The sequence of astronomical events in 2003 where Mercury passes in front of the Sun while Venus travels in the opposite direction behind the Sun is enjoyable for those who can interpret the imaging correctly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvBI4Kirpbw

A rough guide aids the observer and adds to their enjoyment when they next see the position of Venus and Mercury , both to our slower moving planet at our position and to the central Sun -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g5JkGzALNc

We are a long way now from those who came to the forum with their illusory direct/retrograde loops of the faster moving planets so I assume they have come to understand the range and power of satellite imaging which provides a parallel story to complement the 500 year old resolution for the direct/retrogrades of the slower moving planets.