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 ...

This summer, within our solar system, not one, not two, but a staggering seven planets will be in retrograde. While the term "retrograde" tends to conjure up feelings of dread and overwhelm among ...

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 ...

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

On March 10, 2026, Jupiter will appear to change direction in the night sky, marking the end of its retrograde motion, which began in November 2025. This phenomenon, which occurs when Earth overtakes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The summer of 2024 will be a wild ride, astrologically speaking — and for more reasons than just the rare super blue moon that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mercury will retrograde from Dec. 13 through Jan. 2 in the last of four times it appears to move backward in the sky this year. Every planet has in our solar system has retrograded for at least part ...