I hope you are making good use of your retrograde time.
I know that things tend to get snarled up during a retrograde. But really it’s a good time to turn inward and consider spiritual and emotional issues and work on those things that may be blocking you from having a peaceful, happy, thriving life.
Don’t forget that that the life you are living is the one that you created by attracting things to you. Most of us have been attracting by default. And we usually get the opposite of what we want because we tend to focus our attention on what we don’t want trying to push it away when all that does is draw more of it to you.
Another problem is if we don’t feel we are worthy of what we want. Then we may get in the way of receiving what we are wanting to attract. We may even do this unconsciously and then wonder consciously what happened.
Also note that if we feel unworthy or have a low self image, that is not how Source sees us. Also, if we have an over inflated self image and see others as beneath us and undeserving, that also is not how source sees us.
So, if you are having a problem with self image (btw, self image is related to self worth and if you don’t feel worthy of the things you want that could be a real problem. (See afirmations-intenet-mantras-expectation & magic) This is a good time to turn inward and consider why you are having a self image problem. Perhaps you need to work on relating to your root chakra. Perhaps you need to forgive yourself or others. Perhaps you need to realize that God/Source has already forgiven you, and never really condemned you in the first place. For me perhaps the hardest of these is really forgiving myself.
Once your root is cleared up look at the next chakra up. And so on till they all are in balance. You may have to go over them a second or third time to get everything straightened out. Its sort of like pealing an onion. Each layer reveals another layer of things that were hidden. But you don’t have to hurry, there are usually three retrogrades each year to work on this and the space in between leaves enough room to adjust to the recent changes.