Mercury RXThe Hidden Realm

Direct · clear skies Pre-shadow in 4 days

Mercury status · Sep 30 UTC

Direct

24 days until retrograde

Pre-shadow begins Oct 4 UTC.

The crystal ball is clouded…

Mercury never actually turns around. It races the Sun on the inside track and laps Earth about every 116 days. As it overtakes us, our line of sight to it swings backward across the stars for about three weeks. That illusion is retrograde.

Inside you’ll see

  • The Sun
  • Mercury, on its real egg-shaped orbit
  • Earth: that’s us
  • Our line of sight to Mercury
  • Where Mercury appears among the stars
Crystal ball: Earth and Mercury both orbit the Sun. A line of sight from Earth through Mercury marks where Mercury appears against the stars; when Mercury laps Earth, that spot slides backward, which is retrograde motion.

The oracle speaks of clear skies…

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Clear skies. Send the emails, sign the contracts, start the new spell.

Cosmic Grimoire

Pre-shadow
Oct 4 UTC
Station retrograde
Oct 24 UTC · 20°59′
Station direct
Nov 13 UTC · 5°02′
Post-shadow ends
Nov 30 UTC
Sign
Scorpio

2026 cycles