Also because Mars is a malefic that already tends to be a destabilizing force in the cosmos - a knife we’re better off wielding when it’s sharp and skillfully aimed.Įspecially when it’s in its home sign of Aries, Mars simply likes to shoot from the hip and go. That’s partially because it’s the least frequently occurring of all the retrogrades (every 26 months), so we experience it as an aberration that’s even more disruptive to the usual order of our lives, and partially because retrograde motion is so diametrically opposed to the essential nature of the planet, which simply wants to forge ahead and do stuff. Of all the retrogrades, you could arguably say that Mars Retrogrades are the most challenging. In so many words, the disruption is a beginning.
Some feelings uncovered during Mars Retrograde may of course be uncomfortable, such as rage, suppressed memories, old passions, infantile or knee-jerk reactions, or vengeful fantasies.” “When transiting Mars is retrograde in a particular sector of the natal horoscope, it uncovers latent areas of psychic resources which are necessary to excite one into action. In Retrograde Planets, Erin Sullivan writes: Suddenly, it feels impossible to keep the show going at your usual clip - or at least maintain a pace or dynamic that once depended on you stuffing down your anger because it was too inconvenient for you to feel those feelings. When Mars initially hits the brakes, the whiplash might knock some of that calcified rage loose and bring it to the surface. During Mars Retrograde, we might be invited to dig into an unresolved conflict or source of anger or frustration. Of where the dramatic lighting will fall, illuminating this particular discord over that one on the battlefield.Įvery retrograde offers us a chance to either “go back” or sit more firmly in the “now” due to the slowness and stationary periods of that planet - the plodding back and forth over the same stretch of the sky. We have a sense of where the central tension will take place - how the characters are taking their places in opposition, alliance, or defiance of one another. Mars is officially retrograde from September 9 through November 13, though we’ve been in the shadow period since late July, so the staging for this particular Renaissance painting has been well underway already. In the meantime, we’ve got one more test of courage and resolve ahead of us. It’s hard to say whether things will be materially “better” after the hellfire dies down, but this particular 2020-flavored hellfire will die down. Perhaps the one thing we can latch onto at this point is that we’re making our way into the last challenging stretch of the year right now, and to some degree, we’ll begin to finally turn a corner in December, so at least there’s that to look forward to.
And as much as we love a good redemption arc, this isn’t a movie, and we can’t count on being whisked away to safety at the 11th hour. Uprisings against police brutality and authoritarian rule across the U.S., Hong Kong, and Belarus.
Fire and ice in the same weather forecast (?). We’re inching closer to the season finale of 2020, and like any respectable television drama, the stakes are only getting higher in the leadup - pretty fucking ludicrously and dangerously at this point.
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