Can you point me to some of your sources, i.e., how this affects our lives, etc.,
Nomaste
Your question sparked a sympathetic chord in my being because it reminded me of Sri Yukteswar who I admire gratefully.
The sources would be the hundreds of charts that I have worked on and finding the relationship between various phenomena in my personal life and the life of my clients. The creative element that finds such relationships i give credit to the gurus and the techniques of meditation. Retrogradation affects our lives each differently according to our personal karma and response to the conditions presented to us from this release of karma. Observation and making connections between celestial movements and
the lives of human beings brings this understanding.
You follow the teachings of Sri Yukteswar (the guru of Paramahansa Yogananda) who besides being a towering spiritual magnet was also a genius at astrology. His
intuitive insights from his state of consciousness gave him these insights. There are creative insights that I have and share also. Yet Sri Yukteswar opened an understanding of the universe and astrology that is unparalleled in its scope when he gave us the Holy Science. Within the first pages of that book is an explanation of the cyclic procession of time and our place in that grand scheme.
It is nice to have you with us. Since you are new to spiritual portal you have not had time to read many of the captions. Read the first post on this thread and it will help answer your questions.
Sincerely,
Jitendra