Lots of couples are booking churches or ballrooms and vying for group hotel rates so that they might be wed on the upcoming weekend of July 7th, 2007 (o7/07/07). Sevens are lucky. Or sacred, or something, right?

No, not in this case, says astrologer Shelley Ackerman of KarmicRelief.com.

“07/07/07 is not the time to take your vows,” Ackerman told an ABC affiliate. “Mercury is in retrograde, promises won’t be kept.”

There’s always next year: 08/08/08 is still available.