No, Mercury is not retrograde. It will be in October. Saturn has went direct a while ago and Pluto is changing direction.
Uranus and Pluto are also in a tug of war until 2015, the first squaring the second. And Pluto, lord of the underwold, is in Capricorn where it will remain until 2024. Pluto in Capricorn brings eruptions, disruption, renewal, crumbling of old ways. Last time Pluto was in Capricorn the United States of America come to be.
Yes, Pluto is that slow to complete the zodiac. It takes 248 to obit the Sun/go around the Zodiac.
And if you are wondering why so many floods, leaks, problems with pipes and everything water related, Neptune is in Pisces until 2026.
But for us LBS all that is just a picnic in the park.
Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together. (Marilyn Monroe)