It is always interesting to watch what happens in our lives when one of the personal planets changes its orientation to the Sun. The personal planets symbolize affairs in our lives that we have control over (our thoughts, desires, actions). Come 8:00 PM tomorrow night it is Mars, the Roman god of war, that is doing the dance.
Mars has been in Virgo since mid November and will not leave that sign until the July 4th weekend. So instead of staying in one sign for 6 weeks, the planet of courage, will force, anger, strife, aggression, passion, spirit, wrath, rage, unconscious desire and conscious volition will stay for 8 months, as he will go back and forth over one area of the zodiac. Mars is outside our orbit around the Sun. Every 26 months our Earth passes between Mars and the Sun and so it looks like he is going backwards or retrograde. Every 15 years he repeats the extra long passage in the same area of the zodiac, gradually moving backwards through the signs. It denotes a time when a change in orientation takes place in regards the "doing" in our lives.
Everyone has Virgo someplace in their horoscopes. It can rule a department of life (or house), you can have it as your rising sign or culminating one, a planet or your Sun or Moon can be in the sign Virgo and therefore its symbolism will be important to you. Degrees count here too. Today Mars is at 23 degrees and will go back to 3 degrees on April 14th, when he returns to apparent forward motion in the zodiac; that becomes the area of Virgo that will get crossed 3 times, giving us extra chances to align our passion and get it right.
Getting things right is what Virgo is good at. Judging what job is important for us, what is important in our job, what is important for us in our health regime, in our diet, and in the rhythmn of our daily life. Virgo demands personal integrity. If you are involved in affairs that are not truly representing who you are, Mars going retrograde will bring the urge to refrain from moving ahead. Around March 4th when Earth passes exactly between Mars and the Sun we can expect to feel more connected to our true selves.
So anyone with a strong emphasis in Virgo, or the signs Mars has rulership over, Scorpio and Aries, is in the hot seat. (But remember some area of everyone's life will be affected by this passage). Mars did not have such a good reputation in mythology, always being on the scene when there was trouble, violence and war. There is a primitive aspect to Mars, acting without thinking of consequences for instance. At these times of his retrograde the consequences of our former actions come to the surface, or have to be revisited.
As Mars is blocked from having the freedom of outward expression he turns inward hypothetically and withdraws. If someone you know has had an argument with another person, or someone you know has repressed aggression or unexpressed resentments, there can be an explosion of sorts as these repressed feelings come to the surface, creating socially awkward situations. Or if Mars is retrograding in your 5th house of creative pursuits, for instance, you might go back to learning to play the piano, something begun earlier and forsaken.
I find it interesting that Newt Gingrich just won the South Carolina primary as Mars is at 23 Virgo. This station of Mars sets off his Full Moon birthday, his Sun and Moon-coming out into full light. Mars will be here again at the end of June igniting these same places. It also hits the USA natal Neptune-where we do not see clearly; and it also hits President Obama's natal Mars. Mars puts fire in your belly, but for what is the question. I doubt political affairs will be the same by then. Watch for it!!!
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