Retrogrades🕰 (Briefly explanation)
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Let's talk about it; I receive many asks about retrogrades of different kinds (asteroids, planets...). This is for you to understand this energy when you try to read your chart or placements.
Whenever we see (r) in a natal chart, we know we have encountered a retrograde. Also, the famous Mercury retrograde gives clues about its core meaning.
Now, being born with a retrograde is different from a transit. In transit, the retrograde brings different challenges and some obstacles, and delays to pass for a certain amount of time. In a natal chart, the native is born with it. This means they are always on retrograde challenges and delays.
Retrograde (natal): delays, challenges, obstacles, later on.., difficulty, time to revise the energy, slow learning.
Retrograde (transit any planet): delay in something, a review of a lesson, slow energy, challenges, or misunderstands for a certain period of time. It isn't permanent.
People with natal retrogrades feel really great during a retrograde, so don't be scared. For example, when an astrologer mentions "Saturn is retrograde from___ to ___". This is the time for natal (r) Saturn to breathe without pressure. Many lessons would fall into places like an "aha moment" for the native. To sum up, it's the time when the native can see their issue without their constant blockages.
Note 2:
The retrograde energy applies to the sign's traits and the house, both equally. It's present in the where and how.
For example, Saturn in Aries in the 6th house (R), will have constant delays and lessons to learn through daily life or health. They will have problems with setting their boundaries within their own routines (6th house), and putting their assertiveness into action (Aries). So, these will be hard lessons to take. However, the moment they decide to take Aries's good traits into their life things will be better. These traits are assertiveness, active nature, positivism, and others in creating a healthy routine for them. They will start "paying" their past karma.
People when they see a retrograde placement in their chart:
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Take care, loves
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