Is Mars endlessly, tirelessly in Leo making you want to do rad things to your hair or WHAT?
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Mars is in Leo until next JUNE so is it time for the Arnie Diet??? It’s extreme but highly effective and life-altering.
Every day; you have to have ten orgasms and do four hours of working out. That’s it. Eat and drink whatever the hell you feel like apart from junk food. Nothing in a packet. It doesn’t matter if some of the orgasms are D.I.Y. but you have to have ten.
Apparently there is only ONE person who is known to have lived this lifestyle and that was Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 70s. He is a Leo with Mars in Leo.
The Moon is now in Leo so we can maybe do this Dark Moon thing in a little more suave fashion…Leos are sometimes said to be bad at copping criticism but the ones I know (along with our Gemini) deflect it brilliantly. They compute whether it is relevant/constructive or not and if it’s just neg-whining, they alchemically transform it into something tres flattering and get back to their beauty sleep/honouring their genius/something compassionate and/or arty. I confidently anticipate all of us will be more even, now that the Moon has passed Mars and is into Leo…And note also that some peeps will be going batso at the end of the Mars-Kataka tour of duty. Pass-agg, agg-agg and just a bit sarky. But not us as we channel the powerful Qi of Haute Leo.
I don’t mean the signs most likely to go ape in general – though they do say Aquarians are most likely to occupy extreme ends of the bell curve between genius and bonkers-ness – but the signs most likely to go ape with this Mars-Pluto-Mercury T-square now forming…Well, the four cardinal signs ought not to be messed with in the next few days. Cross the road or duck into a shop – ANY SHOP WILL DO – if you see our Aries, Libra, Cancer or Capricorn coming.
Yes of course this could all be fabulously brilliant and cathartic – watch for bust-ups that are most likely overdue, stunning new initiatives, great ideas/expectations & positive assertive efforts. And yes it’s regenerative. I’m still not going to provoke (ie; converse with) anyone of the above signs or whom is officially “difficult” & i am postponing requests/negotiations et al until Thurs or even better Friday. That way, I am hopefully not part of peeps perceived problem.
Oh and Mars conjoined Pluto at the end of 2008 so ’structures’ and relationships formed then are ‘tested’ now…How authentic are they?
Face it – With Mars the way it is for the next few days, there are bound to be opportunities for us all to go totally bats. My in-box is full of people wigging & if I hadn’t had acupuncture, i’d feel like it myself…As Mars is still in orb of aspecting Saturn and the action planet is also aspecting Neptune +Uranus (the latter being the main instigator of all this shite) I have decided there are six basic options of how to react to ’stimuli’ of the next few days…
You can channel:
* Mars-Saturn – the Low Version: Sulk. Climb into hair shirt. See whatever is going on as manifestion of downward cycle. Do some pass-agg whinging. You’d be vengeful if you weren’t so exhausted.
* Mars-Saturn- The High Version: You get a stylish grip, clean your house, floss your teeth, go for a walk and put whatever has annoyed you into a dignified and worldly perspective before coming to a really rational and peace inducing realisation.
* Mars-Neptune – The Low Version: You go straight to the pub, bottle store, liquor store and connect with anyone willing to get s-faced and bitch it up with you. After two drinks you start to consider some real sneaky manouveres.
* Mars-Neptune – The High Version: You pray or meditate and connect with your higher self. You get some Reiki or take a salts bath. You send golden rays of forgiveness to the soul who has hurt or annoyed you; all is one on the Golden Qi matrix.
* Mars-Uranus – The Low Version; You whiz off a quick fuq u missive to sever ties with the person/entity/wanker you feel is constricting your lifestyle options and initiate several radical changes (house/sexuality/lover/job) as fast as poss.
* Mars-Uranus – The High Version: You never-ever-give up or in. You take whatever is bugging you and turn it into sheer hare-brained genius by dint of some intellectual alchemy yet to be officially recognised by science but which works a treat.
Note that Mars is in Gemini so you could easily hover between the High and Low version of any of these.
The transits of Mars never passed un-noticed. They’re manifest & in your face. The other day, when i dinged my head, I was having a Mars transit, for instance. The very same week coincided with the “outing” of open “enemies.” But BECAUSE I was having a Mars transit, I thought ‘great.’ Better overt than covert. Yes, it all sounds a bit dramatic but fairly classic for any astro-passage involving Mars. Ditto a short-tolerance for lack of respect, limitations and obstacles.
The upside of Mars??? A LOT of energy that if you channel it effectively can be amazingly productive. The guts to stick up for what is right & to take incisive strategic action, sans waffle or sentiment.
There are two different types of Mars transits – Mars zooms around the place & aspects – say – your Mercury or your Venus. So your talking or your love nature gets ‘Mars-ified’ for a few days. Mars on your Venus is excellent if you’re up for flirtation & new lust opportunities. Mars-Mercury is when you send off a trillion new biz pitches in a day. And most likely tell someone or other to get effed.
The other type of Mars transit is when your natal Mars is triggered by a passing planet. If this is any planet past Jupiter, it can last for months, maybe years. These are the ones that it is totally worth keeping an eye on. Right now, for instance, anyone with Mars at Zero to five degrees of a Cardinal sign (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) or in the same degrees of Taurus/Virgo is having their Mars affected by Pluto; an awesome unleashing of power: ruthless self-regenerative powers.
Mars is in Gemini and moving to square Saturn (sigh) and then Uranus (yay) over the next few weeks. It will stress out les Mutables the most (Gemini, Virgo, Saggo, Pisces) but everyone gets it a bit…As Saturn and Uranus oppose one another in mid-Sept, Mars triggering both now is actually a really useful prequel of September tensions. No, they need not be tensions. An opposition can also be delightful balance…
Again, it’s about trying to find the ideal state between honouring Saturn (tradition, work ethic, discipline, corporations, security) and Uranus (innovation, excitement, freedom) without overdoing it either end. Too much Saturn and you’re a moribund drudge. Too much Uranus and you’re a flake adrift.
Soooo Mars, as is his wont, is basically getting in there early and starting a fight between Saturn & Uranus way before it is even due. The square to Saturn perfects by August 11 and the one to Uranus by the 19th. There are friendly aspects to Mars from the Auspicious Aqua-Weirding so being grounded/sensible (to keep Saturn at bay, stay frugal, organised and humble) even as you self-actualise and do the rad Uranian thing is the way to go…
And of course, once Saturn has opposed Uranus in mid-September, our Mars heads into Leo for nearly nine months. And what does Mars do in Leo? Acts out & shows off. Bigtime. Unreal if you’re a performer though…
I don’t know who this designer is but he/she/it is totally grokking my Winter wardrobe “statement”. As an Aquarius Rising, i LOVE the classic gray trackpant. Informal. Egalitarian. Add my Venus in Pisces appreciation of deshabille & perfect; the ideal outfit for a premenstrual trot up to the local. Or straight from the gym to the pub. An update of ‘resort wear’ for the Pluto In Capricorn era.
ANYWAY, i was actually wanting to give an example of astrology in action. The day before yesterday I had transitting Mars on my Sun & Psyche. All the good-Mars stuff happened; heightened determination & strong ideas for moving forward etc. But there were two other things. And, btw, I had not even bothered to notice Mars whizzing over my Sun/Psyche. I looked later. Mars AND Venus right there. The Venusification was prob my saviour. Mars can be a Malefic (ie; shitty) but Venus is always a Benefic. (ie; Fab)
You see, when you have Uranus conjunct Venus going on, you’re too busy with your whacko love life & Aquarian men to think about flitty little Mars transits. Thing One; Was late to get my daughter from sports camp so jumped in taxi even though it was only a short way away. Did not bother with seatbelt as traffic at crawl. Smelt weirdly strong alcohol smell. Assumed that was prob some synthetic crap the guy had cleaned his cab with. Thought surely would not be actual booze. Heard voice – literally – that said to put seatbelt on. Ignored. Was in back seat. Going one kilometre up road at nano-crawl. Heard it again. Put on stupid seat belt.
Soooo suddenly we’re going fast, making some illegal left turn and screeching down road as twerp taxi drive tries to run a red light OUTSIDE the hospital A & E department. We narrrowly miss colliding with the van turning left legally and there is huge screech of brakes and both cars spinning off, stunt-car style. The van is a police van driven by two enraged young female constables. I am fine. But would prob not have been sans seatbelt. The Venusian aspect of all this is that had something happened, i would have been v.close to medical help and the the cops were -obviously – right there on the scene.
So an hour later walking home and Thing Two; I get into a fight with a guy on the street. He looks slimey, asks me something or rather and I decide to ignore him with Anglican hauteur. So he starts hassling this girl behind me. Asks her three times to go to the pub with him and then kind of wheedling but threatening ‘oh why not?’ and all t his other stuff. So finally I wheel around and go him. Not hysterically and not unreasonably. But definitely with a sort of Martian white-hot fury. Totally told him off (leave her along, no means no etc) and he arced up and argued back. Could tell he longing to hit me and i was absolutely ready for him to give it a go as would have used right elbow, left hook, right upper cut and a knee in his groin. But he took off.
And no i don’t normally get into fights with guys in streets or relish a punch up. It’s worth keeping an eye on where Mars is. It definitely energises. A Mars conjunction is the strongest. Mars on your Venus is always an excellent pulling transit. Mars-Moon means you’re SO tetchy but can be quite insightful. Mars-Saturn is ruthlessly sorting admin and structural details of your life and/or confronting power. Mars-Jupiter is usually at the races, lol.
Go the Dark Moon! La Luna is wane-wane-wane until she renews herself in early Taurus and trine – freak not – PLUTO with the New Moon on Saturday….Friday night if you in L.A. But before this super-sensual-re-potted fresh flowering earthy N.M in bucolic old Cow Taurus DO the Dark Moon properly.
You know when the Moon IS a Harsh Mistress? When you don’t obey self-nurturing dictates & attempt to thrash yourself/your genius out indefinitely via stimulants/bullshit/denial…Yah that goes fine for one-maybe-two nights of genuine inspiration. Your lit-up mind over narcoleptic matter. But ignore the Moon and you crash in a heap of fitful, melancholy naff sloth for at LEAST a day. The point of the Dark Moon is that anything rejuvenatory that you do now, any rest, any therapy etc etc is several times as powerful.
And then it is the New Moon onward that you push, strive & thrive. Fighting the Dark Moon is always counter-productive but this one is slightly complicated by Mars into Aries mid-week. So there are three days with the accelerator revving – no fuel kinda thing. Channel the spaz, detour the Mars energy into planning, intensifying the above-mentioned Dark Moon rejuvenation or distinct Mars activity; fighting/work-outs/resolving disputes. But TRY to put off anything of huge emo importance until after the New Moon on the 25th.
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