What Does It Mean to Have Planets in Retrograde in Your Birth Chart?

If you were born during a retrograde you have that planet retrograde in your natal chart, and this is not a flaw, not bad luck, and does not mean the planet is weak. A retrograde planet in your birth chart means that planet's energy is turned inward — operating more privately, more internally, more deeply than it would in a direct chart. The lessons of that planet are ones you work through internally before they express outwardly. Venus retrograde natal means you develop your values and your relationship to love slowly and privately before you can fully express them in partnership. Mars retrograde natal means the drive and ambition are deeply internal — these people often appear calm on the surface while processing enormous amounts of energy beneath it. Saturn retrograde natal means the lessons of discipline and mastery are applied inward, and often these people are harder on themselves than saturn would ever ask them to be. Retrograde planets in the birth chart are not obstacles. They are depth.

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