On the days when the larger planets, Jupiter through Pluto, turn retrograde or end their retrograde phases, and of course, give or take 48 hours for the sake of argument, we experience an intense version of the planet. This is called a station. The news gets a little juicy around these times and our individual tempers get a little piqued, according to the planet.

For example, on Jupiter’s station (He’s the good guy), the stock market goes up for a few days and individuals feel “up.” When Saturn, the bad guy, is stationed, life seems to come to a grinding halt. Uranus’ station is a little manic. The station of Neptune spaces us out. And Pluto’s station feels a little, well, murderous. Thank the gods we’re only talking about a couple of days.

By the way, reading the headlines around these times helps us to learn about the planets.

Here are the dates to be aware of in the future; and we’ll provide the previous stations, so you can look back and see what happened the last time around. After all, history is the greatest teacher.

Jupiter’s stations:
April 3, 2003
January 2, 2004
May 4, 2004

Saturn’s stations:
February 21, 2003
October 25, 2003
March 7, 2004
November 8, 2004

Uranus’ stations:
November 3, 2002
June 6, 2003
November 7, 2003
June 10, 2004

Neptune’s stations:
October 19, 2002
May 16, 2003
November 23, 2003
May 17, 2004

Pluto’s stations:
March 22, 2003
August 28, 2003
March 24, 2004
August 30, 2004

And what should one do when the planets are stationed? Go to the movies. Sleep in. Take an extra yoga class. Find a positive way of standing still. So long as we do what the planets are doing, all is well in the world.

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