MARS, the planet representing the urge to get what you want, sexual drive, initiative, courage, raw energy and desires, completed its RETROGRADE journey for 2018 on Monday, August 27th, at 10:05 AM EDT ... the purpose of a Mars retrograde ultimately is to evaluate what it is that motivates you and for you to determine if you are on the correct path to achieve your goal, and if you are doing what you should be doing to get there ... inside a Mars retrograde, it is time for all of us to adjust our actions and aggressive instincts to ensure that ones intent is accomplished effectively ... this often includes going back over previous actions and having to redo them or let them go in order to move forward ... also, old resentments and personal issues that haven't been resolved in the past have a tendency of resurfacing during this period which yields the awareness that the time has come to develop new strategies and approaches for dealing with issues, anger and learning assertiveness ... Mars takes a retrograde journey for about 9 - 10 weeks out of its 26 month cycle !!!
Mars retrograde could have brought issues of frustration or hostility to the surface we have deliberately suppressed due to their disruptive qualities which can cause forward movement in our lives to be temporarily delayed ... sudden reversals of interest and drive may have occurred, as well as the termination of a long term goal as it may have become apparent that the effort was inappropriate for the long term ... also old wounds, hurts and frustrations may arise seemingly out of context but usually there is a purpose for this ... during a Mars retrograde it is usually a good idea NOT to undertake any new beginnings per contract or verbally since the energy often isn't there to carry it through ... now sometimes you can't just "sit tight" for nearly two and a half months, but there are good reasons, if at all possible, as the waiting may ultimately prove to be a blessing in the long run ... often things begun under a Mars retrograde will run into problems when it stationed back into direct motion on August 27th, at some point during the next two years, or even when Mars takes its next retrograde journey in September 2020 !!!
This Mars retrograde was a dual sign retrograde going from 9 degrees 13 minutes Aquarius back to 28 degrees 37 minutes Capricorn ... if you have had a natal chart done, you can look to where these degrees fell by house and/or houses in order to see if you had to rethink some kind of action you may have taken or where you might have encountered delays and frustrations and had to shift into a different direction in whatever area of life the house or houses rule where these degrees fell ... if you were born with your natal Sun between 9 degrees 13 minutes Aquarius and 28 degrees 37 minutes Capricorn, at some point Mars crossed back over your natal Sun and, among other things, there could have been a few days when you felt as if someone unplugged your energy outlet - many of us may have had that feeling off and on during the entire Mars retrograde cycle !!!
If you have any natal planets in the signs of Aquarius and/or Capricorn within these degrees you probably experienced some kind of energy produced in relation to the planet and the area of life in which house it is placed when Mars backed over that planet ... also Mars may have produced some action if it made an aspect to other planets in your natal chart regardless of sign but still within the same range of degrees ... as with Mercury retrograde periods, sometimes those born with Mars retrograde may have found this period more productive since they are already comfortable and have a better understanding of this backwards energy ... in a natal chart, those born with Mars retrograde are said to have actions in the current life that are recreations of the past, and they are also frequently in competition with themselves ... Many would agree this Mars retrograde, with a Mercury retrograde completely embedded in it became especially challenging and frustrating !!!
Mars spent the first 48 days of this retrograde period in the sign of Aquarius in which it began its initial backward transit on June 26th ... Aquarius is the natural ruling sign of the 11th house of the natural horoscope ... this is the house of group relationships whose keyword is social consciousness ... in this house exists the capacity for friendships, your attitude toward your friends and acquaintances as well as all non-emotional relationships ... this house indicates what it is that you most desire in life, your personal goals, the love you receive, and the money you obtain or obtained from your profession or business ... the 11th house also represents step-children, foster children, and adopted children ... it also concerns circumstances over which one has little control in life ... it is the human addressing humanitarian interests, the way one sees others, large and small organizations, clubs one may belong to, which all may somehow relate to ones career !!!
Uranus is the planet which rules the sign of Aquarius ... it is the planet which represents the urge for freedom often referred to as "divine discontent" and whose keyword is the "awakener" ... anatomically it rules the nervous system ... Uranus also rules inventions, originality, science, electricity, magic, the occult, light, astrology, psychology, x-rays, and airplanes ... it is futuristic, humanitarian, intellectual, eccentric, egotistical, and utopian ... Uranus governs creative will, sudden change, revolution and dictators, individualism, rebellions and autonomy ... its actions can be sudden, unexpected and often violent ... it likes to break tradition ... it is also said to be associated with natural disasters !!!
There may have been potential for any or a combination of all of the previous areas mentioned to have 11th house and/or Uranus related issues to arise in your life or someone you know when Mars was retrograde in Aquarius !!! ... and keep in mind that during that period Mars was in a "relationship" with Uranus and there was the potential for things to be quite disruptive and explosive ... or was the effect lessened in some cases with Mars being in retrograde motion ???
Mars reentered the sign of Capricorn on August 12th where it spent the final 16 days of its retrograde period ... Capricorn is the natural ruling sign on the 10th house of the natural horoscope ... this is considered to be a house of substance ... its keyword is honor ... this house relates to ones profession, reputation, and standing in the community ... it shows ones ego, status, fame, ambition, business and social activities, ones employer, and the government or any other authority over you ... it also represents ones achievements, how the world sees and evaluates you as well as the influence you exert in your own circle ... the 10th house also represents the church as an organization and the opposite parent from the one represented by your 4th house or the parent you may have grown up with in a situation where there was only a single parent !!!
Saturn is the planet which rules the sign of Capricorn ... it is the planet which represents the urge for security and safety and often referred to as the "teacher" ... anatomically it rules the skin, the skeletal system - which includes the teeth, the knees, left ear and auditory organs ... Saturn rules form, discipline, responsibility, organization, ambition, capacity for a career, limitations and delays ... it governs theories and scientific laws, older persons, depth, patience, timing, tradition, conventionality orthodoxy, and productive use of time ...it represents the principles of truth, , contraction, solidification of wisdom and of aging ...its actions are slow and lasting !!!
Once the emphasis of the Mars retrograde shifted, there was the potential for any or a combination of all of the Capricorn/ 10th house issues to arise in your life or someone you know ... but there still could have been issues from the initial period of this retrograde of Mars ... once Mars returned to Capricorn, it was considered to be in a "relationship" with Saturn which is very different from that of Uranus as Mars/Saturn can often produce a stop/start energy ... but did Mars drive being in retrograde motion dilute some of the stop/start energy ???
Finally, Mars is the ruling planet of Aries which is the natural ruling sign on the 1st house, or Ascendant, which is considered a house of Life ... its keyword is identity ... the 1st house represents your personality, your natural disposition and tendencies, your individuality and the way you express yourself, how people see you and the way you want others to see you, the way you "package" and "market" yourself, your physical body, your health, early childhood years, your approach to life, your worldly outlook, your appearance and the beginnings of all enterprises you under take !!!
Mars represents your animal nature, desires, sexual energies, assertiveness, force, power, construction, work, strife, competition, surgery and operations, weapons, war, accidents, inflammations, wounds, cuts, burns, scalds, violence, tools, iron and steel, actions that are sudden, self-assertive and disruptive actions, and energy that can be used destructively and angrily or with courage and strength ... all of these areas were vulnerable to issues during the entire retrograde period as it is Mars which is in retrograde !!! ... In regards to health, the areas subject to issues for the entire retrograde were the external reproductive organs, head and face !!!
Since Mars was last retrograde from April 17th through June 26th, 2016, what actions were possibly begun then that now had to be readdressed, readjusted, reworked, or simply had run their course, ran out of "steam" and come to a necessary ending needing to be released, or concluded but not by our choice, in order to promote further personal and spiritual growth ??? ... and undoubtedly you may be readdressing some of these issues, including the issues encountered from May 11th up until the retrograde period as Mars now moves forward over those degrees up until it exits its retrograde zone on October 8th !!!
ARIES born - this was your period to slow down and in some cases stop - WHICH YOU DO NOT LIKE TO DO AT ALL !!! - in order to review and rethink what had been going on in your life especially in regards to what may have transpired in your life since June 29th, 2016 when Mars, being your ruling planet, last stationed back into direct motion !!!
Even though Aries born individuals in addition to Aquarius and Capricorn born - since Mars was retrograde within your birth signs - may have been more sensitive to the reversal of energy, we all may have experienced it or possibly witnessed it somewhere in our lives or others lives, and lights may have begun to come on in our heads as we may have discovered that perhaps we should either have waited a while longer before taking a particular course of action or possibly realizing we should have never taken that course of action to begin with in certain situations !!!
Mars remains in Capricorn until September 10th when it will reenter the sign of Aquarius to makes its complete transit through that sign which was initially begun back on May 15th/16th ...Mars will exit its current retrograde zone on October 8th and remains in direct motion until September 9th, 2020 when it begins its next retrograde journey which will take place completely in the sign of Aries - the sign it naturally rules which could add some extra "punch" to that retrograde period !!!
Uranus is the planet which rules the sign of Aquarius ... it is the planet which represents the urge for freedom often referred to as "divine discontent" and whose keyword is the "awakener" ... anatomically it rules the nervous system ... Uranus also rules inventions, originality, science, electricity, magic, the occult, light, astrology, psychology, x-rays, and airplanes ... it is futuristic, humanitarian, intellectual, eccentric, egotistical, and utopian ... Uranus governs creative will, sudden change, revolution and dictators, individualism, rebellions and autonomy ... its actions can be sudden, unexpected and often violent ... it likes to break tradition ... it is also said to be associated with natural disasters !!!
There may have been potential for any or a combination of all of the previous areas mentioned to have 11th house and/or Uranus related issues to arise in your life or someone you know when Mars was retrograde in Aquarius !!! ... and keep in mind that during that period Mars was in a "relationship" with Uranus and there was the potential for things to be quite disruptive and explosive ... or was the effect lessened in some cases with Mars being in retrograde motion ???
Mars reentered the sign of Capricorn on August 12th where it spent the final 16 days of its retrograde period ... Capricorn is the natural ruling sign on the 10th house of the natural horoscope ... this is considered to be a house of substance ... its keyword is honor ... this house relates to ones profession, reputation, and standing in the community ... it shows ones ego, status, fame, ambition, business and social activities, ones employer, and the government or any other authority over you ... it also represents ones achievements, how the world sees and evaluates you as well as the influence you exert in your own circle ... the 10th house also represents the church as an organization and the opposite parent from the one represented by your 4th house or the parent you may have grown up with in a situation where there was only a single parent !!!
Saturn is the planet which rules the sign of Capricorn ... it is the planet which represents the urge for security and safety and often referred to as the "teacher" ... anatomically it rules the skin, the skeletal system - which includes the teeth, the knees, left ear and auditory organs ... Saturn rules form, discipline, responsibility, organization, ambition, capacity for a career, limitations and delays ... it governs theories and scientific laws, older persons, depth, patience, timing, tradition, conventionality orthodoxy, and productive use of time ...it represents the principles of truth, , contraction, solidification of wisdom and of aging ...its actions are slow and lasting !!!
Once the emphasis of the Mars retrograde shifted, there was the potential for any or a combination of all of the Capricorn/ 10th house issues to arise in your life or someone you know ... but there still could have been issues from the initial period of this retrograde of Mars ... once Mars returned to Capricorn, it was considered to be in a "relationship" with Saturn which is very different from that of Uranus as Mars/Saturn can often produce a stop/start energy ... but did Mars drive being in retrograde motion dilute some of the stop/start energy ???
Finally, Mars is the ruling planet of Aries which is the natural ruling sign on the 1st house, or Ascendant, which is considered a house of Life ... its keyword is identity ... the 1st house represents your personality, your natural disposition and tendencies, your individuality and the way you express yourself, how people see you and the way you want others to see you, the way you "package" and "market" yourself, your physical body, your health, early childhood years, your approach to life, your worldly outlook, your appearance and the beginnings of all enterprises you under take !!!
Mars represents your animal nature, desires, sexual energies, assertiveness, force, power, construction, work, strife, competition, surgery and operations, weapons, war, accidents, inflammations, wounds, cuts, burns, scalds, violence, tools, iron and steel, actions that are sudden, self-assertive and disruptive actions, and energy that can be used destructively and angrily or with courage and strength ... all of these areas were vulnerable to issues during the entire retrograde period as it is Mars which is in retrograde !!! ... In regards to health, the areas subject to issues for the entire retrograde were the external reproductive organs, head and face !!!
Since Mars was last retrograde from April 17th through June 26th, 2016, what actions were possibly begun then that now had to be readdressed, readjusted, reworked, or simply had run their course, ran out of "steam" and come to a necessary ending needing to be released, or concluded but not by our choice, in order to promote further personal and spiritual growth ??? ... and undoubtedly you may be readdressing some of these issues, including the issues encountered from May 11th up until the retrograde period as Mars now moves forward over those degrees up until it exits its retrograde zone on October 8th !!!
ARIES born - this was your period to slow down and in some cases stop - WHICH YOU DO NOT LIKE TO DO AT ALL !!! - in order to review and rethink what had been going on in your life especially in regards to what may have transpired in your life since June 29th, 2016 when Mars, being your ruling planet, last stationed back into direct motion !!!
Even though Aries born individuals in addition to Aquarius and Capricorn born - since Mars was retrograde within your birth signs - may have been more sensitive to the reversal of energy, we all may have experienced it or possibly witnessed it somewhere in our lives or others lives, and lights may have begun to come on in our heads as we may have discovered that perhaps we should either have waited a while longer before taking a particular course of action or possibly realizing we should have never taken that course of action to begin with in certain situations !!!
Mars remains in Capricorn until September 10th when it will reenter the sign of Aquarius to makes its complete transit through that sign which was initially begun back on May 15th/16th ...Mars will exit its current retrograde zone on October 8th and remains in direct motion until September 9th, 2020 when it begins its next retrograde journey which will take place completely in the sign of Aries - the sign it naturally rules which could add some extra "punch" to that retrograde period !!!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINES - which hopefully you have already done since August 27th !!! ... but be careful not to put the pedal to the metal and start going too far too fast just yet ... perhaps you might want to take some advice from Dorothy and her friends and simply "ease on down the road" !!!
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