Astrology is a rather complicated field. Each planet, which plays a role in the composition of the stellar horoscope, has many features of motion that must be taken into account. A retrograde planet is one such concept, based precisely on the movement of a celestial object.
Backward movement
If you rush along the highway or railway with a sufficiently high speed and overtake a moving vehicle along the way, you get the feeling that it is standing still or even moving backward. But this is completely wrong, because a car or a train is moving forward in the same way, but only at its own speed. The illusion, based on the discrepancy between the speeds of movement, is so bright that it causes a feeling of backward movement. So the planets, on the movement and location of which horoscopes are built in astrology, can also have such supposedly backward movement.
The complex paths along which planets and stars move in outer space are the basis of astrology. In order to speak correctly about the influence of celestial bodies on the character and fate of a person from the point of view of this area of predictions, it is necessary to understand all the intricacies of the motion of planets and stars. The retrograde motion of the planets is possible due to different periods of their rotation around the sun, speed and trajectory of motion relative to each other.
Back at different times
Almost all the planets that are taken into account in compiling the astrological chart, except for the Sun and the Moon, can have a backward movement. In each case, it has its own value, determined by many factors. Retrograde planets in the natal chart most often mean a return to the past. There can be several - up to 5. For example, the planet Mercury is the fastest in terms of backward movement. It takes three weeks three times in a terrestrial year to reverse. Venus also refers to fast planets. Its retrograde is manifested within 43 days in two years. The planet Mars also has a backward movement every two years, but its period is already 70 days. Distant planets - Uranus, Neptune, Pluto - have a retrograde of 5 months a year.
Retrograde motion of planets in human life
Each planet, which is taken into account when drawing up the natal chart, can move back. But the opinions of astrologers sometimes differ in the sense of the specificity of its impact on human life. Some believe that the presence of a backward movement of the planet means a return to past lives with the obligatory indication of unfinished business. Others prefer to believe that retrograde planets in a horoscope have only restraining characteristics. In any case, you should not put all the cards only on retrograde planets, even if there will be a lot of them.
The retrograde motion of the planets should always be considered in conjunction with other elements of the natal and karmic charts.
The word "karma" is known to all, for many it means the same as "fate", "rock". And the concept of "karma" can be precisely understood if you answer the question: "What does a retrograde planet mean?" Let's get it right. In a karmic map, a retrograde planet or several such objects of the firmament will mean unfulfilled matters of past lives. They will demand its completion and will pursue a person all his life, if he does not understand the signs and does not do what he had to do once. Such an unfinished business will affect your whole life, preventing you from moving forward. That is why the backward movement of the planet has a restraining and karmic role in fate and character.
Each retrograde planet, manifested in the natal or karmic chart, exerts its influence in a certain area of human life. This is important to consider. Which planets are retrograde, and how they affect fate, you need to figure it out.
Backward Mercury
The planet Mercury is responsible, so to speak, for the communicative qualities of man. If in the natal chart he has a retrograde movement, then the individual will have problems with communication. Backward Mercury can cause stuttering, which in any case will affect communicativeness. Depending on the influence of other planets, a person will either not like conversations in principle or, on the contrary, will not spare words, annoying and annoying those around him. In any case, the action of retrograde Mercury must be carefully studied, reducing its negativity and turning into virtues the curiosity caused by it, a craving for deep knowledge.
Retrograde Venus
Venus, making a backward movement, present in the natal horoscope, makes a person constrained in his feelings, desires, fantasies. He can never fully understand and understand his feelings caused in the soul. It is difficult for a person whose horoscope Venus is backward to express his feelings, because he himself does not understand them very clearly. This can apply to all spheres of life - from choosing clothes that correspond to the moment to relationships in the family. The presence of such a sign in the natal horoscope requires careful, scrupulous work on yourself.
If Mars moves back
Even the ancient Greeks called the god of war Mars, the blood-red planet, visible in the sky, got the same name. Determination, determination - these are the main characteristics of a militant deity. But if Mars has a backward movement in the natal chart, then a person loses these qualities in general. Indecision, cowardice, lack of initiative - this is what others see in him. Although in fact, the person on whose natal chart there is a retrograde Mars is directed inside himself, he needs to carefully weigh everything several times before making any decision.
Backward Saturn
Saturn itself is a very unusual planet in astrology - it slows everything down. What can we say about retrograde Saturn. In addition, it is worth considering that Saturn is the point of the father's presence in human life. If this planet in its backward movement is in the natal chart of the child, then the father in the life of the baby is either absent altogether or has only a nominal value. For a girl, the retrograde Saturn is reflected in the difficulties with marriage. The negative of Saturn's retrograde decreases either when it returns to its natal position, or in contradiction to it in antiphase.
Jupiter in reverse
The influence of the backward Jupiter affects the worldview and worldview of the person in whose natal chart he is present. Accepting a dissident society is quite difficult. But on the other hand, it is people with a retrograde Jupiter in the natal chart who see the perspective where others simply would not have considered anything but a blank wall. Entrepreneurial vein is the main plus of those in whose horoscope Jupiter moves back.
The retrograde planet is quite influential in the natal horoscope. It has a deterrent value, rolling events back, giving signs from the past. For many astrologers, the backward movement that retrograde planets have in the horoscope is like news from a past life, an unfinished business, an unfulfilled mission.
In order to correctly take into account all the nuances of planetary motion, you need to correctly read them, know the features of influence, be able to combine signs. And it’s also important to be able to correctly convey information to a person without driving him into the trap of hopelessness by the backward movement of the horoscope planets.