Mars Direct (with caveats!)

In my previous post I talked about Mars stationing Direct before he slllloowly starts moving forwards again. Well, technically speaking, he's now direct and Mars related affairs (and the houses he rules) will start to even out and move forward again in some way.

It's been a long, slow slog of Mars moving retro through Libra. You may want to wind back and check out my original post on Mars Retro and what it means.

Mars, though technically direct, is not really going to be visibly moving anywhere  and will remain at this current position for another few weeks. While there may be a sense of sudden redirection, release or re-awakening, it's still potentially problematic and if it's making any aspects to your natal planets it will be making them until the beginning of June!

It's said that retro planets can be "weakened" or slowed but conversely they can also "bring things suddenly" as they say. Either way, it's not normal and our experience of Mars quality and narratives will be irregular and strange in some way. So watch out for those flare-ups if you have been repressing your need to assert yourself as you may quickly shift into damage control mode.

Because of this Retro dance, it has been a very long time for Mars to stay here in Libra, a sign he's not the best suited in. Mars moved into Libra on December 8th 2012 and will remain in Libra until July 26. that's 8 months! If 2014 has been a difficult year so far, this could point to the problems.

For those with Scorpio or Aries rising, this could be a potentially difficult times for our sense of identity or  partnership, respectively.

Scorpio rising in particular will tend to be most troubled as Mars will have spent  this extended period in their 12th house where we can feel like we are in a madhouse, stuck or mired in perpetual loops of escapism. It's a great time to really wrap up old personal habits/addictions, relationship patterns and projects and rediscover your identity, which may have been blurred in the past months. When mars finally jets out of this diminished state it will ingress into his home of Scorpio where it will be full throttle, once again. This occurs right as a New Moon in Leo and the 10th house will light up new status, career ambitions and workplace environment. This one in particular could be especially big and hopes will be high. The New Moon is exactly aligned with Jupiter. A rare thing, so get ready and finish up whatever is holding you back because when it's showtime this rehearsal period will be long gone.