ASTRO MOMENT: Getting Ready for Mars Retrograde

My students will tell you, I always announce when the planet Mercury goes Retrograde and warn them to back their computers up, confirm appointments, double-check plans, monitor their electronic equipment and car, and most of all be prepared to have dumb fights over nothing with those closest to them.

WTF does "going Retrograde" mean? It means that the planet looks like it's spinning in a backward path instead of moving forward. It isn't really doing that though-it just looks that way. No planet has a reverse gear. Earth is moving faster so it makes it seem that the other planet is moving backward. As I believe the world is holographic, we can be affected by any change in energy, including the full moon.

Now Mars is going retrograde so we need to talk about that. (Click on the "ASTRO MOMENT headline to see the full article.) The retrograde begins on November 15, 2007 but the shadow started on September 17th so we've been feeling the effects since then on a less critical level. The retrograde ends on January 30, 2008 and the shadow ends April 4, 2008... it's going to be a longgggggg retro.

Mars energy is war energy and aggressive energy. It can bring up a lot of conflict of both an internal and external nature. (Do you have some personal stuff you are dealing with with? Angry with yourself over something? Now you know why!). When Mars goes retrograde you need to stop, examine, and probably change your game plan in dealing with your conflicts. Don't do anything impulsive and try not to get caught up in the aggressive undertow-that can take you out to sea.

Mars can bring out lots of anger issues and it can also bring to the surface some passions that have been repressed for a long time. Perhaps you are in a less than happy or less than complete relationship-you are at risk of saying "F IT ALL... I NEED PASSION" and end up making things worse by being tempted to dig yourself a deeper hole by looking for that missing passion elsewhere... put the brakes on, my friends-this too shall pass.

We are in a Mars retrograde under a Scorpio Sun. This is extra spicy! The article talks about the Scorpio energy and that it's perhaps best to "lance the boil" and get rid of the underlying toxins. We tend to let things build up over time and then if they are not released, we go into a total crisis. Let this retrograde bring you into a HEALING CRISIS (Crisis=danger & opportunity in Hans characters, that is...chinese symbols or logograms)

So how do we deal with our anger, aggression, and boiling passions? Find someone you trust and talk it out. Have lunch with your most trusted confidant or mentor. Talk about those deep, dark things that society frowns upon-do not be afraid to bring the darkness to light. This is a time of listening so don't just talk-listen. It is then that you move forward and grow as a person.


Just Glad To Be Leaving Mercury's Sharp Claws,


Professor Val


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