Guest guest Posted March 14, 2001 Report Share Posted March 14, 2001 I am doing a talk on retrograde mercury for a local group on Tuesday.I have prepared my notes,but I am curious about the lack of general agreement in Vedic texts and writers on the effects of retrogrades.I would be interested in learned list members input.Here are a few thoghts to start the discussion.Positive effcts from a retrograde planet can be its function becomes inner directed/meditative,reflective,subtle,profound,humble,powerful.Negative efffects on function,it may be withdrawn,repressed,inhibited,evasive,timid,self absorbed,maladjusted.In my own case as a natal mercury retrograde,the following effects are true,Mentally very independent,tend to talk too much in groups about impersonal topics,low on personal self disclosure,think in symbols and metaphors,compulsive about my data files,always reorganizing,excel at subtle pattern recogniton/discernment,insights into the unconscious,excellent memory,hard for others to understand me personally,into self analysis,fascinated with astrology,not focused enough on outer goals,somewhat withdrawn in social situations,sometimes self absorbed,perceived as evasive in close relationships at times.Enlighten me please!Thanks,Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2001 Report Share Posted March 14, 2001 Dave: Planets become stronger as they slow. Retrograde planets are always slower than their normal speed, so I would try to work this into your talk as well. Obviously, Mercury at its stations will be most powerful and most capable of causing Mercurial effects. In this sense, Mercury is not just being inner directed and therefore, somehow, abnormal when it is retrograde, but it is merely intensifying its nature, which is to think and communicate in an undirected or unfocused way Chris t 11:43 AM 3/14/01 EST, you wrote: >I am doing a talk on retrograde mercury for a local group on Tuesday.I have >prepared my notes,but I am curious about the lack of general agreement in >Vedic texts and writers on the effects of retrogrades.I would be interested >in learned list members input.Here are a few thoghts to start the >discussion.Positive effcts from a retrograde planet can be its function >becomes inner >directed/meditative,reflective,subtle,profound,humble,powerful.Negative >efffects on function,it may be >withdrawn,repressed,inhibited,evasive,timid,self absorbed,maladjusted.In my >own case as a natal mercury retrograde,the following effects are >true,Mentally very independent,tend to talk too much in groups about >impersonal topics,low on personal self disclosure,think in symbols and >metaphors,compulsive about my data files,always reorganizing,excel at subtle >pattern recogniton/discernment,insights into the unconscious,excellent >memory,hard for others to understand me personally,into self >analysis,fascinated with astrology,not focused enough on outer goals,somewhat >withdrawn in social situations,sometimes self absorbed,perceived as evasive >in close relationships at times.Enlighten me please!Thanks,Dave > > > > > > >gjlist- > > > >Your use of is subject to > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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