admissions scandal brought to light Tuesday, federal prosecutors allege wealthy parents paid to help their children cheat on college entrance exams and to falsify athletic records of students to enable them to secure admission to elite schools, including UCLA, USC, Stanford, Yale and Georgetown.

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