posted January 23, 2008 02:44 AM            

I have Pluto Stationary Direct and the only info I have been able to find is that Pluto therefore takes on increased meaning for me in my chart. I suppose it gives my Pluto some extra oompf. I personally don't consider it debilitating at all.

posted January 23, 2008 03:01 AM            

my father had stationary retrograde Neptune in Virgo. My mother told me that he was a drug addict/dealer diagnosed schizophrenic. I think he was a Dyslexic,Dyspraxic that was misdiagnosed like me because my mom told me that he had speech,auditory,coordination problems like me. He was a black man born in 1941. Many blacks do get psychiatric misdiagnoses.
In medical astrology,Neptune rules misdiagnoses. Neptune also rules drugs.

Your stationary retrograde Neptune in 3rd could be good for things like poetry,music,film,art,and/or creativity,writing. Neptune in 3rd indicates an imaginative,intuitive mind with strong visualization abilities....mainly rightbrained,nonlinear thought processes. That's how I am...especially with my Dyslexia,Dyspraxia. My Neptune in 3rd house is involved in t-square,and so mine is challenged. So my placement reflects my learning disabilities,special education,and psychiatric misdiagnoses. My Mercury parallels Neptune,and so it adds to it.

the stationary retrograde Neptune alone can be good for things ruled by Neptune.

I believe that all aspects are just potential which can be be used in positive or negative ways. but the hard aspects tend to indicate challenges in life and easy aspects tend to indicate easy things in life, but both hard and easy aspects can indicate the potential to use those experiences that will be to your benefit,detriment,and/or both.

posted January 23, 2008 03:36 AM            

My Plutonic resumé:

Sun square Pluto
Moon biQuintile Pluto
Mercury trine Pluto
Venus square Pluto
Mars semi-square Pluto
Neptune sextile Pluto
AC trine Pluto
MC trine Pluto

Pallas, Vesta and Osiris trine Pluto, Isis square Pluto and Karma conjunct Pluto.

North Node and Uranus in Scorpio, intercepted.

Lots of Scorpio boyfriends.

posted January 23, 2008 03:39 AM            

You might have stronger abilities than you think. It's also analytical ability and pattern recognition and education/learning. What about computers? I think that's a 3rd house ruled thing...

posted January 23, 2008 05:35 AM              

"There is a point right before a planet goes backwards it visually appears to be stationary, (stationary retrograde) then it starts its retrograde movement (backwards). When the planet changes to direct from retrograde motion there is a point where it will appear to stand still again before it proceeds to its direct movement (stationary direct). Since the slower a planet moves the deeper the impact, these stationary times and the degrees they station at are extremely powerful.

Individuals who are born with a planet stationary will exhibit the planet in its most powerful state. This planet and whatever it rules will be magnified enormously in their life. The retrograde process symbolizes a time for reflection and review. In a birth chart the energy of the planet is sometimes delayed, till later in life. It is a time to retreat, reflect and become more introspective. A planet that is retrograde is at its closest point to the earth. This is why it will seem larger in the sky. Therefore the effects of a retrograde planet stand out and must be addressed. A retrograde planet seems to be intensified, a bit eccentric and out of control. It will cause problems because it does not function like forward moving planets. It is like a dyslectic planet, not the norm, misunderstood with a bit of genius, if only its energy can be harnessed. The planet in its forward, faster motion is when it is time to move forward and start new projects, when a planet slows down and retrogrades its time to slow down and review. It is like the ebb and flow of the tides of the ocean. There is a time to push forward, and a time to pull back. Our lives must heed the cycles for understanding and development, instead of forcing things against nature. It just doesn’t work.

The Sun and the Moon do not ever go retrograde. Mercury is retrograde approximately 20 days three times a year. Venus is retrograde lest of any planet. It retrogrades every 18 months for 42 days. Mars will retrograde every 24-26 months for 60-80 days. Jupiter retrogrades every 9 months for 4 months at a time. Saturn retrogrades every 8 months for 4-5 months."

-Joni Patry

posted January 23, 2008 05:44 AM              

The two *lights,* the Sun and Moon, do not form stations or appear to travel retrograde in the sky. But Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto do.

Here's an analogy borrowed from astrologer, Demetra George, that may illustrate this point further. If you are sitting in a stationary train and another train speeds by, you may feel as if you are moving backwards
and even experience a lurching sensation in your stomach. In reality you have not moved, but the effect you experience is real. In the same way, when a planet is moving retrograde at the time of your birth, you will experience that planetary function in a different way than if it was in direct motion at your time of birth. Also, to clarify the meaning of the word 'transiting,' a transiting planet refers to the planet's position by degree and constellation in the sky during the time period referenced.
Maybe you've heard folks say, "Transiting Pluto is wreaking havoc in my life right now!" That would mean that the planet Pluto's current position in the sky is making some sort of key contact with the person's birth chart.

Retrograde planets are considered to carry more *oomph* than a planet in direct motion. The degree and constellation (i.e. which astrological sign)a planet is in at the time it forms its station can be very significant to an individual if it links to key planets or houses in the natal or progressed charts. In this sense, stations carry the most 'oomph' of all.

When a planet is retrograde in its apparent motion at the time of a persons birth, we would say that he/she has a natal planet retrograde. If you have a copy of your birth chart, retrograde planets are typically noted with an 'R' or 'Rx' beside them. Some people have no retrograde planets natally, some have a few, others still have four or more. Two retrograde planets is the average.

What is the effect of a natal planet that is retrograde? Speaking from my own personal and professional experience, the one thing I can say for sure is that the energy of that planet is more pronounced than if it were
direct. If the planet is stationary at the time of birth, or at significantly reduced speed, it is even more pronounced. That is,
retrograde and stationary natal planets function at the extreme ranges of their expression. Retrograde and stationary planets have heightened energy and the state of retrogradation can alter or divert the energy of a planet from its normal expressions. Why would this be so? When a planet is retrograde it is actually closer to the earth. This is why the planet's
energy is more pronounced. This means its energy is more personal to the person who has it retrograde in the natal chart. It can mean that it is difficult for the person to experience that planet's energies as separate
from the self. In this sense, it can be difficult to 'control' a retrograde planet or experience its energies objectively. It is easier both to objectify and to detach oneself from the energies of planets in
direct motion.

When a planet is stationary or retrograde at birth, the expression of that planet's energies are usually less obvious, less open, and much more inwardly focused. I've found that when the planet who rules the sign that
the natal Sun, Moon, or Ascendant is in, the person may seem shy or be cautious in approaching new situations. A person with four or more retrograde planets tends to be someone who marches to their own drum beat.

When an astrologer does a forecast for a client, one very important aspect of that forecast involves looking into the future to see the positions the transiting planets are going to be moving through over a particular period of time, most commonly one year into the future. The Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars typically move quickly and make their 'aspects,' or make contact with our natal planets for no more than a few hours (in the case of the moon) to a few days (in the case of Mars.) But if Mercury, Venus or Mars forms a station while in contact to key points or planets in a person's natal chart, it can be quite significant. Why is this so? When a planet turns retrograde, it traverses a particular range of the zodiac for a sustained period of time. As it moves backward, it will move through a portion of the zodiac it had already appeared to travel, and will do so again when it moves forward. Therefore, if it is also contacting key points or planets in a persons natal chart, it is possible it will make that contact several times over the course of a month (with Mercury) up to several years (if the planets is Pluto.)"