Category: Retrograde Planets

WTF are Retrograde Planets? (and What Rx Means)
Retrograde planets function differently than direct planets – this is their inherent nature. Direct planets quite literally turn the energy OUTWARD, whereas Rx energy turns that planetary energy INWARD. Retrograde planets are a piece of the astrological make-up of people for which I will “ride at dawn” (most people will have at least ONE planet Rx somewhere in their astrology chart). So much so, I recently had a friend of mine mention that I should “market” myself as a “retrograde expert” or “retrograde queen.” Now, anyone who has followed any of my work over the years knows I very rarely consider myself an expert of anything 😂 (and I’m shit at marketing myself 🤣) but! I DEFINITELY know MORE than a thing or two about retrograde planets. Through the process of cleaning up of my website, I realized that a post on retrograde motion in general was lacking, so here we are.

WTF are Retrograde planets in the first place?!

The planets don’t actually turn retrograde, or move backwards, in the sky. What we call retrograde motion is actually apparent retrograde motion….which is when a planet appears to go in the opposite direction from that of other celestial bodies in the same system. Whether you view a planet as retrograde or direct (aka “prograde”) depends on the person’s vantage point (in our case, the vantage point from Earth). So, a planet that appears to go retrograde from the vantage point of the Earth may not appear to go retrograde from the vantage point of Mars (and the same thing could be said about direct or prograde motion).

How does a planet appear to be retrograde (the “mechanics”)?

All of the planets orbit in the same direction around the Sun, but they all orbit at different rates. For instance, Mercury makes it’s way around the Sun every 88-days, whereas it takes the Earth 365-days to go around the Sun, all the way to Pluto which takes roughly 248-years go around the Sun. So, when Mercury in orbit catches up to the Earth, and then “passes” the Earth, Mercury appears to slow down (and even stop or “station” – blog post on that here) and move backwards. Same thing for when the Earth catches up to, and “passes” the planets Mars through Pluto which have a slower orbit than the Earth. Except in those cases, the Earth is the one passing by those planets.
A FEW BASICS ABOUT RETROGRADE PLANETS
- The Sun & Moon will never go retrograde. Why?
  
  Because the Sun is the Earth’s “parent” in our system, meaning we orbit it
  
  Because the Moon is bound to the Earth’s orbit, so the Earth never “passes” the Moon and the Moon never “passes” the Earth
- Mercury goes retrograde the most (3 to 4 times a year) and Venus goes retrograde the least (roughly every 18 months)
  
  When and how often a planet turns retrograde depends on the planets orbit (and they are all different)
- Earth will never pass Mercury or Venus since they have a faster orbit
- All the planets have a stationary period before and after each Rx motion
  
  The stationary period is when a planet appears to stop moving in the sky. Depending on the planet, this might be a day or two all the way to a few weeks. The planet’s station retrograde before turning Rx. The planet’s station direct before resuming direct motion.
- All the planets have a shadow period before and after a retrograde period
  
  Defined as the period when it moves over the same zodiac degrees that it will visit again or that it has just visited
  
  Example: Venus turns retrograde at 8° Scorpio and goes backwards to 22° Libra before turning direct again. The pre-shadow period takes place from 22° Libra to 8° Scorpio BEFORE the retrograde period starts, and the post-shadow period takes place from 22° Libra to 8° Scorpio AFTER the planet turns direct again
  
  This period is also “lovingly” (🤣) known as “retroshade”
WTF is with Rx being used when talking about retrograde planets?!

I have no idea who the fuck actually started referring to retrograde planets as Rx. Really, it seems that in Medieval Europe many different astrologers referred to retrograde planets with an R and then a slash through the leg of the R rather than this being attributed to one singular old dickhead. What’s interesting is that even though they seemed to have a much gloomier delineation of retrograde planets (gaaaah they were, overall, SO negative about them), the Rx symbol for retrograde DOES look VERY similar to the Rx symbol used in medicine for prescriptions. Knowing what I know about most of the Medievals and how they felt about retrograde planets, it’s rather ironic that they would give retrograde planets this shorthand.
…maybe the old dickheads didn’t like medicine 😆

The retrograde periods of a planet ARE like a prescription medication though, and medicine goes INWARD into a person. Whether a medication is ingested or placed topically on the skin, it does SOMETHING to the internal processes of the body (the Rx symbol comes from the Latin word recipe which means “to take” or “to receive”). This is exactly the way to work with retrograde planetary energy – to take the planetary inward and work with it from the inside before forcing it out into the world. Take the prescription (and wash it down with a spoonful of sugar if necessary 🤣).

WTF do I mean by all of this and what can you do with it?!

Retrograde planets function differently than direct planets – this is their inherent nature. Direct planets quite literally turn the energy OUTWARD, whereas Rx energy turns that planetary energy INWARD. This can be challenging since we live in a world that caters to and expects us to act in a “direct motion” type of way (generally speaking), and a world that typically wants to strip any kind of difference from a person at a young age (or the world that has functioned that way in that past; I do think younger generations aren’t quite as much this way and that gives me hope that things will change as time goes on).

Oh, and another thing to mention in this section – those old dickhead Medievals called retrograde planets an “accidental debility” and thought of them as essentially “slow” (or “slowed-down”) and “backwards.” While yes, the retrograde motion does quite literally mean that the planet appears to slow down and/or go backwards, I don’t equate them to being slow OR backwards. I DO equate them with needing to function in a way that might be different than what general society would expect or approve. This usually points towards a need for the retrograde planet to “slow” enough to go inward and consider the things that the planet wants to express. Mars retrograde in your chart? This could mean that you slowing down before acting on something IS your natural rhythm (or “should be”). Uranus retrograde in your chart? Any kind of change that occurs has to come from within YOU and not forced on you by the outside world; it starts within YOU.
….and as a side note, fuck society and the status quo and what is expected 😂
…..and as another side note, Mars Rx and Uranus Rx in your natal chart can mean MUCH more than those two short examples mentioned above.

ALL retrograde planets also have an affinity for Uranus, the planet that expresses “difference,” among other things. This is an important thing to keep in mind when looking at Rx planets in transit and in a person’s astrology chart. Just to be clear, that doesn’t mean that you read them the same way that you would read Uranus in chart. It just means that you need to consider that, say, Jupiter retrograde is going to function differently than Jupiter direct will function.

Retrograde planets in a personal astrology chart vs in transit

Really, there isn’t that much of a difference. In either case of a planet (any planet) being retrograde, the energy of that planet needs to be expressed and understood from within before expressing that planetary energy outward onto the world (or this is the way they function best). The ONE difference that does exist is that in a natal chart the singular chart holder is the only one working with (or against) the retrograde energy, whereas when a planet goes retrograde in transit the whole WORLD is working with (or against) that retrograde energy. And it’s impossible to tell the whole world to think before speaking during a Mercury retrograde period, or to tell the whole world to go inward and consider mastery & authority before exhibiting such during a Saturn retrograde period. It is much easier to tell this stuff to a singular person in a one-on-one session. It’s for THIS very reason that I read retrograde planets from a slightly more challenging lens when looking at the chart of an event, or a retrograde planet in transit – we are ALL at the mercy of how everyone functions during and reacts to the retrograde planet(s) in transit. So….act accordingly 🤪

Important to add here is the notion of Rx people having an easier time when that planet is Rx in transit. For instance, Mercury Rx natives tend to (not universally, but often enough to mention) have an easier time when transit Mercury turns Rx than those which natal Mercury is direct. This sort of thing is something I’ve found (often enough to mention) to be the case regardless of the Rx planet we’re talking about. Now, that doesn’t mean that when transit Mercury is Rx that the Mercury Rx native doesn’t deal with communication errors or technological fuck-ups. However, they tend to have an “easier” time from an energetic lens dealing with Mercury Rx in transit since they are already FAMILIAR with Mercury Rx energy via their personal astrology chart.
Another thing to add – the retrograde heavy person or the “retrograde-y” personality. I define this kind of person/chart in one of the ways mentioned below (if not in multiple ways):
- The chart holder has their chart ruler retrograde (chart ruler = planetary ruler of the ascendant sign). The chart ruler is the person by what is called “first disposition” and it’s incredibly important to the astrological make-up. Having that planet retrograde automatically makes you a retrograde-y person.
- The chart holder has three or more retrograde planets. The only caveats to that are if Pluto Rx, Neptune Rx, and Uranus Rx are involved, I would want to see 4 retrograde planets. This is because these three planets spend SO much of the year retrograde as it is.
- The retrograde planets/planet in question conjuncts the person’s South Node and/or the planetary ruler(s) of the person’s South Node. This is because the South Node and planetary ruler(s) is how & where this person comes into this lifetime most “familiar” or “comfortable” (even if it’s not really comfortable at all).
  
  The Nodal Axis retrograde DOES NOT influence the above since the typical motion for the nodes IS retrograde (fun fact!).
Those that are “retrograde heavy” or “retrograde-y” are those who’s factory settings are different. They can try to do things the same way they’ve always been done, and they can try to walk the line like everyone else….but they will be some flavor of miserable as they attempt to do this. These people, regardless of the planet(s) in question, are meant to dance to the beat of their own drummer. THIS very thing is what can make these planets “challenging.” If you’re trying to fit a star peg into a square hole, you’re bound to get frustrated.
Retrograde planets as a medicine?

Back to the analogy of prescription medications from a few paragraphs up: it has always made me think that retrograde planets in an astrology chart (and even asteroids, etc.) are a sort of “medication” for the chart holder. What does that mean exactly? For you personally, that REALLY depends on your personal astrology chart (if you would like me to read for you, click this text!). But some below you’ll find some general ideas!
- Consider what that planet wants to express and check in with yourself to make sure you are expressing and relating to that planet in the way that feels most authentic to you. Let’s say you have Venus Rx – you might have very different values than the general population and that’s okay (as long as they aren’t incredibly problematic values)! It’s important that even if loved ones don’t share those same values, that they respect your right to them. On the flip side of that, you have to respect that they don’t share those same values, too.
- Coming into this incarnation, there may be something that you wanted to learn about the Rx planet in question from within yourself. Let’s say you have Neptune Rx – you might come into this lifetime (whether from a past life or JUST in terms of starting out in this lifetime without any others to consider) needing to break through illusions and delusions for whatever reason. Neptune Rx is a great medicine for such a thing.
- Retrograde planets INTERNALIZE, PERSONALIZE, and SPIRITUALIZE the planet(s) in question due to them turning inward. Perhaps throughout the course of this life, you wanted to internalize, personalize, and spiritualize what the planet in question wants to express….so voila! You have a retrograde planet (or retrograde planets).
Medicine doesn’t ALWAYS taste good going down, or feel good being put on the skin, but if the prescription is right it WILL eventually help you to feel better. I tend to not think the chart is wrong or random (it ALL serves a purpose). If you have been given a retrograde planet (or retrograde planets) as a prescription, there is something that is aching to feel better and heal.
Want more on retrograde planets? Here are a couple of blog posts I’ve done on this subject:
- Retrograde Planets (written in 2019)
  
  This one deals with what it COULD mean if you have certain planets Rx in your chart. Don’t take as gospel; you have to take the whole chart into consideration
- Retrograde Planets II (written in 2021)
  
  This one deals with a theory I have (and I’ve never seen anyone else talk about this so it does feel like MY theory 😂) that retrograde planets are more “at home”/domicile in the signs they would normally be in detriment and vice versa
September 22, 2026
WTF are Stationary Planets?!

WTF are stationary planets and what does it mean when a planet has stationed?! How could a planet that has stationed (either retrograde or direct) be delineated in an astrology chart? This is something that a YouTube watcher asked in a comment a while back and I never got around to addressing…until now.

There are two ways that stationary planets can exist:
1) Station Retrograde
-This happens before a planet turns retrograde from direct motion
2) Station Direct
-This happens before a planet turns direct from retrograde motion

Essentially, before a planet turns retrograde or direct there is a period of time where its movement appears to slow down. THIS is the stationary phase/period. A planet is considered to station retrograde or station direct on the within a few minutes of the degrees and minutes that it’s at when it turns from direct to retrograde or retrograde to direct. The definition of stationary planets are a little all over the place and it seems like that is because the planets all spend a different amount of time in the stationary phase and while actually stationing. For instance, Mercury will spend MUCH less time than Pluto in the stationary phase and when stationing retrograde and direct…because Mercury has a faster orbit than Pluto. What follows below are MY own definitions/guidelines/whatever for when a planet is in the stationary phase vs when the planet has stationed:

Stationary Phase – When a planet hovers at the same degree (no matter the minutes) for an extended period of time before turning retrograde or direct
Stationary Planet (retrograde or direct) – when a planet is within a few degrees and minutes of what it will be at when it changes motion
THE CLOSER THE PLANET IS TO THE DAY/TIME IT CHANGES MOTION (from retrograde to direct or direct to retrograde), THE MORE IMPACT THE PLANET STATIONING WILL HAVE ON THE PERSON.

How do you know if you have a planet in your astrology chart that is in the stationary phase or a planet that has stationed (direct or retrograde)? Look at an ephemeris (or at the “planet positions” in the PDF additional table on astro.com)! Below you will find examples of both:
**And side note – if you want any help interpreting your own chart/would like to get a reading from me, you can do that by clicking here.**

_{Example of Jupiter stationary retrograde (circled in purple) and Saturn stationary direct (circled in yellow) from the “planetary positions” PDF additional table on astro.com}

_{Example of Saturn in (what I would consider to be) the Stationary Phase while Saturn is at 14° Aries (starts at the end of June 2026; not pictured)}

_{Example of Jupiter stationary retrograde (in the purple lines) in August 1987 in an ephemeris; the “sr” notation won’t be seen on the astro.com ephemeris, but when you pull the additional tables PDF on charts from August 15, 1987 through} _{August 25, 1987.} _{The most “intense” portion of the Jupiter station retrograde energy will be felt during the period in the blue box.}

So, why does this matter? Planets in the stationary phase tend to exhibit the planetary energy of that planet in an intensified/amplified way. This will be expressed through the house that it happens to fall and in the manner of the sign that the planet takes residence. The planetary energy of the planet is FURTHER amplified when the planet stations retrograde or direct. You might be wondering if there is a difference between a planet that has stationed retrograde vs a planet that has stationed direct (maybe?). Should they be weaved differently? To me, the answer is yes. Planets that station retrograde in a chart feel like they are “going into hibernation.” That’s because retrograde energy internalizes, spiritualizes, and (I think) deeply personalizes the planetary energy (turning it inward onto the person, thus “hibernation”). Planets that station direct in a chart feel like they are coming out of “hibernation.” These planets are emerging from their time turned inward, trying to force themselves out into the world.

With stationary planets (either direct or retrograde), there might be a feeling of NOT really knowing what to do with the planet and that planet finding itself in a sort of limbo. This doesn’t translate to the person not feeling the planet, though. On the contrary, the planet is usually felt VERY strongly making it imperative the person guide the planet from this limbo. A person with a planet that is station retrograde (but not actually having turned retrograde yet) might not realize turning that planet’s energy inward is an EASIER way for them function the energy of that planet. In the case of Jupiter station retrograde, a person might look for understanding and belief outside of themselves or feel that they need to express their beliefs and understanding outwardly without first going inward regarding such. A person with a planet station direct (but not actually having turned direct yet) might not realize that turning the planetary energy outward is what they “should” be doing. In the case of Jupiter station direct, a person might not outwardly share the beliefs they hold and understandings they have as often as might actually be good for them.

Oh, and FYI – stationary planets shouldn’t be confused with the pre or post “retrograde shadow.” The stationary phase and when a planet stations happens during the pre or post retrograde shadow, but planets aren’t station the entire shadow period (the pre and post retrograde shadow periods are longer).

April 18, 2026

Retrograde Planets part II

**Just for reference, here is the original post I did on retrograde planets**
**Lol just for good measure, here is the first YouTube Video about this stuff, and here is the second You Tube Video.**

This is a post I have been wanting to write for a while, but outside of work for my clients and taking care of my son, my focus has been very preoccupied with the Galactic Center, lol. I’m still doing the GC stuff (obviously), but in my GC research I have been looking at retrograde planets closely. Specifically Jupiter Rx, but ALL retrograde planets seem to have an affinity for the GC energy…..or rather, retrograde motion in general just seems to have an affinity for the GC. Both the GC and Rx Motion CHANGE the planet involved.

It’s this change that I want to talk about for a second….or more than a second hahahaha (I know my ass can get wordy as fuck), especially this change in terms of a planet being retrograde and the notions of exaltation, domicile, detriment, and fall (the 1st two of the five essential dignities of the planets – the notions of domicile/detriment and exaltation/fall). If I’m totally honest, I certainly take the ideas of domicile/detriment and exaltation/fall into consideration when I read charts for people, but I’m not ride or die with them. I think they are something to consider, but just because someone has a planet exalted doesn’t mean that planet won’t have issues, and just because someone has a planet in fall doesn’t mean that planet is totally fucked. Too often I feel like people rely on these to read when you have to take the WHOLE chart into account. I feel the same way about the notions of Triplicity, Bounds, and Face, and even the notion of the “benefic” planets and the “malefic” planets. While I think all of this should be taken note of when chart reading (I’m not saying it doesn’t have any merit), my reading of a chart doesn’t hinge on any of this stuff. However, it did get me thinking about how retrograde motion might actually change the notion of the condition of the planet (regardless of what the condition).

Planet	Home/Domicile	Detriment	Exaltation	Fall
Sun	Leo	Aquarius	Aries	Libra
Moon	Cancer	Capricorn	Taurus	Scorpio
Mercury	Gemini/Virgo	Sagittarius	Virgo	Pisces
Venus	Libra/Taurus	Aries	Pisces	Virgo
Mars	Aries/Scorpio	Libra	Capricorn	Cancer
Jupiter	Sagittarius/Pisces	Gemini	Cancer	Capricorn
Saturn	Capricorn/Aquarius	Cancer	Libra	Aries
Uranus	Aquarius	Leo	Scorpio	Taurus
Neptune	Pisces	Virgo	Leo	Aquarius
Pluto	Scorpio	Taurus	No Exaltation	No Fall

Table of Planetary Dignities

**I want to point out that it is decently debated WHAT the exaltation and fall placements should be for Uranus and Neptune (or if they should even have them at all). Pluto has not been “assigned” a place of exaltation or fall as of now. If you are someone that doesn’t like using the outer planets, or don’t think that they should have exaltation or fall placements, just suspend disbelief or whatever for the time being.**

The table above is of the planets and of the signs that they will naturally find themselves at “home”/domicile, in detriment, exalted, and in fall (as you can see). But I do have to wonder….what happens when you throw an Rx planet in the mix. It seems like this might actually change the whole fucking thing around (and if not the whole fucking thing, it might at least change things around in terms of the domicile/home and detriment placements).

What is the actual nature of the planets via Retrograde Motion? What do they need to express? The table below does not cover all of it by any means, but these are some ideas of what they might need to express:

Planet	What the planet needs by way of Retrograde Motion
Mercury	Mercury Rx needs to lean into it’s intuition and learn to trust it. It also needs to take information step by step and piece by piece so that it can see the bigger picture (and using it’s intuition in order to do this).
Venus	Venus Rx needs to, above all else, learn to love and value itself most of all. Venus Rx points more towards Taurus than Libra, so a focus on self-worth and self-value is paramount here.
Mars	Mars Rx needs to only take action on things that actually serve it’s soul purpose. Anything that doesn’t actually serve the soul’s growth might be hard for them to take action on. The action here tends to be turned more inward than anything. Any action that is taken will be thought about making the actions that are taken not as fast.
Jupiter	Jupiter Rx is very intuitive and will know things before they know WHY they know them. The things that is most important for Jupiter Rx people to do is break things down backwards to figure out why they know what they know from a logical and rational place.
Saturn	Saturn Rx needs to become the master of its own reality, but this needs to be done in whatever way feels the most natural for the person. This might differ considerably from how they were “taught” reality should be lived and experienced (and while not universal, there is usually conditioning that needs to be deconditioned surrounding such).
Uranus	Uranus Rx usually has something going on with detachment and with needing to detach from previous lifetime trauma and hang-ups. In some cases, though, I have found that there is TOO much detachment and Uranus Rx actually needs to reattach. It also needs to make sure that it can see things from an omniscient point of view, and to be as individuated as possible.
Neptune	Neptune Rx needs to feel connected to the divine, and they need to live their lives being connected to both the conscious and the unconscious. Neptune Rx also deals with breaking the illusion that Neptune by direct motion can deal in. The breaking of illusions may not feel completely comfortable to Neptune Rx, but this is the way this energy is “supposed” to go (and something it wants to achieve).
Pluto	Pluto Rx needs to feel like they are on the “right track.” If it happens to NOT be on the right track, things in the life of the Pluto Rx native will feel incredibly “off.” Being on the “right track” for the soul is so important for Pluto Rx people because more than anything these people want to reconnect with the Creator – doing what they are here on Earth to accomplish, to stay on their soul’s “task,” and then move the fuck on to whatever comes next.

This is NOT AT ALL THE FULL SCOPE of how the different planets via retrograde motion might need to function. These are just a few ideas for each planet tossed out. Here are some ideas behind my thought process that Retrograde planets might actually be more “at home”/domicile in the planet’s traditional sign of detriment, and that they might be more in detriment in the planet’s traditional sign of domicile:

Mercury Rx needs to learn how to trust it’s intuition and USE it’s intuition to to be able to see the big picture. Intuition is very much a Sagittarius thing (other sign’s energies are intuitive, too, but Sagittarius definitely is). Sagittarius can also see the big picture (which is something Mercury Rx needs to be able to). It almost feels like, for this reason, Mercury Rx might actually be more “at home”/domicile in Sagittarius than it would be in Gemini (where, honestly, Mercury Rx might have difficulty being able to see the big picture through the Micro lens of Gemini energy). Mercury Rx in Gemini just feels like it would get too bogged down with all the information that it is taking in to be able to see the big picture easily (or even to intuit what information they need to be taking in IN the first place).

Venus Rx needs to be able to love and value itself – this is absolutely critical for these people. For this reason, Venus Rx points more towards the Taurus part of the Venus equation than the Libra part (Libra deals too much with close relationships and other people for Venus Rx to be able to express itself comfortably here). For this reason, Taurus probably IS a good domicile fit for Venus Rx, but I also feel like Venus’ traditional place of detriment, Aries, is a good fit for Venus Rx. Aries energy can be more self-focused, and for Venus Rx to be able to love and value itself the way that it needs to, Aries energy might be more comfortable for it to flow through.

Mars Rx needs to be able to focus on what actions it needs to take that will actually serve the needs of the soul’s purpose. This person can have issue reacting to things quickly because they will generally have more thoughts about what actions they should be taking in the first place (perhaps even more deliberation about the action needs to occur for this person). This can actually feel pretty frustrating to the person, and I would think it might feel even more frustrating in an action-oriented sign like Aries. However, in a sign like Libra which is inclined to do more balancing/thinking over acting (and this sign certainly deliberates about stuff), Mars Rx might actually be LESS frustrated in this sign.

Jupiter Rx can see the big picture and is extremely intuitive – this planet will “know” things from an intuitive place before knowing WHY it knows this from a logical and rational perspective. THIS is important for Jupiter Rx to actually understand what it intuitively knows in the first place (and we all know that “understanding” is a big deal for Jupiter regardless of if direct or Rx). It seems as if Jupiter Rx might not be that comfortable in Sagittarius, or at the very least would have a difficult time breaking down what they know from backwards motion to make any kind of logical and rational sense of what it does know. However, is actually seems like Gemini energy might be a good thing for Jupiter Rx, allowing this planet to do what it needs to do through the vehicle of Gemini energy (which is more of a micro lens, and that’s exactly what Jupiter Rx needs).

Saturn Rx needs to be able to become the master of its own reality and figure out what they want their crystalized version of reality to look like. Oftentimes, this is very different than how the person was raised to think reality should be lived. Since Capricorn energy tends to be more structured and traditional than Saturn Rx actually should function, Saturn Rx may not be as comfortable in Capricorn as Saturn direct is. However, Saturn Rx might actually BE comfortable in Cancer, especially with the more personalized approach to crystalizing one’s reality needs to be taken here. There is also USUALLY some deconditioning from family patterns that needs to happen with Saturn Rx (not always, but often enough to mention) that Saturn Rx in Cancer might actually help this deconditioning to happen more easily.

Uranus Rx need to be able to individuate itself further. It also needs to learn how to detach from any previous lifetime trauma (or even trauma from this lifetime). Detachment is an interesting notion here in general, because Uranus is detached but in Aquarius where Uranus is normally at “home,” there might be too much detachment from things that they shouldn’t detach from (such as the concept of the self which I have certainly seen with Uranus Rx in a chart). However, in Leo, Uranus Rx might be able to detach and individuate itself in such a way that it doesn’t lose it’s sense of “ego” or “identity” all together (rather, this might be FOUND in the sign of Leo more easily).

Neptune Rx needs to be able to break through the illusions that Neptune direct may be completely comfortable living in. Not only that, but it also needs to be AWARE of these illusions (again, Neptune direct may not be as aware of this). This planet Rx also needs to be connected to both the collective conscious and collective unconscious. For these reasons, I could definitely see how Neptune Rx could function more comfortable being able to express itself through the discernment of Virgo energy over the Pisces energy.

Pluto Rx needs to be on its particular soul path (whatever that is) or else it will feel like things in its life are “off.” The ability to STAY on the soul’s path is important here, which is why Pluto Rx might actually function better in the sign of Taurus (which is stable and secure, perhaps to a fault at times). While Pluto direct may be able to deal with the chaos that Scorpio energy can be inclined, Pluto Rx probably would feel more at home in a more “stable” sign.

Just as a visual, here is what I’m talking about in table form (flipping things around):

Retrograde Planet	Possible Domicile/Home Placement	Possible Detriment Placement
Mercury Rx	Sagittarius	Gemini
Venus Rx	Aries (I would also keep Taurus here)	Libra
Mars Rx	Libra	Aries
Jupiter Rx	Gemini	Sagittarius
Saturn Rx	Cancer	Capricorn
Uranus Rx	Leo	Aquarius
Neptune Rx	Virgo	Pisces
Pluto Rx	Taurus	Scorpio

To bring the GC into all of this (because of course I will), since the GC and retrograde motion both seem to change/charge/amplify/warp the planets (et. al) that are conjunct the GC or involved in the axis in some way, it does make me question what happens to planets that are retrograde that happen to be conjunct the GC. Does it amplify the Retrograde motion? I could totally see this happening. Or, on the flip side of this, does an Rx planet conjunct the GC end up getting changed causing it then to function more like a planet via direct motion? THIS also seems possible. I will have to sit and think about this one some more, and play around with some charts.

August 8, 2021

Galactic Center Thoughts part XV or: some more thoughts about how to use the Galactic Center in chart weaving

In this blog post, I am going to play around with a couple of charts to explain how to MAYBE use the GC in chart weaving and the important pieces of the “Galactic Center Puzzle” in each of these charts that would want to be considered if you were to read the chart through the lens of the GC. I’m not really sure if “reading the chart through the lens of the GC” is the right way to put that, but since I’m still learning how to incorporate this shit myself, breaking the chart down via the lens of the GC feels most “correct” to say (and then weaving that shit back together).
**Here is the video that goes along with this blog post for all you that would rather watch than read**
**I also went into some of this without chart visuals in my last blog post**

I will not be going over either of the charts in completion – just kind of pointing out exactly what should be looked at when reading from the lends of the GC.

Chart No. 1

This chart belongs to someone I know pretty well (or, lol, I think I know pretty well…..but you can think you know someone well all day long and not really know them at all – that’s another discussion for another day hahahaha I digress). Anywho, as you can see, they have the GC in the 9th House and Neptune is conjunct the GC within a couple of degrees. Their Mars and Jupiter are also within the window of orb that is being looked at for conjunctions as well, but since Neptune is the closest to the GC this will be the planet that is probably the most impacted BY the GC (getting a good majority of it’s “downloads” or it’s energy or whatever). This will also cause the GC to influence the way the 9th House areas of life play out for them (warped, charged, amplified, distorted, etc.). Things to consider here when reading:
-Their 12th House, with Pisces on the cusp, will BEND to Neptune and the GC in the 9th. This causes 12th House notions (like spirituality, escape, self-sabotage, and other 12th House notions) to BEND to 9th House notions (like religion, metaphysics, travel of the mind and body, expansion, higher learning, and other 9th House notions). The GC will give an amplification/warping/charge to the things from the 12th House that bend to the 9th House. You would probably want to do the same thing with the 1st House (since Aries is on the cusp and ruled by Mars) and the 8th House (since Scorpio is on the cusp and ruled by Mars via traditional rulership…if you use traditional rulership). The 9th House will bend to itself since Sagittarius is on the 9th House cusp and Jupiter is in this house (and really, feel like it would amplify this house even more). ALL of these houses that dispose of themselves to the planets conjunct the GC will have the GC influencing the way that they BEND to the planet involved.
-I didn’t post the declinations, but Mars and Jupiter are both out of bounds. Being close to the GC seems like it would charge these planets even more (spoiler alert: with this person it does).
-This person has no conjunctions to the Galactic Anti-Center (GaC). While there is no planet there to take the impact from the shocking that I do think happens here, this part of the chart is still acting a lightning rod – meaning that part of the chart is getting zapped from something like the overflow from the GC. In this case, the GaC is in the 3rd House. If you knew this person the way that I do, you would know that areas of life dealing with communication are a real Achilles Heel. This person thinks they communicate well (but they don’t – this isn’t just with me, either, but just in general). Up until recently this person would not have admitted this (they may have been blinded to just what the issues actually were, and may still be blinded to some of them today) . The 3rd House areas of life do sustain “damage” (this isn’t just in this person’s case, but the GaC in everyone’s chart will probably sustain some damage just due to the energy overflow that occurs from the GC, shooting over to the GaC).
-This person doesn’t not have Jupiter Rx (or Mercury Rx)
-This person has no trines to the GC. The Ascendant is CLOSE to being a trine, but a little too far out of orb for me to count.
-As I’ve mentioned before, when there are no trines, I think this makes Jupiter and Mercury very important to the translation of the stuff needing to be brought down to Earth from the GC – whatever exactly that is, and this seems like it’s a little different for everyone. This person’s drives, creativity, and beliefs are going to be charged here (among other Neptune, Mars and Jupiter things), and if they aren’t translated well it doesn’t seem like much could be done with this energy. Since they are also sextile the GaC, the trines/sextiles help to ground the lightning strikes to the GaC. Jupiter and Mercury FEEL like they could act as de-facto translator and grounder in the absence of the trine/sextile to the GC just in general.
–In this person’s case, since Jupiter is conjunct the GC (and already absorbing some of the GC energy), I feel instinctively like Mercury is probably the planet to look at here since it isn’t involved with the GC. There Mercury is already a little difficult since Mercury (what needs to be expressed here is communication and other Mercury things) is conjunct the Descendant (and the Descendant is like the shadow side of a person – the parts of you that you might know exist but don’t really want to deal with). It makes sense that this person would actually know that they might not be the greatest at communicating (perhaps they want to be pleasing when they do this, or perhaps they function from one of the Libra darksides (like apathy) when they communicate), but since it’s conjunct the Descendant it might get “ignored”. For this person to understand their own Mercury like the back of their hand (which is also more difficult since it is combust the Sun) just feels really important to be able to even BEGIN to translate all the energy at the GC.

Chart No. 2

This chart belongs to me – the only reason I’m using it here is because I don’t have to ask clearance to use my own chart lol. As you can see, the GC is in my 1st House, with Venus and Uranus within a degree of the GC. Saturn and Neptune are within the window of orb that is being looked at, but for this blog post I’m going to leave Neptune out of the equation (I’ve never really counted it as conjunct the GC, personally). This will cause the GC to amplify/warp/charge/intensify the way that I express myself naturally, the way that I approach the world, and other 1st House things. Some stuff to consider when reading from the lens of the GC:
-The 2nd House with Capricorn on the cusp, the 3rd House with Aquarius on the cusp, the 6th House with Taurus on the cusp, and the 11th House with Libra on the cusp will all bend to Saturn, Uranus and Venus respectively (and the 1st House and the GC) – these different areas of life by house feed the GC, essentially (for lack of better term).
-I didn’t post the declinations, but Venus and Uranus are out of bounds. The Moon is OOB, too, but the Moon is too far out of orb to be considered conjunct the GC at 16-degrees Capricorn.
-Chiron is opposite the GC and conjunct the GaC in the 7th House in Gemini. This makes Chiron the real lightning rod here. The whole area opposite the GC functions this way, but when you see a planet, Chiron, a Major Angle, the North or South Nodes (and probably other things that haven’t been looked at yet in the research) conjunct the GaC, this planet (et. al) is going to take a majority of the impact from the lightning strikes from the GC. This probably makes my Chiron more damaged than I’m even aware of (and I am aware there is damage there – I just probably don’t realize how much). This will manifest in 7th House areas of life (close relationships). I think people can probably fill in other gaps lol with Chiron in the 7th House. There
-Jupiter is trine the GC in the 4th House in Aries and it is also Rx. Having Jupiter Rx probably does tune me in to the GC, and having it trine the GC probably does allow the stuff that is “downloaded” or charged from the GC to come down to Earth. The stuff from the GC that needs to come “down to Earth” will use Jupiter as its vehicle to do this – this will come by way of beliefs & truth (and other Jupiter things) through the core of my being, home, family, roots (and other 4th House things) in an independent, pioneering, and/or even aggressive way (among other Aries notions). This makes Jupiter Rx really important in my chart, and I need to understand it like the back of my hand since it is the ONLY planet trine the GC (and able to “do” this translation).

I will probably do some other examples of this if I can get clearance to do so (if anyone wants to volunteer their charts for this purpose, I don’t have to use your name or anything – just a picture of the chart and something short like what I posted above to give some ideas about how to work with the GC energy).

July 29, 2021
Galactic Center Thoughts part V

This week past week has been incredibly difficult. I’m not someone who is really ever “triggered” by shit (my Capricorn Moon & Saturn conjunct my rising don’t really allow me to pay that much attention to anything that actually might trigger me). “Push through it, bitch!” is what my inner monologue will typically say to me. This week, my inner monologue fell very silent (I’m thinking to myself in my head after everything this week “oh yeah? Inner Ellie voice, you ain’t got shit to say, motherfucker!?”) She didn’t. I was looking at my transits for the past week, and while I already knew I have some dumb-ass shit going on (that I would typically prefer to ignore), I noticed that the transit Sun was also conjunct my natal Chiron. This happens once a year, but this year it hit me incredibly hard with all the other dumb ass shit going on transit wise to my chart. This got me thinking a whole hell of a lot about Chiron…and possible tie-in’s between Chiron and the GC. I also think it’s really interesting that when I wasn’t working on work for my clients or spending time with my Son, the one thing that actually helped me not to smash things this past week was writing, talking, and thinking about the GC.

This post is going to primarily deal with connections (or what feels like connections) between Chiron and the Galactic Center – and it does feel like there is a tie-in between Chiron and the GC *just a little bit* (though I think it’s probably more than just a little bit) – and this tie-in feels like it exists regardless of if the GC makes an aspect with Chiron or not in a natal chart. Obviously, like with everything else, the Chiron/GC connections would probably be stronger in people that actually have Chiron making a contact to the GC, but I do think this connection can be applied just to the energy of the black hole and the asteroid. Natalie and myself talked about this a long while back, that Chiron’s notion of “wounding and healing” seems to jive well with what is known about the GC. Not exactly, I suppose (there are obviously differences), but the notion of transmutation is highlighted with BOTH the GC and Chiron – turning something that is difficult into something that is transformed into another state. I do think the GC can be “difficult,” and we all know that Chiron can be incredibly difficult. It’s a weird thing though, because while I do think the GC can be (and is) difficult, there is almost a *beauty* in the difficulty, kind of like there is almost a *beauty* in the wounding and healing that Chiron deals.

This is a personal anecdote, but one of the questions on the GC questionnaire is “if you were to visualize the conjunction to your GC in a picture or a phrase, what would that look like. Describe it.”
-If I were to answer this question, it would be something like this”
A person is in something like a box – not a full box (the top is open). The walls of the box to the left and the right are closing in on them and they are pushing the walls away from them, using all their strength to do this – to keep from being closed in on. At the same time, a light is either entering them or leaving them (or perhaps both) through the top of their head and illuminates the sky. They are clearly in pain trying to push the walls away, but there is also something divine/ecstatic about the light that is either coming from them or leaving them. Everything about this mental image is pretty dark, but I know the person in this vision is me.
…..this is what the GC is to me, when I think about the GC. There is pain, but there is also something divine (or something like ecstasy) to it as well.

So….where do these Chiron connections kind of come from in the first place (other than what was mentioned above)? Let’s talk for a second about the mythology behind Chiron briefly:
-Chiron was a Centaur, but the most civilized Centaur of the bunch (the rest sound like they were crazy heathens lol). He was a healer, a teacher, a hunter, and well versed in medicine (among other things) thanks to being raised by Apollo and Artemis after being abandoned by his natural parents, Kronos & Philyra. He was also immortal (and differed from the other Centaurs not only in behavior, but also by parentage). One of his half brothers was Zeus/Jupiter (which ties in the GC just a little bit since the GC is in Sagittarius). So, Chiron lives a long life teaching and healing, and at the end of his life he finds himself with Hercules (one of his students) in a cave with Pholus, and some sacred wine from Dionysys is opened at Hercules request. When this wine is opened it “called” all the other less civilized Centaurs to the cave and they got crazy. Hercules starts shooting his poison arrows around, and one ended up shooting Chiron in the thigh (thighs also have a connection to Sagittarius, for this is one of the parts of the body that Sagittarius has domain over…and arrows obviously have a Sagittarius connection, too). Since Chiron was immortal, he couldn’t die like the other Centaurs from this poison arrow – instead he was forced to deal with this pain and there was no release or reprieve. This pain is said to have gone on for 9 days (there is another Sagittarius connection, since Sagittarius is the 9th sign of the Zodiac). Meanwhile, Prometheus was chained to a rock having his liver pecked at day after day by a bird (Zeus had him chained there since he tried to give fire to the people of Earth). Hercules brokered a deal with Zeus to allow Chiron to die and be out of pain (to give up his immortality) in exchange for Prometheus being relieved from his own torment day after day being chained to that rock. Zeus agreed, freed Prometheus, and allowed Chiron to find peace and healing through death. It is said that Chiron was placed in the sky in either the constellations of Sagittarius or Centaurus (it seems like it was one or the other, though some sources say one and some say the other). Either way, there is another connection to Sagittarius. Even just the notion of Chiron being in the constellation Centaurus alludes to Sagittarius.
***I have seen the mythology behind Chiron mentioned a few different ways, so this brief synopsis might differ slightly from how you may have seen it written out before. It gets the general theme across (all of the different versions do, really).

There are definitely some Sagittarian connections to Chiron, but I don’t want to imply that Chiron is actually the ruler of Sagittarius (or the co-ruler of Sagittarius) or anything like that – there is some debate out there about IF Chiron should actually rule (or be a co-ruler) of a certain sign. For example, Virgo is another one that I see tossed around for Chiron (there are definitely some Virgo themes going on with Chiron’s mythology, too). Really though, I can see themes for all the mutable signs with Chiron’s energy and mythology (so I’m in the camp that Chiron shouldn’t rule a specific sign, but rather blends different qualities of all the mutable signs).
-I just wanna make that part clear before I proceed on-
I almost get the feeling that the part of the mythology of Chiron, once he has died and been placed among the constellations, is the part that gels the most with the GC (the changing from immortal to mortal). That sounds kind of backwards since when I think of the GC, I would knee jerk think immortality would line up better with the GC than mortality, but for Chiron mortality (and the ability to die and transform) was a sweet release. I definitely do think the GC can be a kind of “sweet release” – not necessarily through death, but just through the process of transformation (once this transformation, whatever that IS, has occurred). Something has been transformed/transmuted in this process – and there is pain going on here. I do think there is something painful about the GC – actual process of a star getting “eaten” by the GC seems like it would be a “painful” process for the star (if stars have feelings), but it doesn’t seem to actually destroy the star – just transform it into something else. Kind of like Chiron’s immortality being changed into mortality (obviously they aren’t EXACTLY the same, but there does seem to be a common thread).

Chiron is also a “bridge” between Saturn and Uranus – it orbits between them and is thought of as a bridge between the “known” and the “unknown”…or a bridge between the “inner” and “outer” planets. This is ALSO very GC like in nature (since the GC appears to have an affinity for all of the transpersonal planets). The GC is almost like a bridge itself to the “unknown” – since no one knows what is on the other side of the GC or where it goes. They both seem to function as bridges to what we know versus what we don’t know.

Another interesting connection between Chiron and the GC is when Chiron was discovered in November 1977, the GC was conjunct the Ascendant at the time it was found (the “birth chart” for Chiron’s discovery). Now, this may not mean anything at all, but if it doesn’t, that’s one hell of a coincidence.

AND HOLY FUCKING SHIT! FUCKING JUPITER WAS RETROGRADE AT THE TIME CHIRON WAS FOUND! I just noticed this as I was making a YouTube video to go along with this post that I will post later this week (and got really excited when I noticed it in the video, lol). Now, lol, call it coincidence all you want but I think it’s REALLY FUCKING INTERESTING that Chiron was discovered during a Jupiter Rx period (especially when the GC seems to jive so well with Jupiter Rx energy). Oh! And Shiiiiiit! LOOK AT THE FUCKING TRINE FROM THE GC TO SATURN @ 29-DEGREES LEO! A possible way to bring Chiron stuff down to Earth, perhaps?
…..I’m wondering if the reason the connections aren’t more prevalently known between the GC and Chiron as of now is because when Chiron was found, the Ascendant (conjunct the GC) also didn’t have another planet or something conjunct the Ascendant and GC?

To be continued…..down the line 🙂

June 21, 2021
Galactic Center Thoughts Part IV

In some of the videos that I ‘ve done recently, I’ve brought up the notion of whistleblowers and the GC. This isn’t an entirely new idea in and of itself – there have been some articles done on this and that it does seem to be common for well known whistleblowers to have GC conjunctions, oppositions, etc. (there most definitely appears to be a correlation). What I haven’t seen as mentioned is the notion that a good majority of these people have Jupiter Rx in their natal charts (or were born during the shadow period just after Jupiter goes direct). While I think the GC is a protective force for people in general when they lean into the GC’s energy and don’t fight it (I really do believe this – but the “not fighting it part” is important here), in the case of GC conjunctions and whistleblowers, the conjunctions seem to add an urge to get the “truth” out there. There also seems to be what I would consider a “protective” element to this as well. I think Jupiter Rx can ALSO be a protective force for these people (here is my last blog post about Jupiter Rx in connection to the GC in general). I think another protective force has to do with having something trine the GC – an actual planet or something major to give the whistleblower “safe passage” to translate the truth that they need to tell down to Earth (here is the blog post about stuff trine the GC). If they have an angle in the window of orb that I’m focusing on for the trine to the GC (10 degrees applying or separating from the GC when they were born), then maybe the planetary ruler of that angle needs to make some kind of contact to the GC. If they have all three of these things going on (conjunctions to the GC, Jupiter Rx, and a trine to the GC), they seem to fair better as they are blowing their whistle. Missing one of these things seems impact their outcome in terms of getting their truth out there.
**The whistleblower theme DOES work well with the GC – being in Sagittarius which is the truth seeker (among other things), the idea of being able to speak one’s truth does have a GC flavor to it, especially in the BIG ways that these people have done just this. Any kind of telling of the truth, even truth that the person doesn’t want to tell but feels compelled to tell, all the way over to telling truths that bust things wide open…all of this has a GC flavor to it. Not to mention, the truth that some of these people told wasn’t received well by everyone. This also makes me think that there is probably a “polarizing” quality to the GC and to the people who have connections to the GC – they might be people that are polarizing in some way (people who you really like or really don’t like). I would think this polarization would be the strongest in people that have conjunctions and oppositions to the GC.

The whistleblowers that I have looked at this far are Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Frank Serpico, Jeffrey Wigand, Erin Brockovich, Gary Webb (I recently started looking at his), Karen Silkwood and Julian Assange. Keep these in mind as you are reading this and looking at the charts that I’m about to post:
-The notion of having a conjunction to the GC, having Jupiter Rx, AND having a planet trine the GC (using a 10 degree applying aspect and 10 degree separating aspect) seem to be protective (Jupiter Rx) for these people and allow them a “safe passage” to blow their whistle (the trine to the GC). A conjunction to the GC seems to function as an “urge” or a catalyst to get the truth known. The people who are lacking one (or multiple) of these don’t seem to fare as well in the long run.
-The oppositions to the GC (planets conjunct the GaC) seem to add a certain amount of polarization to the individual regarding their telling of the truth.
–This actually might kind of be the case in general – the oppositions to the GC functioning as a polarizing agent regarding the person (it appears to be the case with these people, anyway – will have to do more research to see how it translates across the board to people who aren’t solely known for whistleblowing).
**Some of these people don’t have times of birth – that’s okay for the purpose of this right now. I have just set these charts to noon**

I also want to make it real clear that I’m not saying that EVERYONE WHO HAS conjunctions to the GC, Jupiter Rx, and something trine the GC will be a whistleblower. That just isn’t the case I’m sure – there are probably plenty of people who have these sorts of contacts going on in their charts and they haven’t blown the whistle on anything. Though, I do think that having these three things going on in the chart probably gives one a push to tell the truth or tell their side of the truth, even if it’s uncomfortable to do so (even if they don’t want to). These three thing in a chart could probably manifest many different ways (the GC is so weird as it is almost anything seems up for grabs) – I just think this is a really interesting connection/pattern with some well known whistleblowers (people who became KNOWN for this) and these specific contacts.

The chart above belongs to Frank Serpico (no time of birth – set to noon), who became known for outing corruption in the NYPD in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. If you look at his chart you see that he has the Galactic Center conjunct Jupiter Rx. He also has a trine from the Sun and Mercury to the GC. He ticks all of the boxes that I mentioned before (conjunction to the GC, Jupiter Rx, and a trine to the GC). He fared okay after his whistleblowing (he wasn’t incarcerated or killed for doing what he did).

This chart belongs to Jeffrey Wigand, who blew the whistle on smoking and public health in 1996 (he was the former VP of research and development at Brown and Williamson). He has the Sun conjunct the GC in his chart, Jupiter Rx, and TWO trines to the GC – his Moon in Aries and Chiron in Leo. He ticks all of the same boxes that I mentioned, and he didn’t wind up incarcerated or killed.

This chart belong to Erin Brockovich (time of birth unknown – set to noon) who helped to expose that PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric) was essentially poisoning the water in Hinkley, CA and that they knew they were doing this. She has Jupiter Rx conjunct the GC and Mars trine the GC in Taurus. She also has the Sun & Venus opposite the GC. She also ticks those boxes that I mentioned before (conjunction to the GC, Jupiter Rx, and a trine to the GC). She also has the oppositions (Sun & Venus), which probably adds a degree of polarization to her and her impact on other people.

This chart belongs to Edward Snowden who blew the whistle on the NSA’s PRISM program. He has Neptune and the South Node conjunct the GC, and Jupiter Rx in his chart. South Node conjunct GC and Jupiter Rx makes me think that he came into this lifetime VERY acquainted with the GC’s energy. Now, he doesn’t have an actual planet trine the GC (his Venus would be too far out of orb for what I’m considering to be a trine as of right now), but his IC DOES trine the GC. I am on the fence about the angles in terms of trines to the GC in general in these kinds of cases, but his stands out because the planetary ruler of his IC, the Sun, DOES make a GC contact since the Sun is opposite the GC in his chart. Since the planetary ruler of that angle makes a GC contact, I feel like his IC trine to the GC still functions as a sort of “safe passage” to make the truth known. Technically, he ticks all of the boxes. If that Sun wasn’t making a GC connection, I might not be as inclined to think that (and I also kind of wonder if he would still be alive today, or if he would be incarcerated, if his Sun wasn’t making a connection to the GC). Having oppositions to the GC (Mars, North Node, and the Sun) add to the feeling of polarization that I do think the oppositions to the GC can bring about. Some people call him a “patriot” in the US, and some people call him a “traitor,” so very polarizing, indeed.

Now this is where it gets interesting. This chart belongs to Julian Assange, who founded Wikileaks. He has NO GC conjunctions, but does have Venus conjunct the GaC/opposite the GC. He does have Jupiter Rx, but has no trines to/from the GC. While he does have Jupiter Rx (which I do think puts him naturally more in-line with the GC energy), there is no conjunction to the GC to have the information from the GC “downloaded” or to blend with for this need to “seek and share truth.” Venus might be getting the downloads and know there is truth to be sought out, but not be able to see clearly why that is (due to Venus being conjunct the GaC). There is a trine to the GC, which is his Midheaven at 19 Leo 58. With this being an angle, I applied the same logic that I used for Snowden’s trine to the IC – I looked at where the Sun falls in his chart. His Sun, in the 8th House in Cancer, makes no connection to the GC. So, unlike Snowden’s case, this trine doesn’t seem to give him the same kind of “safe passage” regarding the translation of the truth “down to Earth.” Since Venus is opposite the GC, this seems to add an element of polarization to how he is received (which is true – some people really like him and some people really don’t). He is currently incarcerated in London.

This chart belongs to Chelsea Manning (there is no time of birth – I set the chart to noon). She is known for disclosing close to 750,000 classified and “sensitive” military documents. She has the Sun, Mercury, Saturn and Uranus conjunct the GC, with Chiron opposite the GC/conjunct the GaC. She does NOT have Jupiter Rx (though she was born under the “shadow period” of Jupiter Rx – Jupiter went direct two days before she was born in 1987). She also has the GC (and everything conjunct it) trine Jupiter. I feel like, while she probably still feels the Jupiter Rx pull towards the GC energy since she was born under the shadow period, not actually HAVING Jupiter Rx seems to allow her less “protection.” She was incarcerated from 2010 until 2017 when she was pardoned by Obama (she was originally sentenced to 35 years). So, while not as “protected “(which I theorize is because her Jupiter isn’t actually retrograde) being born during the shadow period does make me think there is some kind of “protection” here (considering she only served 7 years of her 35 year sentence). She also has the opposition to the GC (Chiron conjunct the GaC) which seems to add a sense of polarization to her in the way that she viewed – like Assange and Snowden, some people really like her, and some people don’t.

This chart belongs to Gary Webb, who is known for his “Dark Alliance” series about the CIA being involved with the Crack Cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles and taking the money to fund the anti-communist Contras in Nicaragua in the 1980s. He committed “suicide” on December 10, 2004 (does anyone actually believe that bullshit?). He has conjunctions to the Galactic Center, but it is his Ascendant and his North Node. While these are conjunctions, neither of these are actual planets (or tangible bodies in the sky). We’re also talking about the North Node, which is what we are trying to grow into in this lifetime (it doesn’t come completely naturally – the South Node is much more natural to us coming into this world) – which makes me feel like this notion of whistleblowing or truth seeking really did just “fall” into his lap to align him with his North Node “mission” (which, if I remember correctly, it kind of did). His Jupiter is also NOT Rx, which makes me feel like he doesn’t have that Jupiter Rx “protective” force behind him. He does have trines to the GC – Jupiter loosely, Pluto (almost dead ass exact), and Mars. I really do wonder if that Jupiter of his had been Rx, if maybe he wouldn’t have been of “suicided” (yeah, I’m calling it that way). He also has the opposition to the GC, with the South Node conjunct the GaC. This adds in the level of polarization that I’ve talked about with the GC oppositions and some people really liking his work (believing it) and some people do nothing but criticize it.

This chart belongs to Karen Silkwood, who reported un-safe conditions at Kerr-McGee corporations Plutonian fuel plant in the 1970s. She died in a car accident in November of 1974 while driving to meet with a NY Times journalist and a union official when she got into this accident. Now, while she DID die in a car accident, the circumstances are weird as shit (it appeared that her car had been rammed from behind which probably actually caused the accident – though no other car was found at the scene…just tire marks on pavement). She has conjunctions to the GC, but this is the South Node (not an actually planet or tangible thing in the sky). Her Jupiter was Rx, meaning she was probably pretty in-tune with the GC’s energy (and with the South Node being conjunct the GC, probably especially in-tune -coming into this life especially in-tune with the GC). She doesn’t have any trines to the GC, which makes me think this didn’t offer her that level of “safe passage” for getting what she knew to be true out there. She also has the opposition with the GC, North Node conjunct the GaC, which makes me think there was probably an air of polarization going on with her, too.

There are some other example of whistleblowers that I’ve started exploring that seem to fit this pattern (and how well their whistleblowing turned out does seem to correlate with these people having the conjunctions to the GC, Jupiter Rx, and a trine to the GC. I’ll be curious to see how this theory holds up the more research that is done, and what (if anything) has to be tailored down the line.

This is the most recent YouTube video that kind of goes along with this ^_^

June 16, 2021
Retrograde Planets in a Natal Chart (and what they might mean)

I’m baaaaack! And talking about a topic within astrology that I love….which is retrograde planets.

Hahahaha, honestly I have been so busy these past (about) 4 months that I just haven’t had a spare moment to actually add to my astrological ramblings. And I’m truly SO eternally grateful for this, for the people that have hired me to do readings for them and kept me so busy. Practicing astrology (and being able to ACTUALLY practice astrology for clients) is one of the great loves of my life. So, to everyone that has hired me to do work for them, thank you so very much 🙂

Over the past few months I have had several clients with a shitload of retrograde planets in their natal charts. Not only that though, but I have also seen an influx of questions on the different forums that I frequently creep on/answer questions on about what it means to have whatever planet in retrograde (and we could be talking about any planet here, except for the Sun and Moon, which never go retrograde). I tend to look at retrograde planets through more of the soul’s journey kind of lens, meaning I believe they tend to be things that our soul wanted to learn about and understand in a myriad of different ways throughout our different incarnations on Planet Earth/this 3D dimension. Thinking about it from this point of view helps to put it all into perspective for me. For some reason, the soul really wanted to understand something about its mind (Mercury), its drive (Mars), etc. while incarnating on Earth in a more personally “focused” way when a planet is retrograde. There is also more introspection given to the energy that these planets express naturally, and the energy is “introverted” instead of the more “extroverted” sort of expression of energy that is more prevalent with direct planetary motion. The whole purpose of these retrograde planets is to understand them at their core essence and what they mean to the person that has them (regardless if this planetary expression makes sense to anyone else). Because society at large is so focused on keeping up with “The Jones’s” and living and operating like the status quo would have you live and operate, this can make retrograde planets a particular challenge. The more planets that a person has retrograde in their chart, the more the person might feel an internal calling to break away from the status quo regarding things the retrograde planet wants to express. For instance, a person with Venus retrograde might feel their values are very different than that of the status quo (and this could be a challenging thing for then to feel comfortable expressing). Something that should also be paid attention to is your chart ruler; should you have a retrograde chart ruler, well, this kind of gives the person (and their chart) a “retrograde-y” flavor. When the chart ruler is a planet in retrograde motion, you tend to find someone who is very introspective (regardless of the planet involved), though how exactly this introspection is actually expressed inwardly and understood by the sense of self will depend on the planet and sign that we’re talking about, and the house that the chart ruler falls in. Here is an example of such for your viewing pleasure (hahaha) and understanding:

**As far as the following ideas go, you would need to take the whole chart into account to know exactly how any retrograde planet (or planetary body) actually plays out in your life. For the sake of understanding, the house the retrograde planet falls in will show the areas of life involved, the sign of the retrograde planet will show how the energy is expressed, and the aspects fill in the rest of the story.**

Mercury Retrograde: When Mercury falls retrograde in the natal chart there is a need for the soul to learn what is actually important for it to take in as far as learning and communication goes. The soul is probably coming from lifetimes where it took in too much information that just wasn’t necessary for it to take in. Personally, I think of the sort of soul who knows a whole lot of “extraneous” information that may help other people (or would help them in some sort of game show/trivia situation), but doesn’t end up actually serving them in the long run. In this lifetime, the soul wanted to tune out all this extra noise as far as what it takes in through communication and different modalities of basic learning. This can cause these people some difficulties with both in this lifetime. Since they are geared towards only taking in what is necessary for their soul to evolve (and for this information to serve a personal purpose), any sort of communication or learning that doesn’t serve this need for soul growth may not seem to “stick” in the same way that it does for people with Mercury direct. This can prove incredibly difficult in our society which (overall) has a tendency to believe that people should learn and communicate a certain sort of way, and this certain sort of way isn’t usually the way these people operate. The Mercury Retrograde person can really shine when they are able to understand and personalize anything they are taking in.

Venus Retrograde: Venus in Retrograde is an interesting one. Since the retrograde motion turns the energy inward (or introverts it), and Venus deals not only with the concept of love but also about what one values (among other things), it is very important above all else that the Venus retrograde person is able to really love and value themselves. Venus naturally rules over BOTH Taurus and Libra, but in the case of the retrograde motion, it tends to exemplify Taurus more so than Libra. Libra energy is naturally more “social” which doesn’t quite fit the introverted quality of the retrograde motion (but Taurus energy certainly does, especially with its needing to find security and stability through self-worth and self-love). The more that the Venus Retrograde person is able to relate to other people from their own personal values and concepts of love, the more they will find what they need from other people (and not just trying to relate to people from the other person’s views, values, and concepts of love).

Mars Retrograde: Mars in Retrograde has a soul purpose to only be driven to go after things in this incarnation that actually serve their soul in the long run. Depending on the chart of the person, this could create someone who seems to have a lack of drive (which isn’t true), or someone who is incredibly driven and on at all times (though the appearance of such would probably end up being more evident to the person in question due to the introverted way of the retrograde motion – other people might not SEE this as easily). This person will need to understand what actions that they need to take and WHY they need to take them (rather than the quick acting and/or reacting that Mars direct is so familiar with). The important thing here is that the Mars Retrograde person actually figures out what exactly does drive them and channel their energy into this. The lack of proper channeling of such energy can cause the person to turn all of this energy on themselves (which can cause all kinds of health ailments, sexual issues, and other sorts of things that aren’t pleasant).

Jupiter Retrograde: Jupiter in Retrograde in a natal chart shows a need for the soul to create their own beliefs and personal truths for themselves, regardless of what this looks like to other people. These people are probably coming from previous incarnations where they weren’t able to create these beliefs and personal truths for themselves (or completely of themselves), and are needing to shed all the old skin of beliefs that just don’t serve them any damn good. Because the assimilation of information is more personalized here (and again, very focused on beliefs-maybe beliefs that are very different than that of the mainstream), this can cause these people to feel that they aren’t as intelligent as the rest of the population (which isn’t true), which can cause them to be a little quieter (or cause them to not really speak up and out at all). They may feel that by staying quiet and going along with everyone else they will be able to be (or at least appear) more “normal” than they actually are. By operating in this manner, though, they probably aren’t living their own personal truth, which is of premium importance to these souls this time around.

Saturn Retrograde: When Saturn is found retrograde in the natal chart, there is a need for the soul to create its own reality in this incarnation, to go and do things their own way regardless of what is considered “normal” or “acceptable” in the society that they live. This is usually made easier or more difficult depending on the way that they were raised and the sort of person that did the “raising” (and oftentimes it seems there is a past life/karmic linkage to one’s parents here). Having had a parent or parents that were more accepting and allowed them to be different and create their own reality for themselves will make everything so much easier for these people in the long run. However, as seems to often be the case, if a parent/the parents are more authoritative and less accepting of personal differences in general this can cause difficulties with the Saturn retrograde person’s view of authority (how they handle their own personal authority and that of other people). Regardless of the sort of parents they had and the family they come from, these people need time to go inward within themselves, to retreat, and to make sense of things in life that actually fit their own notion of reality (and they need to be given the time and freedom to do so).

Uranus Retrograde: Uranus found retrograde in the natal chart shows a soul that needs to learn to see things from a birds eye/omniscient point of view (to detach from not only emotions from a certain degree, but also to detach from the self somewhat). This need is usually due to some kind of trauma that the Uranus Retrograde person has carried with them from a previous incarnation that needs to be worked through, and can only probably be worked through by being able to see outside of themselves and beyond the scope of the person they are in this lifetime (along with the person that they have been in a previous incarnation). There is a sense of feeling different as well that is carried over from another life, and this can make one more likely to make friends with different people and groups that are strictly just like them (and this is usually done from the soul level as a way to not feel as “different”). This is why learning to see things from a birds eye point of view is so important, as is embracing these inherent differences that actually makes them the individuals that they are. Uranus in general (in any planetary motion) tends to be where our soul memories are stored. However, with Uranus in Retrograde (and the retrograde motion turning the energy more inward), these people have a unique ability to actually be able to access these soul memories in this lifetime, to heal any trauma from previous lives, and really grow.

Neptune Retrograde: With Neptune Retrograde in the natal chart, there is an innate understanding that all people are connected to one another and that we are all connected to The Creator (there is actually no division here). Though this understanding is probably more felt from the collective unconscious place that Neptune dwells, and such has a great impact on the psychology of the person in question. They are able to pick up on things, feelings and vibes from other people without meaning to (and maybe even without wanting to). This ultra-sensitivity is better understood and handled psychologically when the understanding that we are all linked and no one is really separate from one another is more consciously understood. Another way that this is all understood is through the dreams that the Neptune Retrograde person has (and these people can have some very crazy dreams). This can be a way for them to internally process everything that they feel in this lifetime and to help them make sense of such.

Pluto Retrograde: When Pluto is found Retrograde in the chart, there is a strong drive to both reunite with The Creator that is inside of all of us, but also just a strong drive to evolve in general (and for the soul’s evolution to happen at a more rapid pace). Until the person with Pluto Retrograde goes towards this need to reunite with The Creator (and goes more into the spiritual realms), there can be a sense of unhappiness or that they aren’t doing what it is that they should be doing to make themselves feel happy and whole. Mind you, this spirituality that I’m talking about doesn’t strictly adhere to any sort of dogma or religious belief (I certainly don’t mean it that way). It’s more about what resonates with the person and their soul. There will be much energy directed in an inward fashion towards the soul’s evolution and in figuring out how to do so, and the unhappiness mentioned above should be used as a catalyst for such.

Chiron Retrograde: When Chiron is found Retrograde in the natal chart, I tend to see this as the person’s “core wounding” being something that initially stems from a previous incarnation. Oftentimes when I see this come up retrograde in a chart, there are aspects made to the person’s Chiron that tie in with their previous life story in some way (which is where this theory comes from). That doesn’t mean that the wounding ONLY comes from a previous lifetime, but that this core wounding is carried out in this lifetime from a previous lifetime just begging to be worked through. There is also an internalization and introversion of this wounding that speaks here to this; this core wounding from a previous life that is sort of played out again (though in maybe a different way) and is taken incredibly personally (probably from being intimately familiar with this wounding from another lifetime), from having lived through something like this before. It is also a wounding that, due to the inward nature of retrograde motion, might not be visible to anyone outside of the native.

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December 10, 2019