Astrologia Esoterica: Retrograde Transits
First steps toward a deeper understanding…
At the time of writing of this article (October 15th 2020), the planet Mercury had already commenced its final ‘retrograde transit’ of the year. This means that from our terrestrial point of view, said celestial body appears to be moving backwards through the night sky. Obviously such transits are an optical illusion caused by differences between the Earth’s and any given planet’s respective rotation around the sun. Nonetheless, since time immemorial, these perceived motions have held a special significance among Astrologers. Today Yours Truly will undertake a fairly detailed exploration of those aforementioned matters. Let’s begin by taking a look at our current RADIX chart:
Complex? Correct! Unless (like the author of this article) you’re an amateur or professional astrologer, the accompanying image probably doesn’t tell you much. Fret not, we’ll now proceed to decode its most salient features. First off, this Radix represents the present positions of all the major planets and other heavenly objects. Most of them are readily recognizable by way or their ancient glyphs:
