Stationary planets: the end of the rope

A planet traveling forward is going with the flow: good orderly direction, as Julia Cameron of Artist’s Way fame might say. A retrograde planet, conversely, is in some way going against nature. So how do we interpret the stationary planet, say, on the verge of turning retrograde – particularly when it’s the querent’s own significator?

Recently I received two horary questions that managed to have a stationary retrograde planet as lord of the first house – a different stationing planet in each case.

Some astrology to read while waiting for Christine to post

Jonesing for some good, solid traditional astrology to enjoy? Go get the free download of the first issue of The Tradition: Journal of Predictive Western Astrology. There’s a lot to absorb here, and I haven’t read everything yet, but so far I’ve loved the article on signatures by Oscar Hofman, the one on “Moving toward Tradition” by Helena Avelar, and the profile of the childless queen Catherine of Braganza by Helena Avelar and Luis Ribeiro. Sue Ward, Martien Hermes, and Maria Joao Mateus have also contributed, and with a marquee like that, you really have no excuse not to peek. Enjoy!