Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker have officially had three weddings, two of which occurred while Mercury was in retrograde beginning May 10 and ending June 3.

Their second wedding on May 15 also took place during a total lunar eclipse in Scorpio. In case you were wondering, the date has an important meaning that could predict the outcome of your relationship, according to astrology.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker got married during Mercury in retrograde

There are a few things to consider when evaluating wedding dates in astrology: Were either of you born during a Mercury retrograde? When was the marriage contract signed? Is this a second wedding for the couple?

Neither the reality star nor the Blink-182 drummer was born when Mercury was walking on the moon (also known as retrograde). It’s important to keep this in mind because Mercury retrograde is usually a wonderful time for those born when the planet was spinning backward, but that’s not the case for this pair.

Also, the most important thing is the signing of the marriage license, rather than the ceremony or reception. As far as the public knows, Kardashian and Barker signed the marriage contract during the retrograde on May 15 in Santa Barbara, California. This moment could heal something unconventional within the relationship. Finally, since the two had a “mock” wedding in Las Vegas earlier this year, the second wedding, a retrograde recurrence, was probably better than the first.

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As predicted, Kardashian and Barker had a third wedding on May 22, when Mercury was still retrograde, which was decidedly over the top: They had a weekend celebration in Italy with family and close friends.

People tend to do things three times during Mercury retrograde, both before, after, and during the actual retrograde. This is because there are pre and post retrograde zones that coincide with retrograde degrees. The activities are done three times because the planetary aspects and degrees are in play three times during these phases of the retrograde.

To be clear, there are plenty of people who got married during Mercury retrograde and had long-lasting marriages. Marriages that begin during retrogrades can be unpredictable or confusing for those involved and for outsiders. The pair may seem like an unlikely pairing.

But it’s rarely a reversal of luck; it simply means strangers may question the union, something that’s happening to Kardashian and Barker now through the glare of social media.

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Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian married Eclipse

Now for the other big question surrounding the couple’s second wedding date: What does it mean to be married during a lunar eclipse, an event that occurs when the full moon moves into Earth’s shadow?

For starters, full moons are technically final, because they are the last phase of the lunar cycle. But new beginnings come from endings, so it could simply indicate that the couple is starting a new journey and a new life together. Eclipses can also make people feel like it’s now or never, which is the vibe Kardashian and Barker may have felt when they got married.

It is also important to look at the individual charts of the pair before jumping to conclusions. In Barker’s natal chart, the North Node of Destiny is in Scorpio, this is a karmic path of the natal chart that is associated with the lunar nodes that dictate the energy a person attracts and aligns with the point of the eclipse. Therefore, it seems that this wedding is part of his destiny in life. The planet of love, dreams, and hope, Neptune, is in Kardashian’s Pisces ascendant, which is the part of the birth chart that looks for some energy. This means that she is willing to win with Barker.

She seems to be madly in love and wanted to leap. Her birth chart points to someone who has found her soul mate.

While Mercury retrograde and a total lunar eclipse in Scorpio can make your second wedding date seem astrologically charged, love always trumps astrology. Even if the dates and aspects are not auspicious, what matters most is that a couple cares about each other and has a solid foundation.