Nihilistic Horoscopes

Retrograde Planets: When Things Get Even Worse

Mercury Retrograde

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Mercury Status: currently Direct
Next Retrograde period begins MAR 15, 2025 in ♈︎.

When Mercury appears to move backwards, communication becomes even more pointless than usual. Your already meaningless messages will be lost in the void of misunderstanding.

"Your attempts to be understood were already futile. Now they're just obviously futile."
lost emails broken phones existential miscommunication technical despair
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Venus Retrograde

Currently Direct -Next retrograde: Mar 02, 2025 in ♈︎.

Venus retrograde exposes the hollow nature of love and beauty. Your relationships reveal themselves as the temporary illusions they always were.

"The rose-colored glasses break, revealing the thorns that were always there."
relationship dissolution aesthetic crisis value deterioration romantic disillusionment
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Mars Retrograde

Retrograde until Feb 24, 2025

Mars retrograde drains your already pointless motivation. Your actions become even more obviously futile as the universe laughs at your efforts.

"Your drive hits reverse, but the destination was always nowhere."
failed initiatives energy depletion frustrated aggression paralyzed ambition
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Jupiter Retrograde

Retrograde until Feb 04, 2025

Jupiter's backwards motion reveals the emptiness of your beliefs and the futility of expansion. Growth becomes decay.

"Your optimism finally faces reality, and reality wins."
collapsed faith philosophical crisis opportunity implosion abundance drought
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Saturn Retrograde

Currently Direct -Next Retrograde: July 13, 2025 in ♈︎.

Saturn retrograde intensifies your awareness of limitations and mortality. The structures you built reveal their temporary nature.

"The walls of your prison become transparent, showing the larger prison beyond."
responsibility avalanche structural collapse time acceleration karmic backlash
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Uranus Retrograde

Currently Direct -Next Retrograde: September 06, 2025 in ♊︎

When Uranus retrogrades, revolution becomes devolution. Your attempts at freedom reveal new forms of imprisonment.

"Change happens, but it's circular - everything new is actually ancient suffering in disguise."
failed liberation technological regression innovation paralysis rebellion implosion
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Neptune Retrograde

Currently direct -Next Retrograde July 04, 2025 in ♈︎.

Neptune retrograde strips away illusions only to reveal more illusions. Your spiritual quest leads nowhere more obviously than usual.

"The fog lifts to reveal a deeper fog. There was never anything else."
dream collapse psychic static spiritual void reality distortion
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Pluto Retrograde

Currently Direct -Next Retrograde: May 04, 2025 in ♒︎

Pluto retrograde forces you to revisit destruction and power struggles. Transformation becomes regression.

"The phoenix burns but refuses to rise, accepting its natural state of ashes."
power vacuum transformation failure psychological regression void expansion