"Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion states: “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”. This statement can also be said to represent the Law of Karma. Symbolically speaking, we can say that the manifested universe is ruled by Libra: what you sow, you shall reap. This is as true from our moment to moment reality as it is from lifetime to lifetime. Karma is not limited to the affairs of the Twelfth House as many astrological writers and thinkers would have us believe.

The horoscope is a reference point for a particular time and place. The main reference point in the horoscope is the Ascendant because it is the main identifying feature of an individual. This reference point is valid for both the Spiritual Man and the Ordinary Man because it is the vehicle through which the essence of the 'self' finds expression.

"If you have any interest in astrology at all, know an astrologer, or simply travel through astrology sites on the web, you know what a Mercury retrograde is! We hear so much about it…we worry about when it is coming, how long it will last, and what in the world will happen to us this time! First hand experience and awareness through the years can only serve to testify to the power of this little fast moving planet and his affects for us here on Earth.

"Each planet in your natal chart represents the way in which you use a certain energy. For example, Mercury is the mind, your ideas, mental energy. Venus in your chart describes what you value and how you reach out to others in love.

"In accordance with the theory of reincarnation, during our present life we have to face problems and situations originating from the mistakes made in other lives, which we now have to get over, as an act of appeal, since we have failed on the first trial. It is obvious that all these trials will be connected to the field where we have accumulated errors of choice or of behavior.

"So, you've met before...and not only that, but you have been lovers at least once in the past, if not many times over. Your relationship with one another stretches back in time and has shaped and molded you into the person you are today.

"If you have any interest in astrology at all, know an astrologer, or simply travel through astrology sites on the web, you know what a Mercury retrograde is!  We hear so much about it…we worry about when it is coming, how long it will last, and what in the world will happen to us this time!  First hand experience and awareness through the years can only serve to testify to the power of this little fast moving planet and his affects for us here on Earth.