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posted July 08, 2016 02:42 AM            

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People say that if you have retrograde planets in your chart, you're very perceptive, inward looking, a loner, different, an outcast, confused, late bloomer etc.

I have no retrogrades, 0. I'm ALL those qualities above.

I ahve met many people who have 4 or more retrogrades and are very expressive, talkative and seem to fit in quite well.

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posted July 08, 2016 03:02 AM            

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I agree totally! I know few people who have their personal planets retro and I haven't noticed any of the above in them. And then I know people with some placements who are like loners and inwards. I think what matters the most is aspects, signs and house placements.

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posted July 08, 2016 03:37 AM            

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I've never heard of retrograde planets being that way, it sounds to me more a matter of being an introvert or an extrovert. I have Mercury RX and it doesn't affect me at all.

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posted July 08, 2016 04:37 AM            

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I don't understand ur reply. If I read the descriptions for each planet rx, I can identify with most. For eg my Venus is direct in Sag 7th house, and I find it difficult to be open to love and be affection and absolutely terrified of rejection.

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posted July 08, 2016 04:52 AM            

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I've read that the retrograde planets just aren't as overt in their expression.

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posted July 08, 2016 08:59 AM            

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I have retrograde mars opposite my sun and I am the most competitive and out going person you can meet!

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posted July 08, 2016 09:26 AM            

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Retrogrades are not the only things that can cause that.

Also, check your progressed chart. I have no retrogrades in natal but do in progressed. These other people may have retrograde in natal but not in progressed. Even then, there's many other factors.

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posted July 08, 2016 09:56 AM            

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I believe in this retrograde crap... ;o

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posted July 08, 2016 10:05 AM            

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Lmao, I also believe it. For exemple, I have mercury in virgo in the 6th. It would be great if it wasn't retrograde. But it is and I can assure you I have learning difficulties, or some type of disability.

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posted July 08, 2016 10:44 AM            

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I wouldn't necessarily associate those qualities with a retrograde considering that those can be explained through other factors such as Saturn - ASC hard aspects, strong Neptune, and etc. A retrograde planet can "invert" the way the energy is dealt with. For example: those with Mercury retrograde have a hard time explaining things verbally but are excellent writers, and for those without Retrograde Merc, they would rather tell you than write it all down because they find it easier.

I apply this concept of "inversion" to everyone I see with a retrograde planet, so it makes it easier to understand.

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posted July 08, 2016 11:12 AM            

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Originally posted by Electro DGX:
I wouldn't necessarily associate those qualities with a retrograde considering that those can be explained through other factors such as Saturn - ASC hard aspects, strong Neptune, and etc. A retrograde planet can "invert" the way the energy is dealt with. For example: those with Mercury retrograde have a hard time explaining things verbally but are excellent writers, and for those without Retrograde Merc, they would rather tell you than write it all down because they find it easier.

I apply this concept of "inversion" to everyone I see with a retrograde planet, so it makes it easier to understand.

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posted July 08, 2016 11:25 AM            

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Originally posted by Electro DGX:
I wouldn't necessarily associate those qualities with a retrograde considering that those can be explained through other factors such as Saturn - ASC hard aspects, strong Neptune, and etc. A retrograde planet can "invert" the way the energy is dealt with. For example: those with Mercury retrograde have a hard time explaining things verbally but are excellent writers, and for those without Retrograde Merc, they would rather tell you than write it all down because they find it easier.

I apply this concept of "inversion" to everyone I see with a retrograde planet, so it makes it easier to understand.

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Interesting.
I say that because I have mercury direct in natal, retrograde in progressed. I do prefer writing but as my retrograde in progressed will be ending soon, I'm feeling a shift, or at least more balance in speaking/writing. Though I still prefer to write when communicating with others.

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posted July 08, 2016 11:31 AM            

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Interesting.
I say that because I have mercury direct in natal, retrograde in progressed. I do prefer writing but as my retrograde in progressed will be ending soon, I'm feeling a shift, or at least more balance in speaking/writing. Though I still prefer to write when communicating with others.

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I see. With my direct Mercury, I am a writer, but do not prefer it as a form of communication because sometimes I can find it difficult to get what I want to say across in the most precise way possible, so often one-on-one communication is better than writing.

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posted July 08, 2016 12:56 PM            

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Originally posted by Isa:
Lmao, I also believe it. For exemple, I have mercury in virgo in the 6th. It would be great if it wasn't retrograde. But it is and I can assure you I have learning difficulties, or some type of disability.

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i also have merc at 29 virgo in the 6th retrograde. its my only retrograde planet.. but I can relate that it took quit some time to feel comfortable vocalizing my feelings/thoughts and such, as well as just focusing and trying to be on the same page as everyone else. I was held back in kindergarten ha and tried to be diagnosed multiple times for ADD/ADHD.
I wouldn't want to think I have a learning disability or anything, but growing up, school was always some sort of challenge, it wasn't because I didn't understand the material, but because I never talked and was very secretive no one ever knew I knew anything they just thought I was a disruptive spazz lol. I think too because my Merc is square Uranus fairly tight, that it contributes to my occasional stuttering and mixing up words.. just having a chaotic mind!! if anything, I'm so damn introverted I process everything at probably waaaay too deep of a level, im super analytical and very skeptical.. ill dig and dig and dig into everything I scan over.. it can be a bit exhausting.

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posted July 15, 2016 03:20 AM            

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Right on man, fight the power

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