Your Survival Guide For Mercury Retrograde August 2024.
Mercury retrograde starts August 5th and ends August 28th.
Mercury goes retrograde about three to four times a year. It is widely known that the period of the retrograde is used for reflection on certain areas which differs from one retrograde to another. Every Mercury retrograde cycle has three stages: the problem, pondering on a solution and launching into action.
Every retrograde cycle is halved by a Mercury-Sun conjunction. The period before is known as the time when problems with reflection and functionality arise and the period after is the time to figure out the best course of action moving forward.
For about three weeks every three to four months, there comes a period of hanging in the balance between the past and the future.
Sun-Mercury inferior conjunction happens on August 19th.
This Mercury retrograde cycle, we are dealing with themes of functionality, regret, health, critical thinking and the ever-present Mercury retrograde theme and perhaps the favorite: Mistakes Of The Past.
This Mercury retrograde is not explosive. As a matter of fact, it is a slow burn to a big change by the end, so here are the things you need to expect changes and challenges in: