retrograde planets

Retrograde Saturn in the Birth Chart: What Vakri Shani Changes, and What It Does Not

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A little over a third of all people are born with Saturn retrograde, and it is one of the most anxiously searched placements in a kundli. The classical view is that a retrograde planet is strong, not weak, and what vakri Shani changes is the route and the pace: results held back toward the planet’s own period, then delivered to last. What it is in the sky, what the texts say, how it shows up in a life, sign by sign and house by house, how its dasha behaves, the five things it does not mean, and two worked charts.

Retrograde Jupiter in the Birth Chart: What Vakri Guru Changes in Faith, Children and Fortune

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Roughly three people in ten are born with Jupiter retrograde, and the first worry is usually that the guru planet has been weakened. Classically the opposite holds: a retrograde Jupiter is strong, and what it changes is the direction its wisdom works in, less received and more worked out. Its astronomy, what happens to each of Jupiter’s significations, dignity and the houses where it shows most, children and marriage read calmly, the ascendants it helps and those it asks more of, its sixteen-year dasha, the twelve-year return, and two worked charts.

Retrograde Mercury in the Birth Chart: How Vakri Budha Thinks, Speaks, Studies and Trades

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About one person in five is born with Mercury retrograde, and unlike Saturn or Jupiter a retrograde Mercury is usually close to the Sun, often close enough to be combust as well. What that combination means for the mind, speech and writing, the six conditions a retrograde Mercury can be in, study and exams, contracts and trade, the houses where it shows most, its seventeen-year dasha ascendant by ascendant, why the three-times-a-year transit matters less than people fear, a note for parents, and two charts from practice.

Retrograde Mars in the Birth Chart: Vakri Mangal, Anger, Courage and the Second Contest

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About one person in ten is born with Mars retrograde. How vakri Mangal turns energy inward, what it does to anger and courage, whether it changes Mangal dosha, what it means for property and rivals, what it rules for each ascendant, the houses where it shows, its seven-year period and the transit every two years, with two charts from practice.

Retrograde Venus in the Birth Chart: Vakri Shukra in Love, Taste, Money and the Twenty-Year Dasha

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Venus is retrograde in about one birth chart in fourteen, the rarest of the five retrogrades. How vakri Shukra changes love, taste and the sense of value, why partners and projects come back, what changes when it is combust as well, its dignity and Malavya yoga, whether it delays marriage, art and money, its twenty-year period sub-period by sub-period, the houses where it shows, the transit, and two charts from practice.

Retrograde and Combust Planets in the Birth Chart: Vakri and Asta Grahas Explained

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A guide to the two planetary conditions the kundali calculator flags most often, retrograde (vakri) and combust (asta): which planets can be which, how often each happens, why only Mercury and Venus can be both at once, what each condition means, how to read them step by step, common misreadings, the KP view, remedies, and the eleven detailed articles for each planet.