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A retrograde planet appears to move backwards from Earth. It doesn't actually reverse — it's an optical effect, the same one that makes a slower car look like it's going backward when you overtake it.
A retrograde reroutes a planet's energy inward. Whatever the planet normally does outward, retrograde asks you to do the same work internally.
Retrogrades are review periods, not disaster periods. Re-, not de-.
A natal retrograde does not mean the planet is broken — it means the planet is metabolised inwardly first.
Transit retrogrades are the time to revise: revisit, re-plan, re-read, re-connect.
Popular astrology's fear-mongering — treating retrogrades as curses instead of invitations.
Deep review, meaningful revision, and the interior work that only a slower planet permits.
This is easiest to feel when you can see it in your own chart. Open your natal chart and look for Retrogrades — Overview directly.
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