Mercury retrograde, explained WITHOUT astrology
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Published 2016-09-10
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Sources:
Mars photography by Tunç Tezel: www.twanight.org/newtwan/galleries.asp?Sort=Photog…
Mars visualization from Nooch 86: • Retrograde Motion of Planets Explained
Solar system orbits via Michael Van Daniker, Andrew Lund, and the Astronomy Workshop of Douglas Hamilton at U. Maryland janus.astro.umd.edu/SolarSystems/
Ptolemaic system vsualizer via Nebraka Astronomy Applet Project: astro.unl.edu/naap/ssm/animations/ptolemaic.html
Retrograde motion visualizer via MHeducation: highered.mheducation.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?…
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All Comments (20)
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When I stub my toe and know nothing about astrology: "wow so mercury really is in Gatorade"
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why is mercury doing the renegade
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We may be vulnerable to illusions when we think everything revolves around us. Right in the feels. 😄
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"We may be vulnerable to illusions when we think everything revolves around us" made my year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You had me at “without astrology” and also that passive aggressive ending was so good and subtle. 10/10
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I love that ending statement. Very elegant.
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Horoscopes for Mercury in Retrograde: The universe does not revolve around you. Beware of illusions.
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This is the first straight answer I've been able to find that explains what "retrograde" actually means, so thanks
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We may be vulnerable to illusion when we think that everything revolves around us. Put THAT on a shirt and sell it. I'm gonna make it a poster and stick it in my office! 💖
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"So if there's any life lessons to learn from Mercury retrograde, it's that we may be vulnerable to illusions when we think that everything revolves around us." Sick burn. Kudos.
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"creative interpretations" best euphemism i've ever heard for that.
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I like this explanation. Simple and easy to understand for us non-scientistic folk 😅 thank you x
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When you're so early the haters haven't starting disliking for no reason yet
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man I'm glad i fond this channel, it's a good way to satisfy my Kurzgesagt fix between their videos...
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Trying to explain retrograde to my son for an astronomy part of his science textbook and couldn't get the light in his head to grasp why we saw the illusion. This helped a ton!
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That closing line, "We may be vulnerable to illusions when we think everything revolves around us." is the biggest nugget of truth in this video 😂
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Holy shit that mic drop at the end. Good work again Vox
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That last line "We may be vulnerable to illusions when we think that everything revolves around us" is just perfect. Great video.
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"We may be vulnerable to illusions when we think everything revolves around us." Great!
