Retrogrades
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Retrograde Planets
"As all the planets are moving at different speeds, there will be times when a particular planet will appear from Earth that it is not moving at all, and at times that a planet is actually moving backwards when viewed against the backdrop of a fixed star. In such periods, the planet is said to be in retrograde motion. " |
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Venus Retrograde-What Does It Mean?
"Venus goes retrograde every 18 months for about 6 weeks - two years ago it was retrograde in Aries, now it is retrograde in Gemini, from mid-May until the end of June, 2004. What exactly happens as Venus reverses it’s cycle? First off - What does Venus represent? Venus is the love goddess, she is femininity personified. She is sensuousness; the touch one uses to emit transmissions of feeling to the brain. Venus is the feel of warm soft baby powder on one’s palms, the feelings of sand on one’s body, the scent of wild flowers, the aroma of the perfume nature gives us for our arousal and enjoyment. In essence, Venus is taking a field trip to the garden of earthly delights. Notice the word earthly, for Venus is very much concerned with the pleasures one betakes of here on earth. " |
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Astrology in Motion: Mercury Retrograde
"When a planet "goes retrograde" it gives the appearance of moving backward through the Zodiac. Naturally this is an optical illusion, but it has an effect nonetheless. Due to the angle from which we view it's orbit, it will appear to slow down, become stationary, then go in reverse. After a time (depending upon which planet it is), it will again slow down, become stationary and move forward. Mercury is the planet which does this several times a year, and is the one which often takes the blame for certain mishaps which occur under this influence. Mercury rules communication and this is where we most often see these "mishaps" happening. A frequent complaint about the influence of retrograde motion, is that the activities represented by the planet in question, often have to be repeated...the activities represented by the planet in question, often have to be repeated. " |
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Retrogradation Review and Rx Patterning
"As we devour our learning of astrology, our appetites tend to demand that everything we observe and measure must mean something, have analytical substance. In the sense that the whole is the some of its parts, and in the sense that the microcosm reflects the macrocosm, everything in the horoscope does mean something. –But not all the “somethings” are monumental in the uniqueness of their measure (as is Saturn-rx, for example), and some things gain significance only when they are grouped together (as with a preponderant Element or Mode emphasis; as with gender emphasis, dispositor patterns)." |
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Retrograde Planets
"Early man looked up at the night sky and saw the stars. A few of the stars appeared to wander. Those wandering stars are now known as planets. Imagine the bewilderment of those night-sky observers when some of those wandering stars appeared to slow down, stand still, and even go backwards, before they stopped again and resumed their forward motion. Some of these planets performed this weird behavior every year. One appeared to do this every second year. But these apparent retrograde motions did not occur at the same point in the sky each year. Only the Sun and the Moon seemed to move solely in a forward direction. While these early observers of the night-sky did not know the real reason for this apparent retrograde motion (the relative motion of the planetary orbits as seen from the Earth in its own orbit), they did correlate human behavior and events with the retrograde activity. Retrograde motion of the planets is usually studied in two basic areas. First there is the role of individual retrograde planets in the natal horoscope; then there is the mundane question of what happens when a transiting planet goes retrograde. Advanced Astrologers, however, also consider the special effects of multiple retrograde planets in one's natal and progressed horoscopes. (Some people have zero retrograde planets, some have one, and others have more than one.)" Keywords: Retrograde Planets,Retrograde (Rx) Mercury ,Retrograde (Rx) Venus ,Retrograde (Rx) Mars ,Retrograde (Rx) Jupiter ,Retrograde (Rx) Saturn ,Retrograde (Rx) Uranus ,Retrograde (Rx) Neptune ,Retrograde (Rx) Pluto ,Transiting Retrograde Planets |
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