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a planet faking a moonwalk while you blame it for everything.
means Moving or appearing to move backward, or reverting to an earlier, often worse, state or direction.
from From Latin retrogradus, stitched from retro- 'backward' and gradi 'to step, walk' (the same gradi behind 'progress' and 'gradual'). Astronomers borrowed it for the apparent backward drift of planets across the sky — an optical illusion caused by Earth overtaking them in orbit — and the word kept that double life ever after: literal backward motion and figurative backsliding.
- pure illusion
- Planets never reverse; Earth just overtakes them.
- mars trap
- Its backward loop once baffled ancient astronomers for centuries.
- language drift
- Means moving backward, declining, or worse than before.
- mercury myth
- No proven effect on electronics or your ex.
mercury retrograde — occurs 3-4 times yearly when mercury appears to move backward in earth's sky
venus retrograde — happens every 584 days, last occurred in 2020-2021
saturn retrograde — lasts about 4-5 months annually, affects astrology readings globally