
What Is Mercury Retrograde and What Does It Mean for You?
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Thank you so much, Tali! We are glad you find it useful.
If we go by 13 month calendar how would effect the lunar days of it being in any given sign?
The only reason 12 signs exist is that astrologers used to do charts by hand and it was easier to recognize patterns and calculate charts with an easily divisible number such as 12.
If we went to 13 signs to represent the lunar months, it would mean a slight reinterpretation of all the signs of the zodiac. The number of signs is arbitrary; the need for the signs is in order to assist with pattern recognition. Too many signs makes it too confusing (though you will find books that break down the 12 signs into 48 weeks), where as too few (i.e. just seasonal) is too general.
Nice article, but it could be better if you explained just WHY Mercury causes such communications glitches way out here, millions of miles away, where the gravitational pull from Mercury must be so trivial that no discernible effects would be noticed.
It was C.G.Jung, to my mind, who offered a Psychological hypothesis for the Mercury Retrograde phenomenon. Briefly, since Mercury was the Roman god of communication and messaging, when he went "backwards", his messages got lost, or garbled, of mis-delivered. In modern times, we humans remember the Roman god deep in our psyche, and we are affected by the apparent retrograde motion of the planet Mercury, and so our unconscious causes some of our conscious behaviours to be erratic. So, it is not the planet Mercury that causes such glitches, but our own unconscious. This is related to what is called the Mercury Archetype.
Note that ALL planets have an apparent retrograde motion, and have psychological impacts on us. For example, Mars, the god of war; when it goes retrograde we are inexplicably belligerent or short-tempered, looking for a war. Similarly with Venus, making us loving and compassionate.
Fascinating stuff. I hope that my comment here is helpful.
I had my " Chart" done
There are so many more influencers, i.e. time of birth,location, the House at the time of your birth, rising / ascending aspects. I've also been to a yery good Psychic
What really freaked me out, was what he told me about my past
There was no way that I let on to anything
Who was it that said: " There are more....that are Unknown than Man dreams of" (I'm paraphrasing
I liked this comment and found it to be very helpful in understanding the history of this.
Thank you :)
You are obviously arrogant and rude to the author. Why does mercury go retrograde? Not all planets orbit in circles. Mercury has an oblong orbit. That makes it appear that the planet is going backwards when we are going forwards. You were rude to this author. I think you should apologize.
Archangel Raphael oversees the planet Mercury. He rules the heart chakra. When Mercury goes retrograde, it’s bringing everything to a slower pace so we can see what we need to heal in our lives.
Aren’t archangels a Catholic thing? In what way are they related to astrology?
Thank you Sir! I appreciate. I am learning Astrology and your explantion made so many things clear to my mind. Thanks!