Mars Retrograde

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Well the Moon is moving toward asteroid Eros in Taurus but that should really evoke a general atmosphere of sleaze? I think not. I am attempting to tune into Neptune trine my Moon but first the Tiger Text Messages – already been turned into a rap song, apparently – and  now further sleaze re the Sandra Bullock marriage. Yes, she’s married to the Dude.

And yes, I have had several requests for a peek at the astro behind this. I’m not touching Tiger.

So thoughts on the Sandra Situation.

* Infuriating as it would be to find out your husband had been cheating on you with a sort of bikie porn star (as was the husband’s ex-wife) just as you win an Oscar, she has Mars and Venus in Gemini…I reckon she wanted something a little bit diff. She met him when Neptune was on her Moon so maybe she was a bit addled and – am trying to think of Anglican metaphor here – motivated by factors other than her brain. Cliterate.

* She got Jesse James, an Aries bikie/tv star (of a show called Monster Garage)/entrepeneur a.k.a. as Vanilla Gorilla by his Mistress.

* Stating the ravingly obvious, Vanilla Gorilla’s Ex-Wife (and mother of his daughter) is a heavily inked up Scorpio Adult Movie Actress. The new mistress is also a very inked adult movie sort of a siren – Whether she wants to or not, Sandra Bullock cannot get inked because it would limit her choice of mainstream movie roles. But CLEARLY the Aries dude has a type.  Not that it excuses his cheating on her but it’s interesting, no?

* This all came to light with Mars Retro. So it’s been screwing around (so to speak) since last October and now all this hidden stuff is coming to light. Venus Retrograde in SCORPIO later in the year is going to be even more such fun. Check this out if you have not already!

* Ms Bullock is a Leo with Kataka Rising – hence ability to be both movie-star and connect with les peeps/seem empathetic and vulnerable etc. Pluto is coming up to pulverise transit her Descendent aka cusp of House of Love…It’s not exact yet but near enough. This would have been a nasty shock. She should  have been a MAJOR catch for the Aries Dude. I don’t want to sound snobby and true love crosses boundaries etc but do admit that Vanilla Gorilla was punching above his weight when dating – let alone marrying – Sandra Bullock.

* Her current big transit other than Pluto is Uranus squaring her Mars & Gemini…always a surprise. But Jupiter is on her Midheaven (career transcendence) and maybe this is clearing out the crap before a Plutonic Soulmate pops up with the exact conjunction of Pluto to her Dsc. It’s happened before. So now she is enraged or thinking why-why-why – AND she has spent a lot of time in court, helping Vanilla out with his custody battles – but soon she will be on her knees, in tears of happiness and gratitude thanking Mighty Aphrodite for delivering her from the arms of this sleazy prick.

* His Mars is opposite her Mars-Venus. Excellent for bedwork, of course, but Mars opposite Mars can work at cross purposes with one another.

Cat People

This Dark Moon-Retro-Mars Business is now making many of us a tad terse….Yes?  It’s only a few more days so I am thinking that the best way through it is for us all to become Cat Peeps.

Any existential thought can be brushed aside in a bout of compulsive grooming, stretching and/or elegant musing upon our next meal. Hunting is not permitted (Mars Retrograde) but gazing at birds flying past and fantasizing about leaping ten metres in the air and stopping the stupid bird mid-squawk with one bolt of feline genius is fine. Isn’t that what cats do?

Other potential diversions:

The Bastardo motorbike from Walz Hardcore Cycles - suggested for Pluto/Uranus transitting people & all strong Mars-Aries types.

Campaigning to have Pluto restored as a proper planet. Saggos usually love a good protest but they may be too sore at Pluto after that 15 year extravaganza of Pluto in their sign. Aquarians would probably enjoy this and they may feel it will gain them some good cred for when Pluto gets into Aquarius in 2024.

Tank Magazine – Satoshi Saikusa

Drunk Yoga…Usually the preserve of Pisces & Gemini.

Hanging out in your sofa boat, refusing to take any calls but acting sorta busy. Maybe you’ll call it a Directions Meeting. This would be an Earth Sign thing.  My theory is that, at school, Earth signs were always the ones who never got in trouble, even when they started stuff and managed to always look busy…even when they were shamelessly bunking off.

Soaking in your transparent sided-bath with the gold trimmings & needing only for the maid to periodically pop in to adjust the temperature and pour in more flagons of fragrance, fresh lavender & dead sea salts.

Vogue Italia Steven Klein

Just when you think you’re going absolutely ape with the combo of revved up desires and delayed ego gratification (thank you Venus-Pluto Square & Mars Retro at Zero Degrees of up itself Leo) – along comes Moon in Capricorn to the rescue.

Yes, it’s a Dark Moon (ie; Waning and right before the New Moon) but SO what?

Capricorns aren’t afraid of the Dark.

This is the Moon for you if you want a sharp jolt of getta-grip style thinking, some inner self-pep-talking and the Tao of Endless Self-improvement to distract you from the above nebulous yearnings and a.w.o.l. men etc. Think of this Moon as Saturn in a bottle.

No, Saturn as a room spray – it is supposed to have no scent but the discerning person can detect a whiff of platinum, success and lemon cypress.  It instantly causes the mind to focus on what matters most and to prioritise. There is, after all, always something you can do.

Paul Housley The Decline Of The Archetype

You know what?

Mars & Saturn are both Retrograde and they’re in a sort of sextile…This can evoke some v.useful opportunities for pragmatism, especially re dealings with corporations etc. A military mindset, applied toward positive ends and all that.

But it’s also a guaranteed formula to evoke any bad Dad shite you might have lurking within. Or even a good Dad, but with wasted potential, thwarted psyche urges & well, you know the drill. I’m not a shrink but Mars-Saturn Retro means mining the Daddy Dearest nostalgia vein will hit psychic gold real fast.

So hands up who’s doing about a 1000 things at once, heated right up now that Venus is in Aries, pissed off at how a certain something seems to be in slo-mo AND is doing father issues on top of all this?

Everett Shinn

Yes-yes-yes Mars is Retro for a few more days & even when it DOES go direct, it stays at Zero degrees of Leo for days and the Moon is Dark again…Astro-sensitive peeps are probably even sensing Saturn moving into opposition with Uranus again already…

But this is Mars going bats in LEO and the Moon is soon Dark in CAPRICORN so you know what that means: You keep up appearances & the show goes on. Keep dancing, smile, don’t look down…

Steven Tabbutt

When Venus meets up with Uranus (the Goddess of Love with the God of Divine Chaos) an interesting time can ensue. Venus is nearly there right now. This aspect perfects by Thursday evening but permeates the whole week, regardless of your timezone. Venus-Uranus can bring relationships quickly into being and they can shatter apart just as quickly.

People want electrifying connection & haute meeting of minds, not dullard obligations. Things that have been tolerated for months suddenly become intolerable. Strange attractions flare up. Interestingly, Venus opposes Saturn next week so that is like the opposite to this Venus-Uranian energy. It’s by next week (that quickly!) that you’ll see how viable a relationship or prospective little fling is.

This week? Love is weird but hopefully in a good way and you can’t really do a single thing to control it. In fact, attempting to control Venus-Uranian energy is a guaranteed flop. What you can expect? Interesting courtships, artistic zing, the urge for a more unique look, love of unusual art/music/decor, the re-entry of a.w.o.l. suitors (though Mars Retrograde ameloriates this to a certain extent) and fascinating new flirtations or more sparking up.

Venus rules beauty. The most popular look du jour would be something alternative dimensional…You know, alien but not green or with tentacles. Other worldly and non-controlling. Venus-Uranus can also be sudden reversals in romance. Also, this is Venus-Uranus conjunction is followed by Venus in aspect to Saturn, Mars and then Pluto…all in the next 12 days…Fun. Action.

Mars is nearly Direct again, I promise. More action soon.

And the Monthly Scopes (Oestro-Medusa) for March are up for subscribers…

Fashion Toast

Mars has just 14 more days until it is Direct.

Before then, no batty hair urges, lawsuits or random bitcherel.

This applies to Aries, Leo and Capricorn in particular…

What’s good about Mars Retro in Leo? You have most likely drawn up a powerful & strategic ‘battle plan’ in recent months & that’s brilliant. Benefits show up radically in mid-May. I don’t mean no advance till early June – just that June is when you wow yourself and other peeps out with the realization of your plan.

Mars Retro can evoke a sense of useful urgency that abets you making progress, even if it’s a bit hush-hush for a while.

There is absolutely no point taking Mars Retrograde too personally. Or becoming unbecomingly raddled as you await it being Direct. Because you may as well know that it is Direct on March 11 but out of Shadowzone in  mid-May. Mars out of Shadowzone sounds like something that Darth Vader or Sauron might like to keep an eye on but it’s actually just when Mars gets back to the point it was at when it went Retrograde.

Miles Aldridge

So you see that there is absolutely no point sitting around being neurotic about things that don’t move quickly enough for your, well, ego.

Emma Summerton

You need to sit tight, meditate, send Mars energy up the wazoo of whatever house it is skulking in and think of all the ways in which a delay now is completely brilliant for you and your strategy. Because you have a strategy, don’t you? Mars retreats back so that you can develop a strategy. Not sit around seething.

Anyway, the Full Moon on Feb 28/March 1 is in VIRGO…so surely freaking out over diets and details should provide some welcome distraction from what’s-not-moving-fast-enough-in-your-ego-diva-sector-of-Leo?

Or you could keep in training for when Saturn heads back into Virgo in April…See, plenty for pent-up Mars-peeps to do. And just watch your stalled situation move fast from mid-March, faster even in mid-May…

More? It’s in Martian Bats

These are So mega-Leo.

It’s not just that  these Karen Walker sunnies are called Sun God Eyewear, though that helps.

It’s the idea of a Leo waiting out the Mars Retrograde in a gold-lame veil with sun-ray detailing and could it be that these Sun God glasses helpfully render ex-lovers invisible? Yes! And you can’t even see their texts nor remember their contact details.  That’s why the Leo is smiling in the 2nd pic. She’s realized that the Sun God Eyewear amnesiac effect has kicked in.

WHO?

See Also: Astro-Beauty: Sunnies

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And on a completely different Mars Retrograde note, i really wish people wanting to launch major battles with much at stake would do the basic astro. No! Not during Retr0-Mars…

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