{"id":33055,"date":"2012-01-23T12:46:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T12:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astrologyexplored.net\/home\/?p=3254"},"modified":"2012-02-02T08:47:15","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T08:47:15","slug":"mars-retrograde-just-what-are-you-doing-down-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/?p=33055","title":{"rendered":"Mars Retrograde: Just What Are You Doing Down There?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Marilyn (Astrology Explored)<\/strong> Newscaster: Mars stations in Virgo on the day of the Aquarian New Moon. Many astrologers have posted their take<\/a> on this combo, but Astrology Media Press<\/a> thought to ask the planets themselves, \u201cWhat does it all mean?\u201d<\/p>\n

I am here at the celestial home of Venus, the goddess of beauty and Mars, the god of war. . .<\/p>\n

Venus: (dressed as Marilyn Monroe speaking little breathlessly) And sex, don\u2019t forget that he is the god of sex.<\/p>\n

Newscaster: Yes, well this is a family show. (changing subject) I love what you are wearing.<\/p>\n

Venus: Thank you. I am <\/em>in the zodiac sign of Pisces right now.<\/p>\n

Newscaster: And where is the man of the hour, Mars?<\/p>\n

Venus: Um, yes. (Looks around over her shoulder).<\/p>\n

Venus: Just where is he now? (Goes to doorway where there are stairs that leads down.)<\/p>\n

Venus: (sweetly) Honey, are you down there?<\/p>\n

Voice from basement: What?<\/p>\n

Venus: (exasperated and in the breathless Marilyn voice) So sorry. He did know you were coming.<\/p>\n

Venus: (shouting down the stairs again) Mars! The news people are here!<\/p>\n

Mars: (from basement) What? I thought that was Thursday. Look I\u2019m a little busy down here with Uranus.<\/p>\n

Venus: (rolls her eyes. There is a knock at the door.)<\/p>\n

Venus: Sorry! (rushes off to the door and finds Pluto at the door)<\/p>\n

Pluto: Hey, sexy. (Steals a kiss) Where\u2019s your man?<\/p>\n

Venus: (flustered) This isn\u2019t a good time. We\u2019ve got a news interview.<\/p>\n

Pluto: Really? (Pushes his way past Venus).  I bet he\u2019s in that old man cave of his. Has Uranus gotten here yet? (Pluto heads down the stairs)<\/p>\n

Venus: (stamps her feet) Now really! (Catches herself and looks sheepish)<\/p>\n

Venus: (to newscaster) So sorry. He IS stationed right now. He tends to become focused on one thing when he stations and he IS in the zodiac sign of Virgo, so he is zeroed in on the minutia of what he is doing. (goes to stairs again.)<\/p>\n

Venus: (shouting louder) Honey! The news people are waiting for you!<\/p>\n

Mars: (shouting up the stairs) Just a minute! We are going over last year\u2019s facts and figures! We\u2019ve just got to get it right this time!<\/p>\n

Venus: (perplexed) Last year? Honey, this is no time to do the taxes!<\/p>\n

Various voices from the basement: Yeah! That\u2019s right! We\u2019ll do that again! That will show them! Good job! Be careful with that!<\/p>\n

Newscaster: (counting on his fingers and growing alarmed) Mars, Uranus, Pluto. Isn\u2019t it almost a year from when the Fukushima power plants exploded<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Venus: (absently, still staring down the basement steps) I suppose. (raises her voice in annoyance) Mars!<\/p>\n

Sounds of footsteps on the stairs. Mars makes his appearance.<\/p>\n

Mars: (Shakes newscaster hand) Hello, good to see you. I hope the little woman here (gives her affectionate squeeze a little too hard) has been making you comfortable. Caught me in the middle of a meeting. Lot\u2019s of things coming up! Thinks are going to shake, rattle and roll! My friend Uranus will see to that. Pluto will help too. But we are still working on the details. Get in touch with my boy, Mercury, he handles communications . . .say around January 28, when he meets up with the Aquarius\u2019 new moon point, when he\u2019s at 2 degrees of Aquarius. All the details will come out then. Uranus rules Aquarius, don\u2019t you know. Actually, Saturn used to rule Aquarius, but when Uranus came around, he was MORE than happy to share the work.<\/p>\n

(Rumbling sounds come from the basement, Venus looks worried).<\/p>\n

Mars: Oops! Got to go! (He bounds down the stairs again)<\/p>\n

Venus: Oops? What the . . (She shouts down the stairs like a fishwife) Mars! What are you doing down there. You better not leave a mess for me to clean up!<\/p>\n

Mars: (calling up the stairs) Don\u2019t worry, sweetheart. I\u2019ll take care of it.<\/p>\n

Venus: (turning to newscaster, exasperated) As if he ever does.<\/p>\n

Newscaster: (to audience smiling broadly) So there you have it folks. Expect some exciting things coming your way!<\/p>\n

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