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posted February 16, 2026 12:55 AM            

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Mercury the planet of communication in astrology is also the closest to the seven planets(on average) astronomically

calculations in video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDgbVIqGADQ

Mercury on average is the closest planet to all seven other planets in the Solar System, including Earth, due to its small, inner orbit. While Venus makes the closest approach to Earth, it spends much of its time on the opposite side of the sun, making Mercury the closest neighbor over time.

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posted February 16, 2026 03:51 PM            

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Great info! Thank you!

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posted February 17, 2026 04:42 PM            

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Dear, your title and the video kept me utterly confused! 🤔

The wording is crazy!

Mercury is the closest planet TO THE SUN.
And Mercury is also the closest planet TO THE EARTH.

That's it! Mercury being the closest planet TO ALL seven other planets makes absolutely no sense to me! I think the wording of the title and video is grammatically incorrect or confusing. don't know if I should blame it on Mercury Rx shadow phase! 😂

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posted February 17, 2026 05:12 PM            

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The closest planet to Earth isn't Venus or Mars as previously taught in school.

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posted February 19, 2026 06:56 PM            

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Such an interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

I was looking at the planetary movement simulation and I couldn't tell if they'd taken the retrograde movement into consideration or not. But I suppose there is a chance because the person who developed the Python package said he'd taken a 140-year period as train and a period of 1 day as test. This makes me think the developer originally must have used the retrograde periods in his calculation as well.

This is a very interesting finding but we need to understand this is from an average of 140 years, longer than most humans live.

I'd wish they'd used a 10 or 5-year increment instead. That would have helped astrologers more when it comes to assessing the strength of this planet.

Mercury is also considered a neutral planet. Maybe it is after all the key to relating to others, hence the value of open communication and honesty in life.

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