We’ve all seen or heard the term “Mercury is in retrograde,” what does it actually mean? Why should I care about a planet’s academic history (get it: retrograde)? And most importantly does it actually affect people’s moods and lives?  

Let’s start at the scientific happenings during this time. Retrograde, “backwards step”, is the phenomena that causes a planet to appear to be going backwards. This is because mercury’s orbit is much closer to the sun so it’s shorter than earths.  The planet obviously isn’t actually moving backwards, but from our vantage point on earth it appears so, it’

s just moving past us for a moment, such as a car does when you’re driving, and it looks like it’s going backwards. 

There is of course no scientific proof that retrograde actually causes any real change in people’s lives. It is simply a trick of perspective and nothing different is actually happening with the planets. Also this happens with almost all the planets through the year so there’s no reason to worry!

Many people, however, who believe in astrology feel retrograde does have an impact on people. Those who believe in astrology see a relationship between the universe and lives on earth, so everything from position, movement, and time makes a difference. Astrologists (if that’s what you’d call them) believe mercury rules over communication.

So during retrograde it is pushed back, much like the planet. Letters don’t get delivered, unresolved problems return, even people from your past may begin to show up. This is because Mercury is in its “sleeping state” so the powers which it governs over are weaker, as there is no astrological guidance. During this time it is cautioned not to make any rash decisions or changes, as it could be one of poor judgement and lack of communication. It’s also a bad idea to launch any communication endeavors– so no big dates or important emails. Lastly technology is seen to be affected by mercury’s retrograde; that’s the excuse I used on why my assignments have been late, Thanks Astrology!

Whether you believe in it or not, the phenomena is pretty cool to chart or even just see so look outside in the night sky and try to spot mercury moving backwards!

Because i am no astrology expert I added this chart

I found on horoscope.com , you can find the link to the whole article here