Venus & Vesta Evolutionary Astrology
Jul 24, 2026 · 44 min · 9 segments
In this episode of the Venus & Vesta Evolutionary Astrology Podcast, I start talking about how Mercury Retrograde affects now that we have finished this last retrograde on 23rd of July, and talk about…
Ann-Louise HollandHostI actually find that I can get so many documents and issues sorted during the retrograde once I've got past that day, the cluster fuck of a day, when it changes direction.
Well, actually, on first look of my chart, you would think I am Mercury ruled because the ruler of the first house is the king of the chart.
Whatever sign is at the crossroads of your ascendant, that is the ruler of the chart.
much more importance and it is the protagonist within many of the situations within your chart, as well as where it is transiting throughout the zodiac.
So if you have any planets in the first house, because there's a caveat to this, if you have any planets in the first house within five degrees of the ascendant, then that planet is your chart ruler and not the ruler of the sign.
And conversely, then, if you have planets in the 12th house, so just above the ascendant, but within only three degrees of your ascendant, then that planet is your ruler then.
So does anyone else find that actually Mercury retrograde has helped with things eventually? That it has made you work harder and things have may have gone wrong at first or they haven't happened.
And then what was actually needed has actually come out better and it's corrected the course of your life.
Have you actually found that? Because as I say again, do not fear these retrogrades.
I actually find that I can get so many documents and issues sorted during the retrograde once I've got past that day, the cluster fuck of a day, when it changes direction.
Well, actually, on first look of my chart, you would think I am Mercury ruled because the ruler of the first house is the king of the chart.
Whatever sign is at the crossroads of your ascendant, that is the ruler of the chart.
much more importance and it is the protagonist within many of the situations within your chart, as well as where it is transiting throughout the zodiac.
So if you have any planets in the first house, because there's a caveat to this, if you have any planets in the first house within five degrees of the ascendant, then that planet is your chart ruler and not the ruler of the sign.
And conversely, then, if you have planets in the 12th house, so just above the ascendant, but within only three degrees of your ascendant, then that planet is your ruler then.
So does anyone else find that actually Mercury retrograde has helped with things eventually? That it has made you work harder and things have may have gone wrong at first or they haven't happened.
And then what was actually needed has actually come out better and it's corrected the course of your life.
Have you actually found that? Because as I say again, do not fear these retrogrades.
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