Hi,

I want to bring up the work of John McCormick, who studied the motion of retrograde planets over a 100 year period, and then applied his findings to World War II Generals, Statesmen, Writers, Athletes, and others with respect to retrograde planets in the natal charts. Here, he found some quite interesting and unexpected things.

Born with 0 retrograde planets: 7.7 percent
Born with 1 retrograde planet: 18.7 percent
Born with 2 retrograde planets: 29.2 percent
Born with 3 retrograde planets: 26.7 percent
Born with 4 retrograde planets: 12.7 percent
Born with 5 retrograde planets: 4.15 percent
Born with 6 retrograde planets: 0.66 percent
Born with 7 retrograde planets: 0.005 percent

Think about it.....almost sixty percent of the population has either two or three bodies retrograde.

Then, John went on to theorize about the meanings of how many planets you had retrograde.

No retrograde planets was found in people with a dogged perserverance, unrelenting in their drive to achieve their goals. He found
this very high, not just in US Presidents, but in the charts of successful athletes and dancers.

One planet retrograde, he found, tended to not really need the company of others to be happy, and was somewhat of an independent type, something like the Aries type who can work and achieve alone.

can anyone through light about what is said by vedic astrology regarding this kind of situations.

Case Study:
DOB: 2nd March, 1980
Time: 10:10AM
Place: Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Description:
Eight Planet Retrograde in a chart.
Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Rahu, Ketu, Pluto, Urenus.


Regards,
Manali

No planets retrograde: expected occurrence 8%. Often found in charts of those required to expend great efforts in pursuit of their goals.

Singleton: expected occurrence 19%. The lone wolf. Works alone, achieves alone, does not need or desire others. Fiercely independent yet friendly.

Doubleton: expected occurrence 29%. Most easily acceptable. Easy
Tripleton: expected occurrence 27%. Natives have sullen determination to succeed.

Quadron: expected occurrence 13%. Native tends to be withdrawn. Most common in writers.

Quinton: expected occurrence 4%. Misunderstood and withdrawn types.

Sexton: expected occurrence 1%. Occurs rarely. Angela Davis, Frank Sinatra, Jr. and Muhammad Ali.

Septon: occurred only two days in 19th century, four days in 20th. True loners, impossible for the rest of us to understand their motives. We are researching to find a notable one.

Dear malini ji

If sexton and septon is 6 & 7 respectively.... then it is not possible as surya and soma are never retrograde.

Regards

Swapnil

sixton and seventon possible only if we include rahu and ketu. In that case 100% people have at least two planets  retro

Yes,  the Rahu and Ketu are always exactly  opposite each other, are not planets, and are retrograde most of the time....so all the people have them retrograde.  they are not considered as planets in Western/Vedic astrology. And Sun, Moon Never get retrograde position.

That means that you have 8 bodies retrograde. Mars, Saturn, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Pluto, Uranus, Neptune.

Having retrogrades in one's chart is more common than not having any. That is to say, if you take cross sampling of people from anywhere in the world, you will find that MOST people have one or more retrograde bodies.

The outer planets are retrograde quite a bit. On average, Pluto and Neptune are retrograde about 160 days each. That's almost half a year. Uranus is almost as long, about 150 days, while Saturn averages 140 days, and Jupiter 120 days. Uranus is a bit more irregular in orbit, but it has a retrograde period that ranges from around 140-150 days. So just from this, it's easy to see why so many people have at least one outer planet retrograde at birth.