I do not know for sure the time of my birth... Edmonton Alberta, Canada > between 6 and 7:30 a.m.
AUG 2 1954

Evie

Hi Evie,

No you do not have mercury retrograde in your birth chart; nor do you have progessed mercury retrogessing at this age. But you could be having mercury ascendant.

Thanks,,
RishiRahul

RishiRahul, what do u mean by progressed mercury retrogressing??

In your natal chart mercury was not rerrograde. I tried too see if the progressed mercury was retrogressing in your later life till now.

I found that it was not so.

RishiRahul

[quote="Evie"]I do not know for sure the time of my birth... Edmonton Alberta, Canada > between 6 and 7:30 a.m.
AUG 2 1954

Evie[/quote]


Dear Evie,

Mercury retrograde is to western astrology what mangal dosh (martian blemish) and even more appropriately sade sathi (the seven year itch of saturn that goes on for six months longer according to mainstream but six months less according to some heretics!) and that kala sarpa yoga (all planets on one side of the lunar nodal axis, is to jyotish, its eastern sibling!

And as superficially considered and feared by the devotees!

There has got to be OTHER factors and these earlier stated factors just unlock the door and make it easier for bad things to come inside (BOO!).

THERE is NO single FACTOR in ANY astrology that alone will create disasters or plenty! I beg for someone to show me and have begged for decades. All I got in return was more empty logic and anecdotal outpourings!

Oh and did I tell you about my similar requests about combust planets?

I still maintain:
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The retrograde mercury and all havoc this tiny planet creates for HUmankind is one big myth propagated in the last few decades!

In older times, retrograde benefics and mercury were categorized so unless severely afflicted -- were taken to represent as being fortified by retrogression!

You decide whether this thing about retrograde mercury is a myth or an excuse!

Same deal with the other prime benefic -- jupiter!

A retrograde benefic heightens the influence of the house it is placed in (its highest reflection/expression unless eclipsed otherwise!) but in a non-destructive manner!

Try it out in horoscopes as opposed to imagining creatively or otherwise!!

<is reassuring to know that retrogression is not overshadowed or modified by the ayanamsha/precession that divides western from eastern astrology!>

What makes me wonder is the fact that Western astrology is called TROPICAL! And yet the EASTERN astrology has always been practiced in the TROPICS!!

Go Figure! IN PEACEFUL CONTEMPLATION!!

RR
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