Ask any millennial woman what singular thing has had the biggest impact on her year and chances are she’ll say “the moon”. Ask her about this week in particular, though, and she’ll also start talking about Mercury retrograde. In both cases, she’ll be deadly serious. And you’ll feel bad for wanting to laugh.
Just a few years ago, such remarks would have prompted major eye rolls and sniggers amid even the most open-minded among us. And yet, in 2023, talk of astrological activity is well established in WhatsApp groups around the world, particularly if you’re a certain type of woman who spends a certain amount of time in a certain corner of the internet. Ahem.
