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Retrograde Planets in Vedic Astrology 001

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Retrograde planets in vedic astrology have always been a topic

of numerous astrology debates, and they still keep opening


new doors for further research.
Like in the image, retrograde planet is a masked one - we
have an idea whats behind the mask, but can never be sure
enough.
Planets along with earth go around the Sun in their cyclic orbit.
Normally moving forward, sometimes they seem to be moving
backward. he backward appearing motion is their relative
movement to earth, as earth is trying to catch up and move
ahead of them. Since we analy!e considering earth as the
center point, during the catching up of earth in its orbit, the
planet appears to become stationary and then moving
backward. his backward moment of the planet is Retrograde
motion and the planet in "uestion is the Retrograde planet.
#or e$ample - %hen your train crosses a slow moving train,
though both train are moving in same direction, the other
appears to be moving backward, relative to your train.
- Luminaries are never Retrograde
- Nodes are always Retrograde
- &nferior planets 'ercury and (enus appear to be retrograde
when they are between )arth and Sun
- Superior planets 'ars, *upiter and Saturn appear to
retrograde when they are opposite to the Sun.
Retrograde is +(akri+ in Sanskrit, which means crooked,
twisted, misleading, indifferent, similar are the traits we
witness when planets go retrograde. Retrograde will not
change the basic functional nature of the planet, but will
certainly add it own flavor - an undesired twist.
#or e$ample - *upiter is a planet of knowledge and intelligence
which will be there depending on the placement, but if *upiter
is retrograde, then applying the knowledge or channeling the
intelligence goes haywire.

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