This matters to the entire world economy because Mercury moves backwards and forwards in Taurus, the sign that rules all our currency exchange rates and world sharemarkets too. Expect chaos, which then corrects itself.
Mr Bowie’s career is like a NASA inventory. Best known for Space Oddity (1969), featuring spaceman Major Tom, who also turns up in Ashes to Ashes – he is also famous as The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976).
The very first thing you can do on a Mercury cycle is treat big statements and life-changing news as questionable. This may not be the whole story, or the end of the story!