What does it mean when mercury is in retrograde?

What does Mercury in retrograde mean? Three or four times a year, planet Mercury is said to go retrograde — that is to say it moves in an opposite direction to planet Earth. Mercury is just moving slower than Earth, causing the illusion that it's moving in retrograde. read more

Three or four times a year, planet Mercury is said to go retrograde — that is to say it moves in an opposite direction to planet Earth. Planets move from east to west around the sun, and when Mercury turns to move from west to east instead, that's when Mercury is in retrograde. read more

Mercury retrograde happens three to four times per year, when the planet Mercury slows down and appears to stop (station) and move backward (retrograde). It's an optical illusion, since there is forward movement, like speeding by a slow-moving train—as it recedes, it appears to go backward. read more