Mars can be retrograde from December 6 to February 23. Mars will begin its retrograde interval in Leo after which transfer again into Most cancers in early January. This may give the following few months a way of stalled progress or sluggish motion. Usually, Mars retrograde is a good time to assessment the way you categorical your wants and needs and the way you are saying your self. Playing cards will even oppose Pluto so as to add some energy dynamics to the combo.
Take a look at this episode to see how the comparatively uncommon ‘backwards’ motion of Mars will have an effect on you!
Kelly’s subsequent dwell webinar is on January 4 and covers a few of the main transits and tendencies for 2025. This 90-minute overview offers you a have a look at the entire main astro climate for the 12 months forward. Enroll as we speak.
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Ep 74 December 7
Mars retrograde
Hello There and welcome to this week’s episode of the Kelly’s Astrology podcast.
Mars Station Retrograde in Leo
On Friday December 5 Mars will go retrograde at 6 Leo, so I’m going to speak about learn how to work with Mars retrograde in as we speak’s present.
You might need observed I missed an episode final week – Mercury retrograde received me and I wasn’t in a position to get an episode prepared in time.
This time of 12 months is a busier time with further instructing as I share a sequence of choices about working with the astrology of 2025. That plus heading into the vacations and I’m not precisely positive what the podcast schedule can be like over the following few weeks.
I hope to give you a present most weeks however there could be one or two reveals that get missed, particularly given Mercury’s retrograde whereas in Sagittarius and sq. to Saturn. Personally, I’m in a month-to-month profection dominated by Mercury in the intervening time and I can say the retrograde chaos is actual for positive.
I hope that Mercury retrograde isn’t treating you too badly! We do cross the midway mark of Mercury retrograde on December 5, as Mercury meets the Solar after which Mercury will station direct on December 15.
And talking of retrogrades, let’s check out one other planet Mars and its upcoming retrograde.
Mars Retrograde in Leo and Most cancers
Mars can be retrograde from December 6 – February 23. Mars’ retrogrades are longer than Mercury and Venus so anticipate the following few months to have a stalled or slower really feel, particularly across the matters of the Leo and Most cancers elements of your delivery chart.
Earlier than we get additional into Mars retrograde, my subsequent dwell webinar, which is all in regards to the 2025 transits and astrology tendencies, is now open for registration. This dwell webinar will happen on January 4, and I’ll be sharing all in regards to the main astrology occasions of the 12 months forward. When you’d like perception into what 2025 might need in retailer, I hope you possibly can be part of us! For particulars or to enroll right here.
Okay so again to Mars retrograde.
Mars will spend a part of its retrograde in Leo and a part of its retrograde in Most cancers. The primary a part of Mars retrograde is in Leo, from December 6 – January 6. The second a part of Mars retrograde is in Most cancers, from January 6 – February 23.
Despite the fact that the Mars retrograde will begin in Leo, Mars will truly spend extra time retrograde in Most cancers.
So first, lets cowl off some normal themes of Mars retrograde. Take into account that whereas Mars retrograde is a part of the astro climate for subsequent three months, it might or might not have a big effect on you personally.
Will Mars Retrograde Affect You Personally – or Not?
Normally a Mars retrograde can be vital for you if Mars is your timelord, if the signal during which the retrograde is occurring is your profected home, or when you’ve got a lot of planets in Mars’s indicators of Aries and Scorpio in your delivery chart. If that’s not you, it’s seemingly there can be different extra necessary astro elements influencing your chart.
That mentioned, I do know lots of you want to grasp the astro climate and so it’s a nice concept to regulate retrogrades. Mars retrograde solely occurs each two years or so and it may be a useful time to pause and go deeper round sure matters.
Transforming Assertiveness, The way to Categorical Anger and Communicate up for What You Need.
Mars is usually related to assertiveness, anger, drive and braveness. So that you could be reviewing how you are saying your self or categorical your wants and needs. You may rethink learn how to handle your anger, and through the course of Mars retrograde you may acquire new insights into navigating disagreements and pressure.
Since Mars likes to maneuver and energy ahead, Mars retrograde could be a time when the tempo of progress slows down, otherwise you discover you’re coping with further delays, detours or distractions. You may get sidetracked off your predominant challenge or discover a new ardour captures your consideration for a short time.
Taking the least direct route is probably going!
You may additional personalise the affect of Mars retrograde by noting the matters of the home that you’ve got Leo and Most cancers on the cusp of. These can be areas in your chart and life the place you’ll personally encounter and work with Mars retrograde.
Constructive Progressed and Concentrated Effort with Mars Retrograde
I do know it’s actually frequent to consider Mars retrograde as some sort of unhealthy factor.
Personally, I feel it may be a constructive cycle. Once I assume again on the previous few Mars retrogrades and the way they’ve proven up for me, I can see that the interval of Mars retrograde was a time of concentrated effort in direction of a selected purpose, the place as a substitute of transferring shortly I used to be going deep into issues.
One private expertise I’ve is from a number of years in the past now, when Mars went retrograde in my 4th home.
Throughout this time, we underwent a considerable renovation challenge on our residence. The complete prolonged transit of Mars by means of my 4th home mainly correlated with the renovation – which was so Mars – tradespeople, lots of whom have been younger males, exhibiting up with instruments and implements that have been sharp and noisy to first demo after which rebuild part of our residence.
It was all of the stuff you’d anticipate – intense, loud and busy, and naturally, as is par for the course with constructing and renovation tasks, there have been some snafus and points alongside the way in which. It did really feel like our residence life was taken over by this very Mars’y sort expertise.
After which, earlier than we knew it, it was over – Mars left that a part of my chart and issues had been reworked, up to date and improved in intense and profound methods.
Considered one of my favorite phrases for a retrograde of Mars is focus – like intense effort and vitality expended in direction of a selected purpose or drawback.
Prolonged Transits of Mars Whereas Retrograde
Mars normally spends simply 6 weeks each two years in every home or check in your chart. When retrograde, that may lengthen as much as 6 months. In order that’s the place the focus piece comes from – you get this further lengthy affect of Mars round an space of life, encouraging you to drag it aside and put it again collectively in a very new – and hopefully higher – approach.
Not like the retrogrades of Venus and Mercury, which occur on a daily sample and predictably return to the identical group of Zodiac indicators, a Mars retrograde is extra irregular and there’s no assure Mars will retrograde again in the identical a part of the Zodiac or your chart anytime quickly.
In some methods the Mars retrograde is a particular cycle to seize and use when you could have it, because the depth, effort and willingness to have interaction with a extra advanced drawback or scenario may not come round any time quickly.
Mars reverse Pluto: Energy Dynamics + New Alliances
One particular function of this Mars retrograde is that Mars will make an opposition to Pluto whereas retrograde.
Now right here’s slightly secret, normally, if a fast planet, when retrograde, elements a slower transferring planet, that can develop into a 3 side sequence that can flavour this explicit retrograde. The primary side occurs earlier than the retrograde, the second side through the retrograde and the third side after the retrograde is over.
For Mars, its three oppositions to Pluto embrace
November 3, 2024: 29 Most cancers/Capricorn
January 3, 2025: 1 Leo/1 Aquarius
April 26, 2025: 3 Leo/3 Aquarius
Two of those three Mars Pluto oppositions will occur throughout the Leo/Aquarius axis – one in early January and one in late April 2025.
So with Mars opposing Pluto energy dynamics and management themes can be highlighted. Since Pluto is settling into a brand new signal, this looks like new energy dynamics for the brand new period.
You may end up aggravated about matters that by no means bothered you earlier than. You may discover you’re moving into totally different sorts of disagreements or that you just wish to take cost in an space of life you’ve beforehand left to others to regulate or handle.
Whereas Mars reverse Pluto could be a unstable sort side collectively, I do assume on the private degree, it may be revealing by way of serving to you perceive the ability you could have and the way you actually wish to use it.
In order that’s Mars retrograde in a nutshell. Let me know what homes in your chart can be activated by Mars retrograde. I hope the following pointers provide you with a number of alternative ways of understanding and dealing with this Mars retrograde cycle, which can be with us till late February 2025.
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