Mercury and the Algorithm An algorithm can feel like a kind of creature. It stalks you, dances with you, experiments with you, serves, irritates, hits and misses, all while trying to learn and ultimately manipulate you to its own purposes. These early days of Mercury in Virgo assert that we all have complexities, preferences and potentials that are vaster than any robot could service. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Whatever you want to know about the world will teach you about yourself. This is why your curiosity is always appropriate, though it may not be appropriate to pursue it, depending on the bo…