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wtf is a Mercury pre-retrograde shadow phase?

Mercury's retrograde again

Randon Rosenbohm
Feb 03, 2021
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Retrograde.

It’s a verb: Mercury retrogrades. It’s a noun: We hate Mercury retrogrades. It’s an adjective: Retrograde Mercury is famous. Mercury cannot be “in” retrograde, because that’s not grammatically correct. That’s like saying, “Mercury is in backwards.” You can say, “Mercury is retrograding,” if you want to spice things up.

When astronomers invented astrology, they derived meaning from observable planetary motion.

Media frenzy aside, Mercury retrograde is so popular because it’s as commonly experienced as a full moon. Mercury retrograde happens frequently. Mercury retrogrades three

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