Short
Retrograde is not a personality
A graha appears to turn. That is optics plus a homework of revision.
retrograde · beginner
1 min read
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Essay
Is Mercury Retrograde Dangerous?
No. It is an optical story we have over-employed. Your contracts still need a second reading — all year.
mercury · questions · retrograde
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Research
Myth: Retrograde Planets Are Weak
Vakra is a way of moving, not a way of failing. Interior, intense, delayed — take your pick. Weak is the least interesting option.
retrograde · myths
1 min read
Solution
How to Work with Mercury Retrograde without Blaming Your Wifi
Review, back up, clarify, check. Then let the planet off the hook for ordinary human error.
mercury · retrograde · humour
1 min read
LOLheal
Mercury Retrograde Has Retained Counsel
Mercury retrograde would like to issue a statement. It did not delete your spreadsheet.
lolheal · mercury · astrology
1–2 min read
Essay
Mercury Is Not Just Intelligence
Curiosity, language, commerce, mimicry, adaptation, calculation, nerves. Quick is not the same as wise.
mercury · mind · speech
2 min read
Essay
Fast Transits and Slow Transits
The Moon changes sign in about two and a half days; Saturn in about two and a half years. Duration should change the weight of the claim.
transit · gochara · duration
2 min read
Essay
Budha: the quick weather of the mind
Mercury is speech, trade, craft, calculation — and the joke that arrives too soon.
mercury · budha · speech
1 min read
Essay
The nodal axis as a long weather front
Rahu and Ketu move backward through the signs. Hunger and unhooking trade places.
rahu · ketu · transits
1 min read