But this backwards movement is an illusion, similar to the one you experience when you're in a car on the highway moving faster than a train alongside you.
The train appears to be moving backward, but it's just moving more slowly than you are. The same thing happens when our planet passes Mercury in our orbit around the sun. Mercury is just moving more slowly than Earth, causing the illusion that it's moving in retrograde. Illusion or not, astrologers believe when it happens, Mercury retrograde has an effect on life here on Earth, specifically within the realm of communication and technology.
In astrology, Mercury governs communication, travel and learning. For this reason, Mercury retrograde is blamed for everything from miscommunication to technological bugs, botched business deals, missed flights, a mechanical issue with your car or even a broken cellphone. But there is no science to back that up , according to LiveScience. Astrologers believe you should take extra care during this time — don't buy a new phone, computer or car lest it turn into a lemon , take extra care to protect your electronics keep your phone in its case, be sure to keep your water bottle far away from your computer , double check your flight times, don't sign any business deals and avoid relationship-defining conversations.
It's a good time to pause, reevaluate and hold off on life-altering decisions. Mercury goes retrograde three times a year for about three weeks at a time. The dates for Mercury retrograde are:. You can't always delay something like signing a contract, so it's important to read and reread the fine print.
Of course, many don't believe in Mercury retrograde or astrology, but regardless, it's a good excuse to stop, think and reorganize yourself and your goals for the coming months.
Then again, you can do this anytime! As Nicole Gugliucci, a Ph. Read on to find out. Three times a year, the planet Mercury appears to travel backward across the sky. Think undelivered love letters, email blunders, and frazzled travel plans! Coincidences can be extraordinary. The astronomical explanation for retrograde motion starts with understanding that the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun at different distances and speeds. While we orbit the Sun ourselves, we can observe the other planets moving across our sky, following their own paths.
Sometimes, it can appear from our perspective that a planet has abruptly switched directions and has started to move in reverse across the sky. In , Mercury will be in apparent retrograde motion during the folowing ranges of dates:. The planet Mercury rules communication in all forms—listening, writing, reading, speaking, and so on—as well as activities closely related to communication, like negotiations and contracts.
It also rules travel, automobiles, shipping, and mail. Double check your email responses and check in with reservations before you take that trip. Review projects and plans at these times, but wait until Mercury is direct again to make any final decisions. Some blame Mercury retrograde for all chaos that happens in their lives. However, this is a good time to sit back and review what you put your energy toward.
For example, if family and faith are important to you, are you putting enough of your energy into them or have you become overextended in other areas such as your career or a hobby? Losing the balance between different parts of your life can cause all of them to suffer, so being aware of the connections between them—especially during Mercury retrograde—can help you to maintain or at least better understand how that balance works. Take a moment to reflect.
Mercury retrograde can be an excellent time to take a step back and reanalyze who you are and what you are doing—but do refrain from making any drastic changes until after retrograde has ended. The type of influence you feel also depends on which of the 12 zodiac signs Earth is in when Mercury goes retrograde.
Learn more about zodiac sign profiles in general and check out our monthly horoscopes. Make sure that your gardening does not go awry when Mercury is in retrograde by reading your zodiac profile for gardening. I get pretty tired of people talking bad about the Mercury retrograde as if their life will fall apart into a technology blackhole and communications oblivion.
So let me add a different twist to this patriarchal bias that's haunted Mercury retrograde since well, years of patriarchal rule this is not a joke but I don't want men to feel offended thinking it's a blame game, it's not, so hear me out now Let's start with the feminine and masculine energies yes, it's a thing , and how each are intended to balance each other in our Universe.
This is irregardless if one identifies with one, the other or both genders, in fact it's less about gender and just the energy of the masculine and feminine stay with me here, don't wanna lose you Masculine toxic oriented, patriarchal society worships nonstop, workaholism, going going going, accumulation of wealth, starting wars, violence, traditionalism, etc.
I can go on and on here. Mercury Retrogrades are a time of reflection, to do over which means to the toxic masculine energy you made a mistake gasp , but that's not what is meant by a do over, a do over could be a reflection, going back to reconsider something, taking time, stopping to smell the roses so to speak.
Everything that toxic masculinity and patriarchal mindset abhors. You see you are not enough. And you have to "do more" to show that you can be more than enough in every which way. And if you work on that balance, society, media and such are here to remind you and shame you with social media so you can try to keep up with the Joneses.
Because oooh lookie, everyone is getting theirs, while you are barely just enough. Now here comes along sweet talking Mercury retrograde. Put the social media away. Stop taking selfies because most likely your phone broke or your screen broke and you can't see what someone text you.
Bad enough you also got dumped by the person you're dating, but guess who wants to come back in your life, that lying, cheating ex. You see Mercury Retrograde is not here to destroy us but it is the absence of The absence of what you say?
It's the absence of those things that makes us feel we are running and running in our lives think hamster wheel , it helps us step outside of our life for a brief moment a few weeks including the pre and post shadow , while it exists and we take in the other energy available to us, feminine energy where we will harness it for a time of reflection. It's only frustrating if you fight it Oh my gosh, reflect? That sounds like a nightmare!
But I assure you it's not. We all need respite and rest from the job, the relationship, the kids, the besties, the, the, the We just need to space to feel our own breath and breathe.
The next time you get all angst about a Mercury Retrograde because your world is supposed to run amuck, remember that its goal is to get you to pause , look around, take stock in what's working, what's not, so you don't have to wallow in blunders and errors and omissions later think exes and ohs. Did you need to sign a contract in a Mercury Retrograde? It's still okay, but nothing wrong with checking or double checking it's what you want before you sign on the dotted line.
IF something is truly meant for you, it won't matter what astrology says. Real talk. So you see, it's not all meant to be bad.
In fact something good can always come from something unexpected. The feminine energy does things a different way that's all. And that's not meant to be foreboding. It may feel unexpected if you lost your Internet connection, but then you decided to go for a walk. And you bumped into that neighbor you always had a crush on, then you happen to talk, and then you find you both have so much in common when your dogs are sniffing each other I am a believer.
I worked in Marketing and Communications for many years doing very detailed work and extra caution is needed during this time. I have sat in business meetings and claimed "Mercury Retrograde" in my own defense. I don't buy any of the Mercury Retrograde stuff, but the picture of Mercury on this blog is absolutely beautiful!!
With the exception of Earth, which sustains life for us all, I believe Mercury to be the most beautiful of planets! I don't believe I'm asking too much. Why folks got to be so superfluous and show off but skip over basic information?
I had one last nerve and it getting on it. Just keep simple please. If you plan to close on a home, during a retrograde, you must cross your tee's and dot your i's.
That means have the home inspected by someone that has no dog in the fight, and that doesn't know the realtor. Have it inspected the day of the closing, to make sure everything has been done, that the seller said would be done.
If it is not done, postpone the signing date, or have the seller subtract the amount from the sale of the home and give you the monies as a check, or cash? You just have … a hunch. The actual retrograde phase is when you see the problems that started to announce themselves in the pre-shadow blow up in front of you. In reality, new information regarding what the planet rules is emerging in our lives — something we probably had overlooked originally.
The universe is bringing it out dramatically in your face now to show you that you must pay attention to this before you proceed. We tend to spend most of our lives racing forward, skimming over the details, constantly moving to the next level, project, plan, idea or relationship. Lastly, the post-shadow phase is when the planet is finally moving forward in the sky again but is still gaining speed to catch up with where it originally fell behind.
Once a planet moves past this point in the sky, life should move along much more easily. The post-shadow phase is especially important because it helps us to resolve whatever popped up during the previous two periods so that we are on a better track moving forward. You reach the end destination of your run but then see a vendor selling ice cream. And now you really want ice cream after that cardio! So you reach into your pocket, pull out the cash and treat yourself.
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