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Even if you're not the most astrologically saavy, you know about Mercury Retrograde and its infamous reputation. For many, it's known as the one astrological thing that messes up your life and is to blame for every minor and major inconvenience. And while it definitely can be all of that, it's also a bit more complicated.

When we talk about a planet being “retrograde” (yeah, every planet is retrograde at some point, not just Mercury—case in point: Jupiter goes retrograde starting November 11), we’re essentially talking about an optical illusion. In reality, it’s when a faster planet starts to move past a slower-moving planet. From our perspective on Earth, it seems like Mercury is slowing down and moving backward in its orbit (even though, from the Sun’s POV, it’s obvi

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