Mercury is a little-known, still mysterious world. But one thing is certain. Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, can't actually travel backward in retrograde, and doesn't impact us on Earth. The ...

The planet’s apparent backward motion occurs for a few weeks about every four months. Here’s what’s really happening—and how astrology became a modern phenomenon. Mercury is seen in an image taken by ...

Amid zooming fireballs in the sky from the three active meteor showers, including Perseid, and the new moon rising in Leo on July 24th, there is more to watch; Mercury is in retrograde right now. Here ...

Mercury will be in retrograde until Dec. 15, the last of four times it appears to move backward in the sky this year. For at least a portion of 2024, nearly every planet in our solar system has been ...

This summer, within our solar system, not one, not two, but a staggering seven planets will be in retrograde. While the term "retrograde" tends to conjure up feelings of dread and overwhelm among ...

The Perseid meteor shower kicks off Thursday, July 17, but that isn't the only thing to watch for; the Mercury Retrograde in Leo starts on the same day. Here's what it means and what to know. Three to ...

Mercury goes retrograde on April 21 to May 14, and as the name suggests, retrograde is when a planet appears to go backward in its orbit, as viewed from Earth. However, astronomers call this "apparent ...

Buckle up, my babies: the most maligned of all astrological transits is upon us. What does August 2024’s Mercury retrograde in Virgo and Leo hold in store? Read on to learn more. Named for the god of ...

You might have seen an interesting phrase popping up in your social media feeds lately: “Chiron is in retrograde.” If you’re anything like me, you’ve never heard of Chiron before – and I’m a ...

Retrograde mean motion resonances occur when orbiting bodies, moving in directions opposite to the dominant sense of motion, experience periodic gravitational interactions that can stabilise their ...