Life on Mars

Mars still retrograding through Gemini, opposing all the love & light in Sagittarius

The condition of Mars is getting extra highlighted this week and next week, as the sun, Venus, and Mercury are all in Sagittarius, opposing Mars’ retrograde transit through Gemini. The week started with Saturn in Aquarius offering a helpful, grounding trine to Mars, but then we received some more potentially combative oppositions, from Mercury (on Tuesday and Wednesday) and then Venus (on Thursday). Next week, the full moon in Gemini will happen in exact conjunction to Mars, making it both a full moon and a sun-Mars opposition. So Mars is a lot of what’s happening right now. If you’ve been feeling extra activated, take comfort in knowing it’s not just you – all things Mars are amplified right now.

Mars is the most on-fire of all the planets. While it inflames situations and start fights when it feels threatened, it also brings clarity and decisiveness about what we want and need. When harnessed, it gives us a ton of energy — and courage, and will, and drive — to sustain action in the direction of our well-being and others’. Mars wants to connect us to our instinctual judgement and our personal power. At some point in our adult lives, we have to come to terms with Mars. We have to learn how anger, especially, works for us, and how to access and channel our healthy aggression. Because if we don’t, we are more likely to live our lives in anxiety and depression, ruled by fear and avoidance, never experiencing full access to our lifeforce and the confidence that comes with it.