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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. November 28: Saturn stands still Mercury comes to ...

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 ...

Mercury is officially in retrograde, and it's the last retrograde of 2025. What does that mean for your star sign, and the cosmos in general? Here's what to know. In the astronomical sense, a planet ...

Mercury retrograde is coming to an end on August 27, 2024. If you don’t know what that means, you are not alone. Mercury retrograde is often blamed, but what does mercury retrograde mean? According to ...

In today's day and age, it's easy to fire off emails and texts without thinking and forget to proofread a word or two. You know that 😳 feeling you get when you look back at your phone and realize a ...

If plans stall, don’t mistake this as a setback — it’s an opportunity to lay a stronger foundation for what’s ahead Get ready for the wake-up call you didn’t know you needed! On July 13, taskmaster ...

A lot has happened in the country over the past few weeks, and there’s a definite feeling that change is coming. Unfortunately, the universe is here with another surprise: Mercury is going retrograde.

From December 5th, 2025, to March 11th, 2026, Jupiter's retrograde in Gemini invites a period of reflection and recalibration. Use this time to reassess how you communicate and engage with those ...

MOSCOW, April 1. /TASS/. Retrograde Mercury is an astronomical phenomenon that has no impact on the planet, nor on people's health or their fate in life, Dmitry Bisikalo, director of the Astronomy ...

When communication goes chaotic, should you cease the search for love? Read on to learn more about dating in the dark days of Mercury retrograde. Adobe stock photo It’s the most maligned time of the ...

Few astrological events strike fear into the heart of people like Mercury going retrograde. But while astrologers stress that this celestial event doesn’t mean your life will implode or anything, ...