How so?Ĭurrently Mercury is moving toward a conjunction with Saturn in Aquarius. These particularities aside, we will generally experience this retrograde as a moment where the brakes get pumped on big decisions (contracts especially) by astrological forces. It would behoove Virgos and Geminis to figure out where Mercury is transiting the next couple weeks in your individual chart to prepare for delays in those sectors. Mercury-ruled Gemini and Virgo will be more sensitive to its motion than, say, Taurus. Of course, certain signs will naturally be more impacted by this backspin than others. If you ply wares, lost cargo and the like can be a problem, too. If you’re a professor, words might feel elusive during this period. If you’re on the run or on the road, for instance, this retrograde might not be a good time for your travels or crimes. The Trickster Planet is known to be the protector of travelers, thieves, merchants, and orators. Zooming in a bit more on the nature of a Mercury retrograde, we find that it might influence certain social types more than others. As such, Mercury is the planet associated with conveyances between things through words and wares. This makes sense, as Mercury, also known as Hermes, was, mythologically speaking, the only God that could transit through all dimensions of the ancient cosmos, from Olympus, to Earth, to the dark realm of Hades. They tend to involve problems with communication, commerce, cargo-things coming and going.
Mercury retrogrades in particular are pesky. In their more positive valence, we can think of them as periods to re-assess, re-consider, and re-work where we are at a given moment. In general, retrogrades are times of cosmic miscues, lapses, repetitions, delays, and glitches. Slower moving planets, like Saturn and Jupiter, have longer retrogrades, while Mercury, the fastest planet, has three to four reversals per year.
Retrogrades occur when a planet looks like it’s moving backwards in relation to us on Earth.
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