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At least one planet is in retrograde for approximately eighty percent of the standard calendar year

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Stop using retrograde as an excuse for your life falling apart, because it is almost always happening. When you factor in Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, the math works out so that at least one of these celestial bodies is appearing to move backward roughly 80% of the year. If everything is always in retrograde, then nothing is actually special. Your life is just chaotic on its own.

At least one planet is in retrograde for approximately eighty percent of the standard calendar year
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