Mercury will retrograde from Dec. 13 through Jan. 2 in the last of four times it appears to move backward in the sky this year. Every planet has in our solar system has retrograded for at least part ...

The summer of 2024 will be a wild ride, astrologically speaking — and for more reasons than just the rare super blue moon that rose in August. A total of five planets are going retrograde between May ...

Retrogrades get a bad reputation in astrology for causing chaos and confusion. At any given time—there can be multiple planets in the sky at once experiencing retrograde motion. When planets take a ...

As the nights remain long and dark, we find ourselves with nearly half of the planets in retrograde in early 2025 with more soon to encounter the apparent backward motion. The current lineup includes ...

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 ...

Measurements from MESSENGER's MLA instrument during the spacecraft's greater than four-year orbital mission have mapped the topography of Mercury's northern hemisphere in great detail. Credits: ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Mercury retrograde is happening again. If you believe ...

In the vast theater of the cosmos, the planets move in their intricate orbits with divine precision. Yet, from Earth, they sometimes appear to pause and move backward. In Vedic astrology, ...

Three to four times a year, the planet Mercury appears to travel backward across the sky. The journey during these periods when Mercury is in apparent retrograde motion is known as “Mercury retrograde ...

But before you blame the cosmos for your phone glitches or that random text from your ex, remember that retrogrades aren’t punishments—they’re pauses. Think of them as the universe’s quality-control ...