Academics Weekly Assignment — February 6th, 2022

Welcome to the Academics weekly assignment for the week of February 6th, 2022! These weekly assignments will give our Professors the ability to showcase some of their lesson ideas here on the website. Each assignment will be posted for a week, in which everyone will be able to read about the topic and respond to the assignment prompt. This week's assignment is "Astrology - Retrogrades” created by Jenn (jennrawr).

The assignment is as follows:
Background
When a planet is in retrograde, it means that it appears to go backwards in its orbit from our viewing on Earth. Within Astrology, each planet is viewed to have a power over a certain part of each person’s life. For example, many believe that Mercury controls communication and transportation, while Venus controls love and relationships. When either of these planets go into retrograde, it can cause many negative issues within the relationships of people on Earth. There are frequent misunderstandings, arguments, or breakups that people blame on the movement of the planets.

The most common planet that exhibits this behaviour is Mercury, going into retrograde three to four times a year, hence why it is frequently talked about and popular in the media. The next time this planet goes into retrograde is said to be from May 10th to June 2nd. If you notice things are going poorly for you, double check the movement of the planets, as it might explain a few things!


Assignment
Have you ever noticed a difference in behaviours or your luck during a retrograde? If so, what happened? Which planet was it? If not, which planet do you think could cause the most trouble within your life? Be as descriptive and creative as possible!

Please make sure to write at least 5 full sentences to get AC for this assignment! Your assignment must be entirely written by you, and may not be plagiarized (including copying anything from online sources, books, or movie plots) in any way. Assignments must follow all PotterworldMC rules, which can be found here; assignments that do not follow all PotterworldMC rules will be subject to punishment. If your assignment does not meet the requirements, you will be unable to redo your assignment for this week. Assignments are due at 12am PST on Sunday, February 13th, 2022. You may submit as soon as you would like, but any assignments submitted after that time will not receive grades. You may receive up to 20 ACs for your submission. House points will not be awarded to any submissions. If you have any questions, please reach out to a Jr. Professor, Sr. Professor, Academics Advisor, or Head of Academics on Discord.

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