part 1 : retrogrades
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Part 1 : Retrogrades
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Retrograde• The appearance that planets are moving backwards.
• All Planets have a retrograde period, except Sun and Moon
• Geocentric perspective
• Apparent motion
• Inferior planets- Mercury and Venus, retrograde when between Sun and Earth, closest to Earth in cycle around Sun
• Superior planets - Mars-Pluto, retrograde when opposite Sun, closest to Earth in their cycle around the Sun
• Besides the Sun and the Moon, all planets will have aretrograde period in their orbits around the Sun at their pass closest to Earth, called perigee.
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Retrograde• Retrograde is when a planet appears to move backwards from a geocentric perspective
• Planets appear to move backward along ecliptic as a slower moving planet is approached and overtaken by faster moving planet, the movement in the zodiac appears backward.The phenomena of retrograde motion resembles that of 2 trains passing each other, the faster moving train momentarily appears to move backward from the perspective of the slower moving train.
• Planets appear to move backward along ecliptic, slower moving planet is approached and overtaken by faster moving Earth, the movement in the zodiac appears backward
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Retrograde Planets in Natal charts• Natal retrograde planets
Transiting Retrograde planetsRetrograde by progression*
• Are retrograde planets WEAK? INFERIOR? REPRESSED?
• Generally they are more expressed and seen as more -Subjective, reflective, Internally focused, inner orientation, reflective, defined
• Have different perspective, are more deliberate, slow, slower on the uptake
• Stationary retrograde and stationary direct, more intensifiedCritical degree for each planet, where it goes retrograde or direct- A potent point
• Are closest in their cycles to Earth therefore are seen to be more potent and somehow accentuated.
• Indicate -Change of direction, them, another perspective
• There are time when are APIDM - All Planets In Direct Motion
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Retrograde Planets in chart delineation
• Signify a more subjective and reflective internally focused orientation with the planet.
• Can be much more sharply defined and focused.
• Act against the grain, retreat or rebel.
• Reject the status quo and concepts of the direct moving planets and their planetary meaning.
• Are physically slower moving therefore more deliberate to act, more thoughtful and less impulsive.
• From a karmic point of view, the retrograde planet represents the soul’s intention for a life lesson, a greater challenge that must be met in order to deal with unfinished business and clear the path for future progress.
• Will indicate a deeper more challenged experience of the retrograde planet. eg. Mars with anger issues or energy levels, Venus with self love and values and relationships, Mercury with communicating and learning abilities.
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Synodic Cycles• Retrogrades have everything to do with synodic cycles,
• Synodic - Sun/Earth/Planet- meeting place
• Planetary orbits and the combination of the line up between Sun, Earth and Planet, makes each planet spend different amounts of time retrograde and a different percentage of their time retrograde.
• Every planetary cycle with the Sun, has a different time frame Moon 28 days, Venus 584 days -1.6 year, Mars 730 days etc - 2years
• Venus is the planet least likely to be found retrograde, whereas Pluto is the most likely planet to find retrograde in an astrology chart.
• It is quite usual to find a few planets retrograde, yet especially rare to have all or many planets retrograde, no planets retrograde or only one planet retrograde.
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Retrograde loop
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Inner planet turning points
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Evening starMorning Star
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Stations rx 31st OCT 27° Scorpio
Cazimi/Sun 12th NOV 18° Scorpio
Stations direct 22nd NOV 11° Scorpio
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• Exterior planets, when retrograde are at their brightest and most visible at their closet pass to Earth.
• Interior planets, Venus and Mercury are at their brightestjust before retrogrades begin and finish, before and after their “Cazimi” of the Sun, as they transition from evening to morning stars.
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Stationing Planets
• Stationing planets are planets found at the beginning and end of retrograde periods, when a planet stands still to turn around so to speak, from direct motion to retrograde, or from retrograde to direct again.
• These stationing periods are seen as the most significant parts of a retrograde cycle and intensify, magnify and concentrate the retrograde meaning and experience.
• Check planetary motion by using an ephemeris to see if a planet is near a stationing point.
• Look for stations around 0 -7 days for faster moving planets, 5-10 days for midrange planets, and 2-3++ weeks for outer planets before and after retrograde cycles (outer planets can stay in the same degree for quite a long time around stationing points)
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Add speed and Days from station using on software
or ephemeris
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Mars is 3 days after stationing direct Pluto 23 days before station direct,
moving only ‘6 mins of arc
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Venus stationing (direct in 7 days) Mercury stationed direct(2 days) Pluto stationed rx (2 weeks prior) Saturn stationed rx (1 week prior)
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Mercury rx• Retrogrades 3 times per year, for 19-22 days (3 weeks), for about 15° • 7/8 year cycle through elements backwards • 2018 - Fire/Water signs,
2019 - Wate, 2020 -Water/Air 2021 - Air2022 - Air/Earth2023- Earth 2024 - Earth/Fire2025 - Fire2026 - Fire/Water
• Mercury retrograde periods by transit invoke an period of RE- RE -RE • Rethinking, redoing, reconsidering, revision, Rethinking • Communication breakdown, review, redo, reconsider, re, re, re • Each sign placement of retrograde will show out its theme • Communication breakdowns, haywires, breakdowns • Mercury known as the The trickster, • Transport holdups, back up, misread, unseen seen, revelations
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Mercury rx natal• Rejects and rebels with information • Are more attuned to specific information and learning techniques, • Often learn in their own unique ways, are more individualistic. • Can show more clarity, depth, intensity, focus, and refined thinking. • Can show a greater capacity to perceive symbols, messages and non-verbal communication.
Thoughts and perceptions are more internalised, can be slower on the uptake, overthink • Evolutionarily can be slowed down for a reason.
• Mercury Sagittarius, Pisces (fall, detriment**)
• Mercury retrograde celebrities include: Angelina Jolie, Princess Diana, Steve Jobs, Russell Brand, Madonna, Salvador Dali,
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Venus Retrograde• Retrograde every 19months, for 40-43 days • Venus is the least rx of all planets • Retrograde loop every 19mth, creates pentacle, rose pattern • Retrograde repeated every 8 years, one whole cycle create pentacle • Retrogrades occur in only 5 signs at anyone time, taking approx. av 96 yrs to stay in a
sign • 40 days 40 nights, Christ in desert, seclusion, • Re- orientation, renewal, withdraw and reflect
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June 2016 dx
March 2017 rx
Jan 2018 dx
Nov 2018 rx
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Retrograde Venus• Venus retrograde is deep, serious, shy, awkward, • Venus retrograde accentuates the experience of self love and value, and other insecurities, and
can find it harder to express love and affection. • Can have overly high standards and unusual values. • Often look outside for self love • Venus rx individuals are generally more private, secret and hidden. • Can overcompensate, overindulge, be over the top and exaggerated.. • Venus rx individuals can be carrying past pain of love and relationships. • Venus rx evening, letting go, running away, self sacrificial, giving of themselves more important
than what they need • Venus morning rx- running way, don’t look back, start of new cycle, raw, warrior attitude • Venus Virgo, Scorpio (fall, detriment**)
• Venus Retrograde individuals include:Amy Winehouse, Ellen de Generes, Adolf Hitler, Gianni Versace, Venus Williams, Anthony Bourdain, Tom Hanks, JWG, Charlie Chaplin,
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Mars retrograde• Retrograde for 58-81 days every 2 plus years 765 days, • 2nd least rx after Venus • Retrogrades for about 19° • Retrograde cycles repeat in a sign approx every 15 yrs
• Time to slow down, change energy levels • Use energy differently • Assert in opposite way • Mars rx or direct stations pressure points • New attitudes, change of energy, drive and focus
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Mars retrograde natal• Retrograde Mars energy is raw and primal, internalised, can be held back or overreactive. • Anger and frustration, the will, the ego and the desire nature may not be properly channeled and
they may struggle with directness. • Mars rx individual is sole worker, loner, unconventional, needs focus. • Mars rx can succeed against all odds, and beyond physical limitations or neglect physical needs. • Mars rx projects a different animus, can come on too strong, awkwardly and has a hidden power. • Mars rx individual can be recreating past life situations, unfulfilled from the past • Mars -Cancer, Mars - Taurus - Fall, detriment
• Mars Retrograde individuals include:Micheal Jordan, Jack Nicholson, Angela Merkel, Jim Morrison, Lauren Bacall, Sigmund Freud, James Dean, Rupert Murdoch (st rx), Frida Kahlo, Judy, Garland, Bernadette Brady, Rick Tarnas, Martin Luther King
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Jupiter retrograde- natal• rx 4 mths once a year, rx for 10 degrees • Jupiter rx, re-examine beliefs, seek deeper truth, question • Rearranges opportunities, changes the dynamic of inherited beliefs and • patterns and is unorthodox with religion and philosophies. • It presents non-standard opportunities, access through the back door, • For a Jupiter rx individual the challenge is to develops a self made law, an individual philosophy. • Jupiter rx can be socially awkward and withdrawn, or won’t speak their truth, they are on their own
quest to explore knowledge and question deeply. • Jupiter retrograde people are attracted to conceptual and abstract ideas. • Jupiter retrograde’s intention exemplifies the need to eliminate past beliefs to become
individualised and live by and trust their own found truth.
• Jupiter Retrograde individuals include:Donald Trump, Julian Assange, Malala Yousafzai, Richard Branson, John Lennon, Greta Thunberg, Randolph Hearst, Julija Assange(St rx)
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Saturn retrograde - natal• Retrograde 4.5 mths, Once a year, rx for 6°apprx • Transit - review how we adhere to our own laws and regulations regulations we set ourselves,
ground the work, re-structure, re-secure, re-work
• A Saturn retrograde individual is set to define their own personal authority and reality, not as indicated by social norms, regulations, laws and authority.
• Saturn retrogrades reject authority figures, father is not supported by traditional roles and early life responsibility. May have no good authority figures, or security.
• Authority manifests in different ways, Instant guilt, moves beyond limits, regulations, • Aloneness, alienation and the strength and ability to stand on own is challenged. • Saturn retrograde is one to move beyond limits and regulations. • Mastery, dedication, hard work, commitment emphasised, internalized. • The karmic lesson is to work hard to get it right this time. Work harder at self autonomy.
• Saturn Retrograde individuals include: • Marilyn Monroe, Che Guevara, JK Rowling, Carl Jung, Michelangelo, John • Lennon, Anthony Bourdain, Madonna (st dx)
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Chiron retrograde - natal• Retrograde 5mths per year , retrogrades back about 4- 5° • Chiron retrograde - re-heal, integrate healing wisdom, integrate maverick/outsider part of self,
accept one’s differences
• Chiron retrograde natives experience more profound initiations to discover unrecognized abilities. • Their experience of recognizing that the most beaten down parts of self are actually ones greatest
strengths, the Chironic wound is deeper. • The chronic experience, of feeling outcast, different, unwanted • Evolutionary lesson - initiations, deeper, harder, more painful, accepting oneself as unique,
different,
• Chiron Retrograde individuals include:Bjork, Martin Luther King, Graham Bell, Isaac Newton, KD Lang
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Outer Planets• Outer planets retrograde are re-organizing, rebirthing, re-visioning collective impulses.
• These natal retrogrades - reinforce and individualize the outer planet to a greater extent.
• The collective experience and transpersonal growth is greatly internalized.
• Outer Retrograde planets show more personalized and directed energy when closely tied to the Sun, Moon or Ascendant.
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Uranus Retrograde• Uranus 4-5°approx— urge for freedom, not restricting freedom on others, compelled to leadership
roles that reinforce freedom principles
• The urge for freedom, not restricting freedom on others, compelled to leadership roles that reinforce freedom principles.
• Uranus rx emphases experimentation, rebellion, individuation • Uranus rx can often feel left out, detached from others, that they don’t belong and relive many
karmic issues through family ties and group dynamics. • Uranus retrograde correlates to a Soul who has experienced various kinds of traumas that remain
unresolved
• Uranus only Rx planet: Albert Einstein, Edgar Cayce
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Neptune Retrograde• Neptune- 3-2 °reinforces universal oneness, or self destructive behaviour, stresses self sacrifice to
serve the collective, strengthens creative urge, amplifies need for divine connection
• Neptune retrograde can stress self destructive behavior, phobias and addictions and self sacrifice to serve the collective.
• Neptune rx is learning to bring true dreams to fulfilment, and is led to uncover the meaning behind everything and the interrelatedness of all, it amplifies the creative urge,
• With about half the population having Neptune retrograde like Pluto, it reinforces collective evolution and universal oneness on all levels.
Neptune only Rx planet: Stationing rx : Nicola Tesla, Stationing dx: Bob Dylan, Galileo
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Pluto Retrograde•Pluto rx 2° - half population, delve deeper into collective psyche, urge to reform values systems,
more comfortable confronting depths and the unconscious,
•With half the population having Pluto retrograde accelerates the evolutionary process: individually and, collectively.
•As JWG states that retrograde Pluto places the emphasis on the desire to return to the Source of the Soul, to evolve in a more accelerated fashion.
•Pluto retrograde individuals delve deeper into collective psyche, have a strong urge to reform values, and systems, and are more comfortable confronting the depths of the unconscious.
•Pluto retrograde individuals have more impact to influence the masses
• Look up charts for people you may think embody these outer planet archetypes retrograde, as there are too may to mention!
• Look back on previous chart example in these EA course modules for further understanding of charts studied in this course
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One rx planet• Superior planet - strong focal point, only category reflecting , urge for expression,
creative, individualistic • Dominant theme • Challenges and reflects the ego, reflect, review, rethink • Internalising morals, conscience, attitudes • Develop strength in that area
• Mercury - Bruce Springsteen • Venus - Ringo Starr • Mars - Sigmund Freud • Jupiter - Isidora Duncan • Saturn - Marilyn Monroe • Uranus - JFK • Neptune, William Blake • Pluto -
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Notice anomalies!• Individuals with NO retrograde planets include:
Vincent Van Gogh, Coco Channel, Alexandra Ocasio Cortez, Bill Gates , Eva Peron, Liz Greene.
• 6 retrograde planets: Mark Zuckerberg.
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Keep Reading• Retrograde planets traversing the inner landscape
- Erin Sullivan • Karmic astrology Vol 11 = Retrogrades and Reincarnation • Cycles of Becoming - Alexander Ruperti • JWG - Pluto books etc
• Do Workbook exercises with you won chart • List all your retrograde planets. Note if they are also near stationary points. • How does understanding the planet, by being stationary or retrograde, help you to deepen
your understanding of the function of the planet in your chart? • What has been some of your life experiences so far of the retrograde planet?