{"id":3416,"date":"2023-05-10T06:09:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T23:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/what-is-mercury-retrograde-why-it-matters-how-it-affects-us\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T06:09:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T23:09:13","slug":"what-is-mercury-retrograde-why-it-matters-how-it-affects-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=3416","title":{"rendered":"What Is Mercury Retrograde? Why It Matters + How It Affects Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_80,y_139,w_1120,h_629\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/ldwsoj9uukp8iycsl.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>So, why do people freak out about Mercury retrogrades? We covered the literal astronomy of it, but astrologically speaking, there are some other implications that tend to make people a little nervous.<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/mercury-signs\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/mercury-signs\" rel=\"noopener\">Mercury<\/a> governs themes around communication, technology, and travel\u2014so when it&#8217;s retrograde, those are exactly the areas that tend to get hit the hardest. Think travel delays, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/communication-tips-for-mercury-retrogrades-shadow-period\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/communication-tips-for-mercury-retrogrades-shadow-period\" rel=\"noopener\">miscommunications<\/a>, accidentally sending an email too soon&#8230;things of that nature.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/wc\/the-astrotwins\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/wc\/the-astrotwins\" rel=\"noopener\">the AstroTwins<\/a> previously explained to mindbodygreen, &#8220;During [Mercury retrogrades], astrologers advise against buying new computers, electronic devices, appliances, and cars,&#8221; adding that signing contracts is also tricky during Mercury retrograde, as you can easily miss an important detail.<\/p>\n<p>But according to Pennington, Mercury retrogrades aren&#8217;t totally a bad thing. In fact, she says, they offer us the perfect opportunity to &#8220;go back in time&#8221; and make any revisions necessary before moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, your texts might not send as quickly, or you might get a flat tire on the way to work, but in terms of the big picture, Pennington explains, &#8220;It kind of forces the idea that editing, revising, cutting things out, going back to something and reworking it\u2014these things are just part of the process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So instead of looking at Mercury retrogrades as something to fear, she tells mindbodygreen, use it as a chance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/how-mercury-retrograde-affects-relationships\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/how-mercury-retrograde-affects-relationships\" rel=\"noopener\">ensure you&#8217;re getting things right<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, why do people freak out about Mercury retrogrades? We covered the literal astronomy of it, but astrologically speaking, there are some other implications that tend to make people a little nervous. For one thing, Mercury governs themes around communication, technology, and travel\u2014so when it&#8217;s retrograde, those are exactly the areas that tend to get &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-3416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-astrology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}