Whale Bay Astrology

Category: Retrograde

  • How to prepare for Mercury retrograde…

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    Mercury, as we know, does this a few times a year. For dates and degrees, check out this page. Dealing with it requires common sense, flexibility, clarity and patience. I often tell people to act as if they don’t have a smart phone, or are overseas with the data roaming turned off. What do I mean…

  • Venus Retrograde

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    Venus will soon be retrograde. Of course, this doesn’t mean that the planet is moving backwards, just that it appears to be doing so from our perspective. My Aries hairdresser asked me about it the other day: ‘My stars in the magazine said that I shouldn’t change my appearance drastically in March. Does that mean that I…

  • Venus Retrograde- a survival guide…

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    Continuing my mini-series of key planetary aspects for 2017… Venus turns retrograde every 2½ years. 2017 happens to be one of those years. Venus is about love and relationships, but she’s also about pleasure – and the things that bring you pleasure. For this reason, she’s also about money and beauty. If you want to…

  • How to survive (and thrive) during Mercury Retrograde…

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    I had a bit of a technology week last week. I smashed the front screen on my iPhone a few weeks ago- it slipped off the chair I’d rested it on when we stopped off in Cooma for a cuppa on the way to Eucumbene. Ok, in full disclosure, the chair was one of those ones…

  • Saturn Direct: learning your lesson

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        Saturn has been retrograde since mid March. During this time we should have all been using the time wisely to get our Saturn shit together. Saturn constricts rather than expands (which is why many astrologers see Saturn transits as being skinny transits…). He also tends to bring depression and sadness with him rather…

  • Mercury Retrograde: A retrospective…

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    As you’re probably aware (especially if you follow my instagram and have been inundated with pics of pools and foot selfies) I’ve been on holiday in Bali for the past two weeks. The timing couldn’t ben more perfect and coincided with the culmination of some major life changes here at Chez Tracey. There are a…

  • Here we go again…Surviving and Thriving when Mercury is Retrograde

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      I have this theory the fall out from Mercury retrogrades hits us because we need to slow down. Computer breakdowns, delays, mixed messages- they stop us in our tracks. By making us vulnerable, by instigating meltdowns (of any description) we have no choice but to take a good long hard look at the way…

  • Something about Bin Night…and Pluto Retrograde

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    Pluto Retrograde So anyways, I have a purge planned for this long weekend. Partly it’s because I should be painting, but mostly because it feels as though our house just needs a good detox. I’m fortunate to have plenty of storage in our house, but just lately things have felt cluttered and close…and stale. Something…

  • 10 ways to survive (and thrive) when Mars is retrograde…

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    Mars is our inner warrior. His placement in our chart tells us how we strap on our armour and go into battle for whatever it is that we think is worth strapping on armour and going into battle for. He also represents our energy levels, so while he is retrograde- from 17th April through until the…

  • We’ve got to get out of this place… Uranus Rx

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    One I prepared earlier, but the technical details have been updated. If I had a dollar for every person over the last couple of days who has mentioned how much they need a break, some time away, some time alone, I’d be very nicely off, thank you very much. I mentioned only yesterday how I…