{"id":1365,"date":"2009-01-31T06:38:04","date_gmt":"2009-01-31T06:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2009\/01\/mercury-turns-direct-and-daily.html"},"modified":"2009-01-31T06:38:04","modified_gmt":"2009-01-31T06:38:04","slug":"mercury-turns-direct-and-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2009\/01\/mercury-turns-direct-and-daily.html","title":{"rendered":"Mercury turns direct!  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