🪞EPISODE OVERVIEWWelcome to Retrograde City — where time loops, truths unravel, and the cosmos presses pause. In this episode, Mar Alejandra breaks down the 10-month stretch of planetary retrogrades spanning May 2025 to March 2026, covering the astrological, geopolitical, and personal reverberations of each major retrograde.
From Pluto’s excavation of digital power to Jupiter’s ancestral reckoning, this isn’t just celestial chaos — it’s a collective recalibration. This is your roadmap through the retrograde labyrinth, with clear timelines, planetary meanings, global forecasts, and rising-sign-specific horoscopes.
And yes… Mar re-recorded this episode after Mercury Retrograde ate the first take. Fitting.
🌀 IN THIS EPISODE
🔁 Major Retrogrades & Their Impact— Pluto Retrograde in Aquarius (May–Oct): Digital power, surveillance, AI ethics— Neptune Retrograde in Aries–Pisces (Jul–Dec): Illusion dissolves, faith and denial tested— Saturn Retrograde in Aries–Pisces (Jul–Nov): Authority, war, and religion under review— Mercury Retrogrades (Jul & Nov): Media, belief systems, and buried truths resurface— Uranus Retrograde in Gemini–Taurus (Sep–Feb): Innovation, communication, food-tech rewired— Jupiter Retrograde in Cancer (Nov–Mar): Homeland, ancestry, and emotional sovereignty in focus
💥 Key Astro Dates Highlighted
July 18 – Aug 11: Mercury Rx in Leo
Sept 6 – Feb 3: Uranus Rx
Nov 9 – 29: Mercury Rx in Sagittarius & Scorpio
Nov 11 – Mar 11: Jupiter Rx in Cancer
Dec 8 & 14: Mars Squares Saturn & Neptune
Dec 15: Mars enters Capricorn
Mar 16, 2026: All Planets Direct
🌍 Geopolitical Themes
Tech governance and algorithmic control
Collapse of false spiritual idols and nationalist myths
Reexamination of land, culture, and ancestral trauma
Institutional failure and recalibration
Shifts in leadership, media, and narrative power
💫 Philosophical Questions Raised
What do we owe to our creations — even artificial ones?
How do we navigate power, purpose, and truth in an age of collapse and rebirth?
Can we spiritually evolve at the pace we technologically expand?
🔮 RETROGRADE HOROSCOPES BY RISING SIGNMar guides you through personalized forecasts for each rising sign, including what to reflect, reclaim, and release — plus prediction windows and timing cues.
✨ Highlights:
Aries Rising: Redefine your role in community and purpose
Taurus Rising: Build new foundations after internal reconstruction
Gemini Rising: Speak your truth from a reinvented mind
Cancer Rising: Rethink your emotional economy and self-worth
Leo Rising: Strip back the performance, find the soul
Virgo Rising: Heal through rhythm and rest
Libra Rising: Rediscover passion through integrity, not nostalgia
Scorpio Rising: Re-root in legacy and belonging
Sagittarius Rising: Own your message — and your shadow
Capricorn Rising: Release what owns you, inside and out
Aquarius Rising: Meet the you you’ve been becoming
Pisces Rising: Lay to rest the old self and dream forward
📆 THE FINAL ACT: Dec 2025 – Mar 2026
Emotional and spiritual crescendo as Jupiter and Mercury retrograde
Mars squares Saturn + Neptune = exhaustion, delays, and awakening
Capricorn energy returns: structure, action, maturity
March 16, 2026: ALL PLANETS DIRECT — the great forward surge
🪐 Final Message:This isn’t collapse — it’s compost. It’s the sacred pressure that prepares us for soul-aligned evolution. Retrograde City isn’t where things break — it’s where truth is revealed.
🌟 COMING SOONPart 2— Departure from Retrograde City (Early 2026)Includes:
Saturn–Neptune conjunction
Aquarius + Virgo eclipses
Final Uranus exit from Taurus
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