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 ...

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From Dec. 6 through Feb. 23, Mars will enter retrograde motion, a period of about 10 weeks where the red planet will appear to move backward in the sky. Are you experiencing inner tension, heightened ...

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 ...

Mercury retrograde gets a lot of hype for astrology aficionados. However, other planets also have retrograde motion and appear to move backward in the sky, too. Unlike Mercury, who backslides three to ...