We publish a write-up about the upcoming Mercury Retrograde cycles in every We'Moon astrological planner. You can read more of her articles in our Galactic Musings blog. Those are wise words from Sandra Pastorius, seasoned astrologer. Leave matters that lock in future commitments until Mercury goes direct. It’s time to “recall the now” of the past and deal with underlying issues. Breakdowns can help us attend to the safety of mechanics and mobility. We may experience less stress during these periods by taking the time to pause and go back over familiar territory and give second thoughts to dropped projects or miscommunications. What to do while Mercury is in Retrograde Mercury, planetary muse and mentor of our mental and communicative lives, appears to reverse its course three or four times a year. When a planet is in direct motion, planetary energies are more straightforward in retrograde, planetary energies turn back in on themselves and are more involuted. Influences of the planets when they are Retrograde or Direct More fascinating facts about Mercury.Mercury Retrograde Cycles for 2022 What does Mercury Retrograde Mean?įirst of all, what do Direct (D) and Retrograde (R) mean, in astrological terms? These are times when a planet moves forward (D) or backward (R) through the signs of the zodiac (an optical illusion, as when a moving train passes a slower train that appears to be going backward). Keep Learningĭid you know that all of the planets experience retrograde motion? Learn more. Those who dread Mercury’s retrograde motion say that, when the planet travels backward, its power to positively influence these domains is stifled, leading to chaos.īelievers in the malevolent power of Mercury retrograde blame the phenomenon for everything from arguments to lost mail or luggage to automobile accidents and technology issues, and warn people to hold back on conducting important business during this time. Like the Greek messenger god it was named for, Mercury is said to govern transportation and communication. So what does all of that have to do with people wanting to hide in their rooms for weeks at a time?Īstrologers believe that the Moon, stars, planets, and Sun affect happenings here on Earth and that each planet in our Solar System rules a different aspect of life. Outer planets have less frequent, but longer-lasting, periods of retrograde motion. Mercury and Venus appear to go retrograde when they lap us.īecause Mercury completes its orbit around the Sun in only 88 days, the Swift Planet becomes retrograde three or four times in a calendar year, for about three weeks at a time. If one car is driving faster than the other, the slower car will appear to go backward from the perspective of a person in the faster car, even though the slower car is still going pretty fast in the same direction.įor the inner planets, Mercury and Venus, the mechanism that causes them to turn retrograde is the same, but in reverse. Picture two cars on the highway going in the same direction in different lanes. When the Earth overtakes an outer planet, that planet appears to travel backward, as compared to the stars, for a time. Because of this, the Earth often laps these planets in its journey around the Sun. The outer planets - Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - all take longer to orbit the Sun than the Earth does, because their orbits are larger. While the location of the stars relative to the Earth is fixed, at least from our vantage point, the other planets in our Solar System all orbit the Sun at varying speeds. Mercury and Venus appear to go retrograde when they lap earth.īecause of the Earth’s daily rotation, the objects in the night sky appear to “move” from east to west through the night sky.
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