I had a deal fall apart last week because Mercury was in retrograde. I wish I was kidding. We were three days from closing on a gorgeous split-level, everything was perfect. Inspections done, appraisal came in at value, loan was clear to close. Then my buyer calls me at 9 PM to say her "spiritual advisor" told her the energy of the house was wrong because we scheduled closing during a planetary transition. She wanted to push closing back six weeks until the stars aligned better. Literally. The seller said absolutely not, they'd already scheduled movers. My buyer said the universe was sending her a sign. The seller's agent and I spent two hours on the phone trying to salvage this thing while both our clients descended into chaos. The seller threatened to keep the earnest money. My buyer threatened to sue over "cosmic duress," which is not a legal term no matter how many times she said it. Deal died. I drove home in silence, stopped at a gas station, and bought a lottery ticket because at that point, why not let fate decide my income too.