Mercury today

The means by which the motions of the other planets are discerned as they move around the Sun depends on whether they are moving faster or slower than we are or have greater circles of motion.

The hapless empiricist is locked in a view of what the planets look like from the Sun and therefore miss all those images which ask the observer to apply their judgments seen from a moving Earth. The empiricist draws their notion from Newton who tried to imagine what the planets looked like from the Sun thereby cutting his followers off from the reasoning which occupied and should still occupy astronomers.

Relative speeds between the faster moving Earth moving in a smaller circuit from the outer planets which moving slower in their greater orbital circumferences -

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0112/JuSa2000_tezel.gif

Falling temporarily behind in view as the faster Earth overtakes these outer planets,this was the perspective that Copernicus used to set the Earth in motion in the minds of men but the problem of the motion of the inner planets remained due to the dominance of predictive astronomy.

There is no great secret to the motion of the inner planets as they run faster and in smaller circuits than the Earth, once the phases were sorted by Galileo it was a matter of waiting for 21st century imaging to provide a clearer perspective that all should enjoy -

http://www.popastro.com/images/plane...ary%202012.jpg

The evening appearances are to the left of the Sun as seen from a slower moving Earth while they change to a morning appearance as they move to the right of the Sun with Mercury about to make that transition -

http://www.theplanetstoday.com/

They say the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom but in truth that 'fear' is merely venturing into the vast celestial arena to appreciate that we play no part in the symphony of motions but admire them all the same. The newness is for young and old but has a touch of courage to it in leaving behind things that entertain those who know their limits. So many left the forum on this account because it takes many of the better human traits to leave behind old habits and perceptions behind as all Christians are supposed to do in matters of inspiration -

"It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe.� John

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage...&version=NABRE

For whatever reason the dull of mind can't link inspiration with spirit whether it considered a religious term or not.