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ArticleBody:Mercury retrograde is blamed for a whole host of problems in astrologically inclined people’s lives: flight delays, malfunctioning electronics, fights with your spouse, and more. This phenomenon happens a few times each year. From August 5th to 27th, we’re about to experience retrograde yet again. But how could a tiny planet like Mercury—the smallest in our solar system, only a third of Earth’s size—cause so much havoc from afar? The simple answer? It doesn’t.
Credit: Wellcome Collection 12117i That superstition was also present in medieval Europe, where kings used astrologers’ interpretations of planetary motions to plan their conquest and guide major decisions. With the advent of the printing press in the 1400s, astrology as we now know it became much more popular. Astrology and astronomy were deeply intertwined back then, whereas nowadays, the two are completely separate.
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