Every planet has a certain law of motion, but what does it mean that Mercury is retrograde recently?

When the planet goes retrograde, it will move from west to east. Generally speaking, all planets revolve around the sun from east to west. However, Mercury retrograde is not a reversal of the actual running direction of Mercury, but a change of visual trajectory caused by the difference of ecliptic angle between Mercury's running orbit and the Earth's rotation.

From the earth's point of view, every three or four months, there will be a visual effect that Mercury is retreating, which lasts for about twenty days at a time. It is a "visual game" between mercury and the earth. According to foreign media reports, in 20 16 years, the phenomenon of "Mercury retrograde" will appear four times, lasting about 80 days. In astrology, "Mercury retrograde" often means that everything is not going well. Astrologers usually advise people to avoid starting any new projects as much as possible during Mercury retrograde, and should reflect and review past decisions and re-evaluate. However, astronomers disagree with this view. They believe that the retrograde movement of Mercury is not a change in the actual running direction of Mercury, but a visual illusion, so it will not have any impact on people's daily life.

For astrologers, no planetary trend is as important as Mercury retrograde. As the smallest planet in the solar system, the trajectory of Mercury in the sky sometimes seems to be reversed, which is called "Mercury retrograde" and is usually called "water retrograde" in astrology. Astrologers believe that things often go wrong during Mercury retrograde, such as overdraft, frustration at work, bad impression on the first date and so on. Therefore, astrologers usually advise people to avoid starting any new projects during Mercury retrograde, and should focus on re-evaluation until Mercury seems to return to its original direction.

But astronomers don't agree with these so-called correlation phenomena that sound reasonable. Professor Jane Luke margot, a planetary astronomer at UCLA, believes that "from the physical principle, the gravity of these very distant celestial bodies will not have much impact on our lives in this way." Mercury retrograde is a very complicated astronomical phenomenon, which is both real and imaginative.