This Full Moon is a lunar eclipse, when relationships are often due for some reevaluation. And Mars, the planet of competition, war, and aggression, has been retrograde in recent weeks, and frustration has been building. So in order to do what’s needed to maintain vibrant and satisfying social connections, we’ll have to pay alms to Mars as well.
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We heal by looking away today, but there’s a trick to it: we have to keep what we truly care …
Mars turned retrograde on June 26th, and even the Planetary K index which measures geomagnetic activity reacted with a level 5 storm, helping to intensity even more the aggression and heightened energy of the Mars station (catch up with Mars retrograde here). The Moon is full in steady Capricorn now to help us find greater […]
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Mars turns retrograde today at 9° Aquarius. The planet of war will douse his firebrands for a while and may turn his passions inwards. Today, he is tightly conjoining that mysterious South Node of the Moon — a place of dissolution and dissipation. It’s time to lay down our arms and let go of anger, rivalry and aggression. Mars will be retrograde until August 27.
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Look, as I foresee it, we’re really going to see or feel Mars retrograde today, specifically because he does so parallel …
(Note for newbies: “retrograde” means that as we observe it from earth, a planet appears to be moving backwards in the sky. Planets obviously don’t cycle backwards, but from our perspective they do appear to and we call that “retrograde.” When a planet is retrograde its astrological influence is more personal, it often turns our […]
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You have spent a lifetime quietly mourning or ignoring your losses and your lostness with no funeral, no wake and no way to nurture your joy. Time for a burial. No, for a burning! For a great funeral pyre that will light the night sky. Then a festal meal of bread and wine. And, from […]
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Art by Frenta. Neptune turns retrograde today and will remain in retrograde motion until November 24th this year. Neptune (and the other two outer planets) are retrograde for half the year every year, so it’s not a huge deal as planetary cycles go. Still, for the next few weeks while Neptune is gradually picking up speed in […]
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art by Nadia Turner. “The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells Wakan-Tanka , and that this center is really everywhere, it […]
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The astrological Mars often gets a bad rap. Mars is associated with war, hostility, anger and rage; it fuels the primal “id” of need and desire – all things we consider “bad.” But Mars is also the factor that provides energy and motivation, fueling our desires so that we can accomplish our goals and dreams. […]
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