Retrograde ambiance

I just got off a very frustrating Zoom call where a technical setup that has worked for years suddenly went haywire. One person couldn’t get into the call and my own audio set up was just dead.

When I finally was able to connect we decided to check on Mercury and, sure enough, it was stationary and will go retrograde in a matter of hours.

When we meet over Labor Day the following planets will be retrograde :

Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

Retrograde cycles are turning-inward periods. One of our students who’s a pretty decent astrologer mentioned to me that it seemed like we didn’t choose a very good time for this Assembly. I responded that there’s a bias that “retrograde equals bad”. That’s very short-sighted.

For what the Assembly event is designed to do these retrograde energies will provide the perfect ambiance : a turning inward to the depths where new insights and new identities can be nurtured and eventually - emerge. It is a microcosm of a process our society is in dire need of.