On Friday, May 18, 2018 at 10:45:04 AM UTC-7, Gerald Kelleher wrote:

"...neither is there a single instructional video out there reflecting the accurate direct/retrogrades of the planets closest to the Sun...


Sure there is, here...

http://www.nakedeyeplanets.com/movements.htm

.... just look at little yellow Mercury as he loops his way along with respect to the background stars... just like all the other planets do. If you weren't told which colors represented which planets you might be hard-pressed to tell the difference between the superior planets and the inferior planets!