You likely feel like you’re always taking fifteen steps forward and then one giant step back, Gemini. This is just a unique aspect of your life. While some people would never be able to wrap their heads around it, you know precisely how to go with the flow. This is all due to your planetary ruler, mental Mercury, who is a trickster in the sky. He goes through many notable phases, just like how he is now within his pre-shadow cycle. This is the first announcement from the heavens that things are slowing down, and you must get ready to backpedal during the official retrograde.