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Later on there is a complete article on the retrograde phenomenon, so here I will just mention it. By examining the positions of each planet in regard to whether its geo zodiacal position is either ahead or behind its helio position is revealing. While the helio planet position keeps endlessly plugging along moving always forward in the zodiac, the geo position for that planet ranges ahead and behind the actual position, which gives rise to all kinds of possible interpretations.

Example interpretations might be something like: at times events and outer circumstances run ahead of our heart, our ability to carry them out. At other times, circumstances seemed mired in the past, and we are forced to plan the future internally and wait until events catch up to our foresight. You get the idea. Read the retrograde p