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planet in question—this reflection is thus "thru a glass
darkly" so to speak. In all of the following, the steady
advance of the planet from the helio perspective should
be understood and kept in mind—in reality, the planets
only move forward in a counter-clockwise motion around
the Sun.
Here are the details for an inner planet retrograde:
(1) Mercury is moving in Direct Motion, in the direction
of the zodiac.
(2) Mercury and Earth are at what is called their Inferior
Conjuction; Mercury is still in direct motion.
(3) Mercury is motionless in the sky, at the point where it
is Stationary Retrograde, about to go backward through
the zodiac. It will pass over an area of the zodiac it just
went through.
(4) Mercury is motionless in the sky, at the point called
Stationary Direct; at this point it will, once again,
become direct in motion, passing over an area of the
zodiac for the third time.