Mercury retrograde

In the astrological tradition, Mercury retrograde names the stretch when Mercury appears to slow and drift backward across the sky. The motion is an optical effect — from a moving Earth, a slower planet looks like it's sliding in reverse; nothing actually reverses. Astrologers read the period as an invitation to revisit Mercury's themes: how you think, talk, plan, and connect. A time to re-read before you send, to finish what was left open, to say the thing more carefully. It isn't a jinx on your week. Re-reading before you send and closing the loose threads tends to do more good here than charging ahead on a first draft.