Venus' Wild Drive into Retrograde Motion
Now that Mars has finished up the retrograde motion in Virgo, we can start preparing for Venus to begin the retrograde motion in Gemini. Both signs are ruled by Mercury, so Mercury will again play a strong role in the Venus retrograde. Another interesting fact is that as soon as Venus ingressed Gemini on April 3, the planet also began an Out of Bounds transit that will last for two months.
Venus will start the retrograde motion transit on May 15 and transit in retrograde until June 27. Venus will leave Gemini on August 7. This makes for a very long Venus visit this year. The last time that Venus was retrograde motioning in Gemini was May 16 - June 29, 2004.
Mars in Retrograde Motion
Tomorrow, the retrograde transit of Mars will begin in the sign of Virgo. This is not all bad, you know! There are some real perks to the Mars transiting backward through Virgo. Did you know that there are a slew of well known athletes born with the Retrograde Mars in Virgo? Who woulda thought of that? Read the article posted at JAstrology Blogspot to learn more about this one.
If you just want to keep track on the dates/times of the retrograde or the transit of Mars, Moon Tracks has a page for that in our Planet Ingress section. Mars Transit Information
Incorporating the Theme
You just might notice a change in some of your favorite pages. I spent this first week of January upgrading and redesigning some of the pages that originated at Lunar Living Astrology to fit better with the Moon Tracks Web theme. I left the basic calendars alone since those are easier to read as is. However, the following pages have been revamped:
- Monthly Ephemerides
- Monthly Moon Phase Calendar 2000-2015
- Daily Activities by the Moon
- Power Days
- Daily Transits Graph
On some of these, the page URL has changed. If you have bookmarks for any of these pages, you might want to update that bookmark. The information is still the same, just the presentation and format have been changed to correspond with the page layouts.
Happy 2012!
I've worked really hard to get all the calendars updated for the new year. If you notice that I've missed something, please feel free to let me know what page is having an issue (URL) and what you are noticing. Click on the "contact" link in the menu to the left of the page.
It seems like more and more people are becoming interested in the transits through the declinations. I've added three pages devoted to providing this information to you in a format that you can look forward to see what's coming.
I've sorted out the planets based on their speed of transit through the declinations. The Moon has it's own page for obvious reasons. It zips through the declinations. The personal planets through to Jupiter move quickly, but not at warp speed, so they get a separate page. Then the Outer Planets, along with Saturn, has their own page.
Each page will display a small graph at the bottom of the page for the month that you are viewing of those planets for the extra visual of the information. Enjoy and Happy New Year!
The Daily Energies/Transits
The bi-weekly transits graph and aspect list has been updated to remove 2008 - 2009 but added 2012 and 2013. The page gives a great visual of what to expect from the transits in the present and future. Sometimes, it is nice to look back as well, so I try to keep a couple of years in there for the retrospect. The list also includes Moon ingresses, planetary retrograde and direct stations, as well as all the major aspects. Select a date and check it out. Daily Transits
Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven . . .
Everyone loves a countdown. Plus, almost everyone is curious when the next retrograde will begin (and end). To answer these questions, I created some scripts that will help you keep track of the next retrograde motion for the major planets. If the planet is already retrograde, the countdown will shift to the amount of time left to the end of the retrograde. The countdown will show years, months and days until there is less than a month. Then the countdown will show days, hours and minutes.
- Mercury Countdown
- Venus Countdown
- Mars Countdown
- Jupiter, Saturn & Chiron Countdown
- Uranus, Neptune & Pluto Countdown
Enjoy all the retrograde countdowns!
Networks to the Moon
I'm making it easier for you to bookmark Moon Tracks pages with some of my favorite social networking groups.
- Stumbleupon
- Digg
- Delicious
- Google +1
These are sites and activities that I frequent and hope that you enjoy them too.
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