Word: 'retrograde' • Extended Annotations

retrograde

Extended Annotations

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of retrograde

late 14^th century, of planets, "appearing to move in the sky contrary to the usual direction"

from Latin retrogradus, from retrogradior, "going back, moving backward"

retrograde noun

A descended sorun or radical
realm of such entities (retrogrades)

having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars; having or being a direction of rotation or revolution that is clockwise as viewed from the north pole of the sky or a planet
moving, occurring, or performed in a backward direction
occurring or performed in a direction opposite to the normal or forward direction of conduction or flow
contrary to the normal order: inverse
tending toward or resulting in a worse or previous state
affecting memories of a period prior to a precipitating event (such as brain injury or disease)

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Specific examples and quotes of retrograde

"No, no... not hell. Retrograde may be more akin to hell. You were above it, metaphorically speaking, though the underworld and retrograde are tightly connected in the meantime."

"Weird Genius"
The Story of Your Ankh
by Sabina Nore

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~☉~	lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense

WEIRD GENIUS
The Story of Your Ankh