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And in my own life, the retrograde often brings up my past-an ex will slide into my DMs, for example. “So when it goes retrograde, challenges and delays may occur around those topics.” “ a planet that is collectively responsible for things like commerce, communication, transportation, writing, data, facts, figures, and the devices we use to communicate with one another,” says Tabourn. It’s this specific retrograde that can impact technology and our means of sharing information on Earth, creating a general sense of unsteadiness in our everyday pursuits. It's the force behind how we share our ideas, our thoughts, and experiences. Mercury, on the other hand, is the planet that governs communication. The moon, for example, rules our emotions and feelings, and Mars is the planet of action and assertion-how we get things done. This is why we experience the retrograde three, sometimes four, times each calendar year lasting for up to three weeks at a time.Īccording to astrology-an ancient practice of observing the sky ( this piece offers a non-whitewashed and non-heteronormative history)-each planet governs different aspects of our personality. In fact, it takes only 88 days for Mercury to circle the sun, according to NASA. Mercury is closest to the sun and therefore has a much shorter orbit. Though all planets go through the retrograde motion, Mercury’s retrograde gains all the attention. “All planets retrograde at some point in their cycle as seen from the Earth.” “It’s important to know that the planet isn’t actually going backward,” says Tabourn. From our perspective on Earth, it can appear that a planet is changing speed or seemingly changing direction.
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“Retrogrades are essentially optical illusions seen from our view of the solar system from the perspective on Earth,” explains Kirah Tabourn, an astrologer and host of The Strology Show.