Why do planets go retrograde? The physics, the meaning of retrogrades in astrological chart and why the number of them in Natal Chart is important? Statistical research through centuries, unusual case studies of extraordinary people with many retrogrades and lots of graphics. This article contains the basic outline of almost all facets of my study [...]
A short delineation for those who are not familiar with the astrological symbolism. The stylised letter "g" in my logo consists of two astrological symbols (or more often called glyphs): of the Sun (the circle with a dot in the middle) and the Moon (I'm sure the crescent is recognizable). Both these two are called [...]
illustrated astrological narrations #1 The planet called Saturn had ended it's retrograde motion 2 days ago (on July/20 2014). In the sign of Scorpio, within the confines ruled by Merkury it's retrograde time was devoted to internal considerations. As the "Saturn" finally had came back to its "normal" direct motion, he desires to speak [...]
Another infographic here, useful for electional astrology of starting a war according to Guido Bonatti. But also useful for filing a suit, sending and important letters or starting anything important. Even if one knows nothing about astrology, one can simply check the dates and hours of the Moon phases on the internet and add 12 hours after [...]
My first astrological lecture is already over. Monday, May 10th, 2014 in Warsaw for the PTA - Polish Astrological Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Astrologiczne). A hard thing to manage: so many sub-topics to cover into two-hour live presentation. From astrophysics and astral geometry, through overview of astrological interpretation concepts and pondering on the nature of astrology [...]
Yesterday we finally had a changing of the retrograde guard finalised. The interior planets - Venus and Mercury as well as Jupiter - are no longer retrograde as they were in the beginning of the year. Mercury and both benefics are now Direct, because yesterday Jupiter turned direction. We already have Mars Retrograde from March, [...]
The March, 2014 Issue of The Astrological Journal with my winning essay is already out. Today I got the post and I can finally see it. Current editor of The Astrological Journal, Carole Taylor, did an excellent job. Not only with incorporating my graphics into the layout, but also with placing me among J. Lee [...]
We know that only a small percent of people have six of main planets retrograde (not counting Lunar Nodes etc.), almost none have seven of them. So, where there any Music icons or other famous stars with many retrograde planets? Sure, they were. At least one such a icon of music and other media is [...]
The picture is a pencil drawing from 1897, depicting god Hermes taking the souls of the heroes into the depths of Hades, by the Polish modernist artist, Staniław Wyspiański [pronounced stah-NIECE-wuf viss-PYAN-skee], an illustration from the Homer's "Iliad". Colorized by myself. The planet Mercury when I wrote the first version of this text was between [...]
This is the birth chart (thema natale) of Vettius Valens of Antioch that's in my Polish article (which title would sound in English like: Daimonion on the way of Astrologer. Reflections upon the 3rd conference of PTA. Vettius Valens of Antioch, Jerzy Prokopiuk as a Hermesian Man, Erik van Slooten et al.) Valens never gave [...]
℞ Podcast episode: Venus Retrograde in your birth chart. My 2nd time on Mary English 's podcast: Learn Astrology with Mary English: episode 266 (duration: 1 hour:05 minutes) Topics: How the interior planets ☿ go retrograde. A quick reminder how a retrograde planet works. Venus retrograde in the natal chart - what is it like? [...]
New video. Interview with me on retrograde planets in astrology. A video version edited with my graphics and animations. ★ ☿ ★ ♀ ★ ♂ ★ ♃ ★ ♄ ★ ♅ ♆ ♇ ★ ℞ ★ New material: WATCH A BRAND NEW VIDEO. I've given an INTERVIEW on retrograde planets for an English astrologer, Mary [...]
This year all 7 planets go retrograde. Not all at the same time, but most (6 maximum simultaneously), because Mars and Venus (which go retrograde every second year) are having their retrogradation this year. May: 4 at the same time June: almost entire month same 4 planets, But towards the end a small change and [...]
This is how I present the birth charts for my clients. Based on the nautical metaphor of the life (birth chart) as a vessel on the sea of its destiny. The horizon at birth is shown by the sea level. What is above the horizon is above the water and visible on the sky. What's [...]
Let’s do a Natural Method / Comprehensible Input (CI) Kanji project with kanji in order of simplicity. RTK-like but all Japanese sentences A) Possibly (arguably) the best methods for learning Japanese is mastering the kanji first, learning the kanji in order from the visually simplest to more complex, always learning the components like 厶 & [...]
Supernatural watching episodes guide for all seasons (season 1 - season 15) The episode guide below looks like this: ❢ ⭐⭐ 1x1 Title of Season 1 Episode 1 😈 👻 x 1x2 Title of Season 1 Episode 2 ↩!🌟 ❤ And here's how to read it: ❢ and ❢❢ - The absolute minimum selection of best or [...]
This year we have so many retrograde planets! For those born with many planets retrograde in their own chart or their significant relationship’s chart, it will be as important as 5 Retrogrades in 2016 extremely paralleling 7 retrogrades of 1984 I have written about. But this time it will also be strongly felt by [...]
We are soon to have 5 planets retrograde simultaneously. This happens only around 4% of the time . Having 6 and 7 planets retrograde at the time is much more rare. However what happens around last days of April 2016 is parallel to the last configuration of 7 retrogrades, that happened in 1984 [...]