Aries

Aries is ruled by the planet Mars 
which is the booster rocket to all plans, 
endeavors, and relationships, 
and without Mars' help everything goes 
very slowly,
 if at all. 
Since January 23 of this year, 
Mars has been in retrograde motion, appearing to move backwards through the heavens.
 This has put cement boots on most forward motion.
 

When Mars is in its retrograde cycle, we are forced to re-assess our current projects, our approach to getting what we want, and our desire nature. Rather than directly asserting our desires, we tend towards introspection. While Mars in direct motion is direct, straightforward, assertive, and aggressive,  

 
with Mars in retrograde motion, Mars energy is essentially turned inward, intensified, personalized, and perhaps pressurized.

When anger is internalized, there can be some rather negative byproducts, such as tension, resentment, depression and apathy.

The goal of a Mars retrograde period is not to simply sit on our impulses or to squelch our enthusiasm. Rather, it's to better understand our impulses, our survival instincts, our anger, our sexuality, our inner courage, and the ways we go about getting what we want from life. The cosmos are asking us to look before we leap rather than throw ourselves into action, just for the time being.
 We might require more rest than usual. It's time for regrouping, and this is important on both physical and emotional levels.


Mars's Moon  Phobos

The good news now is that we are almost done with this transit that began officially in January but its effects were felt back as far as November. On April 13 it goes direct! 

The pulling back energy of the bow and arrow now suddenly shifts direction and the arrow is released! As of the 14th it is time to harness the newly freed up energy and make things happen. Enjoy the ride, we earned it.

 


Happy Aries Birthdays to Wendy, Sol, Robin, Jason, Dad and Finn!