What is Mercury retrograde and how will it affect my zodiac sign in 2025?
Cue the collective groan; Mercury retrograde is back with the hijinks, the low blows, mishaps, regrettable texts and resurrected exes.But wait — you implore with a tone of exasperation and a head full of snarls, didn’t we just go through a Mercury retrograde a few weeks ago? In short, yes.As the fastest-moving planet in our solar system, Mercury goes retrograde three to four times a year.
When you factor in the shadow period of the retrograde—and as a recovering goth kid, I always consider the shadow—we spend up to six months a year at the mercy of Mercury’s slow-down showdown.Mercury for the Romans or Hermes for the Greeks was the messenger of the gods whose communicative route spanned from the ambrosia-suckling peaks of Mount Olympus to the maiden-snatching depths of the underworld.Similar in scope, the influence of Mercury can serve the lower modes of gossip and slander or the better angels of poetry, karaoke, understanding and universal human communion. Let’s take a quick look into what Mercury retrograde does in this easy guide, complete with retrograde dates!Mercury is the planet of communication, the mind, the mouth, connection, expression, media, technology, travel, and commerce.
It is the fastest moving celestial body in our sky, second only to the moon.Due to its proximity to Earth and influence upon it, Mercury is known as a personal planet.
Because the realms that Mercury rules are so integral to our daily routines, we feel the effects of these retrogrades more acutely.A planetary PSA; planets do not move backward in space, they merely slow their proverbial rolls, a deceleration that looks like a reversal from our vantage here on beautiful, broken planet Earth.This is due to the speed of Earth’s rotation and the planet’s distance from us.
While the Earth is not the center of our solar system, it is our center of perspective.It may seem curious that what amounts to an optical illusion can significantly affect we mortals, but as anc...