Summer is here, and Mercury goes retrograde from July 17 until August 11 — the retrograde begins after the full moon lunar ...

The first Mercury retrograde of 2025 is here, and this one is going down — or slowing down, in the insolent, fire-breathing sign of Aries and the idealistic, hallucinogenic tidal pools of Pisces.

Mercury orbits the Sun at an average distance of about 57.9 million kilometers (36 million miles). It's the innermost planet in our solar system, i.e. the planet closest to the sun.

The planet will travel from 9 degrees Aries to 26 degrees Pisces during the upcoming Mercury retrograde phase, according to Astro-Seek. Aries is ruled by Mars and is known as the God of War.

As curious as it seems, Mercury’s retrograde motion is actually a highly predictable cosmic phenomenon. The planet isn’t actually moving backwards, it just looks like it to us—a sort of ...

Mercury, according to Roman mythology, was the messenger god who ruled over merchants and travelers. But his messages aren’t the only thing the swift god was known for, explains Letao Wang , a ...