planets in retrograde in the natal chart
I’ve noticed a lot of people go overboard about planets in retrograde, usually in transit - we’ve all heard about the horrors of Mercury in retrograde and how it makes the world fall apart, right? People who have planets in retrograde, especially personal ones, tend to ask if they’re doomed and to blame their retrogrades for most of their issues.
However, as much as it’s true that planets in retrograde express themselves in a bit different way than planets in direct motion, i must say their expression is not bad or LIFE DESTROYING at all. If anything, the planets that may really fuck you up in your natal chart and need to be studied even more carefully than the rest are the stationary planets. But i’m going to explain about stationary planets in the natal chart and their expression in another post.
So here are the most prominent and common traits i’ve observed in people with
personal planets in retrograde
you can apply these descriptions to planets that are in retrograde motion in your progressed chart as well
natal mercury in retrograde
• parents didn’t show them support for the way they think and express their opinions. people with mercury in retrograde think in a different way from their parents and often are able to pinpoint problems, be it in the family or in society in general, that their parents refuse to acknowledge. their thoughts and opinions were suppressed and silenced during their childhood because of this.
• goes through a constant cycle of craving to surround themselves with people and intense communication and to isolate themselves from everyone and keep quiet because they feel they’ve shared too much and it will backfire somehow.
• they don’t have a particular group of regular friends where they always fit in, so they’re often struggling to establish some sort of closeness and connection with people in order to fit in.
natal venus in retrograde
• parents didn’t show them openly appreciation of their gifts and talents and weren’t particularly affectionate. they might’ve been too detached and busy with their own problems to properly show their kid they acknowledge his/her worth and to help him/her to cultivate his/her gifts in a healthy way.
• goes through a constant cycle of striving for self-sufficiency and independence which in its extreme form may feel as a repulsion from human contact, followed by the overwhelming need to be with someone and to know they’re not alone. may also struggle with a cyclic jump from lack of any desire to make money and own material objects to an obsessive need to obtain a certain item that they suddenly place value in.
• other people may find their values to be unusual or downright scandalous.
• this is the kind of person that loves types of art that aren’t usually considered “beautiful”. they may enjoy a lot of abstract and grotesque art, dadaism, etc. people with natal venus in retrograde are the type to find beauty in what is normally considered “ugly” and to want others to see it too.
• parents didn’t encourage them to follow their dreams so they never managed to turn them into ambitions and to gain motivation to pursue their goals. the family had a particular idea about the kid’s future which they tried to force on him/her.
• goes through a constant cycle of getting extremely motivated to accomplish something and then losing any traces of a will to continue doing it. if mars is in a hard aspect with pluto, this cycle may be expressed in extremes such as working yourself to complete exhaustion and then destroying the product of your efforts.
• feels sexually inadequate and doesn’t know how to express their desires properly at times.
/you’re going to feel thеse more strongly if they aspect strongly your personal planets./
natal jupiter in retrograde
• follows a different philosophy or spiritual teaching than their parents. may be the type of person to believe in a different religion than the one that is encouraged or legal in their country. feels like the black sheep of the family because of their beliefs.
• this placement reminds me of smth i wrote recently - “i feel like i have an abundance of blessings inside me”. people with retrograde jupiter carry their own luck inside themselves. all they have to do is turn to look within in order to access it.
• would rather receive than give.
• the type to often say they need space.
natal saturn in retrograde
• lack of structure and discipline in the family. parents couldn’t create a safe and stable environment, things were moving too fast and without following a pattern. the father figure couldn’t inspire a sense of authority.
• goes through constant cycles of socialization and self-isolation. needs extreme solitude in order to recharge.
• constantly works on their internal issues.
• has difficulty determining their own limits and boundaries and often pushes themselves too much.
• competition scares them away.
• would prefer a job which they can do alone or at home and that doesn’t require constant socialization.
• may have struggled in their previous life to learn the same lesson they’re learning now
natal uranus in retrograde
• parents constantly invaded their personal space and left no room for privacy.
• the type of person that appears conventional on the outside but is very unconventional on the inside.
• resists anything that can impose a strong influence on them.
• inner voice speaks loud.
natal neptune in retrograde
• parents didn’t see the benefits of spiritual development and enforced the idea that only what exists in the physical reality and/or can be put to practical use is worth paying attention to.
• always seeks experiences from outside this world.
• inner eye seeks clearly.
natal pluto in retrograde
• parents were extremely controlling and invasive.
• goes through constant cycles of suppressing their feelings and blowing up emotionally.
• has to work through a lot of internal blockages.
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