MareSaturni
I know there have been many threads on Retrogrades, but I couldn't find any that would answer my question specifically so... here it is!
Something amazing happened this month: one of my favorite second-hand bookstores bought this HUGE lot of Astrology books, and I was able to find some of the books recommended in the resources thread (translated in Portuguese, of course). While looking for good books, I came across many books on Retrogrades, and thought that having one of them in my collection could come in handy.
However, much to my disappointment, all of the books simply revolved around Past Life issues. I had hoped one of them would talk about the effects of Retrogrades not only in the Natal Chart but also in Progressions, Transits, and in our everyday life.
Nope. I got things like "X retrograde in the 5th house means you didn't give enough love and education to your children in your past life", "Y Rx in the 2th house suggests that you had problems with money and couldn't use your resources wisely" and blah blah blah.
I have no formed opinion on past lives yet, but I confess that analysing what you did in a life you can't remember and can't live again to fix sounds like... erm... mental self-stimulation? I fail to see the use it can have in the present days (specially in the analysis of a chart). Not to mention it always sounds rather 'punitive', and not constructive.
I know that the other possibility is seeing Retrogrades as an accidental debility, but I was wondering if the Retrogrades in Natal Chart have another connotation other than unresolved karmic issues. Does the retrograde motion simply make the planet weaker in the Chart, or does it change the planet's very influence?
And also, do you take them into consideration in Transits and methods of prediction? Do they exert a different kind of influence than when they are Direct?
Thank you!
Something amazing happened this month: one of my favorite second-hand bookstores bought this HUGE lot of Astrology books, and I was able to find some of the books recommended in the resources thread (translated in Portuguese, of course). While looking for good books, I came across many books on Retrogrades, and thought that having one of them in my collection could come in handy.
However, much to my disappointment, all of the books simply revolved around Past Life issues. I had hoped one of them would talk about the effects of Retrogrades not only in the Natal Chart but also in Progressions, Transits, and in our everyday life.
Nope. I got things like "X retrograde in the 5th house means you didn't give enough love and education to your children in your past life", "Y Rx in the 2th house suggests that you had problems with money and couldn't use your resources wisely" and blah blah blah.
I have no formed opinion on past lives yet, but I confess that analysing what you did in a life you can't remember and can't live again to fix sounds like... erm... mental self-stimulation? I fail to see the use it can have in the present days (specially in the analysis of a chart). Not to mention it always sounds rather 'punitive', and not constructive.
I know that the other possibility is seeing Retrogrades as an accidental debility, but I was wondering if the Retrogrades in Natal Chart have another connotation other than unresolved karmic issues. Does the retrograde motion simply make the planet weaker in the Chart, or does it change the planet's very influence?
And also, do you take them into consideration in Transits and methods of prediction? Do they exert a different kind of influence than when they are Direct?
Thank you!