Retrogrades, Demystified: What They Actually Are (and How to Use Them)
Planetary Retrograde, A Genuine Friend
Retrogrades, Demystified: What They Actually Are (and How to Use Them)
Most people talk about retrogrades like a cosmic “Do Not Disturb” sign. Have communication issues? Blame the retrograde. Not getting along with others? Blame the retrograde season. These and many like them are all most people know about the phenomena of retrogrades. Let’s retire the superstition and get practical.
What a retrograde physically is
Planets don’t move in perfect circles. From our vantage point, they periodically appear to loop backward before continuing forward. That temporary backward loop is “retrograde.” Simple, observable.
What a retrograde means for you
Think: second chances. Retrogrades open review windows—time to revisit, repair, or reclaim what was missed. It’s the spiritual doorway to go back into the past to correct mistakes, re-do what could have been done better. To put it best, retrogrades are the biggest second-chance opportunities we get on a regular basis.
Close-in planets (e.g., Mercury): redo/repair in this life, recent months to a couple of years, anything within this life time.
Outer planets (e.g., Uranus, Neptune, Pluto): long arcs—ancestral patterns, generational threads, deep systems, healing and reconciling generational wounds, planetary history that negatively affect us. We are offered a chance to uncreate the source of pain and suffering caused by the past. In so doing, we recreate a better set of systems that humanity can evolve and thrive.
How to work with it (no false beliefs or fear based behaviors required)
Name the do-over: What needs a redo, repair, or release? Write three items.
Pick one tiny action today: Call, email, delete, apologize, ship, sign. One concrete step.
Shift the mindset: Retrogrades aren’t curses; they’re calendars for course-correction.
Invite support: A quick ancestor acknowledgment: “Thank you for guiding me as I correct this.”
Not sure? Just ask your ancestors - they know it all. If you don’t receive a sign or an answer move forward with the work anyway! Be mindfully aware because the answer may come in a way you wouldn’t expect. Go with it!
Why this reframing matters
If you believe retrogrades break things, you’ll find broken things. If you believe they re-opened doors, you’ll walk through them.
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Uranus Retrograde: From Gemini to Taurus; Your Upgrade Window
Uranus is the Great Awakener. During its retrograde, the invitation is simple: rethink, then redesign.
Phase 1: Uranus in Gemini — audit your inputs
Communication & tech: How do you talk, post, learn, and observe?
Information hygiene: Stop repeating what “everyone says.” Start verifying.
Inner investigator: Observe without condemnation. Curiosity over criticism. Judgement is only toxic when mixed with condemnation. Do not condemn yourself.
Uranus energy assists to clear out generational, trauma and garbage specifically from the subconscious mind. Nobody in mental health can help you with this. However, your ancestors can!
A 10-minute practice Re-ground: Upgrade routines that actually carry you to where you’re going.
List 3 channels you consume most (news feed, creator, politics, online groups etc).
For each, ask: “Does this make me clearer or noisier?” Keep clarity, prune noise.
Phase 2: Uranus in Taurus — renovate your foundations
Habits, comforts, money, body: What’s cozy but has brought stagnation, no growth and the same old stuff on repeat? Where is change needed?
Expect some discomfort: It’s the feeling of growth and expansion. You must out grow your environment
Re-ground: Upgrade routines that actually carry you to where you’re going.
Renew your connection: Upgrade the relationship with your spirit team. Remember, they are your eyes and ears when it isn’t possible for us to be that for ourselves.
One bold move
Choose a comfort zone to outgrow (a schedule, expense, habit). Replace it with a single, better-fit action for the next 21 days.
CTA: We’re walking this shift together inside My Spiritual Tribe.
Pluto Retrograde: When Truth Won’t Stay Hidden
Pluto’s retrograde is transformation with receipts. Systems, secrets, deception, malicious trickery, and stories centuries old meet the light.
The macro
Hidden dynamics surface. Old control tricks stop working. False collective narratives wobble.
Translation: Expect revelations both public and personal. These will bring shock wisdom and spiritual evolution
The systems that no longer work for the collective will crumble into dust
The micro (your life)
Spot the story: Where have you been “in the picture” and unable to see the entire frame?
Step out to see: Journal prompt—“If I viewed my life from one level up, what would be obviously overdue for change?”
One integrity act: Align a behavior with your deeper value today (a boundary, a truth, a no/yes).
VERY IMPORTANT: The feedback that you receive is for you to act on. Don’t rationalize or condemn any of it. Retrogrades are about right action only.
Working with compassion, gratitude and power, not fear
Pluto doesn’t ask for fear; it asks for fortitude. Truth is a renovation—dusty, then gorgeous.
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Chiron Retrograde: Heal the Wound, Claim the Gift
Chiron is the “wounded healer” the place where hurt becomes medicine.
If you know your chart
Find the house/sign of Chiron. That’s your healing classroom.
If you don’t know your birth time (or charts aren’t your thing)
Good news: Healing still works. Use direct experience. Ask:
Where do I feel most tender, touchy, or avoidant?
What keeps repeating even when I change the scenery?
That’s your Chiron doorway.
A 3-step Chiron ritual
Name it gently: “The wound I’m ready to heal is ______.”
Invite help: “Ancestors who love me, guide this healing in right order.”
Micro-repair: Choose a small, consistent act (a boundary, a new practice, a daily affirmation that feels true enough).
Remember to allow your intuition to guide you
Reminder: Judgment is useful; condemnation is corrosive. Evaluate without attacking yourself.
CTA: Inside My Spiritual Tribe, we walk through practical Chiron work; simply, kindly, effectively.