What is a planetary retrograde? And what connection does it have to astrology? We explain how planets move across the sky.

Retrogrades get a bad reputation in astrology for causing chaos and confusion. At any given time—there can be multiple planets in the sky at once experiencing retrograde motion. When planets take a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not another retrograde! On August 28, 2023, Uranus will take a cosmic detour in the fixed earth sign of Taurus, where it will stay ...

Mercury is a little-known, still mysterious world. But one thing is certain. Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, can't actually travel backward in retrograde, and doesn't impact us on Earth. The ...

Mercury will be in retrograde until Dec. 15, the last of four times it appears to move backward in the sky this year. For at least a portion of 2024, nearly every planet in our solar system has been ...

In the vast theater of the cosmos, the planets move in their intricate orbits with divine precision. Yet, from Earth, they sometimes appear to pause and move backward. In Vedic astrology, ...

The planet’s apparent backward motion occurs for a few weeks about every four months. Here’s what’s really happening—and how astrology became a modern phenomenon. Mercury is seen in an image taken by ...

The month of July 2025 will be very special from an astronomical point of view. This month, two major planets, Mercury and Saturn, will reverse their motion by going retrograde, which is called the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. From July 17 to Aug. 10, Mercury will appear to move ...

The summer of 2024 will be a wild ride, astrologically speaking — and for more reasons than just the rare super blue moon that rose in August. A total of five planets are going retrograde between May ...